i know a tiny bit of his philosophies, but i know a lot about the vile s*** he did

Rich Spirit sounds ridiculous banging through an amazing speaker

Just listened to it again before work
The run from Count me out - Mirror is a master class
Mr.Morale grew on me heavy and the transition to Mother I Sober.
Kendrick a genius cause he mentions r.Kelly getting touched and the whole rappers getting sexually abused and then mother I sober it becomes personal

Count Me Out and Crown back to back really hits me

Listened to Section 80 again for the 100th time cause of its 11th year anniversary and damn Kendrick had a better debut than Cole and Drake

I remember my first time listening to it. Was watching episodes of Bebop at home while rigamortus played

He was back to see we cry together with the fans in LA. Then he left again

Kendrick always dropped the better albums. Is that a surprise?

Damn I didn’t know that.

That vocal chop that comes in on the second verse of Rich Spirit been stuck in my head for days every since I noticed it

I GRIEVE DIFFERENT

Kendrick really ain’t trying to promote this for TDE

Nah just haven’t heard it for a while am was surprised he dropped it when he was 24

It don't seem like anyone is tbh

He's like the only big rapper from his era to have a really strong debut album, whether you think it's S80 or GKMC

So is S.80 an album or a mixtape?

its an album but gkmc was his major label debut and when he really exploded in popularity so a lot of people refer to s80 as a tape

It's an album, but I think the reason why some people don't count it is because it wasn't really sold in stores and s*** like albums are But I don't know

That line on For Sale about prayer on his first album makes me think of GKMC. Genius says Kush and Corinthians but that's kinda a reach imo

billboard.com/music/music-news/kendrick-lamar-talks-section80-new-album-and-upcoming-videos-467608

Kendrick referring to GKMC here as his debut album Some answers about his dad too, gives Father Time a little more context

Bro had his back turned on 200,000 people man. Incredible sight

For reference sake, it’s an indie album/commercial mixtape cause it was put up for sale.

EP, OD and Section.80 are all albums, Kendrick even says it on EP “how you drop a 20 track album and call it an EP.” Because if Kendrick called them albums and negotiated with his major label, he woulda been at a loss.

Nipsey explained the reason you want to classify your albums as mixtapes before your major label debut. Even tho your fans know they are albums, when you go to the negotiation table, you give them less leverage because they do not look at the numbers from these projects considered mixtapes. Nipsey dropped 13 mixtapes (indie albums) to build his brand and the only thing the label used against him was his brand, not the numbers from the 13 mixtapes.

Thug did the same thing with his run from 2013-2018. Built his brand around mixtapes and leveraged his brand to sign a major label deal and drop his debut album So Much Fun in 2018

So Section.80 was classified as an independent label debut album. When Kendrick went to negotiate, they ignored OD, EP, and his other mixtapes and only looked at Section.80 as his starting point.

this post is chris jericho's sports entertainer of the week

My past few days, weeks, months have felt like how the piano on Mother I Sober sounds.

S*** just been really difficult lately and it’s almost impossible not to feel defeated and feel like I’m to blame for everything negative around me. My substances have been my only escape lately since I don’t have any emotional support around me and I can’t stop feeling like it’s my job to heal everybody. So deflated and burnt out without solutions.

Keep your head up fam. If you need someone to listen, reach out to someone you love and trust. If you don’t have someone like that, hit me up and I’m willing to give you an ear. If the music is helping keep listening. That’s why we ultimately fall in love with it, for times like this.