Kendrick Lamar TPAB vs d---

Started by Jakey, May 2, 2017, in Kendrick Lamar Add to Reading List

Which....

  1. TPAB

    42.4%
  2. d---.

    57.6%
  1. TimmyT
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    May 2, 2017
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    d--- isn't even that good. its the weakest of his 3 major releases
     
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  2. Cunner
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    Cunner belter skelter

    May 2, 2017
    Forreal I was never a fan of tpab but I relistened to tpab for the first time in at least a year the other day and the instrumentation is awesome and there's a handful of tracks that are better than the majority of d--- except pride there's a bunch of corny s--- boring parts and the Tupac thing is lame but that's easy enough to skip didn't think I'd b saying it but yea to me it's obviously a way better record for a lot of reasons
     
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  3. marmin shkreli
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    marmin shkreli multi til the sun die

    May 2, 2017
    i am still on the gkmc > tpab > sexy80 > d--- train but maybe it'll click for us one day
     
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  4. Enigma
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    Enigma Civil liberties > Police safety

    May 2, 2017
    d--- will certainly have longer replay value simply because of its sound and direction. That alone will make people vote for it over TPAB in masses here but TPAB was great in its own right. The chance Kendrick took with the album: making a project entirely different from what he's done before, I think is respectable. People can say the message is corny but the music itself is still fantastic.

    Like I've said before, people's love for trap music/southern hip-hop here distorts their view of this album. TPAB doesn't have a "god" or "love" or even a "DNA" where Kendrick just lets himself loose and raps his a--- off. Everything is calculated and organized accordingly for the purpose of streamlining a message. The album is melodic at points but not the melodic like we're use to hearing in a lot of hip-hop today. Maybe that makes the album harder to sit through? It never did for me but I could see how some people may feel that way. Either way, I think it's pretty close. I'm going to edge it to TPAB but d--- very well could pass it over time.
     
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    May 2, 2017
    shut up Timmy
     
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  6. Sqrt Sqrt
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    May 2, 2017
    Need 2 years for me to find out the secret meaning Kendrick definitely put in this album so I can dissect it and find the truths about the fake world
     
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  7. Sqrt Sqrt
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    TPAB>GKMC>d---.>Sec.80 imo
     
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    VR46 Kamikaze

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  9. Enigma
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    Enigma Civil liberties > Police safety

    May 2, 2017
    Same. The top 3 can be flipped around however though tbh.
     
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  10. marshmallow
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    May 2, 2017
    TPAB is his best album
     
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  11. Jay Zeus
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    May 2, 2017
    The Section.80 rankin' mad disrespectful to that album tbh. At it's lowest, it's right underneath GKMC.
     
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  12. YiT
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    YiT Kornrow Kenny

    May 2, 2017
    I'm already listening to d---. way more than I listened to tpab weeks after release... d---. has better individual songs, I can listen straight thru without skipping... with TPAB I skip For free, complexion, for sale, the 2nd half of "i", and the 2pac interview.

    TPAB is a more cohesive album and piece of art tho. d---. is just a more enjoyable listen
     
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  13. asapxamz
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    May 2, 2017
    TPAB > GKMC > S.80 = d---.

    TPAB's in another league imo
     
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  14. Jakepaulerforlifelogang
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    May 2, 2017
    I'm still going for tpab :wow2:
     
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    May 2, 2017
    1. GKMC
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    2. d---
    3. S80 (I enjoy it much more than TPAB, even though TPAB has a 'better' concept, impact and uniqueness)
    4. TPAB

    Edit: Just seen how many people on here like TPAB, don't hate on me for ranking TPAB 4th lol :hard:
     
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  16. YiT
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    on other sites like r/kendricklamar they overrate tpab like crazy... It's a great album and very cohesive etc but I just don't see how ppl can go back and listen to it over and over, I think some are lying to themselves bc of the critical praise tpab got

    your rating is my personal rating too btw
     
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  17. Interlude
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    May 2, 2017
    I get the importance of TPAB for the hip hop scene and for Kendrick himself. The album lifted him to a completely new dimension as a rapper and he just had to do this album at one point, but there are like 3 songs on there I don't wish were over already while listening to them. Don't get me wrong, it's still a masterpiece tho

    Glad I'm not the only one with that opinion.
     
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  18. Runtown
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    May 2, 2017
    d---. is more easy to listen to
     
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  19. Groovy Tony
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    TPAB just because it resonates more with me but d--- is great as well. Kennys discography GOAT after Kanyes
     
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    d---. has better replay value whereas Tpab is so dense and heavy it's a once in a month listen whereas you can play d---. anytime but I think tpab is far superior although I can see d---. being considered the better of the two 15yrs frm now
     
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