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[POLL] Kendrick or Drake?

Started by Oldboy, Apr 9, 2016, in Music Add to Reading List

who better

  1. King Kendrick

    117 vote(s)
    77.0%

  2. Dwizzy Drake

    35 vote(s)
    23.0%
  1. Narsh
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    Narsh

    Apr 10, 2016
    TPAB is one of the most ambitious records in recent history. And it's political context struck a chord with countless people. It's not that hard to fathom why TPAB is in the position that it's in re: hip hop cannon.

    How good it actually is is besides the point.
     
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  2. Garnet FF
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    Garnet FF #FreeCreativity2016

    Apr 10, 2016
    would like to see a drake vs young thug... I know both are garbage but I wonder who would win
     
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  3. MTY
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    MTY VERY SHALLOW LISTENING

    Apr 10, 2016
    prefer the production and prefer Kendrick's rapping on it
     
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  4. Narsh
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    Narsh

    Apr 10, 2016
    i think he's definitely "artistically good enough" to hire people to write jazz influenced compositions for him
     
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  5. Narsh
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    Apr 10, 2016
    yeah see this is just bad taste
     
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  6. Narsh
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    Apr 10, 2016
    your mom
     
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  7. Oldboy
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    Apr 10, 2016
     
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  8. DouBle
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    Apr 10, 2016
    Drake would lose
     
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  9. MTY
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    MTY VERY SHALLOW LISTENING

    Apr 10, 2016
    Kendrick really challenged himself with the stylistic shift in production and the work paid off greatly.
     
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  10. samcotts
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    samcotts New kid on the Block

    Apr 10, 2016
    It is a much, much stronger album musically speaking.
     
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  11. Pato v3
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    Pato v3 exilio

    Apr 10, 2016
    I'd take any Young Sinatra mixtape over TPAB btw
     
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  12. Narsh
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    Narsh

    Apr 10, 2016
    k but ur still being an unnecessarily condensing try hard in this thread and in other threads ive seen recently

    can patov2 just be u being normal> lol
     
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  13. Narsh
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    Apr 10, 2016
    that's literally the biggest pitfall of the album though. he challenged himself for sure but the pay off, over time, is clearly lacking. it's less focused, the narrative is too sprawling, the writing too on the nose, etc.

    the music on TPAB is almost uniformly great, it's kendrick who struggles to match the progressiveness without shoehorning in the concepts he aimed to convey. Where his rapping should feel liberated it feels more restrained and tightly wound than ever before. It works in parts, but not as a whole.
     
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  14. DouBle
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    DouBle

    Apr 10, 2016
    people who know far more about musical composition than I do say it's one of the most brilliant albums in recent memory...yet I don't give a f--- about that s---.

    Tpab is my favorite kendrick project because I like it the most, simple as that :idk:
     
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  15. Pato v3
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    Pato v3 exilio

    Apr 10, 2016
    Examples?

    My musical taste is just constantly changing and I'm discovering new artists, there's nothing weird about it

    It is common for young people (see Luke) to overrate stuff they enjoy at some point
     
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  16. DouBle
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    DouBle

    Apr 10, 2016
    and tbh, I disagree with literally everything narsh said...also one of the rare times I disagree with him :idk:

    Kdot actually matches the progressiveness perfectly imo
     
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  17. Garnet FF
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    Apr 10, 2016
    Drake is far bigger than thug lol, no way he would lose a poll against him.
     
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  18. Pato v3
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    Pato v3 exilio

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    TPAB is just a mediocre album the only reason why I'm trashing it so hard is for its fanbase and Kendrick's previous records

    Also because it's the cool thing to do :happypepe:
     
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  19. DouBle
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    Apr 10, 2016
    Drake is also bigger than Kendrick :kanye3:

    I'm pretty sure people on this site like Young Thug more than Drake
     
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  20. Narsh
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    Narsh

    Apr 10, 2016
    basically this is what im not telling u to do lol :emoji_heart:
     
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