How do you make one of the best intros oat then fumble the rest of the tracklist
Rating my old 9/10s, #20/39
Predicted rating: 9/10
Actual Rating: 9/10
I can't believe I once thought that mmm...food was better. Extremely consistent rap album. Love this.
Top Song(s): Fancy Clown, Operation Lifesaver
Bottom Song(s): Rainbow, Eye
Highest peak(s): 0:20 of Fancy Clown
Rating my old 9/10s, #19/39
Predicted rating: 9/10
Actual Rating: 9/10
I love fishmans so much bro
Top Song(s): Daydream, Weather Report
Bottom Song(s): In The Flight
Highest peak(s): 7:15 of Daydream, 6:00 of Weather Report
Rating my old 9/10s, #18/39
Predicted rating: 9/10
Actual Rating: 9/10
I saw a video of a old guy reacting to I Want Wind to Blow and he said something along the lines of "Its weird how each of these parts of the song would sound bad by themselves but together they sound beautiful". There's so many weird sounds that just compile together to make an amazing project. The Moon and Samurai sword don't even sound like they should be on the same album. 2 completely different ... read more
Rating my old 9/10s, #17/39
Predicted rating: 8/10
Actual Rating: 8/10
My opinion is extremely divided on this. It's consistent as hell, but there are some points that drag on a lil too long. I think it's like my highest 8. I can 100% see why people say this one of the greatest oat tho.
Top Song(s): Another star, As,
Bottom Song(s): Village Ghetto land
Highest peak(s): 0:00 of Another Star
This is up there with A Crow Looked at Me and Fourth of July as the big 3 of Unreviewable albums. This is one of the only albums i feel physically drained listening to it. Even when the songs are upbeat, it just feels like the aesthetic and topic matter just haunt over me. This album particularly shined through on the final 2 songs. Truly just a tragic album.
Rating my old 9/10s, #16/39
Predicted rating: 9/10
Actual Rating: 8/10
This album has amazing instrumentals and even better meaning. I just don't think it compares to my other 9's. Great album tho
Top Song(s): Ain't It funny, Golddust
Bottom Song(s): Get Hi
Highest peak(s): 0:00 of Ain't it funny
Gets pretty repetitive at times and the vocals are not my cup of tea
Top Song(s): harness, I want to love again
Rating my old 9/10s, #15/39
Predicted rating: 8/10
Actual Rating: 7/10
How the mighty have fallen. I used to have let it happen as my fav song oat, and I can attribute this album to being one of the most influential on my music taste. Despite all this, I just don't fw a lot of the songs like I used to. It's still good don't get me wrong, but a lot of it feels samey and not as cohesive as I remember it being. Let it happen is still one of the best songs oat, but it's not ... read more
Rating my old 9/10s, #15/39
Predicted rating: 9/10
Actual Rating: 9/10
This was 100% worth the 5 year wait. Everything I love about kendrick is on this album. From the top tier lyricism to his flow, everything is amazing. This is such a cohesive work that covers sooooooo many topics that I've rarely seen in hiphop before. I do think the introspective songs like mother I sober are a tad overrated. He has done better types of these songs in the past, but overall they're still great on ... read more
Rating my old 9/10s, #14/39
Predicted rating: 9/10
Actual Rating: 9/10
The slower songs grew on me a lot, I was actually expecting it to be a little worse than I remember. Oh Comely is still too long for me tho, only "miss" on this record. Its pretty good song but not at the level of the rest. Still amazing tho.
Top Song(s): Holland 1945, In the Aeroplane over the Sea
Bottom Song(s): Oh Comely
Highest peak(s): 1:20 of Holland 1945
Rating my old 9/10s, #13/39
Predicted rating: 9/10
Actual Rating: 9/10
Ok now we're getting to the albums that are truly amazing. The amount of 8's or lower will get rarer from here. Every song here besides 2 is a banger. This would be an extremely high 9 if it weren't for the 2 bottom songs. They're not bad or anything just noticeably worse than the others. Besides those 2, amazing album.
Top Song(s): Nina + Field of Cops, Love Takes Miles
Bottom Song(s): Try as I May, ... read more
There's so many damn bangers on here bro i can't decide what to even talk about. Several songs have some of the best and unique instrumentals I've ever listened to. I actually really appreciate the screamo vocals on here, I think it really added to the emotions of quite a few songs.
I love how complex and noisy the instrumentals get at times, and the screamo vocals being toned down a bit in volume makes it so much better. The consistency on this album is unmatched. Besides ... read more
Rating my old 9/10s, #12/39
Predicted rating: 8/10
Actual Rating: 8/10
This is an extremely fun album. There's so many catchy one liners that get stuck in my head whenever I listen to this album. There're songs for every feeling. Tbh this may be a 9/10 tmrw, my opinion on this album changes so much.
Top Song(s): Scenario (best posse cut oat)
Bottom Song(s): What?
Highest peak(s): 3:00 of Scenario
Rating my old 9/10s, #11/39
Predicted rating: 9/10
Actual Rating: 9/10
I can't believe that I didn't care for this album on my first listen 3 years ago. This album exudes the personality of the artist prob more than any other artist. Basically every song is a banger, such an amazing album.
My opinions are always changing on whether this is better than grad. At this very moment, I feel like grad is a tiny bit better.
Top Song(s): We Don't Care, Family Business, Slow Jamz, ... read more
I'm sorry but the instrumentals were just really uninteresting and the third song of each disc left more to be delivered. Just overall eh