"good kid, m.A.A.d. city" - Kendrick Lamar (Oct. 22nd, 2012)

[King Lance]

i had it muted around that time i dont think so though

OK, what are you watching right now ?

[ImANoob]

they are asking the audience what they think is the #1 video tonight.

[King Lance]

thanks Lance.....I want the full collab album...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQDF3NUheZM

But I can't remember the name of the other song !

they are asking the audience what they think is the #1 video tonight.

lol I'll wait for the youtube link, I'm not watching the right thing

[ImANoob]

im watching the right thing and im contemplating waiting for a youtube link too haha
edit: great nicki minaj is playing now!
edit 2: I SAT THROUGH THIS WHOLE STUPID FUCKING SHOW AND THEY DIDNT EVEN PREMIER IT!

[King Lance]

wtf are they doing

[ImANoob]

GODDAMN IT

[King Lance]

106&Park trolled us

[ImANoob]

what a great way to gain viewers those pieces of shit

[King Lance]

According to a journalist from XXL and Mtv, the hologram of Pac is in the video. https://twitter.com/jaysonrodriguez/sta ... 1856228352

Jayson Rodriguez ‏@jaysonrodriguez

Watched the "Poetic Justice" video today. Keeps up well with the Good Kid, m.a.a.d. city motif. Well done.

AK / HHNM ‏@A_Kashmir

@jaysonrodriguez @theDYNAMICS Tupac in it?


Jayson Rodriguez ‏@jaysonrodriguez

@A_Kashmir @thedynamics Hologram Pac.

[King Lance]

because he felt that only drake could fit perfectly on this “Lotus Flower Bomb" (interview) and I seriously think that the collab is perfect tbh.

I would never listen to it if one of the 2 artists wasn't on the song

[King Lance]

I would never listen to it if one of the 2 artists wasn't on the song

You know that's a lie. This song would've been better if it was a Kendrick solo song. Admit that he put Drake on it as a selling point.

He could've gone solo or thrown somebody from TDE or the West Coast on this song (Dre, Snoop, Game, come to mind). Drake sticks out like a sore thumb on this album....or like an extroverted homosexual in a room full of gang members.

Kendrick proved that he could sell by himself (the album was one of the most successful albums of 2012 with only 1 single) and his is still doing solid numbers

Drake's voice needed to be on this particular song.
I was afraid to hear him on the chorus but he only raps on the 2nd verse and nop, the song wouldn't be better if he wasn't on it.
Imo, Only Drake could do it on Poetic Justice... it's his domain.

I guess it worked coz a lot of reviews called the song " flawless" and for me, this is also one of the best songs from the album.

from what I have seen in the other pages/threads, it seems that you really don't like Drake but we have to give credit where credit is due tbh. Drake did very well

[King Lance]

I still think it's the worst song on the album and Drake was out of place. How are you going to make an album for the West Coast, Compton CA in particular, and have Drake on it? The only logical explanation there is for the selling point. Sure, Kendrick sold well on his own, but that's something I don't think even he anticipated, and ofcourse being under Dr. Dre's wing helps. But while the album was in it's developmental stage, I'm sure the decision to put Drake on the album was made for other reasons than for "he's perfect for the song".

I don't like Drake because he had so much promise when Comeback Season came out, that mixtape is amazing. So Far Gone was pretty good as well, not as good, but I liked some of the songs on it. Critics like the song because they are on Drake's dick. Take Care is not a masterpiece, it's just as bad as anything he's put out under Young Money. I always felt that Drake's music would've been better if he would've gone the independent route and started his own label. He certainly had the money and popularity to do it. Don't forget that when So Far Gone came out, he wasn't signed to Young Money. Lil Wayne's rectum was pulsating to sign Drake because he knew Drake was a cash cow, and Drake took it in the ass and sold out.

Then Thank Me Later was a dissappointment as was Take Care. His music is not up to par with what he has the potential of doing and he's become a phony.

I think it was anticipated because Interscope has been doing a fantastic job with kendrick since day 1 and Kdot released the second single several months after Swimming Pools.
An album for the west coast can have drake on it if it's a Love song imo and even if I'm not the biggest fan of Drake, I have to admit that any other artists would have ruined the song for me.

Kendrick felt his voice was needed on the song and I 'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with marketing.
Don't forget that they have known each other for a long time ! Kendrick was on Take Care in 2011 and Drake decided to take kendrick with him for his world tour. ( and I think that kendrick was still under TDE)
Kendrick has always wanted to do a song with him

[King Lance]

How can you say any other artist would have ruined the song if that's the only version you would have known of the song?

There are plenty of artists aside from Drake who would've made the song better.

Drake is just that, the guy you go to for a feature to make your shit sell. You can't deny that a bunch of Drake teeny poppers were put onto Kendrick because of Drake.

Drake is what Lil Wayne used to be back between 2004 and 2009, the guy you went to for a feature if you wanted the radio audiences to jump on your jock. I'm not saying that's the case with Kendrick, because it isn't.

But don't deny that Kendrick being on Take Care and having Drake on his album didn't help him reach a new audience, as did being signed by Dr. Dre.

The same can be said about Eminem when he teamed up with Dr. Dre, or 50 Cent when he teamed up with both Dre and Em.

Underground hip-hop fans already knew of Eminem back then, but it wasn't till he began working with mainstream artists that he was introduced to a new audience. The same can be said about guys like Kendrick. I've known about Kendrick since the Overly Dedicated tape came out, I wasn't the biggest fan until I heard Section.80, that album is better than GKMC in my book. And still, he was just an underground rapper till that point. Then he got the feature on Take Care and that's when the radio crowd starting asking questions, like who is this guy? Then he dropped the Recipe with Dr. Dre, then his tracklisting leaked and people saw Drake was on the album as was Dre. You can't say that doesn't help intrigue the average hip-hop listener. Skills obviously play a huge role, as does marketing.

Look at Tech N9ne, he's been a prominent figure in the hip-hop world, but you can't deny that he was introduced to a whole new crowd once Lil Wayne threw him on the Carter 4. Then having Lil Wayne on his next album obviously helped boost his sales. It's all a game, and Aftermath/Interscope played their cards right with Kendrick.

Because it's a love song and for me, Drake is currently one of the best artists in that domain.
I'm not a huge fan of his albums but what he has done on poetic justice sounds perfect to me.

In fact, having Drake on his album was a dangerous move because his fans was afraid to see a pop song on his album !

I agree with what you have said about underground artists etc but imo gkmc is still one of the only uncompromomised hip hop albums that had a lot of success in recent years.
Of Course Drake is on the tracklist but the song is still an uncompromised hip hop song, it's not like it was a pop song lol and it has absolutely nothing to do with the other Drake's songs =p

On the other hand, he is doing songs with pop stars but these songs aren't for his own albums so it's ok for me. This is a smart marketing move imo

Sorry for the short answer but I'm studying for my exam

[Kill You]

Lol Poetic Justice isn't a love song. As Aone put it it's just deals with women.

Eminem on Poetic Justice would have been better, funny, and ironic. Drake is painfully obvious.

[King Lance]

I'm not debating the sound of the song, I'm debating marketing.

And yes, complaining about Drake being on the album.

And I wouldn't say it's a "Love" song per say, it just deals with women.

Shit, it could've been Eminem on the song, he does have the Aftermath connect and close affiliation with many West Coast artists.

It would've made it a better song and it would've reached an even bigger audience.

I want Eminem to collab with kendrick but I didn't want Em on GKMC.
Not really a fan of what he did last year

Lol Poetic Justice isn't a love song. As Aone put it it's just deals with women.

Eminem on Poetic Justice would have been better, funny, and ironic. Drake is painfully obvious.

You hate drake lol, of course you want to see someone else instead of him but the song is perfect like that, Drake did his job
I love Em but no, I can't see Em on a single song from GKMC tbh.
I still want them to collab one day though