Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. (April 14, 2017) Album • Page 25

Folks I know it's Friday and everybody is feeling wild and crazy, but there isn't gonna be a second album

 

Not sure who it actually is. But I only hear Mark Hoppus at the end of FEAR. And now it annoys me.

 

Last verse in "FEAR." when he works in most of the song titles and references the album itself is such a great little meta moment.

(Also definitely lends credence to the argument that there's no second album coming.)

 

Quoting you for when you're wrong

 

BOLD.

 

I'm a little lukewarm on it. It's pretty good on a individual song basis, but it feels unfocused, more like a mixtape than an album. Production is spotty, i don't like some of the R&B style beats. I think his strength has always been the diverse ear he brings to his songs.

That said, like I said, most of the songs on their own are smoking. DNA, Element, Humble, and Feel, particularly. So it's a little frontloaded in that regard but still solid.

 

Haha hey I mean I'll GLADLY eat my words

 

How tf did the U2 song end up one of the best on here

 

Halfway through and I like it. Not as crazy as TPAB, but thats ok.

 

Upon first listen, the album didn't feel up to par in terms of cohesiveness compared to GKMC/TPAB. I enjoyed the individual songs, but I didn't feel like it had a narrative like those two records did. After my third listen, I feel like all that's actually there, but no where near as on the nose, much more nuanced this time around. No skits or poems in between walking us through, but still taking us on a ride nonetheless.

 

Starting my first listen. DNA is hard

 

I listened to like six songs from this on shuffle on accident ughhhh but they sounded really good. Excited to actually listen tonight

 

Surprised I ended up liking the U2 feature more than I'd like the Rih one

 

Really enjoyed my first listen, can't wait to listen over and over again

 

5 songs in this thing is bonkers. DNA.

 

There's absolutely a narrative here, it's just much smaller in scale than TPAB's and far more personal than GKMC. Disagree with the comments that it feels like a mixtape. This thing is pretty damn thematically concise, it just doesn't follow a set of characters and scenes.

 

Started my second listen as soon as I woke up this morning. This is so freaking good.

 

Just finished my first listen. This is doooope (of course) - Love the laid back feel of most of it.

 

Haha, that's the worst...I accidentally listened to Pale Horses for the first time on shuffle. I was like bleh, what's with the lack of cohesion, mWY? lol

 

Title of the second album? You put it in all caps on purpose. WHAT DO YOU KNOW?!

 

This is not a new opinion but this is very good

 

As I read through the thread this is probably the comment I agree with the most.

This album is phenomenal and there are so many tracks I enjoy (hell I can't name one I don't) but I have a difficulty getting into this chorus and like you said, it seems to be a recurring thing. A lot of songs on TPAB I thought would be perfect with a better chorus, some songs on this are the same way.

Regardless I love this though.

 

DNA had me moving!

 

Top Dawg and I have been DMing since I called him out for all this mysterious second album bullshit. I know things.

 

DNA is my early favorite after listening through twice.