Best Ever Albums

Re: (Closed) 2015-2019 Play-in: Frank Ocean vs Kendrick Lamar

babyBlueSedan — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 23:10:27 GMT

Author: babyBlueSedan

Posted: 09/21/2020 03:10

Pretty sweet isn't sweet enough for a berry this black

Kendrick wins 17-2

Re: (Closed) 2015-2019 Play-in: Frank Ocean vs Kendrick Lamar

baystateoftheart — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 00:55:41 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 09/20/2020 04:55

King Kendrick, comfortably.

Re: (Closed) 2015-2019 Play-in: Frank Ocean vs Kendrick Lamar

Hayden — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 10:30:23 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 09/17/2020 14:30

LedZep wrote:

Don't pretend like you didn't know The Blacker The Berry was gonna win the tournament the moment it was nominated.

🫠

It has some heavy competition still.

Weird track to nominate by Frank.

Re: (Closed) 2015-2019 Play-in: Frank Ocean vs Kendrick Lamar

LedZep — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 06:06:25 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 09/17/2020 10:06

Don't pretend like you didn't know The Blacker The Berry was gonna win the tournament the moment it was nominated.

Re: (Closed) 2015-2019 Play-in: Frank Ocean vs Kendrick Lamar

cestuneblague — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 23:44:41 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 09/17/2020 03:44

Pretty Sweet is a pretty good representive of how I feel about a lot of Ocean's music- strong songwriting, both lyrically and in composition, but the entire performance still leaves something to be desired. It's a nice-enough track, but no contest here. The Blacker the Berry, as clique'd as it may sound nowadays, still hits really hard, and just nice to see a song Be About Something while also not being calculated to avoid offending any potential part of your fanbase in the process (hello, every big Topical Song 2016-onwards).

Re: (Closed) 2015-2019 Play-in: Frank Ocean vs Kendrick Lamar

travelful — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 23:42:39 GMT

Author: travelful

Posted: 09/17/2020 03:42

Quote:

"Pretty Sweet" is nice but still kind of feels like an interlude to me.

agreed

Re: (Closed) 2015-2019 Play-in: Frank Ocean vs Kendrick Lamar

babyBlueSedan — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 23:38:06 GMT

Author: babyBlueSedan

Posted: 09/17/2020 03:38

A lot of the shorter tracks on Blonde have never done much for me, which is the main reason I think the album's a bit overrated. "Pretty Sweet" is nice but still kind of feels like an interlude to me. "Nights" was on my shortlist of tracks I considered nominating but even it wouldn't make me vote against Kendrick here.

"The Blacker the Berry" is probably my favorite song in the tournament. The moment those drums hit is one of the most exhilarating moments in music for me. Kendrick's verses are great but I think Assassin's choruses are what really make the song.

Re: (Closed) 2015-2019 Play-in: Frank Ocean vs Kendrick Lamar

travelful — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 23:20:54 GMT

Author: travelful

Posted: 09/17/2020 03:20

seems like a match-up for the finals more than a play-in 🤣

Kendrick though for sure.

(Closed) 2015-2019 Play-in: Frank Ocean vs Kendrick Lamar

babyBlueSedan — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 20:46:40 GMT

Author: babyBlueSedan

Posted: 09/17/2020 00:46

Play-In #9

Pretty Sweet by Frank Ocean

Link

Year: 2016
Nominating user: NewsFromHome

vs

The Blacker the Berry by Kendrick Lamar

Link

Year: 2015
Nominating user: Hayden

Matches closes end of day Sunday September 20th