Kendrick Lamar's New Album: October 2nd

[Quadruple OG]

 

[GangstaBoogy]

Is that Aftermath logo going to be on the back of the album when it hits stores? Not that it matters, good music is good music regardless of who releases it but I've seen this kinda thing happen on more than once in  Hip-Hop.

[Si-Chiggedy]

Wow, finally some kind of announcement. So let's hope it's out before 2013...

[BiggBoogaBiff]

At the end of the day who gives a shit.  Nobody knows who Kendrick Lamar is (not literally of course and besides his fan base) and nobody gives a shit about Dr. Dre and Aftermath (besides myself of course and excluding Eminem).  This whole "tease" shit isn't gonna work anymore, it's not the right formula for them or frankly anybody in the music industry anymore.  


I feel Dre on wanting to move on even tho if I was him I woulda gave my legions of fans something more than than what he did.  It's a brand new day and everybody is a brand new artist and producer, mostly in fault to Dr. Dre.  This whole shenanigan of saying a release date JUST SOLELY for the purpose of getting hype is not gonna work, Kendrick just isn't that nice and he's not THAT popular, try again.


If it doesn't come out in October or anytime this year or January 2013 then kiss that whole buzz thing goodbye unless Dre and Aftermath's sole intention is to start off fresh like a brand new company which they'll probably have better luck with succeeding in.  I love these niggaz to death but they're acting mad dumb with their business and frankly they're making their own selves weaker by doing the shit.  IDK if people only sign to Aftermath as a crutch in their career or a transition into something else but whatever they're doing is fucking stupid.


It's old now, put up or shut up


~ Peace

[BiggBoogaBiff]

At this point in the game Kendrick should have a new mixtape coming out at the end of July (30-35 days) and an official single out sometime in August/literally the first week of September.  But we ALL (not just muthafuckaz on DubCC) know that's not going to happen.  Instead we'll get push backs and rhetoric.  Who gives a shit, die!

[Si-Chiggedy]

  Who gives a shit, die!

Yeah, pls do us the favor!

[ICHI THE KILLER]

At the end of the day who gives a shit.  Nobody knows who Kendrick Lamar is (not literally of course and besides his fan base) and nobody gives a shit about Dr. Dre and Aftermath (besides myself of course and excluding Eminem).  This whole "tease" shit isn't gonna work anymore, it's not the right formula for them or frankly anybody in the music industry anymore.  


I feel Dre on wanting to move on even tho if I was him I woulda gave my legions of fans something more than than what he did.  It's a brand new day and everybody is a brand new artist and producer, mostly in fault to Dr. Dre.  This whole shenanigan of saying a release date JUST SOLELY for the purpose of getting hype is not gonna work, Kendrick just isn't that nice and he's not THAT popular, try again.

i thought i would never say this but u right with this 100%

[Quadruple OG]

Nobody knows who Kendrick Lamar is (not literally of course and besides his fan base) and nobody gives a shit about Dr. Dre and Aftermath (besides myself of course and excluding Eminem).  This whole "tease" shit isn't gonna work anymore, it's not the right formula for them or frankly anybody in the music industry anymore.  

Wrong. He has a pretty decent buzz on other, larger hip-hop message boards and has been getting more and more press.

[BiggBoogaBiff]

Oh I know Kendrick has a pretty cool fanbase (even tho we don't know how that translates in corporate terms just yet) and I'm not trying to be negative (I'm riding with EVERYBODY from The Ruthless Family Tree til the day I die).  And @ichi I know u agree, why, becuz a lot of people know it.


Kendrick Lamar is still a "brand new artist" commercially and that's the platform he's risen to (on his own).  Dr. Dre is a "brand new artist" too in terms of today's hip hop as well.  They've gotten too comfortable at Aftermath and Interscope and it shows, that's why they're still pulling the same stunts from 2008 thinking its gonna work in 2012 and 2013 just becuz Eminem is still sellin 4milli and Dre is banking 9figures (I even have the earbuds). 


Kendrick and Dre/Aftermath have to fight for that spot again, the game just isnt gonna hand it to em based on the early and mid 2000's.  People want more and they want new material.  They have it a little better than most folks, true, but at this point the "what have u done for me lately" echo is starting to holla at em and it's getting louder.  And for the record I'd be a fan of Kendrick's even if he wasn't on Aftermath or Dre associated (I still wanna hear sum shit now that they've been in the studio tho, too late niggas). 

[Quadruple OG]

Dr. Dre is a "brand new artist" too in terms of today's hip hop as well.

Got to stop you right there. Whatever weed you're smoking on or french fries you're chomping on is some powerfull stuff. A "brand new artist" would not have tens of thousands of people at their show like at Coachilla. I agree Kendrick is going to have to earn that spot, however to say Dr. Dre is a "brand new artist" to this generation of hip-hop is absurd.

[Fraxxx]

Dr. Dre is a "brand new artist" too in terms of today's hip hop as well.

Got to stop you right there. Whatever weed you're smoking on or french fries you're chomping on is some powerfull stuff. A "brand new artist" would not have tens of thousands of people at their show like at Coachilla. I agree Kendrick is going to have to earn that spot, however to say Dr. Dre is a "brand new artist" to this generation of hip-hop is absurd.

Two posts earlier he said Dre had "legions of fans" and right before that, in the same post, that nobody gave a shit about Dre. Homie is just writing down whatever thought is passing through his knucklehead at that exact moment.

[BiggBoogaBiff]

In other words, Dre has failed with tha leaks (outside of "Shit Popped Off"), he failed with "Kush", and he failed with "I Need A Doctor" (and the reason why it did so well is becuz it was an Eminem record and without Eminem it wouldn't have sold shit becuz that song covered NONE of his demographics and the general response to it was underwhelming).  


The music business is sophisticated.  Just becuz people know u doesn't mean shit nowadays.  Mad people got love for Curren$y and he's probably sold millions of tickets throughout the past few years but yet he never breaks 100K (from what I can think of right now).  Verses Dr. Dre of this era who sold 1 or 2 million downloads of "I Need A Doctor" and nobodies playin his shit today.  Dre don't have that enthusiasm like that no more, he's played himself with all of those false release dates and dropped artists.  


None of what I'm saying is random

[thegooddoc]

In other words, Dre has failed with tha leaks (outside of "Shit Popped Off"), he failed with "Kush", and he failed with "I Need A Doctor" (and the reason why it did so well is becuz it was an Eminem record and without Eminem it wouldn't have sold shit becuz that song covered NONE of his demographics and the general response to it was underwhelming).  


The music business is sophisticated.  Just becuz people know u doesn't mean shit nowadays.  Mad people got love for Curren$y and he's probably sold millions of tickets throughout the past few years but yet he never breaks 100K (from what I can think of right now).  Verses Dr. Dre of this era who sold 1 or 2 million downloads of "I Need A Doctor" and nobodies playin his shit today.  Dre don't have that enthusiasm like that no more, he's played himself with all of those false release dates and dropped artists.  


None of what I'm saying is random

Dre's most purchased single ever was INAD.  Just sayin'. Call it an Em single or whatever, fact still remains that he can sell and does sell.

[Russell Bell]

Oh I know Kendrick has a pretty cool fanbase (even tho we don't know how that translates in corporate terms just yet) and I'm not trying to be negative (I'm riding with EVERYBODY from The Ruthless Family Tree til the day I die).  And @ichi I know u agree, why, becuz a lot of people know it.


Kendrick Lamar is still a "brand new artist" commercially and that's the platform he's risen to (on his own).  Dr. Dre is a "brand new artist" too in terms of today's hip hop as well.  They've gotten too comfortable at Aftermath and Interscope and it shows, that's why they're still pulling the same stunts from 2008 thinking its gonna work in 2012 and 2013 just becuz Eminem is still sellin 4milli and Dre is banking 9figures (I even have the earbuds). 


Kendrick and Dre/Aftermath have to fight for that spot again, the game just isnt gonna hand it to em based on the early and mid 2000's.  People want more and they want new material.  They have it a little better than most folks, true, but at this point the "what have u done for me lately" echo is starting to holla at em and it's getting louder.  And for the record I'd be a fan of Kendrick's even if he wasn't on Aftermath or Dre associated (I still wanna hear sum shit now that they've been in the studio tho, too late niggas). 

Just because Dre isnt on bricksquads new single or wearing green skinny jeans doesnt mean that he isnt known to people, even kids, today.  Saying hes a new artist because hes been on the shelf for a while is an idiotic statement.  Like saying Michael Jordan is new to basketball cause hes retired.  Seriously dumb statement bruh.

Now an intelligent thing to say wouldve went something like "people today havent been exposed to dr dre like in previous years".  See how you can say something similar without it sounding totally retarded?