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Post subject: Re: Kendrick Lamar is better than Soundgarden
Posted: Fri July 24, 2015 7:00 pm
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"How Much a Dollar Cost" is probably my favorite track of the year. The album has a few down spots (I really wish the rap genre would impose a moratorium on interlude tracks), but overall I think it's a strong effort and a step forward from "Good Kid," if not as lean or singularly realized.
Post subject: Re: Kendrick Lamar is better than Soundgarden
Posted: Fri July 24, 2015 7:02 pm
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Kevin Davis wrote:
"How Much a Dollar Cost" is probably my favorite track of the year. The album has a few down spots (I really wish the rap genre would impose a moratorium on interlude tracks), but overall I think it's a strong effort and a step forward from "Good Kid," if not as lean or singularly realized.
Yeah I don't get the interlude thing. I understand that it seams an album together as a story, but... those things go way overboard sometimes.
Post subject: Re: Kendrick Lamar is better than Soundgarden
Posted: Fri July 24, 2015 7:18 pm
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The "interlude" stuff on "Good Kid" was never separated into individual tracks, which for some reason seems to matter. I will admit the bit with Kendrick's parents arguing on his voicemail is pretty funny.
"Good Kid" is definitely the more thematically coherent record. It's an album of intense focus, where "Butterfly" is the sound of an imagination running wild. Both have their virtues.
Post subject: Re: Kendrick Lamar is better than Soundgarden
Posted: Fri July 31, 2015 10:30 pm
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Favorite songs:
1. Swimming Pools (Drank) 2. Money Trees 3. A.D.H.D. 4. m.A.A.d City 5. King Kunta 6. HiiiPower 7. Rigamortis 8. How Much a Dollar Cost 9. These Walls 10. Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst (second half is amazing)
Post subject: Re: Kendrick Lamar is better than Soundgarden
Posted: Mon August 03, 2015 3:38 pm
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Kevin Davis wrote:
The album has a few down spots (I really wish the rap genre would impose a moratorium on interlude tracks),
In general I agree, but For Free? (Interlude) is a pretty pivotal part of the album IMO. In fact, the last minute or so when he's doing his rap/slam poetry thing is one of my favorite parts of the album.
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Post subject: Re: Kendrick Lamar is better than Soundgarden
Posted: Wed August 05, 2015 3:56 am
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"For Free" is such a frustrating track for me -- I love it lyrically but Kendrick's vocal affectation just annoys the hell out of me. I can't stand to listen to it.
Post subject: Re: Kendrick Lamar is better than Soundgarden
Posted: Sun August 23, 2015 8:40 am
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I bought this album on a whim last week. I don't buy rap records at all but I'm digging King Kunta. I like how this is put together.
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Post subject: Re: Kendrick Lamar is better than Soundgarden
Posted: Fri September 04, 2015 2:17 pm
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