Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

[Goofle]

I really don't get it. I have gone in with an open mind and given it a few listens, because I didn't wanna be that dick who is trying so hard to be different that he just refuses to like something because everyone else does... but I just can't see how it is perfect. For an album to be perfect, near enough every track has to be great. Can you really say that about this?

Sure, it's a good album. I like a few of the tracks a lot. But damn, some of this is absolutely average, boring and uninteresting. The run of tracks from Institutionalized to the For Sale (Interlude) do very little for me. I really found myself questioning how it is possible for people to be head over heels for these tracks because I can't even understand why they would be mass appealing due to the production choices and lack of "bangers".

It kinda kicks in then, with How Much a Dollar Cost through to i (and the first half of Mortal Man to be fair). By far the best run of tracks on the album. But once again, are these songs really blowing people away?

I get people liking it, because I do to an extent. But best album of the decade? Perfect scores? It's messing with my brain.