To Pimp A Butterfly

[casecandy]

What do people think of King Kendrick's latest offering to mere mortals?

Personally... I'm floored. It's so much all at once, been listening for months, and I feel like I'll still be breaking it down in years. And in terms of musicianship and instrumentation... damn. It's so raw. It's brings '70s funk rawness back into hip-hop where it belongs.

[kbit]

It's so much all at once

Admittedly I haven't listened to the album very much, but this is my exact impression. Theres so many layers and changes and ideas that the music itself seems overwhelmed, and I have a hard time latching on to the music because of it. Which doesn't really surprise me, considering I like minimalism a lot. I do wanna give it another shot sometime.

[D.o.S.]

I think Kendrick sounds enough like Bob Dylan in his voice and inflections that I can't take him seriously.

[louderthangod]

I think it's pretty awesome. Like a lot of his there's too many lyrics about sex and money. I get it but it's personally that interesting to me and that's when he's often the most cliché. Musically it's really impressive. I'm curious to see how he progresses.

[casecandy]

Fun fact about sex and money: the #1 and #2 reason married couples fight, respectively! LOL

[GardenoftheDead]

I thought it was great

[echodeluxe]

its insane. incredible album.

[casecandy]

Yeah I have seriously not tired of it.

[Ev_O)))]

I could seriously listen to this album infinitely

This has been a great year for hip hop and rap in General so far. But this wears the crown for sure.

[BitchPudding]

First impression was that it was definitely gonna be one of those albums where I was gonna have to listen to it a few times over to really get what was going on lyrically. The production hooked me immediately, especially given most of it involved some of my favorite producers in the game right now. After listening to it and getting to the deep bits of the lyrics, I feel like its a very important album for a very select group of people. It shines a light on a section of our society that often gets buried under tabloids and murder on the news, and paints a very vivid and beautiful about what its like to come from that and have success. I can understand why peeps are calling K Dot the voice of our generation in hip hop, he's speaking from the pain he's gone through living the hard lifestyle he grew up in and channeled it into some great music.

The only thing that worries me honestly is how hes gonna follow it. TPAB is the kind of album that most people would call a magnum opus. I feel like unless he pulls something even crazier out of nowhere, there's gonna be no following this up. It's that good. I also feel like while the message is deep and is an important one to hear, I'm not sure if people who have never lived that would fully "get it". Honestly, I dig it and get where Kendrick is coming from, but even I feel like I don't get it, or that I feel like I'm not the intended audience. And that's unfortunate cause I think that lack of understanding might effect the albums impression at this time. Maybe down the road everyone will get it, but not right now.

Overall, TPAB feels like a masterpiece to me. It funnels the pain of living a hard life into a message of hope and wisdom for those currently living that pain. And in a time where violence is becoming more and more prevalent in our society, we need something like this to send a message and save our culture.

[D.o.S.]

I am scared to listen to it though because people lauded Yeezus and that album was fucking bad.

[BitchPudding]

I am scared to listen to it though because people lauded Yeezus and that album was fucking bad.

To Pimp A Butterfly is waaaaay better than Yeezus. Yeezus is just ass.

[casecandy]

I am scared to listen to it though because people lauded Yeezus and that album was fucking bad.

Personally I liked Yeezus okay, but this is NOTHING like Yeezus.
It is EVERYTHING like My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. That level of vision and execution re: concept.
Also, people lauded Yeezus? I thought it defined the word "polarizing."
I think half of the people who lauded it did not heed Ron Swanson's words, "Don't mistake drama for happiness."
Yeezus was a very generous 5/10; more accurately, it was a 4/10, with some 9/10 songs.
TPAB is the kind of album that gets an instant 10/10. 11/10 if you could.

[D.o.S.]

http://www.metacritic.com/music/yeezus/ ... ic-reviews


...Fantasy was really good though. I like Kendrick a lot more than most Kanye anyway, so I look forward to getting around to this album.

[casecandy]

http://www.metacritic.com/music/yeezus/kanye-west/critic-reviews


...Fantasy was really good though. I like Kendrick a lot more than most Kanye anyway, so I look forward to getting around to this album.

I think you'll be pleased with it if you liked Fantasy.

Imagine you've got Fantasy but instead of a sexual undercurrent, there's a political one. That's TPAB.