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jt on his period right now :lol:
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Quote:Originally posted by Carl@Mar 16 2015, 07:05 PM
jt on his period right now :lol:
you figure out how to get your cp on the deep web?

#GENE4HOF

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JT bodied Gor lmao
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RIP GORLAB, YOU JUST GOT ETHERED SON
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My God yall are annoying with your Kendrick boners.
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Quote:Originally posted by 701@Mar 16 2015, 08:02 PM
My God yall are annoying with your Kendrick boners.

tank you for the input.

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Lmao I have SportsNation on my TV right now for some reason and Bow Wow, aka the WOAT rapper is on. For some reason, they are only referring to him by his real name "Shad Moss". Shit's killing me.
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Quote:Originally posted by 701@Mar 16 2015, 11:02 PM
My God yall are annoying with your Kendrick boners.

This shit dope lol they just tellin it how it is
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Quote:Originally posted by Spangle@Mar 16 2015, 11:26 PM
Lmao I have SportsNation on my TV right now for some reason and Bow Wow, aka the WOAT rapper is on. For some reason, they are only referring to him by his real name "Shad Moss". Shit's killing me.

I think he's tryna drop the Bow Wow iirc lol
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Quote:Originally posted by Spangle@Mar 16 2015, 11:26 PM
Lmao I have SportsNation on my TV right now for some reason and Bow Wow, aka the WOAT rapper is on. For some reason, they are only referring to him by his real name "Shad Moss". Shit's killing me.


:lol: :lol:

He dropped BOW WOW but the people won't allow it.
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Oh wow, poor guy. Shad Moss is a tough one to switch to.
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Quote:Originally posted by Spangle@Mar 16 2015, 10:26 PM
Lmao I have SportsNation on my TV right now for some reason and Bow Wow, aka the WOAT rapper is on. For some reason, they are only referring to him by his real name "Shad Moss". Shit's killing me.

Are they dicussing his short NBA career?
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Quote:Originally posted by Trill@Mar 16 2015, 10:29 AM
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I don't really listen to music for lyrical content so that's why guys like Thug and Quan are people I listen to the most. I still fuck wit guys like P Reign, A$AP and Kendrick tho
p reign = god

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Quote:Originally posted by MayTee@Mar 17 2015, 11:39 AM

p reign = god

I agree tbh
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Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly</div>

Wesley’s Theory (ft. George Clinton & Thundercat): 10/10
-Beats should not be allowed to be this funky. My Lord does this thing go. It is physically impossible not to move along to this beat, it's just that damn funky. This one is incredibly deep, as is the whole album, but it goes way over my head obviously, though I do love the lines, "When I get signed homie I'mma buy a strap / Straight from the CIA, set it on my lap / Take a few M-16s to the hood / Pass 'em all out on the block, what's good?" The hook from Kendrick Lamar is awesome and I love the pre-hook from Thundercat. Sonically, they sound incredible. The start of the second verse, "What you want you? A house or a car? / Forty acres and a mule, a piano, a guitar?" is also killer. As a whole, the production, lyrics, flow, delivery, and singing, on this one are pitch perfect. This is the shit I have wet dreams of when thinking of great opening tracks on an album. Sorry for the dickriding here, but my Lord, this is the intro track that everybody should aspire to make.

For Free? (Interlude): 9/10
-A short little entry here, this one does have a verse from Kendrick, so I will rate it anyways. Kendrick's flow and delivery here are insane and the way he spits his bars...mmmmm. Just damn son, so fricking smooth. Solid production here wraps up this interlude with a tight bow as though I do not adore this one lyrically as much (lol who am I kidding, this shit is tight, I'm just trying to not have his entire dick in my mouth), it is still really good.

King Kunta: 10/10
-Funky, funky, funky, funky, funky, funky, funky, funky, funky. My man Kendrick delivering that hot funk though. I love the backing female voice here, for some reason it is really funny to me and it sounds good anyways. This song has me claiming African heritage, that's how good it is. Some great lines here include, "I can dig rapping, but a rapper with a ghost writer? / What the fuck happened? (Oh no) I swore I wouldn't tell / But most of y'all share bars, like you got the bottom bunk in a two man cell" and "I was gonna kill a couple rappers but they did it to themselves / Everybody's suicidal they don't even need my help". Can confirm from these two and this whole song that Kendrick has no chill. Honestly, great production on this one coupled with how well Kendrick does on it makes it the 10/10 that it is.

Institutionalized (ft. Bilal, Anna Wise, & Snoop Dogg): 6/10
-Not really digging the interlude portion of this one by Anna Wise and Bilal. The lyrics are good, but the way it sounds is poor at best. I do love Snoop Dogg's portion of this song though, really adds another dimension that I love. The one line I really dug here is definitely, "It's the recession, then why the fuck he in King of Diamonds?" Though, I have to say this one has me generally underwhelmed. The beat is kind of boring and while Kendrick continues with the same themes he has been touching on thus far, it just feels tired on this one and largely uninspired. It is far from a bad song, but it is just...a little bit above eh.

These Walls (ft. Bilal, Anna Wise, & Thundercat): 8/10
-Anna Wise and Bilal's contributions to this song are much stronger and this song completely escapes me as to its meaning. I am not good at deciphering meaning of songs and this one is just one I will never understand, so let's move on from that. From Kendrick, I really dig the line, "If these walls could talk they’d tell me to swim good". I adore the entire third verse, in large part due to his dark, moody delivery of it. The beat slows down here and it just feels so intense, it is honestly perfect. Any complaints I had from before are gone as this verse more than makes up for it. Overall, not my favorite song, but pretty damn good.

u: 10/10
-Every time I listen to the album, I love this song. As Kendrick deals with a lot of inner turmoil, we get a look into his mind a bit. From the screaming at the beginning, you can feel the pain in this song from the first second and it gets progressively more and more painful throughout. The complete opposite of i, u is possibly the darkest song here, as the anger is directed inward. In particular, the pain you can hear in the second and third verses just kills me every time (though the line "God himself will say "you fuckin' failed" kills me). This song is more than random quotes I pull out that I love. This one is just damn. My favorite song on the album from listen number one to now, u is perfect.

Alright: 9/10
-This sounds like a Pharrell beat to me and by golly, it is. Really great production here and Kendrick absolutely murders it. A bit of a turn around from u, Kendrick now proclaims "we gon' be alright", though the truth behind those words is certainly questionable. Kendrick's verses are very good and his flow and delivery of them are quite good, but for me, the beat is what makes this track. Pharrell hit a home run with this beat and man oh man is it nice to hear some sweet ass Pharrell production in 2015.

For Sale? (Interlude): 8/10
-This song lets us learn more about Lucy (aka Lucifer aka the Devil aka Satan). I love the voice Kendrick is using on his flow and delivery, sounds wacky, but sounds innocent kind of, which I think is an interesting approach for a track with this subject matter. Overall, the beat here is nice and there is not too too much to dig into here, but it is pretty dope and a solid "pause" in the album, as if it is a "pause" at all. This one is quite good indeed.

Momma: 7/10
-The beginning here is a little odd and the beat is a little off kilter and not really down my alley, but Kendrick certainly kills. I really dig the line, "Thank God for rap, I would say it got me a plaque / But what's better than that? / The fact it brought me back home", as well as, "He looked at me and said Kendrick you do know my language / You just forgot because of what public schools had painted". Kendrick takes us back to Mother Africa on this track and I love the imagery he indirectly paints of being in Africa and though the beat is not in my alley, it does work for this song. As a whole, not my favorite song, but it is still solid.

Hood Politics: 10/10
-This beat may be my favorite on the entire album. It is just so damn laid back and, dare I say groovy. This song could be a 10/10 solely for the beat (including the brief beat switch) and the most famous line from the album at this point, "Critics want to mention that they miss when hip hop was rappin’ / Motherfucker if you did, then Killer Mike'd be platinum", but the very good hook and great verses all-around from Kendrick here more than make it a 10. While not my favorite track here, it is damn close.

How Much a Dollar Cost (ft. James Fauntleroy & Ronald Isley): 10/10
-Sporting what has to be my favorite hook on the whole album courtesy of James Fauntleroy, "How Much a Dollar Cost" also features a hot beat put together by LoveDragon that bumps something unholy. Kendrick's flow and delivery here are smooth as butter and he rides the beat absolutely perfectly. He really shows off his technical skill here as man, he rides this thing like a surfer on a wave, just too smooth. The lyrical content here is also strong as always, though that is to be expected by now, no?

Complexion (A Zulu Love) (ft. Rapsody): 9/10
-Touching on skin color issues within the black community (dark skinned v. light skinned, etc.), Kendrick goes in as per usual. I am really digging this beat here, though what I really love here is Rapsody's verse. From the intro of, "Let me talk my Stu Scott, ‘scuse me on my 2Pac / Keep your head up, when did you stop loving thy". Then the follow-up of, "That’s the real blues, baby, like you met Jay’s baby / You blew me away, you think more beauty in blue green and grey / All my Solomon up north, 12 years a slave / 12 years of age, thinkin’ my shade too dark / I love myself, I no longer need Cupid / Enforcin’ my dark side like a young George Lucas". Dare I say Rapsody renegaded Kendrick on this track? I don't know, but all I know is that Rapsody went in and murdered this one. To say I am impressed would be an understatement.

The Blacker the Berry: 10/10
-Loved this one since it first dropped, but I definitely love the additional backing vocals added to this one from Lalah Hathaway. One of the most aggressive tracks here, Kendrick comes straight for the crown with lines such as, "I'm African-American, I'm African / I'm black as the moon, heritage of a small village / Pardon my residence", "I'm black as the name of Tyrone and Darius / Excuse my French but fuck you — no, fuck y'all / That's as blunt as it gets, I know you hate me, don't you? / You hate my people, I can tell cause it's threats when I see you", and then of course, "So why did I weep when Trayvon Martin was in the street? / When gang banging make me kill a ***** blacker than me? / Hypocrite!". Incredibly hard hitting and impactful, "The Blacker the Berry" is a powerhouse of a track that emphasizes everything Kendrick has touched on thus far and almost brings it home in a way.

You Ain’t Gotta Lie (Momma Said): /10
-What really makes this one for me is the hook, "You ain't gotta lie to kick it, my ***** / You ain't gotta lie, you ain't gotta lie / You ain't gotta lie to kick it, my ***** / You ain't gotta try so hard". I love Kendrick's delivery of the hook, it really just works for me. The beat here is super chill and works so well. The opening to the third verse, "What do you got to offer? / Tell me before we off ya, put you deep in the coffin / Been allergic to talkin', been a virgin to bullshit / And selling dream at the auction, tell me just who your boss is / Niggas be fugazie, bitches be fugazie / This is for fugazie niggas and bitches who make / habitual line babies, bless them little hearts" is also absolutely killer. Overall, the lyrics, flow, and delivery of this one are stellar. After the hard hitting previous track, this one also has a nice chill vibe to it that let's you almost relax in a way, which I appreciate.

i: 9/10
-I was one of the few who dug the original single version of "i". I really dug the light, happy feel of it, but when "The Blacker the Berry" and "King Kunta" dropped before the whole project came out, I really did wonder how the hell it would fit into the album, so to hear it changed is kind of disappointing in a way, though I do dig this version, just not as much. This one sounds like a live recording, though it was obviously done in a studio, just made to sound live. I still love the message here and the way it contrasts "u", but I really wish it was as light as it was before rather than dulled down due to the "live" effect. All the same, the track is still hot and I can proudly claim that I liked it before it became at least mildly popular to like it, on that hipster grind, haha. The ending skit here is also incredible, including the acapella piece at the end. Great, great additions to the song that outweigh anything I didn't like that got added, as that acapella piece is more than worth it.

Mortal Man: 10/10
-Alright, ya ya the song portion of this one is awesome. Great beat, hook, lyrics, flow, delivery (and when I say great, I mean it), the works, but what makes this is the skit at the end. Just like how I love Kanye's skit at the end of "Last Call", the ending interview with Tupac truly just sends a shiver down my spine. While it comes from a 1994 interview, excuse me if I just pretend that Tupac came into the studio to re-record it and briefly left Cuba. He's alive, ladies and gentleman! haha

144/160 -> 9/10

In his third album, Kendrick Lamar truly pushes the boundaries of rap in a way only rarely seen in the past (namely through Kanye West and his discography, which has undoubtedly altered the landscape of hip hop). Incorporating those funky jazz sounds of old, Kendrick raps over these brilliantly crafted beats with unrelenting fury and murders damn near every line. A concept album much like his previous album, this one is far more complex and the depth that it exists at is beyond my comprehension, but he certainly speaks on numerous issues here, namely race and self-acceptance, which are crucial to the identity of everyone. With fantastic beats, lyrics, and messages strewn throughout, To Pimp a Butterfly will stand tall as one of the best albums of 2015 and, hopefully, one of the most important that will be released this year.



Btw, I still prefer Lupe Fiasco's Tetsuo & Youth. No weak tracks there, this one had some that I didn't love.
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