Kendrick Lamar Best Kendrick Album?

Started by KMurda, May 11, 2021, in Kendrick Lamar Add to Reading List

Best K. Dot Album

  1. Section .80

    4 vote(s)
    6.6%
  2. Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City

    39 vote(s)
    63.9%
  3. To p---- a Butterfly

    14 vote(s)
    23.0%
  4. d---

    4 vote(s)
    6.6%
  1. Ricky
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    May 13, 2021
    I mean... :thinkinghmmm:
     
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  2. Step Daddy
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    May 13, 2021
    I ain't say it's not, I'm not convinced though. But still it just doesn't change the fact the album is kind of mid by Kendrick standards.
     
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  3. henzINNIT
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    May 14, 2021
    ... But didn't he re-release it with the tracklist reversed?
     
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  4. Ricky
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    May 14, 2021
    He did, collectors edition
     
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  5. Ordinary Joel
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    May 15, 2021
    My ranking always changes. I don't think you can go wrong either any of them, but right now I'd say gkmc, with s80 trailing.
     
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    May 15, 2021
    GKMC was the only album I really enjoyed. I don’t think I listen to music for the reasons the other albums where made for.
     
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  7. Spider Man
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    May 16, 2021
    GKMC is my favorite as an album, but d--- has the most replay value for me.
     
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  8. DKC
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    Aug 10, 2021
    I remember when me @Narsh and @Mike Tyson wrote that track by track explanation of TPAB for the old blog I was struggling so hard to explain why the concept worked and made sense lol. Article did well and ended up being pretty good all things considered but that really demonstrated to me how convoluted TPAB was when I had to sit down and explain every song and how it related to the album as a whole.
     
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  9. poopdogg
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    Good Kid Maad City. Was the first album i heard from Kendrick every track is perfect but i dobt really like the bonus tracks. Tpab for me is not as good. Critics overhyped this so much also overhyped is d---. Section 80 is close to gkmc very underrated
     
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    Aug 10, 2021
    GKMC and it’s not even close
     
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    Aug 10, 2021
    If d--- is his worst album, then that's a pretty good discography.
     
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  12. hargydon
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    Aug 10, 2021
    d---. > S80

    But both don’t contend with GKMC & TPAB.
     
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    Habits and contradictions
     
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  14. King Tadpole
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    Aug 10, 2021
    My theory is that the praise for his later albums are compensating for how underappraised his first 2 albums were.

    GKMC was loved by the hiphop community, but TPAB and d--- was when he started hitting the top of the mainstream, and started to also reach people who moreso listen to other genres of music.
     
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  15. poopdogg
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    100% agree on this. TPAB is a great album but it is not the best album of all time like a lot of critics make it out to be. d--- brought a lot of new fans, got kendrick to another level
     
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    I mean Kendrick released a special edition vinyl of d--- with the tracklist backwards, and I believe he said in an interview that it was meant to be played both ways. It really does play well backwards too aside from some of the skits and stuff making for awkward transitions.
     
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  17. DKC
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    also idk how people think d--- is mid. I get not ranking it #1 or even #2 but issa great album.
     
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    Tpab his worst for sure, i dont hate it tho
     
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  19. LasiK
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    LasiK d-mn fine coffee

    Aug 11, 2021
    gkmc > d--- > s80 > tpab
     
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  20. Winter
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    I like d--- a lot, but it doesn’t have the replay value of GKMC or S80 and I don’t revisit it much anymore

    GKMC > S80 > d--- > TPAB
     
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