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For the most part he doesn't travel with the band right now, just the DJ (which happens to be Ali his engineer). However, if it's anything like this show I'm sure people won't mind as much.
Sounds like you're more in the "rap I have seen at Bonnaroo so far has sucked" camp. There was stellar hip-hop in 2011 (J. Cole, Childish Gambino, Big Boi) and 2012 (Black Star, GZA, Ludacris, The Roots, Childish Gambino again, Das Racist). This year is stacked too.
EDIT: That's just based on the years you've been, too. They've booked Jay-Z, Beastie Boys, Kanye West (though that didn't turn out well), Lupe Fiasco, People Under The Stairs, Public Enemy, Snoop Dogg, Chali 2na (featuring Galactic), Talib Kweli, Aesop Rock, El-P, Common, Blackalicious, Lyrics Born, Cypress Hill, The Streets, Atmosphere, Jurassic 5, De La Soul.
In short, rap at Bonnaroo far from sucks.
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I actually enjoyed yelawolf last year. Danny Brown and Kendrick not so much. But I think that was due to where my head was at the time. And those god damned horns.
I think it's funny when people who admittedly don't listen to very much rap make claims like Kendrick Lamar is the best rapper of his generation, GKMC is the best rap album of the decade, etc. Obviously it's good and many true hip hop heads like it a lot, but just because it's accessible doesn't make it an instant hip hop classic. Don't get me wrong, dude is great... but best of his generation?? One of the best rap albums in the past decade?? Let's cool it with the P4K hype machine. Maybe I'm wrong though, and it is incredible but all of the hype from the non-rap community made it harder for me to appreciate.
I think it's funny when people who admittedly don't listen to very much rap make claims like Kendrick Lamar is the best rapper of his generation, GKMC is the best rap album of the decade, etc. Obviously it's good and many true hip hop heads like it a lot, but just because it's accessible doesn't make it an instant hip hop classic. Don't get me wrong, dude is great... but best of his generation?? One of the best rap albums in the past decade?? Let's cool it with the P4K hype machine. Maybe I'm wrong though, and it is incredible but all of the hype from the non-rap community made it harder for me to appreciate.
I think it's funny when people who admittedly don't listen to very much rap make claims like Kendrick Lamar is the best rapper of his generation, GKMC is the best rap album of the decade, etc. Obviously it's good and many true hip hop heads like it a lot, but just because it's accessible doesn't make it an instant hip hop classic. Don't get me wrong, dude is great... but best of his generation?? One of the best rap albums in the past decade?? Let's cool it with the P4K hype machine. Maybe I'm wrong though, and it is incredible but all of the hype from the non-rap community made it harder for me to appreciate.
My only gripes with Kendrick's live act (and I admit I've only seen him at Roo last year and in the video posted in this thread) is that A.) his voice sounds so different live when compared to on the record and 2.) he only actually raps half of the lines, and doesn't actually say all the words. I surmise that this is because his style of rapping is greatly dependent on being able to get a lot of words out under one breath (i.e. Rigamortus) and this is something he can't do when trying to project a lot of energy on stage, but for me it takes away a bit from his act. Is this common when rappers perform live? I'm a huge rap fan but haven't seen much live stuff.
It also seems like he's a bit more bullish/thuggish when he's on stage as compared to the thoughtful and insightful persona that comes through on his records (Backseat Freestyle notwithstanding), which turned me off a bit. Still looking forward to his set, though.
Post by billypilgrim on May 12, 2015 11:13:46 GMT -5
Yesterday, California's State Senate named Kendrick Lamar the 35th Senate District's Generational Icon. I don't have my state senate districts memorized, but I'll bet you that the 35th includes Compton. Here's the story.
