Kendrick Lamar Mr. Morale and The Big Steppers. OUT NOW

Started by asvdawg, Apr 18, 2022, in Kendrick Lamar Add to Reading List

  1. DKC
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    DKC hank trill

    May 13, 2022
    in the 9 hours since this has been out, the stans have already found a way to compare this to every single Eminem album
     
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  2. joeyp363
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    May 13, 2022
    It’s up there with revival imo. Probably better to be fair.
     
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  3. Dew
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    Dew سيف الله

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  4. joeyp363
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    May 13, 2022
    The heist was a better album imo. Not sure why people get all butt hurt about that. Pop Some Tags is the most popular song of all time according to Wikipedia.
     
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  5. YiT
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    YiT Kornrow Kenny

    May 13, 2022
    This is the first Kendrick album since Overly Dedicated not to have a concept Unless I’m missing it
     
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  6. Dr. West
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    Dr. West Meet Bob

    May 13, 2022
    So what's everyone's favourite tracks on the album?
    I'm about to give it a second listen now before I come up with a final verdict on it
     
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  7. joeyp363
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    May 13, 2022
    d--- bro you definitely must be deaf. You just understand it yet, but you will. I do t want to give it away.
     
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  8. jankland
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    jankland In My Cringe Arc.

    May 13, 2022
    He's obviously referred to as Mr morale at a few points and there's stomping (big steppers obviously) at the beginning/ending of some tracks with certain angelic d--- like vocals that have the same cadence with different lyrics at different points in the album.

    A lot of I'd seems to be therapy related but there's definitely something to connect here, I'm gonna let other people do it for me tho lmfao
     
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  9. joeyp363
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    May 13, 2022
    Every song is incredible. Tons of classics but definitely
    Worldwide choppers
    Rich
    Savior interlude
    We Cry together
    Silent Hill/Resident Evil
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  10. LasiK
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    LasiK d-mn fine coffee

    May 13, 2022
    I pressed play after dropping my son at daycare, listened to 4 tracks before getting back home. Went to look up production credits and realized Apple Car Play had it on shuffle and I listened out of sequence. d---.
     
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  11. jankland
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    jankland In My Cringe Arc.

    May 13, 2022
    Maybe that's the concept, to play it out of order and that's why it feel disjointed sometimes.

    I've cracked the code. Kendrick is literally Jesus, "NATION." Coming soon
     
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  12. CSA
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    May 13, 2022
    If Revival is the most introspective Em album, then I'm right. You guys act as if you wanna hear content, artist talkin' his mind, life etc. but in reality all you care is the beat lol. Btw, Revival is not Em's most introspective album anyway. Sure there were personal songs, songs that he gave his views on racism, Trump, politics etc. but his earlier work had as much introspective s--- as Revival if not more.

    And again, I never opposed that argument. I agree this album lacked those vibey tracks. I mean it has a vibe but not that you would bump your head and make little dancey moves to. I also said this barely has any replay value mines the few songs such as Die Hard. But that doesn't make the album bad one. You said it was too introspective for your taste in the previous post and now you are saying you didn't like it because of the sound of it, no songs to vibe etc. If you said that in the beginning I wouldn't have said s--- anyway. Lol.
     
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  13. Worm
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    Worm Big Perm Big Worm

    May 13, 2022
    I'm sure this will take a few listens to get into, but after the first listen it's kind of mid. Def enjoyed Pusha's much more after the first spin
     
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  14. CSA
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    CSA Architect

    May 13, 2022
    Lol. It's amazing how ignorant people are. If that's a joke, ok. But if it's not, too bad there are still ignorant people out there. Yet they probably jump on the wagon when someone is being cancelled for saying fa---- or some politically incorrect word lol. So many idiots lol.
     
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  15. RG9
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    May 13, 2022
    I enjoyed the first listen but there’s no way I can fairly judge it after one spin - but also wasn’t as great first listen as GKMC, TPAB & d---

    I think this album will be appreciated more in time, and people are overreacting now. It’s incredibly difficult to live up to the plaudits of his previous releases. That’s why it took him 5 years, and he probably overthought it.

    Definitely a grower; some really great tracks
     
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    May 13, 2022
    Rich spirit, count me out, aunties diaries but a masterpiece all around
     
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  17. YiT
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    YiT Kornrow Kenny

    May 13, 2022
    The angelic lyrics and Kodak are the only constants that I’ve picked up on... but definitely the loosest concept of any of his albums. Maybe if you break it up into 2 discs it’s more apparent
     
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  18. YiT
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    YiT Kornrow Kenny

    May 13, 2022
    Kendrick must have had a falling out with the black hippy crew, only explanation I can think of why Kodak is all over the album when it could’ve been Q or Soul
     
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  19. Omar Little
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    Omar Little Sleep is the cousin of death

    May 13, 2022
    Yeah, I'm not reading all this s---
     
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  20. Tom Brady
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    Tom Brady "I'm a pretty good winner."

    May 13, 2022
    Don’t love this

    Need more time
     
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