Apr 6, 2017

Title: Takeover
Release Date: April 7th, 2017

Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. Rumblin' (Feat. Kid Cudi)
3. Settlement
4. Count (Feat. Nas and Eminem)
5. Risen (Feat. J. Cole)
6. HUMBLE.
7. Thought/THOT (Feat. Pusha T)
8. Golden Gate (Feat. Frank Ocean and De La Soul)
9. Saturated
10. Devils Inside Me
11. Infinite (Feat. Jay Z)
12. Throne (Feat. Kanye West)
13. Prophecy
14. It's Alive (Feat. Dr. Dre)
15. Pathway To Greatness
16. Reminisce (Feat. Outkast)
17. What The Future Holds
18. Love Eroded (Feat. J. Cole)
19. Closed Up Streets/Forgotten Aspirations (Outro)
20. No Questions [Big Sean Diss Track/Bonus Track]

Album Details Track By Track:

1. The intro is a spoken intro that is similar to the song "Campaign Speech" by Eminem, because he is rhyming with only the backbone of the beat. He disses Big Sean, Drake, etc. and it starts the theme of "Takeover".

2. The second track starts with a rumbling noise and humming from Kid Cudi and its basically just a Kendrick x Cudi track. don't know how else to put it. They both diss Sean btw.

3. Settlement is about basically how other mediocre artists settle for good songs and how from now on he is going to strive to be the best, and only the best.

4. Count is one of the best songs. Of course, there is the Nas and Eminem verses. but the best part is the chorus: "One Mothafucka, Two Monthafucka, Three Mothafucka, 20/20 Vision Yet Fakes Is All I Can See Mothafucka"... FIRE!!!!

5. Risen is basically a hard grimy track that doesn't really have a chorus/hook and is basically just 2 verses from Kendrick and Cole with some combination of both Kendrick and Cole on what you may or may not call the "Chorus". The verses are very long, clever, and use very unique rhyme schemes.

6. Y'all have heard HUMBLE., So I don't needa say nothin bout that one.

7. Thought/THOT is also one of the best songs off the album. It features the clever chorus of: "You f---ing thought, you f---in' THOT" and has a grimy af verse from Pusha that disses Sean and arguably Drake

8. Golden Gate started out as a leftover track from Blonde that has been in the works since 2012 but it ends up much more than a leftover. Its too beutiful to describe, but you may recall Golden Gate being part of some of the early Blond tracklists, with a rumored feature from Kendrick. That's the devolved version of this song, which also features De La Soul.

9. Saturated is a song about how Kendrick has taken his time to saturate his skill and persona into the rap game, but what people thought was his prime was actually him just getting adjusted. Its one of the surprisingly hot songs on the album, although all the songs are pretty much fire af!!!

10. Devils Inside Me is a jazzy hard rap track similar to Levitate off UU. Not much more to say then that.

11. Infinite is like Pound Cake on steroids! Jay Z spits one of his most heartfelt verses since his verses off his classic album, "Reasonable Doubt" and Kendrick murks the track, trying to keep up with Jay Z. Overall, the song is amazing, and I wouldn't be able to begin to decide whether Kendrick or Jay won.

12. Throne is just amazing!!! It's like the rap version of Ultralight Beam, with the soul induced beat similar to Meek Mill's album intros. Its amazing. Also, the version with Jay Z on it with Kanye is good too, but Jay was taken off this song for the official version because Kanye didn't get enough shine, given this is his only feature on the album. The track was originally for GKMC and then later TPAB, but only in the early stages of each album. Finally, it makes an appearance on this album.

13. Basically, this track is a S80 leftover that has evolved over the years. It incorporates all the history of his career and predicts the future of his career also and holds the theme of the "Prophecy" that is Kendrick's rap career.

14. Full 6-minute version of a previously unreleased song that was partially previewed in the past. Preview can be found here: https://dbr.ee/Hwhc

15. Originally this song was a reprisal/remix to buried alive, which was Kendrick's track on Take Care, and it dissed Drake and murked him so bad. However, this was only a little bit after TPAB when production started for this album, so he kept all the songs, and eventually Drake and him made up (kinda), so he changed it. The song disses Sean and Jay and its stylized like an old 2009 song. Sounds like Kendrick's super fire version of Jay Electronica's Exhibit C, which is ironic because he also throws shots at Jay on this track and throughout the album.

16. Easily the best track on the album... OUTKAST IS BACK!!!!!!! You'll have to wait for this one tho, I can't begin to explain.

17. What The Future Holds is one of the best songs I've ever heard. It disses all the new age rappers like Future and Desiigner, hence the name "What The FUTURE Holds", and it's overall just an amazing fast paced song. And there's a beat change in the song too, which is 1 of 2 songs with beat changes.

18. Love Eroded started out on the J. Cole-Kendrick collaborative album as one of the first songs. It started to be created around the time Hiiipower was made, and overtime it switched to being on GKMC before being taken off last minute, then Born Sinner before being replaced by Forbidden Fruit, then 2014FHD, but it didn't fit the vibe and concept and Cole wanted no features, then TPAB before the soul vibe started to take shape and he started to obtain weird, suicidal thoughts, then 4YEO, but it didn't fit the theme. Now, it finally makes an appearance on the new album. And let me just say, it is poetic af and leads into the end of the album. Once you get to this track, you'll be pretty confident that this album is already AOTY.

19. Closed Up Streets/Forgotten Aspirations is a double song with a beat switch, and talks on his past, his mother and father, his times in Compton, and his fame and change from a hood rat to rich rapper and entrepreneur. Overall, the song feels like the story ark of GKMC without skits and stuff. Just cold cut hip hop, with Kendrick not joking at all. Probably Kendricks most serious song OAT. The song is also the true outro, although No Questions is the true last song, because it just finishes it off good, and is the most heartfelt song off the album.

20. No Questions is a response to Big Sean. He affirms that he is the best ever, no questions asked. Its the hardest song on the album, and it even samples No More Interviews, because he reportedly got Sean's record label to agree to let him sample the song (ITS A CLEAR SAMPLE TOO!!!). In return, he gives them a percentage of the album sales. Let me just tell you, it was worth it!!! This is Kendrick's ether. You'll have to wait til 11EST to hear it for yourself though...

 

Apr 6, 2017

Seems legit af

 

Apr 6, 2017

Go troll Ktt

 

Apr 6, 2017

Too good to be true tbh

 

Apr 6, 2017

never seen a more fanmade tracklist in my life

 

Apr 6, 2017

 

Apr 6, 2017

how u gon say he disses sean in like every other song

 

Apr 6, 2017

The whole album is a diss to the rap game and Big Sean. Do you just think it is a coincidence he dissed Sean on both HUMBLE. and The Heart Pt. 4?? Lol, Big Sean gets killed on this album

 

Apr 6, 2017

ay

 

Apr 6, 2017

T.O.C was acronym for it doe?

 

Apr 7, 2017

Too many features for a Kendrick album tho.. Also iTunes says the album has 14 tracks so --> fake

 

Apr 7, 2017

This guys a clown

 

Apr 7, 2017

He's never had any info

 

Apr 7, 2017

@LordArmNHammer This will never happen. If it does, the world going to change.

 

Apr 7, 2017

 

Apr 7, 2017

can we delete this thread now?

 

Apr 7, 2017

this is actually true.. i got an early copy too

 

Apr 7, 2017

frank ocean on Golden Gate

 

Apr 7, 2017

Locked.

The album has only 14 tracks and I've seen you post fake tracklists multiple times now. Writing '(Unconfirmed)' into the title doesn't excuse writing bs