If not for two particular tracks, this rating would be a lot higher. Nevertheless, this is a tightly crafted and worthy follow-up to Reasonable Doubt, and there are a lot of fun and catchy tracks to go around.
Score: 80/100 Recommended Tracks: Where I'm From, You Must Love Me
What you're listening to is not an album. It's a hip-hop masterclass. Tight grooves and sonic instrumentations, Kendrick's constructed flows and spitfire, and hard-hitting lyricism that asks you to take a deeper look. This is the kind of album that you can recommend to anyone, even non hip-hop fans.
This is a very complicated album to talk about. It has some weak spots, which are mediocre and don't hit as hard. However, there are more good moments than bad, and when you get to those good moments, they're very, very good.
Score: 82/100
Recommended Tracks: Poetic Justice, m.A.A.d city, Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst, Real, Compton
I see you’ve listened to the Garth Brooks album as Chris Gaines. I know this is a stretch but I’ve been looking everywhere to find this album. It’s not on YouTube, Spotify, amazon music, anywhere. How did you find this album?