Dec 31, 2014 I actually don't see the song in either post But if we're talking about the dido collab I think he did well. It's a pretty straight forward feature, he's had much better ones that year. I like the cry wolf feature a lot more - it's everything I love about kendrick features. He always SOMEHOW manages to pull a new and exciting flow out of nowhere
Dec 31, 2014 I liked it for sure, but I honestly haven't listened to it much I was too busy initially reacting negatively to i to pay attention to the fact that he actually killed it on the flylo track lol I'm sure I'll start to rate it higher as time goes on/I've heard it more
Dec 31, 2014 I like this, Kendrick's voice sounds naturally aggressive on these type of pop songs (peep the one with Alicia Keys too). He compliments these joints well.
Jan 2, 2015 7. The City The verse so good, Game made Kendrick split it up. This track was one of the my first introductions to how insanely high Kendrick could raise the bar for a guest. Not only does he come armed for war, a whole arsenal of flows, aggression, and wordplay in his belt, he literally doesn't quite until the entire song becomes his to tote. And the first step in doing so refer back to the intro - after my initial excitement had worn off from listening to this track, I read somewhere that Lamar's original verse was so long, and so d--- good, that Game asked him to remove the first 10 or so bars as the hook. The first thing I thought of then was that an even greater, more mind-boggling verse, was compromised for the sake of a better song - but that wasn't really true. The way the song's set up, Kendrick's great hook leads seamlessly into his fantastic guest verse. So that was only a momentary concern. As long as people knew about the story behind the hook, they could appreciate the verse in it's entirety, Kendrick could rightfully be crowned King of the new generation, and all could be right with the world once again. This verse is still one of the most deliberate guest spots I've ever heard from Kendrick - to the extent that he literally forces Game, and the rest of the instrumentation, piece by pice, off of the track - leaving room only for him and his reverberating vocals. Kendrick dubs himself as a "little n----- Mayweather size," but claims that he "rides like Pac in his prime." "Living in a city where the skinny n----s die, and the semi bullets fly," turned him into a lion - and he was primed to rip some heads off the day he recorded this joint. In some ways, I love the hook more than the verse, but I consider it all one and the same. Just pure passion. The change in tempos, raid ours/radars/Raiders, basically everything Kendrick decided to do for this verse felt purposeful and powerful. On the same song that has the Game claiming to be "the black slim shady," Kendrick comes with the same genuine aggression we haven't seen from Marshall since he last felt he had something to prove. "look at my heart n----- f--- yo feelings" Mentions: @Olorin @swr @Radeem @Meero @Enigma @Koolo @Hasman @Tripstarr @Lubo @Besky @KvB @InLoveWithTheCOCO
Jan 3, 2015 This song is the only thing I remember from this album lol. Great verse, always loved how it started right after his hook. I didn't know the little trivia you mentioned, nice
Jan 27, 2015 Not in my top 15 but the verse is dope. I like the song but I can't listen to that fredo verse
Mar 15, 2016 I didn't grab that one, you'll have to ask @Slyk for that. Why didn't you grab your s---? Lol
Mar 15, 2016 i mean...i have the write up. i grabbed it from the backups a few months ago. i was just wondering why it wasnt up on the blog anymore lol. its like a f---ing short novel. should i just upload it to my own blog...?
