Noir

2y

I know people can justify this opinion in terms of rapping and lyricism but the hooks and production are better on most Kendrick albums than they are on T&Y. As a songwriter, I really think Kendrick is better and has been for a long time.

And let me be clear, Lupe is in my top 10 and I think very highly of T&Y.

internet buddy

2y

Kendrick knows how to make “post-modern, semi-popular” pop music better than Lupe which is why he has a bigger fanbase

Choking

2y

what does post modern music even mean

Aruji

2y

Kendrick is the shy introverted but talented everyman. at least that's how i perceive his image. he is true talent. authentic and all.

Lupe is talented but snobbish and up his own arse and overestimates his talent. that's the image i perceive.

people subconciously or conciously hate capitalistic values (Lupe is more of a representative here in his attitude) so it's easier to buy into the capitalist fairy tale of the hard working everyman. the authentic grandeur. it's false tho bla bla i'm tired.

Aruji

2y

Give Up The Ghost secretly one of the most beautiful ballads Radiohead have ever written.

internet buddy

2y

It’s a theory from Christgau

“Not that the related ideals of broad-based appeal and stardom and eclecticism have been abandoned. On the contrary, the last two years have seen the development of a new phenomenon, which I call semipopular music. Semipopular music is music that is appreciated--I use the term advisedly--for having all the earmarks of popular music except one: popularity. Just as semiclassical music is a systematic dilution of highbrow preferences, semipopular music is a cross-bred concentration of fashionable modes.”

https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-aow/obsolesc.php

rvi

2y

Christgau

internet buddy

2y

Much better than the italian pederest

drjdeponytail

2y

He was hilarious in The Naked Gun

Galaxy de list mon

2y

Production on T&Y is on par/better than TPAB and even though I like gkmc that album doesnt really do anything that crazy production wise beyond some well done sampling

Galaxy de list mon

2y

Top 10 Kendrick songs imo

1. DNA
2. How Much a Dollar Cost
3. Money Trees
4. Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst
5. PRIDE
6. These Walls
7. Father Time
8. United in Grief
9. DUCKWORTH
10. The Blacker the Berry

internet buddy

2y

Much better than the italian pederest

Galaxy de list mon

2y

Top 10 Kendrick songs imo

1. DNA
2. How Much a Dollar Cost
3. Money Trees
4. Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst
5. PRIDE
6. These Walls
7. Father Time
8. United in Grief
9. DUCKWORTH
10. The Blacker the Berry

rvi

2y

choosing either of them to uphold is an L

Elric

2y

My only exposure to him lol

internet buddy

2y

Christgau got a few interesting observations. I’m not a stan but I will acknowledge them.

internet buddy

2y

News of the trial didn’t reach up there?

KeepTheRobinson

2y

no FEAR. L

Elric

2y

T&Y production blew me away

Haven't anything like that since Deltron 3030