Jun 30, 2015 What exactly do you mean by overly self-serious? Otherwise I agree with just about everything you had to say although the only track I'd cut would be How Much A Dollar Cost. I don't mind the length of TPAB. Edit: Sorry if that's a r-----ed question haha I'm just a little confused.
Jun 30, 2015 "i" would be the perfect ending song for the album imo. For Sale and Hood Politics (how tf did he write that 2nd verse?) bothered me more than the songs you mentioned. I like songs like i, u, Alright, You Ain't Gotta Lie etc. Easily worse than Section 80
Jun 30, 2015 Well Section.80's my personal favorite Kendrick album and I don't think that's ever gonna change, so I agree. What's wrong with Hood Politics aside from Demo-crips and Re-blood-icans?
Jun 30, 2015 I still think it's a dope album but I'd rather listen to GKMC. The production on this was freakin great though, some of the concepts were just not THAT innovative and people freaked out like it was the greatest thing since pepperoni on pizza
Jun 30, 2015 Have you ever played jenga tbh the boo-boo's, that atrocious part in the 2nd verse and the beat change after it are the only things I remembered from the song so I had to listen again; the beat is nice but Kendrick, not so much
Jun 30, 2015 what? you don't like the boo boo? pfft... they've been A1 since day 1, n----- you boo boo
Jun 30, 2015 I didn't say that I don't like it I mentioned the 3 things I remembered from the song lol
Jun 30, 2015 times havent changed m8 i still think the album is easily at least an 8/10 if you remember (which you probably dont because people prefer generalizing than sticking to da factz) i specifically didnt even rate TPAB at ALL for like the first month and a half, and only started when me and @BigCountry started our TBT thread...and the goal of that thread was to finally have a rating for the album for myself but we never finished the thread...and since then ive only ever said its between an 8-9 so, yaw, no times changing here just sick of people not being even the least bit critical of this album, when there's plenty to criticize (moreso than any kendrick album to date probably tbh)
Jun 30, 2015 Maybe purist was too strong. People who claim to like hip hop but s--- on this album. If you really think the production on TPAB is inferior compared to DJ Quiks 1st album then you are delusional. Aceyalone is debatable and the Roots are superior but Quik is The Name? Really? A microwaved version? TPABs production is way more intricate and developed than Quik is The Name's. I hope you mean thug is one of the hardest working and not the best. That hard work hasn't produced quality music so I don't admire his hard work. Tell me what you think is better than this album that came out this year so I can gauge how much of a hater you are
Jun 30, 2015 This record is not dumbed down at all lol if anything its the complete opposite And people who discovered rap last year would hate this album because it's not simple and accessible
Jun 30, 2015 Was the Lucy song not simple enough for you? The album is as straightforward as it can be edit: regarding the bold part, it works on songs like tbtb. but in general, not so much
Jun 30, 2015 I'll give you For Sale because the breadcrumbs were huge but the album as a whole is not straightforward. You can't tell me tracks like These Walls, For Free, and Momma are dumbed down
Jun 30, 2015 "Oh America, you bad b----, I picked cotton that made you rich Now my d-ck ain't free" He literally says what the song is about, right there ^. Same with most of the other songs, or Hood Politics (Democrips lmao) etc. Compare this social commentary to what he did in Section 80, for example.
