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Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (May 13th, 2022) Album • Page 17

Discussion in 'Music Forum' started by Ben, Mar 5, 2020.

  1. The Lucky Moose

    Still A Threat Prestigious

    O.J. is in there too, I think.
     
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  2. Carrow May 9, 2022
    (Last edited: May 9, 2022)
    Carrow

    maybe this time, I won't be alright Supporter

    this is SO good

    e: TAKE THE DRUMS OUT

    I'm so ready
     
  3. Ed59_

    Regular

    Vid has disappeared from YouTube…

    someone isn’t happy probably
     
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  4. Carrow

    maybe this time, I won't be alright Supporter

    weird, it was officially released and everything!
     
  5. beachdude

    I'm not brave Prestigious

    Such an incredible song. Wow!
     
  6. Ed59_

    Regular

    Video back up! That was weird.
     
  7. ncarrab

    Prestigious Supporter

    Happy Kendrick Lamar Week, y'all!
     
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  9. That video really does add so much to the song. I also didn't see Cosby in the video or mentioned on Genius, which is probably a good thing lol
     


  10. I wonder if the actual album will dive deeper into this
     
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  11. eagles1139

    Regular

    "Make the wrong turn, be it will or the wheel alignment" god nobody ever has been on his level in terms of writing raps
     
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  12. ncarrab

    Prestigious Supporter

     
  13. Yikes

    Not sure about the concept of a white guy turning into a bunch of POC but the video is definitely the same
     
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  14. CAC3

    Dog

    Best rapper alive! Can’t wait for this record.
     
  15. Ed59_

    Regular

    I think Kendrick is definitely going to talk a lot about “culture” on this album. I’ve avoided listening, but one of the leaks from 2020 seems to be about “cancel culture” and separation of art / artist. I just pray it isn’t cringey or extremely inflammatory for no reason. I trust Kendrick to have something interesting to say on it even if I don’t necessarily agree with all he’s saying.

    Hopefully at the very least it can clear the low, low bar of being as tone deaf as Kanye bringing out DaBaby and Marilyn Manson on Jail as some sort of cancel culture statement.

    It also might not even make the album!
     
  16. sawhney[rusted]2

    I'll write you into all of my songs Supporter

    Has the heart series generally been a precursor to themes that Kendrick explores on the succeeding albums?
     
  17. If that were the case, I would definitely expect him to clear the bar of Kanye straight-up doing PR stunts, but at the same time, it's worth remembering the MJ lines on "Mortal Man." Even the Tupac worship. It doesn't bother me on a personal level, but it's complicated, and it's also a pretty good microcosm of why we shouldn't put people on pedestals no matter how good they are at something or how smart they seem.
     
  18. Bane

    The spiciest meme

    That coupled with his endorsement of XXXTentacion, I'm not expecting to love everything he would have to say on stuff like that but I don't think he would be outright inflammatory /hateful
     
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  19. Nathan

    Always do the right thing. Supporter

    The video and song weren’t making excuses for anyone represented’s actions, it was pretty clearly critiquing the way black trauma is treated as spectacle, and critiquing the idea of blackness being “the culture” when black Americans who create “the culture” are still not extended the same humanity or empathy as the dominant culture. The album will likely expand on those ideas and, like much of Kendrick’s work, be challenging and contradictory and extremely dense and thoughtful while still open to critique and disagreement. I doubt it’d be as blunt as Kanye’s semiotics.
     
  20. incognitojones

    Some Freak Supporter

    I’m gonna wait to hear it before having a take, no real way to speculate yet.

    but yeah, the Heart songs have not been on the album, no idea what it will sound like yet.
     
  21. ncarrab

    Prestigious Supporter

    As someone who has followed Kendrick's career pretty closely since Section.80 I either completely forgot about The Heart Series, or didn't know about it entirely.

    Kind of feel ashamed right now.
     
  22. Sean Murphy

    Most Prestigious Supporter

    this is honestly the first part of the series i've ever heard. i looked the first 4 parts up on YT last night lol
     
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  23. irthesteve

    formerly irthesteve Prestigious

    I remember when Pt 4 came out, but 1-3 was long enough ago that I wasn't into him yet
     
  24. irthesteve

    formerly irthesteve Prestigious

    What's the general consensus on Overly Dedicated? Section80 is the furthest back I have dug into his disography but I expect there are probably some gems in his earlier stuff too
     
  25. bobby_runs

    where would i be if i was my brain Prestigious

    Off the top of my head I like the two features from Ab-Soul and Schoolboy Q.
     
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