See I don't want to be going on rap genius to like a song
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly | (Discussion Thread) *Stream*
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I gave other options.
1. Rap genius
or
2. Keep listening and interpreting the music
Here's a good breakdown
http://m.noisey.vice.com/en_uk/blog/the-narrative-guide-to-kendrick-lamars-to-pimp-a-butterfly-2015
eerieBell
All Star
The author of that article didn't really grasp what's "These Walls" about, he's wrong there. It has nothing to do with what he said.
1st and 2nd verse are about Kendrick and this girl having sex while her boyfriend is in prison and 3rd verse is about her boyfriend and literal prison walls and not vagina walls like in first two verses.
DosCadenaz
Superstar
Really you gotta be slow if you can't just listen n know what the songs on this are about. Its not rocket science. Its not even close to difficult.
ExodusNirvana
Change is inevitable...
This album is unapologetically black and I love it...
So you knew mamma was about africa and compton?
That shyt wasn't spelled out like that. This nikkas doing metaphorical entendres
Yea that's what I got.
"Just because you don't understand him doesn't mean that he's nice"
Spells out this album in a nutshell. You shouldn't have to research rap genius and rely on some forum dude/hypster cacs interpretation to understand what's going on.
Being a good lyricist is being able tot take advanced concepts and put them into words that people can relate to. Kendrick does the opposite, he takes simple concepts and turns them into cryptic overcomplicated verses that you'd basically need to ask him what exactly he ment.
Lupe does this too.
To each his own i guess, but I don't want to be anilyzing his mind and his history in order to understand his songs.
Spells out this album in a nutshell. You shouldn't have to research rap genius and rely on some forum dude/hypster cacs interpretation to understand what's going on.
Being a good lyricist is being able tot take advanced concepts and put them into words that people can relate to. Kendrick does the opposite, he takes simple concepts and turns them into cryptic overcomplicated verses that you'd basically need to ask him what exactly he ment.
Lupe does this too.
To each his own i guess, but I don't want to be anilyzing his mind and his history in order to understand his songs.
I really wish Snoop spit a verse, the hook got me feeling like he was ready to go in
My nikka tell me what was so complicated about such songs like these walls and how much a dollar cost?
How it should always be. The way they did us, the last thing on our mind should be making white people feel comfortable. It should be on making sure we love our people.
Nothing was complicated about the overall concepts, what is complicated is deciphering what some of the lyrics mean.
Only time i was ever lost was when he referred to situations that happened in previous albums .
But Thanks to this thread i went back listen and came back with clarity .