Artist of the Month: Kendrick Lamar - Hiii Powered Black Hippy

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I don't get the appeal of this guy. To my ears his voice is horrible and his rhymes are mediocre and below average. I tried listening to several songs and could not connect with any of them.

 

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That being said- it's just my meaningless opinion. I'll keep checking the new stuff but so far it just doesn't do it for me. Which sucks because it seems like people love this dude.

 

[RuffDraft]

That being said- it's just my meaningless opinion. I'll keep checking the new stuff but so far it just doesn't do it for me. Which sucks because it seems like people love this dude.

Have you listened to Section 80? Or the tracks that I've posted in my first post? Some of his lyrics are extremely good and he has a way of contradicting his rhymes to sell a story differently than other artists. Try listening to a whole album, either The Kendrick Lamar EP or Section 80; not saying you'll definitely become a fan, but I definitely think you'll appreciate him more... I think he's got some great stories on Section 80... I've never understood the criticism of his voice either; but I know to each their own!

 

[RuffDraft]

How often do we get to see history in the making ? Kendrick Lamar is going down as one of the best to do it. I hope he takes his time with his album tho, I know that sooner or later Dre gonna be giving this nigga all his good beats.

Definitely, ever since I first heard him, you knew he was on something else; can't wait for him to bring out an album; but I do think he should stick with the independent lane as he is doing… he has the ability to take his label to the next level… sounds like there's plenty of offers on the table for him too should he go that route, there was a video over at HipHopDX with him recently where he performed this freestyle (below), but he said he'd stay independent for the minute, Top Dawg Entertainment.

Can't find the embed.

 

[ImWhiteBoyAwesome]

VERY IMPRESSIVE THREAD BROTHER.

Kendrick is the homie, thats the dude who makes me happy to be a hip hop fan, him, J.Cole, Wale, KRIT, all makin excellent hip hop with substance. I see big things for all of them but Kendrick has an entire coast on his shoulders, but he seems to be puttin up with that pressure pretty damn well.

Im a big fan (peep the avi), got all his music as far back as C4, its dope to see his progression with age, dude has everythin right goin for him and he deserves it too....for make such quality hip hop.

He has parts of alot of my fav rappers in him (pac, nas, kweli, kanye and more) but at the end of the day, thats Kendrick Lamar and ridin for him and his music hard out here in Australia. Dude needs all eyez on him.

Dre needs to lace dude already.

 

[Food & Liquor]

Bumping this album again... undoubtedly album of the year so far. I don't mind what lane he takes tbh as long as the dope music continues. I'd love to see him on some Dre and RZA beats though just to see how that goes

 

[salamerican1]

Thanks to this thread i became a fan

Gave section 80 a spin last night and this dude gots heat

Will check for his 2 other eps definitly

 

[RuffDraft]

VERY IMPRESSIVE THREAD BROTHER.

Dre needs to lace dude already.

Thanks :tu

I'm unsure as to what Dre will offer him besides a nice pay cheque, personally feel the beats he has right now are the future and Dre is still in 99, at best, in my opinion; we haven't seen a Dre follow up because it isn't much cop. He's no longer spreading the airwaves as he once did. He's not the same producer… until he shows otherwise.

You got people like Dilla who put out tapes constantly, all great material; look at Madlib now as well, he's sub-par to what Kendrick's on at the minute, to me; the beats he picks work REALLY well.

Bumping this album again... undoubtedly album of the year so far. I don't mind what lane he takes tbh as long as the dope music continues. I'd love to see him on some Dre and RZA beats though just to see how that goes

Agreed, he's definitely taking everything that he has and pushing the bar with each release…

Definitely be interesting, but see my above post, I'm unsure what he has to offer (Dre), apart from a boost in popularity and pay cheque.

Thanks to this thread i became a fan

Gave section 80 a spin last night and this dude gots heat

Will check for his 2 other eps definitly

Good to know the thread served its purpose :tu

You had a chance to give them all a spin?

 

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Ruff- I gave it all a listen and I really appreciate all of the work you put in. This was a great post and article on dude. I see that he has talent, it's just something about his voice...it doesn't appeal to me. But I will keep checking him and watching his growth as an artist.

 

[RuffDraft]

Ruff- I gave it all a listen and I really appreciate all of the work you put in. This was a great post and article on dude. I see that he has talent, it's just something about his voice...it doesn't appeal to me. But I will keep checking him and watching his growth as an artist.

Good to hear you tried it out :tu

It's a real shame that the voice just doesn't add up for some people, but it's common; it's the reason I'm not the biggest Jedi Mind Tricks fan… or maybe that's just their subject matter :/ I can't decide.

Either way, props!