Says who?
Especially when he's much better at putting his thoughts in song format than he is at articulating them in interviews. This wasn't like Tetsuo and Youth where you need a decoder ring...everything was straight forward in regards to his perception of self and the events in front of him. And very little of it was political in nature if you really think about it.
When you consider the reactions from BOTH SIDES of the argument (black *insert social media*/fox news) when he's decided to stumble around political talking points, it makes perfect sense to stop feeding people who are going out of their way to misinterpret what you say and feel.
Look at this shyt.
Like I said....he gotta say what people want him to say, when they want, where they want, to who they want, in the format they want. fukk THAT. He expressed himself just fine with the album.
Again, you saying what he said came from the heart "BUT...."
That's where you have drifted off into your own projection of who Kendrick Lamar is. HE CLEARLY LIVES A CONFLICTED EXISTENCE, the album title says as much. You call it "new black" or trying to ride the fence, I call it honesty and easily more relevant to the average black man his age, especially from the hood.
When did he claim to be the bastion of pro-black-ness? That's what yall wanted to see him as. Soon as that vibe shyt hit, everybody was like "i thought he was the one!"
YOUR FAULT
He has never claimed to be wize intelligent or anything of the like, he simply tells his stories and perspectives. The fact that he's a black man in America means that race will be at the forefront of it. Him talking about it, even making it a central theme in the times we live in that are far more COMPLEX than black/white doesn't mean he is obligated to speak for black people en mass. That's why he's saying that the people who got what he meant got it because they're living it...he wasn't talking to yuppies, he was talking to the nikkas that grew up like him who are too busy dodging bullets from other black folk to say "hotep".
This a case of him dropping the album and immediately went silent. He has talked about it, clarified statements, offered rebuttals and ultimately felt disrespected that people who feel so entitled to forming HIS opinions for him started c00n calling because they didn't "get" where he was coming from. Next thing you know he's on fox news for inciting violence against police...
So you got an album..you got interviews and statements, you got him clarifying statements when attacked for speaking his mind...now that wants to bypass the sensationalism and let the record do what he created it to do, you want more? Tell me what else does he need to explain that he hasn't in song or in interviews thus far?
Did you listen to this album at all breh?
I'm not even a fan of TPAB but from the title, from track one til the end of the album...the concept is PRETTY fukkING FLESHED OUT. It's the main reason why it's so highly acclaimed.
And while i'll agree that social justice is marketable right now but that doesn't mean he's not speaking his heart. I don't think him shying away from giving out free clickbait to bloggers and "journalists" means he's being disingenous. I just think you, and others have an image of Kendrick that has NEVER been a reality.
Sun, i'll stick by my stance on this. Why does Kdot get a pass?No other artist has ever gotten a pass when they make a racial/semi conscious album. Learn how to flesh out your ideas when speaking. no excuses.
i said new black. cause i meant it. hes' of that same age group. this is his era. i didnt say that new black stuff wasnt really him. it is him like its other young dudes/chicks out there right now.
do you know how many teens dont even want to talk about black issues. well i should they DIDNT want to talk about it. until it was thrown in their face like acid with trayvon, and then all the other folks getting shot just cause they were black.
So of course kendrick would be like his era. i was like mine to some degree as well.
and who cares if he's conflicted? all black people know black on black crime needs to stop. we all have to graduate from blaming each other for these ills, to realizing 99.9% of us wouldnt be in this situation if it wasnt for a thing called racism white supremacy. but it takes time and it takes for you to have a dialogue to get beyond that original point. he aint having that dialogue with the listeners if he's going to shy away from these types of interviews.
and lastly SUN. lets keep it 150 please. the only reason his handlers and him are ok with doing this. is because....This is the era of being PC. If you're not PC you will find yourself hung on the cross of social media with a hashtag next to your name. and your sponsors pulling away from you(even though they could care less, they dont want the backlash.) being PC is this ERA's #1 issue if you ask me. you will end up PCing yourself into a fake existence. No one tell the truth. so no one gets offended. So in essence we all lie to one another every single day. and thats supposed to be utopia some how.
....People been calling dude a phony and accusing him of only rapping the pro black shyt for money,and not coming across as authentic for a while now
...Yall been defending every c00n statement saying he was just misunderstood or misquoted...nikkas even defending who the fukk he decides to date "Bu bu but he met her before he became awoke yall
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" and yall been going wild and negging anybody who had the audacity to question his authenticity....the argument started because YALL though he was more,dont try to flip it like it was the other way around now
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