Kendrick Lamar’s newest album disappoints with vulgar language
Kendrick Lamar first began his career as a 16 year old boy with a mix tape. His mix tape drew enough popularity that a new record label, TDE, signed him. After this, Lamar went on to make another mix tape, create his first single and four more albums. His newest album To Pimp a Butterfly came out on March 16.
While many people were looking forward to Lamar’s new album, it may not deliver the material that listeners may expect. This album is filled with horrible editing. In “Wesley’s Theory” there is a bubbly effect on the song that makes it seem like Lamar is under water or in a trance while he sings. While this effect was added to the song to make it seem more interesting, it actually made the song unbearable to listen to.
Not only is the background music to Lamar’s album painful to listen to, but also his lyrics are terrible. For most of the record, Lamar puts obscene words to music and calls it a rap. It seems like he actually tries to put more than one curse word in every lyric.
Although his songs are highly offensive and his background music is atrocious, Lamar actually does have a very good voice when there are no effects on the song. In the song “Momma,” Lamar has outstanding vocals and raps at the proper pace. He keeps the music at a nice tempo so that people can understand what he is saying, and he also raps fast enough for the song to be worth listening to.
Over all, Lamar’s album was highly unenjoyably. Although he can rap well, his lyrics were derogatory and offensive while his background music was just as bad if not worse.
Name • Jun 24, 2019 at 8:30 pm
Terrible post. I wouldn’t even consider this a review, since no valid arguments are given, “except” for vulgar language. If you don’t want vulgar lyrics, get the clean version. With that argument we could disqualify so many other albums from getting a positive review. Also, no songs and no words about the whole concept and structure of the album? The poems, the Jazz influences and the great instrumental with lyrics as deep as they could possibly get make this album highly enjoyable. It starts off with the funky and mystical Wesley’s Theory, where Kendrick plays several different roles, impersonating a successful artist and the american Uncle Sam. But the artist, a butterfly leaving it’s cacoon, gets pimped up by the music industry, eventually delving into personal struggles. His struggles are depicted in songs such as u, Momma, Hood Politics and How Much A Dollar Cost, possibly the title that makes the listener think the most. Depression, gang violence, self-worth, racism, home, consciousness, confidence, politics, responsibility, money, morals, integrity and so many other topics, combined in such a creative and innovative way. The album doesn’t get boring at a single point. All of these incredible artistic abilities weren’t considered in this review. The album probably wasn’t listened to anyways. This is a disgrace to all music reviewers.
But I’m no mortal man, maybe I’m just another commentator.
Edrick Leong • Oct 15, 2015 at 12:38 pm
It’s like you listened to the album while watching TV or while sleeping. Did you not listen to any of the actual lyrics beside the obscene words? Did you listen to the whole album at all? Poor excuse for a review.