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Sparky · 10-24-2012, 01:49 PM

I like it. It's good album. I still think Kendrick gets a lot of unwarranted praise. He falls into a lot of hip hop tropes that his contemporaries (jay electronica, yassim bey, even ab soul) have avoided. When i hear Kendrick make grandiose statements, i never get the sense he's astute enough to actually back them up.

The production is superb and that's why i like listen to it. Especially the dre stuff, and backseat freestyle goes super hard. I even like swimming pools as a single.

I just can't shake the impression that his praise has more to do with the state of the genre itself,rather than him being exceptional.

10-24-2012, 01:49 PM	#95 (permalink)
Sparky not really Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,223	I like it. It's good album. I still think Kendrick gets a lot of unwarranted praise. He falls into a lot of hip hop tropes that his contemporaries (jay electronica, yassim bey, even ab soul) have avoided. When i hear Kendrick make grandiose statements, i never get the sense he's astute enough to actually back them up. The production is superb and that's why i like listen to it. Especially the dre stuff, and backseat freestyle goes super hard. I even like swimming pools as a single. I just can't shake the impression that his praise has more to do with the state of the genre itself,rather than him being exceptional.