# Kendrick Lamar - DAMN (new album) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 14, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kendrick-lamar-damn-new-album/784444 "2017-04-14T14:15:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kendrick-lamar-damn-new-album/784444/42 "2018-04-17T22:27:24Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I’ve never heard a Kanye song, either. Is there an album I should start with for him? I may move my thoughts over to my old “album thoughts” thread. I feel like time is coming for me to re-visit it and find some new music. Yes. Start with The College Dropout and Late Registration. (two albums but one is a sequel to the other). It’s easily his most accessible music. If you like that let us know and we can tell you where to go next. Kanye is great but gets seriously weird shortly after that. He’s also probably the single most influential musician of the last 20 years. He also opens albums better than anyone I can think of. The first 3 tracks on every one of his albums are all amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2018, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kendrick-lamar-damn-new-album/784444/43 "2018-04-17T22:55:59Z")
If we’re talking Kendrick, listen to [this](http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKkHKX0on5g) remix of “Swimming Pools” that is done with Flatbush Zombies. It flows nicely. Check it out. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kendrick-lamar-damn-new-album/784444/44 "2018-04-17T23:36:51Z")
[I am continuing/re-launching my musical journey, starting with Lamar.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20908965#post20908965) ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kendrick-lamar-damn-new-album/784444/45 "2018-04-18T00:17:51Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > If we’re talking Kendrick, listen to [this](http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKkHKX0on5g) remix of “Swimming Pools” that is done with Flatbush Zombies. It flows nicely. Check it out. Dig it. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kendrick-lamar-damn-new-album/784444/46 "2018-04-18T01:59:52Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > To update this thread: [Kendrick has won a Pulitzer for DAMN](https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/commercial-and-critical-darling-kendrick-lamar-wins-pulitzer/2018/04/16/eecd0ca2-41aa-11e8-b2dc-b0a403e4720a_story.html?utm_term=.7b89dab42d88). > > Also, the album’s grown on me and I listen to “Humble” like once a week or more 🙂 Personally, I kind of feel like it’s a damning indictment of the NARAS that only one fewer hip-hop album has won a Pulitzer than has won a Grammy for Album of the Year. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kendrick-lamar-damn-new-album/784444/47 "2018-04-18T15:26:09Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I’ve never heard a Kanye song, either. Is there an album I should start with for him? I may move my thoughts over to my old “album thoughts” thread. I feel like time is coming for me to re-visit it and find some new music. > [@NAF1138](#): > > Yes. Start with The College Dropout and Late Registration. (two albums but one is a sequel to the other). It’s easily his most accessible music. > > If you like that let us know and we can tell you where to go next. Kanye is great but gets seriously weird shortly after that. He’s also probably the single most influential musician of the last 20 years. > > He also opens albums better than anyone I can think of. The first 3 tracks on every one of his albums are all amazing. Yes, go in release order with Kanye, because he builds off of every album and continues to grow in all sorts of musical directions from those jumping off points. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kendrick-lamar-damn-new-album/784444.md?page=2)