Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (Discussion Thread)
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Excellent cinematography. I wish they would have upped the emotion like they did in the audio version, especially towards the end.
This video really drives home that the album is supposed to be interpreted as a Stage Play
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This is not a song
BaltimoreTwilightMarauder
Superstar
Tried to give this album another try. Big mistake. This shyt is terrible. I'm legit worried about Kendrick's future if THIS is what we're gonna keep getting.
Besides the gimmicky Cry together shyt, this album came and went.
Besides the gimmicky Cry together shyt, this album came and went.
BlaccSunrise
Superstar
The finesse kid slid through and saved this album
Mike the Executioner
What went on up there? Poppers and weird sex!
"N95" should have opened the album. I don't think "United in Grief" works at all.
"Worldwide Steppers" should have gotten more recognition.
The first half is definitely better than the second half.
"We Cry Together" is hilarious to me now.
The way Summer Walker slides in on "Purple Hearts" gets me every time. She carried that song on her back.
I feel like I should like "Silent Hill" more, but I don't.
Baby Keem's voice is annoying. He gives me Consequence flashbacks.
The ending of the album is done very well ("Auntie Diaries" to "Mirror"). "The Heart Part 5" makes a great bonus track.
I really feel like people are going to appreciate this album more as the years go by. A lot of the reaction is influenced by the fact that this is Kendrick's first album in five years, so if he didn't deliver a stone cold classic, it was a failure.
"Worldwide Steppers" should have gotten more recognition.
The first half is definitely better than the second half.
"We Cry Together" is hilarious to me now.
The way Summer Walker slides in on "Purple Hearts" gets me every time. She carried that song on her back.
I feel like I should like "Silent Hill" more, but I don't.
Baby Keem's voice is annoying. He gives me Consequence flashbacks.
The ending of the album is done very well ("Auntie Diaries" to "Mirror"). "The Heart Part 5" makes a great bonus track.
I really feel like people are going to appreciate this album more as the years go by. A lot of the reaction is influenced by the fact that this is Kendrick's first album in five years, so if he didn't deliver a stone cold classic, it was a failure.
Awesome Wells
The Ghost of Jack Tripper
Been a huge Kendrick fan since the early K-Dot mixtape days, probably 16-17 years ago.
I still say he's Hip Hop's best artist in the past 12-13 years or so. Dude drops nothing but classic albums, but I couldn't f*ck with this last one. I'm all for experimenting with the artistry and taking the genre to new places, but not at the expense of the actual music. TDE has the best engineer in the game in Ali, and in-house production that can basically cover every base. But this project seemed more focused on vision and direction, than music that would resonate on a classic level like the other albums.
Always liked how every Kendrick album has been different, but this joint was more like Def Poetry Jam than an actual front to back listen of a Hip Hop album. Easily his weakest project yet, to me.
I still say he's Hip Hop's best artist in the past 12-13 years or so. Dude drops nothing but classic albums, but I couldn't f*ck with this last one. I'm all for experimenting with the artistry and taking the genre to new places, but not at the expense of the actual music. TDE has the best engineer in the game in Ali, and in-house production that can basically cover every base. But this project seemed more focused on vision and direction, than music that would resonate on a classic level like the other albums.
Always liked how every Kendrick album has been different, but this joint was more like Def Poetry Jam than an actual front to back listen of a Hip Hop album. Easily his weakest project yet, to me.