Kendrick Lamar - The Blacker The Berry (Prod. by Boi-1da)

[The_King_of_Everything]

I might be crazy...but I sometimes think some of our own choose to remain ignorant under the guise of being black militant so we can't move forward.

THIS I DEF BELIEVE!

 

[iFightSeagullsForBread]

Haven't read through the whole thread but those last few bars really aren't a stance that hasn't been mentioned by rappers before.

Cube was making the sentiments on "Us" back in 91.

[Verse 2]
And all y'all dope-dealers...
You're as bad as the po-lice- cause ya kill us
You got rich when you started slangin' dope
But you ain't built us a supermarket
So when can spend our money with the blacks
Too busy buyin' gold an' Cadillacs
That's what ya doin' with the money that ya raisin'
Exploitin' us like the Caucasians did
For 400 years -I got 400 tears- for 400 peers
Died last year from gang-related crimes
That's why I got gang-related rhymes
But when I do a show ta kick some facts
Us Blacks don't know how ta act
Sometimes I believe the hype, man
We mess it up ourselves and blame the white man
But don't point the finger you jiggaboo
Take a look at yourself ya dumb nikka you
Pretty soon hip-hop won't be so nice
No Ice Cube, just Vanilla Ice
And yall sit and scream and cuss
But there's no one ta blame- but US

Now see not only Cube, but also



and ya' can't get more militant than Paris..

 

[lutha]

I guarantee that if Kendrick keeps dropping music like this... his career won't stay on the upward trajectory it has been.

That's the first thing that came to my mind even when I first saw that "Untitled" performance.

Then I thought it again when I read a recent article on his strong Christian faith...

The powers that be in the music industry will not let him get too big... because their primary aim is to spread negativity through music and the media.

You'll notice that the majority of post 2000 music (especially pop, what's left of R&B and hip hop) rarely has an empowering message... it mostly pushes sex, drugs, murder, hate, self-worship and materialism.

We've seen it happen before... watch, it will happen again.

i disagree.....i dont think he has anything to worry about career wise cause there are signs of a new day dawning in the industry...some of the politics are changing due a couple reasons....1) we (blacks) are starting to get in some of those key spots in the industry, which is allowing us to get more say so in the type of music we put out....what we can put out isnt being dictated to us by old white men as much as it used to be....2) we are getting a better understanding of the business side...which means we wont get hustled into bad deals/signing our lives away to do whatever by the suits as much....3) artists are starting to realize some of the power they have...so if they are a big enough/emerging star, he/she can say 'i want to release this kinda song' and it aint shyt the record label can really do about it....

 

[valet]

podcast talking about this song. start at 53:40 talks about the unfair judgment "Blacker the Berry" is facing and how hip hop doesn't have the same standards for ratchet rap. And how Lupe wen through the same thing with "B Bad"

 

[Killalex]

This is amazing. King Kendrick about to drop a second classic

 

[MaLi]

Dope track
Its too bad the masses will take one or two lines to use against us when these topics come up.

Its too bad because these are the types of songs and topics we should be discussing-- IN HOUSE-- and not out in the open for them to judge and continue to tell us how were the problem

 

[FrankieLymon757]

 

[unseen]

beat is hard boom bap style. i like it.

kendrick flow though sounds try hard as usual with no real substance.

he pretty much stealing joey badass whole style with this.

 

[Bawon Samedi]

beat is hard boom bap style. i like it.

kendrick flow though sounds try hard as usual with no real substance.

he pretty much stealing joey badass whole style with this.

 

[unseen]

joey badass drop the best album so far this year and suddenly kendrick rappin on boom bap style beats like he's from new york

negro please

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

song is tough

 

[Bawon Samedi]

joey badass drop the best album so far this year and suddenly kendrick rappin on boom bap style beats like he's from new york

negro please

Double



Negro please indeed.

 

[Bawon Samedi]

And the boom bap beats goes with the lyrics in which he's rapping. It has shyt to do with Joey Badass. And just because you have boom bap in your beat does not mean you're trying to be from New York.

Lets not get excited and try to turn this into some type of accomplishment for Joey Badass.

 

[unseen]

joey badass has substance in his music without coming off like a try-hard. kendrick just makes stupid voices like he's being passionate but its sounds stupid.

 

[Bawon Samedi]

lol

What substances does Joey Badass have that comes close to this or any other song Kendrick made; especially those from GKMC. What songs has he made that sparked debates like these ones? Try-hard? This how Kendrick Lamar usually raps.

Again lets not get excited for Joey Badass.