How do so many people get down with Kendrick Lamar?

 
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I've been listening to his music the last couple of days, and while I can respect the artistry behind them, his shit just doesn't hit me on any level. It's about his life and experiences and unless he's lying, I just don't have anything in common with kids from Compton and I doubt many other people do. I don't understand how someone in a relatively similar position to myself could vibe with his stuff. I've only listened up to To Pimp a Butterfly.
Last Edit: October 24, 2018, 08:19:03 PM by Eli


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I guess a lot of people like to think they can related, bunch of fakers. I dont mind the sound of some of them, DNA and Humble being a few of those few.

But I just cant stand to listen to him after that incident on stage at the start of the year.


 
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because he has bars like "Life ain't shit but a fat vagina" at one point, which really hits me where it hurts


 
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because he has bars like "Life ain't shit but a fat vagina" at one point, which really hits me where it hurts

i thought you liked lamar


 
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nah i do, just being facetious

in terms of how i connect with him, i think i mostly just connect with suffering people in general, or at least with people who are trying to be a voice for a group of other suffering people, and i don't necessarily have to be black or be born where he was to understand or empathize with him about life on that base level, where shit just kinda sucks and there's no hope in sight, but at least we can stick together and pull through it, as long we stop killing each other

it's kinda feel-good in a way, and the consciousness of his lyrics certainly beats the FUCK out of every single other rapper in the game right now, with the notable exception of danny brown—but even he, sometimes, would do well to tone it down on the glorification of drugs and shit, because the opioid crisis has really driven my tolerance for drug-happy music to a whole new low

even so, i don't necessarily need to connect with a rapper on a personal level to fuck with their music, they just need to be super talented and rap over a nice-ass beat (most of the time, bare minimum)—i consider being able to connect with an artist on an emotional level to be a bonus, not the main thing i look for

you might like DAMN. more because it's more about internal struggle as a human being rather than as a black person, which is what TPAB is all about—but it's also more "pop-accessible" with a mixed bag of songs

GKMC is pretty good too because it's like TPAB except he takes a more "cinematic" approach—it's a concept album where every song plays kinda like a scene from a movie, and they're all part of a grander overarching narrative which is pretty engaging
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I don't really 'connect' with his music tbh. I just enjoy his artistic concepts and the musical production he employs on most of his records.

You don't necessarily have to connect with an album or find out the conceptual meaning behind it in order to enjoy said record.


 
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I don't really 'connect' with his music tbh. I just enjoy his artistic concepts and the musical production he employs on most of his records.

You don't necessarily have to connect with an album or find out the conceptual meaning behind it in order to enjoy said record.

No I guess not, I'd just feel goofy if other people saw me driving with Kendrick Lamar on blast knowing full well that he doesn't make music "for me."
Last Edit: October 25, 2018, 09:08:14 PM by Eli


 
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Maybe it's something else about him, because I have no problem getting down with Nas or 2Pac.


 
 
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Just bought the damn. record earlier today, and yeah i'm enjoying it a bit more. i'm through side a and b and the best track this far has been pride. diving in to side c and d now.
Last Edit: October 29, 2018, 05:20:13 PM by Eli


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I don't really connect or relate to the music, he just makes bangers tbh


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best songs: pride, lust, duckworth.


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I have heard his music and really disliked it.


 
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I have heard his music and really disliked it.

I'll let Kendrick know he should start sampling Gregorian chants for his next record.


 
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your favorite tracks mirror mine, except i would throw in BLOOD. and FEEL. and GOD. as well

HUMBLE. too, actually, but mostly because of its excellent music video

i'm not a music video person at all, but every once a year, something comes out that blows my mind, and this is one of them

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your favorite tracks mirror mine, except i would throw in BLOOD. and FEEL. and GOD. as well

i'll focus more on feel/blood next listen, but god kinda left me wanting more. it's starts off icy but he completely changes the flow early on and leaves me behind.

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HUMBLE. too, actually, but mostly because of its excellent music video

i actually don't like humble at all. the main piano riff agitates me. i'll check out the music video, though.


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honestly I can't think of many songs I listen to where it's about connecting with the artist on an emotional level or what have you. A lot of the time, the songs I like like My God is The Sun or Knights of Cydonia are more about the instruments and how they play off each other (especially good basslines) but I can pretty much shrug off any lyrical content as it's rarely what I focus on.

While that's all my experience with rock bands like Muse and Queens of the Stone Age and Foo Fighters, I'd imagine that people who listen to rap also get something similar out of "the sound" of the music, if that makes sense.


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Unless you're listening to screamo you're not always supposed to connect with the message.


 
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Unless you're listening to screamo you're not always supposed to connect with the message.

you're supposed to "get it." and i don't imagine many people do, so i'm wondering where the infatuation comes from.


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Im curious, do you self insert in video games?
depending on the game, who doesn't?


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The angel agreed to trade a set of white wings for the head of another demon. Overjoyed, the demon killed one of his own and plucked the head right off its still-warm body.

The angel then led the demon to heaven, where he underwent centuries of the cruelest tortures imaginable. Finally, the pain was so great that he lost consciousness - at which point his dark wings turned the promised shade of white.
Im curious, do you self insert in video games?
depending on the game, who doesn't?
I rarely ever do. Instrumentals and flow are the most important for me in music, so im wondering if theres some correlation here.


 
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Im curious, do you self insert in video games?

Sometimes. Depends on the game.


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Unless you're listening to screamo you're not always supposed to connect with the message.

you're supposed to "get it." and i don't imagine many people do, so i'm wondering where the infatuation comes from.

You can empathize with people from different walks of life without experiencing their hardships first hand.