Black Hippy crew - Kendrick, ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Jay Rock

[BoMac]

High chance of bad takes in EYKIW tonight.

Is it new material or a sample?

 

[iron yuppie]

I love that the image that shows for that EYKIW thread in the app is the bloody pigeon that Laz posted.

 

[BoMac]

Never mind, just looked in EYKIW.

 

[Danny Boy]

Is it new material or a sample?

Bono actually has a verse. Hard to tell if the rest of the band is involved.

 

[lazarus]

Well if it was just him it would say "featuring Bono".

 

[cobl04]

U2 singing on the same song as some horrible man says bitch!!! I will never listen to the band again!!!

 

[BoMac]

Any chance this gets dropped on iTunes earlier now that it's leaked?

Yes, I realize there's two and a half hours to go anyway.

 

[Danny Boy]

Well if it was just him it would say "featuring Bono".

Agreed, just nothing characteristically U2 about it.

 

[DaveC]

I am not spending 20 minutes tracking down some shit ass twitter link when I can just wait a minute.

yea me too. i don't want to get a virus from some random sketch twitter troll just to try to hear it 90 min early, presuming it's out sometime around midnight eastern time.

 

[lazarus]

It's 4 hrs 30 earlier for me so...yeah.

 

[LemonMelon]

Out on Apple Music for real now.

 

[david]

Listening now....

 

[BoMac]

Yup, downloading now.

 

[cobl04]

WHY lSN'T IT WORKING FOR ME

 

[david]

Damn. This album is good.

 

[david]

Holy shit the last minute of DNA.

 

[BoMac]

Damn, this is great so far.

 

[lazarus]

Skipped ahead to XXX and then started from the beginning. I'm thru the Rihanna track, which isn't bad, but considering most people thought her appearance was gonna be fire and the U2 track a misfire, it's a bit of a letdown.

U2 presence is fairly spare on XXX but when they finally appear in the last 1/3 they get a really great beat going, bringing back Million Dollar Hotel/Pop vibes. Bono at his least annoying (from a hater standpoint). Edge piano (not sure what else he could be playing) is good, but yeah it's a shame he didn't get to rip something cool on the guitar.

It's a big win for the band because it's not too in your face but the track overall is a killer and makes them look good by association.

 

[Imperor]

 

[david]

I'm glad I'm not a hip hop snob.

 

[LemonMelon]

Another hour and a half until I can hear it and people are in here claiming Kendrick is flowing over some Million Dollar Hotel/Pop U2

 

[cobl04]

You can also throw a little bit of Beach Sequence in there mate

I can't hear the fuckin album so I downloaded XXX from some dodgy website and it's so good.

Can't wait to hear the actual album

 

[lazarus]

Another hour and a half until I can hear it and people are in here claiming Kendrick is flowing over some Million Dollar Hotel/Pop U2

Mofo ain't watching...

 

[lazarus]

You can also throw a little bit of Beach Sequence in there mate

I can't hear the fuckin album so I downloaded XXX from some dodgy website and it's so good.

Can't wait to hear the actual album

This is a lot warmer in sound, friendlier than the first two Kendrick albums. Smooth.

Seems like he split the difference between those and Untitled Unmastered.

It's so consistent. Probably my favorite of his.

 

[cobl04]

Section 80 and GKMC? Butterfly is very warm at times.

 

[lazarus]

Section 80 and GKMC? Butterfly is very warm at times.

I meant GKMC and Butterfly, specifically.

Yeah there are definitely moments. This one just sucked me in a lot quicker.

 

[U2inUtah]

Holy shit the last minute of DNA.

FEEL is great too

 

[BoMac]

Love that he samples Fox News criticizing his BET Awards performance at the end of BLOOD.

 

[BoMac]

People on Twitter are speculating that Kendrick will drop another album on Sunday called NATION, aka a double album Damn/Nation.

Where this is coming from I have no idea, but it's Twitter, so who knows. But I highly doubt this is going to happen.

 

[cobl04]

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