Why did Kendrick play it safe with " We hate Po Po" line in Grammy performance?

[TheRtist]

Here's my thoughts. I don't think Kendrick editing out "we hate po po" was an act of cowardice, it was him censoring himself for the sake of not distracting from the big picture (his perfomance). They just said that Beyonce's "Formation" was about killing cops (which it wasn't) and that it was anti-cop (and again, it wasn't) and were all up in arms about it. Now that Kendrick line isn't something you could twist or misconstrue because "we hate po po" is a part of the lyrics. It's definitely something that could be considered "anti-cop".

Personally, as an artist, I wouldn't edit or censor anything that I wrote. If I wrote it and it was released, then I'm performing it as is. People will have an opinion either way. If people get offended, then it's on them. Being an artist, you're supposed to inspire whether it's motivating people, making them dance, making them think, or even offending them or making them feel uncomfortable. You have to take the heat along with the admiration.

remember the fake ass Schoolboy/Kendrick fight?

remeber the BET awards after Section 80 that was basically a Kendrick Lamar commercial?

TDE is all about PR stunts. They didnt want that jew hand this go round.

 

[TheRtist]

How much did aftermath pay the Grammys

not enough.

 

[JustCKing]

Ill tell you one thing

He might be the epitome of mediocre

But i bet you Cole would have said it

Cole is worse than Kendrick. He makes these statements on songs and then turns around and trivializes it like he was just joking in the very same song. When he talked about cultural appropriation on "Fire Squad", he followed up the lines with "I'm just playing" which is a huge . Then he tried to rationalize it by saying all good jokes contain truth.

 

[Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson]

 

[Cadillac]

Cole is worse than Kendrick. He makes these statements on songs and then turns around and trivializes it like he was just joking in the very same song. When he talked about cultural appropriation on "Fire Squad", he followed up the lines with "I'm just playing" which is a huge . Then he tried to rationalize it by saying all good jokes contain truth.

you might have a point

But i gave him some leeway cause of his presence in ferguson some other movement and Million man march.

 

[TheRtist]

Cole is worse than Kendrick. He makes these statements on songs and then turns around and trivializes it like he was just joking in the very same song. When he talked about cultural appropriation on "Fire Squad", he followed up the lines with "I'm just playing" which is a huge . Then he tried to rationalize it by saying all good jokes contain truth.

certified bytch move

 

[thatrapsfan]

People keep saying he did it cause of the "Beyonce backlash". What backlash? Entirely socially media fuelled legend. Aside from far right tea party types and Twitter eggs nobody is mad. Beyonce records are not being burnt, her singles aren't being pulled. Literally nothing happened to her.

As for Kendrick, you know it's not really controversial when you're out there letting everyone know it will be hours before the performance.

 

[y que]

seriously man

kendrick is a fraud

yall need to empower yourselves

stop being victims man and stop searching for validation from these fake ass cowards like kendrick

if anything d'angelo is the personification of what wack ass kendrick wishes he was

irony that that he received noms at the very same grammys but everybody only cares about kendrick

 

[Trey0'5Blue2Gz]

KDot's performance was not just dope but was very well put together to send a message that was quite obvious to anyone who caught even a glimpse. The man had a message to deliver and he did but since he cut off a piece lets dismiss everything else

But nah this the Booth where all these white people who pretend to be black think their opinion on hip-hop matters

 

[Buggsy Mogues]

There was no excuse for him leaving off the line. None whatsoever. This is coming from a day one fan from LA who stans for him more than for anyone but Ye. He caved into someone by censoring that line.

 

[SunZoo]

Yet you completely glossed over the fact that I agree with opening the dialogue on black on black crime, just not in that particular song? Like you can't have 2 separate songs on those issues.

You can but why do you have to? Especially on an album that is specifically exploring the duality of Kendrick himself and his experience as a black man. I Just don't see how addressing his own hypocrisy = I threw this out there for the Taylor Swift crowd.

 

[mrken12]

wait what.. im trying to figure out how one thing correlates with the other

and dont quote me again until u know the difference between calling yourself "a realist" and "the realest", fukkboy

HankHill fukking up another thread with his weak trolling. Don't even pay him mind.

 

[TheRtist]

KDot's performance was not just dope but was very well put together to send a message that was quite obvious to anyone who caught even a glimpse. The man had a message to deliver and he did but since he cut off a piece lets dismiss everything else

But nah this the Booth where all these white people who pretend to be black think their opinion on hip-hop matters

Send a message to who?

white people don’t see that unless you tell them whats going on. A bunch of black people breaking out of jail and dancing around a campfire comes off savage behavior to white people. Alright the song really has little to do with politics, it became that over time. He stripped way its political core. Without that, its just a song about the moment before suicide.

So to a white person, they saw a black man break out of jail and dance around a fire talking about re-thinking suicide....thats only IF they understood the meaning of the song.

 

[Bald Head Ba$tard]

nikkaz love to over analyze shyt. fukking lame nikkaz.

 

[Kaypain]

There was no excuse for him leaving off the line. None whatsoever. This is coming from a day one fan from LA who stans for him more than for anyone but Ye. He caved into someone by censoring that line.

jesus it's not that fukking serious