I just can't get into him. I thought good kid, M.A.A.D city was a very well-put-together, cohesive album but it failed to excite me in amy way. Maybe because I've heard plenty of  growing up in the 'hood stories before. His new album is also well constructed. It feels like an album rather than a collection of singles. I just don't connect with his lyrics in any way. The beats were OK, good kid may have been a little better in that respect. I'm just bored of music these days, so take what I've said with a pinch of salt. It's been very difficult for me to get into anything new.

Meh, I listened to it twice.

It's not as accessible as the mAAD city album, and frankly I'm not that interested in listening to Pimp a Butterfly.
It seems that all the reviews are fooled by use of Native Instrument's Massive as a bass sound + vocals + string section orchestration (violins, cellos)
A lot of music that has those elements easily wins the critic's hearts and is often considered for a Grammy.
What a transparent formula.

Instead I'm currently listening to Illmaculate - Clay Pigeons.

A good number of songs there sound like I was hoping To Pimp a Butterfly would sound.
Liking "Take a Hit, Know My Name, Tread Lightly, Green Grass"
It's a nice 15 minutes of solid listening back to back on the LP. The next two songs after that are pretty good too, so maybe 15-20 minutes of listening.

Oh well. Maybe Kendrick's next LP will return to some of the more accessible themes like Good Kid mAAd City.

EDIT:
So I'm bored of new hip hop lol. Who other than Kendrick has come out with a good album in the last 5 years?
I can name the ones I'm aware of on one hand.
JJ DOOM - Key to the Kuffs (new MF Doom collab, a couple good tracks)
Wu-Tang Clan - A Better Tomorrow (a couple good tracks on there too)
Blue Scholars - Cinemetropolis
CunninLynguists - Oneirology, Cunninlynguists - Strange Journey Vol. 3 (haven't heard these two yet, but I'm sure they are decent)

I'm guessing Ghost = Ghostface Killah, the only Ghost I could find hasn't put out an album since 2009:


Thanks for the recommendations though, I gave you some brownie points. 

Depending on the kind of hip-hop you prefer, Tech N9ne has done some decent stuff in the past 5 years. "Something Else" isn't one of the "best hip-hop albums of all time" by any means, but it's pretty solid. And "Special Effects" is coming out in about a month.

Talib Kweli has also been pretty interesting recently. "Gutter Rainbows" (2011) is one of his best albums, in my opinion, with the exceptions of Reflection Eternal's "Train of Thought" and his first solo album, "Quality".

The above suggestions, especially Run the Jewels, are also pretty good. Hip-hop isn't in another golden age yet, but it's not dead, either.

EDIT:
So I'm bored of new hip hop lol. Who other than Kendrick has come out with a good album in the last 5 years?
I can name the ones I'm aware of on one hand.
JJ DOOM - Key to the Kuffs (new MF Doom collab, a couple good tracks)
Wu-Tang Clan - A Better Tomorrow (a couple good tracks on there too)
Blue Scholars - Cinemetropolis
CunninLynguists - Oneirology, Cunninlynguists - Strange Journey Vol. 3 (haven't heard these two yet, but I'm sure they are decent)

I don't really have a particular kind of hip hop that I enjoy, as I think there is good and bad in every style, but some of the more interesting stuff that I have heard:





Chance the Rapper's Acid Rap, Bus Driver's Perfect Hair, MF Doom's Born Like This (really underrated to me), Death Grips The Money Store, Billy Woods' Dour Candy, Lil Ugly Mane's The Weeping Worm etc.

I think there is a lot of variety in Hip hop right now which to me is a good thing. But it doesn't have the cohesion of one movement with a ton of good stuff in one style IMO. I like the variety, but that's just me.