Hot Take/ Musical Confession Thread!

Count_Vader said:
The "censored" cover of Is This It is better than the original
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I actually own both. I have had the US copy forever but found a good deal on the MOV UK cover and while I find the UK image to be much more Iconic. It’s unfortunately not a gatefold. Typically I give my duplicate copies to by brothers as gifts but I haven’t been able to decide which version I prefer so for the time being I have two copies on my shelf.
 
NathanRicaud said:
I’m so happy Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly is easily going to top this years’ list! Best album of the decade by far in my opinion 🌟🥇🔥💎🌈
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Help me get into it! I see all the rave reviews and I...don’t really get all the love. This isn’t a hot take so much as an admission that I don’t understand it! It’s seems like the production is cool but the actual lyrics are just “meh.” One of my pet peeves though is when a rapper rhymes a word with the same word, particularly when that word is a cuss word or the N-word. Hes not as bad as Nelly consistently rhyming “now” with “now” but ya know, it still bothers me. Educate me!
 
supahypeag said:
Help me get into it! I see all the rave reviews and I...don’t really get all the love. This isn’t a hot take so much as an admission that I don’t understand it! It’s seems like the production is cool but the actual lyrics are just “meh.” One of my pet peeves though is when a rapper rhymes a word with the same word, particularly when that word is a cuss word or the N-word. Hes not as bad as Nelly consistently rhyming “now” with “now” but ya know, it still bothers me. Educate me!
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What song are you referring to?
 
supahypeag said:
Help me get into it! I see all the rave reviews and I...don’t really get all the love. This isn’t a hot take so much as an admission that I don’t understand it! It’s seems like the production is cool but the actual lyrics are just “meh.” One of my pet peeves though is when a rapper rhymes a word with the same word, particularly when that word is a cuss word or the N-word. Hes not as bad as Nelly consistently rhyming “now” with “now” but ya know, it still bothers me. Educate me!
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Speaking as a seasoned hip-hop head, I don't get all the love either. It's a pretty good album but if this counts as one of the decade's best? Well, shit.. Hip-hop this decade has been shit.
 
NathanRicaud said:
What’s a few of your favourite hip-hop albums this decade? I’m really interested in your picks!
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That's a really good question and truth be told, the last decade has flown by so fast, I can't really remember what was released in that time frame. I know that I've definitely heard ten rap records that I'd rather listen to than any of Kendrick's discography in that time though. I guess that's why I wouldn't put it on a best of decade list cause there are at least ten rap record I'd rather listen to. But that's also because of my taste as well.. there's a lot of shit people absolutely love that just .. amazes me that anyone could like, let alone that many people.. but that's me, and I'm a hater.
 
NathanRicaud said:
What’s a few of your favourite hip-hop albums this decade? I’m really interested in your picks!
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Truthfully, I haven't been into music for very long, so I don't know much about this decade, particularly in the hip hop scene. I mostly just listened to whatever came on the radio. I've liked Gibbs' Pinata (and bought that bundle). I've heard Bad and Boujee because I'm alive and it was pretty catchy. Childish Gambino amuses me, but that might be more for my love of Community (and later Atlanta) than the actual music. My brother has had me listen to a few Logic songs, and those were pretty impressive. I've heard some Cardi B and it's alright. OH! Yeah, I've also really liked Lil Simz and bought two of her records. Denzel Curry was pretty solid.

Anyway, I acknowledge that my experience is not very broad. That's why my take was designed not to be so much hot as...I don't get it. Help me to learn! What is it about that release that was so skillful, culturally significant, etc.?
 
supahypeag said:
Help me get into it! I see all the rave reviews and I...don’t really get all the love. This isn’t a hot take so much as an admission that I don’t understand it! It’s seems like the production is cool but the actual lyrics are just “meh.” One of my pet peeves though is when a rapper rhymes a word with the same word, particularly when that word is a cuss word or the N-word. Hes not as bad as Nelly consistently rhyming “now” with “now” but ya know, it still bothers me. Educate me!
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Hot take:

DAMN. > To Pimp a Butterfly

TPAB is good but is highly overrated. I think it gets credit because it sounds like a complete work and when it came out we were mostly getting lots of mixtape-type albums with dope tracks that didn't flow as a complete piece. The problem is, the concept isn't enough to make it a dope album.

Like I said, it's good, but I never return to it. DAMN I still listen to all the time.
 
It was weird typing that. I used to be much more versed in RHH, from MC Thick, Scarface, Getto Boys, Arrested Development, MC Brains, 2 Live Crew to pretty much everybody on Yo MTV raps, Digital Underground, to the GFunk to Missy Elliot to whatever. I kind of just stopped listening right around when 50 Cent started getting big. Mostly just because I got busy.

And also, since i live sort of around Houston (kinda), chopped and screwed was pretty big. and i hate that style lol
 
Clint Howard said:
That's a really good question and truth be told, the last decade has flown by so fast, I can't really remember what was released in that time frame. I know that I've definitely heard ten rap records that I'd rather listen to than any of Kendrick's discography in that time though. I guess that's why I wouldn't put it on a best of decade list cause there are at least ten rap record I'd rather listen to. But that's also because of my taste as well.. there's a lot of shit people absolutely love that just .. amazes me that anyone could like, let alone that many people.. but that's me, and I'm a hater.
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I understand where you’re coming from. Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly is one of those rare hip-hop albums that all people, whether they are metal, electronic or country listeners, will enjoy and love.

For me, my favourite 20 hip-hop albums are:

Top 10 in no particular order
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
Tyler, The Creator - IGOR
Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here....Thank You 4 Your Service
Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts
Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
Kendrick Lamar- Good Kid, m.A.A.d City

11-20 in no particular order
Ab-Soul - Control System
Little Simz - Grey Area
A$AP Rocky- Live.Love.A$AP
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap
Travis Scott - Rodeo
JPEGMAFIA - Veteran
Danny Brown - XXX
Playboi Carti - Die Lit
Noname - Room 25
Open Mike Eagle - Dark Comedy
Death Grips - The Money Store
 
ITrustMyGuitar said:
Hot take:

DAMN. > To Pimp a Butterfly

TPAB is good but is highly overrated. I think it gets credit because it sounds like a complete work and when it came out we were mostly getting lots of mixtape-type albums with dope tracks that didn't flow as a complete piece. The problem is, the concept isn't enough to make it a dope album.

Like I said, it's good, but I never return to it. DAMN I still listen to all the time.
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Personally I return to DAMN. a lot more than I do TPAB but I will acknowledge that To Pimp a Butterfly is a much more important and impactful album.
 
NathanRicaud said:
I understand where you’re coming from. Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly is one of those rare hip-hop albums that all people, whether they are metal, electronic or country listeners, will enjoy and love.

For me, my favourite 20 hip-hop albums are:

Top 10 in no particular order
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
Tyler, The Creator - IGOR
Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here....Thank You 4 Your Service
Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts
Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
Kendrick Lamar- Good Kid, m.A.A.d City

11-20 in no particular order
Ab-Soul - Control System
Little Simz - Grey Area
A$AP Rocky- Live.Love.A$AP
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap
Travis Scott - Rodeo
JPEGMAFIA - Veteran
Danny Brown - XXX
Playboi Carti - Die Lit
Noname - Room 25
Open Mike Eagle - Dark Comedy
Death Grips - The Money Store
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Wow, Flower Boy doesn't even rank or are you trying to keep it 1 per artist? This is a really great list. I thought we differed more.
 
dhodo said:
Wow, Flower Boy doesn't even rank or are you trying to keep it 1 per artist? This is a really great list. I thought we differed more.
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Flower Boy just missed out. I really do enjoy that album though. Big K.R.I.T.’s ‘4eva N a Day’, Earl Sweatshirt’s ‘Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside’, KA’s ‘The Night’s Gambit’ and Killer Mike’s ‘R.A.P. Music’ also just missed out!
 
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