| Video: Kendrick Lamar – Backseat Freestyle | January 2, 2013 |
Just once I would like Berlin to be the preferred European locale to signify continental luxury. That would definitely get Kendrick up on Resident Adviser. That said, videos set in Compton featuring LA Kings jerseys are always infallible. This is a fact. The best part of the “Backseat Freestyle” video is watching Sherane making it […]
| Good Kid’s Victory Jig: Kendrick Lamar Stops to Bask | November 2, 2012 |
Slava P’s favorite jig is the Charleston. How would you celebrate the release of an album that was both critically applauded and sold 241k units in its first week? Kendrick decided to do it by dropping free music completely separate from the GKMC canon and serves as an introduction to his new collaborative efforts with the sultan of […]
| A Roundtable on Kendrick Lamar’s “good kid, m.A.A.d city”: A Defense of “Poetic Justice” by Adam Wray | October 29, 2012 |
Adam Wray: continuing to ensure that Passion of the Weiss employs more Canadians than Tim Horton’s. There’s a lot of big talk about this Kendrick Lamar record. Classic, this. Voice of a generation, that. It means nothing. We have no idea how good kid m.A.A.d. city will stand the test of time. It looks and […]
| The Art of Peer Pressure: A Roundtable on Kendrick Lamar’s “Good Kid” — Scott Leedy | October 26, 2012 |
Scott Leedy also endorses orange soda and E-40. I don’t know if GKMC is a classic. I don’t know if it’s the best album of the year. I don’t know if it’s the best rap album. I don’t know if it’s better than Section.80, and I don’t know how many listens it will take me […]
Son Raw was ready to hate this album. Kendrick did it. Compare him to the greats to knock him down a peg if you must and complain about what the album isn’t if needed but he still did it: he put out a genuinely excellent, cohesive rap album on a major label in 2012. Because […]
| The Art of Peer Pressure (A Roundtable on Kendrick Lamar’s “Good Kid”): Jonah Bromwich | October 23, 2012 |
It’s Kendrick Lamar week in the rap world, and you can bet that a lot of us want to weigh in on good kid, m.A.A.D. city, an album title which is very confusing to punctuate. We kicked it off last week with Deen and should be continuing all week. Feel free to chime in, hate, […]
| Haiku Review: Kendrick Lamar’s “good kid m.A.A.d City | October 23, 2012 |
Slava P is Rocksteady & Bebop’s older cousin. Sherane aka Master Splinter’s Daughter Sonic plot setup, characters established, rap parts also rapped well. Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe A subdued slow jam with lyric acrobatics and odd nasal noise Backseat Freestyle Animalistic verses held together by a brutal chorus The Art of Peer Pressure Dangers […]
| MobbDeen: ASAP Rocky – Fucking Problem (featuring a Rap Focus Group Tried, Tested & Approved Trio)… | October 19, 2012 |
You know where Deen stands on those who are soy latte only. Disappointingly, our boy Rocky seems to have settled for the French Montana “Pop That” approach for his newest lead single. Also known as the “throw the kitchen sink of name recognition at em” approach. This shit isn’t nearly as cynical or derivative as […]
Deen wrote this while flipping switches and clocking all the riches. Some of you might be aware of the fact that I don’t rate Kendrick Lamar as highly as many seem to. For the umpteenth time, I think he’s a talent, but y’all’s obsession/savior complex basically ruined the kid for me. It’s fair to say […]
| The Great Expectations of Kendrick Lamar | September 26, 2012 |
Scott Leedy usually contributes to Hardwood Paroxysm, but currently, he is surrounded by kush clouds. You can’t save something that doesn’t need saving. So where does that leave Kendrick Lamar? The gifted storyteller from Compton, the kid who writes and raps with a voice and perspective beyond his years, the rapper whose passion and power […]
