On my 4th listen, this is a great album. Kendrick is 2 for 2. Jazz sax infused hip hop is like my favorite shit ever so obviously this will be in heavy rotation. Major respect to Kendrick for being fearless and putting out an album that sounds nothing like GKMC and is unapologetically black music. Favorite songs right now are:
Wesley's Theory - extra funky.
King Kunta- This the muthafuckin jam. Kendrick is not 2pac by any means but for some reason I picture Pac when he's screaming "AH YEA FUCK THE JUDGE/ MADE IT PAST TWENTY-FIIIIVE AND THERE I WAS"
(minus the making it past 25 smh) lil homie caught Pacs spirit for a minute
These Walls, For Sale?, Momma all super smooth. Even though Kendrick's voice on For Sale reminds me of Nas on "Who Killed It" lol
Hood Politics, Blacker The Berry, i, that Pac convo is a classic outro. Fuck it i rock with almost the entire album. "Alright" is cool but not feeling it as much as yall. Not a standout track to me.
Powerful album. All that said, some people are going overboard of course. Did I just read the phrase "album of the decade" earlier in the thread?
I'll put The Roots How I Got Over and Undun on the same level or higher than TPAB, to name a few off the top. I'm not even sure if it's better than GKMC yet. They're so different it's hard to compare and it's too early. This is in the AOTY conversation. And I'm not even sure it takes that title, with Lupe and maybe Kanye in the mix. My opinion could still change but I really don't think this is going to knock Lupe out of the top spot on my list for 2015. I'm already stressed about voting in that poll though lol because they are both crazy dope.
To Pimp a Butterfly is at least 8/10. Also nosign whoever said this is headphone music. I been enjoying this most in the whip on the ride home from work the past 4 days.
IMHO...