This is just a teaser for the album that drops tomorrow. He released a 'The Heart' part before each of his major releases.
https://open.spotify.com/album/1atjq...urce=copy-link
Contributions from Ghostface Killah, The Alchemist, Beth Gibbons, Boi-1da, Blxst, Sounwave, Kodak Black, Baby Keem.
Everything is too hard trying to be clever. I cant get into it other than a few tracks
The album delves into some heavy topics - family trauma, child abuse, relationships with women, his trans family members...
Not always an easy album to listen to, and he can come off as preachy at times but its very high quality. The production is varied, highly rich and immersive and the songs are smart and layered and demand your full attention.
I can't say for sure I'm going to revisit it a lot, but I already like it more than TPAB.
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Some fags already comparing this album to all eyez on me and life after death lmaoo
Kendrick is too overrated
Another thing why the fuck is this a double lp with only 18 tracks?
^ I agree. When I started listening to Hip Hop albums they usually didn't have less than 16 tracks and sometimes it was up to 25.
Most fans aren't saying its that good. Anyway we don't know if the album will age well.
But yeah you have to count the generational thing - musically and culturally Kendrick just makes more sense to the younger generation, especially with him addressing all the current social issues.
I was vibing to a few tracks earlier - count me out and die hard.
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