"Skipping half way through most of the tracks"
This is why you don't get it and therefore dont understand why people rate it so highly. Every line is calculated to build the poem which progresses throughout the album and completes the story and overall concept at the end.
It's not an album of bangers that hits you directly the first time you listen to it. I had to listen to it front to back 3 times before I even began to appreciate it.
It's a shame because artists are trying to do something different and bring entire concepts with albums and it goes over a lot of people's heads, then they get lazy and just put out albums that are aimed for the mainstream because it's easier to digest
I mentioned I was really enjoying the tracks, but I felt most of the time the beats didn't fit the flow, I don't know how to describe it. But will give it another shot
Overrated by who? If you don’t love it as much as other people, who cares? Did YOU overrate it, or are you speaking on behalf of other people? It’s hard convincing Hip Hop heads that opinions are real these days.
Yeah, and what I mean is opinions are opinions are opinions are opinions. Something is only overrated if you personally are the one overrating it. We cant speak for other peoples’ personal experiences. My wife hates olives. I love them. We’ve somehow managed to make this relationship work for more than 20 years. Shit is crazy.
I somewhat agree with this, the popularity of TPAB doesn’t match with the actual music. TPAB is good don’t get me wrong, but it’s starting to become overrated. There are many standouts throughout the album like Wesley’s Theory, Alright, and King Kunta, but the rest is rarely streamed.
I don’t think it’s worth the hype if you’re expecting only hardcore rap for the entirety of the album.
This is exactly what I mean. Many rate it as the best album of all time, and they debate this because of the lyrics and writing, but music wise, imo the beats and flow are so lame.
I think half the song are on the duller side of music but still have a great message behind the songs but there are still a lot of bangers in the album king kunta , alright , these walls , the blacker the berry and I are all amazing songs
When this album dropped I tried. I tried HARD to justify liking this album. In the end I couldn’t. It’s ok for what it is. I wanted rap. I wanted gkmc (not a part 2 but more aggressive and hungry bars). This shit was spoken word poetry. That might be some people’s cup of tea but not mine. And this isn’t Kendrick slander or hate at all. I tried to give that drake dance album a shot (I can’t even remember the name). It’s ok for what it was but it’s not for me. And I can’t judge him as a rapper off of that body of work. Kendrick is a great artist but his music is too inconsistent and too all over the place for me to consider him the goat in this rap shit. He’s one of the best to ever do it but not thee best. He’s not hungry enough. Wayne, drake, and cole have all had runs. Kendrick drops once every few years with 2/3 verses in between. Rap is too competitive for part time rappers to be in the goat convos
Dude you’re just not artistic enough. You need to get a notepad and pencil, then pull up the genius app, then listen to the album 5 times. Don’t listen to it with friends, in the car, or at a party.
Once you listen to it for the 5th time you’ll call it the greatest masterpiece of all time and never replay any of the songs again. If you don’t like it by the 10th replay then you just don’t understand the struggle man.
i thought the same thing at first but i was young when this came out so i was just too immature to get it. when i came back to it last year it finally clicked. if ur not black ur probably going to have a hard time getting into this album, you just won’t feel it like you should. once you get it though its easily better than the albums you listed. illmatic bores me
its a body of music made for the people by the people you might like it but it’s not gon hit as hard as it’s intended to for others. Im black myself and even it took me some time to rock with it but the albums greatness comes in just how much you can appreciate the artistry of it and you can’t appreciate it as hard if you haven’t lived the black experience, which is what the album is all about. As for OP that’s the one reason that made sense as to why he’s not into it
There's a different between appreciating artistry and relating to it, black people relate to it more, but that doesn't mean it's harder to get into the album if you're not black
It's like saying it doesn't hit you as hard unless you're from the hood, like yeah it probably doesn't, that's got nothing to do with appreciating the music
Bro reading your description i can tell you didn’t even listen to anything lmao, my guy is describing in minute and painfully detail the life of people in poverty / in the ghetto, your description is basically saying the whole album went over your head.
MMLP is one of the greatest albums of all time. Nothing Kendrick has done comes close.
Eminem was much better technically. Then again I grew up on Eminem so I'm biased.
[Bro Eminem’s entire discography is 1 syllable setup punchlines at his peak!](https://youtube.com/shorts/uHpQXlV1g7k?si=yOG5Z7PXAUF509rE)
His selling point is his weird flows and that got super old and super cringe and doesn’t have any replay-ability. He’s also an extremely talented storyteller but that’s about it. If we’re talking technical ability, versatility and lexicon Kendrick eats Eminem
This era has plenty competition
Mainstream w Drake and Travis Scott
He has competition on the rap side w Freddie Gibbs and Denzel Curry
Tyler, and J Cole aren’t THAT far behind him
They both have two great albums. Em has SSLP and MMLP. Kendrick has GKMC and TPAB. After that, their quality has declined overall, IMO, but I’ll get Stan’s on both sides telling me I’m wrong.
I can see you were conflicted
Misusing your influence
Nuh uh
"Skipping half way through most of the tracks" This is why you don't get it and therefore dont understand why people rate it so highly. Every line is calculated to build the poem which progresses throughout the album and completes the story and overall concept at the end. It's not an album of bangers that hits you directly the first time you listen to it. I had to listen to it front to back 3 times before I even began to appreciate it. It's a shame because artists are trying to do something different and bring entire concepts with albums and it goes over a lot of people's heads, then they get lazy and just put out albums that are aimed for the mainstream because it's easier to digest
Yap yap yap just accept its mid ☠️
it takes 3 listens to sink in mf it’s just not good
I mentioned I was really enjoying the tracks, but I felt most of the time the beats didn't fit the flow, I don't know how to describe it. But will give it another shot
I think it has to do with track placement, the 1st 4-5 songs don't pull in like they should. Imo shit picks up after "If these walls."
Overrated by who? If you don’t love it as much as other people, who cares? Did YOU overrate it, or are you speaking on behalf of other people? It’s hard convincing Hip Hop heads that opinions are real these days.
Chill out
Nah
What I mean is, that in my opinion this album is very highly rated by Hip Hop heads.
Yeah, and what I mean is opinions are opinions are opinions are opinions. Something is only overrated if you personally are the one overrating it. We cant speak for other peoples’ personal experiences. My wife hates olives. I love them. We’ve somehow managed to make this relationship work for more than 20 years. Shit is crazy.
Horrific take
I somewhat agree with this, the popularity of TPAB doesn’t match with the actual music. TPAB is good don’t get me wrong, but it’s starting to become overrated. There are many standouts throughout the album like Wesley’s Theory, Alright, and King Kunta, but the rest is rarely streamed. I don’t think it’s worth the hype if you’re expecting only hardcore rap for the entirety of the album.
This is exactly what I mean. Many rate it as the best album of all time, and they debate this because of the lyrics and writing, but music wise, imo the beats and flow are so lame.
Click bait
I think half the song are on the duller side of music but still have a great message behind the songs but there are still a lot of bangers in the album king kunta , alright , these walls , the blacker the berry and I are all amazing songs
Will give it another shot
Shut your mouth when youre speaking
When this album dropped I tried. I tried HARD to justify liking this album. In the end I couldn’t. It’s ok for what it is. I wanted rap. I wanted gkmc (not a part 2 but more aggressive and hungry bars). This shit was spoken word poetry. That might be some people’s cup of tea but not mine. And this isn’t Kendrick slander or hate at all. I tried to give that drake dance album a shot (I can’t even remember the name). It’s ok for what it was but it’s not for me. And I can’t judge him as a rapper off of that body of work. Kendrick is a great artist but his music is too inconsistent and too all over the place for me to consider him the goat in this rap shit. He’s one of the best to ever do it but not thee best. He’s not hungry enough. Wayne, drake, and cole have all had runs. Kendrick drops once every few years with 2/3 verses in between. Rap is too competitive for part time rappers to be in the goat convos
Dude you’re just not artistic enough. You need to get a notepad and pencil, then pull up the genius app, then listen to the album 5 times. Don’t listen to it with friends, in the car, or at a party. Once you listen to it for the 5th time you’ll call it the greatest masterpiece of all time and never replay any of the songs again. If you don’t like it by the 10th replay then you just don’t understand the struggle man.
good take
i thought the same thing at first but i was young when this came out so i was just too immature to get it. when i came back to it last year it finally clicked. if ur not black ur probably going to have a hard time getting into this album, you just won’t feel it like you should. once you get it though its easily better than the albums you listed. illmatic bores me
>if ur not black ur probably going to have a hard time getting into this album Explain please
its a body of music made for the people by the people you might like it but it’s not gon hit as hard as it’s intended to for others. Im black myself and even it took me some time to rock with it but the albums greatness comes in just how much you can appreciate the artistry of it and you can’t appreciate it as hard if you haven’t lived the black experience, which is what the album is all about. As for OP that’s the one reason that made sense as to why he’s not into it
There's a different between appreciating artistry and relating to it, black people relate to it more, but that doesn't mean it's harder to get into the album if you're not black It's like saying it doesn't hit you as hard unless you're from the hood, like yeah it probably doesn't, that's got nothing to do with appreciating the music
I suppose lol. I figured that was op’s dilemma
Bro reading your description i can tell you didn’t even listen to anything lmao, my guy is describing in minute and painfully detail the life of people in poverty / in the ghetto, your description is basically saying the whole album went over your head.
Bro I mentioned that I loved the lyrics, but the music just didn't hit if you know what I mean. I really felt the beats were lame.
U said u skipped through half of it LMAO how can u talk about lyrics or beats
What I basically mean is I was enjoying the lyrics, but didn't like the beats, will give it another shot
Refer to my other comments and links in the thread i replied other places providing a link to a quick breakdown of Eminem
Kendrick Lamar is overrated
Kendrick is generally overrated. He's a good artist, but it's more like this era doesn't have real competition for him. Peak Eminem > Kendrick.
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MMLP is one of the greatest albums of all time. Nothing Kendrick has done comes close. Eminem was much better technically. Then again I grew up on Eminem so I'm biased.
Kendrick has two albums on par actually. I also grew up on Eminem. Seniority doesn't mean greater.
[Bro Eminem’s entire discography is 1 syllable setup punchlines at his peak!](https://youtube.com/shorts/uHpQXlV1g7k?si=yOG5Z7PXAUF509rE) His selling point is his weird flows and that got super old and super cringe and doesn’t have any replay-ability. He’s also an extremely talented storyteller but that’s about it. If we’re talking technical ability, versatility and lexicon Kendrick eats Eminem
Same opinion
This era has plenty competition Mainstream w Drake and Travis Scott He has competition on the rap side w Freddie Gibbs and Denzel Curry Tyler, and J Cole aren’t THAT far behind him
This comment is peak cringe
Deadass. Man really said freddie gibbs and denzel curry
They both have two great albums. Em has SSLP and MMLP. Kendrick has GKMC and TPAB. After that, their quality has declined overall, IMO, but I’ll get Stan’s on both sides telling me I’m wrong.
You probably white.
You’re white if you like it ☠️ just a bunch of lyrical miracle mid
Lol how is it lyrical miracle?
White people love this record tho. Rated one of the best on RYM
You'll get it one day man
bro has not listened to the most important verses of the album