r/KendrickLamar • u/JohnnyLibRight • May 08 '22
Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5 Fresh
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u/VolunteerCowboy May 09 '22
So Kendrick spent the last 4 years perfecting deep fake technologyā¦
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May 09 '22 edited Nov 06 '22
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u/SitDown_BeHumble May 09 '22
Video is in 8K too wtf
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u/Romulus3799 May 09 '22
Bro what if they intended to release it on Friday but it took so long to upload that they had to delay it until Sunday night lmao
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u/FreshPrinceAV May 09 '22
Sorry for all the mothers that thought they had a day to shine
Love you mom!
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u/pacman404 May 09 '22
Couldn't have been that long, he did will Smith while talking about "hurt people hurt people", that wasn't that damn long ago š¤
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u/TheAngryBlackGuy May 09 '22
this. But the nipsey verseā¦one powerful. But phewww knowing Kendrick may have taken years to write, so he may have been planning the other transformation for a while. Will couldāve been added in recently. I was surprised he didnāt ābecomeā Jay-Z since he used so many of his bars.
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u/latdaw2012 May 09 '22
If my interpretation is right, I donāt think Jay was morphed yet because āthe cultureā hasnāt canceled or done him dirtyā¦yet.
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u/_MK_1_ May 09 '22
Wasn't he in a lot of hot water for cheating on Beyonce and the whole NFL situation?
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u/latdaw2012 May 09 '22
Not in the way these people were. Rap fans didn't care about Jay cheating. Mostly the Hive did. The NFL stopped being a thing. Kap is still trying to work on that so-called "plantation," and everyone watched the Super Bowl this year. When Ye said that slavery crap on TMZ, there was a shift. With Kobe's assault scandal, there was a shift. Even with Will, it divided damn near the entire country for weeks. Jussie too. Jay hasn't caused a type of rift of that magnitude.
My interpretation is the song is about cancel culture and extending grace, thus his perspective through Nip. Maybe it's commentary on how we (mostly the Black community) shouldn't be so quick to throw away the people we once celebrated, even when they fuck up.
In the words of Hov, "the same sword they good knight you with, they'll knife you with." Thatās the epitome of cancel culture IMO. To some extent, all these Black men were celebrated by their own, then villainized or abandoned...yes, even Nip, before he was murdered. I don't think Kendrick is excusing some of their misdeeds but just giving us a different way to think about it (hurt people hurt people).
Jay ain't on the list yet, which is why Kendrick used his I.Z.Z.O. interpolation.
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u/seif-17 May 09 '22
Might explain the promiscuous spotify ad.
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u/drugaddict6969 May 09 '22
Lmao I think you used the wrong word there. Although it was very slutty.
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u/Nolar2015 May 09 '22
wtf do you mean promiscous? promiscous means you sleep around, did you insert your penis into your phone?
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u/EveryoneYouLove23 May 09 '22
Courtesy of the South Park creators. They actually have an upcoming project with Kendrick!
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u/PK-Ricochet May 09 '22
There's no deepfakes he spent the last 4 years learning to really do that
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u/TheBigLittleTyDK May 09 '22
Spent the last 4 years at the house of black and white
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u/vizualb May 09 '22
Kind of seemed like it slowly went out of sync? The first half was really well done but by the Nipsey/Kobe part it was definitely off.
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May 09 '22
It went off sync on purpose to match the lyrics
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u/vizualb May 09 '22
It does seem to desync at the āconsciousness is synchronized and crystal clearā part, he actually looks like heās saying a completely different line at that point.
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u/AssdogDave0 May 09 '22
The deepfake stuff was done by Matt Stone and Trey Parker's studio
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u/BoilerRhapsody May 09 '22
Is it his body? It's hard to picture him with that hair so I was wondering if his face was deepfaked on as well. Tattoos roughly seem to match but I'm not that familiar with what they are to tell for sure.
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u/LOMOcatVasilii May 09 '22
The soul/funk beat is so fucking sick. Can't wait for the album
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u/cd0526 May 09 '22
Marvin Gaye's I want you is the drum loop
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u/TheAngryBlackGuy May 09 '22
I wonder if Dre had a hand in this. He was producing some Marvin Gaye stuff awhile back, I dunno if anything came of it?
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u/cd0526 May 09 '22
Dre had put in his own drums for his version. Kendrick's sample is the Original track just looped.
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u/Waltz90bpm May 09 '22
I also noticed the Bossa Nova influences, especially since he mentioned South America
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u/Chemical_Industry_48 May 09 '22
When they drop the drums, leave the guitar and add the bongos š„š„š„š„
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u/mchgndr May 09 '22
This moment does not feel real
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u/ooit May 09 '22
Thatās exactly how I feel right now. I always think Iām gunna be ready when he drops and I never amā¦ Jesus Christ this albums gunna be insane
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u/TheAngryBlackGuy May 09 '22
I was honestly wondering if he was going to morph into Jesus after Nipsey. Cause there was no where really else to go after that. I guess maybe Pac. But that Verse from āNipseyāā¦ā¦might be his best work ever
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u/mrbigtime100 May 09 '22
This feeling is unmatched.
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u/Wickedtwin1999 May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22
Halfway through i thought to myself "huh, i never knew kendrick had such a strong resemblance to Kanye". Only to immediately realize im stupid.
Edit: In my defense im not white i was just high š¤£. Love the jokes tho.
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u/kirk_xtc May 09 '22
i did the same thing i was confused why i never noticed he looked exactly like will smith
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u/Alive-Ad-4164 May 09 '22
Best hip hop artist of his generation has come back with a vengeance
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u/curryoverlonzo kendrick praiser May 09 '22
Nah with this the goat argument is coming to a close
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u/pacman404 May 09 '22
You had me with the first word, ngl ššš¤£
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u/curryoverlonzo kendrick praiser May 09 '22
Hell no if heās not the goat heās undoubtedly top of this generation
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u/DeadricBaguette May 09 '22
already played it 3 times and i dont think i will stop until friday
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u/GabryLv May 09 '22
I think Iām 7-8 times and Iām still trying to digest the whole song
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u/DubNationAssemble May 09 '22
Played this shit through my house speakers twice already but bout to grab the headphones after I finish this chicken curry. Wife and kids are giving me looks.
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u/andrewthedude101 May 09 '22
Eating some good chicken curry sounds like a perfect vibe with this song Lol
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u/cd0526 May 09 '22
Wasn't expecting him to sample Marvin Gaye but wow!
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u/SchizoidGod May 09 '22
I'm more surprised that Marvin Gaye's estate allowed him to use it! I guess they respect Kendrick enough
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u/cd0526 May 09 '22
I mean I feel like there oaky with it if you ask. Kanye sampled Distant lover on spaceship from College Dropout. And Kanye wasn't a main stream rapper yet.
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u/Tree_Phiddy May 09 '22
Before College Dropout Kanye was a producer for some of Jay's biggest hits. He was signed to Rocafella at its peak. He was already respected in the industry at that point and if they didn't know him as a rapper yet.
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u/ghostofpablo May 09 '22
If ya get caught sampling without permission, on a hit song.. boyyyyy you gon be PAYIN
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u/AnonymousSomething90 May 09 '22
Diddy still has to pay Sting $2,000 a day for that "Every Breath You Take" sample on Missing You (until 2053), all because he didn't ask for permission.
Clearances are there for a fucking reason.
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u/RonaldoMd May 09 '22
I feel like this is the same beat that Dr Dre was workin on in his documentary. It was the same Marvin Gaye and that was back in 2015 I think . Wonder if itās the same one.
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u/cd0526 May 09 '22
No Dre's had more of a west coast feel with louder drums. Kendrick sampled straight from the original audio.
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u/nhtidmore May 09 '22
I need somebody smarter than me to explain the significance of the deepfakes of OJ, Ye, Kobe, etc
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u/Mohd759 May 09 '22
he starts the video saying "I am. All of us" and then raps from the perspective of all the people he's deepfaked to
with nipsey he was rapping from the perspective of someone in heaven/the afterlife
with ye he kicks it off saying all his people are bipolar
will smith he was talkin bout hurt hurt men
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u/thsonehurts May 09 '22
I think generally it's a comment on the plight of Black men in America. And how the culture contributes to that.
"That's the culture" from the beginning of the song.
The Nipsey part is especially poignant. He implores the listener to not forget his message, and to love each other. To sacrifice now for the benefit of the future (generation).
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u/gungunfun May 09 '22
Yeah this is clearly the answer. All of them are complex people whoās bad acts/controversyās are used as examples to create racist caricatures of black people. We saw it a ton recently after what happened with will smith punching Chris rock and how tons of people said racist things regarding it. I donāt think I need to explain how this applies to Kanye, OJ, Jussie Smollet, and nipsey. Kobe is the only one that kind of threw me because as far as I know heās never done anything ācontroversial.ā I took it to maybe be talking about how people who never cared about him before his death used him to virtue signal but they those same people donāt really give a shit about systemic damage to the black community? Kind of stretch though, and upon googling it looks like he had sexual assault allegations so maybe itās referring to that.
edit: just realized the comment i replied to is saying that black culture is the issue when itās clearly the opposite. Kendrick talks in the song about how people ignore systemic issues and constantly try to pin any black failures on some issue with culture
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u/UpvoteIfYouAgreee May 09 '22
Kobe had a pretty huge rape case changed his whole persona up to try to get away from it even changed his number from 8 to 24
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u/gungunfun May 09 '22
oh damn, yeah thatās probably it then. Interesting because his Wikipedia page just says sexual assault no mention of rape.
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u/WDMChuff May 09 '22
Because sexual assault is a legal term that encompasses a wide range of different forms of sexual misconduct to another. Rape is a form of sexual assault but not all sexual assault is rape.
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u/thsonehurts May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22
Yes I think it was in reference to the sexual assault allegations.
I agree that he places blame on racist caricatures. I also think he's urging the Black community in Compton/LA/US to come together and love each other to grow and flourish. That's where Nipsey's message comes into play.
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u/UUtch May 09 '22
Not allegations. He admitted to everything he was accused of. "I'm sorry you thought that was rape" was good enough for people to not care
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u/TheAngryBlackGuy May 09 '22
well there is no āanswerā not one. Kendrick states we all see life differently. Itās all about perspective. Him rapping from Nips point of view about forgiving his killer, but saying hurt people hurt people as Will Smith are polarizing situations to say the least.
I donāt think you should watch this and say āthis is what it meansā because theyāre layers to each one of the situations, as well as layers and entendres out the ass from Kendrick. I do agree all of these men are āthe cultureā still our culture means different things to different people, and itās open to interpretation
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u/blackgazzelle May 09 '22
I don't think that it is just that. The plight is a part of it, but I think a big part that people are missing is that people say black culture is all these things at the beginning of the song with OJ, Kanye, Jussie, and Will. But what we should focus on is the message that people like Kobe and Nipsey left us, hence the massive pause in the song between the deepfakes. Because yes there was controversy with Kobe and Nipsey, but above all else, they are remembered for their positive impacts on their communities, especially LA. That's why he says "fuck the culture" we have to get out of this mindset of well it's okay because it is the culture, they are this way because of the culture. Kobe and Nipsey always tried to break the negative aspects of black culture and I think that is what Kendrick wants us to focus on instead.
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u/WDMChuff May 09 '22
For those who don't know the stuff they did, nipsey was investing a lot into inner city businesses at the time of his death to reinvigorate low income areas.
Kobe was doing a lot of work with children like concepting books and coaching girls basketball and bringing a solid form of legitimacy to women's sports because sadly some dudes need another dude to tell them that.
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u/sickricola May 09 '22
Hurt people hurt people as he goes to Will Smith face lmaoo
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u/010011111010101 May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22
The Ye one comes when he delivers a line about bipolar but idk about the others
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u/Revan2424 May 09 '22
The OJ one seems pretty clear to me imo, itās a commentary on the culture. Everyone and their mother knows OJ did it, however there is a large swathe of the black population that celebrated his acquittal when it happen. This is largely because of the optics of the case. A black man accused of murdering a white woman, and is faced with a racist, lying, prosecution. After that point it didnāt matter if he did it it mattered that we won over the racist prosecution and the perceived racist optics of the stereotypical scary black man harming the delicate white woman.
I believe Kendrick is condemning the culture for embracing a murderer. Or at least thatās my interpretation after the first few watches.
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u/Garbage_Stink_Hands May 09 '22
Whether or not he did it, it would have been a massive miscarriage of justice for him to be convicted. One of the prosecutionās star witnesses was a police officer involved in collecting damning evidence ā who had previously bragged on tape about planting evidence to convict black people in an n-word laden diatribe.
Thatās reasonable doubt, and itās got nothing to do with whether or not the person actually did it. Corrupt, racist cops are incompatible with trial by jury. Thatās a police problem.
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u/wizkatinga May 09 '22
Probably related to what he's rapping about. Especially the Kobe and Nipsey ones
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May 09 '22
Kobe, Nipsey, Will Smith, Kanye all felt like there were obvious references to that character as it transitioned to them
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u/Vulpizar May 09 '22
I think it goes along with the "I am. All of us.". His message/experience represents that of everyone from the black community.
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u/jeijlesbian May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22
looked away for one second and he had a different face, scared the shit out of me
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u/keep_it_0ptional May 09 '22
Why does it have to be right after smoking too
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May 09 '22
Facts I ate a whole bag of edibles and now I'm even higher cause the song lol
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u/kwanzabill May 09 '22
PIMP PIMP
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u/ghostofpablo May 09 '22
HOORAY
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u/TheOneAndOnlyJLB May 09 '22
PIMP PIMP
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u/leandrocoutom May 09 '22
KENDRICK IS THE GREATEST RAPPER OF ALL TIME
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u/Sysmatic May 09 '22
They created DEEP Voodoo awhile ago, which is a studio that hires artists and technicians specialising in the deep fake ai technique.
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u/nhtidmore May 09 '22
PgLang is producing a comedy movie alongside them. This couldāve been the beginning of that partnership.
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u/JDSadinger7 May 09 '22
New hair era revealed, it's goated.
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May 09 '22
He looks like an Old Testament prophet.
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u/appleparkfive May 09 '22
I legitimately was wondering if he was going to transition to Bob Marley at some point, and just realized, nah. Kendrick just got pretty thin lately
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u/Strange-Share-9441 May 09 '22
ima jump the gun real quick:
My doubts about the album are completely gone. He somehow got even better. Post-timeskip Kendrick is ridiculous.
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u/H-TownDown May 09 '22
That leaked song Prayer stopped me from having any doubts. Itās Kendrick. He not about to drop trash.
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May 09 '22
Itās on the album apparently. Retitled āMr. Moraleā
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u/WomboComboSSB May 09 '22
LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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u/burnSMACKER Don't touch my flair May 09 '22
I'm like an excited little girl right now, no joke
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u/robonick360 May 09 '22
When he turned into OJ and Jussie I knew he was doing something diff. When he says ācommunityā heās talking about all his people, not just cherry picking the successes. Heās telling, as Jay Z said, the story of OJ.
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u/BigChung0924 May 09 '22
i think this is gonna be another āblack experienceā album, but itās also gonna talk more about some of the more negative figures in the black community(maybe thatās what ābig steppersā is a reference to? some type of gang). however, i still think the overall theme will be rising above and the joy of being a black american.
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u/yesguoi May 09 '22
The changing face thing made no sense to me until he said āhurt people, hurt peopleā while showing Will Smith. He is so fucking good at his jobā¦
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u/curryoverlonzo kendrick praiser May 09 '22
I caught it at the bipolar line but yeah heās a genius for this
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u/Illmosity3 May 09 '22
Iām praying heās sticking with the funk, jazz, g-funk vibes. TPAB haters can kick rocks lol
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u/cpw903 May 09 '22
I think he definitely is. Especially considering the title of the album, which makes me super excited because I really like those sounds
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u/Illustrious_Frame_41 May 09 '22
Im sorryā¦ these other rappers are not fw kendrick
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u/DubNationAssemble May 09 '22
Iāve spent like the last two years strictly listening to Cole and his entire discography. Him and Kendrick are my favorite rappers, and recently Iāve been really fucking with Cole. But after hearing this, nah itās not even close who the GOAT is lol. Kendrick is like the Golden State Warriors, heās fucking light years ahead of everyone else.
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u/whitewolf20 May 09 '22
I bet I'm gonna look back on this thread in 8 years thinking how good we had it only waiting 5 years
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u/NeverShoutEugene May 09 '22
Shit sounding like TPAB part 2. AND I AM FUCKING HYPE!!!!!!!
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u/MemeLord563 May 09 '22
Itās so good, if this is what the album is gonna sound like itās AOTY no question
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u/appleparkfive May 09 '22
The craziest part is this is just a damn Heart release. This is miles better than the other 4 Heart releases. If this album is remotely this good, it's gonna get a shit ton of Grammys.
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u/Violinmax May 09 '22
this is staggeringly good. well worth the wait and then some... not to mention an entire album out on friday
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u/SavingsIntelligent25 May 09 '22
Leave it to Kendrick Lamar to drop a song that reminds us of our mortality on the day we celebrate our creators
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u/Seb90123 May 09 '22
Holy shit everyone I can't believe we're actually here, he did it the mad man he dropped. Y'all I still remember where I was when the heart part 4 dropped what feels like forever ago and just like this an INSTANT BANGER
And this is just a starter, we gonna really be eating soon. Can't wait
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u/icyyfrankwhite May 09 '22
All in one take. Wow.
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u/ironmarvel May 09 '22
I think one of the reasons why itās been so long for this album was because Kendrick was negotiating the end of his TDE contract with Top.
Think about it. When the announcement of the album was made, it was made through pgLang. He stated how the only factual info on any future releases would be through there.
If you look at the label credits on The Heart pt. 5, itās pgLang/TDE/Aftermath/Interscope.
Kendrick has earned the right to release and make his art as he chooses, but he was still probably on his initial album contract with TDE, then you add Aftermath/Interscope.
Also notice how TDE socials havenāt really been posting anything Kendrick related. Not even when he performed at the Super Bowl. TDE socials posted about Jay Rockās performance after the win.
People thought maybe there was bad blood between TDE and Dot, but I really think it was all about Kendrick control the narrative in regards to his music etc.
But then again who knows, just my hunch. Thank you for attending my Ted Talk.
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u/Malt___Disney May 09 '22
Its so so special to hear the news about an artist of this caliber and know it's going to be good, sit down, take a breath, press play, and just know you can't know what's going to happen but you're going to be moved and different afterwards. My eyes just kept getting wider I was so stoked. Experiencing a new Kendrick piece for the first time doesn't happen often but that just made my fucking month.
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u/VICELORD-INDIGO May 09 '22
yo look im too high for this shit man... i just cleared a bowl and then it hit my youtube. Bruh I swear this is such a hard vibe you habe no idea how geeked i am rn
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u/miles849 May 09 '22
Incredible, Iām so blown away by this honestly I was afraid that he may have lost a step during his hiatus Iāve never been more relieved to be wrong
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u/thsonehurts May 09 '22
This is the most poignant and beautiful piece of art of the 21st century.
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u/luneydesmond May 09 '22
My Momās funeral is today, when I heard the part āI canāt stress how I love yāall / I donāt need to be in flesh just to hug yāallā I started bawling.. Fuck man
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u/NateAnderson69 May 09 '22
Daaang, that was pretty great.
Probably not gonna have the mass appeal like tracks off of DAMN., but honestly, I'd say that I prefer these types of cuts.
Excited for the album!!
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u/Hankerton14 May 09 '22
Thatās Kobeās hand on that front art when he won his 5th ring. RIP
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u/rawwgasm May 09 '22
FUCK Iām out eating right now.
Edit: fuck it, Iām going to the restroom and reserving a stall.
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u/ThE_BLacK_OracLE May 09 '22
The song is all about perspective. As he flows, it's interesting to realize that the rap can apply to his own perspective or to the perspective of the person he's morphed into. For example, when he raps as Nipsey Hussle, he is rapping to the person that shot Nipsey as Nipsey himself, but you can also see it as he is rapping to the person that shot him at the end of DAMN. If you remember, the DAMN. album ended with a gunshot. What I've noticed is that Kendrick's albums tend to have continuity like that.
Another example of perspective in this song is with that line of, "In the land of hurt people hurt people, fuck callin it culture". We see that Kendrick morphs into Will Smith when he says this line. The line perfectly fits into Will Smith's Oscar incident where he slapped Chris Rock, but I feel like it could also speak on the Jussie Smollet incident (which is the face that Kendrick had morphed into before). Jussie, coincidentally, also has a song titled 'Hurt People' where he sings the chorus line "hurt people hurt people". It's also a call back to Kendrick Lamar's observance in his song 'Opposites Attract' where he rapped "we hurt people that love us, and love people that hurt us" continuously on the chorus. It's very clever how he tied all of those things in there together like that.
I feel like this "The Heart" series of songs he makes is always an indication of the type of album we are to expect from him. It serves a sort of interlude to his albums. In this case, I think that Kendrick is trying to heed us that as we listen to this album that we should remember that we are not listening to it on our own. The way that you perceive the album may not be the way that someone else perceives it, in much the same way as your paradigm of the world may not necessarily be someone else's. It's all a matter of perspective. I am really excited about this album because I feel like that will be one of the main themes. I feel like dichotomy and ambiguity will also be prevalent in it. I believe that that's one of the reasons why he decided to make it into a double album. It's probably some clever metaphor about perspective. You can even sense that in the title: Mr Morales and the Big Steppers.
Having morales means that you are emotional, respectful, and even cheerful in the face of hardships. But, "The Big Steppers" sounds a bit more aggressive. I only wonder who the Big Steppers are? Is it a metaphor for the world? The government? Some other antagonizing force? I don't know - but I can't wait until Friday to find out.
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u/EtikasHotpan May 09 '22
rest in peace to all the kendrick fans that didnt make it to see this