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Post by SHOOTER on May 13, 2022 15:06:21 GMT -5
There’s a good album in here somewhere.
CDs are supposed to be available May 27th.
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Post by ethanhunt on May 13, 2022 17:09:58 GMT -5
I've listened to this four times and I still don't really know what to make of it
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Post by SHOOTER on May 13, 2022 19:51:32 GMT -5
The think pieces over Auntie Diaires has already made my head spin.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on May 14, 2022 7:34:36 GMT -5
The think pieces over Auntie Diaires has already made my head spin. I’ve seen one status on my Facebook calling him out on using the f-slur, gender pronouns and deadnaming so I’m guessing this is the song? I haven’t listened to the album yet. I’m away for the weekend and don’t want to listen until I can focus with the entire thing start to finish but I’m very much looking forward to it!
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Post by Wave. on May 14, 2022 10:12:22 GMT -5
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Post by Active Aggressive on May 14, 2022 10:48:51 GMT -5
I mean...obviously, that is her unique, singular take and she doesn't speak for the whole trans community, but good for her? Kendrick is an artist who also likes to be a provocateur. Therefore, I would never look to him for anything other than his artistic self-expression and getting people to think and talk about topics that can be difficult, which apparently he is doing, so...good for him.
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Post by SHOOTER on May 14, 2022 14:24:27 GMT -5
Initial projection holds at 325-350k SPS.
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Post by dremolus - solarpunk on May 17, 2022 2:50:53 GMT -5
More accessible than even Damn?? I thought Damn. was easily his most accessible of all his albums, especially after the unlistenable TPAB. I bought that album and listened to it when it came out, but other than Alright, that album does not have any replay value for me. It's like some Brooklyn art school student's senior project. I dunno...despite the rave reviews for this, I am not in a big rush. I remember TPAB also getting the same type of rave reviews. Does anyone know if he has plans to release this in physical form? ........
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Post by Active Aggressive on May 17, 2022 8:03:25 GMT -5
More accessible than even Damn?? I thought Damn. was easily his most accessible of all his albums, especially after the unlistenable TPAB. I bought that album and listened to it when it came out, but other than Alright, that album does not have any replay value for me. It's like some Brooklyn art school student's senior project. I dunno...despite the rave reviews for this, I am not in a big rush. I remember TPAB also getting the same type of rave reviews. Does anyone know if he has plans to release this in physical form? ........ k.
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Post by SHOOTER on May 18, 2022 3:41:34 GMT -5
Initial projection holds at 325-350k SPS. Current projection stands at 320k SPS (35k sales).
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Post by SHOOTER on May 23, 2022 2:46:29 GMT -5
Initial projection holds at 325-350k SPS. Current projection stands at 320k SPS (35k sales). The hype deflated quickly.
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Post by atg on May 27, 2022 9:20:44 GMT -5
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Post by Active Aggressive on May 28, 2022 12:14:05 GMT -5
f**k him for the bonus CD s**t, LOL. I literally cancelled the CD I ordered from Amazon with points because it wasn't gonna come until next Tuesday and I realized I could get it from Target and spend the weekend digesting it. I justified it by saying I would spend money in Target anyway and can use the refunded points to something else next week LOL.
Anyway...this album. Whew. Sprawling is definitely the word. I was going to list my standouts but as I started, it turned out that I felt that pretty much every track is on the next level. His best album, for sure. It merges the artsy, jazzy, slam-poetry vibe of TPAB with the more commercial and accessible Damn. I really appreciate the honesty and vulnerability in tracks like Mother I Sober and Auntie Diaries. It's a visceral album and powerful, but most importantly, it SOUNDS good. It sounds like there are actually viable singles here (N95, Die Hard, Rich Spirit, Purple Hearts, Count Me Out, and Silent Hill immediately come to mind). Much respect to Kendrick for this one.
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Post by dremolus - solarpunk on May 30, 2022 0:33:13 GMT -5
He definitely does a lot of self-analysis, and it's a sprawling album. I commend him for it. I need to digest it more, including how I feel about some songs/lyrics. He can't seem to get pronouns right ("Auntie Diaries"), sympathizes with anti-vaxxer Kyrie Irving, and seems to make excuses for R Kelly's behavior. No. "Mother I Sober" is next level. There's a lot to discuss and argue about the lyrics but for me, I don't think it was making excuses for R. Kelly's behavior. It's not really excusing or justifying his behavior by bringing up R. Kelly's own past of being sexually molested at a young age. I mean this was even brought up during the Surviving R. Kelly docu-series I think it's especially important to take in the follow-up lines that reference Oprah as an opposite to his story. Both of them successful black icons who suffered sexual abuse and trauma at a very young age where one was able to break of the cycle of hurt and the other wasn't. And even then with Oprah, Kendrick asks how much trauma and hurt she still has and whether she's gotten closure. Since the central theme of the album is coming to terms with the cycle of trauma and abuse in the Black community and trying to break the chain, I doubt Kendrick wanted to justify or excuse abusive behavior. It's just showing how 'hurt people hurt people' is more than phrase.
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Post by Mayman on Aug 22, 2022 12:23:29 GMT -5
This is still my favorite album of the year. So many good songs on here like N95, Father Time, Rich Spirit, Mother I Sober, Die Hard, Mirror, Mr. Morale, Purple Hearts, etc. The only song I really don't use is Auntie Diaries.
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Post by Mayman on Sept 1, 2022 13:12:04 GMT -5
The "We Cry Together" short film is out now. They did it live in one take.
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Post by Kishi KCM on Sept 2, 2022 9:43:30 GMT -5
Love the album, We Cry Together is actually my favorite song on it. Love the video.
Saw something I didn't know I always wanted to see hahaa.
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Post by Troublemaker on Sept 4, 2022 11:47:57 GMT -5
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Sept 12, 2023 8:09:00 GMT -5
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