GKMC or MBDTF ?

Started by Oldboy, Jan 18, 2015, in Music Add to Reading List

Best album of the last decade

  1. gkmc

    27 vote(s)
    50.9%
  2. mbdtf

    26 vote(s)
    49.1%
  1. Narsh
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    Jan 19, 2015
    Yeah. It's highs are higher, its sound is more refined, it would score higher on a track by track basis than GKMC, its "lows" (really are none) are no where near GKMC's lows, etc etc

    Money trees and maad city are undeniably on MBDTF's level but the rest are not
     
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  2. Oldboy
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    Jan 19, 2015
    wait

    your saying sing about me and art of peer and backseat isnt on mbdtf level? :ulliiuliuilu:
     
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  3. Narsh
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    Jan 19, 2015
    Aopp has a bunch of incredible moments, but it's too hopsin-like with the content. Sing for me/dying of thirst is too long. Backseat is pretty flawless ur right

    Also by "MBDTF level" I mean like a 10/10. Money trees and maad city are 10/10s. The rest are still good to great (except for real and Compton)
     
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  4. CODEiNE DEMON
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    CODEiNE DEMON One foot stuck in the tarpit of my ways

    Jan 19, 2015
    MBDTF did not have a low imo and was beautiful all around

    Half of GKMC was amazing, a lot of the rest was top tier, but it's lows were too low to beat MBDTF
     
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  5. CODEiNE DEMON
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    CODEiNE DEMON One foot stuck in the tarpit of my ways

    Jan 19, 2015
    Lmao why
     
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  6. DKC
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    DKC shortygonletmecrush

    Jan 19, 2015
    Backseat Freestyle is GOAT (I've seen Kendrick perform it twice now and it's nuts) and so is this mashup:
     
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  7. Oldboy
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    yea f---in @Narsh ... this song is masterpiece

    @Skippy i thought you were the one that tied them up
     
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  8. CODEiNE DEMON
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    CODEiNE DEMON One foot stuck in the tarpit of my ways

    Jan 19, 2015
    Nah I voted like a week ago (week ago)
     
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  9. Narsh
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    But I said you were right about backseat freestyle
     
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  10. Oldboy
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    art of peers not in the same level?
     
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  11. Narsh
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    Nah. The intro of aopp >>>>
     
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  12. Oldboy
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    f---....Y O U

    his f---in homies made a right then left and a right
     
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  13. Term-X
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    Term-X relevant.

    Jan 19, 2015
    SAM/IDOT isn't too long, being two tracks merged together might give it that perception though. You have to appreciate the irony of what you're saying, considering how over-extended MBDTF is, with it's 5min long robot voice instrumentals.

    Art Of Peer Pressure is the best track on the album, and one of the USP's of the album with Money Trees in terms of using obscure samples.. and making them work for Hip Hop. The first person perspective, the switch to action dialogue was done to perfection, it felt cinematic; 10/10 track.
     
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  14. Narsh
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    i never said it wasn't a great song lol. i thought you guys all knew how highly i rate gkmc. mbdtf is just better

    Even though the halves of SAM/IDOT are separately titled, it's still one track. And, especially in context, it's overlong seeing as how Real goes on for seemingly forever right afterwards. It's start of a lull on an otherwise relatively flawless album so far.

    The MBDTF isn't really appropriate - even when there's a long outro or intro, it's no where near as monotonous as a 10 min rap song. The ending of Runaway is fantastic and you're completely engaged by then, the start of the album is usually equally satisfying and effective at bringing you in, etc. The outro blame game could be too much for some, but I probably know just as many people that don't skip it (shoutout to @Swizz ).

    No, lol

    USP?
     
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  15. Besky
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    Kendrick will never top gkmc to me. its universally acclaimed and EVERY song is 10/10 except Poetic justice which is 9/10

    as for MBDTF, only 2 tracks are 10/10... the rest goes from 5 to 8 imo. MBDTF songs are the definition of "that s--- IS TOO LONG" dude want his instrumentals track to be 1 hour long so bad.
     
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  16. Oldboy
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    this is not how you should feel n-----

    he will top it...you gotta believe
     
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  17. Besky
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    I don't think he will. To me and to many others, gkmc is one of the greatest albums of all time. its flawless, you can never top perfection
     
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  18. Besky
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    imo the 5 best tracks on gkmc are:

    sherane (one of the greatest homages to A Day In The Life Of Benjamin Andre)
    Real
    Sing About Me
    Good Kid
    Maad City

    of course a lot of other tracks are also 10/10 but I think the 5 songs I mentioned are even better.
     
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  19. DKC
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    Jan 19, 2015
    I love Kendrick, but can we all please just face the fact that Real sucks?

    Don't see how you can complain about MBDTF songs being too long when you have a 12-minute and then a 7-minute song right in a row on GKMC.
     
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  20. Oldboy
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    what a goat album when my top 5 are completely different..and its f---in 12 songs album
    art of peer
    backseat
    money tree
    sing about me
    compton
     
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