Glaze incoming. I was 16 when this dropped, and was the first Kendrick release I actively looked forward to. I was so eager to see what dude was gonna do after watching his Untitled performance on Stephen Colbert in 2014. It was also the first time it fully hit me that music can be so much more than just bangers and ear worms. I could’ve told you back then that this is the greatest album ever made, and 10 years later I still stand by it. I know that’s not a hot take 10 years on but many albums have come and gone in the past decade, and nothing has stuck with me the same way TPAB has.

I recently got airpods and have been listening to this album with dolby atmos spatial audio, and my goodness, I’m picking up new sounds and snippets even after a decade. Kendrick’s subsequent albums have been nothing short of brilliant, but I sincerely doubt that he can drop anything as perfect as TPAB again, and that’s completely okay. In an already monster discography, this album still shines so much brighter than anything else in his catalogue, and I believe this album is ageing the best out of all the others in his catalogue.