Kendrick Lamar suprise album, "Untitled" out today

[WhazUp]

Fucking awesome, I think that it is further evidence of how great he is as an artist.  Only one listen all the way through so far yet I think it is a collection of worthy tracks for a follow up to TPAB

Edited March 4, 2016 by WhazUp

[Crazyman]

Edit: Me gots. Opinion incoming

Edit 2: My gawd. Listening to this was a genuine pleasure for my ears. So very good. This might actually be my favorite album of his...and it's unreleased TPAB stuff. Absolutely love the jazz influence.

Edited March 4, 2016 by Crazyman

[Len Cnut]

8 songs aint really an album.  I'll be interested to hear though.

[Dan H.]

It's fantastic!

So these aren't new tracks? Just extras from TPAB? Interesting

[Len Cnut]

I wish Kendricks skills belonged to someone who did more hardcore shit.  But either way, whats right is right, the boy can rhyme his fuckin' pants off, the definition of a prodigy in that sense, just lethal.

[Dan H.]

For this being made up of odds and ends from TPAB, the concept seems fully formed, polished, and concise. Very pleased with this EP/album

[Len Cnut]

My favourite thing of him ever was that BET cypher.

[Crazyman]

1 hour ago, Len B'stard said:

My favourite thing of him ever was that BET cypher.

The one when he ethered Drake? If so I agree.

[Mansin Humanity]

Yeah, this is pretty great. As with TPAB, I can already tell that multiple listens to this will be rewarding. The beat to Untitled 8 is so damn smooth.

[Dan H.]

So my question is... Do we call it an album, a mix tape, an EP, or a project?

[J Dog]

Nice surprise. You know it's bad when a guy's leftover tracks that didn't make an album are better than other rapper's official releases. 3 and 8 are my favorites after a quick listen.

 

10 hours ago, Len B'stard said:

I wisKendricks skills belonged to someone who did more hardcore shit.  But either way, whats right is right, the boy can rhyme his fuckin' pants off, the definition of a prodigy in that sense, just lethal.

That's the only thing that holds me up from absolutely loving him. He comes a little too soft with it for me. Like you said, he's a lethal mc. But if he had that killer instinct damn he would be a bad man.

[-W.A.R-]

i really wanted to get into Kendrick but i can't

i do love Black Boy Fly though

 

[Len Cnut]

11 hours ago, Dan H. said:

So my question is... Do we call it an album, a mix tape, an EP, or a project?

Neither really, just a bunch of unreleased tracks thrown out.

[Black Sabbath]

I just can't get into this guy. I typically love the beats and stuff with his music but can't get past his vocals and rapping style.

Oh well.

[Zeppelin]

This is fucking great.

[Crazyman]

I actually appreciate the fact that Kendrick has made his own sort of niche, in terms of sound. It would be so easy for him to simply give the masses what they want - more bangers or him just spitting, but I like how he's changed his sound almost completely since GKMC. It probably helps that I like the jazz-influence in his new music though. Funny that a bunch of demos of his are better than most rappers regular tracks.

He still drops bangers every once in a while too:

 

[Mansin Humanity]

Absolutely love his Black Friday track. Just goes to show how versatile he is.

[Jakey Styley]

Finally got around to listening, what a great little project. Track 2 is my favorite. Track 7 Part 1 is a crazy banger, I wish it was longer.

 

[chevelle]

It's been amazing watching just how much Kendrick has grown from GKMC to now. No one else sounds even close to him right now, as far as I know, and the fact that he can throw out these b-sides and have them be on par with a good chunk of the TPAB stuff is nuts.

[CheapJon]

This was awesome, way better than TPAB imo. Although that doesn't say much as I didn't really care for TPAB. On par with GKMC and S80.

 

Pimp Pimp!

[Len Cnut]

On 05/03/2016 at 3:02 AM, J Dog said:

On 05/03/2016 at 3:02 AM, J Dog said:

Nice surprise. You know it's bad when a guy's leftover tracks that didn't make an album are better than other rapper's official releases. 3 and 8 are my favorites after a quick listen.

 

That's the only thing that holds me up from absolutely loving him. He comes a little too soft with it for me. Like you said, he's a lethal mc. But if he had that killer instinct damn he would be a bad man.

Nice surprise. You know it's bad when a guy's leftover tracks that didn't make an album are better than other rapper's official releases. 3 and 8 are my favorites after a quick listen.

 

That's the only thing that holds me up from absolutely loving him. He comes a little too soft with it for me. Like you said, he's a lethal mc. But if he had that killer instinct damn he would be a bad man.

I might've really got behind this kid when he dropped Control but like...it was weird, it was like apologetic whilst being an attack.  It's weird, I mean alright, no one wants beef and people ending up dead, we didn't need that with Nas and Jay but Jesus Christ, at least dont say you got love for them.  And he literally did that with Control.  I remember actually getting kinda excited like OK, this is gonna kick off now...and jack shit happened. 

I remember Fif' coming out with How to Rob and things went fuckin' crazy, Jay got involved, Ghost and them actively went looking for Fif' (and threw him down a flight of steps if rumours are to be believed) and it was just wild there for a minute.  As lyrically sick as Control was (and it was) the attack was kinda...pale.

And that was what was great about rap, it kinda made an artistic competition of music (where before the best you could have in that sense in music was who got the better sales)...but unless people are really willing to go for each other jack shit'll happen.

Honestly, i don't think it'd even matter, it ain't like LL goes for 'bis and it ruined his career, Cole, ASAP, Kendrick, either of these guys could sink the other and they'd still have their fans.  In an era where you got cops rapping (Rick Ross) and people like Slowbucks putting vids of themselves snitching basically i don't think rap really has that touch to it anymore to where rappers are gonna give you that kind of excitement, some of these guys get punked out and next day are on Hot 97 or whatever going 'oh well, it's great publicity for me!', yeah, you've been pubically shown up for a bitch, give yourself a hand.

Edited March 7, 2016 by Len B'stard

[Towelie]

I'm so out of touch, when I read that Kendrick Lamar had dropped a surprise album I thought he was one of that awful Kardashian clan.

 

Edited March 7, 2016 by Towelie

[Len Cnut]

2 hours ago, Towelie said:

I'm so out of touch, when I read that Kendrick Lamar had dropped a surprise album I thought he was one of that awful Kardashian clan.

 

You're thinking of the big black basketball playing twat that the ugly ones married to.

[J Dog]

8 hours ago, Len B'stard said:

I might've really got behind this kid when he dropped Control but like...it was weird, it was like apologetic whilst being an attack.  It's weird, I mean alright, no one wants beef and people ending up dead, we didn't need that with Nas and Jay but Jesus Christ, at least dont say you got love for them.  And he literally did that with Control.  I remember actually getting kinda excited like OK, this is gonna kick off now...and jack shit happened. 

I remember Fif' coming out with How to Rob and things went fuckin' crazy, Jay got involved, Ghost and them actively went looking for Fif' (and threw him down a flight of steps if rumours are to be believed) and it was just wild there for a minute.  As lyrically sick as Control was (and it was) the attack was kinda...pale.

And that was what was great about rap, it kinda made an artistic competition of music (where before the best you could have in that sense in music was who got the better sales)...but unless people are really willing to go for each other jack shit'll happen.

Honestly, i don't think it'd even matter, it ain't like LL goes for 'bis and it ruined his career, Cole, ASAP, Kendrick, either of these guys could sink the other and they'd still have their fans.  In an era where you got cops rapping (Rick Ross) and people like Slowbucks putting vids of themselves snitching basically i don't think rap really has that touch to it anymore to where rappers are gonna give you that kind of excitement, some of these guys get punked out and next day are on Hot 97 or whatever going 'oh well, it's great publicity for me!', yeah, you've been pubically shown up for a bitch, give yourself a hand.

Yeah, that fire has burned out in hip hop. The Drake/Meek Mill beef was cute though. Just listen to this shit right here. This hurt my feelings as a longtime lover of hip hop. Past rappers would have never went on like this. Even the bottom of the bunch. Hip hop wouldn't allow it. And if they did they would have kicked the djs ass to get the recording and destroy it. You won't be able to make it though the whole thing.

 

I guess that's why I don't hold it against Kendrick too much, it's kind of where hip hop is right now. This is its sound and attitude and he's easily separated himself from the rest. Now for me the whole bunch of them feel weak. Even as passionate as TPAB is supposed to be it, it still has a watered down feel to me. I'm not trying to hate on him, I bump his shit a ton. And I know he can't put out banger after banger but it's more than putting out bangers. It's really more of a feeling type of thing. He has bite, but not a pit bull bite.

 

[Len Cnut]

There's a reason he's known as Bitch Homie Quan and that freestyle fuckin' just exemplified why, that was painful.  And Tim Westwood is a bitch too while we're at it.