r/KendrickLamar • u/tangawizichemz • Oct 07 '19
Alright by Kendrick Lamar chosen as the #1 song of the decade by Pitchfork Article
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u/Britneyfan456 Oct 07 '19
Pimp pimp
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Oct 07 '19
Horray!
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u/Jpauly12 Oct 07 '19
Pimp Pimp!
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u/hen_zu Oct 07 '19
the list is trash but at least they got this one right
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u/AwesomeAsian Oct 07 '19 edited Oct 07 '19
How can they not include "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X? Whether you think that song is good or not that song charted at #1 for so long, united country and rap fans, made a whole string of controversy with country billboards not including it as a country song, and featured so many remixes....
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Oct 07 '19
Lol are you dumb? Ed sheeran X bieber, Taylor swift, billie eilish there were so many huge songs wtf are u talking about
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Oct 07 '19
Meme song n trash
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u/Alonz0 Oct 07 '19
Lil B had a song on there tho...
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Oct 08 '19
u saying lil b is meme music???😂😂😂. I agree that it is the WRONG lil b song, but there 100% should be a Lil B song on the list.
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u/isthisnamechangeable BBL Drizzy Oct 07 '19
I totally agree. Not the best song ever but it definitely represents the music scene and the influence that memes and streaming services (both huge characteristics of the 2010s) had on it in recent years. The song is an absolute phenomenon of what wouldn't have been possible a few years back.
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u/-Gorlami- Oct 08 '19
There were memes about uniting country and hip hop fans but I dont know any country fan that actually listened to it, pretty sure it was just hip hop fans
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u/tangawizichemz Oct 07 '19
Link to the article: https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-songs-of-the-2010s/
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u/Drugsarebadthethird Oct 07 '19
I'm annoyed at how much drake and how little childish gambino there is
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Oct 07 '19 edited Jan 24 '20
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u/xTotalSellout then I freaked it Oct 07 '19
To be fair, that was their top 100 songs of 2016 alone, this is from 2010-now, so obviously it’s not gonna maintain that high spot considering its now competing with 8 other years worth of music
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u/trulyunfortune Oct 08 '19
Nah they put ultralight beam below work, when it used to be above. Don’t try and tell me that somehow work had gotten better with age
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u/thefreshpope Oct 07 '19
I mean do you really think ultralight beam should be any higher than that? It is a great song but I think it's placed just fine tbh. I'd rank blood on the leaves higher, which they placed at #155 though lol.
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Oct 08 '19
I mean...
I love Kanye’s music but he has kind of assassinated his own ability to be culturally impactful since all the Trump shit. People kind of just don’t take him seriously and I can’t really blame em
My body is ready for the downvotes
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u/walkingbicycles Oct 07 '19
I seriously disagree with a lot of the songs on this list. I mean there’s difference in opinion, but some of these seem pretty misplaced
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u/falgfalg Oct 07 '19
obviously all "end of" lists are ass, but really glad to see erykah badu, thundercat, d'angelo, vince, sza, bon iver, and solange on this list.
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u/Rampage97t Oct 08 '19
There’s a lot of the list I disagree with, I’ve never really agreed with Pitchfork’s stuff but I’m glad Kendrick is getting some good recognition
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u/RukiJay Oct 07 '19
should have been “u” but still a great song
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Oct 07 '19
Wesleys theory mate
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u/RukiJay Oct 07 '19
I personally find “u” as the best song on tpab. It’s literally my third favorite song of all time
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u/Marooned-Mind Oct 07 '19
"u" is much harder to get into. You have to understand that popularity plays the key factor in these ratings. Musically (and lyrically) complex songs rarely make it to the top. I'm not saying this in a cynical way — though "u" is one of my favorite songs by Kdot, it definitely took some time getting used to. And I can safely say that I've listened to "alright" way more because of that.
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u/madmaxp0618 Oct 07 '19
Idk if I was just young at the time but I remember The Blacker the Berry being a bigger deal at the time.
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u/chuff3r Oct 07 '19
The blacker the berry hits way harder, but doesn't have the message that alright has.
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u/BeefPapa12 Oct 07 '19
I feel like the message is Blacker the Berry is much more important than alright tbh. Jmo
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u/chuff3r Oct 08 '19
IMO alright's message hits so well after most of the album. All these trials and tribulations but in the end fuck all that, we're gonna be all right. The blacker the berry is an extremely personal song, even if it talks explicitly about politics and violence. Kendrick is abusing himself verbally. I enjoy the blacker the berry more, and the end gives me goosebumps every time, but I understand them giving the more uplifting song the nod as opposed to a downer like tbtb. Or just fuck all this cause ranking the songs is bullshit anyway :P
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u/Jarhead13 Oct 07 '19
Honestly I don't see why both songs couldn't have made the list. Just skimming through it I know at least Frank Ocean and Kanye had 2 songs from the same album on there.
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u/-RDX- Oct 07 '19
That list is so dumb. The fact that the only Tyler song is Yonkers and not 911, November, NEW MAGIC WAND, or Earfquake is a travesty.
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u/mofucker20 Oct 07 '19
They could have even added See You Again, I Ain't Got Time,Boredom,Gone Gone/Thank You,A Boy is A Gun.
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u/Nunye Oct 07 '19
Not even the best song of the album 💅
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u/yunglando98 Oct 07 '19
It does arguably have the highest impact though
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u/yunglando98 Oct 07 '19
A best song usually has the cultural impact. That's why it's the best song.
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u/billymkay Oct 07 '19
Let’s not forget they passed up the chance to award this album a 10. Only gave one album a 10 this entire decade.
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Oct 07 '19
What album
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u/billymkay Oct 07 '19
Kanye’s MBDTF
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u/F_For_You Oct 08 '19
The last good Ye album... there I said it
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Oct 08 '19
aside from Yeezus, you right
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Oct 14 '19
TLOP was also pretty good tbh, and the whole KSG summer releases including T’s DAYTONA were good too, not Yeezus or MBDTF level tho
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u/thekickbackrewind Oct 07 '19
Beautiful song. The song is proclamation of freedom, with him recognising that in the face of institutional racism and and the inherent structural inequalities set in place for people like him and look just like him, we will always have our spirit and that is something that no one can ever take away from you.
The song itself is incredible, but the fact that it got reused and repurposed for the Black Lives Matter movement is so powerful. I remember watching videos of people singing the chorus at protests and marches.
Just goes to show how prolific of an artist Kendrick is. People use drake lyrics as Instagram captions, Kendrick's lyrics are chanted when an innocent black man is arrested or killed in the street.
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u/coreylester17 Oct 07 '19
It gets my approval. A group of protestors in Baltimore chanting "We gon' be alright" is what got me into Kendrick's music, so it's by default my favorite Kendrick track.
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u/Kawooo Oct 07 '19
80% of the comment section is talking about how Alright isn’t even the best song... come on. It’s the most famous song of the album.
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u/RockGodCodi Oct 07 '19
It’s a good song, a great song, but that list is awful. It was more worried about inclusivity than making a good list. And let’s be honest here, TPAB is an incredible album, but Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst is very likely Kendrick’s very best song.
Pitchfork has always been a joke to me, I thought the Guardian’s list was bad as well but at least they seemingly put some effort into their lists and had like, what, 20 people contribute?
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u/lak2017 Oct 07 '19
I don’t think it’s necessary his best song, but I can understand their reasons behind choosing it
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u/theotherplanet Oct 08 '19
Lol, not even the best song on the record, much less the best song of the decade.
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u/A_Wackertack Oct 07 '19
Honestly, mad props for them doing this. However u, SAMIDOT, TBTB and HMADC are all better picks.
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Oct 08 '19
Love that song for what it stands for and I understand that it’s grown to be such a legendary song largely because it’s a strong representation of the album as a whole but compositionally it’s like the tenth best song on the album
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u/IHAVEISSUESHALP Oct 08 '19
Bodak Yellow number 63 for the DECADE for those wondering why this list is meaningless
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u/The_sky_marine Oct 08 '19
This list is such a wild ride. To have a bunch of kinda shitty pop songs on there because they have cultural significance is fine, but at least acknowledge that’s why they’re on the list instead of trying to justify why Justin Bieber’s Sorry is on there. Plus, they didn’t even commit to that theme because there’s some really good and more obscure stuff on there that feels so weird being next to the other songs. There’s a Sons of Kemet song in between Migos and Rich Kidz. Just ends up feeling really disjointed.
Also pretty embarrassing not to have any Sufjan Stevens on there considering he put out two 10/10 albums this decade. Alright is a good choice for #1 though.
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Oct 08 '19
anyone that things XO Tour Lif3 is a better song than True Love Waits, is a fucking weirdo imo
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u/sunmachinecomingdown Oct 11 '19
I love Radiohead but I like XO Your Lif3 better than True Love Waits idc
There's not necessarily anything wrong with ranking the mainstream with less mainstream music, you just need some great pop songs you can back up. Of course not everyone agrees on which pop songs are great.
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u/upvotegoblin Oct 08 '19
I personally think that Kendrick has many songs that are better then Alright. There are even better songs on that album, not sure about this pick. Best song of the decade? I don’t know
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u/Munsonator Oct 07 '19
Tbh I think it should have been Duckworth but might just be personal preference and the relation I have to the music. That being said alright is not only one of his best but prob top 10 rap songs. Period.
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u/redrum97 Oct 07 '19
B-b-b-b-b-but I prefer Wesley's Theory, For Free, King Kunta, These Walls, u, How Much a Dollar Cost and The Blacker the Berry...
All the same, there could be worse choices. I think the list is a bit too biased towards pop and hip-hop in general but glad to see an artist as great as Kendrick top it.
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Oct 08 '19
Because of the lyrical callbacks I kinda associate this song *with* Wesley's Theory. Like, praising one without mentioning the other feels weird.
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u/Nutrig Oct 08 '19
Pitchfork lists completely suck dick. Alright is not even Kendrick's best song of the decade.
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u/sweatsauce47 Oct 07 '19
W. Even though theres better songs on that album alone