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This is dope, if it had made the album you know "Get God on the phone!" would have become an instant catchphrase. Dot with some of that quasi-singing, goddamn. Oooohhhh.when that bass hits along with those hi-hats? K. Pimp pimp hooray, ho, hey, ho, hey. Now this sounds exactly like something off TPAB, flute lines, horn stabs, Kendrick on some of that woozy flow. This is that song Kendrick's going to invite a fan onstage to rap to in order to prove they're a real fan. It's dope, but gut instinct, it sounds like a mixtape cut if Kendrick wasn't light years beyond still doing mixtape cuts. No hook, no bridge, just straight rhymes. Coming right out of the gate with some en fuego bars. Right off the bat we got some deep-voiced dude on the intro, this is like porn when the guy just won't shut the fuck up, like anybody pressed play on this Abella Anderson video to hear a dude talk - or so I've been told. OK, thankfully that's over and now we've got some Kendrick rhymes. We'll be back later with a follow-up review that attempts to break down the meaning and importance of the album once we've had time to marinate on it. For a deeper explanation of 1 Listen reviews, click here.Īnd with that, let's get rolling. Just stream of consciousness reactions that try to capture the moment.
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Let's just go buy you that brand new bike right now." While specific details on the album are scarce, and the very nature of its title, album art and song titles (or lack thereof) exude vagueness, we can assume by the dates attached to each song title that these are joints recorded around the creation of To Pimp a Butterfly but that didn't make the final cut because of sample clearance issues, they didn't fit the album sequencing or because they just weren't good enough.Īnd for those of you new to the 1 Listen Review rules, this will be a gut reaction listen for the first time, no pausing or rewinding, no editing, no rewriting. Maybe a new album from one of their new John Doe artists, maybe, just maybe, ScHoolboy's album ahead of schedule, but Kendrick? That's like asking your parents for $1 more in allowance each week and them saying, "You know what, fuck an allowance. First, earlier this week TDE announced that it would be dropping a surprise album soon, and frankly I don't think anyone even dared to dream it'd be a Kendrick project. I'm not the hero you need, want or deserve, but I'm the hero you're stuck with because I invented the 1-Listen review, so let's open this laptop, pour this drink, put on my good headphones and get going.Ī bit of background before we really crack this thing open like a 24-pack of Natural Ice at a frat party.