D Dot

4y

Time will tell if this is better than his three other classics.

BrickellBayside

4y

Of course they don't.

But they do matter.

You think when they talk about Michael Jackson, or The Beatles, that they don't mention the stats? The stats are one of the few concrete things about an art form as subjective as music.

This idea where the stats don't matter for artists on Kendrick's level is just a fallacy.

quadra

4y

Best post itt for now and till y'all stop posting in it

Have yet to see a person say lower sales = I'm not listening but yet everybody keep crying about that 🤨

AP3

4y

That’s fine but he’s an artist, I’m sure his peers give up that privacy. It comes off a little selfish and pretentious, I say a little because I’m not condemning him for it.

I wasn’t expecting him to be a MLK. However at least more like Nip, he has several gems of knowledge from numerous interviews he’s done. It showed Nip really did care. I’m good with Kendrick looking out for himself and taking care of his family. However there has to better balance of what he’s shown the past few years.

Brandon Wave

4y

You’ve returned I see

BrickellBayside

4y

If twitter was around in the 90's we'd be arguing about whether Pac or Big had classic albums man.

The internet and message boards are fun for what they are but I'd never take their opinions seriously.

splice

4y

didn’t make u feel like a lesbian even tho it has Auntie Diaries??

Risky

4y

United in Grief lowkey one of the best mainstream rap intros in years

Brandon Wave

4y

Yea but that was 60 years ago idk. It’s a new day. And I still understand you have to count numbers and all that music industry BS. I guess I’m speaking from the artist perspective so I’m biased here guys I’m sorry :(

Smuchaine

4y

I'm the 1st kendrick hater and that's my only purpose

BrickellBayside

4y

No it's not 60 years ago it's literally today.

The numbers matter. It's the music industry. The music business. Kendrick Lamar is not the Kendrick Lamar of today if he's moving 50k units 1st week.

Zack From The Six

4y

Fake news. The mixed responses came BEFORE the numbers got out. Stop trying to rewrite history.

Brandon Wave

4y

confused by this

Brandon Wave

4y

I’m saying the Beatles 60 years ago. Ever since streaming, bringing up old acts is so hard to compare

ColeWorld905

4y

BRO I SAID THIS ALBUM IS MID THE DAY IT CAME OUT

People kept saying I was hater, but these mfers were delusional, forcing themselves to like this critic bait album
You don’t go from 350k projection to 288k fw without people losing interest

DonutHole

4y

anytime drake stans went at it on this site with other fanbases (theweeknd flop earlier this year for example) kdot stans would post like they're above that messy behavior and are only here for the """quality""" of the music

kdot stans have been acting very entitled to praise for this album and were ready to celebrate if it did well commercially

since that didn't happen they're acting defensive, are straight up lying about how we got here and retreating into the "well kendrick makes better music" narrative

there's nothing wrong with wanting commercial succes for an artist, kdot stans act like they're above that stan s*** and this album cycle proved that y'all are not (which is ok as long as you're not being a toxic weirdo)

Yevin

4y

ngl i couldnt finish the first half before i got bored

DonutHole

4y

what's so funny fam?