Patterson reviews Kendrick Lamar

[Zip City]

http://thetalkhouse.com/music/talks/pat ... butterfly/

Patterson and I are on the bandwagon, but there is plenty of room

[RolanK]

http://thetalkhouse.com/music/talks/pat ... butterfly/

Patterson and I are on the bandwagon, but there is plenty of room

Interesting review. Too lazy to post in the listening threat, but I'm "spinning" it right now.

[Tequila Cowboy]

Lurleen was impressed. I'm convinced of his talent, too many very talented people sing his praises, but I never caught the hip hop bug. I have to admit sometimes that does make me sad. I feel about it the same way I feel about opera and that's it's too late for me to develop that love.

[Duke Silver]

That was a good read. I gave TPAB a listen last night and while it's definitely dense and ambitious, it didn't really grab me like GDMC did. I like the single version of "i" better, I think.

I'm not much of a hip hop guy either, but I try to give 2-3 albums per year a listen in hopes that it'll click.

[Zip City]

Lurleen was impressed. I'm convinced of his talent, too many very talented people sing his praises, but I never caught the hip hop bug. I have to admit sometimes that does make me sad. I feel about it the same way I feel about opera and that's it's too late for me to develop that love.

That's fair. Kendrick is what I would consider a generational talent. He's so off the charts good lyrically at such a young age. You could pull up the lyrics to good kid/madd city and just read them and be impressed.

[TW_2.0]

Good praise for FJM in there as well

[Sub]

I think its pretty cool, have only listened once last night but i was impressed.

(I also enjoy the genre in general so its not so out of place for me as it may be to some of the members.)

[RolanK]

Lurleen was impressed. I'm convinced of his talent, too many very talented people sing his praises, but I never caught the hip hop bug. I have to admit sometimes that does make me sad. I feel about it the same way I feel about opera and that's it's too late for me to develop that love.

Parts of this album is more jazz/soul than rap/hip-hop.

[Cole Younger]

I guess I need to try this. No new rap artist has really grabbed since, well since Kanye was new and I got so tired of Kanye the person that I left his music behind long ago. I don't listen to rap that much anymore. been through a few periods where I listened to it almost exclusively but it's been a while. I mostly just play some of my old favorites from time to time (listened to Raekwan and Ghostface's Only Built For Cuban Links on my way turkey hunting this morning. There's a paradox for ya) but nothing new in a while. I'm gonna give this a try.

[Sub]

I feel it may be just as complex and probably take as long as any DBT album to fully digest. That is a pretty strong statement.

[Zip City]

I've listened through three times, and I'm still adjusting to the new tone. good kid/m.A.A.d. city was the story of a young Kendrick growing up in Compton and wanting to be a rapper, but not wanting to live the Compton life. It's tone is one of naiveté, frustration, and sadness. To Pimp a Butterfly sees Kendrick as a self aware, angry young black man, lashing out against injustice.

[Zip City]

Good praise for FJM in there as well

And Frank Ocean's "Channel Orange", which is the closest thing to Stevie Wonder I've heard since, well, Stevie Wonder.