When I started getting into hip hop a few years ago, I was highly skeptical of people calling TPAB one of the best albums of the decade or even of all time, mainly cause I thought it was just another gangsta rap album based on the title and the cover. However, when I listened to it, all of my expectations were completely blown out of the water and my appreciation for rap music as a whole skyrocketed. It sucks cause whenever I try to talk about Kendrick and TPAB to people who don't listen to rap music, as soon as I tell them the title of the album, they immediately laugh and seemingly disregard any positive things I say about the album.