Kendrick Lamar Best Posts: TPAB VS GKMC

  1. JFK
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    Mar 26, 2015
    Better than all of TPAB combined

     
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  2. Nav Bhatia
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    Nav Bhatia Bitch, be humble

    Mar 26, 2015
    SAMIDOT is the song that confirmed that GKMC is a classic.
     
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  3. Term-X
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    Term-X relevant.

    Mar 22, 2015
    Albums don't have to be 'perfect' for them to be classics, GKMC is the best example of contemporary Hip Hop, SAM/IDOT was the most mindblowing thing I've ever heard, it was otherworldly. The use of obscure samples like on TAOPP & Money Trees's were incredible and tracks like Maad city made the album feel bigger than life. Kendrick rapping about Compton is edge of your seat storytelling and the cinematic element was executed to perfection.
     
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  4. Oldboy
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    Mar 22, 2015
    if you saw avengers, you might remember Loki vs hulk ... both are monsters of their own...hulk is built to rock your world...Loki is built to rock your mind..both are amazing..both are ground breaking...you would be speechless infront of both of them

    but lets stop talking about a movie that has nothing to do with this...back to topic...which album you think is better?
     
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  5. billybadass
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    Apr 20, 2015
    both were masterpieces, it's really hard to compare, gkmc was a beautiful look into the life of a kid trapped in the streets and their ways meanwhile tpab was a man with so much influence and power trying to better himself, stay out the streets, influence the kids to do better, battle his demons, tpab is so complex and layered i'll probably peep something new next time i play it
     
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    Mar 26, 2015
    sing about me/dying of thirst > m.a.a.d city
     
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  7. LookoutForDetox
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    Mar 26, 2015
    Awesome forum.

    I think they're very different albums, I still probably prefer Section 80 to both right now, but I love GKMC and TPAB.
    I genuinely think Kendrick is 3/3 and Overly dedicated is amazing too.

    Also people should quit it with that "Kendrick has become a socially-conscious over night" cos its simply not true, he's always had those tracks on every record, he's just going in a different direction with it, I think the verses are probably slightly better on GKMC (with exception of TBTB:emoji_sunglasses:) but the instrumentality is better on TPAB.

    Anyway both are better than anyone else is putting out
     
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    Mar 24, 2015
    KTT. Btw they banned me on KTT. This site is dope fam :)
     
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  9. Big Mitch
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    Mar 22, 2015
    TPAB because I can listen to every second of every song and not hate anything about it. There's a few weak points in GKMC. The production on TPAB is also better imo.
     
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