Kendrick Lamar - The Heart pt. 5 official video

[NormanConnors]

damn, i really don't like this song at all to be honest... and a major part is the production.

Such a lazy song to sample from and not flipped in an impressive way imo. Wanted to like this record but not feeling it. The video deep fakes were neat tho

Not impressed with the flip myself, the live instrumentation/gave it a live spoken word vibe to get his expressions off, but the sample itself could have been done better imo. The rawness got stripped down similar to what they did with the Isley Brothers shyt. And I know Kendrick runs with some dope musicians which is what disappoints me sample wise. shyt G-Unit flipped the Marvin/Leon Ware combo better lb 4 lb

 

[spliz]

TPAB is to this day his most celebrated album and one of the most acclaimed albums regardless of genre released in the last decade. I don’t see how him sonically going back to that sound would be a “bad” thing

It shouldn’t be. shyt wasn’t all that. Lol

 

[spliz]

Not impressed with the flip myself, the live instrumentation/gave it a live spoken word vibe to get his expressions off, but the sample itself could have been done better imo. The rawness got stripped down similar to what they did with the Isley Brothers shyt. And I know Kendrick runs with some dope musicians which is what disappoints me sample wise. shyt G-Unit flipped the Marvin/Leon Ware combo better lb 4 lb

Jay Z also flipped it better on American Gangster.

 

[ADP]

Nip woulda been proud that part was very well done

Bring in the album !!!

 

[DontEemTry]

Nip woulda been proud that part was very well done

Bring in the album !!!

 

[Harry B]

If this dropped with no video would anybody really be talking about it?

No nobody ever talked about a Kendrick Lamar first single or drop before, specially 5 years after his biggest album. You are absolutely right sir.

 

[Ziggiy]

It shouldn’t be. shyt wasn’t all that. Lol

And yet it was. Nothing anyone can do about the way that album was received and how praised it was. Like it or not its going down as THE defining album of Kendrick’s career and a true modern classic.


So saying that kendrick revisiting aspects of that album makes absolutely NO sense whatsoever. Hell Nas revisits aspects of Illmatic. Jay revisits aspects of Reasonable Doubt. All artists dip into the well of their most celebrated works from time to time except perhaps Kanye West, and he’d do well to do so every now and then lol

 

[bordeaux]

It's just ok. Didn't matter what he released certain folks were gonna act a certain way. Still looking forward to the album.

 

[spliz]

And yet it was. Nothing anyone can do about the way that album was received and how praised it was. Like it or not its going down as THE defining album of Kendrick’s career and a true modern classic.


So saying that kendrick revisiting aspects of that album makes absolutely NO sense whatsoever. Hell Nas revisits aspects of Illmatic. Jay revisits aspects of Reasonable Doubt. All artists dip into the well of their most celebrated works from time to time except perhaps Kanye West, and he’d do well to do so every now and then lol

Not even gonna entertain them comparisons but imma put it like this. I don’t give damn near 2 shyts about these crackas reviews. In real time. That shyt was NOT loved like that on the streets and I’m speaking on straight up Kendrick stans callin it some mid. And the crazy part is it literally dropped on the day my son was born. 03/15/15. I was in the hospital listening to that album while my son and wife slept I should have a deeper connection with that album with how excited I was to listen to it. shyt is the highest rated hip hop album of all time. I’m sorry ain’t no amount of thesis gonna make me get wit that rating. Lol. Homie also won a Pulitzer Prize for DAMN. Another album that ain’t deserve all that. Lol. U my guy so imma always respect ur opinion tho. Lol. But TPAB, is no Illmatic(especially not), or Reasonable Doubt. One of those albums hit the streets like a storm to the point it got bootlegged crazy and made his peers wanna change the way they rapped. The other album was blazin the streets in 96. There’s more to say but u get my drift. Lol. Mark my words tho. GKMC is that album for Kendrick. And if he revisited the likes of that one? U would see a far bigger reaction. And it ain’t about what I like the most either because my fav Kendrick album is Section 80 but I can see objectively what GKMC meant to the generation.

 

[Gotright]

Not wack but not my cup of tea. Sound like I heard him rap this song before

 

[Ziggiy]

Not even gonna entertain them comparisons but imma put it like this. I don’t give damn near 2 shyts about these crackas reviews. In real time. That shyt was NOT loved like that on the streets and I’m speaking on straight up Kendrick stans callin it some mid. And the crazy part is it literally dropped on the day my son was born. 03/15/15. I was in the hospital listening to that album while my son and wife slept I should have a deeper connection with that album with how excited I was to listen to it. shyt is the highest rated hip hop album of all time. I’m sorry ain’t no amount of thesis gonna make me get wit that rating. Lol. Homie also won a Pulitzer Prize for DAMN. Another album that ain’t deserve all that. Lol. U my guy so imma always respect ur opinion tho. Lol. But TPAB, is no Illmatic(especially not), or Reasonable Doubt. One of those albums hit the streets like a storm to the point it got bootlegged crazy and made his peers wanna change the way they rapped. The other album was blazin the streets in 96. There’s more to say but u get my drift. Lol. Mark my words tho. GKMC is that album for Kendrick. And if he revisited the likes of that one? U would see a far bigger reaction. And it ain’t about what I like the most either because my fav Kendrick album is Section 80 but I can see objectively what GKMC meant to the generation.

I’m just using those albums as examples. MJ went into the Thriller bag every now and then and Prince, as innovative as he was, dipped into the Purple Rain formula a few times. The POINT is to illustrate that once an artist has presented a formula that results in massive success that its natural to go back to that well at some points in the future. Not to copy yourself but to refine on and even expand on that formula. Kendrick doing the same thing (potentially) is nothing new in hip hop or popular music.


And it wasn’t just cacs who love that album. MANY younger black people and music listeners really adore the album and to many of this generation its their “Fear Of A Black Planet”. Alright became an unofficial anthem for the burgeoning Black Lives Matter movement (the movement NOT the organization) because it struck a cord with black youth. There are also artists and musicians who talk about how influential the album has been to their own approach to making projects that incorporate elements of Jazz and Hip Hop. Whether you fukk with the album or not its not really debatable that its a classic. Hell I don’t like The Beatles but I can’t argue Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club isn’t a classic album. Its just not MY shyt.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Celebrate new life when it come back around
The purpose is in the lessons we learnin' now
Sacrifice personal gain over everything
Just to see the next generation better than ours
I wasn't perfect, the skin I was in had truly suffered
Temptation and patience, everything that the body nurtures
I felt the good, I felt the bad, and I felt the worry
But all-in-all, my productivity had stayed urging
Face your fears, always knew that I would make it here
Where the energy is magnified and persevered
Consciousness is synchronized and crystal-clear
Euphoria is glorified and made His
Reflectin' on my life and what I done
Paid dues, made rules, change outta love
Them same views made schools change curriculums
But didn't change me starin' down the barrel of that gun
Should I feel resentful I didn't see my full potential?
Should I feel regret about the good that I was into?
Everything is everything, this ain't coincidental
I woke up that morning with more heart to give you
As I bleed through the speakers, feel my presence
To my brother, to my kids, I'm in Heaven
To my mother, to my sis, I'm in Heaven
To my father, to my wife, I am serious, this is Heaven
To my friends, make sure you countin' them blessings
To my fans, make sure you make them investments
And to the killer that sped up my demise
I forgive you, just know your soul's in question
I seen the pain in your pupil when that trigger had squeezed
And though you did me gruesome, I was surely relieved
I completed my mission, wasn't ready to leave
But fulfilled my days, my Creator was pleased
I can't stress how I love y'all
I don't need to be in flesh just to hug y'all
The memories recollect just because y'all
Celebrate me with respect
The unity we protect is above all
And Sam, I'll be watchin' over you
Make sure my kids watch all my interviews
Make sure you live all the dreams we produce
Keep that genius in your brain on the move
And to my neighborhood, let the good prevail
Make sure them babies and them leaders outta jail
Look for salvation when troubles get real
'Cause you can't help the world until you help yourself
And I can't blame the hood the day that I was killed
Y'all had to see it, that's the only way to feel
And though my physical won't reap the benefits
The energy that carry on emits still
I want you

Literally rapping from Nip perspective “tell my kid to watch my interviews”

See, this is my main complaint.

A better writer, could condense this and and make it more impactful. he's just too wordy and taking his diary entries and poetry essays and putting them over music.

Its just a chore.

And theres no punchlines. Its just revelations and generic affirmations filling space.

He can perform it well, but its always been tough to digest him knowing he rarely has been able to do what his peers did by actually using the skill of inference and reference and other leitmotifs to get his point across.

This is spoken word. This is not rap music, per se. At least to me.

If he wrote for a magazine, he would be referred to an editor to tighten this up.






@xCivicx @FruitOfTheVale @Cadillac @IVS @SirBiatch @UserNameless @ReturnOfJudah @charmander @SwagBoy @Ravishing Brick Rude @TruDatz @Illuminatos

 

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

See, this is my main complaint.

A better writer, could condense this and and make it more impactful. he's just too wordy and taking his diary entries and poetry essays and putting them over music.

Its just a chore.

I unignored you just to see if you were hating on this and I was right

How do you dikkride Drake and hate on this?


Negged and back on ignore

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

I unignored you just to see if you were hating on this and I was right

How do you dikkride Drake and hate on this?


Negged and back on ignore

Drake is a better writer.

Singles - Drake washed Jack Harlow on “Churchill Downs” even after Jack redid his verse

He just is, at this point.

Cole himself has shown more glimpses of what I would call improvement in these last few years too.

 

[spliz]

I’m just using those albums as examples. MJ went into the Thriller bag every now and then and Prince, as innovative as he was, dipped into the Purple Rain formula a few times. The POINT is to illustrate that once an artist has presented a formula that results in massive success that its natural to go back to that well at some points in the future. Not to copy yourself but to refine on and even expand on that formula. Kendrick doing the same thing (potentially) is nothing new in hip hop or popular music.


And it wasn’t just cacs who love that album. MANY younger black people and music listeners really adore the album and to many of this generation its their “Fear Of A Black Planet”. Alright became an unofficial anthem for the burgeoning Black Lives Matter movement (the movement NOT the organization) because it struck a cord with black youth. There are also artists and musicians who talk about how influential the album has been to their own approach to making projects that incorporate elements of Jazz and Hip Hop. Whether you fukk with the album or not its not really debatable that its a classic. Hell I don’t like The Beatles but I can’t argue Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club isn’t a classic album. Its just not MY shyt.

See Alright is one of the few songs that from the beginning was a song that many people appreciated. I’m glad u brought that up. That’s a song that everyone I spoke to about the album fukked with. Like I said. What u saying TPAB is. Is what GKMC REALLY was to the streets. Alright is a classic song tho. But don’t forget the plethora of Pac songs that got played over that one during the protests. I love Jazz and Hip Hop fusion. That’s prolly my favorite type of hip hop aesthetic and I’m sorry I’ve just heard this type of shyt done better within the confines of what Kendrick was going for. Beatles isn’t ur type of music. But I fukk with hip hop, that aesthetic, AND Kendrick so I can’t even use that excuse.