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

[iliketurtles]

I'll admit it tho he's way better than Nas

 

[HacksawJimThuggin]

His flow sounds off and unpolished, but the beat and message are so fire that you're forced to overlook that. Too many dudes rap just for the sake of rapping and gaining fame, Kendrick loves this shyt, man. I appreciate him for having the conviction to stand on the throne and make uplifting music despite the powers that be likely insisting he do just the opposite.

 

[CELL]

Kdot the goat of the new generation i dnt even care no more

:picallopls:Well well well

 

[postnutclarity]

HE WENT THE fukk IIIIIIIIINNNNN.

 

[Dynasty]

Kendrick blacked the fukk out

 

[Digga38]

Why, though? The whole context of the song is resisting anti-Blackness. People should be willing to address the complexities of anti-Blackness as it appears in our community, too. It's not like he made an entire song out of that one line, which would have been too much, but we can't pretend it's not part of the larger picture, either.

Too many people give rappers a pass for talking about shooting other Black folks and enslaving them with drugs, but then turning around and doing songs about Trayvon or Eric Garner as if they're social activists for us at the same time. That behavior is hypocritical at the end of the day, no matter how you look at it. A Black man getting shot by gangbangers and by police might have different causes, but at the end of the day a murdered Black man is a murdered Black man, and there are too many murdered Black men. Systemic racism of the police might be worse, but both problems will need to be addressed before our communities can thrive.

Listen to Willie Hutch's Brothers Gonna Work It Out for another example of a classic that calls out pimps, drug dealers, and police at the same time. And that's from The Mack- no c00ning involved there.

these new blacks will never get this...

 

[ALonelyDad]

Are the cacs gonna bump this song?

 

[EA]

Really strong track. Sounds like a continuation of the good kid/maad city track with the energy and vibe of the track.

The Outro was some Robert Glasper shyt

 

[FlyRy]

why is rapping like that?

i'm sick of this eminem circa 00 rap voice kendrick been using the past 2 years

 

[heisenburrr]

beat is insane

need to see how this ties into the album if this really is one of the track because as a single it doesn't do much for me...

 

[iliketurtles]

Alien voice really got yall hype drizzy will save 2015 as usual

 

[WickedGames]

This song is harder then anything J. Cole has ever put out, but you sound like a crab in a bucket for real.

I'm trippin, I know

J Cole deserves nothing but respect but this just moves me and seems authentic black passion

 

[wet landscapes]

this is gonna be a classic in the future, I know it

 

[heisenburrr]

i'm sick of this eminem circa 00 rap voice kendrick been using the past 2 years

yep, I pray we don't get an album full of that

 

[onelastdeath]

***Waits for generic, terribly simple, braggadocious, monotonous, club anthem from Drake, saying "nikka" 14 times and repeating the same phrase 5 times for the hook***



King Kendrck :blackblessed: