clippyclipp n*gga
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TPAB FOR ME IS A 10/10 ALBUM HAS BEEN ON REPEAT SINCE ITS RELEASE LUPE ALBUM I GIVE A 9 SOME OF THE SKITS ARE USELESS FOR ME.
clippyclipp n*gga
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DOT AND LINES HOOK IS SUPER TERRIBLE BY THE WAY
Here's Part 1 of 2.. I type too damn much.
You live, you learn, you enlighten. With so much racial tension, identity stripping, and misguidance in America today, it’s about that time we were delivered an album made by someone who is able to enlighten us. This project picks up some time after the point which Good kid, M.A.A.D. city left off. Whereas GkMc had a young Kendrick in real-time narrating the struggles of his teenage years in the hood of Compton, To Pimp A Butterfly brings us to and through his struggles with social-emotion cognition which results in what we come to know as ‘survivor’s guilt’, and the struggles of African American people within the institutionalization of America - institutionalization which constantly threatens the radical consciousness of black culture.
After a brief sample of Boris Gardiner's ‘Every Nigger Is a Star,’ the album kicks off with the G-funk-emerged opener ‘Wesley’s Theory’ – where the concept of being a ‘survivor’ who’s “made it out of the hood” and into the hands of wealth and prosperity leads to falling into the traps set by the American government and also to aforementioned ‘survivor’s guilt’. On the hook Kendrick sings “At first I did love you, but now I just wanna fuck” (a line that could very well be directed toward GkMc girlfriend Sherane) in between the lava lamp vocals of Thundercat and the spoken word of the King of Funk himself George Clinton. It seems as though he has found a new love to compensate.
The subject of money consciousness continues on the next track ‘For Free? (Interlude)’, where we find Kendrick scatting in the face of America over a jazz beat about how not only he isn’t free but is always owed a debt, and moves onto the funky cut ‘King Kunta’ – a 4 minute triumphant expression of the new-found wealth and power of a man who came from almost nothing to emerging as the one holding all of the yams. At this point, whether he yet realizes or [apparently] not, institutionalism is playing as a cocoon to his caterpillar stage whether that is representative of being trapped by selling one’s soul for money and power, by his pact to keep loyal to his homies, or by his own thoughts and internal skirmish. The latter comes into effect on ‘u’, serving as the definite climax of the album. Here we are exposed to Kendrick at his breaking point asserting to the man in the mirror how “loving you in complicated”, which transfigures into a colossal understatement by the second half of the track. Self-loath, suicidal thoughts, and alcohol-induced disillusionment within a hotel room is exactly illustrative of this scenario. Piano keys and trumpets dragging over the slow-tempoed Taz Arnold beat create a melting instrumental much similar our protagonist’s present state of mind. This track is a perfect showcase of how the production and tone in Kendrick’s voice takes you exactly to where you need to be throughout this album.
Even with Pharrell decreeing how “We gon’ be alright” on ‘Alright’, the track that boasts self-assurance in order to avoid self-destruction, there is sure to still be a bit of self-doubt left over from all that has led up to the hotel breakdown in the previous track…
I'm tired.. I'll do the rest later but I did end up giving it an A+ (9.6/10).
You live, you learn, you enlighten. With so much racial tension, identity stripping, and misguidance in America today, it’s about that time we were delivered an album made by someone who is able to enlighten us. This project picks up some time after the point which Good kid, M.A.A.D. city left off. Whereas GkMc had a young Kendrick in real-time narrating the struggles of his teenage years in the hood of Compton, To Pimp A Butterfly brings us to and through his struggles with social-emotion cognition which results in what we come to know as ‘survivor’s guilt’, and the struggles of African American people within the institutionalization of America - institutionalization which constantly threatens the radical consciousness of black culture.
After a brief sample of Boris Gardiner's ‘Every Nigger Is a Star,’ the album kicks off with the G-funk-emerged opener ‘Wesley’s Theory’ – where the concept of being a ‘survivor’ who’s “made it out of the hood” and into the hands of wealth and prosperity leads to falling into the traps set by the American government and also to aforementioned ‘survivor’s guilt’. On the hook Kendrick sings “At first I did love you, but now I just wanna fuck” (a line that could very well be directed toward GkMc girlfriend Sherane) in between the lava lamp vocals of Thundercat and the spoken word of the King of Funk himself George Clinton. It seems as though he has found a new love to compensate.
The subject of money consciousness continues on the next track ‘For Free? (Interlude)’, where we find Kendrick scatting in the face of America over a jazz beat about how not only he isn’t free but is always owed a debt, and moves onto the funky cut ‘King Kunta’ – a 4 minute triumphant expression of the new-found wealth and power of a man who came from almost nothing to emerging as the one holding all of the yams. At this point, whether he yet realizes or [apparently] not, institutionalism is playing as a cocoon to his caterpillar stage whether that is representative of being trapped by selling one’s soul for money and power, by his pact to keep loyal to his homies, or by his own thoughts and internal skirmish. The latter comes into effect on ‘u’, serving as the definite climax of the album. Here we are exposed to Kendrick at his breaking point asserting to the man in the mirror how “loving you in complicated”, which transfigures into a colossal understatement by the second half of the track. Self-loath, suicidal thoughts, and alcohol-induced disillusionment within a hotel room is exactly illustrative of this scenario. Piano keys and trumpets dragging over the slow-tempoed Taz Arnold beat create a melting instrumental much similar our protagonist’s present state of mind. This track is a perfect showcase of how the production and tone in Kendrick’s voice takes you exactly to where you need to be throughout this album.
Even with Pharrell decreeing how “We gon’ be alright” on ‘Alright’, the track that boasts self-assurance in order to avoid self-destruction, there is sure to still be a bit of self-doubt left over from all that has led up to the hotel breakdown in the previous track…
I'm tired.. I'll do the rest later but I did end up giving it an A+ (9.6/10).
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power_wisdom
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To late, TPAB review time is over.
I joke. Great review so far.
I joke. Great review so far.
Final scores for Kendrick/Lupe (also posted on the Scoreboard in Post #2 of this thread):
Props to all who gave input. We got a lot done. All reviews are posted on the first page so if anyone wants opinions or point of views on any of these before or after they listen... its right there. I definitely enjoy reading them.
Props to all who gave input. We got a lot done. All reviews are posted on the first page so if anyone wants opinions or point of views on any of these before or after they listen... its right there. I definitely enjoy reading them.
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Listencloser
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Yo Cham, why you didn't do a T&Y review?
Listencloser
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Perfect tracks:
Black Beetles
Hazeus
Dope beats beats, ill flows and wordplay. What more can you ask for.
Almost perfect:
Belly of the Beast
Paper Trail$
No. 99
Run Up On Ya
Something from these track is missing like a second verse or something that kept them from getting a perfect score.
Very good:
Save The Children
Piece of Mind
Big Dusty
Christ Conscious
On & On
Some of these beats where a little lack luster or I didn't care for the hook but still on rotation
Pretty good:
Like Me
O.C.B.
Curry Chicken
Nice songs but I find myself skipping at times to get too the ones above
Ok songs:
Escape 120
I want to hate this track with Teach me but it was too damn catchy.
Complete wackness:
Teach Me
Burn this shit with fire, scatter the ashes and forget it ever happened.
Sitting right above To Pimp A Butterfly yet well below Tetsuo & Youth to me
8.2/10
Black Beetles
Hazeus
Dope beats beats, ill flows and wordplay. What more can you ask for.
Almost perfect:
Belly of the Beast
Paper Trail$
No. 99
Run Up On Ya
Something from these track is missing like a second verse or something that kept them from getting a perfect score.
Very good:
Save The Children
Piece of Mind
Big Dusty
Christ Conscious
On & On
Some of these beats where a little lack luster or I didn't care for the hook but still on rotation
Pretty good:
Like Me
O.C.B.
Curry Chicken
Nice songs but I find myself skipping at times to get too the ones above
Ok songs:
Escape 120
I want to hate this track with Teach me but it was too damn catchy.
Complete wackness:
Teach Me
Burn this shit with fire, scatter the ashes and forget it ever happened.
Sitting right above To Pimp A Butterfly yet well below Tetsuo & Youth to me
8.2/10
Joey Bada$$ B4.Da.$$
I'll admit to not really looking forward to this album based on the stray tracks I heard previous to it's release but the album was refreshing, a resurrection of the old NY style, in the same vein as the Lost Boyz and a young Busta Rhymes. A notable as it is a deviation from the style and technique he displayed on his critically acclaimed 1999 mixtape. Showing maturity and a greater depth of concepts, this album is truly one of the best of the year.
Track listening/song score:
1) Save The Children 4/5
2) Greenbax (interlude) -N/A
3) Paper Trail$ 5/5
4) Piece of Mind 4/5
5) Big Dusty 5/5
6) Hazeus View 5/5
7) Like Me 4/5
8) Belly of The Beast 5/5
9) No. 99 4/5
10) Christ Consciousness 5/5
11) On & On 4/5
12) Escape 20 0/5
13) Black Beetles 5/5
14) OCB 4/5
15) Curry Chicken 4/5
16) Run Up On Ya 0/5
17) Teach Me 0/5
The album boasts a throwback vibe and wisdom beyond it's author's age, truly one of the best albums of the last few years.
Final Score: 9/10
I'll admit to not really looking forward to this album based on the stray tracks I heard previous to it's release but the album was refreshing, a resurrection of the old NY style, in the same vein as the Lost Boyz and a young Busta Rhymes. A notable as it is a deviation from the style and technique he displayed on his critically acclaimed 1999 mixtape. Showing maturity and a greater depth of concepts, this album is truly one of the best of the year.
Track listening/song score:
1) Save The Children 4/5
2) Greenbax (interlude) -N/A
3) Paper Trail$ 5/5
4) Piece of Mind 4/5
5) Big Dusty 5/5
6) Hazeus View 5/5
7) Like Me 4/5
8) Belly of The Beast 5/5
9) No. 99 4/5
10) Christ Consciousness 5/5
11) On & On 4/5
12) Escape 20 0/5
13) Black Beetles 5/5
14) OCB 4/5
15) Curry Chicken 4/5
16) Run Up On Ya 0/5
17) Teach Me 0/5
The album boasts a throwback vibe and wisdom beyond it's author's age, truly one of the best albums of the last few years.
Score tally:
14 (good-great tracks)/16 (total number of tracks scored) =
87.5 +
6 (5 star bonus/extra credit)
= 93
14 (good-great tracks)/16 (total number of tracks scored) =
87.5 +
6 (5 star bonus/extra credit)
= 93
Final Score: 9/10
Wale The Album About Nothing
After years of being postponed the album Wale promised, a project inspired by the classic TV show Seinfeld featuring the comedian Jerry Seinfeld himself was delivered. Sadly, it fails to measure up not only to the hype but to the concepts laid out in the previous Nothing mixtapes. The Seinfeld lead ins/exists are somewhat effective in explaining what the song is attempting to convey but the songs themselves just lack a certain punch for the most part.
The album just begins to feel flat even though some of the concepts are dope. I do appreciate that the album have no other rappers on it but overall I know wale can do better.
Of the standout tracks my favorite has become The Need To Know, it's just a dope sample, SZA kills the hook, the Seinfeld clip matches perfectly and Wale is well within his element.
Track listing/score
1) The Intro About Nothing 4/5
2) The Helium Balloon 4/5
3) The White Shoes 4/5
4) The Pessimist 5/5
5) The Middle Finger 0/5
6) The One Time In Houston 0/5
7) The Girls On Drugs 5/5
8) The God Smile 4/5
9) The Need To Know 5/5
10) The Success 4/5
11) The Glass Egg 4/5
12) The Bloom 0/5
13) The Matrimony 4/5
14) The Body 0/5
7.5/10
After years of being postponed the album Wale promised, a project inspired by the classic TV show Seinfeld featuring the comedian Jerry Seinfeld himself was delivered. Sadly, it fails to measure up not only to the hype but to the concepts laid out in the previous Nothing mixtapes. The Seinfeld lead ins/exists are somewhat effective in explaining what the song is attempting to convey but the songs themselves just lack a certain punch for the most part.
The album just begins to feel flat even though some of the concepts are dope. I do appreciate that the album have no other rappers on it but overall I know wale can do better.
Of the standout tracks my favorite has become The Need To Know, it's just a dope sample, SZA kills the hook, the Seinfeld clip matches perfectly and Wale is well within his element.
Track listing/score
1) The Intro About Nothing 4/5
2) The Helium Balloon 4/5
3) The White Shoes 4/5
4) The Pessimist 5/5
5) The Middle Finger 0/5
6) The One Time In Houston 0/5
7) The Girls On Drugs 5/5
8) The God Smile 4/5
9) The Need To Know 5/5
10) The Success 4/5
11) The Glass Egg 4/5
12) The Bloom 0/5
13) The Matrimony 4/5
14) The Body 0/5
10 (good-great tracks)/14 (total number of tracks scored)=
71
+ 4 (5 star bonus/extra credit)
= 75
71
+ 4 (5 star bonus/extra credit)
= 75
7.5/10
Song scores aren't factored in. It's just telling you which songs I liked and which I didn't.
It's the number of good songs divided by the total number of songs scored.
An album would really have to be worse than wale's to really earn a 5 and at that point I probably wouldn't have bothered reviewing it.
It's the number of good songs divided by the total number of songs scored.
An album would really have to be worse than wale's to really earn a 5 and at that point I probably wouldn't have bothered reviewing it.
Peezy_Jenkins
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i agree with a bit of wat sion said about wale album, ill put it in my own words for a review
