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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
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this was really interesting. Thanks!
I know I've talked about it before, right? But TPABF is such a weird album. It is one of the most important albums of the year I think. And at the same time, not one I enjoy listening to.
I know that sounds confusing. But what I mean is that it's really deep, and there's all these layers to pick at lyrically. It is probably deeper than Good Kid even. But the funny thing is I've probably spent more time this year READING ABOUT this album than listening to it.
On the flip, the album is super important to me because it led me to a bunch of other albums that have meant a lot to me. If I never heard this album then I would not have investigated Kamasi Washington's THE EPIC. Or Robert Glasper Trio's COVERED. Or The Young Jazz Giants' s/t album.
The craziest thing about this album to me is that what should be the defining hip hop album of 2015 instead just led me deeper into the rabbit hole of discovering recent jazz albums I might have overlooked.
So while I feel like TPABF is this really important record that all rap fans need to hear... I feel contradictory stating that there's a bunch of other rap albums this year I put above it purely based on my own listening habits.