Round of 16: (4) Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American vs. (13) Kendrick Lamar - TPAB Bracket

Round three is here. 16 winners of the previous round. What album will come out on top?

NOTICE: PLEASE DO NOT VOTE UNLESS YOU'VE HEARD BOTH ALBUMS. STOP DOING THIS SHIT.

For this matchup, we start with:

(4) Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American

vs.

(13) Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

 

one deserves to be here, one doesn't. easily kendrick.

 

Not close

 

TPAB

 

Not going to be mad if Kendrick wins this one, but I listen to one of these probably 30x more frequently than the other, and I've gotta vote for that one. Bleed American.

 

I feel crazy voting for a pop punk album, but here I am.

 

Same here, but the numbers might go to like 300x more, sorry. TPAB is a classic on its own too, but just not my usual choice of music.

 

Easily Bleed American for me.

 

Hold up. Did Bleed American beat Nevermind in the last round? Am I misremembering what the match up was?

If so, damn you people fucked up.

 

TPAB, although I listen to songs off of Bleed American more

 

Won by 11, baby!

 

Kendrick

 

Considering a real heel turn here lol

 

Kendrick

 

This is an annoying matchup lol. I think Bleed should have been eliminated already and I also think TPAB is a little overrated (I like GKMC better). Went with TPAB.

 

Nah, nailed it.

 

(just to add, I do love Bleed American. But it didnt get my vote in this round or last round.)

 

TPAB is probably the greater achievement but I enjoy Bleed American more. Went back and forth a few times before picking Jimmy Eat World. Just can’t vote against “If You Don’t, Don’t”

 

Love a lot on both but also both have a big chunk I don't. Went with Bleed American because I probably like it a little more.

 

I like bleed more. Probably would’ve gone good kid over bleed, but as is,

 

This is a tough choice for me. TPAB is dense, heavy, and arguably Kendrick's best whereas Bleed American is more accessible and had a larger impact on my music taste as a whole. Gonna have to sit on this for a bit!

 

I voted for Kendrick, but I'd rather have Jimmy Eat World win this tournament than Kendrick, because at least that would be an honest Chorus result lol

 

Bleed

 

I just prefer 90 minute comedies to 3 hour dense dramas.

 

in the unlikely scenario where a bunch of votes come in before the deadline, i’ll revisit this, but it seems likely bleed american is moving into the round of 8 with 53%.

zero rap albums remain. good job guys!