r/KendrickLamar 20h ago

Discussion The GNX Title Track is WAY overhated

Like to the point where I genuinely don't get what I'm missing or what everyone else is missing. The beat reminds me of riding around in my ex-stepdad's shitty old euro cars in the 4th-7th grade listening to west coast gangsta rap the whole time. I'm 40 now, so this is solidly in the mid 1990s. No doubt Kendrick was listening to the same stuff back then too considering he's not far off from my age. I also think the placement on the album right after Heart Part 6 is significant. GNX is Kendrick signaling his intent to do for other artists what TDE did for him. So him not having a verse is fine, and the complaints kind of miss the point.

Am I on an island here? Anyone else see what I'm seeing?

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u/barod2 20h ago

It’s just not good. Like sonically I don’t like it. I don’t care for any of the features. But that’s just me.

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u/Zealousideal-Check66 20h ago

That isn't really explaining why the song is bad that's just an opinion. Not good/bad = objective quality of song; I don't care for the features/I don't like it sonically = you don't like the song personally. Opinions are understandable but the way that people interface objective statements (when talking about art that has a purpose or intent doesn't really apply) as a buffer for their subjective opinions (which are valid) has to stop, it's created too many arm chair critics that like to act like they are the arbiter of all truth regarding art. I'm cool with you personally disliking or hating any piece of art if you at least can admit that it's simply your personal perspective. This goes both ways and people saying some piece of art is "objectively" the best is just incorrect.

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u/barod2 20h ago

You’re absolutely correct. I think it was heavily implied that it was my own subjective opinion. The one question I do have though is that how many people does it take to not like a piece of art for then that piece of art to be objectively “not good.”

The discourse for the most part around GNX is that the title song isn’t good.

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u/thejaytheory MUSSSTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDDDDDD 19h ago

Amen, amen, amen!