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Kendrick Lamar

vant0037vant0037 Posts: 6,134
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That "King Kunta" track is blowing my mind. Great album.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=hRK7PVJFbS8
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  • RobbyD462RobbyD462 Victoria BC Posts: 4,812
    edited April 2015
    Killer track! Im really liking this album.
    I like "Alright" too.
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  • vant0037vant0037 Posts: 6,134
    "i"
    "Hood Politics"

    Loving this album.
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  • RobbyD462RobbyD462 Victoria BC Posts: 4,812
    I saw him at the Pemberton Festival and he was incredible!
    Happy to hear he's headlining Pemberton again this year
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  • MrosplockMrosplock Orange County, CA Posts: 42
    That album is amazing! King Kunta sounds like a beat from DJ Quik though (read that they sampled one of his songs on it) but I still love it!
  • samjamsamjam New York Posts: 9,283
    The Blacker The Berry is one of the best songs I've heard ever. Seriously. This guy is the real deal. I'm not a huge hip hop fan, and only started listening to him lately, but he is freaking unbelievable!
    "Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
    ~not a dude~
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  • JH6056JH6056 Posts: 2,427
    The widespread "mind-blown-ness" I'm hearing reported re: this album is really something. Looking forward to checking it out, and him live whenever I get to.
  • May 30thMay 30th Posts: 1,761
    Not a big rap fan but this album is friggin awesome. Front to back great
  • samjamsamjam New York Posts: 9,283
    Amazing!
    consequenceofsound.net/2015/06/kendrick-lamar-meets-fan-whose-life-he-saved/
    "Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
    ~not a dude~
    2010: MSGx2
    2012: Made In America
    2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
    2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
    2015: Global Citizen Festival
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  • JH6056JH6056 Posts: 2,427
    Wanting to see him live SO BADLY... like him even more after reading that story ^^ Thanks for posting SamJam!
  • samjamsamjam New York Posts: 9,283
    Remembering I posted in here a while ago....

    Was lucky enough to catch Kendrick this past Monday. I was FLOORED. The man's meant to be on stage, entertaining people, and sharing his gift. Couldn't have had a better time. Super cool he had a guitarist, bass player, and drummer live with him. Totally added more to it. Rhythm section especially were very impressive.

    Let me tell you--a room full of (mostly) young people singing things like 'I love myself' and "We gon' be alright,' while also listening intently to songs like Blacker the Berry was something I won't soon forget.
    "Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
    ~not a dude~
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    2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
    2015: Global Citizen Festival
    2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2
    2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
  • May 30thMay 30th Posts: 1,761
    his performance on the Colbert show was awesome. would love to see him play the new album front to back.
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    I keep seeing articles about this guy online. Is he really that good?
    I saw Alright on a music video show and I like it.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • jjflashjjflash Posts: 4,973
    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    I keep seeing articles about this guy online. Is he really that good?
    I saw Alright on a music video show and I like it.

    Yes, he's really that good.
    Check out his albums...def worth your time
  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    Awesome Grammy performance!

    https://vid.me/nc4T
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • samjamsamjam New York Posts: 9,283
    jjflash said:

    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    I keep seeing articles about this guy online. Is he really that good?
    I saw Alright on a music video show and I like it.

    Yes, he's really that good.
    Check out his albums...def worth your time
    Agreed. Really, really THAT good.

    Killed it, per usual, at the Grammy's yesterday!
    "Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
    ~not a dude~
    2010: MSGx2
    2012: Made In America
    2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
    2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
    2015: Global Citizen Festival
    2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2
    2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
  • JH6056JH6056 Posts: 2,427
    Absolutely and totally agree: he KILLED IT at the Grammys, amazing! I was so disappointed that he didn't win in his category... he's stunningly amazing!
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    edited February 2016
    I listened to some songs on Youtube, a lot of nigga this motherfucker that bitch this bitches that.
    I don't know if I can get into this stuff. Seems very gangsta rap (I used to like it as a teen but outgrown it now).
    Post edited by Thoughts_Arrive on
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  • vant0037vant0037 Posts: 6,134
    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    I listened to some songs on Youtube, a lot of nigger this motherfucker that bitch this bitches that.
    I don't know if I can get into this stuff. Seems very gangsta rap (I used to like it as a teen but outgrown it now).

    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    I listened to some songs on Youtube, a lot of nigger this motherfucker that bitch this bitches that.
    I don't know if I can get into this stuff. Seems very gangsta rap (I used to like it as a teen but outgrown it now).

    Easy there.
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    vant0037 said:

    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    I listened to some songs on Youtube, a lot of nigger this motherfucker that bitch this bitches that.
    I don't know if I can get into this stuff. Seems very gangsta rap (I used to like it as a teen but outgrown it now).

    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    I listened to some songs on Youtube, a lot of nigger this motherfucker that bitch this bitches that.
    I don't know if I can get into this stuff. Seems very gangsta rap (I used to like it as a teen but outgrown it now).

    Easy there.
    What? It's true, I can hear him saying these profanities.
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  • buck502000buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    Yeah - I don't get it. Watched the whole Grammy performance. Seems like he's against, "the man" and that's his whole act.
  • vant0037vant0037 Posts: 6,134
    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    vant0037 said:

    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    I listened to some songs on Youtube, a lot of nigger this motherfucker that bitch this bitches that.
    I don't know if I can get into this stuff. Seems very gangsta rap (I used to like it as a teen but outgrown it now).

    Easy there.
    What? It's true, I can hear him saying these profanities.
    Hearing and repeating certain words are two different things.
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  • weddingparadeweddingparade Posts: 1,179
    i couldn't get past his lyrics and some of the words he chooses to use.
  • JH6056JH6056 Posts: 2,427
    buck502000 said:

    Yeah - I don't get it. Watched the whole Grammy performance. Seems like he's against, "the man" and that's his whole act.

    He's clearly not for everyone, but at least be aware that you're giving a surface listen/view to it and the storytelling is way way deeper and more complex than your takeaway. You don't have to like it, and you don't even have to delve deeper. Just understand that at the level you've listened/looked, you're not even getting a fraction of what he's saying and doing.
  • JH6056JH6056 Posts: 2,427
    And it's also interesting to see how people can watch the exact same single performance (like the Grammys) and have such vastly different impressions of what it meant, what the message was, what was or wasn't groundbreaking and incredible (or not incredible) about it..... It clearly all starts with what you've been exposed to and how you see the world before you ever watch the performance. Like most things, the perspective that you start from totally influences what you do and don't take away from it.

    Same can be said for Lady Gaga's Bowie performance. I saw raves on many of the online entertainment sites, but the Bowie-aholics I know on facebook shredded it and tore it up. Most agreed she seemed to be making a sincere effort, but no, it didn't work at all. It mostly boiled down to casual Bowie fan vs. intense Bowie fan, and very few major fans were impressed.

    Kendrick Lamar is exceptionally talented IMHO and for those of us steeped in hip hop (beyond "rap flavor of the month" back in the day), he's groundbreaking and amazing in how he tells his stories and the overall tapestry he wove with "To Pimp A Butterfly". But it's ok that some people will watch his Grammy performance and say "Eh, meh, ok he doesn't like "The Man", what is the big deal?" I might ask the same question of many of the other artists I saw on the Grammys. Like I'm starting to like Adele, but if all I'd really seen was her Grammy performance, I'd think "Wow, seriously, what IS the big deal? That was so mediocre!" But she's a lot more than that one performance.
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,987
    I am not at all a fan of rap (I kind of hate it for the most part - very few exceptions), but I did really like that Grammy performance - cool combination of musical styles; very artistic and creative. Hadn't even heard of him before that - I am clueless when it comes to this genre.
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  • Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 8,206
    The Man. lol
  • Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 8,206
    I think his performance on ACL is a better show of his talent. He knocked it out of the park on Grammys but the sound was terrible. ACL is a nice clean and crisp recording in a great environment.

    I think it also gives a better portrayal of the breadth and depth to his music. TPAB is an honest portrayal of life as a black man in 2015/1016 America. His reality is growing up in Compton with gang activity around him, as well as being marginalized by "the man" (still lol) and institutional racism. And TPAB is as progressive of a hip hop album as you are going to see outside of a Kanye album. its a touchstone album for the genre.

    but for the most part, if you don't like hip hop, its not really meant for you.


  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,987
    edited February 2016
    Not sure about that last point.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • samjamsamjam New York Posts: 9,283
    Tim Simmons said:


    I think it also gives a better portrayal of the breadth and depth to his music. TPAB is an honest portrayal of life as a black man in 2015/1016 America. His reality is growing up in Compton with gang activity around him, as well as being marginalized by "the man" (still lol) and institutional racism.

    Ding ding ding! This guy gets it!

    Incredible album based on lived experiences, told in a provocative, progressive, captivating, and honest way.
    "Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
    ~not a dude~
    2010: MSGx2
    2012: Made In America
    2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
    2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
    2015: Global Citizen Festival
    2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2
    2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
  • Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 8,206
    PJ_Soul said:

    Not sure about that last point.

    Because if you enjoy hip hop, you'll get it immediately. If you don't enjoy hip hop, its not as obvious and takes work. Or to put it a different way, its probably not the album to pull you in the genre. I mean if you can, great, But if you look at like "hes angry at the man", then its not for you.
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