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

[Sad Bunny]

I’m soooo looking forward to Kenny’s album and NaS’ KD3 duking it out with each other for those three titles, it’s all I ever wanted between them…Some GOAT-level competition with each other, it’s like NaS is Rakim and Kendrick is NaS

Lmao. Nas ain’t dropping shyt as creative as Kendrick. Stop.

 

[Chip Skylark]

Plenty of people are. I saw more people already checking for TEMS after the Future song.
I remember when Drake sampled At Your Best by Aaliyah mad people all a sudden became a fan of that song.

“You” saw it. Okay?!. You could easily show the increase of traffic from streams. Show me. Otherwise what you experience is only what you saw

 

[Sad Bunny]

“You” saw it. Okay?!. You could easily show the increase of traffic from streams. Show me. Otherwise what you experience is only what you saw

I’ve read plenty of articles in it before. Here is one.

“Publishers have a vested interest in getting tracks interpolated: They get revenue on the new songs if their signed songwriters have credits on the tracks, and interpolations and samples often drive streams to the original material to boot.”

'No Shelf Life Now': The Big Business of Interpolating Old Songs for New Hits

 

[Piff Perkins]

Well he’s been doing that almost since the beginning. He’s spoken of and supported Michael Jackson at the HEIGHT of white Hollywood doing their damndest to cancel him during that Finding Neverland shyt. Hell GKMC is one big parable and humanization of gangbanging culture. I wouldn’t be surprised if the recent controversies surrounding Isaiah Rashad, Doja Cat, and even people like C-Murda wasn’t on his radar.


When shyt hits the fan is you still a fan?

One of the leaked song was also a MJ perspective track sorta like the Nip thing but more autobiographical. The Prayer.

 

[Chip Skylark]

I’ve read plenty of articles in it before. Here is one.

“Publishers have a vested interest in getting tracks interpolated: They get revenue on the new songs if their signed songwriters have credits on the tracks, and interpolations and samples often drive streams to the original material to boot.”

'No Shelf Life Now': The Big Business of Interpolating Old Songs for New Hits

That’s not showing me the numbers to match and back it up. Yes people will get paid from their samples works. But are people going back and listening and supporting the original artists works.

this article, in a nutshell, admitted to the big publishing companies (that have been buying artists publishing) set up camps giving the songwriters permission to sample the songs they own in “hopes” of earning revenue from the originals not that they really are but it does explain how artists and the publisher are making money from the interpolation of their songs which is given

 

[Sad Bunny]

That’s not showing me the numbers to match and back it up. Yes people will get paid from their samples works. But are people going back and listening and supporting the original artists works.

this article, in a nutshell, admitted to the big publishing companies (that have been buying artists publishing) set up camps giving the songwriters permission to sample the songs they own in “hopes” of earning revenue from the originals not that they really are but it does explain how artists and the publisher are making money from the interpolation of their songs which is given

Google it yourself weirdo.

 

[spliz]

Lmao. Nas ain’t dropping shyt as creative as Kendrick. Stop.

Nas been there done that. On top of that. Kendrick gets passes for being creative that other rappers don’t. Just see J Cole and KOD.

 

[Ziggiy]

Lmao. Nas ain’t dropping shyt as creative as Kendrick. Stop.

 

[Ziggiy]

Nas been there done that. On top of that. Kendrick gets passes for being creative that other rappers don’t. Just see J Cole and KOD.

Wait I thought KOD was critically acclaimed and fans liked it?


I didn’t love as much a few months down the line after its initial release but the concept was cool

 

[spliz]

Wait I thought KOD was critically acclaimed and fans liked it?


I didn’t love as much a few months down the line after its initial release but the concept was cool

Cole got shytted on for KOD. Everybody started comparing him to Kendrick and honestly I feel if Kendrick dropped that same project it would’ve got way more love. And if Cole dropped DAMN it would’ve gotten way less.

 

[darealvelle]

Cole got shytted on for KOD. Everybody started comparing him to Kendrick and honestly I feel if Kendrick dropped that same project it would’ve got way more love. And if Cole dropped DAMN it would’ve gotten way less.

KOD was real dope to me. Im surprised people were not feeling it.

 

[THE 101]

Only Kendrick project that KOD might be better than is Overly Dedicated

 

[HiiiPower]

Only Kendrick project that KOD might be better than is Overly Dedicated

Nope

The Heart 2
Growing Apart
Ignorance Is Bliss
Opposites Attract
Barbed Wire
Average Joe
Cut You Off
Heaven & Hell

all better than pretty much anything on KOD and I like KOD

edit: even the stuff i didn’t list from that tape is fukking dope, that mixtape doesn’t get the classic praise it deserves

(excluding Michael Jordan…WOAT Kendrick track and feels so out of place within the rest of the tape lol)

 

[Ziggiy]

Nope

The Heart 2
Ignorance Is Bliss
Opposites Attract
Barbed Wire
Average Joe
Cut You Off
Growing Apart

all better than pretty much anything on KOD and I like KOD

The REAL conversation in Cole’s discography needs to be 4 Your Eyez Only. That album was fukking heat rocks and got slept on. Its aged incredibly well too

 

[HiiiPower]

The REAL conversation in Cole’s discography needs to be 4 Your Eyez Only. That album was fukking heat rocks and got slept on. Its aged incredibly well too

Nah I thought that album was wack lol, that and sideline story are duds outside a handful of cool tracks on each..I like everything else Cole dropped tho