Thanks to TDE’s mentorship, Training Day sounds better than his neophyte debut, with more varied production and a well-executed (if somewhat cliché) concept that intersperses snippets of Denzel Washington in full “King Kong ain’t got nothin’ on me” mode. Though Lamar still occasionally stumbles with an eye roll-inducing couplet, he had certainly improved as a rapper.
i wish he'd return to his old stuff like this.. miles ahead of the new trash he's been trying to call "rap" music. this is the real shit, easily kendricks best and only good album!