was the album that actually made me a fan of kendrick. its his only album with no filler, no skippable songs, and consistent artistic innovation from song to song. this is the one where he leveled up
album is just bloated in general. somehow overambitious and phoned in at the same time
half the songs feel paint-by-numbers and just don't stay interesting to listen to. like there's some interesting ideas but the album loses direction fast and devolves into easy listening/kendrick rapping on autopilot. nothing catches my attention until "i remember you was conflicted" which just reminds me to hit skip
Kendrick is at his best when he says more with less
songs like untitled 04 and BLOOD. are always gonna have more allure to me than his overly descriptive tracks