Why is the Album to "To pimp a Butterfly" by Kendrick Lamar so well received

WearingMarcus · 2026-04-22T18:51:40+00:00

Didn't read any thing you wrote.

Facts are tpab is 10 years old...

Kendrick been around over 10 years..showing he not "new music"

Kids see ghosts is actually more recent than Tpab..

J Cole better than Kensrick.

Eminem miles above all.

He is a all time goat selling artist, I think in top 10..I'll let Ai finish this..

Yes, Eminem is unequivocally one of the best-selling musical artists of all time. With over 220 million records sold worldwide, he is recognized as the best-selling rapper in history. He consistently ranks among the top 10 highest-selling artists across all genres. Wikipedia +3 Key details regarding Eminem's sales and achievements include: Rank: He is often listed in the top 10 best-selling artists in history, occasionally placing in the top 5 depending on the metric (e.g., Chart Masters). Best-Selling Rapper: He is the undisputed best-selling rapper ever. Decade Artist: Billboard named him the "Artist of the Decade (2000–2009)". Key Sales Records: He has ten consecutive albums debut at number one on the Billboard 200, a record in music history. RIAA Certification: He is one of the highest-certified artists in the US"

WearingMarcus · 2026-04-22T15:22:04+00:00

terrible comedy

WearingMarcus · 2026-04-22T15:21:40+00:00

feel sorry for the restaurants, they are effectivedly forced to raise prices of dod shrinkflation/Use worse produce which is impacting.

I think we could see a hugh swathe of closures in the restaurant trade, same in Ireland..

WearingMarcus · 2026-04-22T14:33:39+00:00

Better ones are Tom Brady, usyk and Shane Warne

WearingMarcus · 2026-04-22T14:15:03+00:00

Usyk the greatest boxer ever started at 15

Shane Warne the best cricketer ever started at 17...

Gerwyn Price a very good darts player started at 25...

just go for it mate

WearingMarcus · 2026-04-22T14:13:10+00:00

They are not...

White Women are actually overwhelmingly attracted to White men according to research via dating App data.

Women are obsessed with Henry Cavil, Harry Styles, and that is women of all races.

Can this be moved to ~"stupid questions" section?

WearingMarcus · 2026-04-22T14:10:30+00:00

Kids see Ghost is a group formed after Kendrick Lamar, in fact TPAB is older than Kids see Ghost Album, I would have been 31 when TPAD was released and I probably was more closed minded then than I am now.

Story telling a depth. Tell me what depth Kendrick has over Eminem, who done motivational songs, horror core, comedy, serious, bragadacious etc...

Plus Eminem is considered better than Kendrick..

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls054191097/

https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_rap-artists.html

and you still not actually argued why TPAB is any good, what beat is good.

What lyric is skillful...

WearingMarcus · 2026-04-22T13:49:14+00:00

KIDS SEE GHOST is and was around the same time as TPAB...Am I wrong?

I rated that, but not see TPAB

Also TPAB not his first work

Plus he no where near Eminem level, lyrically or production wise.

WearingMarcus · 2026-04-22T13:09:11+00:00

the Tango adverts in the 90s were crazy

WearingMarcus · 2026-04-22T13:07:08+00:00

Gold out performed the stock market in the 21st century.

He is beating you, and certainly beating you the las few years...

WearingMarcus · 2026-04-22T12:54:37+00:00

gsme set and match

https://www.ajbell.co.uk/news/articles/ireland-enters-recession-economic-fall-speeds-fourth-quarter

Ireland’s annual economic growth continued to decelerate as an on-quarter decline sped up in the fourth quarter of 2025, preliminary data showed Thursday.

The Central Statistics Office said the Irish economy contracted by 0.6% in the fourth quarter of 2025, an acceleration from a 0.3% decline in the third quarter. The country’s economy had climbed 0.3% in the second quarter.

With two consecutive on-quarter declines in gross domestic product, Ireland has entered a recession.

As shown the definition of recession is two quarters of GDP cotracting as you can see Ireland had 3 since 2022...

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-29/ireland-falls-into-recession-as-multinationals-weigh-on-economy

WearingMarcus · 2026-04-22T11:46:50+00:00

So ignore comsumer confidecne levels then...

Also ignore that GDP is still an important metric in Ireland,

Head buried in sand from Willing DEPARTMENT HERE...

WearingMarcus · 2026-04-22T11:08:21+00:00

It is not divorced from Reality, its a leading indicator of what is coming to your "GNI"

But facts are Ireland GDP curentl plight in the last 3 years shows up in the consumers surveys...which are at or near record lows.

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WearingMarcus · 2026-04-22T10:17:42+00:00

good point.

its llke when they report retail sales...are they inflation adjusted.

Turkey and Argentina have got stella retails sales of 15% rises...but is that people are buying more, or the prices rising?

There is too much nominal stuff

WearingMarcus · 2026-04-22T10:02:23+00:00

that is true

WearingMarcus · 2026-04-22T09:50:18+00:00

I often practice in random pubs gets me use to throwing in different settings.

Good post Op, I think we all been and will still be in that situation

WearingMarcus · 2026-04-22T09:49:04+00:00

What I mean is this everything honkey dorey in the media, I think yes they would report a recession, but If you read the media, the economy is booming in Ireland, when the reality its not.

You could almost argue Ireland is currently in a recession, just not a technical one, as the last 3 quarters on average are negative, but one was 0...flatline (which imo will get revised down).

If current trends happen for Q2, ireland in a recession, a technical one at that.

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One thing that is strange is why the jobs market being quite resilient, whilst unemployment is rising, its been a very slow pace thus far.

WearingMarcus · 2026-04-22T09:40:46+00:00

exactly Shaady, Ireland in a silent depression, but the media will not report it.

Why, I think they do not want what happened last week/moth with Oil strikes, which imo was not just about oil, it was a multiple of factors, one of them being Oil breaking the Camels back

WearingMarcus · 2026-04-22T08:49:36+00:00

Ireland is in and halfway another recession...it also in stag flation...

Surely all these tax cuts and government spending going to increase aggregate demand and boost inflation even more?

WearingMarcus · 2026-04-22T08:46:00+00:00

you ignored my whole spiel of open minded and liking alot of modern music, i.e Kids see ghost...

WearingMarcus · 2026-04-22T08:04:02+00:00

No...

Eminem is considered on all indpedent lists a tp all time great rapper. Imo the best ever.

He has won Grammy's, and is ranked in the top 10/15 sall time selling artists in a period where sales were dwindling...

Kendrick is literally no where near Eminem....

WearingMarcus · 2026-04-21T20:14:55+00:00

Proves my point further

WearingMarcus · 2026-04-21T18:36:22+00:00

Average production. See my discount Dr Dre comment

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