Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly ALBUM REVIEW
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- Опубликовано: 17 мар 2015
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Several years ago, Kendrick Lamar was hip hop's underdog. Today, he's dropping what's possibly the best rap album of the decade.
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FAV TRACKS: WESLEY'S THEORY, FOR FREE?, KING KUNTA, INSTITUTIONALIZED, THESE WALLS, U, ALRIGHT, FOR SALE? MOMMA, HOOD POLITICS, HOW MUCH A DOLLAR COST, THE BLACKER THE BERRY, I, MORTAL MAN
LEAST FAV TRACK: UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.....I GUESS YOU AIN'T GOTTA LIE......IF I HAD TO PICK ONE
KENDRICK LAMAR - TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY / 2015 / TOP DAWG ENTERTAINMENT / CONSCIOUS HIP HOP, HARDCORE HIP HOP, JAZZ RAP, ABSTRACT HIP HOP
10/10 www.theneedledrop.com/loved-li...
Y'all know this is just my opinion, right? What did you think of this album? Love it? Hate it? Why? What should I review next, eh? 
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Listening to this album on shuffle should be punishable by death
it became mumble rap
I AGREE
I did this once and it played mortal man first then alright
I just pick my favorite songs and put them all on one playlist. Should I go hang myself ?
I’m the 1k like!!
Oh, so when Kendrick makes an album you give it a 10, but when Kendrick makes an album you give it a 7? Really shows your bias in artists
It’s actually a 6 he downgraded it
confused
@@raafay_s1027 I think he is saying he isn't bias
Kendrick is trash anyway he’s one of the most overrated rappers ever
@@kevisjohnson2901 you probably listen to juice,YB,Polo G,Or X just shut up bro if you don’t like his music don’t comment
it’s really cool to see how dababy influenced this album and shaped kendrick as an artist
😭
🤣🤣🤣
Fr, goats create more goats
Yeah I mean, Kendrick copied his style so much is amazing like, did you hear every flow on each track, sounded the same. Had that Kirk or baby on baby vibe ngl. 💀
@@liltc0q245 Ever heard of a joke or sarcasm?
You can really see how much Gunna is an influence on kendrick in this album
Kendrick stole Gunnas style man smh
Bro is that Pinkerton and Kid A profile pic?? Where did you find that?
Also alot of Lil Xan and Lil Pump influence on it, I would even assume he stole alot of their style
Shame on you Kendrick🤦♂️
At the end of the day Kendrick will never be as good as gunna or slim Jesus
Smokepurpp and lil buu are the guys that got Kenny started being a rapman
I bet that Dr Dre guy who's picture is in the back is getting so much exposure off of this review.
byFiji I’m so sad this comment didn’t get one of the top
@south r/woooosh
Edit: im sorry guys i didn't know what /s meant, fortunately urban dictionary did
@@versetylevty946 Do you know what /s means?
@@thisismyname5657 im sorry but i dont learn languages in starter packs
Haha they baited yall
Still have never heard Fantano this horny in 2018
Speedyy what about now?
Kid Cudi just did
Wait till his astroworld review
Jared Xia hell give it 6
Jared Xia uhhhhh
kendrick copying WAP was the worst part of this thing tbh
Agreed
Absolutely... It completely distroyed the album for me
@@alvislarson7853 how?
@@aggghgaabk they playing WAP came out after TPAB so its just a joke plus WAP is more braindead than a dead fly
🤣
this album makes me cry in so many spots, the end of mortal man is so chilling. a masterpiece
How Much a Dollar Cost is BONE CHILLING.
The Blacker the Berry is Stone Cold.
For free is absolutely incredible.
King Kunta is FILTHY.
But at the end of the day.
When shyt hit the fan, is you still a fan?
i mean sing about me kinda got me teary eyed but why would you cry in tpab
Omer KUcuk do u not realize what the lyrics meant?
And... Fantano had to reaffirm that for you?
i didnt really agree at the end when he gave the album a 0 at the end with the sole reason cited being the fact that kendrick is black, but other than that, great video, totally agree
fuckin dying lmao
Love the trolls on his comments lmao
@@radicalsprites melon deserves all of it
Hahahahhahaha
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Sometimes I wonder if Kendrick ever saw this video...
Alejandro Martinez he def has
He saw the dead end hip hop one. No way he didn’t see this
@@nightonthesunband plus the amount that other rappers and music figures have made reference to or mentioned the melon himself, I think even the best respect his opinion
Micah Vanderweide Anthony met Kendrick back in 2010 so he probably is aware of this video
@@micahvdw962 like who? I'm curious
If the album was called "To Pimp A Butterfly" you would've given it a 10
If this album was called hoods hottest butterfly he would have given it an 8
If this album was by j cole he would give it a 6💀
?? But he did give it a 10
@@thedrainmaestrobro?
@@thedrainmaestrothis guy lmao
something satisfying on mobile having the thumbnail be the first frame
BAM!
Haedox is alive
Very satisfying
Why you commenting on every video on the website nowadays
UPLOAF
might as well change this review to classic/10
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i remember you was conflicted
misusing your influence
abusing my power full of resentment
MrNinjaStar a resent that turned into a deep depression
Nicholas Littlewood i didn’t want to self destruct
Nicholas Littlewood so I went running for answers
I get you really like this album, but I think you took it a little far when you sang the opening to Wesleys Theory.
lmao
What’s wrong with that, Anthony is black
💀
😭😭😭
LOLLLL
When Anthony listens to this album he comes fast but he never gets embarrassed
What?💀
@@locajoji8315 it’s a gkmc reference
@@locajoji8315 how don’t you get it 💀
@@locajoji8315 Backseat freestyle
and i recognize u have what ive been wanting
You only gave him a 10 cause he's white
Flowervillain , that's a good one
Bless
Stephen Bowar wtf is ur English.
@Stephen Bowar ok chinese kid
Stephen Bowar nah he rated DAMN a 7/10 then later changed it to a 6/10 he not scared of that
TPAB is the TPAB of albums
TPAB is the Dark Souls of rap music.
TPAB is the Nicholas Cage of acting
@Don Shrek I'm pretty sure he said that as a joke about how everyone thinks every game that's kinda hard is like Dark Souls. But this album isn't that....
Its harder than Dark Souls.
Whenever I listen to this record I’m harder than Dark Souls
TPAB is Tools’ Lateralus of rap music
This album is right up there with TPAB
TPAB > TPAB imo
@@madebybroovy nah your tripping TPAB is way way better
@@staigenerator2949 TPAB shits on TPAB all day, can’t believe people think TPAB is better than TPAB smh
@@madebybroovy I agree
@@madebybroovy I'm tired of hearing that argument when people say TPAB is better than TPAB smh
If it was called “BUTTERFLIES 1” he would’ve given it an unreviewable/10
I am shocked that Kendrick Lamar copied The Big Day. smh.
This wife ain't free
Yeah
I love my CITY
Kendrick Lamar on 'i' :
"and i love my-WIFE"
Bro I know it’s so annoying. What a copycat
this review is actually a 10/10, like no joke, how its structured and everything, Fantano conveys his points really well and thoughtfully. I think this review might be a classic in reviewing history.
Did you just review his review
A solid 9
I think this review of Anthony's review is a 10/10, I mean, honestly, everything about it is stellar. It's got a priceless flow, and the penmanship is top notch. I would honestly say that there are no review of reviews like this one out there on the Internet today, well done.
I think this review of the review of Anthony's review is a 10/10.
Might be the best ever written.
@@danielsemmelrock7808 I think this review of the review of the review of anthonys review is a 10/10. Best I've seen.
To Pimp a Melon:
1. Wesley’s Melon
2. For Melon?
3. King Melon
4. Institutimeloned
5. These Melons
6. m
7. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy REVIEW
8. Melon For Sale?
9. Melon
10. Melon Politics
11. How Much a Mellon Cost
12. Complexin (a Melon Love)
13. The Blacker the Melon
14. You Ain’t Gotta Lie (Melon Said)
15. n
16. Melon Man
MELON.
MELON 80.
GOOD MELON, MAAD CITY
BLACK MELON
OVERLY MELONATED
Anthony, you can’t give this album a 10 just because you want Kendrick to give you the n-word pass
lol
Underrated comment
mc ride will give him a pass for sure
He already got an n-word pass from mc ride bruh
I mean Anthony is black already so he already has the pass. If you watched this video, he called Kendrick the n word a plentiful amount of times
melon emphatically declaring "tHiS dIcK aIn'T fReEeEeEeE" was everything i didn't know i needed
Oh.......that's who melon is
Jackson Dowdle lmao
Wow he said that at the exact moment I read your comment
I come from a future where Anthony gives the next Kendrick's project a 7 wearing the same shirt.
U know we can see you wrote that 8 months ago right?
Gagi Ugrekhelidze lmao. did you look up when you heard the whoosh sound? that was the joke flying over your head.
@@abecasas kindly fuck off with your whoosh bullshit
@@howdyizzypartner Are you Gagi's second account?
@@lilph9644 no
let's be honest, this is not the first time we're here
Yes it’s like my 10th time watching lmao
It's satisfying to watch Anthony give this album a 10
Watching a 10 from fantano just makes me so proud for some reason..
Yeh. You right.
This is my 4th time watching the review.
You can see how much Nav has influenced this album its truly remarkable.
This trash album? Nah you can keep it. Emergency Tsunami and Ds4ever are works of art not music!
@@navsbiggeststanandpersonal6138 shut up
tpab> illmatic or should i say
@@navsbiggeststanandpersonal6138 bruh ok
I remembered it was such a big deal when it got a ten. Now it's like "well yeah, no shit". It's a perfect album
Facts lol
Taylor Chausky Nah, solid 8/10.
FYNFB sit yo ass down you sleepin on the production and lyrics
FYNFB what did you give Section 80 and GKMC?
kobron1559 Haven't listened. Look, To Pimp a Butterfly was a good rap album, I just don't think it's a 10.
Literally one of the few albums where we all agree this is a solid 10 hands down.
9.8 for me but still great
sirawesome hat What makes it a 9.8 rather than a 10? What is a 10 to you? Just genuinely curious man
@@madcock8825 lmao no I can name 5 10/10's off the the top of my head
wee woo Ofcourse, me too. Because top two albums of kendrick are 11/10. So there are lots of 10/10s
@@madcock8825 are you implyig kendrick has the best hip hop album of all time...
Can't believe Nav ghostwrote this.
Ikr
Even though he's the mastermind behind illmatic, I doubt he ghostwrote this
@@DrRAZI99 nah he actually did. You can look it up but I didn’t believe it either. NAV really is the undisputed goat
I'm shook
Damn I thought playboi carti did?
Can’t believe Kendrick copied Whole Lotta Red 🤦🏽♂️
whole lotta red came out in 2020 and tpab came out in 2015. how bro?
@Anshu Slomka ohh ok
Kendrick trash that's why
@@jean522 name one thing that carti is better at
@@josephdemeke5615 carti got better beats
ONE MILLION BABY
theneedledrop Gethony Paidtano
WE MADE IT
theneedledrop A MILLI A MILLI A MILLI
fitting that it had to be the King
Right in time for 500k subs
The promised land.
Haha cool, to pimp a butterfly....to kill a mocking bird?? Any relation???
To Drop a Needle
Tyris Mayo The album cover is a nod to the book "To Kill a Mockingbird", in the book there's a black man that gets convicted by a white judge for rape despite his lawyer giving a ton of strong evidence to prove his innocence. Basically, the judge on the cover is the same from the book.
theneedledrop TENTHONY TENTANO
ANTHONEEE FAAAAYNTAAAYNOOO
This might be Melon's most iconic review. You can see his passion with every word and he breaks down both the music and the message gracefully and effectively. He structures it well so it's easy to follow. He also gives a new perspective on the album as a whole and makes sure to persuade people to listen to it.
Unsubbed
His most iconic review is the light 6
@@noonenobody4282 true, but we don't talk about that one
I heard Anthony Fantano was conflicted.
Misusing his influence.
hahahahahhaha
Sometimes cal Chichester did the same
@@mattilewis resentment that turned into a deep depression
@@goodguysystem9324 found himself screaming in a hotel room
@@nasaofficial4717 I didn’t wanna self destruct
So this was the moment the yellow checkered shirt became iconic
Did u just call it a sh... ok
checkered?
bruh
BRUH moment tbh
@@joshuakoppes3665 Of course he called it a shirt. It's a shirt.
I can't even look at other albums the same after To Pimp A Butterfly
Man what!!!
Zanny Moore True that man. Kendrick made everyone in the rap game look like fools. This is just too great of an album. It is unreal.
Agreed, no other album can compare
Zanny Moore I agree, everything else just seems half assed.
Zanny Moore Disagree I actually like Friday night lights and section 80 more than this one.....Man on the Moon by Kid Cudi too
hard to believe this album is already 17 years old
fr man, i cant believe it was released on 1846
It’s crazy that this album is older than the Roman Empire, feels so long ago
That beethoven verse goes fire tho
Don't tell Drake.
When people say “why do you watch music reviews” I point them to this video. Your passion and attention to detail to the point of view of the artists is very admirable. I went through a slump where I didn’t appreciate music as much but as I watched the video on how you review music to see videos like this I started changing the way I listened. This definitely caused me to stop enjoying a lot of artists i use to because I stopped looking for catchy one liners and “hard” beats. But it made me appreciate not only real hip hop artists who put time and thought into their albums, but other genres I may not have cared for. Basically I wrote this to be another to acknowledge your impact on music and it’s listeners. In case you ever see this never stop being you!
I went through a slump as well for awhile. For years I thought I had heard all the music I would ever like until literally last year I found a whole new ecosystem of new great artists. Feels good to love music again
Dont trust everything fantano says tho, hes good at understanding music but sees it too much from his own perspective and not the artists’.. like his 2014 fhd review was bullshit how it was obvious he skimmed through and didnt understand the album
I wanna see Ben Shapiro react to the blacker the berry with the lyrics
iT’s nOt mUsIc!!!
ps. love the username, golf wang
Gavin yes....among other reasons relating to his politics
Watch him react to Imagine by John Lennon. Never seen someone get so triggered by a popular song from someone who died before he was even born.
totlyepic yeah if one person on the planet would hate that song it would be him
a a I read that in ben’s voice lmao
My man said 2010 at 20:10
Mohit Savla10 Holy shit
Yeah of course totally yep that was 100% intentional
Mohit Savla10 glitch in the matrix
how did u ever notice that
Good weed.
Who’s here after Kendrick admitted that IceJJfish ghostwrote the whole album
🤚
@@stoopidmango243 The proof is in the pudding bucko
Did y’all know that Tom McDonald has writing credits on every single track on this masterpiece? Wonderful
Fake. You forgot that he needed NAV, Drake and Lil Xan to co-write the lyrics. Can’t believe Kendrick has ghost writers !
Don’t forget nostalgia critic as a ghostwriter!!
@@justaguywithhisgrasseson5522no way you didn’t include Mario Judah smh
@@Sigmamale1289 Mario Judah is actually good
@@justaguywithhisgrasseson5522drake is way better than mario judah u still mentioned him😭
still amazes me how much this album grew on me
Same
It gets old after like 1000 Plays
+Mark Rontti I got 1056 plays lol
Piña ColAda same thing happened to me I actually hated the album when it first came out, I started loving it like half a year after it came out
+marco bazan.
This review really has that “best album of the decade” energy
I mean what would really rival this project? Mdbtf is the only one that comes to mind
@@user-co1gi7yd2r *cries in 6*
Kiel Tem right
MBDTF is and will always be better
pushingsincedayone is this a Joke?
TPAB is an example of an album that transcends genres and works better when listened to from start to end in one sitting, like most legendary albums like this and Dark Side.
There's plenty of records that have that front to back energy Ike Igor. Love it that way
Bro shut up it’s so overrated
I think ‘transcends genres’ is weirdly underselling it. It’s unequivocally and unapologetically hip hop and essentially the culmination of every era of and precursor to the genre
Great album, Macklemore deserves another Grammy for this
I can't believe George Clinton was both a president and a singer... Talented dude.
@Angad Grewal r/woosh
LMAO
My favourite war criminal😁
Funnily enough, George Clinton also happens to be the name of a major politician from the 1790s
Don't forget he was also a saxophonist
This review is Anthony's magnum opus
he got the rating wrong tho
peenlick for real, was expecting an 11
Ummmmm..(cough)(cough)angelic 2 the core (cough)(cough)
LEARN THE SACRED WORDS OF PRAISE, HAIL SATAN!! 666th like
@@carlanga3104 nope 702 likes sorry buddy
Man, as a producer, I really appreciate how the way the vocals are mixed on the poem segments. They’re mixed like an actual interview mic, foreshadowing the twist at the end.
This is Melon at his peak, showing his excitement & love for this album. How he dissects every song is pure greatness.
wow Anthony, this review was extremely well-done. Not only did you effectively convey all of your main points with reasons for those points, but I agreed with every single one of them. Once again, just a job well done.
Unsubscribed, blocked, and reported
Charlie he creates an almost perfect review for an almost perfect album. I couldn’t ask for much more.
Canceled
I'm dead.
It was pretty good, but I don’t think he needed to say the n word THAT many times
One of the best and funniest comments I’ve seen in a while
what happened? lmao
I think this album is a masterpiece and it's crafted incredibly well, but it only works for me if I treat it like a book or movie. I gotta start from the beginning and go all the way through. For example, "u" literally feels like a scene out of a movie, so it's weird when it randomly comes on shuffle. There are only a couple of songs I can listen to on their own and really enjoy, but mostly it feels better as a whole. Does anyone else feel this way?
Same. Songs like Wesleys Theory and How Much a Dollar Cost I can listen to no problem, but songs like u and institutionalised I can only listen to when going through the whole album. And u is my favourite song on there, too.
Felt this way about GKMC .
I completely agree. I was excited about the album but I hadn't really enjoyed the singles ( I, Blacker The Berry) because I was listening to them out of context. I've been listening to the album endlessly for the past few days and its honestly one of the most satisfying experiences in music I have ever had. Each new listen I get that much closer to figuring out and deciphering the messages he places into the songs. I salute Kendrick for believing in his fans\listeners and not insulting their intelligence by giving us something to really analyze and sink our teeth into. Kendrick is a living legend, the kind of artist i'll be telling my children about when they ask who I loved and listened to as a young man.
***** love your content man
Oh hai! Its you hahah I agree the only ones I seem to able to listen to on their own are "u" "Alright" "complexion" and maybe "king kunta"
It's so cool to see how Playboi Carti/King vamp inspired this album, if you really listen to the album you can hear the similarities to Whole Lotta Red, this album is lyrically almost as great as WLR! I love this album definately a 4/10
I'll tell you just how much a dollar cost... the price of having a spot in heaven embrace your loss, I am God (slatt) (slatt) (what) (homicide)
I feel like die lit is carti’s tpab
I'm the biggest hypocrite of 2015 (what, yeah)
When I finish this if you listenin' then sure you will agree (hold up)
This plot is bigger than me, it's generational hatred (plot, slatt)
It's genocism, it's grimy, little justification (what, what)
Good Play, Mad Boi
To Die a Butterlit
WHOLE LOTTA DAMN.
carti> some homeless dude
After 7 years of listening to this album I can fully say that this is indeed a Kendrick Lamar album
Out of the entire extensive catalog of albums in Kendrick Lamar's discography, TPAB is definitely one of them.
I may have to take your word for it, I've been thinking about this exact problem for years
back here to hear the 10 slip out that melon mouth
LMFAOOOOO
cat _ HAHAHAHHAHHAHH
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
people bust nuts when they hear the word “10”
Anthony's excitement in this review is infectious.
La Creatura couldn’t have put it any better
His enthusiasm is amazing to watch
el goblino....
Ikr I get excited watching it
La Creatura sounds really weak in my part, but I watch this review once every few months and I get goosebumps at how excited he is with this album, and I tear up at how this album is such a master
To Pimp a Butterfly is arguably the 2010s Illmatic
100%
no
Best of all time
except better in every single way
Illmatic is arguably the 1990s To Pimp a Butterfly
5 years ago I was wondering through RUclips looking for new music to listen to when I stumbled up on this video, I listened to the video and found my favourite album of all time, ever since my tastes in music have changed so drastically that I feel like it made me a different person and it made me happy to explore music more and more every day. This was my first TND video and definitely not my last thanks Anthony this was an important video in my life, hope you read this.
With all of the things I've disagreed with you about, I can forget about all of that knowing that you gave this masterpiece the perfect score it deserves.
this album is straight up trash
lil lil You probably think revival is a good album foh
lil lil
Simpleton lol
lil lil can’t expect someone to know real music when their name’s lil lil
lil lil pee your pants
I have auditory issues and so hearing lyrics to a song is rather difficult for me. I usually listen to music for beats rather than lyrics. However, I forced my self to learn the lyrics to everyone of these songs, then went on to try and listen to each song as I follow the lyrics on my screen.
And thus, this is now the first album I have ever understood the lyrics to, and it's one of the greatest things I have ever had the privilege of listening to.
That's all I wanted to say really. Good day. Oh, and well done on 1 million.
If you want another perfect album, listen to Madvillainy
+TheNerdyResponder Lmao another DOOM hypebeast on a Fantano video
***** DOOM is top 10.
Your favorite rapper's favorite rapper is probably DOOM
+yung dad i dont even know if you can get anymore salty than this
+TheNerdyResponder madvilainy was so good!
Took me a while to listen to it but I am now a huge fan.
I was wondering if you could recommend a doom album? Or any album for that matter.
Playboi Carti really doesn't get enough credit for ghostwriting TPAB
Nice joke
Ikr
Fantano's acknowlegement> Grammy/Certified Platinum Awards
Idk on one hand the Grammies are really biased and shouldn’t mean much but Fantano also gives garbage stupid crazy “experimental” “music” a 10
@@ericramos1916 very surface level assessment for both, but I do agree with the Grammies. At least Fantano knows he is biased on his own personal preferences (like his love of experimental or noisy music), so his reviews should always be treated subjectively.
@@ericramos1916 uhh..? If you mean Money Store or YWGWYW then it's not stupid. It's genius and extremely good, but it's not for everyone. I don't blame you if it's not for you but to outright say you think it's "bad" music or mocking people for liking it is pretty stupid
@@aquacyanide Money store is pretty good but def not a 10
“why hasnt kendrick talked about blm?”
he did... like 2 albums...
Bruh his entire discography is about it. People are clowns
I've heard nobody say this ever.
UndeadAirwaves ikr this is like every comment on alright but I’ve never heard a single person say that and if anyone does they are an idiot
UndeadAirwaves not my fault
UndeadAirwaves I remember few months back there was a ton of people getting mad at Kendrick for “not tweeting or saying anything about the protests” turns out the dude was fucking protesting in the streets of Compton 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ people are so stupid bro like just listen to his music if you wanna hear him speak on this type of shit
Snoop Dogg can simultaneously be featured on one of the best records of the decade, and the undoubtedly worst one. What an absolute fucking legend.
Which is the worst one lmao?
@@maet8466 Corey Feldman's Angelic to the core.
something something he'll never turn down a check
He’s the Nic Cage of hip hop
him and kid cudi are the only artists to ever be featured on a 0 and a 10 album
I come back and watch this video at least once month. He is always so concise with his words but still meets the gravity of the topics he is speaking on. Love this video
A beautiful piece of music even for people who's not into rap.
Which is why Kendrick is the goat. Not many rappers have non rap listeners, just one reason of how Kendrick is ahead of the pack
Jazz fans love it. My mum loved it
wtf are on drugs
I'm into punk and metal. Great album.
@@retnugnahte your mum is not a genre
When Kendrick won the Grammy for Best Rap Album he saluted Nas & Snoop and said, "We will live forever, believe that."
Considering the fact that this album is already being taught in some schools, and the impact it made, like the protesters chanting "Alright", I truly believe this album will live forever. It's just perfect.
I used this album in my English essay when discussing racism. So it will eventually be taught in school.
People always think the "classics" can never be touched and nothing can ever reach their level, but in twenty years this album will be looked at the same way Illmatic, Reasonable Doubt and other classics are imo
+Jay Iraj I think so too, in my opinion this is the great American hip hop album.
It is already being looked that way.
Well, this album is overrated as hell. No way in hell is it better than Dark Fantasy. And what impact did it make?? Except for the lyrics, the music in the album is a paint by number hip hop record.
Institutionalized is an extremely underrated song
Thank u
Ikr even tho all the songs are my favorite institutionalized stands out
My favorite song off the whole album
It's different from the others but still the same
institutionalised and U are the best.
Boy this is such an amazing album, I’m sure drake and Kendrick will be friends for the years to come!
I don't think I've ever seen Anthony happier to gush over something he loves
I bet you didn't expect a reply
@@orestispap69 Guess not lol
Yup lmao
he gave this a higher score than TPAB lmao
This IS TPAB.
AnimeFreak43511 think thats the joke...
sea.drnkr I this he means TPTB.
sea.drnkr it ised tp be tpac but it sounded too much like 2pac
John Smith fuck off
Can't wait to see my kids studying TPAB in school
@Elizabeth It should be studied
Elizabeth
Harvard Dropout
Total Xanarchy
I’m Gay (I’m Happy)
I actually learned about the album because we analyzed it in my AP seminar class
@@praveenweerasundara619 What!!! Thats so cool!! Is it english?
I (born 2002) actually studied TPAB in 2019 when I studied in Japan (only lived there for a year)
This is in my opinion the best album I've ever heard. I was so deeply moved by this album, and Kendrick does a fantastic job in the song "u".
u is my least favourite song on this album and honestly the only skip for me and i dont understand why ppl love it so much, could you explain what you love abt it?
@@FakeAdirTV I can't tell but it seems like they're really moved by it and like how it sounds
@@FakeAdirTVthere is the point of how certain songs resonate with people and their subjective tastes, but there is also something to be said about it in context of listening to each track on the album in order. The track overall goes really hard. I don’t care too much for the beat switch, but the song is very lyrically sound nonetheless. You could make the case that there isn’t a skippable song on the album with its catchy hooks, beats, lyrics, etc. Personally I wouldn’t make that case, but you certainly could.
@@FakeAdirTVit's so catchy but also moving
@@FakeAdirTVI love u because it has a really catchy chorus at the start which also has a deep melancholy meaning to it which just feels so good with the tone just going down and then the voice crack Kendrick is just really nice
As a metalhead who rarely goes out of his way to listen to other stuff, I decided to finally give Kendrick Lamar a try. I listened to Section.80 and GKMC, and I’m upset that I’ve been missing out on this art. Kendrick has an amazing ability to write compelling and in depth stories in his lyrics and flows while not giving up awesome instrumentals and just overall catchy music. It’s artists like this that make me wanna venture off into more hip hop music. I’m onto TPAB and I’m so interested in how it’s supposed to top his previous 2, since I just cannot stop listening to them.
EDIT: TPAB is one of the best albums ever
My guy Kung Fu Kenny really just pulled 2Pac from Cuba and asked him questions
Hip-Hop Top 9s Why is 2Pac hiding in Cuba?! When he could’ve made a ton of money making music
@Kuziva Mubonderi oh it didn't do that well? IT DIDN'T DO THAT WELL?!?!?
@@jacksondowdle5217 yes, it didn't
@Kuziva Mubonderi I just looked it up it sold 300k copies first week it also sold 1 million copies
@@andresciahooten9598 something tells me money isnt as important in cuba
And here we have it folks. The first album review in youtube history to hit a million views. Congrats Anthony.
B-Mint1994 really?
White Peoples Tears Yup. Try to find an album review that has more views than this one. You probably won't.
B-Mint1994 Searching with "Album Review" and sorting by views, there's one video that's higher than this one and it's an hour long review of a Taylor Swift album.
+Twaddle Tweed Mind posting a link? All I see is this video as most viewed.
+SourPatchSkateboarding fleet foxes is still at 950k
Kendrick is one of the reasons I started listening to rap music again after fev years of detaching myself from it. And this album helped me in many ways find lacking self confidence and sense of self worth. If so many people can connect with ones music on emotional lvl - it truly speaks for itself
It’s fun to return to this review simply to hear a level of enthusiasm reserved only when a blue moon project emerges. Always inspiring, makes you want to make something special.
This is the 10iest 10 of all time. Easily the best of all the 10s
Well there's not a lot of competition. There's only like 5 or 6
@@thestanman1486 I mean yeah, but they're all 10s, they're the strongest competitors you can hope to have
What about Nas' Illmatic
Joe Dorben YWGWYW is literally album of the decade
Sidhant Sood .....
fun fact: institutionalized can also be heard as institutional lies its the same thing as what he did in ADHD when the chorus says "fuck that" which also sounds like "Fuck Thought"
Haha, never thought about that. Good catch.
+MultiDiceman Institutional lies I could still kill me a ni**a, sew up
+MultiDiceman that wordplay double entendre son
Tupac did that first
Feels kinda life Kanye's Hell of a Life/Hell of a Lie
i keep coming back to this review, it's so rare to see melon so passionate about a record, his joy is incredibly infectious.
the comments on this video are hilarious, too.
for real, melon did a great job of selling this album. I wasn't all about it the first listen through, but after i watched melon's review and how he raved about every single song and when he said you really need to listen to what kendrick is saying. It was all very true, and glad i gave this album another chance, now it's probably tied for my favorite of all time along with gkmc.
These walls ties into sing about me from gkmc. I listened to his album for years before noticing. The I was tripping on a tab one night and for whatever reason I just love listening to that song when on lsd and it finally clicked and now it has become my favorite kendrick song of all time. A masterpiece
The original title of this album was titled: 2PAC = To Pimp A Caterpillar.
No joke.
TU Pimp A Caterpillar, to be exact
It was gonna be 2pac, then it was gonna be How Much A Dollar Cost until Kdot decided to name it TPAB
wow😁ddnt know that
+Kuba Wilczek W
Lol you know that make sense but that would be pretty funny if that had been the name
@maxsmuckers on twitter
NNest how are u rating black panther soundtrack 🤦🏽♂️ it was impossible to see a super lyricism from kendrick because the songs needed to be connected with the movie
because Anthony gave it that score.....
you left out untitled unmastered - 8
Lol ur comment sucks ass boi
black panther is not a kendrick album get that fuckin album outta here boi
Legit one of your most well thought out and expansive reviews. Fantastic job.
Honestly, at this point, this review has become so iconic and referenced so often that I think it has become synonymous with music critiquing. This video will go down in the books and will be immortalized, as the most famous music reviews of all time.
I love a lot of Kendrick Lamar's lyrics. But I feel like I have to sit down and read them to actually fully understand them and then research the references to god and the older rappers.
I like his music but I feel like a lot of the lyrics go over my head.
Thats the best part
+Piña ColAda im brazlian,so english is not my first language. listening to mf doom for the first time without genius was absolutely impossible
That's what gives it such amazing replay value. Still hear things I've never heard before, even after my 500th time listening to it
That's part of what keeps it enjoyable, ya find something new everytime ya here it. And the fact that he can weave such a web is a huge testament to him as well. But yeah, everytime ya here it ya have something new to chew. I prefer that to something like Drake's new album for example any day. Ya here that once and ya got it, but Lamar gives you something with repeatability.
Welcome to rap music
If this was called To Pimp A Butterfly it would’ve gotten a 10/10.
I revisit TPAB maybe twice a year or so. I think it might genuinely be the best album to come out in the last 20, maybe even 30 years. Every single time I visit it again, I enjoy it just as much as the first time I put it on. Absolutely incredible as a piece of art, and endlessly memorable. It really was an instant classic, and I really hope its legacy shines further into the future. One of my absolute favorite albums of all time, one of the best I've ever had the pleasure of listening to.
If for whatever reason, you haven't spent time with TPAB, absolutely do it now. The album's amazing on all sides while maintaining a very diverse and captivating tracklist that all carry extremely strong, relatable lyrics. Check it out if you haven't, go back to it for a while if you have. It's worth your time, every time.
I literally listen to the entire album start to finish like once a week lmao
Nas is clear
illmatic clears
@@Wavy-fs4mr nasW
@@bezvard1705 Kendrick clears
T(w)o Pimp A Butterfly = TPAB = 2PAB
T(w)o Pimp A Caterpillar = TPAC = 2PAC
"Kendrick leaves with a great poem that he made for Pac and leaves us with a caterpillar which becomes and butterfly to escape the m.A.A.d city."(taken from genius)
Knowing that the album has many deep and hidden messages, this can't be a coincidence.
Holy shit...
+Kenn Adams knows
+Fedora The Explorer when you're looking for hidden messages you're going to find them.... and don't annotate rap genius cause they also go way to deep
+clercq025 x 100% true. A rapper would be like "I saw the sky was blue and it was nice" but rapgenius be like "this shows the artists sadness and depression they felt in life, and blue is a depressing color etc blah blah" lmao you get the idea
He said himself the original name was Tu Pimp a Caterpillar so that it would spell Tupac.This isn't a secret.
This album will separate kendricks actual fans from his hype fans
biller97 It's beautiful really? why you may ask because GKMC brought so many hype fans to his table but this right here is artistry even more so than in GKMC
Shiny Ninetails yea I played this album to my friend mo he dropped his jaw is disappointment so I kicked him out of my house and called him a fake fan like man did he even listen to mortal man?
It's amazing the amount of people I saw trash this album from just listening to the iTunes PREVIEWS. Some people just hate change and I'm glad Kendrick changed it so now we don't have to deal with fake hip hop fans.
biller97 YOU KNOW IT.
It seems like they are more of a fan of the past album but not Kendrick Lamar fan. I'm a Kendrick Lamar fan. I love all of his song. But without his personality and character I wouldn't probably listen to him. Kendrick is the realist! #kingKendrick
It's so cute seeing him smile with joy for this album
I just got finished listening to this album for the first time... this album and Kendrick himself something special. This truly is a very special album; while I didn't cry, I truly did feel something while listening to the album.... like I was deep into the emotions most tracks portrayed. This is art in its pure form, I hope whatever Kendrick makes in the future will be grand and just as good as this.
IM A SUBURBAN 17 YEAR OLD WHITE KID WHO KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT SLAVERY OR CIVIL RIGHTS BUT THIS ALBUM IS MAKING ME FEEL GUILTY CAUSE ITS ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE STUFF I DONT REALLY UNDERSTAND.
Troll
Ritvik Miglani try sarcasm
Lmao....this is perfect.
DAE MEMES XDDD
love weeb xd
heres the times for the songs/specific bits of the review if anyone cares
intro 0:00
3:30 i
4:30 mortal man
5:55 production on these walls and blacker the berry
6:10 poem/end of mortal man
9:20 themes/major idea of songs
10:20 for free
11:00 "Kendrick is not shoving an ideology down your throat"
12:30 westlys theory
13:50 for sale
14:03 king kunta
14:35 these walls
15:00 institutionalized
15:55 u
16:45 themes of momma and hood politics
17:15 hood politics
17:50 you aint gotta lie
18:07 i
18:15 themes of blacker the berry and complexion
18:40 finishing thoughts
19:10 summing up album
weisgamererz thx. I needed this
Ayy going back to this
you beautiful bitch
missing crucial part.. 21:59 YEH
He didnt talk 'alright'?
No joke, this album is the equivalent of sitting down and getting wrapped up in a good book. Like the storytelling and narrative is just SO damn good and it finishes with such on a fulfilling note. If this album isn't on a shitton of Album of the Decade lists, society will just prove how tone deaf they are.
you can tell off the bat anthony knows he’s about to review the greatest album ever recorded and he’s just happy to exist when it came out
anyone love the track "Complexion"?!
My fav song on the album
that hooooooooooooooook!!
kind of reminds me of some daft punk, agree or disagree?
The Easy Instrumentals Yeah, it's got that funk sound that Daft Punk likes to play around with.
The Easy Instrumentals That final verse by Rapsody is one of my favorite verses ever.
Black as brown hazelnut, cinnamon, black tea
And it's all beautiful to me
Call your brothers magnificent call all the sisters queens
We all on the same team, blues and pirus no colors aint a thing