Damn. (studio album) by Kendrick Lamar

Damn. by Kendrick Lamar
Year: 2017
Release date: 2017-04-14
Overall rank: 253rd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 1,217 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Best album of 2017 (1st)
Award Top 50 albums of the 2010s (30th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (253rd)

Kendrick Lamar bestography

Damn. is ranked 3rd best out of 9 albums by Kendrick Lamar on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Kendrick Lamar is To Pimp A Butterfly which is ranked number 20 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 39,635.

Kendrick Lamar album bestography « Higher ranked (34th) This album (253rd) Lower ranked (726th) »
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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rating: 81 (311 votes)Comments: 5
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Rating: 86 (340 votes)Comments: 2
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Rating: 87 (343 votes)Comments: 2
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Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 1,217 votes)
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Rating metrics: Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.3/100, a mean average of 78.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.6.

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60/100
From 05/05/2023 18:29
Not even close to GKMC and TPAB
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From 08/07/2022 04:21
Favorites: PRIDE., DUCKWORTH., ELEMENT., and LOVE.
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From 05/23/2022 09:33
Damn. It's good, but not quite up to level with TPAB/GKMC but his 3. best just ahead of MMBS. Pride, Humble, DNA are the high points, love and God the weak. Duckworth is a good story. It feels as though he doesn't quite push through the same way as in TPAB, with his messages. He struggles with himself it seems like, and its interesting to see.

Highs: Pride, Humble, DNa

Lows: Love, God
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From 01/23/2022 17:34
I mean it’s pretty obvious he was vying for commercial success here but it’s still so damn good.
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80/100
From 01/06/2022 15:15
This is Kendrick's Let's Dance. It marks the first time he started chasing trends instead of setting them. But like David Bowie, Kendrick Lamar knows how to write a great album.
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From 12/21/2021 14:52
I’ll be one of the rare comments that calls this record better than Butterfly, which felt too ambitious…to the point of being cluttered and unfocused. The storytelling on this album (Duckworth is a masterpiece) and the backwards album concept are both brilliant.
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From 09/08/2021 20:59
NEW KUNG FU KENNY.
AIN'T NOBODY PRAYIN' FOR ME.
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From 07/30/2021 16:02
Upon first listen, this was super disappointing considering everything that came before it. We'll see if it grows on me more. The song "FEAR." was the only song that I truly adored from this album, but there are other good songs.
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From 03/07/2021 22:53
No, it isn't as good as GKMC or TPAB, but it's still great. And you know, it has a couple of really great tunes on it. It didn't deserve to win the Pulitzer Prize or whatever, but it doesn't deserve some of the criticism it gets.
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From 12/09/2020 15:19
Another elite album from Kendrick, despite many people being disappointed in it after his previous two albums which are also legendary, this album is very creative and has deep lyrical themes as much as any other album in the genre. It is in my opinion on of the highest points of hip hop in the past two decades and will be remembered fondly in the future.
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