Kendrick Lamar doing the SuperBowl Halftime show
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Mr. Lamar himself seems to have be backed away from taking overt political stances in the past few years; perhaps he has discovered that expressing his politics seems to alienate as many allies as enemies. Since his debut, Mr. Lamar’s words and deeds have been parsed and judged by a cohort of critics, intellectuals and fans who each plot and then police their own lines of demarcation between selling and selling out. Such is the conundrum of any pop star with an inkling of consciousness. As Chuck D of Public Enemy once put it, such a star must “reach the bourgeois and rock the boulevard.” An entertainer’s job is simple: Don’t be boring. An artist’s job is different: Reveal beauty, evoke emotion. A political artist must do both things, and more: Be right, righteous and lead us, we fans say, but make it rhyme, and make sure the music is hot.
But is that too much for us to ask? We raise young performers up, call them prophets when they validate our worldview, then scan their work for inconsistencies and blast them because they don’t deploy the privileged vocabulary, expertise or nuance of a graduate student. A song is not a dissertation, even if the singer has won a Pulitzer.
But is that too much for us to ask? We raise young performers up, call them prophets when they validate our worldview, then scan their work for inconsistencies and blast them because they don’t deploy the privileged vocabulary, expertise or nuance of a graduate student. A song is not a dissertation, even if the singer has won a Pulitzer.
J-MIL
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FukkaPaidEmail
Retired Hoodrat whisperer
Hey man get that pile of shyt off yo head
ReasonableMatic
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That’s beautiful
2ATMsYouSteppinOrWhat
f*** apologies, i wanna see y’all geeked up
So now Drake stans not only have to fight off Kendrick stans but the BeyHive
Yeah, this is a funeral, alright.
2025 already done for Lawbrey
drake tried to take b spotlight with hnvm
T-K-G
Veteran
My nikka I took a woodshop class this morning and the old white woman who owned the place said she was hyped to see Kendrick and wondered if Taylor might do a surprise feature
even the dustiest of Cacs are locked in
VegetasHairline
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So now Drake stans not only have to fight off Kendrick stans but the BeyHive
Yeah, this is a funeral, alright.
2025 already done for Lawbrey
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