Kendrick Lamar Inspired David Bowie’s “★” Album

    David Bowie is preparing the release of his  album (pronounced “Blackstar”) and his producer, Tony Visconti, says he is looking for a different direction than his previous Rock sound.

    “We were listening to a lot of Kendrick Lamar,” Visconti says to Rolling Stone. “We wound up with nothing like that, but we loved the fact Kendrick was so open-minded and he didn’t do a straight-up Hip Hop record. He threw everything on there, and that’s exactly what we wanted to do.”

    The Compton, California rapper’s sophomore album, To Pimp a Butterfly, features music from a variety of genres. Lamar enlists George Clinton and Snoop Dogg on the LP, among other musicians.

    Despite some calling it a “Black” album, Lamar’s producer, Terrace Martin recently said To Pimp a Butterfly is much bigger than that.

    “More than pro-Black, I believe this album has become pro-human being, pro-everybody,” he said. “Playing this music for a mixed crowd is simple because we don’t look at it as a mixed crowd. We look at it as our relatives within the art community, where we don’t experience Black and White or none of that bullshit that the police and the government got us going through as Black people. Within the art is a place of safety.”

    Bowie’s album will be Bowie’s twenty-fifth and is scheduled for a January 6 release.

     

    42 thoughts on “Kendrick Lamar Inspired David Bowie’s “★” Album

    1. TPAB is good but you guys are gassed up. Typical DX commentator “The first few times I thought it was ok but after a 100 listens I now think it’s top 5” GTFO

      1. I am a kdot and Nas fan. Tpab is not better than illmatic, but tpab could go down as one of the greatest hiphop albums

    2. Am I the only one who things good kid mad city is 10x better?! I can’t get into the beats at all on tpab. I’m all for switching things up but it’s just off to me. Maybe I’ll give it another couple of listens.

      1. TPAB is the album that musicians love and many hip hop fans don’t understand sonically. It’s for people like me that grew up on jazz, funk, and neo-soul and appreciate them all equally. If your music library consists of 80 – 90% hip hop then chances are this album isn’t for you. To me, TPAB in a completely different stratosphere than GKMC both in the message and especially in the instrumentation. Don’t get me wrong GKMC is still an amazing album that should already be considered a classic, but TPAB is an absolute musical masterpiece. That’s just my personal opinion though.

    3. I actually didnt like Kendrick until TPAB and then I went and listened to Madd City, TPAB is more musical and has more soul (not soul music)

    4. yeah tpab is objectively speaking a true masterpiece, anybody with some serious musical knowledge knows its at least twice as good as GKMC (which is also a classic)

    5. Kendrick is a threat, all his albums are better than the previous one… other rappers watch out, the king is coming

    6. The scary thing is that kendricks 3 albums are impressive, and he gets better with each album.definently in the next years, he will among the greatest MCs

    7. The scary thing is that kendricks 3 albums are impressive, and he gets better with each album.definently in the next years, he will among the greatest MCs

    8. yeah tpab is objectively speaking a true masterpiece, anybody with some serious musical knowledge knows its at least twice as good as GKMC (which is also a classic).

    9. This is where Kendrick is head and shoulders above his peers. His music is flawless. His metaphors are great and he does a great job of expressing emotion on record. He’s also a great storyteller and can really make you feel for whoever he’s talking about.

    10. To Pimp a Butterfly is a work of art – an angry, indulgent, romantic blast of self-critique and declaration inside a molotov cocktail. A dense jazz flourish of racial narratives, throwback soul and confident funk, this sociopolitical barometer is better than we hoped for – and our hopes were damn high.

    11. I came to the conclusion that TPAB might be better than Illmatic. the flaws are splendid, the music is superb and the rapping is great

      1. It will be difficult for any album now to beat illmatic.i think gkmc and tpab could be among the greatest albums tho.tpab was a masterpiece

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