NeonNigga23

2y

yea true but his last album was underwhelming so idk maybe its kendrick getting this out of him

Luziver

2y

an honest, unironic unbiased rating of the album:

track 1: will never hate a spittin intro but ambiguous censor bars will never not be corny, kendrick flow is alright but pretty standard, the bars are subliminal which is what he hated about drake XXXDDD? but whatever

squabble up: has the ZEZE effect, does not live up to the snippet, the sample DOES NOT fit at all and kendrick's hook is like... ???? is bro trying?

luther: this is kendrick's best vocal performance on the album, the jack strings thru guitar and harpsichord create an ethereal and biblical foundation for sza's gorgeous vocals to be set in

man at the garden: equipped with stock rain effects and base drumkits, kendrick spits about "deserving it all" without providing any blueprint or proof to his claim. this is truly the track where his holier than thou ego sets in, he believes that he deserves the crown because... what?

hey now: this is where the jack antonoff production peaks, the reverberating chant makes a hypnotizing effect that compliments kendrick's (lets be real) lackluster flow. the production on this track is stellar but I can't listen to kendrick's repeated "hey now say now" repeated line without thinking that this beat was wasted.

reincarnated: this is kendrick's best soul track. he picked the beat and rhythm to just spit raw what was on his mind. this is what I hoped he could articulate in more tracks.

TV OFF: This is the best beat DJ Mustard's ghost producers ever came up with. Kendrick tries too hard to make a catchy hook on the front end of this track, all the heat comes after the beat switch when he scream MUSTARRRRRRRRRRRRD. Even a Uzi stan like myself can appreciate how culturally hype that shout was.

dodger blue: this could be the best beat on the album, but certainly kendrick's second best vocal performance thus far. this is the first time on his album where he's showcasing true Los Angeles talent (Siete7x and Wallie the Sensie), not that they're the only up and comers from LA on the album but this feels like the first time that they've been put front and centre,

peekaboo: this is the first time i arrived to a song that truly felt like it was rushed to be on the album. the beat, the flow, it feels like it could've been left off. It features vocals from AzChike, but will anyone really remember that verse?

HEART PART 6: This the track Kenny locked in lyricism wise and we all know why, and while I'm sure his diehards will appreciate the deepcut namedrops I don't think anyone will agree it substantiates the hostile takeover of The Heart series that Drake put on.

GNX: this is far and away the worst track on the album. This is what tells us that Kendrick was tryna rush the album out and it's a weird fumble from someone who is otherwise quite reserved on releases.

gloria: this is the emotion i was hoping from kendrick the entire time, he speaks from the soul but tragically it is over the worst beat and it doesn't leave sza much to work with,

CRACKASTEPPAVEGAN

2y

Who knows now that everything is so muddied...

Freight

2y

Kendrick calling out Wayne for crying about the Super Bowl while crying about nobody congratulating him about the Super Bowl

innuendo

2y

who up playing with their squabble?

StanTheMan

2y

Because his whole fake anti industry gimmick is just to make him more popular

He’ll be doing whatever jay tells him to play

CRACKASTEPPAVEGAN

2y

Boy if you don't clarify rn

TheFader

2y

Sitting with this album more and more, I really don’t get the “this isn’t the actual album” thing

Songs like reincarnated, heart pt. 6, and gloria feel so rich and packed with substance

Troy Ave Stan

2y

They really think Kendrick for the ppl, if he actually did whatever he wanted he would be Lupe level famous rn

americana

2y

For all the “community” that most of Kendrick’s peers boast about regarding hip hop, turns out that s*** is politics

Thus, Kendrick said f*** hip hop.!

Not really crying

deleteduser579

2y

@Luziver

dumbass 4chan cracker

linnabary

2y

I'd estimate we get multiple songs off this at the Super Bowl wtf are you talking about

OHMNI

2y

Lost a real discusser

Take one of these b**** ass niggas instead Sabbroni

mr get dough

2y

Heard what happened to your mans not sorry for your loss 😂

americana

2y

For all the “community” that most of Kendrick’s peers boast about regarding hip hop, turns out that s*** is politics

Thus, Kendrick said f*** hip hop.!

Not really crying

e t

2y

They should have gave Wayne the 2013 Nola Super Bowl instead of Beyonce. At least back then he was still near his peak. But I don’t remember him crying back then