Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (Discussion Thread)

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Yep default to “emotional stans” because you don’t have the facilities to articulate your arguement properly

Lol at bodying features - Future “bodies features” and but in no way is he a better rapper than Kendrick and I’m a Future fan. I don’t even think Future is in the realm of Kendrick as an artist and Future is one of the best in rap artistically and song writing wise.

Bodying features is a redundant arguement anyway - the reason J Cole isn’t making albums on the level of Kendrick is because he doesn’t have the range of technical or creative ability of Kendrick to create an engaging body of work for the 30 minutes plus that’s required to create a album

I articulated very well and even gave you a challenge. Tally their features and let's see who kills those the most. There nothing redundant about bodying features. Use words correctly, especially when you tell people to be articulate

That's 2 highly emotional triggered responses to some shyt i said that is rather widely accepted.

Wayne also was/is a feature monster that doesn't have stellar albums. Wouldn't say he isn't "technically proficient" because of it. If you can't put your emotions aside to converse don't quote me again. Just keep it moving.

 

[winb83]

the reason J Cole isn’t making albums on the level of Kendrick is because he doesn’t have the range of technical or creative ability of Kendrick to create an engaging body of work for the 30 minutes plus that’s required to create a album

K.O.D. and Forest Hills say otherwise.

 

[Jards]

I articulated very well and even gave you a challenge. Tally their features and let's see who kills those the most. There nothing redundant about bodying features. Use words correctly, especially when you tell people to be articulate

That's 2 highly emotional triggered responses to some shyt i said that is rather widely accepted.

Wayne also was/is a feature monster that doesn't have stellar albums. Wouldn't say he isn't "technically proficient" because of it. If you can't put your emotions aside to converse don't quote me again. Just keep it moving.

Lol I’m trying to gauge where in my responses that you’re identifying I’m emotional - I’m merely stating my opinion that J Cole can’t fukk with Kendrick in no form or fashion

I mean you only have to look at your post count vs my post count to gauge who takes this shyt more seriously - you have 20x more posts than me my brother

 

[THE 101]

"My uncle would tell me the shyt in the movies could only be magic
This year, I did forty-three shows and took it all home to buy him a casket"

Damn

 

[AKM-95]

I finally got a chance to listen and I get the criticism but even if you don't consider the album music what he was saying and how he put it together is why he has the spot that he has.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Lol I’m trying to gauge where in my responses that you’re identifying I’m emotional - I’m merely stating my opinion that J Cole can’t fukk with Kendrick in no form or fashion

I mean you only have to look at your post count vs my post count to gauge who takes this shyt more seriously - you have 20x more posts than me my brother

All your comments are highly emotional.. the way you use lol is classic triggered language. You did it at least twice. Usually used like that it doesn't indicate something is funny but that you are bothered.

Your argumentative responses and the non objective views expressed are also a dead giveaway. An objective party would be able to be honest about the 2 artists strengths and weaknesses. A stan can't be logical only emotional. So you take complete objection as opposed to making rational analysis. Starting off with sarcastic Lols to express your absolute disdain at the idea that the 2 might be close competition.

Even on text some things are transparent. Now you talking about post counts.

Enjoy the album and avoid engaging me unless you can tuck your feelings. I don't like stans, if I did I'd be on a fan site. I'm a music head not a dikkridder.

 

[Kuma the Bear]

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[Ziggiy]

Savior is my shyt today


Are you happy for me

 

[Nero Christ]

can't get any real judgement off the album off your initial listens...it's too dense and doesn't give the album or any for that matter of fact the proper credit it deserves from an actual listen. Lot of themes dealing with individual or environmental pain, and that's not going to make for an album where you consistently revisit. So off first listen, if the sounds don't catch you, then listening to the lyrics will certainly make someone recoil even more.

Never really know what K.Dot's tapes are gonna sound like and which mood you gotta be in to listen to them...blessing and a curse. Off my first listen, the album has my respect but not really my enjoyment (that could & most likely will change). I respect what Kendrick did here with these topics but I don't see this as a tape to just spin back. It's something that down the road, I'll revisit for the subjects like I do heavy dialogue/character driven movies.

 

[breakfuss]

This thread

J Cole isn’t better than Kendrick at anything lol

Cole is the audible equivalent of Ambien . I honestly haven't enjoyed anything since the FNL mixtape but to each their own. I knew the comparisons would eventually come though and yet I fall for the bait.

 

[The G.O.D II]

Stop it. The Album is like a compilation of all the twitter fights.

Black men VS Black women fight.
Gay/Trans fight
Black men need/go to therapy
Racism/police brutality.
Toxic masculinity

It’s all there, and there’s nothing new being added to any of the conversations. Just throwing it all out there.

This is how I know you didn’t listen fully. These are the same criticisms that have been made since TPAB that people are still applying to every album. There are max three songs on here that deal with social issues in a major way. And if you listened you would know that he specifically says don’t look to him as a savior on these topics. The theme of this album is his own experiences and trauma not lecturing or trying to add something new to conversations. Why would you even look to him or any rapper for that anyway? He’s not a sociologist

 

[CarltonJunior]

I knew this was coming. These people (referring to the comments, not the initial tweeter) always mad and tryna cancel some shyt

 

[Paper Boi]

mirror an interesting one...

i think it's his response not just to his fans and noname or whoever

i think it's the world.

breh basically saying i'm taking my mental health over all of yall. label demands, fans demands, noname celebs social media demands, even personal demands that aren't his immediate family putting pressure on him.

that's how i read it anyway.

putting himself first, which can often be seen as selfish, but that's what you gotta do sometimes.

obvious shots at the noname clown tho

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

At this point, Kendrick is pretty much a playwright.

Making my way through the album now. Enjoying the experience.

Ghostface, Beth Gibbons and Kodak Black is quite a range of guests