Reviews (page 12 of 13)
It's a fine listen coming from a non-rap fan. I'm aware of Kendrick Lamar as he is probably the most popular rapper currently. It is evident that Kendrick Lamar is skilled and why he has been creating hits over the past few years. I imagine a rap fan can tell you a lot more about the depth, style and linguistic skill on display on this album. For me it was a fun listen with a couple songs that stood out. I can respect the skill and art. 2.30 stars
Ah west coast rap, again. Not being an officianado I have no idea how different this is from the norm. I quite liked the production and general more tuneful yet darker tunes and beats, seemed a bit different. But then all the gangsta, guns etc lyrics and it just loses me.
This is better than the last Kendrick album I got, but not my genre still.
I don't get the hype
Nothin' but rude noise.
Kendrick Lamar just isn't my vibe.
Sherane - 5/10 A decent song but probably didn't listen as hard as I should've, interesting though. -- Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe - 3/10 A really boring, really commercial song with a boring beat and awful vocal effects. -- Backseat Freestyle - 4/10 Lyrics seemed pretty awful, song was generally boring but with a somewhat interesting second half -- Peer Pressure - 6.5/10 Nice intro instrumental however vocals in that segment were AIDS however after the beat switched up the vocals and bars did improve. -- Money Trees - 7.5/10 Best song so far easily, great flow, great beat, decent feature and the vocal part at the end doesn't drag on as much as other tracks. -- Poetic Justice - 3/10 "this song has no right being over 2 minutes" in other words, extremely bland song. -- good kid - 6/10 Pretty decent listen however should have ended earlier -- m.A.A.d city - 8.5/10 Great song, great sounds, great switch-up, great feature, great. "If he can do this why can't he do it again" -- End of listening!!!!!!!!!!!!!! --Album review-- Very bland album with some golden moments, the non-musical parts are completely overused and the flow as well as beats are also usually quite poor with good performances in some songs. 5.5/10
ok - aber nix für mich.
Man, talk about overrated. I’ve heard nothing but raves for this for the past 10+ years, and this is it? You don’t need to put a voicemail skit into every single song, dude. You’d think in a genre defined so much by rhythm, that the rapping would actually be on beat, but I guess not.
There are some nice rhythms and vibes on here, but that's not enough for me. Mostly, I was bored.
Es war ok. Aber nicht wirklich etwas, dass ich weiterhin hören werde. Ich fand die Musik anstrengend, aber nicht auf eine Art, die meine Aufmerksamkeit packt.
Boring and misogynistic
I'm old, white, British, and middle class. This music is not meant for me.
This was probably one of the better rap albums I’ve listened to recently, but I still have the same problem I normally do which is just that the lyrics simply don’t resonate with me - that being said I did still find them interesting and compelling enough for me to find some enjoyment in the album.
This music style just isn’t for me.
disliked kendrick before this album because i was iffy about his flow, but this album was interesting. cool how he sings about rosecrans and compton a lot. didn't like a lot of the phone calls and interruptions in the music though. some cool tracks on here.
Enjoyed one song. Two songs at the end were awful.
Did not enjoy the lyrics
In sich stimmig, auch wenn es nicht mein Geschmack ist.
I noped out pretty quick
The more I listened the better it was. Definitely like some songs better than others.
Not my thing, but I get it.
Not really the type of music I enjoy.
Nahh i like rap but this is not my thing.
Meh, not my favorite. Interesting themes of faith and family, though.
I want to like this, having heard for so long about his genius. But I can't understand what he's saying apart from something about balls and dick. When Dr Dre pops up it's a huge relief. Without any memorable beats or samples, it ends up feeling like spoken word. My biggest problem is that to me Gen X English ears, he just sounds like Frank Spencer.
Just totally fatigued with the macho, misogynist selection of rap stuff presented to me. Not cool
It is okay, deep for sure, but not my cup of hip hop.
* This is the first album where I find myself not at all enthused to listen to it; just not crazy on the stuff I've heard from Kendrick before. I'll still give it its fair chance to impress me though. * The commentary in Sherane, especially the stuff about Dominoes at the end was actually kinda funny. * Finished Money Trees, the running gag with dominoes is probably the best thing about this album so far. * Overall, better than I thought it'd be going into it. Really thought I'd give it a one star... but I'm debating on two or three. -- Album Rankings -- 1. m.A.A.d city 2. Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe 3. Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst 4. Real 5. Backseat Freestyle 6. Poetic Justice 7. Compton 8. The Art of Peer Pressure 9. good kid 10. Swimming Pools (Drank) 11. Money Trees 12. Sherane a.k.a Master Splinter's Daughter
⭐️⭐️ not my favorite genre. It is easy to listen to, and you can definitely understand the lyrics he is rapping. I don’t get it - but it’s not made for me.
2.5/5
Musically pretty dull. The real content I guess is the lyrics but I'm not really the audience for them. I have actually seen Kendrick live and he puts on a good show, this album wasn't for me though. High 2.
Música interesante, pero no me captura. 2/5
Not really my style of music.
Not a big fan of this type of music.
Typical rap album. Less lyrical. Not for me.
Meh Rap is fine if the beat is good. I dont understand why i would want to listen to voice messages on a machine.
Not his best work.
I don't listen to this kind of music. At all, ever never, nope. I've just never been exposed to it, but I also categorize RAP as angry music which just does not resonate with my life. BUT I listened to more than half of all the songs on this album and enjoyed quite a bit of it. Some of the sounds were eerie and even mystical sounding. I don't know that I'd listen to this again, or more like it. I tried.
It's okay but not my style. Made decent background music while working.
1. zherane - 1 2. bitch , dont kill my vibe - 0 3. backzeat freeztyle - 1 4. the art of peer prezzure - 1 5. money treez - 1 6. poetic juztice - 2 7. good kid - 0 8. mad city - 1.5 9. zuuimming poolz - 2.5 10. zing about me - 1.5 11. real - 1.5 12. compton - 1
Teils rythmischer Gangster Rap, teils klischhafter Glam Rap.
Not for me-I just don't get the approach. But that's probably more my issue.
Nice beats, didn’t fuck with the vocals
Not really my jam. I think I know one kendrick lamar song and that one wasn't on this album. The album is probably fine If you into the genre of music. The only track that I liked and My listen to again is backseat freestyle. Also he seems obsessed with using the word bitch
There were good moments but overall not my favourite. I would listen again but I won't seek it out. A bit off-balanced maybe? More listens might help.
My african american really loves them phone calls in his songs. Musically I only liked the first part of m.A.A.d city. Had to read the lyrics, would get insanely bored otherwise. As for the lyrics, I found them very caricaturistic and hard to sympathize with, likely because of the cultural gap. The only exception was The Art of Peer Pressure, it's a bit more universal, I reckon
Pretentiöst skräp. Money Trees bästa låten, en 3a.
Sounds like Crazy Legs from Don't be a Menace to S Central.... made an album. Not a fan.
Not for me
I don’t know why, but I just can’t get into it. Too much noise/talking/skits in between the actual music.
"Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe" e os ritmos são fixes mas é isso? Bros, hos, guns, drugs, gang, segmentos de conversa, shit, nigga, moderfucka para aqui e para ali.
Appreciate it. Right time and place, some good songs, but not really my scene these days.
Nothing here thats not been done
Not into rap
I was excited to listen to this because I never had and I knew KL was a big deal. However, I'm not impressed. The beats are lame, the lyrics seems scattered and disconnected. Not for me.
It’s so much less musically interesting and complex than To Pimp a Butterfly. Can’t get into this one.
Not my cup o tea
it was okay, didn’t like many of the songs or the mumble rap
De enige artiest in de 1001 die inspiratie van de Mighty Dub Katz vandaan haalt. (Mag ik hopen). Lamar houdt vooral van schelden. Mag hoor. Hij lijkt er populair mee te worden. Maar heel vernieuwend is het allemaal niet. Muzikaal klinkt het heel gemaakt. Tot we het halverwege (veel te laat) plotseling meer volwassen gaat klinken. Poëtisch naar zijn zeggen. Poëtisch is een ruim begrip. Maar het lijkt mij zelfoverschatting. Of is het compensatiegedrag? Wellicht is compensatiedrang het thema ? En bestaat dit album alleen maar om zichzelf groter voor te doen dan hij zichzelf voelt?
Klaarblijkelijk gaat dit album over het opgroeien en volwassen worden van Kendrick Lamar. Vandaar dat er in het begin ook een kinderachtig gangstarap-nummer op staat als "Backseat Freestyle". Maar daarna ontwikkelt het zichzelf wel iets inderdaad. Als je hiermee opgroeit, of je hebt het heel vaak gehoord en geluisterd naar de teksten, dan kan ik me voorstellen dat het misschien iconisch voor je is. Ik heb alleen geen tijd en zin om dit 5 of 10x te luisteren. Voor mij is het niet heel veel anders dan de meeste 13 in een dozijn rap, al klinken de beats wel lekker en zit er een fijne flow in. Maar het blijft te vaak een monotone emotieloze rap op een monotoon achtergrondgeluidje. En waarom die albums altijd zo lang moeten zijn, is me ook een raadsel. Al is "Compton" wel een van de betere nummers van het album.
This album isn't really for me, and I didn't finish it. I know how impactful Kendrick Lamar has been in the rap world so it was interesting to hear songs that have definitely been sampled or inspired other songs, but it's just my vibe.
I guess it's a seminal album, but it wasn't my cup of tea :(
Not my cup of tea
Didn't find any track compelling.
It certainly deserves the advisory sticker. This is not a good album for karaoke.
I don't know man, Kendrick is boring.
Kendrick Lamar often seems to be cited as the big hip hop phenomenon after 2010. I've tried getting into his stuff, but I just don't see it. I tried listening extra much to the lyrics this time to see if that's where the gold was, but to me it's just the same old tropey disrespecting women, talk about fame and money etc. that you've heard a trillion times. And sure, some of the beats were perhaps a bit more... mellow and melodic somehow, but not enough to warrant that level of recognition. The trap-like elements and tri-hit hi-hats actually works against me here, not a fan of that at all. I think my favourite song of the album was 'Sing about me, I'm dying of thirst', which coincidentally also seem to stand out the most from the rest. I really want to like it, but I just don't. And I am pretty sure this is an extremely unpopular opinion. Maybe he was super revolutionary when he came out, but if so, it's just not in a direction I enjoy. Weak 2 for me.
Not for me.
Album 165 of 1001 Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city Rating : 2 / 5 Just not my thing. I'll give it a couple of points because I recognize what it is supposed to be.
A third of this felt like listening to a podcast. Though the song with the sudden infernal screams of torment in the middle was kinda nice (I think it was the third one)
Often stated as some rap breakthrough album. Production is really nice. Lyrics are are still half arsed and offensive. Disappointing.
I find this the same that I find Taylor swift in that I can appreciate the artistry and I know so many people love it. But I just don’t enjoy it. I didn’t mind the sound of bitch don’t kill my vibe and poetic justice, and sing about me I’m dying of thirst. Ok ok so a few of them snuck up on me. I put to you the lyrics of backseat freestyle: I pray my dick get big as the Eiffel Tower So I can fuck the world for seventy two hours Damn I got bitches, damn I got bitches Damn I got bitches, wifey, girlfriend and mistress Not for me.
I enjoyed it at the start, but found it pretty repetitive by the end
It was okay. Not my style, but can see why it was popular.
I don't think I finished this. Not sure. But whatever. I never really got Kendrick Lamar. Not my kinda hip hop I guess
Production is good but I don't really get it and I'm not sure if that's on me or Kendrick
Good singles, but not for me
Nearly 900 songs into this journey, the one thing I will say that has changed about me is that I no longer hate rap and hip hop with quite the passion that I once did. I still can’t say I enjoy those genres, but I don't mind listening to them nearly as much as I once did. In the last week I've had LL Cool J, Ice Cube, and now Kendrick Lamar. This was okay, again not something I would probably listen to again but I didn't hate it either. 2 stars.
Not really my kind of shit. Slick production. The speech in-between the tracks got on my tits.
Exercício de autocontrole para não deixar a minha implicância com hiphop aumentar. Mesmo não gostando de nada, é possível esforçar para entender o processo criativo.
This album killed my vibe I did like the lyric “sleep is the cousin of death” though, clever
annoying
I wish I "got" rap, I really do.
ну не знаю, ничего необычного и все тик-ток хиты
Pas mon genre, certainement un bon album de rap.
Just not my thing
Yeah, I still really don't get this.
nothing new
i don't really get why this is always cited as such an important album.
I'm just a casual hip hop listener, but so far Kendrick Lamar hasn't been high on my list, and probably it will stay like this forever. I understand why he is so highly regarded by American popculture, but unfortunately it has no appeal for me at all. I'm not particularly fond of his style, I find his flow hard to follow, which makes it hard to focus on the lyrics as well, which are most likely not really aimed at an audience like myself anyway. Still, I think this album is better than the previous one I've listened to from this list - To Pimp a Butterfly. Slightly better rating, but not much improvement.
The more I listened to this the worse and more repetitive it becomes. No idea what he’s jibbering on about.
no se si es que no estoy preparado para este tipo de musica, o es que soy un hijo de remil puta o que, pero me cuesta mucho que me guste kendrick en general. Las letras estan muy buenas bla bla bla pero cuadndo me olvido de la letra y escucho la musica, no me cierra, desde que no me gusta la voz del chabon, hasta los coros que cantan otras personas (sing about me, i'm dying of thirst x ejemplo), me parecen medio inbancables. En lo instrumental, no me parece nada del otro mundo tampoco, salvo good kid por ejemplo con los vientos esos falopas. :/// perdon nnahuel y chiki lmao
Hoodrat shit.
Not sure what the fuss is about, so... not for me.
Too many shitty intros and outros ruining the songs/album. If they were separate intermissions and could be skipped from the album, then maybe it could be saved. 2/5. Shit.
I feel like I should enjoy Kendrick but maybe I'm just too stupid.
Not my kinda music but liked some bits of it
Not bad, just not really anything I enjoyed that much. The interludes really turned me off.
Interesting, but also not engaging - I was hooked by the Pimp Butterfly one, not by this
Not a fan of this album. Too much gimmicky stuff.
Geloof wel dat dit goed is, als 't je ding is... Maar voor mij 2 te heet gewassen en dus kleine sterretjes.
Zoals ik gisteren al zei: Niet veel aan.
Arjan sloeg gisteren de spijker op de kop met de woorden: ‘niet veel aan’.
Nope
before we get started i already know kendrick isn't my favorite, have listened to some of his other stuff. - bitch don't kill my vibe don't love the tone on the "bitch don't kill my vibe" - backseat freestyle just made me laugh, was that the intent? "wish my dick was as big as the Eiffel tower" alright - ~in the thunder and rain~ - oh i've heard Swimming Pools (Drank) before - cool that tone i don't like is back in Sing About Me, I'm Dying Of Thirst overall thoughts, yeah not my favorite, i understand why people like kendrick lamar though. just not my style, and i found a lot of the songs a little repetitive.
Trying hard to like this because it's an hour and 20 minutes long and he's respected like. I'm not doing very well. The 2 singles down are comfortably the worst of the 4 songs so far. Why does he keep rapping while holding his nose? Art of Peer Pressure was the first song I thought was OK. Money Trees was good too. Actually, that was genuinely good, I enjoyed that one. If we can avoid more garbage I could get into this. Good Kid is good so far, yeah, really good. That’s 2 songs enjoyed. Maad City – ok I think I’ve actually heard this. Not for me at all but I guess it’s good. Oh ok its two songs in one without giving the second part a title. Weird move but OK. I like this bit lots better. Swimming Pool I think is the first single I haven’t thought is utter shit. Just seen the last 2 tracks are remixes of one of the shit songs so I’m getting out of school early, this is good. Emeli Sande, what happened to her? Oh you fucker, a 12 minute song. Except ok, its really good and affecting. Not sure I need the full minute of prayer at the end to get the effect. A 7 minute song now, this guy is pissing me off. So it’s not for me obviously, there are some good songs here no doubt and I’m glad I listened, but it’s too long and plenty of stuff I just don’t like at all.
Okay, but not up with To Pimp a Butterfly.
Having been a longtime hip-hop fan, this album is still so confusing to me from moment to moment.
Listened Before? N Pretty meh. Better than the last one I got by him... Still infantile. I didn't like it enough to even remember a single song when it was over. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe
Ok as background music, did not engage me, but not my taste so I can't review unbiased
I went into it excited but came out with the definition of mid. Kendrick voice is dope and he got bars but sadly just talking over beats doesnt do it for me. Dre was the highlight of the album
Not my style. I did know more songs on that album than I was expecting. Don't really like his voice
Nope. Could not hold my attention at all. Gave up half way through. Just not my style.
I see a lot of praise regarding this somewhat autobiographical album by Kendrick Lamar. I gave it a shot but it is just not my thing.
ça s'écoute en fond d'ambiance mais ça ne me fait pas aimer le genre pour autant.
I know it’s critically acclaimed but I find it hard to connect with and then appreciate the lyrics and writing. It’s not unlistenable but not something I’d chose.
Listened to it, 2 tracks I could get into. Most not to my taste , too much profanity
Some nice grooves and real smooth rapping here, but the content was a bit much for me at times. Totally get we're decades into the shock-language era, whether it's AM radio hosts, artists in all media, public discourse, etc., so it's not like the language and content were too much for my ears on a sensitivity level; it's really a matter a personal preference.
not my jam
Давайте запишем максимально унылый рэп-альбом и пусть он продастся миллионными тиражами.
Hetkittäin ihan kuunneltavaa kamaa, mutta valtaosan levystä keskityin ikävöimään vanhemman liiton räbäytystä. Melkosta paskaa...
Ihan ok räppiä tääkin, mut ei siitä mitään käteen jääny
I thought it was OK. Quite chilled and easy-listening. I believe its a concept album which I didn't pick up with just casual listen - maybe if I followed the story it'd be a three.
Hard to listen to.
Je ne suis pas vraiment apte à bien évaluer cet album. Je dirais qu’en tant que blanc d’une petite banlieu ben tranquille, il y a toute une réalité qui est racontée sur ce disque qui m’échappe complètement. Je pese que c’est beaucoup dans ce récit que l’intérêt principal se trouve. Pour ce qui est de la musique, il y a quelques belles choses. Je ne crois pas qu’il essaie de repousser quelque limite que ce soit, ou même d’introduire de nouvelles sonoritées, ce qui aurait été pertinent pour mon point de vue à moi.
04/19/22
Appreciate the talent but not for me.
Nothing special really..
I am not the target audience
No disrespect to him or his fans, but I’d rather have a root canal than listen to this. Zero stars
I listened to part of each track but couldn't get through any number from beginning to end. Absolutely hate the horrible lyrics.
The new Rolling Stones album “Foreign Tongues” was released yesterday so I have been able to listen to that today for the umpteenth time already. If I make it to be an octogenarian with half as much energy and enthusiasm for this sort of music as Jagger, I will be SO grateful. This is another great album (4 stars) although not sure if it’s quite as good as Hackney Diamonds which was almost 3 years ago now. Some of the tracks were ones which didn’t make it onto that release but good to hear them now. Too long to wait for another album anyway but oh so worth it. Not sure about the cover of Amy Winehouse’s “You Know I’m No Good” however. It was included as their tribute to her and although a good song I think I prefer the original. They could also lose Keith Richard’s lead vocals on “Some of Us” though his singing with Mick on “Covered in You” (with McCartney also guesting on bass) is a good one… Oh sorry, were you expecting a review of another Kendrick Lamar album? Seriously!?
The man’s a c**t and his musics shite.
Prefiero no decir nada
In addition to the vile lyrics, it isn't even musically interesting. I've heard dogs produce better vocals than what's going on here.
#019 This is not for me, it sucks and don’t listen to this type of hiphop or gangsta rap or however you call this. Cannot listen to this, just scanned the tracks but stopped quickly. ⭐️
Considering all you hear of Kendrick Lamar I was so surprised how Meh! This album was. There wasn't really anything outstanding about it.
Fair to say that I don't get rap music
Misogynistic monotone mumbling over a click track. I tried, but couldn't find anything redeeming in this album.
Nope. Still don't get the love for Kendrick Lamar
no lo escuche, no es de mi agrado el rap
I know I’m not a rap or hip hop fan and this hasn’t changed that. Can’t really judge it since it’s just so different from what I like. Maybe it’s good for the genre, I wouldn’t know. The sound just felt the same every time and the beats were headachy and repetitive to me.
No like
I'm Old Gregg! - What ya doin' in my waters? Looking for a review, are ya? Easy now, fuzzy little man peach. I’ve been down here in the murk, drinking Baileys out of a shoe and listening to this Kendrick fellow. It’s not very funky, is it? Not like the Funk - which is a ball of teats from outer space, in case you were wondering. This album is more like a dry breadstick. It’s rigid. It’s a very long story about a boy in a place called Compton. There are no eels, no trans-dimensional jazz-funk, and not a single mention of the Gregg-light. It’s all a bit serious. It’s like a peppermint nightmare, but without the peppermint. Or the nightmare. Just... beige. This is a one-star album! You're playing your love games with me. This isn't even a milky tea, it's a dry cracker in a damp cave! It's got no funk, no shimmer, and you couldn't even serve it in a discarded Wellington. It’s an empty shoe, boy! Do you love me? Because I don't love this! Ever drunk Bailey's from a shoe?
There wasn't anything I liked about this album.
didn't even bother to listen
No me gustó
Not for me.
I just reallly really don’t like this genre.
I have heard of Kendrick Lamar, but I cannot say that I know his music. Lamar's second studio album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City was released in 2012. Why does every rapper have the same bio on Wikipedia? They are all considered the best rapper. Is that like a participation award? I did like the use of a Janet Jackson song on"Poetic Justice", but it makes sense. The rest of the album had good music, but that was it. Overall, I hated it because of the language. It is vulgar, but that seems typical for rap and hip hop. Is it ironic when they talk about Jesus and curse so much? I had oringally gave it a 5/10, but years later(2026) I lowered the score. 3/10.
this gansta shit might really influence some kids
I don’t like
Gave it a chance but couldn't do it! Not my thing at all.
There's a bit of good instrumentation, but the bulk of this album is just annoying. I don't like his voice and rap style. I don't get why he's so popular.
i guess, if i would enjoy listening rap, i would listen this or similar, but i just can't, really not my genre
Слушать про то как очередной чёрный "got bitches" - абсолютно утомительно. Проскипал этот альбом, ничего интересного и примечательного. кал.
I'm not saying it's a really bad album. It's just not for me. I didn't save any of the songs because it's not what I like and what I listen to.
I don't like rap
Otro tío que habla rápido.
Disgusting, horrible, misogynistic, ignorant crap. 0/5, 0/10, 0/100.
There are 1001 albums in this list and as far as I know they're assigned to me randomly, but what are the odds of getting Kendrick Lamar two days in a row? Still not my jam. Like, at all.
16 - Kendrick Lamar - Good kid, m.A.A.d city - Rating = 1 This is just not something I would ever listen to - not for me.
𝒮𝓉𝓊𝓅𝒾𝒹 𝒸𝓇𝒶𝓅
Huh, I really didn't like this! I don't like Kendrick's voice anyway, and I found the beats repetitive. Was too disinterested to absorb the lyrics. I think I gave To Pimp A Butterfly two (2.5?) stars, but I wayyy preferred that one, so I guess this is a one?
Hate it.
Nope.
Really can't get into this, on any level.
554/1001 🌕🌑🌑🌑🌑 A los 3" lo he quitao...
I must admit I didnt listen but I know bits of Kendrick's music and its just not for me - crass and vulgar. No way I was going to put myself through over an hour of this! Don't like hip hop beyond conscious artists like Kae Tempest who actually have something to say that I want to hear!
This is shit
I have no idea what people like avoit this so much. I was so bored. The cardinal sin of rap.
Terrible, worst album I've ever heard
See previous review. After listening to this, it’s the same response, but much more so. Repetitive and lyrically revolting too.
I wanted to like this. After reading how highly, and universally, this has been praised, I thought "oh good, maybe this will be the album that gets me to appreciate contemporary hip hop even more." It just didn't happen. It's not a pleasurable listening experience to me. I did think it was funny how in the first song he was bragging about how he's gonna get with the hot girl and then his mom and dad call him nagging him about something and killing the whole buzz. I chuckled a bit about that, and appreciated his sense of humor. It's clear this resonates deeply with lots of people - I'm just not one of them. I do like some old school rap such as Run-DMC, LL Cool J, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5, NWA, Public Enemy - but it seems this genre has moved in a completely different direction from those, that it's just not relatable to me at all. I'd probably need to go back and listen to the progression of hip hop for the last 40 years to make it click for me. I just don't have any desire to listen to any of this again. Liked songs on Spotify: 0/12 Rating: 1/5 (should be zero)
Have I mentioned before how much I have come to dislike dialogue interludes? I really don't care where the motherfuckin' Dominos is at.
Most Hip-Hop / Gangsta Rap music is a waste of time and this album is no exception.
Absolute dumpster fire
Started off with pots and pans and I cant say its getting any better. It really sounds like an eleven year old just heard about what sex is and say no to drugs and recorded this over a garage band preset.
Jesus fucking Christ, dette sugde balle!
Enjoyed some of the rapping but not very keen on the album as a whole not something I’d eagerly listen to
Garbage
yeah this is not it
Just don’t get it
The only thing that makes any sense to me is that the demand for this drivel didn't just grow organically, but was created artificially by moguls, and for nefarious purposes.
+1 star since it's sentimental. Sorry. I don't like rap.
2010s rap wasn't it. The whole genre was hot garbage and this is no different. Nostalgic? Sure. Good music that I'd ever listen to of my own free will? Nope.
Not my taste at all, but you can’t please all the people all the time.
Please stop! My YT Music algorithm is all fucked up because of this crap!
Not a fan
Not my thing
Absolutely awful. Utterly lacking in any musical ability whatsoever.
My main issue with this album is the relentless repetition of explicit profanity, it often feels like little more than swearing layered over a drum beat. The juvenile, shock-value lyrics may actually explain its commercial success, giving immature listeners something crude to snicker at. If you removed or censored all the explicit content, the record would undoubtedly be shorter, though hardly improved in quality.
My early 20’s kids think he’s great, I find him dull and uninteresting
Not a huge fan of rap, can't say I am now. I found myself groaning and turning it down constantly just wanting it to be over. Kendrick can go fuck the world with his Eiffel tower dick.
Bad.
Sorry, I can't stand hip hop...
Ok
not my style
No.
As far as music goes, rap sucks. Yes, he might be a good lyricist but this should be in the beat poetry category, not the music category.
All due respect to Mr. Lamar but I am a white lady from the suburbs.
Ikke min greie i det hele tatt.
This is absolute shit. I can’t even get over the 30-second mark of any song here.
This killed my vibe. ★
1.5
Not a fan of it
Before all the Drake stuff and the Superbowl happened, the sum total of my knowledge of Kendrick Lamar was “All the Stars” featuring SZA (a song I really like). I also quite liked his Drake “diss” track, so I was intrigued enough about this. I hated every (incredibly long) minute of it. If I had an option for half stars it would get 1.5. Seeing as I don’t, and I am not feeling at all a generous god, it’s getting 1*.
totally not my vibe, I did not like the lyrics nor the backtrack music, it doesn't transmit anything to me
I don’t dislike the genre. I don’t dislike the style. I really, really disliked the execution. Trite.
Not for me
Mag ich nicht so, diese Art von Rap.
American rap/hiphop - boring for me
Meh
I'm not into the filler bits on albums.
This album is shit on all levels. And that’s being kind.
Boring
En serio. En mere. For mange lydbidder og for lidt musik. Skits, kaldes det åbenbart.
Boring!!! Not very moving at all.
I'm starting to say no a lot more on here. I DO NOT need to hear this today or any other day.
Not my style oh hip-hop
NO...
Stopped listening at Backseat Freestyle. Hope I'm done with all the fucking rap shit on this list soon.
Not my thing at all...
I enjoyed To Pimp a Butterfly more, even though I didn't really like that record either. It just doesn't do it for me.
Partiendo del hecho de que no es mi estilo, la producción de este disco estuvo *chef's kiss* PERO las temáticas y letras lo tiran para abajo. Cuando un disco tiene las siguientes líneas "So, I can fuck the world for 72 hours Goddamn, I got bitches (okay), damn, I got bitches (okay) Damn I got bitches, wifey, girlfriend and mistress" para mi es como un 1 seguro.
Awful 😖 I thought I didn't like rap music, now I realise I hate it. Language dreadful (and more importantly totally unnecessary) Best track: Obviously the shortest one.
Nope
Firstly, this album is no longer in the 1001 list, having only had a short lived entry, so I didn’t need to listen to it before I die. Secondly, I did give it several plays as I know there should be something in this that I should like. However, no joy at all. Public Enemy, NWA, Wu-Tang Clan, five stars from me. Not even Dr. Dre’s involvement in closer Compton provides any real lift here.
the beat is the exact same throughout the album and the phone skits were jarring and placed oddly
No es mi estilo
Not my style. Very long and struggled to make it through.
I'd be lying if I said I was up to speed on modern hip-hop, or if I claimed to be an expert. Kendrick Lamar seems to be a name that keeps coming up though, and all I have heard (that I am aware of) until now is They Not Like Us. So, straight off the bar, as much as I love De La Soul, I've never really quite understood the concept of the hip-hop "skit", and neither am I in any way religious - so the "praise the lord" answerphone shit going on here is off-putting from the get-go. Obviously, this is lyrically dense (even compared to other rap albums) so I am not going to have time to absorb everything on that front. That said, apart from a bit of soul-searching and self-reflection, we we seem to be in familiar gangsta territory... so my take on Good Kid M.a.a.d City kind of stands or falls on the quality of the music, and to be honest I was more than a little disappointed. It's fairly sparse and uninspiring for the most part, only a handful of tracks struck me as being built around an interesting sample or beat - musically, the bulk of it sounded more like late 90s R 'n' B than what I would call hip-hop. After a couple of listens, I'm still not really sure what all the fuss is about to be honest.
Did not enjoy
Not really for me
Man Down. That song was cool. I didn't listen to the rest. I think he is overrated, though. Feeling like it's an emperor's new clothes scenario. Obvious talent. But how good is it really? It's no Eminem.
No.
Hip Hop not for me
Hip Hop, 32eme album => 1/5
Not for me
Nem me dei ao trabalho de ouvir. Isto é puro lixo!
I did use a private spotify session for this one. Listening to these lyrics and knowing he played the SuperBowl halftime show reminds is undeniable proof I am out of touch with things. Between the frequent use of the N word and misogyny I get distracted from the music.
Wat een slecht albums. Kansloos teksten of kanslozen beats
Not my jam at all. Nasal mumbling.
Nope…got halfway through and that was enough. Decent beats but didn’t connect at all.
This is #day267 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... this is my first time ever listening to Kendrick Lamar. Now, I should clarify: I do love some hip-hop now and then, especially the golden age stuff. I'm also a huge Eminem fan (well, early Eminem, to be more precise, the kind I listened to up until I was about 15). Lately, I've been digging into his newer work, and I absolutely love The Death of Slim Shady (even have it on a UK limited edition cassette), but that's another story. Aside from Em, I've listened to some 50 Cent, some Dre, some Jay-Z... those guys, you know. But that was back in the early '00s. I've never really stepped into the more modern hip-hop territory, especially the 2010s or 2020s. I was into different music back then. So listening to good kid, m.A.A.d city felt... disorienting. It's just too contemporary for my ear, I guess. The production, the flow... all feels distant from the style I connect with. I'm not sure I get the hype. Closer to the middle of Money Trees, I didn't feel like continuing, so I quit. This is a 1 out of 5 for me. Looking forward to #day268.
1 - 100% basura.
I hate this.... A lot. Fck this asshole that think it's a god or some shit.
uh... what is this, no likey
Brings back memories of visiting the dead homie in 2014-2016 who just smoked weed while he told stories about his dead girlfriend and listened to Zedd. RIP. Absolutely hate Kendrick's voice, flow, lyrical choices, and beats. Motherfucker sounds like the noise a dog makes when you accidentally step on its tail. This one's biased, but no thanks.
Nuh! Still don't like rap.
Please, don't make me listen to rap again. There's nothing wrong with it, I see its value as an art form. But I just cannot seem to find the appreciation for it as a listener. That said, the rap songs I have actively listened to in the past and enjoyed were all Kendrick's, so I do really like him as an artist. I just... yeah. This was not the album for me.
Nao gostei
Not for me!
Fuck no
No soy fan del rap
Realmente no me gusta el rap y este álbum me dio la razón 😭
sigh! more terrible lyrics with multiple mutha f'rs etc Utter drivel
hated it, not my thing
Did not like. Don't understand this kind of music at all.
ICK
Awful. Have never understood the hype this man lives off.
Listening to the version of this with the profanity blanked, and wow that’s a lot of swearing. Doesn’t add anything to the music, just winds me up. Got to track 5 and thought right, I don’t need another 8 tracks of this.
Gangsta Rap, yo
Just no. I tried but I'm pulling out one of my infrequent not-gonna-listen cards for this one.
nah bro kendrick is mid
Not my jam
I liked the beats and background better than his voice. Idk there’s just something missing from the melodies for me? Like it’s almost there but missing a spark to be good for me? Hm. It sounds like there’s some poetry to it, which is nice. I wanted to like it. Ok I like money trees ok but it still feels like it’s missing something. I’m updating this as I listen. MAAD city has great beats and I know it’s deep but… his voice takes me out of it my dudes. But also I don’t specifically hate his voice, it just doesn’t go together for me. I like MC Eiht’s voice tho.
Couldn't find much to enjoy here.
Just another ex-1001 album!™ http://1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie.wikidot.com/album-artists-a-z-ex After heavily disliking "To Pimp A Butterfly", much to the shock of one of my mates, I said I'd give Kendrick Lamar another try. The first half of the album felt like "Blah, blah, bitches, bitches. Where my motherfuckin' dominoes at?" Urgh! The second half got better, but still felt mostly drug-fuelled gangster cliche tosh. I tried, but nope!
Wow, I’m surprised at how uninspired and dull this hip-hop album is. It actually takes a certain kind of effort to miss the mark this badly. Definitely one of the worst albums I’ve heard in a while.
I don't get it. This is popular enough to be the superbowl halftime show act? Baffling. I didn't like the first album we had to listen to by him, and I like this one less. It's just so boring. The last song on the album (Compton with Dr. Dre) had a little bit of life to it, but I had already made up my mind that I hated this album by then.
I listen to albums for the music, so rap is not my bag, baby. Most of the album is people talking or reciting poetry. The lyrics may reflect the artist’s background, and there’s a lot of violence. What music there is is very basic and repetitive.
Non
I like some of the bass lines but otherwise I cannot relate to this. I find many of the lyrics offensive and the skits lame. Not for me.
Nope.
No me gusta este género, absolutamente
I can’t with this
Nonsense
HARTAAAAA de estos muchachos q solo saben hablar asquerosidades y cosificar a las mujeres. me paso tu música por el forro del ort*, misógino asqueroso
*no music, mostly noise and rap
Ok album for a person who doesn't listen to or like rap. Few songs I had to skip cause they were too damn long for my taste.
I liked the flow, the lyrics however were a huge letdown. The artist is probably looking for street cred, but if that means acting like a 14-year old and treating women like crap, I'm done.
No va
This should be on the list of 1001 albums not to listen too. He says niggahs and bitches so many f’n times… geez!
Gave it a go but a real struggle.
I don’t understand !
my first KL album to listen to. (and most likely my last)
Repetido
As weak as the other Lamar album I was recommended. Guess I'm not a fan
No thanks
Skipped the first song 30 seconds in. Subtracted a star for every time I heard "bitch" in the second song and quickly ran out of stars. I couldn't listen to the rest.
Each to their own and all that, but I just cant listen to shite like this.
overrated big time, one of these tracks has been streamed 1.5 billion times!! I know this probably makes me wrong but there's no accounting for taste. poor mans Kanye
Ugh, hip hop is just so bad. I honestly don't get how people listen to this and think that it is somehow meaningful or profound. The lyrics literally sound like something that a stupid, horny 7th grader would come up with by trying to write things that he thought the older kids would think were cool. I just can't get on with it. I mean if you like this, more power to you, but listen to the words and maybe reconsider. I get so tired of this entire genre being so degrading to women and self-aggrandizing. Please stop it. And as if the lyrics weren't bad enough, why the hell is this just absolutely laden with autotune? It really is like he stepped back and asked himself, "this already terrible, how can we make it even worse?" I'm just at a total loss as to how this kind of music is so popular. 1/5
Killed my vibe.
👎 Hmm nope, feels musically dull and lyrically offensive. Never a big fan of rap to start so this was always going to be an uphill battle
The music's fine. The misogyny and violent lyrics are not.
1/6
Crap