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‘good kid, m.A.A.d. city’ vs. ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’

‘good kid, m.A.A.d. city’ vs. ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’
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Hosts

Cole CuchnaCharles Holmes

About the episode

The LSS Boyz continue their journey to crown the best album of the 21st century (so far) by pitting two historic albums by the same artist against each other: Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.a.a.d. city vs. To Pimp a Butterfly.

Every episode this season, Cole and Charles each nominate one album they feel should be in contention for the 21st century’s best. Each album is discussed individually before the two albums battle head-to-head, where Cole and Charles argue until they can agree on the better album. The winning album from each episode advances to the season finale Royal Rumble, where the LSS boys will face off one last time until they can finally agree on the best album of the 21st century.

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Hosts: Cole Cuchna and Charles Holmes
Producer: Justin Sayles
Audio/Video Editing: Kevin Pooler
Video Engineer: CT
Theme Music: Birocratic

Summary

  • Intro

  • 1:47

    Why two Kendrick Lamar albums?

  • 15:06

    good kid, mAAd city album facts

  • 16:45

    gkmc album trivia

  • 20:49

    “Money Trees”: biggest song

  • 28:40

    “m.A.A.d. city”: best song

  • 36:57

    “Compton”: worst song

  • 41:40

    “Sing About Me”: deep cut

  • 51:06

    Cole’s most dissectable moment

  • 54:32

    Grammy loss: best moment

  • 1:00:50

    To Pimp a Butterfly album facts

  • 1:07:42

    TPAB album trivia

  • 1:13:26

    “Alright”: biggest song

  • 1:28:10

    “Wesley’s Theory”: best song

  • 1:33:25

    “You Ain’t Gotta Lie (Momma Said)”: worst song

  • 1:37:54

    “Hood Politics”: best deep cut

  • 1:42:34

    Grammy performance: best moment

  • 1:48:21

    Head-to-head: gkmc vs. TPAB

  • 2:05:20

    Cultural exchange

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