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Post subject: Re: Kendrick Lamar is better than Soundgarden
Posted: Fri May 13, 2022 11:44 pm
Fake NYC Setlist Relayer
Joined: Thu January 03, 2013 7:55 pm Posts: 7650
verb_to_trust wrote:
We Cry together is awful.
Father Time is my favorite so far.
I would say the same so far. I had to turn it off during We Cry Together. I find it massively frustrating that the music is so great, and he has these great flashes, but then it falls apart very fast for me. United in Grief was really good, and Father Time, but Worldwide Steppers has great music but distracting vocals, Die Hard is very middle of the road for an artist that is so creative, and I might like the Rich interlude more than Rich Spirit. This is a mixed bag 1/3 of the way in. Flashes of greatness and frustration all around.
Post subject: Re: Kendrick Lamar is better than Soundgarden
Posted: Fri May 13, 2022 11:54 pm
See you in another life, brother
Joined: Thu December 20, 2012 4:45 pm Posts: 6654
4 listens in I think it starts and ends strong but is too long in the middle. We Cry Together is crazy intense and they nail what he’s going for but I can’t listen to it. Listened twice, that’s enough. That’ll be an easy skip from here on out.
My initial impression is this will feel more like an artistic achievement than an album I repeatedly listen to.
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Post subject: Re: Kendrick Lamar is better than Soundgarden
Posted: Sat May 14, 2022 12:06 am
Production Police
Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm Posts: 47166 Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
4/5 wrote:
4 listens in I think it starts and ends strong but is too long in the middle. We Cry Together is crazy intense and they nail what he’s going for but I can’t listen to it. Listened twice, that’s enough. That’ll be an easy skip from here on out.
My initial impression is this will feel more like an artistic achievement than an album I repeatedly listen to.
Still haven't listened all the way through, but this is my experience with TPAB: About half the songs slay me; the other half feel like a really bold work of art that I don't necessarily want to listen to all the time.
I do wonder how this album might be digested once it's split up as a double album across four LPs. Any thoughts here?
I think when an artist gets built up and placed on a pedestal like Kendrick has since Obama endorsed TPAB, you end up with stuff that drags like Mother I Sober. Your stuff still has to bang bro. We aren't just hanging on your words.
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