Kendrick Lamar Has Kendrick hit his prime yet?

Started by Maximus, Jan 31, 2016, in Kendrick Lamar Add to Reading List

  1. Immy
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    Jan 31, 2016
    Kendrick would probably break Drake on that album aswell lmao
     
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  2. Maximus
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    Maximus Skeppy

    Jan 31, 2016
    thats exactly my thoughts

    this jcole album is probably not being released because he isnt happy with it or he thinks he can do better

    and i like and respect that about him
     
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  3. Maximus
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    :wellsht:probably true:sweatt:
     
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    Jan 31, 2016
    Gonna be hard to top tpab
     
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  5. DouBle
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    Jan 31, 2016
    All his albums were better than the previous ones, but yeah its not gonna be easy, but I'm pretty sure he has it in him to drop an album as amazing as TPAB.
     
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  6. Maximus
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    would you want him to go the more commercial route or the TPAB route?
     
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    Jan 31, 2016
    The tpab route, it's his prime.

    I mean I probably enjoy gkmc more than tpab, because like you said its more commercial? but quality wise, kendrick is a far better artist on tpab, and tpab is a far superior album imo.
     
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    Jan 31, 2016
    The hip hop community will say he fell off though, because there's no way his next album is gonna get as much acclaim as TPAB (but thats also what we said when gkmc came out lmao)
     
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  9. Maximus
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    you always get the knob heads that say he fell off with every album

    but i wouldnt mind either way, i marvel at TPAB for all the risks he took and how they all worked perfectly, but then i bump GKMC whenever i'm upset and it cheers me up 110%
     
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  10. zeerax
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    Tpab is literally the only kendrick project I f--- with, and since I don't think he gonna replicate this formula on his next album... yes, he has already hit his prime to me.
     
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  11. VR46
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    Jan 31, 2016
    again people saying tpab is better than gkmc

    name one thing tpab has over gkmc you geniuses
     
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    i aint saying s---
    i enjoyed GKMC more
     
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    he is in his prime rn but gkmc is better than tpab

    bar for bar,verse for verse,song for song

    his lyrics were more tight, better flows( for fk sake his flow on good kid and maad city 1st verse is insanity) , i like the production of gkmc more
     
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  14. zeerax
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    Literally everything imo, except the rapping

    better music, better composition, better features (singers), better instrumentals, more cohesive sonically, etc etc
     
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    I'd be extremely disappointed if he was trying to make another gkmc. Tpab defines him as an artist imo.
     
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    so you wanna say the production and the hooks lol , i disagree tho

    maybe tpab was better executed , just maybe
     
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    lmao jay rock on money trees> any verse of tpab
     
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    Jan 31, 2016
    He won't top tpab, but he can easily top gkmc


    Kamasi Washington.
    Terrace Martin.
    Robert Glasper.
    Thundercat.
    Ambrose Akinmusire.

    :wow:
    TPAB is oozing with BLACK musical excellence.


    I mean, it might've been a dope album if it was straight Hip-Hop (like GKMC) but once they
    dipped into the ideas black musicians have helped to pioneer over the past 100 years, it was over... tpab was literally a masterpiece.
     
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  19. K9l
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    K9l Colder than a polar bear's toenails

    Jan 31, 2016
    yes, already fell off too

    hmu when kendrick has a worhwhile verse after never catch me
     
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    Jan 31, 2016
    Not just that, but then again I don't see how you could disagree when it's much better. I'm not saying I like it more, I'm saying its better.
     
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