Well, now that that revelatory interruption had passed, I'm back to Kendrick:
I'm now able to listen to this album all the way through and enjoy the duck out of it. When I'm pressed for time I skip "for free" and "u" and "for sale" and some of the incidental music between songs, but if I have the time I actually prefer listening to it as a whole even though I find a few of those filler tracks absolutely painful.... but the album's a story and the effect comes through best when you listen to the entire thing.
I still can't believe this was the biggest rap album of last year. It's SO out there.