Many speculate that it is about the fine line between being blessed by the Christian God or being damned by him. While it is acknowledged that this story is a metaphor, it is unclear of what exactly it means. According to Genius, it tells a story about Kendrick being shot by a blind woman who he’s trying to help. This album plunders its listeners with Lamar’s lack of hope towards America’s ability to overcome its deficiency of morals.īLOOD. This album continues the careful dissection of police brutality and even touches on topics such as suicide, drug abuse, the 2016 election, and mental health issues. According to The New Yorker, the album also won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Music. This album holds Lamar’s first number one single, HUMBLE. Lamar’s next standout album was released on April 14, 2017, and received the title, DAMN. With lyrics such as, “Do you hear me? Do you feel me? We gon’ be alright,” this song made listeners feel assured and confident in their activism. Many BLM activists used this song to cope and mourn the numerous black people killed by police officers in 2015. The song sounds upbeat, and on the surface it is however, this song rendered many listeners to question the USA and its progress where racial injustice is concerned. Lamar explains his failures and how he moves past them. The song emotionalizes a moment of hope inside of a dark compilation of songs. Track 7 which is titled Alright has even gone on to become a “rallying cry” for BLM. On multiple songs, Lamar expressed his fondness for the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. Many publications including Rolling Stone, Billboard, and Pitchfork ranked it as the “Best Album of 2015.” Lamar released To Pimp a Butterfly at one of the most important times for black activism. Titled To Pimp a Butterfly, this album debuted at number one and was praised for its lyrics. Lamar went on to release his next album on March 16, 2015. After that, Lamar exposes the trials and tribulations he faced and how growing up in an urban ghetto still affects him. The song is about living in Compton and the different ways people have to get by whether it’s through violence or desperation. This 12 minute track tells a story from three different perspectives. This is one of Lamar’s most emotional and deepest songs to date. One standout song from this album is titled, Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst. This album follows the story of Lamar’s battle as a teenager with gang violence and growing up. Reaching number two on the US Billboard 200, Lamar was immediately recognized and established as an artist to expect more from. Despite releasing music before this, his debut album was released on October 22, 2012. He specializes in making poetic songs and writing intricate lyrics about events that have occurred in his past regarding gang violence, police brutality, Black Lives Matter, self reflection, and many more controversial topics that many artists would avoid.ĭebuting in 2012 with the album good kid, m.A.A.d city, Lamar has since released four studio albums, one compilation album, one extended play, 55 music videos, 43 singles, three promotional singles, and five mixtapes.Įach of his albums follow different conceptual themes. Despite his harsh and unfortunate upcoming, Lamar has become one of the most critically acclaimed and influential rappers of his generation. I’m a huge Q-tip fan.Kendrick Lamar Duckworth is an American rapper born on June 17, 1987, in Compton, California. I kind of had my A Tribe Called Quest hat on that day. try to bring something a bit more mystical. “I wanted to do something that felt like it was in that vein but that just was a little bit more colorful, and add Rhodes and instruments that are not usually used in that style of music. “One of my assistants really likes trap music,” he said. Pharrell Williams produced the track and told reporters (via OkayPlayer) a month ago that he wanted to explore some new textures on the track. Video director Colin Tilley, whose credits include clips by Justin Bieber, Chris Brown and Lil Wayne, helmed the video with team of Lamar and Top Dawg Entertainment president Dave Free, the latter two being billed as the Little Homies. Rap-Up reported that the video was shot in Treasure Island, near San Francisco, and that 100 extras had been instructed to “go dumb” for a scene. In late May, Lamar was spotted doing stunts for the video, standing atop a stoplight with wires attached to him. Cops carry Kendrick Lamar and his friends in a car, people dance on a police cruiser and the rapper flies in the video for his jazzy, powerful To Pimp a Butterfly track “Alright.” Between lyrics about hating police and the tune’s hook, “We gonna be alright,” Lamar balances atop a lamppost, hovering, before it all ends surreally, like a dream, after a showdown with a policeman.
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