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Kendrick Lamar - No Make-Up (Her Vice)
Artist: Kendrick Lamar
Featuring: Colin Munroe
Producer: Sounwave
Album: #Section80
Label: TDE/Aftermath/Interscope
As homo sapien of the male persuasion, I can’t even begin to imagine expending the time and energy women routinely put forth in order to live up to societal standards of perfection. Appreciative of the effort his girl puts into her appearance but aware that cosmetics can be used to hide as well as enhance it, Kendrick Lamar makes a request on the latest single off his Booth-acclaimed #Section 80 street album: “No Make-up today.” Over Sounwave‘s pensive piano chords and reverb-drenched breakbeat, the freestyle series alumnus forges into territory rarely explored in rap, delving deep into the minutiae of female grooming: “Concentrating on the way the eyeliner thickens, I stand behind her and try to figure her vision.” And it’s not just an ode to au naturel looks—Lamar expands upon the theme to touch upon issues of racial insecurity (“I hate my lips, my nose, my eyebrows”) and even domestic violence. Complete with a studio-enhanced hook by Colin Munroe, as well as guest vocals from a sadly (ironically?) uncredited female collaborator, this is just the beginning of the dope and thought-provoking material on #Section 80, recently awarded 4.5 out of 5 spins from our own Nathan S.
This song first appeared on the
Rap Chart
on August 14, 2011
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DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 5 |
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this was one of my favorite songs on that cd....i bump it almost everyday
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| Posted on Aug 11, 2011 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11639 |
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Kendrick's entire album is quality, but this record is probably the catchiest on a mainstream level, without any lyrical or message compromise. That is hard to do and Kendrick is still real young in the game.
PS. Who is ready for Munroe to come out of songwriting/production hibernation and give us some new tunes of his own?! 
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| Posted on Aug 11, 2011 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1216 |
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This was a classic, but then again, so was that entire album. Kendrick Lamar is a problem.
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| Posted on Aug 11, 2011 |
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Loved his project and this was a stand out for me. I really like Collin's vibe on hip hop records.
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| Posted on Aug 11, 2011 |
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| Posted on Aug 11, 2011 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1069 |
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Maaan, this sounds like straight Kanye West sh!t right here. I agree with all when I say this was well produced and Lamar killed, buried and had a memorial on the track.
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| Posted on Aug 11, 2011 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 216 |
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Classic just like this entire album Kendrick will make it huge and hopefully he will come to ATLANTA in DECEMBER. C'mon Kendrick we want you out in the south! Make a trip to Chattown too - All we can do is hope that everyone picks up this cd and give it a rotation or two. Keep up the A+ work
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| Posted on Aug 11, 2011 |
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dope Lyrics Dope beat dope concept = super dope song
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| Posted on Aug 11, 2011 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 24 |
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Section 80 blew me away. It was my introduction to Kendrick, and instantly became my favorite album of 2011. Each song is different, yet they're all cohesive to the album's concept.
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| Posted on Aug 12, 2011 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 2905 |
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My favourite song on the album. Section.80 is the best album of 2011 so far I've smashed it. So many amazing tracks on there. This one just gives me goosebumps all over, every time.
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| Posted on Aug 13, 2011 |
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| Posted on Aug 13, 2011 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 484 |
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love the message on this song
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| Posted on Aug 13, 2011 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 89 |
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stand out track of the stand out album
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| Posted on Aug 14, 2011 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 77 |
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This aint bad. Just a little slow and I've got plenty of other things to listen to. This just doesnt keep me interested.
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| Posted on Aug 14, 2011 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 100 |
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:) really likin this.
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| Posted on Aug 15, 2011 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1227 |
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I'm a new listener to Kendrick, but from the few songs I've heard he is at the top of his game.
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| Posted on Aug 17, 2011 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1305 |
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Been a fan of Munroe for awhile now. And Kendrick Lamar's getting pretty consistent now-a-days.
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| Posted on Aug 19, 2011 |
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2.5
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| Posted on Aug 20, 2011 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 199 |
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Decent!
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| Posted on Sep 12, 2011 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 121 |
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Very nice. New artist to me, gonna have to investigate this one.
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| Posted on Jan 12, 2012 |
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