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Originally Posted by noisereductions
I don't entirely agree with this part. MKL had a track about being cheated on and how he's hurt by that relationship gone sour. The album proper ends with an apology to his mother. I feel like MKL (for what it was) actually had a cohesive story, with an interesting dichotomy that was rather thoughtful. This new album just doesn't have that depth to me.
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Well, yeah, I liked (like... rpesent tense) My Krazy Life quite a bit. And I know the songs you're talking about, so I feel you. But I actually think you are the one who told me — when I was making some comment about wishing MKL was more like good kid at its core — that it's like good kid turned upside down, less about regret and reflection, more about embracing the "Krazy." I remember because I thought it was a prett astute observation, and that maybe YG was kind of a balancing force for Kendrick. A straight up crazy ass thug motherfucker. There's probably a need for that to some extent, lest hip-hop lose its sense of humor entirely and disappear up its own asshole.
But I was just expecting a lot more from this album in general. The ugly ass cover and the "Brazy" thing and the red red red, ultimately just the shit cherry on the cake of shit.
Still think it's totally possible to write about gang violence in a tasteful way that's appropriate for this era, and that YG has chosen not to do that. But the dude's a kid himself. What the fuck does he know?