after five years DAMN.4th opus, crowned Pulitzer Prize, Kendrick Lamar launched on Friday the ambitious Mr. Morale at The Big Steppers, consisting of 18 new titles. The rapper announced his return a few days ago along with the music video for The Part of the Heart 5, where the rapper’s face resembles that of other African-American figures, such as OJ Simpson or Will Smith.
The Part of the Heart 5, which strangely doesn’t go with the new album, is the fifth installment of a series of titles that Kendrick Lamar began releasing in 2010. On a sample track I like you by Marvin Gaye, the son of Compton, a disadvantaged suburb of Los Angeles, yields social themes that are dear to him such as racism and poverty.
This is done by capturing multiple faces, using deep-faking technology, or deepfake. The clip begins with words I am all of usclearly intended to capture the stories of some controversial people, such as OJ Simpson, Will Smith, Kanye West, Kobe Bryant, Jussie Smollett and Nipsey Hussle, a rapper who was shot in 2019.
More than 70 minutes of new music
The rapper’s fifth opus is formatted as a double album, with the first part, Large Steppers, takes 34 minutes, and a second, Mr Moraletakes 38 minutes.
Mr. Morale at The Big Steppers is full of sporadic collaborations with artists such as Wu Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah; rapper Kodak Black; R’n’B sensation Summer Walker; British singer-songwriters Sampha and Beth Gibbons, lead singers of the legendary trip-hop group Portishead.
A sharp pen for dealing with difficult subjects
As always, Kendrick Lamar doesn’t hesitate on this album-river to address sensitive topics, speaking among other things about transidentity and the LGBTQ + community in Tita Diariesthat’s the magazine Rolling stone described as one of the highlights of the album.
My aunt is a man, I think I’m too old to understandhe launches at the beginning of the song, before admitting that, young, he often uses the term gaya destructive term for homosexuals. We know nothing better, elementary school kids without filtershe continued.
On other tracks, the 34-year-old rapper also refers to the culture of eviction (cancel the culture), As in Savior, Worldwide Steppers o N95that title reminds us that the pandemic is not over.
Kendrick Lamar has already won 14 Grammys, the awards in the American music industry. He is considered one of the greatest rappers of all time.
Source: Radio-Canada
