Feb 3, 2016

GKMC>TPAB>S80

before you think i'm just a generic fan, ive listened to all three of these projects countless times, and this was brutal for me.

these three albums are better than 90% of the s--- ive heard

but yeah GKMC is still my favourite with songs like Swimming Pools and BDKMV

TPAB i still love but i feel you have to be in a certain mood to really take it in and enjoy it

S80 is such a good album but i find myself coming back to it less. Plus i wish there were more songs like Ab-Souls Outro on S80, s--- was fire.

 

Feb 3, 2016

I'd say To p---- a Butterfly is his best at the moment and section 80 is his worst. But we'll see how that holds over time...

good kid, m.A.A.d city was an album that really grew on me, mostly because there were so many tracks that were addictive like most mainstream hip hop songs without seeming too much like mainstream hip hop tracks. Eventually, I became a somewhat huge fan of Kendrick Lamar and I would of regularly had that album in my regular rotation of listening. I even listened to Section.80 a couple times I was hyped up for his next album. Kendrick Lamar released his single "i" and my initial impressions was a bit confused. The song grew on me, but the extremely positive vibe the song had really caught me off guard. To p---- a Butterfly was released and I listened to it a week later. When I listened to the album at first, I wasn't really feeling it. Of course, it didn't help that I was doing other stuff in the background. After really listening to it a couple times aka just paying a lot of attention to the music, I have come to really like this album and it might be my favorite Kendrick Lamar album to date.

The thing that is really different to me when listening to this album compared to good kid, m.A.A.d city is that there is a lot more spoken word. It takes some getting used to, but it fits the vibe that this album is trying to portray. The other difference to me is that the beats sound more like a throwback to an older period in hip hop, which does make this album a bit less accessible. Not entirely a bad thing, there are a lot of catchy songs on this album still. The music itself is top notch, I can't really name a point in the album where it seemed like Kendrick Lamar was mailing it in in terms of emceeing. I would advise that it is a whole lot better just listening to this album from start to finish.

To p---- a Butterfly not only fulfilled my expectations, but it exceeded them. To p---- a Butterfly is Kendrick Lamar's masterpiece IMO, great songwriting with great production.

 

Feb 3, 2016

100% this

1. tpab
2. s80
3. gkmc

tpab is a thing of beauty,
Kamasi Washington.
Terrace Martin.
Robert Glasper.
Thundercat.
Ambrose Akinmusire.


TPAB is oozing with BLACK musical excellence.


I mean, it might've been a dope album if it was straight Hip-Hop but once they dipped into the ideas black musicians have helped to pioneer over the past 100 years.

s--- was over at that point

 

Feb 3, 2016

tpab > s80 > gkmc

 

Feb 3, 2016

My favourite is TPAB followed by S80 and then GKMC.

S80 was my favourite for a long time, but a few months after the release of TPAB I grew to love and prefer TPAB even more than S80.

 

Feb 3, 2016

TPAB > gkmc = section 80

my order would be TPAB first and its a tie between s80 & gkmc. Tpab's composition is just beautiful so it takes the lead for me

I also enjoy s80 a lot more than gkmc, but I think gkmc is still more structured and cohesive so I don't know which one is better