(Closed) 2015-2019 Round 1: Noname vs Kendrick Lamar

View previous topic :: View next topic

Poll: Which song is better?

Noname - Diddy Bop:		35%	[7]
Kendrick Lamar - The Blacker the Berry:		65%	[13]

Total Votes : 20

babyBlueSedan Used to be sort of blind, now can sort of see Profile

Diddy Bop by Noname

Link

Year: 2016
Nominating user: baystateoftheart

vs

The Blacker the Berry

Link

Year: 205
Nominating user: Hayden

Matches closes end of day Thursday September 24th
_________________
And it's hard to be a human being. And it's harder as anything else.

Last edited by babyBlueSedan on 09/25/2020 03:24; edited 1 time in total

LedZep Profile

"I'm the biggest hypocrite of 205" - Kendrickus Lamarus

Romans be boppin' and fighting for some human rights.

(Year typo)
_________________
Overall chart
Fake overall chart

2020s

RoundTheBend I miss the comfort in being sad Profile
Ground Control

LedZep wrote:

"I'm the biggest hypocrite of 205" - Kendrickus Lamarus

Romans be boppin' and fighting for some human rights.

(Year typo)

🤣

Damn, I really wish these tracks weren't up against each other - best hip-hop of the tournament so far... I suppose one would've had to cut the other eventually.

Also first listen to Noname's Telefone record and I'm like shit... I know BayState's been talking her up, and really wish I listened to sooner. Damn is this good. Thanks for the nom. Sad to see a likely loss here.

Oh and for clarity sake, I still voted Blacker the Berry... hot damn is that a great track. Again, two best hip-hop tracks of the tourney so far.

Last edited by RoundTheBend on 09/23/2020 02:23; edited 1 time in total

baystateoftheart Neil Young as a butternut squash Profile
Massachusetts

Oh well, a rough draw for round one. Diddy Bop is a joyous summer slice of nostalgic block party hip-hop, with a stellar hook from Cam O'bi and a buttery beat that makes you want to, well, hit the Diddy bop. Noname brings a deft touch to her flows and lyrics as usual, and Raury sounds better than ever before or since.

Thumbnail. Click to enlarge.

_________________
Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM

babyBlueSedan Used to be sort of blind, now can sort of see Profile

Haha oops that's some ancient rap music.

I gave Telefone a listen back in 2016 and haven't listened since, but I enjoyed Room 25 a lot so I'm going to give it another listen soon. This is a great song that exhibits all of Noname's best qualities, definitely would get my vote against most other songs in the tourney so far but I don't think I'm going to be voting against Kendrick.

Match-up is a lot closer than I expected though.
_________________
And it's hard to be a human being. And it's harder as anything else.

NewsFromHome

Telefone is Noname's masterpiece but Diddy Bop has long lost its flare for me and much prefer Yesterday, Reality Check, Shadow man etc. Blacker the Berry by a hair.

babyBlueSedan Used to be sort of blind, now can sort of see Profile

Run, run, run Mama say go home

Kendrick wins 13-7
_________________
And it's hard to be a human being. And it's harder as anything else.

New topic Closed

Topic Posters
All times are GMT

Page 1 of 1

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum


Topic	Author	Forum	Replies	Last Post
[ Poll ] (Closed) 2015-2019 Round 4: Kendrick ...	babyBlueSedan	Tournaments	16	11/04/2020 04:20 babyBlueSedan
[ Poll ] (Closed) 2015-2019 Round 2: Kendrick ...	babyBlueSedan	Tournaments	4	10/16/2020 18:07 babyBlueSedan
[ Poll ] (Closed) 2015-2019 Play-in: Frank Oce...	babyBlueSedan	Tournaments	8	09/21/2020 03:10 babyBlueSedan
[ Poll ] (Closed) 2015-2019 Finals: Kendrick L...	babyBlueSedan	Tournaments	18	11/14/2020 21:45 Hayden
[ Poll ] (Closed) 2015-2019 Semi-finals: David...	babyBlueSedan	Tournaments	13	11/08/2020 03:56 babyBlueSedan