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Originally Posted by louder
Yeah, this Kendrick album is pretty much his Yeezus. It's hard and banging and more "current" in terms of sound, but also pretty weird and eclectic. Somehow, it's a much easier listen from start to finish than both GKMC and TPAB. Wow.
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Yeah, I just said something like this in the "most anticipated" thread.
DAMN. is to
To Pimp a Butterfly what
Yeezus was to
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Not only because it's a follow-up to a career-defining record, but also for other reasons.
I'm not sure why it is —
DAMN. is a much different sounding album than
Yeezus, but it has a similar kind of balance of powers so to speak. It's a shrugging off of expectations... and it's extremely emotional, but has moments of silliness. It also kind of balances REALLY hard-edged rapping and heavy dancehall-inspired production and samples with an oddly tender kind of emotional bareness.
It actually does sound a bit like
Yeezus now that I think on it. It sounds more like Kanye than any Kendrick album since
Section.80. Hmm. Still, there's nowhere near as much sonic experimentation going on in Kendrick's discography as there has been in Kanye's. I never thought I'd feel like Kendrick was truly Kanye's equal because of this. But he's just such a Fucking MASTER lyricism and storyteller -- his skills in this area rival Kanye's penchant for big-picture culture-shock epics. He's definitely the Bob Dylan to Kanye's Beatles. For fucking sure. And he's got a hell of a production team. This shit sounds INSANE.
I'm THOROUGHLY fucking satisfied with this shit my friends.
Of course I will never love Kendrick as much as I love Kanye.
DAMN. is not as good a record as
Yeezus. But, fucking hell... he's just scary talented. A terrifyingly gifted rapper, with an ear for classy instrumentals and an intellect that is just unparalleled in hip-hop.
I kind of hope this album gets bigger than
VIEWS. Fucking who the fuck would give a fucking fuck about Drake with this shit out there?