Kendrick Lamar

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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,189
    nicknyr15 said:
    Tim Simmons said:

    The take of if you don’t like Kendrick you don’t get it is trash. I’ve been listening to hip hop forever. I don’t like him. I’d never tell someone to not like him but the minute you say anything about him…. Forget it. The dude could rap for days. Yes. But his songs are trash for the most part imo. He can’t write good songs. They’re boring.  Plus his voice is irritating to me. MY OPINION 
    I thought Dre and Snoop did great a few years ago and I wasn't expecting to like it.

    I've seen Snoop and Ice Cube live and they killed it. Nothing against Lamar but I just don't see anything there of value. My two daughters knew all about his feud with Drake and thought he was great though.
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  • Tim Simmons
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    nicknyr15 said:
    Tim Simmons said:

    The take of if you don’t like Kendrick you don’t get it is trash. I’ve been listening to hip hop forever. I don’t like him. I’d never tell someone to not like him but the minute you say anything about him…. Forget it. The dude could rap for days. Yes. But his songs are trash for the most part imo. He can’t write good songs. They’re boring.  Plus his voice is irritating to me. MY OPINION 
    Its more of a joke that his songs and performance are generally headier. 
  • nicknyr15
    nicknyr15 Posts: 9,222
    Tim Simmons said:
    nicknyr15 said:
    Tim Simmons said:

    The take of if you don’t like Kendrick you don’t get it is trash. I’ve been listening to hip hop forever. I don’t like him. I’d never tell someone to not like him but the minute you say anything about him…. Forget it. The dude could rap for days. Yes. But his songs are trash for the most part imo. He can’t write good songs. They’re boring.  Plus his voice is irritating to me. MY OPINION 
    It’s more of a joke that his songs and performance are generally headier. 
    I understand. I’ve tried all
    his albums multiple
    times. There’s def some keepers but overall not something I ever wanna go back to. Boring is the best way I kind describe it. I know I’m in the minority. 
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,582
    eh. not everything is for everybody and thats fine and nbd. I find most of his albums pretty visceral and find his narrative engaging. 
  • DE4173
    DE4173 Posts: 2,831
    To put it in terms of us old(er) white people, this is Lynyrd Skynyrd singing, "Sweet Home Alabama," in an early 70's Super Bowl. 😄
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  • nicknyr15
    nicknyr15 Posts: 9,222
    Tim Simmons said:
    eh. not everything is for everybody and thats fine and nbd. I find most of his albums pretty visceral and find his narrative engaging. 
    I totally get it. I wish I did. 
  • May 30th
    May 30th Posts: 1,891
    Tim Simmons said:
    eh. not everything is for everybody and thats fine and nbd. I find most of his albums pretty visceral and find his narrative engaging. 
    Totally agree. 

    His concert film from the last tour is one of the best things I’ve seen in years. Watched it twice it was that good. 
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
    There is no such thing as "bad music", only music you love, like, are neutral to, or don't care for.  For Lamar, I'm pretty much in the latter categories.  But so what?  BFD.
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  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,420
    DE4173 said:
    😲🤯😄


    I resemble that remark

    But now that I have done the research into all the symbolism in last nights show I have a greater respect for him as an artist.
  • lexicondevil
    lexicondevil Posts: 2,246
    Tim Simmons said:

    This is perfect. Regardless of whether you could understand every word, there was so much social commentary there for people who can think a little deeper. I've never spent a lot of time with his music, but that is going to change.
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  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,531
    The best Super Bowl halftime shows are the ones that require a scholarly follow-up like it's a Twin Peaks episode 
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,582
    agreed
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,582
    you need to offset "men hold ball, go bang" mentality of the day.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,390
    Good write up of the symbolism.

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/kendrick-lamar-super-bowl-halftime-show-symbolism-1236132476/
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,531
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Good write up of the symbolism.

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/kendrick-lamar-super-bowl-halftime-show-symbolism-1236132476/
    This seems to confirm my suspicion that you needed to be pretty invested in the whole Drake thing?
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,531
    Tim Simmons said:
    you need to offset "men hold ball, go bang" mentality of the day.
    Not a football fan?
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,582
    absolutely not
  • lexicondevil
    lexicondevil Posts: 2,246
    Samuel L. Jackson's lines, as Uncle Sam, anticipated what some segments of our population would say after the performance, “Too loud, too reckless, too ghetto.”
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  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,531
    lexicondevil said:
    Samuel L. Jackson's lines, as Uncle Sam, anticipated what some segments of our population would say after the performance, “Too loud, too reckless, too ghetto.”
    Or they acted as cue cards for degenerates who needed grist to coast on for a week or so. Such a brilliant narrative that you need a narrator repeatedly winking at the camera.
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,472
    edited February 11
    Tim Simmons said:
    nicknyr15 said:
    Tim Simmons said:

    The take of if you don’t like Kendrick you don’t get it is trash. I’ve been listening to hip hop forever. I don’t like him. I’d never tell someone to not like him but the minute you say anything about him…. Forget it. The dude could rap for days. Yes. But his songs are trash for the most part imo. He can’t write good songs. They’re boring.  Plus his voice is irritating to me. MY OPINION 
    Its more of a joke that his songs and performance are generally headier. 
    Could also be read as, talking about how bad he was is tied to racism (as in Trump voters). 
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"

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