https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBvngg87998
This has got to be the flow of the year and I figure he deserves a thread of his own like Lil B.
Wiki says Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and Game crowned him the "New King of the West Coast" in August and also that Lamar has seen Tupac in a dream telling him to "Keep doing what you're doing, don't let my music die".
I'd like to see if this goes somewhere!
― niels, Thursday, 20 October 2011 13:07 (twelve years ago) link
the fuck your ethnicity beat has been in my head for the last couple of days
― mid-song laughing elvis (schlump), Thursday, 20 October 2011 13:09 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, i guess besides being really good it has sort of an embracing feel
― niels, Thursday, 20 October 2011 13:33 (twelve years ago) link
i like this guy
need to finally download his album plus maybe a mixtape or two
― Ravaging Rick Rude (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 20 October 2011 14:01 (twelve years ago) link
Lamar has seen Tupac in a dream telling him to "Keep doing what you're doing, don't let my music die"
say no more
― max, Thursday, 20 October 2011 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
did i miss some era of pac's career when he was in freestyle fellowship or something?
― r|t|c, Thursday, 20 October 2011 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
kendrick is good... he def seems like a cool person, like hanging out w/ currensy & kendrick would just be really fun
"rigamortis" is really cool too, would like to see him do it w/ an actual live band
album is sneakily one of the better rap albums of the year too, certainly for a debut
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 20 October 2011 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, def. top 5 rap albums this year.
He has this knack for pulling off corny backpacker shit w/o coming across at all like a corny backpacker. But really, he's exactly the black hippy he claims to be.
― turfin' bird (The Reverend), Thursday, 20 October 2011 20:25 (twelve years ago) link
Thing about this dude is he's not only a skilled rapper, obviously, but his beats/tracks are SO much more interesting (to me, at least) than, like, A$AP Rocky, Spaceghost, Mr. Exquire, and most of the other current, blog-buzzy hip-hop acts. And I like what Clams Casino is doing; I like the Rainforest EP. But I don't know ... I was trying to listen to that Spaceghost record the other day, and I didn't hate it, but ... just how dumb are we gonna allow the rhymes to be before we say enough is enough?
To me, this guy elevates up into the Shabazz Palaces / Serengeti realm rather than all the buzz stuff that just doesn't hold up.
(Tyler/Goblin/OFWGKTA left out of this post on purpose. Dig the beats, but overall, not for me.)
― alpine static, Tuesday, 15 November 2011 06:32 (twelve years ago) link
am i the only person who thinks "The Recipe" is kind of a shitty, awkward-sounding song?
― some dude, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 14:18 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, i'm not really a big fan of it
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 14:20 (eleven years ago) link
it's okay, nothing really special
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
the part where dre raps is still just really ill fitting
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 14:22 (eleven years ago) link
I put it on my "faves of 2012" playlist without really listening to it and it really doesn't belong there
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 14:23 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― some dude, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
the production is gorgeous enough to overcome the not-especially-memorable rapping imo
tho obv it's no "cartoon & cereal"
― kanye kardashian (lex pretend), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
see it doesn't sound very gorgeous to me! drums are so clunky
― some dude, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
hmm never noticed the clunkiness before, the strings are what i think of though
― kanye kardashian (lex pretend), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
just listening to it now, Dre sounds like Kendrick's bored grandpa and Kendrick sounds like he's imitating Lupe Fiasco poorly
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 14:34 (eleven years ago) link
Man, you guys are jaded! This track doesn't fill you with joy? The stings? Kendrick's kinda weird sorta singing voice? His constant flow switch-ups? The no-hurry pacing? The shameless summeriness of it all? None of this does anything for you guys?
― Evan R, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
like I said, it's okay
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
and the Lupe Fiasco compare is just harsh! I mean, yeah, dude is in entertainer mode here, but the shit coming out of his mouth still makes sense
― Evan R, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
i had no concept of it being summery in any way until i listened close enough to figure out what the words in the chorus were. the flow in KL's first few bars is really really awkward imo.
― some dude, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
I actually like how off the drums are, too. They're mixed to sound the way all drums do when you're driving really fast with the windows down and the radio turned way up
― Evan R, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 16:33 (eleven years ago) link
i didn't really get into it until i heard it on the radio driving down the freeway and then i decided i loved it
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:14 (eleven years ago) link
recipe is awesome
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:46 (eleven years ago) link
'drums are so clunky' this sounds like criticism for dummies type shit
recipe is one of the best songs of the year imo
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:47 (eleven years ago) link
i would like it way better if it just didn't have dr. dre on it
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:49 (eleven years ago) link
i dont see why this is the best he's sounded in years
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
ive said this elsewhere (or here maybe, too, i don't remember) but dre's parts on it sound 100% like kendrick karaoke, which makes sense since kendrick of course wrote the verses.
but idk i find it distracting and kinda embarrassing... not as much as "i need a doctor" but it def has the feel to me of an old baller trying to do a bunch of and 1 tricks or something
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:53 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I agree with that; the verse is not Dre's voice (in so much as Dre even has a voice these days). I give it a pass, though, just because his presence is so iconic and it's a key part of the song's Visit L.A. sales pitch
― Evan R, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 21:58 (eleven years ago) link
Dre's verses have always been karaoke
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:02 (eleven years ago) link
u sound young
he used to be better at hiding it
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
thats silly. ppl used to criticize his rapping all the time & they were wrong then too
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:06 (eleven years ago) link
xpost I dunno, 2001 was pretty much all Dre karaoke and it was awesome in part because of that (this was the beginning of his "so what if I use ghostwriter? no shame in it phase.") I think the problem is he's never had a ghostwriter with a voice as distinct as Kendrick's
― Evan R, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:07 (eleven years ago) link
i dunno, he used to seem less slavish in his imitation of his writers. i kind of put the fault on kendrick for writing dre something so obviously in his own voice tho.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:08 (eleven years ago) link
eminem?
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:08 (eleven years ago) link
xp i don't buy that. jay-z, eminem, snoop, cube, doc?
yeah, eminem/snoop/cube were all strong voices too, obviously, but their personas heavily overlapped with Dre's in a way that Kendrick's doesn't. They all have their quirks, but there are a lot of interchangeable verses among the four of them. Kendrick is a real outlier
― Evan R, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:17 (eleven years ago) link
i kind of put the fault on kendrick for writing dre something so obviously in his own voice tho.
yeah, this is kind of true, but I give him a pass since I like the verse well enough anyway
― Evan R, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:18 (eleven years ago) link
i dont think kendrick is an outlier, its just a new voice'forgot about dre' is super obviously a bunch of em verses in like every way, we just give it a pass cuz we heard it a bunch & its a dope song
― littledotheyknow (D-40), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:18 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i don't know how you could consider kendrick's flow more distinctive than now "eminem" dre's verse in forgot about dre was
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:30 (eleven years ago) link
i dunno, maybe it's just that i didn't realize he didn't write his own raps at the time, but dre sounds way more "himself" on the chronic and 2001 to me.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:39 (eleven years ago) link
totally agree; the ghost verses on "Forgot About Dre" were all angry and defensive, so they played on the popular image of Dre in a way that was believable enough
― Evan R, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
it must have been hard for eminem to channel than angry and defensive vibe dre wanted
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:44 (eleven years ago) link
for me it's less about the content than the rhythms
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:47 (eleven years ago) link
otm
― Number None, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 23:22 (eleven years ago) link
some spin on the ball here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwamhuY6Yy8
― Reg, Monday, 13 August 2012 14:07 (eleven years ago) link
"women and geminis know things" not her best work (grimes smelling like a roll of nickels)
― lag∞n, Sunday, 12 May 2024 23:52 (one week ago) link
Azealia bringing Biden into the beef is exactly why calling someone a pedophile in a sing-song catchy way isn't so different from what Trump does (even with hints and allegations).
― paisley got boring (Eazy), Monday, 13 May 2024 00:14 (six days ago) link
lol, okay. now i've heard it all
― budo jeru, Monday, 13 May 2024 00:21 (six days ago) link
Yay new display name time
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Monday, 13 May 2024 01:24 (six days ago) link
(even with hints and allegations).
If you’ll be my bodyguard
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Monday, 13 May 2024 01:29 (six days ago) link
Why do we have to pay any attention to Azealia Banks
― Cemetry Gaetz (DJP), Monday, 13 May 2024 12:46 (six days ago) link
The answer lies in the ending of a much more confusing version of "Death of a Salesman"
― RICH BRIAN (Neanderthal), Monday, 13 May 2024 13:55 (six days ago) link
I’m very interested in how any of these songs chart.
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 13 May 2024 13:58 (six days ago) link
not like us and euphoria are both gonna be in the top 3, idk about family matters but you'd think it'll be way up there too.
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Monday, 13 May 2024 14:03 (six days ago) link
Euphoria debuted at #11 on the Billboard 100Push-ups is at #17
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Monday, 13 May 2024 14:06 (six days ago) link
twitter is once again shadowbanning chart data, so we may never know
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Monday, 13 May 2024 14:09 (six days ago) link
That #11 is from only two days of streaming though
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Monday, 13 May 2024 14:17 (six days ago) link
"Not Like Us" will be eligible for next week's chart but was only available for 5 days of that week
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Monday, 13 May 2024 14:18 (six days ago) link
saw that it had the most streams for any rap song ever with some criteria that i dont remember
― lag∞n, Monday, 13 May 2024 14:21 (six days ago) link
It had most streams for a rap song in a single day-- 6.8 million
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Monday, 13 May 2024 14:23 (six days ago) link
Seems like its been consistently the #2 most streamed song on Spotify (behind something called "Million Dollar Baby")
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Monday, 13 May 2024 14:25 (six days ago) link
These are global Spotify numbers for that week, but:
Espresso- 67.8 millionNot Like- Us 60.2 millionMillion Dollar Baby- 59.5 millionEuphoria- around 50 million
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Monday, 13 May 2024 14:42 (six days ago) link
not like us has been number one on apple music since its release but they don't share streaming numbers
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Monday, 13 May 2024 14:56 (six days ago) link
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Monday, 13 May 2024 17:56 (six days ago) link
The #Hot100 top 10 (chart dated May 18, 2024)— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) May 13, 2024
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 13 May 2024 17:56 (six days ago) link
xpost Yeah, that’s a good song. Not what I was expecting.
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Monday, 13 May 2024 18:01 (six days ago) link
https://www.stereogum.com/2263317/kendrick-lamars-drake-diss-not-like-us-debuts-at-1/news/
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 13 May 2024 18:20 (six days ago) link
all of those are diss tracks, which makes Kendrick the king of disrespect.
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Monday, 13 May 2024 18:26 (six days ago) link
King of Dissful Thinking
― RICH BRIAN (Neanderthal), Monday, 13 May 2024 18:33 (six days ago) link
And it’s only taking into account the first four days or so? With current numbers It will probably be remain in #1 for three weeks straight.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 13 May 2024 18:36 (six days ago) link
yeah, not that it's a completely reliable metric but "not like us" has been in last.fm's top 5 trending since it dropped, usually at 1 or 2.
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Monday, 13 May 2024 18:59 (six days ago) link
i don't really know last.fm too much but i'd say it feels pretty reliable in the context of all the other data out there
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 13 May 2024 19:02 (six days ago) link
lol i just realized we are totally nate silvering kendrick right now like fuckin primary polling
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 13 May 2024 19:03 (six days ago) link
i dont know from charts but i found myself at a club on saturday and can confirm that when the DJ dropped "not like us" the entire place went absolutely nuts like nothing else all night
― waste of compute (One Eye Open), Monday, 13 May 2024 19:21 (six days ago) link
I was at a New Hampshire diner and they were happy that Kendrick was going after pedophiles but wanted to know more about his Border policies.
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Monday, 13 May 2024 19:28 (six days ago) link
dis records arent real life!
― lag∞n, Monday, 13 May 2024 19:30 (six days ago) link
it will probably be pushed out of #1 for at least a week by the new post malone/morgan wallen song :(
― dyl, Tuesday, 14 May 2024 15:36 (five days ago) link
The best top ten in recent memory.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 15:45 (five days ago) link
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/dj-akademiks-sued-rape-defamation-ziya-abashe-1235019646/
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 18:39 (five days ago) link
wait what if kendrick lamar is my favorite rapper
― Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 19:42 (five days ago) link
o snap
― RICH BRIAN (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 19:52 (five days ago) link
Are post malone and morgan wallen beefing?
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 00:28 (four days ago) link
if a tree falls...
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 08:37 (four days ago) link
More like if a chair falls
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 12:06 (four days ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvtCNC_VkEg
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 13:02 (four days ago) link
#keepitcanadian
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 13:06 (four days ago) link
buddy gotta keep it canadian
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 13:38 (four days ago) link
keep it canadian by apologizing
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 14:26 (four days ago) link
Drake Off, eh
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 14:42 (four days ago) link
"Not Like Us" is gonna have a fight on its hands going forward what with Richman nipping at its heels and that Morgan Wallen/Post Malone track doing crazy numbers.
― mr.raffles, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 15:02 (four days ago) link
yeah, MDB is streaming ahead of NLU globally. The Post Wallen song had a big first day then dropped to 4th in succeeding days.
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 15:25 (four days ago) link
a Kidz Bop version of Not Like Us.... wtf pic.twitter.com/JD3iDX4Q4n— SOUND (@itsavibe) May 18, 2024
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Sunday, 19 May 2024 01:08 (six hours ago) link
Cute but needs to go the extra mile and pitch shift his voice to sound like a kid
― The SoyBoy West Coast (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 19 May 2024 01:29 (six hours ago) link
that's what she said
― del griffith, Sunday, 19 May 2024 02:33 (five hours ago) link
certified crocodiles
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Sunday, 19 May 2024 04:52 (two hours ago) link