MB Classics: Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly

OccultHawk · 12-17-2017, 07:50 PM

Tyler is layered in interesting ambiguity and as a result far more compelling so go get cough drop son.

**Frownland** · 12-17-2017, 07:52 PM

The jazzy production hits all the right notes for me and I consider tracks like Wesley's Theory, King Kunta, and Blacker the Berry to be essential Kendrick material. I respect and even agree with the concept but it bogs it down as a listen tbh. 7/10

**Frownland** · 12-17-2017, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Tyler is layered in interesting ambiguity and as a result far more compelling so go get cough drop son.

Nah.

TechnicLePanther · 12-17-2017, 07:59 PM

This album is truly representative of a time, and yet not representative of a time at all. It's very strange like that. Anyway, while I can't say I agree with all of the philosophical concepts on this record, it is just such a raw dump of emotive rapping (especially the second side) that to enjoy this album is pretty much inescapable. Personally, it's not an album that goes above and beyond to a higher echelon, because there are tracks on this album that to me just don't fit with the rest. But overall, this is quite a fantastic album, especially if you just sit down and listen to the lyrics and the music. 9/10 for me.

Machine · 12-17-2017, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

*cough*

What part of Flower Boy is ham fisted lmao

**Goofle** · 12-17-2017, 08:59 PM

Some great tracks but I either disliked or was completely bored by about half of it.

6

Pet_Sounds · 12-17-2017, 10:57 PM

"Blacker the Berry" is a solid track. The rest of the album is good but not great. 6/10.

grindy · 12-17-2017, 11:36 PM

Tried getting into it several times. Left no impression whatsoever. 5/10

Blank. · 12-18-2017, 01:11 AM

Current average: 6.72

Maajo · 12-18-2017, 05:25 AM

This is the third straight one of these that was really a no-brainer, 10/10. If it's not the fact that Kendrick is reciting a poem throughout, culminating in the interview he has with Tupac, the fact that it's so abstract for an album that was so popular and sold so well, or just the jazzy production in general, it's that it's just fun and easy to listen to. I love this album, and I think it's his best work to date, though DAMN. and GKMC are both growing on me.

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12-17-2017, 07:50 PM	#11 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	Tyler is layered in interesting ambiguity and as a result far more compelling so go get cough drop son. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

12-17-2017, 07:52 PM	#12 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	The jazzy production hits all the right notes for me and I consider tracks like Wesley's Theory, King Kunta, and Blacker the Berry to be essential Kendrick material. I respect and even agree with the concept but it bogs it down as a listen tbh. 7/10 __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

12-17-2017, 07:59 PM	#14 (permalink)
TechnicLePanther and the livin' is easy... Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: New York Posts: 1,997	This album is truly representative of a time, and yet not representative of a time at all. It's very strange like that. Anyway, while I can't say I agree with all of the philosophical concepts on this record, it is just such a raw dump of emotive rapping (especially the second side) that to enjoy this album is pretty much inescapable. Personally, it's not an album that goes above and beyond to a higher echelon, because there are tracks on this album that to me just don't fit with the rest. But overall, this is quite a fantastic album, especially if you just sit down and listen to the lyrics and the music. 9/10 for me. __________________ Many have tried to destroy it... but... true evil never dies. It is only... REBORN *SUGGEST ME AN ALBUM* - I'm probably not going to listen to it but I will if you bother me enough.

12-17-2017, 10:57 PM	#17 (permalink)
Pet_Sounds Remember the underscore Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: The other side Posts: 2,488	"Blacker the Berry" is a solid track. The rest of the album is good but not great. 6/10. __________________ Everybody's dying just to get the disease

12-17-2017, 11:36 PM	#18 (permalink)
grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	Tried getting into it several times. Left no impression whatsoever. 5/10 __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*

12-18-2017, 01:11 AM	#19 (permalink)
Blank. Jacob Sartorius Join Date: May 2016 Location: Dank memes Posts: 4,033	Current average: 6.72

12-18-2017, 05:25 AM	#20 (permalink)
Maajo Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Colorado Posts: 513	This is the third straight one of these that was really a no-brainer, 10/10. If it's not the fact that Kendrick is reciting a poem throughout, culminating in the interview he has with Tupac, the fact that it's so abstract for an album that was so popular and sold so well, or just the jazzy production in general, it's that it's just fun and easy to listen to. I love this album, and I think it's his best work to date, though DAMN. and GKMC are both growing on me.