Kendrick Lamar For Sale? is something else...

Started by rapmusik, Aug 18, 2015, in Kendrick Lamar Add to Reading List

  1. rapmusik
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    Aug 18, 2015
    Today I relistened to TPAB (still a classic btw f--- you) and realized that For Sale? is actually one of the best f---ing songs (interlude or not) on this album. I never really gave it the attention it deserved but today it actually caught me off guard. The way it ends >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    anyone agree??
     
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  2. Packman
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    Aug 18, 2015
    Agree that it's one of the best?

    No
     
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  3. Maximus
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    Maximus Skeppy

    Aug 18, 2015
    its the heavy breathing for like 20 seconds that stops the song from being the best, i dont wanna hear no guy heavy breathing in my ear
     
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  4. Groovy Tony
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    Groovy Tony Grandma's baby Eddie Kane

    Aug 19, 2015
    I feel the same way. The pseudo euphoric beat, his accent, the ending just everything is incredible in that song imo. It's been a favorite since first listen
     
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  5. Juney Dark
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    Juney Dark Illness of Lost Opportunities

    Aug 19, 2015
    I love the song, but the heavy breathing has to go
     
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  6. Pablo
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    Pablo Dragon Z-azou

    Aug 19, 2015
    I agree. And i realized how sick it was recently too.
    Every detail of the composition is completely magic :rickross:
     
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  7. Pablo
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    Pablo Dragon Z-azou

    Aug 19, 2015
    No way, it's f---ing essential :lol3:
     
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  8. Maximus
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    Maximus Skeppy

    Aug 19, 2015
    from a male pov it feels weird...
     
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  9. ANOZ
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    Aug 19, 2015
    I always have liked it, but it was his voice on this track that annoyed me. Unlike a lot of people, I never really got annoyed if he changed his voice, this is the one track where it turned me off a little. I love the fact that he's talking to Lucy/Lucifer but the beat is so upbeat and happy.
     
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  10. Groovy Tony
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    Groovy Tony Grandma's baby Eddie Kane

    Aug 20, 2015
    That is for good reason. Lucy is a deceiver so of course the beat is gonna be happy. It's a facade. Notice how in the end, the beat transitions from that happy sound to an eerie one
     
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  11. ANOZ
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    Aug 20, 2015
    Oh yeah I knew the reasoning, I just really liked how it was put together.
     
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  12. Jakey
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    Jakey You Reckon

    Aug 20, 2015
    I remember this song being eliminated first in the Elimination Game and literally LOL'd. Great song. :emoji_thumbsup: Loved the way the song was presented.
     
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  13. Groovy Tony
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    Groovy Tony Grandma's baby Eddie Kane

    Aug 20, 2015
    Oh my fault I misread your post. Thought you said it didn't make sense to you. Brain fart lol
     
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  14. AdageAndalusia
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    Aug 22, 2015
    :wtf2wtf:
    Are you f---ing srs? Rap fans dont allow people to ever be theatrical jeezus
     
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  15. Maximus
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    Maximus Skeppy

    Aug 22, 2015
    okay lets be serious, i love TPAB, i love this song, im just not a fan of the heavy breathing theatrical or not
     
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  16. Jaba24
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    Jaba24 Merry Christmas!

    Aug 22, 2015
    yeah. its one of my fav tracks off this. it was my favorite when it first came out.
     
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  17. Groovy Tony
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    Groovy Tony Grandma's baby Eddie Kane

    Aug 22, 2015
    Not unless it's Kanye
     
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  18. boyz n the suburbs
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    boyz n the suburbs In my city, I'm a young God

    Aug 23, 2015
    Imo it's one of the best, but not the best.
     
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  19. shahidah
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    shahidah watch me work it JT

    Oct 5, 2015
    I feel like the heavy breathing is necessary if the interpretation is that he is running from Lucy/Lucifer at the end. It gives the listener a better visual of what he's describing rather that just words....it's absolutely necessary in that sense.
     
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  20. Criza Malone Hamilton
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    Criza Malone Hamilton Check the birthdate. n*gga you ain't Ric Flair

    Oct 12, 2015
    This songwas to crazy for me to listen to aftwr the first 3 listens but after like listen-20 I started liking it more and more :em55:
     
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