It's Time For Us to be Honest About Kendrick Lamar
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Published 2023-05-24
For starters, when we’re left in the dark, humans have a tendency to let their imaginations run rampant. Next up, there’s the fact that we are all susceptible to the marketing machine. And Finally, there’s the issue of our own social media echo chambers. Whether negative or positive, the likes of Twitter, Instagram, and Reddit means that our own snap judgments on a record can suddenly be reinforced and allow opinions to be cemented long before we’ve really given something ample time to be digested.
One album that definitely bore the brunt of each of these scenarios is Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers.
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All Comments (21)
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I appreciate Kendrick as an artist and he can truly do things that no other rapper can do. But he’s lost his presence in the rap game. It’s clear there came a point where he didn’t care about that anymore and just wanted to make art. Taking 5 years out and coming back with MM&TBS, although a great album, didn’t put his stamp back in the game. His few features since have been mediocre. In fact, he isn’t a very strong feature artist in general since the early days of Control etc. The frustrating thing is he holds back on a lot of features. He doesn’t have any notable ones with J Cole and the Jeezy song which had Cole on it, he dropped a whack verse. It’s like he does it on purpose sometimes. I will always appreciate anything he does cause it’s real and original and I guess we just have to accept he’s never gonna be that rapper we want him to be
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This is why Hip-Hop sucks now. We expect "bangers" from an artist, and the art gets lost. It's pretty saddening.
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It's crazy Akademiks's self esteem is so tied up with Drake's success and failure
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You know you're built different when your "flop" of an album wins you a Grammy. 🐐
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Music is art, and Kendrick Lamar is one of the few true artists left. I don't care if he's not 'present' in the current rap game. He's beyond it.
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Kendrick Lamar in his 4 studio albums has written: A movie, A poem, A message that can played forwards and backwards, and a stage play… WHAT MORE DOES HE HAVE TO PROVE!!
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Kendrick isn’t the problem. The fans are. They’re just looking at the numbers and not even trying to appreciate the art he put behind his album. Everything is about making more money or sales but no one in a business standpoint appreciates it for the art that it is.
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this album was therapy for me after a family member died last year, i cried so much when i heard “die hard” or the instrumental of “united in grief”. he’s making art at this point with his music. this year i’ve spent my birthday at one of his concerts, it was beautiful. I will cherish this album forever.
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Man I couldn’t disagree more with some of these sentiments, this album transcends rap music and is a social masterpiece of art
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Mr. Morale is an extremely cathartic album to listen to. not everybody wants to have a therapy session everytime they listen to music, but it’s invaluable to everybody who truly resonated with it. i love it, and i respect Kendrick for making a project that helped himself, not something that pandered to a demographic that already has hella people pandering to it
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Kendrick makes art, coincidentally its medium is hip-hop; there is no fall of an artist like this just another evolution.
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This album is hands down one of my favorite albums to exist. There’s so much that’s relatable to a person that’s healing and understanding life.
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Mr Morale was an album for grown folks. It was for people going into the real world with life experience, leaving clubs behind...leaving college behind...leaving high school behind. It was a mentally DEEP album that touched any person that wants to leave something behind for their children, not an album for someone trying to be noticed or flashy. This was an album saying THIS IS FOR YOUR HEART AND MIND, not for your clubs and BBQs.
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Kendrick can do what he wants . He has more than earned it .
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So, basically, you guys prefer McDonald's over a meal from a crockpot... Got it
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I have grown with Kendrick.. each life stage.. granted Mr. Morale & The Bigsteppers isn’t for everyone. It’s reflective and especially it’s deep. Hip hip needed this. Also he is evolving as an artist. It’s a hard listen but required. Toxic hip hop is overplayed.
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Its funny because its been a year and I’ve come to love this album. So much for 2 weeks. People who hated this album are either mentally and spiritually shallow or scares to be different.
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This album touched me like no other piece of media out there. I don’t care if it doesn’t have hits I love this album.
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This album was a therapy session and honestly, it did wonders for me over the summer. I love this album so much.
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Kendrick has a new style on every album he makes. Each one incredible in its own way, layered with new sounds, complex lyrical storytelling, and self reflection. People need time to process new styles especially if they wanted a replica of a past album. Often times when incredibly talented artists make something totally new and unheard of the mainstream doesn’t understand it’s brilliance. Similar responses were voiced originally about OutKast - ATLiens, Kanye - 808’s and Heartbreak, Beastie Boys - Check Your Head, even Nas - It Was Written (because how do you follow up Illmatic. Each one of those is a classic now but originally received criticism claiming they fell off. I don’t even feel like the Drake claim is worth addressing, albums are progressively worse and predictable. He’s a culture vulture who replicates whatever is mainstream at the time.
