Childhood

2y

Tweeting like this and denying that you didn’t used to be on KTT is soooo funny

Mark Moschino

2y

@cold you know it’s kinda pathetic that you’re here right?

really f***ing funny that you googled your own review and came across a thread on it tho

ice cold

2y

Look, I get it. Not everyone is going to agree with my take, and that’s part of the job. When I review an album, I’m not writing to confirm your bias or cater to fandoms—I’m giving you my honest perspective, backed by years of listening to and studying music. That’s the gig.

Kendrick is undeniably one of the most important artists of our time, but not everything he drops is above critique. GNX is ambitious, no doubt, but ambition doesn’t automatically equal greatness. My review wasn’t about tearing him down; it was about engaging with the music critically. If that didn’t line up with your feelings about the album, cool—we’re allowed to disagree.

But let’s be real: the energy some of y’all bring to these threads makes it clear you don’t want reviews; you want validation. That’s not what I’m here for. Let the music speak for itself, and if you think I’m off the mark, fine—but at least try to engage with the points instead of coming with pitchforks. Respectfully.

provider

2y

It's full essays in here breh. Intro, body, and conclusion

fun guy

2y

yesterday somebody whacked off my mural

thegreatdivine

2y

He was b****ing because they didn't support him. Snoop didn't even support Drake but the whole West Coast and rest of the US and the world supporting Kendrick wasn't enough. He's on that album still crying about people not picking a side. I know a sissy when I see one.

He definitely can't withstand 1/10th of the criticism Drake's been dealing with his entire career, especially this year. He'll crack.

yungking

2y

Publications have been pandering to female rappers since the Meg situation lmao

whitegirl

2y

S*** is mid imo

pimpin

2y

Nope I'm not...

The guy who wrote the review is doing way too much posting and trolling on KTT while supposedly writing reviews for a publication like Pitchfork.

Forget the GNX review and Kendrick for a second do you think this is professional? Ten years ago, no reputable publication would’ve hired someone like this lol.

Btw the same thing is happening with the MS Media and politics where the bar’s so low now that anyone can get in and it’s ruining credibility. Most articles now are just emotional takes not even based on facts.

Water Giver

2y

I am from norcal.

Oakland - with family all over from Vallejo to sac including LA.

You are wrong lol.

Most of the album is literally going back n forth literally between bayarea slang, sounds and lingo and LA sound, style and lingo.

To the references he's also doing that is so west coast.

Him talkin that talk that most wont get outside of CA.

Him having features that mostly only those in CA would know.

The GNX being on the cover which is a very sought after car in the west sideshow and car show scenes especially in the 2000s when kendrick was a teen.

You are literally wrong lol and this isnt even going into his own "lore" of himself.

TDE explanation and reconcile.

Him putting a bow on the beef and getting it over with in the first track of the project out the way

Him ACTUALLY FOLLOWING THRU WITH HIS NLU POP OUT PROMISES THAT MOST THOT WERENT GONNA BE FULFILLED.

Him going to his roots and proving he is about his home which most dissed him for all year LOL from media to the beef.

Him championing his culture after it got s***ted on by the biggest Rapper of all time & the entire internet.

Oh the beats too clean?? wtf tdoes that mean my nigga, he's still an A Class artist. but you know who made those "too clean" beats? all California my nigga.

What? You need a corny ass snoop dogg and dre feat so the radio mom to "get it", nah FOH.

Yall would have been happy with the pop out being a show n pny game instead of following through and continuing the message> you would prefer he doesnt prove the message he been saying in the whole beef about your culture love and experience?

This s*** one of the most "west coast" albums in the last 15 years and its his own most west coast album period.

Narrative heavy handed? a narrative about his people and state showing out and celebrating their piece in hiphop LMAO - unless you one of the dumbasses thT think every other song is another diss for the deaded beef like this idiot with Reincarnated (which he's done multiple Pac and West renditions since literally S80 with Traffic Jam LOL but niw he cant do it???).

Clownery. Straight buffonery. Luckily this dumbass thought is the minority and the state is celebrating as it should.

Dont have to like it but dont have too make up excuses that straight up lie.

Shame on both of yall.

Water Giver

2y

only nigga that could have 7 different hoods up on a single stage from two opposite end of the state with no violence and carry that energy to his project

but the beat too clean

Water Giver

2y

go tell new york that illmatic aint ny and go tell the south ds2 aint them just because you aint "feelin it"

only in the west you cant celebrate your own

the bay n la been at odds since the 2000s and this is the only nigga that is doin something bout it - even more than our so called "legends"

but the beats too clean

radiant child

2y

Conceptually and sonically it comes off JUST like a Slim Shady record but just cause it’s Kendrick it’s a standout of the year

Childhood

2y

it's always so embarrassing seeing other fledgling journalists d***ride alphonse in the replies and quotes to justify some sort of merit of criticism as if that can't ALSO be critiqued...

look what happened with fantano and halsey lmao

radiant child

2y

Conceptually and sonically it comes off JUST like a Slim Shady record but just cause it’s Kendrick it’s a standout of the year

radiant child

2y

I really don't care if it's a Pac song. You niggas can project false importance onto whatever - it's typical of y'all at this point. All I'm saying is it heavily read as Slim Shady. I'm not gonna listen to a song and then think to myself "ohhh it's hard cause pac" no I judge it off how it hits when I HEAR it because that's whats paramount in an audio artform. All that lore n s*** is cool but this music s*** will always come down to the ears