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Kendrick Lamar - GNX [New Album Out]
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Pimpollo818
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SQUABBLE UP
WoodyStare
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Oh hell yes. This is a nice surprise.
DeepEnigma
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EverydayBeast
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Reizo Ryuu
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luther, heart p6
March Climber
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I liked most of it except for one song, reincarnated. Good message, lyrics, and idea, sonically terrible.
Big Baller
Al Pachinko, Konami President
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
I hate the voices he does on most songs.
Big Baller
Al Pachinko, Konami President
Thats why I dont like Eminem
Syphon Filter
Member
good album, especially compared to his recent albums.
Syphon Filter
Member
huh? that is arguably the best track on the album, its that or the heart pt 6.
March Climber
Member
It's the specific voice he used. I get what he was trying to do but he should never do that specific voice ever again. It brought down the entire song.
Hrk69
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Digital-Aftertaste
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I honestly wanna hear Eminem sing with his "calm before the storm" voice.
Big Baller
Al Pachinko, Konami President
Hrk69
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Toons
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He killed this.
Listened twice so far and it gets better the second time. He's playing an entirely different game than the other big rappers are. He's unapologetically himself every time. I appreciate that in any artist.
belmarduk
Member
Great song. Great video. This is going to be #1 based on streaming alone. I love him looking disinterested and reading a book in the middle of a bunch of crazy stuff happening. This has truly a great year in Kendrick!
There's a lot of talk another album ready to drop but it's going to be some time before I'm done listening to this. I've already listened to it dozens of times since Friday. I really want GNX on vinyl.
SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
This was a nice surprise, even if we were all kind of expecting an album drop by the end of the year.
I've given it a few plays to digest it a bit, and it definitely feels like the polar opposite of Mr. Morale. Where that album was long, introspective, personal, and quiet, this one is loud, brash, bouncy, and concise, shit that makes you want to roll the windows down and blast the bass.
Where Mr. Morale is Kendrick saying he can't save hip hop, he can only save himself, this album is like "Nah, we gotta clean house, if we want hip hop to make it."
He's kind of learned from Not Like Us to keep it simpler, like he isn't as technical, or going as fast, but the flows are creative and memorable. This album is waaaay less concepty, no skits, no story. I hate to say dumbed down but a little dumbed down, but maybe not in a bad way? Some tracks like Reincarted, Gloria, and The Heart Pt. 6 still show off that incredible storytelling ability, though.
All in all its a good album. It's not a next level album, but it's also not a retread, it definitely feels like a new chapter that reflects where Kendrick is now, and that's probably the thing that matters. You don't want to go stale doing the same thing, even if that thing is great.
I've given it a few plays to digest it a bit, and it definitely feels like the polar opposite of Mr. Morale. Where that album was long, introspective, personal, and quiet, this one is loud, brash, bouncy, and concise, shit that makes you want to roll the windows down and blast the bass.
Where Mr. Morale is Kendrick saying he can't save hip hop, he can only save himself, this album is like "Nah, we gotta clean house, if we want hip hop to make it."
He's kind of learned from Not Like Us to keep it simpler, like he isn't as technical, or going as fast, but the flows are creative and memorable. This album is waaaay less concepty, no skits, no story. I hate to say dumbed down but a little dumbed down, but maybe not in a bad way? Some tracks like Reincarted, Gloria, and The Heart Pt. 6 still show off that incredible storytelling ability, though.
All in all its a good album. It's not a next level album, but it's also not a retread, it definitely feels like a new chapter that reflects where Kendrick is now, and that's probably the thing that matters. You don't want to go stale doing the same thing, even if that thing is great.
This is my favorite song on the album, start with a classic Tupac beat and flow and then get cinematic with it.
SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
Yeah I wonder if there's any truth to it. There were very similar rumors when DAMN came out that there was a companion album called NATION and obviously they never panned out.
On the other hand there do seem to be hints. Like the metadata lists this album as Disc 1. And the teaser trailer had a track that wasn't on the album, and showed a room with two GNXs. So maybe there is a part 2 that will drop at some point, hopefully not before we've had a chance to process this one and let it run its course.
