Reviews (page 13 of 14)
People adore this guy??
No idea what he's on about
Just not for me
Not as good as Damn but I don’t think anything he has done is as good as damn some choice bits some experimentation but same old same old lyrics, profane but without innovation.
Okay
He's obviously talented and there's a lot of depth to this album but I am definitely not the target audience for this. The message is lost on me
I know this album is considered one of the best from the last 10(ish) years, but it was lost on me.
I’m just gonna play the middle aged white British male card, and say this is totally lyrically impenetrable to me. I tried Kendrick, I really did, but I felt like a learned more from the last track than the whole album before that. The production didn’t do anything for me either, only ‘how much a dollar’ and ‘the blacker the berry’ grabbed my attention, and I think that’s because stylistically they were quite different from the overly smooth majority.
Just ok for me.
I felt old listening to this album. I know he is probably the biggest star in hip hop to today's audience but listening to this just didn't do much for me compared to other rap albums on the list. Maybe this is a modern classic and I'm out of touch but I feel like in 20 years 36 chambers will still be a classic and wonder if people will still be listening to this.
I don’t understand how people can praise albums like this, Kendrick’s voice is so monotonous. Yet another album where all the songs blend together because they sound practically the same. And that long podcast-like conversation at the end, what the hell is that? Maybe I just don’t like rap, maybe I don’t get the art behind it. It’s just not my taste. Standout Songs: King Kunta Institutionalized Momma How Much A Dollar Cost
I can't review hip hop nor rap. It was okay, but too much N-words, C-words, B-words, D-words, S-words, etc. But it did try to be smart? I think?
It's a pity CDs can accommodate 78 minutes - a capacity this album abuses. It's just dreadfully dull and boring.
is halt nix für mich
4/10 - I didn’t love most of it. The last few songs had parts I liked but overall not my favorite
This is not for me. Two stars but still better than anything by Oasis.
I wish I got it. Maybe I'm too old. What am I missing because “this dick ain’t for free” wasn’t telling me a story.
I liked #3 but its a total rip off of DJ Quik/ Sugafree Idk hes fine but I have a hard time with his lack of originality
Nope. Too spitfire lyrics
I like it more than 'good kid', but what is it with these endless albums, bro? I don't wanna listen to the same thing for 90 minutes unless the quality is pristine.
I just can't get onboard the KL train. I find his acclaimed lyrical "mastery" lacking and a bit dull. His delivery and voice are annoying. This album was better than mAAd City, slicker production with the jazz and funk influence. "King Kunta" and "How Much a Dollar Cost" I did enjoy but the rest of the album dragged. I did not like the repeat return to a psychotic breakdown in a hotel room...Lucy sure did a number on 'em. I think we may get one more from Kenny and fortunately it is his best. For all the pimpin' and scrimpin' on this album...2.47 stars.
look I just don’t like it ok
I have tried many times now to “get” the much lauded Kendrick Lamar but with little success. I find his voice slightly irritating and the stream of consciousness lyrics are hard to follow. I was however very impressed with his Glastonbury performance a few year ago and that’s why I have persevered. But alas I’m stil just not into him I’m afraid!
Chill rap. 2/5
This just doesn’t resonate with me. It’s not a rap thing. I like Biggie, Tupac, Em, and on and on. I don’t know if it’s the sound of his voice or the choppiness.
I was expecting big things cause I love the song King Kunta. But this is fucking awful 😖. How is this one of the biggest rappers in the world? This is shit. Nothing catchy at all. Shoite. Stand out song by a billion miles - King Kunta
Found out that I can not bare hip-hop more than 10 minutes
He should write a novel and quit making this far too long records! The fact that it is hip hop makes it even worse for me! most listenable: "I" 1,5
Ok background noise. Not really my thing. The best parts of each song were when he stopped talking at the end
This became a chore to complete, just something to check off and make it to the next day. I wish I appreciated hip hop more than I do.
Couldn’t get through that
God, this album is hard work. It's very dense and obviously has a lot to say, and doesn't care how long it takes to say it. It's an hour and 20 minutes long. That's too long. That's two albums long. The "interludes" on this are longer than other artists' regular tracks. And look, here's something I pulled off Wikipedia about These Walls: "pondering sex and existence in equal measure; it's a yoni metaphor about the power of peace, with sugar walls being escape and real walls being obstacles." OK, cool, but that's a pretty heavy metaphor, right? What I'm saying is, I am sure this album is good, even great, I can hear that it's a tour de force. But also I did not enjoy it on an emotional level at all.
Not a huge fan of Kendrick but glad to listen.
Not a big fan
what I'm listening to? Supaboring
It was ok
I'm so sick of everyone riding this guy's dick. This shit sucks.
point5.
How much a dollar cost was ok.
fine
I did not use a private spotify session for this one. Absurd, over-the-top , uncomfortable amount of the use of N word. This was not made for me and I am fine with that. More profanity than I care for in general. As far as the music some its that strip club music, bass heavy with a lot of moaning and grunting. Credit to Kendrick for making something so explicit and then later doing the halftime at the SuperB owl. If there was any doubt I was losing my edge and getting out of touch with the cool kids there shouldn't be anymore.
This is pretty good for me as a rap album.
nähädu tack. aint doing it for me
Still very much not my sort of music but this has more interesting things going on and less of the actively aversive things (though I did fall asleep before the end of the album).
Not in my wheelhouse but I enjoyed "King Kunta" and "i" so I'll go with 2 stars
Maybe I am just too old but I cannot understand the appeal of this. 2 stars or D for me.
Better than the snoop dogg record, but I'm just too old to see how "n***a wipe your ass" gets you a Pulitzer.
Production sound is fantastic. Production as far as restraint is another story. Many of the songs feel way too long. Many of the songs feel too packed full of extraneous elements.
Less impressive than I though it would be, likely too because I couldn't help but compare this one to other records that in my opinion just took certain aspects to the next level. I liked the incorporation of jazzy elements(but for example, lackluster considering acts like digible planets or common) and other genres and even some guitarwork, which I liked. On the other hand some it felt over the top, which is why I'm not a fan of the first track, which in my opinion should set the tone for the rest of the record and thus is crucial, wesleys theorem left some more to wish for. But overall I can't say too many bad things, it was a good record, just not my style of hiphop I suppose, nonetheless there were some great sounds and lyrics on this album and it has a lasting impact on modern rap, which can't be overlooked. Favorite track: Momma. Overall score: 5/10
This is not my cup of tea. Not a fan of constant profanity. Would not seek out
I liked reading the lyrics as poetry but did not like listening to this as music. BUT it led me to his Damn album, which I liked.
Some good songs but album isn't together.
Two only, not my thing
About the only word I could understand was nigger. Some of the music was creative.
Music was good, lyrics were crap
Not my thing. Nice instrumentals, but not my thing. Two out of five.
boring. some great songs but probably wouldn't listen again.
I did not enjoy this.
I have tried SO hard to get into Kendrick, and I truly never can. Personally there’s no denying that his lyrics are actually passing into relevancy, opposed to many of his opposing stars, but his voice is just truthfully hard to listen to and his flow I can’t seem to get behind no matter how hard I try. I understand his influence and I respect that.
Immediately better than his previous ("...m a.a.d city"). Strong and overly-obvious PFunk influence which is great, even starring George Clinton on the opening track. I do love the afrofunk style on many of the songs, that's definitely in my wheelhouse. Where I can't get into it is... Kendrick himself. His style improved since the last album but i just don't know if I like his voice or style. Actually I *do* know ... and I do not. For his style and art he's undeniably talented but it's just too many words crammed in for me to not get distracted and then annoyed. And when the rhythm is off or non-existent in the rapping...I start to hate it. Also this mix is awful. The exaggerated compression killing me in headphones - pump pump pump. Take a dramamine to get through an hour or more. Another negative: I hate skits or these little wordplay interludes. Kills the vibe for me. TL;DR: Yeah this is a big album for a reason - it's super ambitious but it's too exhausting for me to listen to. I've little idea what to mark this - most of the music is pretty great which is almost all I care about. I think this one (as they all should, I suppose...) comes down to preference. I'm just not a fan of his vocal style - it's not bad, just not what gets to me - and the mix is so distracting that listening to the entire album was tough. Feels like I should give it a 3 for reaching for the moon but I won't listen again - if this had a less dense mix and a different vocalist (the whining style on e.g. "Hood Politics" is where it all falls off the rails for me) .... eh, I guess it'd be someone else. :P 5/10 2 stars
Just not my jam.
Hip hop and rap never really achieves to touch me emotinally like rock or jazz can. I can hear that this is quality, I guess. It is more up beat and playfull than other hip hop, that I’ve tried to avoid in the past, so that is positive.
Do not particular like KL's delivery - the song with Snoop really highlighted this for me - it just leaves me cold. Musically there as a lot going on (too much) and it just feels over produced and makes me yearn for simpler times. Lyrically I'm not the target audience so find it hard to appreciate.
I don't like trap, at all
Vervelende Rap
This album gets so much praise, but I just don't get it. The production is pretty good but that is about it for me.
Not my cup of tea
not my cup of tea
I won't be aiming to listen to this again. I don't understand the hype for this at all.
I liked good kid maad city better. I'm sure I would appreciate this album more if I had time to research the background and listen through it again, but at first impression it was mostly just jarring.
Experimental jazz rap. Sounds like noise and word salad. I’m not the audience for this.
I just don't see the appeal. Great production value, but the lyrics are often nonsensical, and there's just not enough to it.
Not my style of music. Nice harmony but I don't really enjoy
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Favorite tracks: u, Alright, For Sale?, Momma, i, Mortal Man. I like how the tracks connect and flow into each other, and I respect the chaos of the different styles, instrumentation, etc. I really liked the "conversation" with Tupac at the end of Mortal Man. But overall, I'd say this isn't really for me (nor was it ever meant for me). It felt too long, but this seems like an album where the tracks shouldn't be separated or skipped. I also think maybe I don't like Kendrick's vocals? Ah idk. Going with 2.5 stars on this one, noting again that I am not the audience for this.
Not my bag, but the wash your ass refrain had me laughing.
I tried to like it, but I can get myself to enjoy this kind of music. It just feels flat and repetitive, musically uninteresting. 3/10
Did not listen to the full album, not my thang...
Me gusta la producción (es excelente), varias de las músicas detrás de la voz, en especial cuando son instrumentos reales o suenan como eso. Más allá de eso, me cuesta escuchar el album. No me gusta para nada la voz, que es típica del rap. No le gustan nada las canciones que hasta la música es digital y no suena como ningún instumento. Me pasó varias veces pensar que me gustaría poder eliminar la pista de la voz principal para poder disfrutar mejor del resto. Me da la impresión como si Kendrick Lamar se hubiese rodeado de músicos y productores excelentes pero que él no es realmente tan excelente y esa es la parte que no me gusta. Probablemente muy erróneo, pero así lo siento.
It's a tad better than its predecessor, but I still don't understand how this is getting such high rates.
Huch Kendrick Ich han zwei mal i verschiednige gechillte setups probiert mit dem album warm z werde. Aber es hed mich null abgholt und has beides mal ahstrengend und unentspannt gfunde. Sorry Noah Nix für mich
Ah nigga... i did not enjyo this album
This was, frankly, very much not my jam. I'm not a fan of Kendrick's lyrics, and while I can understand the topics and flow may be very worthy of praise I find myself just deeply turned off by the whole product. The instrumentation was good, and probably the main reason this gets the second star, but it's all over the place stylistically which makes for very disjointed listening, and (on a personal level) his voice is just really grating! Also, I don't understand why he chose to make us listen to a secret podcast at the end. Sorry to all the (admittedly millions of) Kendrick fans out there, but I'm not becoming one of you.
Was fine
I still don’t get why this one means so much to so many people. Boring, boring beats. Endlessly long. Rhyming over abstract jazz isn’t new by any means, and it just seems to go on and on with no energy, no propulsion. The lyrics are just depressing, bordering on whiny. The interstitial poem which links all the tracks is self-indulgent and dull. Sooooo much talking. Some tracks on here are mildly exciting, and I guess I can appreciate his attempts to incorporate a variety of styles, but the results aren’t there.
For rap, this wasn't the worst I've heard. Not at all my thing, but I made it through. 2/5
Not my scene
More like Kendrick Lame
I really wanted to like this album. I like at least some hip-hop (I gave NWA a 5*), because I like the music or (very often) for its significance, or both. And Kendrick Lamar is supposed to be "the man" currently when it comes to quality hip-hop. Wins all the awards. Unfortunately, and I tried hard, I don't see it. It doesn't appeal to me musically as much as some other hip-hop and the lyrics, while meaningful, are not very poetic and still full of "nigga", "dick" and "pussy". OK in the 1980's but by now I hoped people had moved on. I'm going to listen to some more Lamar albums and hope I "get it" one day but for now, I don't.
I was a little taken aback when first seeing that this record ran 40 minutes in length with only four songs. Right from the jump I could see why “Chameleon” is one of Herbie Hancock’s most popular works. The whole song is built on an infectious groove with a variety of keyboard improv galore. I was disappointed a bit that there was no guitars to be found on the album at all. Seems to be more of a passive listen. The songs display cream of the crop jazz-fusion musicianship, but as with buy and large instrumental compositions, a lot of it is not necessarily memorable to non-jazz enthusiasts, including myself. Sly was my favorite track.
I wasn't sure how it feel about this album going into it. When it comes to rap, there's a specific type that I like and Kendrick is usually not in that bubble, but this album exceeded my expectations honestly. I was expecting to have my review being along the lines of "I don't like it, but I respect it" but I genuinely enjoyed this listen. His lyricism and The smooth way in which she addresses tough subject matter is just flawless. To be honest, it takes a couple songs into the record to get what he is going for, but once it reaches track for or 5, it all starts to click and you can really just sit back and be immersed in the story he is trying to tell. Great lyricism, catchy instrumentals, addicting hooks. Just a great record that I would definitely listen to again. Definitely a nine out of 10
One or two tracks were ok
I prefer old school hip hop. This is just not my thing, might have tolerated it better if it was shorter, but at 1hour and 19 mins I found it to be a chore. This review bucks the trend of popular opinion and makes me feel like an old grumpy man.
This was tough to get through and so long! At no point could I guess what was going to happen next - maybe for some that is innovative and exciting, but for me it felt frustrating and inconsistent. I seem to be one of the few who doesn't get the Lamar hype, but I just couldn't get into this at all
Rap bof
I have some friends that just love this guy but I can't get into him.
The Good: There were actually several songs where I thoroughly enjoyed the beat. The Bad: Please tell me all about social (in)justice. The Ugly: Forced. I don't have any issues with people wanting to express their viewpoints on this that and the other thing... but I am sick and tired of having to listen to the same (c)rap since the '80s pointing fingers to all but the own damn community--sorry, this is supposed to be about music, not about politics, but this, for me, is a political album and I am tired of politics. Would have been 3*
2 out of 5. This was kind of a hard album to listen to and I kept getting distracted throughout. I like the jazz but at times the music felt disjointed. That being said These Walls was the standout track for me.
I doubt I’m going to like this one… I will say the jazz elements are interesting and stop this from getting a 1, and the instrumentals in general. However, there is nothing at all original about the lyrics. Excessive swearing, violence, bragging. Why do all these hip hop albums on this list talk about the same stuff?
Statins! Some people choose to take them. Some people need to take them. Some people just don’t need them in their life… Kendrick Lamar tracks! Some people…
I guess it’s ok for rap. But I hate rap.
I get why people like this but it’s not typically a choice I’d make
Gikk meg hus forbi. Varte lenge
Pretty awful
Na, don't like it.
I enjoyed the jazz very much. The rap didn’t catch my interest.
Some good beats and bass lines, terrible content.
Just not ma jizz man.
I don't understand it, some interesting samples choices but it's just not my thing. can't stand the vocals
It was OK as it went.
was interesting background as I cleaned, but nothing I'll seek to put on again.
Very much a poetry jam rap album. Nothing really stood out as a banger song that I would go back to. Best Song: Alright
Not my jam
It's frustrating, but at least there's some ambition here.
Good samples. He uses a ridiculous voice half the time and his rapping is exhausting half the time. When they're just talking, I tune out.
Not for me. Good to express views on society etc, but the excessive swearing is a big no for me, and meant that any interesting jazzy bits, etc, were lost to my wincing. Sorry. Just personal, not saying it's no good, in fact I get that it's eclectic and interesting.
Really don't like it
It was fine - I see how this album meant a lot to a lot of people and why it won a Pulitzer. It's still not my jam but I'm glad it exists
I like some of it. A bit more hip hip heavy than my usual fare.
Too artsy fartsy. Not enough bangers
Not really my genre of music. The rapping was fine, and some of the songs had some catchy grooves and were recorded well, but most of it just sounded like a mush of verbal diarrhea. Two stars.
Liked the jazzy tracks, the others not so much
Not really my bag
It was okay
Very disjointed
I just... don't know what to do with this. I tried, but maybe my mistake was in trying to make sense of the lyrics. I either found them incomprehensible, or somehow troubling (and not in a way that made me feel empathy for Kendrick). I think I could have enjoyed an instrumental version of this album, or at least made it more than halfway through a song before feeling an overwhelming urge to skip to the next song. He's exploring themes that seem intensely important to him, but I feel confused and bounced out instead of understanding the issues more deeply. My stars are going to the musicians and producers who layered up the jazz/funk/experimental arrangements. Sorry, K-dot, I don't seem to be your target audience for this one, and I'm having trouble seeing through the window into your world.
I wish I had more to say, but it's not an album that has grabbed me and I don't wish to work on it more. I have listened, and I can't find it in me to do more. It's probably really good in its own way, I just can't gell with this style or this message..
Me suena pero no conosco, otro disco de musica de la black people. Experimental i tot lo que vullgues pero prou mierdón. Es veu que tens que conectar en el mensaje o ser del rollo (nig*a) o viure en Brooklin o algo aixina pa que te resone per que vamos a mi plim. Raruno i parlan de pitos i xingal. 2/5
Куда уж нам, православным, до проблем черножопых.... Не понять нам этого.....
Lamar likes to play with a theme throughout an album, as an extended story. This was clear from m.a.a.d., which was a better album with songs that might linger. This one had none.
😴
Musically really ambitious and creative with solid production, but I'm not feeling it. Not a fan of Lamar's voice and tonally it's all over the place. You get a sense he's got something to say, but it's lost under all the details. Fave Songs: I, You Ain't Gotta Lie (Momma Said), Wesley's Theory, These Walls
This album is a jazz rap fusion, It took me a while to get into, I can respect the work as a complete piece of poetry, but found it quite irritating..
Check ich nicht
This is not pleasing to listen to. When rappers purposefully make their voices weird just to be different is not something I’m in to. Is he talented? Yeah, I guess. I think I could make a similar album if I was given the tools to do so. Not impressed.
Please stop
Just not that inspiring. Better than some of the more drab RnB but it’s not as fun or exciting as the classic Hip Hop that’s been on the list so far. Don’t really understand why he’s considered as highly as he is. It was very average for me.
No me ha gustado mucho, no es malo, pero se me ha hecho largo y sin brillar en ningún punto. El rap de los 90/2000 me llamaba más que el que se ha ido haciendo después. Seré yo que me hago viejo.
Never listened to this album or much of Kendrick Lamar before. He is the only artist aside from classical and jazz artists to receive the Pulitzer prize for music, which is pretty amazing. I liked the lyrics and rap style but not a big fan of the backing music and hooks. This album is classed as jazz rap / neo soul and it's a bit too 'easy listening' for my taste and while it's pleasant to hear, I didn't really sit up and listen to most of the songs. King Kunta was my favourite song - more of a funk / west coast hip hop style than the rest of the album.
I don’t know… maybe I just don’t get it
It's not terrible, but it isn't the sort of hip-hop I personally like.
If I liked contemporary hip-hop, I'd like this.
I don't see what all the fuss is about. Then again, this is really not the type of music I normally listen to, so perhaps my opinion isn't relevant in this case.
I've tried listening to this album prior, because I know a lot of people that really like it. I gave it another shot and it's just not for me. It sounds they all have ADHD and waited for the meds to wear off to start recording. There's a couple songs that I find just okay, but the rest is a mess.
It got headbanging a couple of times but i just cant seem to get into hip hop/rap
Sorry, I just can’t. Maybe this would be better as a slim volume of poetry. Almost all of these do not seem like songs, melody-wise, to me. Also, way too long. However, nice Isley Brothers sample on “I”.
Well, that was something. I kind of got into King Kunta, but then it lost me. These Walls was also interesting, with some cool instrumental licks. Alright is a BLM "rallying cry" song (which I learned from Wikipedia) and I understand why, even though it's not my kind of music. How Much a Dollar Cost was also interesting to me. The first half of the next-to-last track (i) was pretty fun - probably my favorite on the album. The last few minutes turned to social commentary that I appreciate, but took me out of my enjoyment.
Coming in I had no idea what to expect. I knew the name Kendrick Lamar but knew absolutely nothing about him. This album started out really rough for me and made me really considering just abandoning ship. I'm glad I didn't as tracks 11-16 were definitely the best part for me. Track reactions: 1 - Well... singing along is right now. Oh that's George Clinton. Love that funk. Ooof... this is difficult to listen to. There's a lot going on and I don't like much besides the beat. 2 - No comments on interludes unless I like them which I generally don't think they add much. Since this is a story-telling album I understand why they are here so I'm neutral on them unless otherwise mentioned. 3 - This one was OK. 4 - What the heeeeeellll is this? No thanks... 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 - I'm questioning whether I should bother continuing to listen... 10 - This actually seems like a track I could listen to. "Fine" is now a stand out track for me. 11 - Might be my favorite track so far? It's fine+ 13 - Another fine track. 14 - Forgettable 15 - New leader in the clubhouse? This one kinda slaps. Best song for sure but I could definitely lose the ending monologue. 16 - This has a good flow.
4.5/10 Highlights: The Blacker the Berry King Kunta
Not for me. Catchy but bothered by language.
Жизнь не поменяется, подмооооой жопу, нигга, говорит мне кендрик ламар на пару со снупдогом. Я знаю твои секреты, нигга!! Ну... ну как это оценивать, если я не чернокожий житель гетто? Трудно оценивать, вот правильный ответ. Рэп новой волны я не могу воспринимать. Да и вообще рэп это такой жанр, который надо читать (как его читают, впрочем, и сами исполнители) а не слушать. С музыкальной точки зрения альбом... ну норм. Но из-за того что он не про музыку -- я не могу. Не могу )
Nekak sam sam nezainteresiran bio za ovo. 2.5ish
I appreciate all of the intricacies involved in this truly thematic album. There are many swirling bells and whistles throughout that make it way more interesting and complex than most rap/hip hop I've listened to in the past. The constant nods to jazz throughout are the highlight for me. In the end though, I just don't completely connect with this genre. Favorite tracks: King Kunta, How Much a Dollar Cost, I.
Esta extensísima (80 minutos) colección de hip-hop, elevada por auténticos himnos soul, tiene un puñado de canciones que a mí, poco seguidor del estilo, me gustan y emocionan. Es el caso del arranque de "i" y "Momma", o del funk alternativo y subvertido de "The Blacker the Berry" ("Cuanto más negra es la baya, más dulce es el zumo").
Kuulemma uskomattomin konsepti ikinä... obama sano vuoden räp akti... Obaman lempi rappialbumille kuitenkin hankala tykätä,,,, varmaan pitäisi musta olla ymmärtäisi herran deep reflections of society... Materilism... DEEEEP.... changing yourself... wow...
not really my vibe but i can appreciate the mixing. 2/5
not for me
I hated this x
While I appreciate the artistic effort Kendrick exhibits, this album is partially unlistenable and mostly unenjoyable for me. It’s feels incredibly bizarre for me to even think that with how much I love Kendrick as a musician. It’s like I’m in an alternate reality where I’m listening to a different album from everyone who believes this to be his masterpiece. I may just not be getting the point, but most of this record feels like throwaway music that’s a novelty the first time, but too off kilter and unpleasant to go back to except for memes. When he gets a song well put together, it fantastic ie Alright and King Kunta but they’re so few and far between. The large swath of tracks on this record have great production but either have awful hooks or obnoxious vocal inflections from Kendrick that normally work, but work to his detriment here. I’m just confused. This album is so beloved by so many people, but Imma have to pass.
Uncohesive mashup; his voice is an acquired taste, collaborative songs are best.
Well, the backing music was creative
Some good instrumentation. Vulgar and hard to listen to.
Just don't like most of it. Did like King kunta though
ok, rap not really my thing some interesting beats and grooves
no me gustó
ehhh good rap just a lot of cussing
I want to give this 2.5 stars... Better then I was expecting. Vibes like a 1990's album, but released in 2015.
Not for me
Started listening at 6:30 am and just couldn't. First lines put me off at that time of day and I never got back to it.
Well done but just not my cup of tea!
Il y a une certaine variété dans les beats, mais je n'accroche pas à la voix de Lamar. Les titres sont assez peu mélodiques, ce que je préfère dans le rap.
We once bought a CD from a guy on the street. He was selling them outside of Comerica Park after a Detroit Tigers game. There were five songs . We listened to about 5 seconds of each song. We threw it out the window onto I-75. To Pimp A Butterfly is only slightly better than that.
When this came out there was sooo much hoopla around it. Listening then and now, the album is just \"okay\" to me.
Obviously very popular given the number of streams. There are some interesting turns of phrases, but not my thing at all.
King Kunta on klassikko mut muut ei noussut yhel kuuntelul. Paitsi ehkä Snoop ku Snoop on Snoop. Ihan kivaa fiilistelyy kuitenki. Loppu kohti parani.
Didn't really like it. I know it's won a ton of awards and is popular but I just didn't find any of the songs interesting.
As much as this music isn't really my thing this album Kendrick has a lot to say about how America and the oppression black people face.
Shit, I couldn't fucking get on board with it, bitch. I just couldn't bastard handle the cunting language. Musically unfucking appealling. So it can sit on my dick, but that ain't free, you twat. (still. Better than ZZ Top. Which was the worst album of all time)
Not my thing stylistically. Appreciate the message though
Huh?!
Listened over a couple days. It was ok but didn’t really grab me like some other hip hop albums have.
Not it. Maybe this
Not my thing
This style of rap/hip-hop is both outside my area of expertise and not to my taste. In my professional opinion as a white Mexican with no rhythm, the flows are not great. Favorite song: King Kunta. 3/10
I'm probably to white for this Good artist, just not for me this one
Didn't enjoy the first half but it did get better.
Not one to listen to at work. Likes his dick.
5/10
I'm certainly no prude but I didn't enjoy this much, some of the beats were cool but there was way too much swearing, and not even functionally so as well as overuse of certain racial slurs.
I like the jazz influenced beats but it's not for me
Although, some parts are quite interesting musically, I can't help but think that it is completely ruined by vocal/rap parts.
Really like 1.5.
Better than most hiphop today but not really my cup of tea
Not my genre
Niin diippii lyriikkaa et tuli kakat housuun.
Not my genre.
Not my style. But nice flow
Immensely disappointing.
I know this album is probably good but it was another example of not understanding US black culture because i'm not american or black. That being said, i've really enjoyed some of this music. So maybe this just doesn't hit for me because of the simple fact that I don't like it. The music didn't do anything for me.
This record made me feel old.
Disappointing.
Bit meh
I get that people think Kendrick is a genius. I think people overuse that term. He is noticeably better than most of what's out there today; I don't care about most of it, so it's a bar I fear I'll trip over.
Not for me
No thanks
OK I suppose but doesn't seem to bring anything new to the party
I think this is a better album than good kid but it's not a huge difference. Kendrick is a good rapper when he turns it on but most of this is strange beats and repetitive spoken words. Can't even see the appeal of alright really, thought there were better songs on this. Think this confirms I'm just not a fan
Makes me feel like I’m about 100 years old. Don’t get it
Kenny har gjort bättre, säger min dotter. ”Inte så najs.”
Expected a good deal from this album given the praise it's received in the indie community and general culture, but felt let down given how overstuffed and overlong the end product is. Starts off incredibly strong with some excellent beats and wordplay courtesy of some heavy hitter guests (especially Thundercat), but hits a wall in the second half once the instrumentals start to blend together. Kendrick has some top-tier bars to lay down throughout the entire LP, but they get lost in a mix of too many ideas being stuffed into one song structure + too many one-off interlude/throwaway tracks that feel like dead-ends rather than detours on the LP's narrative journey.
Not my thing
Not for me. Just too much
It might be brilliant or so, but not to me. Too messy, sample here and there, no flow in general. And as usual on these albums the well known "terms", like in "song" 2.
Good music and production, but I just find the rapping very irritating.
He's not speaking to me or if he is the message is too embedded in black US culture.
overrated white critics rap
Not really my style I respect the creative choices and backings Pretty clean mixing
Didn't care for it. Can't put my finger on why. Maybe his choppy flow. Not sure.
It's a well put together album, and it's got a lot to it, lots of different vibes and styles, and some interesting things going on - that gives it an extra star, as I don't like it at all.
semmosta vai jassooo. sanoitukset silloin tällöin nappaa... sanoma... ilta-sanoma... musiikki joskus kiva.... jatsia.. jatsi influenssi... mutta hip hopotus osuus ,,, EI en tykkää ja räppäri huligaani mielestäni vaikka oma laatuinen ääni,, ei tota ei oikeen kuulosta hyvältä mulla paras biisi the blacker the berry
2/16, 13%
Not my thing but I will give it a 2 for the music.
Didn't have the patience to finish.
not my thing, noisy
pasa
Maybe I’m just ‘an old’ but there was nothing lyrically here that stopped me in my tracks. Beats and hooks were all fine, but not my style of rap I guess. Feel like this record insists upon itself.
Generally don't know anything like enough about the genre to properly appreciate the album, but not my bag. Good to listen to something different though. Stand-out tracks: King Kunta, How Much a Dollar Cost, i.
Not an album that would be in my usual listening arsenal…but I’ve enjoyed an occasional foray into rap from time to time, so I was looking forward to this. In the first half of the album, it seemed a little scattered and had such a spread of eclectic voices that weren’t so melodious, I struggled to get into the album. I didn’t think I was too much of a prude or such a white guy, but I found times where I couldn’t quite enjoy the album as I’m sure it was intended. I struggled to understand the need to pepper in a slew of N-bombs. That said, “Complexion (A Zulu Love)” and the “Blacker the Berry” stood out as a deeper songs that stand to be repeated. “i” was upbeat and dancy, then took a sharp serious turn, again catching my attention and making me think a bit more. “Mortal Man” was another soul searcher of a song, worth the almost 10 minutes of listening. Overall, I enjoyed trying to expand my musical pallet with this album. There are some catchy songs that could find their way onto a party or wedding playlist to get the party rolling and others that made me think about the world and the racism that sadly exists even in 2022.
Genre defining, layered, experimental, blah blah. All these labels feel right for this album, and I especially like the jazz influence here, but it all adds up to way less than the sum of its parts for me. Big part of that is that I don't care for Kendrick's voice or rapping style.
I found this hard work TBH. Not really my bag
This was terribly boring. While the music was mediocre, even if interesting for a few songs, the lyrics were all over the place. I also don't get songs that are just swearwords and n-words stringed together.
Hum drum rap offer. Repetitive chorus line. Pretty boring.
Not for me
I've tried and tried to get into his music given the popularly but I can't. Given it 2 stars for King Kunta...
I liked it better when i first listened to it. The hype when this album came out, made it sound like Kendrick was the new JayZ. I guess my exceptions tainted that listen through. I'm still not sure if I understand the hype. When he dabbles in jazz he completely loses me. I guess I'm stuck on late 90s early 2000s rap singles.
It's simply not for me. I just don't like this kind of music, no matter how much I listen to it. I can recognize that there is some real musical talent here, but it's just an absolute slog to get through.
Hip hop. Como todo el hip hop
It's probably a compliment to young Kendrick but this is modern jazz. It just aimlessly babbles along without even a hint of a melody, hook line or chorus. I don't know how it could be anything other than background music, you can't actively listen to it. Meh, I don't hate it so that's a bonus.
Otro más de música racial, pero del siglo XXI. No me dice nada
Stand out track - i
Disappointed
Eh, not really my thing. I still tried to listen with an open mind but just didn't enjoy it. I do appreciate that there was more diversity of musical styles than expected. 2 stars.
Just really not my thibg
1-2
The superbole, hype and gushing praise for this album is utterly lost on me. I've tried listening to it several times. I just don't get it. Sure, there's a couple of tracks on here that I've found myself tapping my foot to, and I can tell that it is excellently produced... But I just don't get it. It doesn't click. It may well be pearls before swine, but I just can't take this above a 2 based on the fact that while I didn't enjoy it in any meaningful way, I would not actively go out of my way to turn any given track of it off.
This band is not my styl.
Wtf?! I was really excited to listen to this album because I've never listened to any Kendrick Lamar music but always heard he's great. But this...The strange musical arrangements, the collaborations with other artists that just didn't sound good, the overuse of cuss words just sounded stupid, the repetitive lyrics at times, the different voices he'd use including one that sounded like he rapped a whole song while going through puberty! Fucking weird. I didn't enjoy it much and it was underwhelming. I appreciated the creativity and uniqueness though.
ehhh, 1st album is better
I regret my life choices leading up to this. Having said that, I'm giving it an extra star for the fact that I recognize that this is progressive stuff, and that it's very important music for some demographics. Just not for me.
meh. hard to listen to.
Not for me. I can appreciate some of the musical skill on display, but it was a slog to get through it.
2/5 not my cup of hip hop tea
Nicht meins!
Sehr explizit und sehr gangsta
I am not a rap or hiphop person. And if I was going to get into it, I wouldn't start with this album. Almost every song I wanted to change to something else but to remind myself that I need to finish it. It's obviously well crafted, and I like the jazz backdrop to the songs. Lamar clearly understands music history and worked it into the album. But I just really don't like it. I don't tend to like heavily processed things in general, let alone when it's done in a genre I don't care for. There were areas where I couldn't even understand the choice, with weird awkward voices as the singer. I want to give it 1 star, because I REALLY don't like this album. But it's really just so outside of my wheelhouse there was no way I was going to find much in the album. But it's very well crafted, and I like the jazzy backdrop enough to at least avoid giving it 1 star.
Forgettable.
the music is very very smooth like a milkshake, but the lyrics are painfully dull to listen to.
Some tracks have great backing, some tracks have great rapping, but all in all not my cup of tea.
Not my cup of tea
Not my thing
Not my cup of tea, could barley listen to the album all the way through but I think the albums story is good. Love how each song bleeds into the next
Talented, but not my thing
ik its a classic but i dont vibe except the hits...
Honestly a little better than I thought, but just wasn't my kind of music.
Yeah not a fan
Well, it´s not my thing, I guess. I am still enjoying more of a 90s rap (hip hop). However I really liked some the songs (2nd part is definetely better), the combination of different genres worked very well and lyrics were also sometimes quite interesting. Nevertheless most of the time I was simply bored, maybe the fact, that I don´t live in the US, has also some influence.
Ligt vast aan mij maar ik snap echt niet waarom dit zo overladen wordt met euforische recensies. Ik kan hier heel weinig mee.
Poewee zeg, wat een gejank. Heel nerveus werd ik ervan.
I couldn't listen to all of the songs all the way through. I understand swearing is a part of certain genres/ albums, but it's hard for me to listen to when there's a large quantity of it. To be honest there isn't a lot of rap that catches my attention. However, I did like the jazz influence in this album and listening to some of the themes in the lyrics. If rap was more of my cup of tea, I could see myself liking this more. I liked King Kunta and These Walls in this album.
Plutôt sympa mais pas mon style de musique.
2/5
Nope
Incorporates more jazz influence than I would've expected. Slightly repetitive? Heard "40 acres and a mule" on at least 3 tracks.
There's so much to process here. The album is has so much going for it. However, when I rate it by my standard system, I'll probably not listen to it more than once a year. The last song was just too long. I'm not sure of the purpose.
Nope
Aight. Easy to listen to. Kind of white stripes esque
It's obviously good but I'm not into it.
Not really into it.
@@½. Just can't deal with this crap anymore. Nothing like his first album, but a couple of nice joints.
Kannte ihn nur von seinem Beitrag auf einem The Weeknd-Album. Yo-nigger-Compton-conflicted-streets-hood-irgendwelche Gangs-Wortspiel||repeat Das ist so ermüdend und irrelevant (und musikalisch nur so leidlich interessant), dass ich beim 10. Song ausmachen musste. Ich werde den Eindruck nicht los, dass ihm in Europa eine so hohe Bedeutung bei gemessen wird, weil er wegen seiner gesellschaftspolitischen Relevanz in den USA von der hiesigen Journaille über den grünen Klee gelobt wird. Aber rappen kann er wie kaum ein zweiter.
Ei tarvinnut kahdesti kuunnella, aika skeidaa
Not my cuppa tea
Yikes, unlistenable
bad
No not again a rap album! Although I found out that a lot of the instrumentation was done by real musicians and includes soul/jazz which might be interesting and the theme of social/racial injustice also speaks to me. But I really don’t dig gangsta rap music , it is too far from music I can relate to and feel comfortable with. I could not complete the album as the torture to finish it was too high, very weird voice also. 1/5
Never heard before. Never will again! I tried! It's really not my sort of thing but people talk about this album in such exhaulated terms...I was expecting something magnificent that would override my indifference to hip-hop. And when I was done (and I did stick to the end)..'was that it??'. What have I missed? What was so revolutionary? It was just another hip-hop album, fine if you like that sort of thing but nothing special. I quite liked The Blacker The Berry. I thought about 2 stars as I don't want to trash something just because it's not my genre but the ridiculously ott reputation this album has, combined with an 80 minute runtime, meant that I wasn't feeling generous! Favourite track. The Blacker The Berry
No redeeming features. Prefer any of the gangster rap albums on the list to this shite
Offensive. Don't understand "lyrics". Don't like the "music". A strong number 1 on my scale.
Couldn’t relate to it at all
Oof this was awful.
I am so removed from popular culture. I went for a day trip to Cardiff last year and the place was heaving with young people in American football shirts. Eventually, I worked out that someone called Kendrick Lamar was playing at the rugby stadium. I didn't know who he was. I've still never heard any of his music. Ah well, here goes... Blimey, is this what normal people listen to? What a silly voice this man has. Should be a voice actor for a gopher in a cheaply produced children's cartoon. Perhaps he would then stop talking about his dick for a few seconds. I'll stick to my own parallel, Kendrick-free world, thanks!
I don't think I'm ever going to get Lamar, just not for me.
1/5. Wanted to rate it higher as he calls out Drake for being a pedophile, but most of the songs were just crappy repetative vocals of nothingness, mindless swearing. First album I couldn't finish.
Horrível
If hell exists and I end up there no doubt this will be played on a loop. If I could give 0 stars I would. I won't pretend I heard this through. Half the first track and dipping into 3 or 4 more was enough. It just saddens me that people do actually enjoy this offensive noise.
not for me
Nope, no thanks,
I'm of an age where hearing the n-word makes me extremely uncomfortable - I always have - and the first 30 seconds of this album turned me off the whole thing. Obviously this album was not meant for me. If it was meant for you then more power to you
not for me
This album is terrible. Musically dull (at best) with endless truly horrible language (couldn't call the rap stuff lyrics). Bad, bad, offensive and bad.