so Kendrick's new album is now on iTunes

[oats]

which is cool

[Greed]

Keith Charles - S T A C Y

Some girl told me about this song. I dig it.

[Inno]

^^thats horrible thread etiquette

is it free?

[Ghost1]

Agreed

POST THE FUCKIMG LINK

[kannon]

I have a feeling once King Kunta leaked, he knew the full leak was coming, so he just released it.

But no, it's not free. $14.99 I downloaded a bootleg copy last night, but I still plan to pick up a physical copy next week when its in stores.

I listened to the front half last night, and it's pretty dope so far. A lot of jazz and funk influence in this one.

[oats]

THREAD TITLE SAYS ON ITUNES YOU FUCKS

Unfortunately, my geography is preventing me from getting it, but what I've heard makes me think it's pretty great.

[Geno]

soooooo

is it good? better than his first? ....which arguably was a decent album, but shouldnt be hard to top lol

[oats]

By first do you mean Section 80?

Either way, I haven't actually listened to it in entirety, so I couldn't form an opinion.

[Geno]

no sorry.
i should have clarified
i meant his good kid maad city album

totally forgot he had so many tapes before his actual being to signed and dropping gkmc

[Ghost1]

I have a feeling once King Kunta leaked, he knew the full leak was coming, so he just released it.

But no, it's not free. $14.99 I downloaded a bootleg copy last night, but I still plan to pick up a physical copy next week when its in stores.

I listened to the front half last night, and it's pretty dope so far. A lot of jazz and funk influence in this one.

Wtf?

Of course its free u mormon fagot

Fuck kendrick

Ill f8nd the torrent myself later

Lol its not free

WELCOME TO THE COMPUTERNET FUCK FACE

[Geno]

Lol. Its always free one way or another.
Just dont sacrifice ur pcs security for this

[Truth Iscariot]

I'm listening now and enjoying it.

[Suthaveli]

Joint is dope.. & it's on spotify

[Truth Iscariot]

I'm loving the journey of it.

I listened to Tetsou & Youth, finally, this morning. I really liked it, but this Kendrick shit.

[Mutilate]

The strong Jazz influence is dope. It's different.

[Truth Iscariot]

Yes.

To those who have listened what is your favorite track?

[boof]

good kid maad city was top 3 mainstream hip hop albums in the last 5 years wtf

[Truth Iscariot]

Hell yeah it was but I liked this one better tbh.

[boof]

that's exciting

[Truth Iscariot]

You gotta listen my friend. This has been one hell of a year for hip hop already. Kendrick, Drake, Lupe, and Joey badA$$ all dropping dope albums with Action Bronsons right around the corner.

[Diode]

i guess i am old and out of touch

i don't get this

[Ghost1]

You gotta listen my friend. This has been one hell of a year for hip hop already. Kendrick, Drake, Lupe, and Joey badA$$ all dropping dope albums with Action Bronsons right around the corner.

An cole?

[Suthaveli]

An cole?

I echo this^^^

But yeah. All the albums listed hv been really gd albums.

He put an live sounding version of "I" on the album. It's real funk music & 90s influenced. But not as 90s as Joey. The production of the album is fuckin awesome.
But this all depends on what you're looking for.

[Truth Iscariot]

Excuse me. Idk how I forgot about Cole.

[Truth Iscariot]

I guess because that son of a bitch isn't coming to his home state in his next tour. Where's the love for Carolina J Cole

[boof]

i was gonna go see him in Columbus turns out its 110$

nope, sorry

[Truth Iscariot]

I got to see Kendrick in Greensboro two years back he absolutely rocked it. Actually started free styling during backseat freestyle

[dead man]

i'm starting to get a bit tired of this mentality where the closer something sounds to "90's" rap it deserves more praise.

i know we're all weepy-eyed for the golden age but i have so many friends who refuse to listen to anything or anybody new coming out because of this closed-minded retrospective approach to music.

this becomes the norm for "da real hip-hop heads". hence, when artists try their damndest to replicate the sound of music made 19 years ago, it gets placed on a pedestal. looking at you joey.

idk. i'm torn because i obviously love that era's music as much as anybody, but it seems as though this over-the-shoulder attitude towards rap could potentially just serve to stagnate the genre.

[Split Eight]

I like Joey because of his production.

[Truth Iscariot]

I think the thing about Joey is he imitates the era well. That being said his next album needs to stray away from that. I stand to argue that we are on the cusp of a new golden age. With artists like Lamar, Cole, and Bronson coming into their own, legends like Raekwon and Ghostface still dropping new material and a bevy of up and coming artists releasing their debuts this year. 2015 is shaping up to be the best year in hip hop in a while I think. I am so stoked to hear Mr Wonderful now.

Also let's not forget the illness dropped in the last quarter of 2014.

[kannon]

Wtf?

Of course its free u mormon fagot

Fuck kendrick

Ill f8nd the torrent myself later

Lol its not free

WELCOME TO THE COMPUTERNET FUCK FACE

I mean, I guess anything is free if you steal it.

[kannon]

Excuse me. Idk how I forgot about Cole.

Because the Cole album came out last November.

Don't listen to Bags, he's a FUCKING ASSHOLE :(:(:(

[big baby]

Wtf?

Of course its free u mormon fagot

Fuck kendrick

Ill f8nd the torrent myself later

Lol its not free

WELCOME TO THE COMPUTERNET FUCK FACE

HAHA BB LIKE DIS

LMAO YEAH FUCKA IDIYOTE KKANNON FUCKA STOOPID FUGGAT

"OH IT NOT FREE AGAINST THE LAWSIES" STFU FUCKA IDIYOTE HI IMK ANNON LAW ABIDING CITIZEN. BUY CD'S. DOWNLOAD THEM BEFORE HAND. PLANING TO BUY LATER IN STORES WHEN IT HITS THE SHELVES. 14.99. BUYING PHYSICAL COPY. LIKE USING TERMINOLOGY LIKE 'HIT THE SHELVES' AND 'PHYSICAL COPY' AND 'ALBUM'. MAKES ME FEEL COOL. KANNON.GLASSES. SHADES. BOOTLEGGER UNETXTRAORDINAIRE. BUY ALBUMS WITH SHADES ON. BUY THE VINYL'S TOO. SUPPORT ARTISTRY. KANYE WEST. WHITE VERSION, KAYNE EAST. ARTISTRY. SUPPORT .15 BUCKS. SUPPORT EM, NOT FREE, NEVER. CAN'T. EVEN THO I GOT A FREE COPY, ITS NOT FREE. GOING TO GET ONE. JUST WANTED TO BE HIPSTER AND LISTEN TO IT BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE, BUT STILL BUYING IT. WITH SHADES ON. BUYING A PHYSICAL COPY AND JAMMING TO IT, RATING IT. GOING TO POST A THREAD WITH A MILLION ALBUM SONGS AND RATE EM. HIPSTER. COOL.14.99 ON THE DOLLAR, GOING TO BRING IN 3 QUARTER, 2 DIMES AND 4 PENNIES IN. PAY IT IN FULL. FOLLOWING LAWSIES. KANNON. AUDIO HEAD. LOVE RAP. SUPPORT HIP-HOPPERS. HIPPITY HOP. COOL. HIPSTER. TAVERN TAP AND GRILL. NAMING MY NEXT MIXTAPE AFTER A IPA STOUT FROM LOCAL BAR. CONDEMN NAPSTER AND TORRENT SITES. WILL SUE YOU. TAKES THE FBI WARNING IN BEGINNING OF MOVIES SERIOUSLY. REPORTS PPL BOOTLEGGING. TO THE AUTHORITIES. LAW ABIDING CITIZEN. NAPSACK WITH GUIDELINES IN IT, READ IT ALOUD TO CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY. STANDS ON PEDESTAL IN MIDDLE OF COUNTRY SQQUARE AND READS ARTICLE 3 LAW 5 INSTATING THAT INDIVIDUALS MUST NOT BOOTLEGG OR RECREATE ORIGINAL COPIES OF ANY KIND. PROHIBITS PICKPOCKETS IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH. HAS A DEPUTY DOG NAMED MERLIN. EATS CHEEZ ITS ONE BY ONE. HAS A MAP WITH RED PIN COORDINATES CITING SMALL VICTIMLESS CRIMES IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS. COMMUNITY SECRUTIY COP BADGE. SRS. BANDANA ON. GLASSES. READY 2 FITE CRIME. LMAO FUCKING GOOFBALL NERD FAGGIT, YEAH IT FREE FUCKA IDIYOTE. NOW GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY OFFICE, FUCK YOU

[oats]

I torrent most of my music, but I can afford to drop 15 bucks from time to time. I like this album a lot.
dead man I agree - I don't want an imitation of 90s rap, but I do like a throwback to it so long as it's original. 90s production (at least the jazzy boom bap style) itself was a throwback. All cyclical, time and place and a way to do it all IMO

[kannon]

HAHA BB LIKE DIS

LMAO YEAH FUCKA IDIYOTE KKANNON FUCKA STOOPID FUGGAT

"OH IT NOT FREE AGAINST THE LAWSIES" STFU FUCKA IDIYOTE HI IMK ANNON LAW ABIDING CITIZEN. BUY CD'S. DOWNLOAD THEM BEFORE HAND. PLANING TO BUY LATER IN STORES WHEN IT HITS THE SHELVES. 14.99. BUYING PHYSICAL COPY. LIKE USING TERMINOLOGY LIKE 'HIT THE SHELVES' AND 'PHYSICAL COPY' AND 'ALBUM'. MAKES ME FEEL COOL. KANNON.GLASSES. SHADES. BOOTLEGGER UNETXTRAORDINAIRE. BUY ALBUMS WITH SHADES ON. BUY THE VINYL'S TOO. SUPPORT ARTISTRY. KANYE WEST. WHITE VERSION, KAYNE EAST. ARTISTRY. SUPPORT .15 BUCKS. SUPPORT EM, NOT FREE, NEVER. CAN'T. EVEN THO I GOT A FREE COPY, ITS NOT FREE. GOING TO GET ONE. JUST WANTED TO BE HIPSTER AND LISTEN TO IT BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE, BUT STILL BUYING IT. WITH SHADES ON. BUYING A PHYSICAL COPY AND JAMMING TO IT, RATING IT. GOING TO POST A THREAD WITH A MILLION ALBUM SONGS AND RATE EM. HIPSTER. COOL.14.99 ON THE DOLLAR, GOING TO BRING IN 3 QUARTER, 2 DIMES AND 4 PENNIES IN. PAY IT IN FULL. FOLLOWING LAWSIES. KANNON. AUDIO HEAD. LOVE RAP. SUPPORT HIP-HOPPERS. HIPPITY HOP. COOL. HIPSTER. TAVERN TAP AND GRILL. NAMING MY NEXT MIXTAPE AFTER A IPA STOUT FROM LOCAL BAR. CONDEMN NAPSTER AND TORRENT SITES. WILL SUE YOU. TAKES THE FBI WARNING IN BEGINNING OF MOVIES SERIOUSLY. REPORTS PPL BOOTLEGGING. TO THE AUTHORITIES. LAW ABIDING CITIZEN. NAPSACK WITH GUIDELINES IN IT, READ IT ALOUD TO CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY. STANDS ON PEDESTAL IN MIDDLE OF COUNTRY SQQUARE AND READS ARTICLE 3 LAW 5 INSTATING THAT INDIVIDUALS MUST NOT BOOTLEGG OR RECREATE ORIGINAL COPIES OF ANY KIND. PROHIBITS PICKPOCKETS IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH. HAS A DEPUTY DOG NAMED MERLIN. EATS CHEEZ ITS ONE BY ONE. HAS A MAP WITH RED PIN COORDINATES CITING SMALL VICTIMLESS CRIMES IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS. COMMUNITY SECRUTIY COP BADGE. SRS. BANDANA ON. GLASSES. READY 2 FITE CRIME. LMAO FUCKING GOOFBALL NERD FAGGIT, YEAH IT FREE FUCKA IDIYOTE. NOW GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY OFFICE, FUCK YOU

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1108969/apw-2_original.jpeg

[oats]

Institutionalized is dope as fuck

[Truth Iscariot]

My favorite track was How Much Does A Dollar Cost. But really I think "I" was the weakest track on the tape.

[oats]

having now listened to it several times over, I pronounce it a great album. no complaints tbh.

[Truth Iscariot]

Do you think it's better than GKMC or not to be compared?

[Greed]

Okay, I apologize.

But don't not listen to the song on account of my rudeness.

[Mercules]

HAHA BB LIKE DIS

LMAO YEAH FUCKA IDIYOTE KKANNON FUCKA STOOPID FUGGAT

"OH IT NOT FREE AGAINST THE LAWSIES" STFU FUCKA IDIYOTE HI IMK ANNON LAW ABIDING CITIZEN. BUY CD'S. DOWNLOAD THEM BEFORE HAND. PLANING TO BUY LATER IN STORES WHEN IT HITS THE SHELVES. 14.99. BUYING PHYSICAL COPY. LIKE USING TERMINOLOGY LIKE 'HIT THE SHELVES' AND 'PHYSICAL COPY' AND 'ALBUM'. MAKES ME FEEL COOL. KANNON.GLASSES. SHADES. BOOTLEGGER UNETXTRAORDINAIRE. BUY ALBUMS WITH SHADES ON. BUY THE VINYL'S TOO. SUPPORT ARTISTRY. KANYE WEST. WHITE VERSION, KAYNE EAST. ARTISTRY. SUPPORT .15 BUCKS. SUPPORT EM, NOT FREE, NEVER. CAN'T. EVEN THO I GOT A FREE COPY, ITS NOT FREE. GOING TO GET ONE. JUST WANTED TO BE HIPSTER AND LISTEN TO IT BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE, BUT STILL BUYING IT. WITH SHADES ON. BUYING A PHYSICAL COPY AND JAMMING TO IT, RATING IT. GOING TO POST A THREAD WITH A MILLION ALBUM SONGS AND RATE EM. HIPSTER. COOL.14.99 ON THE DOLLAR, GOING TO BRING IN 3 QUARTER, 2 DIMES AND 4 PENNIES IN. PAY IT IN FULL. FOLLOWING LAWSIES. KANNON. AUDIO HEAD. LOVE RAP. SUPPORT HIP-HOPPERS. HIPPITY HOP. COOL. HIPSTER. TAVERN TAP AND GRILL. NAMING MY NEXT MIXTAPE AFTER A IPA STOUT FROM LOCAL BAR. CONDEMN NAPSTER AND TORRENT SITES. WILL SUE YOU. TAKES THE FBI WARNING IN BEGINNING OF MOVIES SERIOUSLY. REPORTS PPL BOOTLEGGING. TO THE AUTHORITIES. LAW ABIDING CITIZEN. NAPSACK WITH GUIDELINES IN IT, READ IT ALOUD TO CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY. STANDS ON PEDESTAL IN MIDDLE OF COUNTRY SQQUARE AND READS ARTICLE 3 LAW 5 INSTATING THAT INDIVIDUALS MUST NOT BOOTLEGG OR RECREATE ORIGINAL COPIES OF ANY KIND. PROHIBITS PICKPOCKETS IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH. HAS A DEPUTY DOG NAMED MERLIN. EATS CHEEZ ITS ONE BY ONE. HAS A MAP WITH RED PIN COORDINATES CITING SMALL VICTIMLESS CRIMES IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS. COMMUNITY SECRUTIY COP BADGE. SRS. BANDANA ON. GLASSES. READY 2 FITE CRIME. LMAO FUCKING GOOFBALL NERD FAGGIT, YEAH IT FREE FUCKA IDIYOTE. NOW GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY OFFICE, FUCK YOU

bahahaha..Tavern Tap & Grill

[oats]

Do you think it's better than GKMC or not to be compared?

it's just a completely different record tbh, in style, sound, and scope. really hard to compare the two, but the more I listen to Pimp a Butterfly, the harder it gets for me to temper my enthusiasm for it. I have to consciously stop myself from calling it "genius" and "brilliant." It's so layered.

[Joe Metts]

I hated it.

Granted I only listened to the first 3 tracks but they were horrible. Production was ok. Kendrick ruined it tho.

[Truth Iscariot]

it's just a completely different record tbh, in style, sound, and scope. really hard to compare the two, but the more I listen to Pimp a Butterfly, the harder it gets for me to temper my enthusiasm for it. I have to consciously stop myself from calling it "genius" and "brilliant." It's so layered.

I know dude... I know

[Registered User]

I hated it.

Granted I only listened to the first 3 tracks but they were horrible. Production was ok. Kendrick ruined it tho.

cosigned the album is fucking horrible. 3 okay (at best) tracks and 1 good track - the blacker the berry.

I'm so glad I downloaded this shit and didn't pay for it. I don't listen to Kendrick for no skipity skapity funk shit. I listen to him for some hard backseat freestyle car bangers.

Bottom line stick to your fucking lane, I dont listen to ASAP Rocky and hear a Mozart symphony so why the fuck am I hearing some niggas terrible attempt at funk.

And fuck all you this is genius hipster posers.

[Witty]

cosigned the album is fucking horrible. 3 okay (at best) tracks and 1 good track - the blacker the berry.

I'm so glad I downloaded this shit and didn't pay for it. I don't listen to Kendrick for no skipity skapity funk shit. I listen to him for some hard backseat freestyle car bangers.

Bottom line stick to your fucking lane, I dont listen to ASAP Rocky and hear a Mozart symphony so why the fuck am I hearing some niggas terrible attempt at funk.

And fuck all you this is genius hipster posers.

You seem super intelligent.

[Truth Iscariot]

Lol. I mean...i thought it was good to bring different elements into Rap? Express yourself how you like on the wax? Say fuck popular opinion in fact? I mean look at the game 5 yrs ago, creativity is what was lacked. Now Kendricks here preaching for the blacks. Telling his story through poetic.... Fuck I can't Rhyme anymore.

But fuck a nigga who don't like this. Loving y'all niggas is Complicaaaated

[Truth Iscariot]

But on a more serious note, Jazz outweighs Funk on this album imo. The first track is heavily influenced by funk. But I mean George Clinton on that shit bruh.

I hear more jazz. And Kendricks lines are dope as fuck. Y'all listening to slow if you think his lyrics aren't killing it

[oats]

it's a trip through the history of popular black music at the same time it comments on what it is to be black in america - yes, it's genius.

if you're looking for car bangers, this album wasn't made for you, it's that simple.

[Truth Iscariot]

it's a trip through the history of popular black music at the same time it comments on what it is to be black in america - yes, it's genius.

if you're looking for car bangers, this album wasn't made for you, it's that simple.

Word. Well said.

Oats have you listened to Tetsou & Youth?

[oats]

never heard of. drop a link

[Joe Metts]

If wocka flocka dropped this same exact album there wouldn't even be a thread made about it.

[Truth Iscariot]

never heard of. drop a linkLupe Fiasco / 2015 - Tetsuo & Youth / torrent

I do not agree. If Waka dropped this album I would marvel at his more complex and improved lyrics. Praise him for featuring Billal and Raposdy and wonder why he was going hard in the paint when he had such deep poetic concepts in his repertoire


To each his own but this is the type of hip hop we need imo

People doing their own shit even if an album with 16 bitch don't kill my vibes would be immensely more popular

[Diode]

i hate his voice though

[Truth Iscariot]

At times he sounds like a horny bitch with asthma. I still dig him.

[Mr. J]

Yea I turned it off after 5 songs..I can't get jiggy with this shit

to me it sounds like he's trying to mold himself into a Nas/Andre 3000 hybrid of sorts
I mean if you think he's making great moves with bringing different genres into the game cool
I mean that's what Rakim based his style on was the use of Jazz instrumentals
with all the hype around the album anyone will say anything to get a high five
but I'm like nah...take that shit elsewhere son, right now Tetsuo & Youth is my go to album
I currently am catching up on some other stuff, but that Rhapsody broad>>>
some of the production is good though..some lines are nice
but you can't come out of the wood work after GKMC & drop this...smh

[Malachi]

i liked it alot im not like its classic or nun
not yet at least

copped a physical tho

[oats]

brutal line of reasoning re: Waka Flocka. "If Milli Vanilli made Illmatic..."

that he followed up GKMC with this is in itself exactly what he's driving at in the album - the balls/confidence/love for his craft that it took to drop something completely different from what people wanted/expected, and the ambition and execution of this album - it's a phenomenal record. I agree with Diode in that, his voice, and the musical numbers themselves, may not be immediately palatable, but the more I listen to this, the more clear it becomes that this is a work of genius. Everything is placed perfectly, and it crescendos with a haunting conversation with Tupac. Everything is closely layered and metaphorical.

people will try to pin it down with comparisons, but truthfully there's nothing even remotely similar to this album - maaaaaybe Low End Theory but that wasn't nearly as ambitious. This is an album to listen to and think about and reflect on, not something you bump in the car.

it's not for everyone, and I understand why some aren't as high on it as I am, or at all. but to say this is wack or contrived just makes you sound foolish and unknowledgeable.

[Truth Iscariot]

^ well said.

[uh-oh]

ill check it out but just know i never liked kendrick and dont expect this to change that. in fact the nerd like praise people are giving this is fueling my inner hater. i thiught gkmc wad ok but the love it got made me hate it. the fact people who liked that dislike this i will admit has me intrigued but word kim sure its a mediocre attempt at genius sure to fail in my minds superior opinion

[oats]

ill check it out but just know i never liked kendrick and dont expect this to change that. in fact the nerd like praise people are giving this is fueling my inner hater. i thiught gkmc wad ok but the love it got made me hate it. the fact people who liked that dislike this i will admit has me intrigued but word kim sure its a mediocre attempt at genius sure to fail in my minds superior opinion

lol fair enough. I'll save you the trouble - you won't like it. I recall you not liking jazz, so the combination of two things you don't like will probably not result in something you appreciate tbh. but by all means, give it a go.

[Greed]

Kendrick is way overrated. I also do not care for j cole.

[sral]

http://www.sharebeast.com/t8vhbcnbl9fo

link if its not been posted already

[Certain]

This thread is fun.

[Suthaveli]

last I left this thread it wasn't trolled. I thought I was actually going to go under the radar.

[boof]

george clinton on the first track? ooh im jacked

[Junto]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ5iwCv5nWg
Young & Black

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xRerLLcJvY
HiiiPower

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5yb2H7Fqi8
Ronald Reagan Era

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WfZ7AQOA8c
Turn Me Up


Those are good Kendrick songs to me

I liked a few from this album... but overall thought it sucked

[Junto]

what are we on a fuckin budget now that it's dot org...
I can't get an embed? jesus

https://soundcloud.com/its_fuckn_chewyy/1-05
Money Trees

[Truth Iscariot]

The type of people who stopped fucking with Jay Z when he stopped spitting Miafiaso shit are the people who will listen and write off kendrick after this album. Just growing as an artist brother.

[Suthaveli]

The type of people who stopped fucking with Jay Z when he stopped spitting Miafiaso shit are the people who will listen and write off kendrick after this album. Just growing as an artist brother.

^

Plus his success & recognition he's receiving is going to make his underground fans fall off of him just because. Imo, seen this happen to a few underground artist & it's usually because of the hype & new found glory. He no longer seems like this hidden gem or secret that we felt as tho we discovered.
Also unless you're into blk culture it's not going to appeal to you at all.
Again, all my opinion from consistent patterns & recognizing the trends

[PancakeBrah]

Kind of sucks for the rest of the music industry that "u" ended the Song of the Year competition in March.