Water Giver

2w

the expectations for a 12 min set where not a single song gets fully played is asinine from the few minority

i have no idea what they expect

also f*** em, kendrick did a send a message about his own state and culture, not some random factoid they want to pencil in - and someone from that state and culture especially since it was being clowned into the earth for until mtg, it did mean something

009

2w

Revolutionary thought, leaders and movements are always going to get co-opted by the ruling class in an attempt to console the masses. That's a given.

The frustration for me lies with the fact that someone like Kendrick will point out systemic issues and then never explicitly say the why even though we know he knows why. You're telling me the guy who made Institutionalized doesn't know capitalism is a death cult?

americana

2w

He acknowledged it on Savior

But he’s surrendered his anger to serve his own personal self rather than the broad social paradigm

I choose me

monza sp1 x

2w

I thought he already abandoned the bullshit revolutionary gimmick and embraced being the next HOV

Poolboy Q

2w

I actually tried playing his album this morning but didn’t get through the second track. Didn’t even know he was “a part of the Super Bowl”

BrainWorms4U

2w

He literally said this wasn’t a diss

And he’s right

BrainWorms4U

2w

He literally said this wasn’t a diss

And he’s right

009

2w

He's right, we need more people with this thought pattern. Kendrick gets to enjoy the aesthetic of being a "revolutionary" but doesn't do any revolutionary s***.

I love the music hate the liberal white bread politics.

inspoeater

2w

I appreciate so much that this site is even the only place that we can have a convo like this

I feel like its a constant ebb and flow of empowering Pac and Ye types and then those ethos just melting into the general zeitgeist and we end up back here underwhelmed (from a revolutionary perspective) with something like Kendrick at the superbowl

Poolboy Q

2w

I actually tried playing his album this morning but didn’t get through the second track. Didn’t even know he was “a part of the Super Bowl”

JPEGMAFIA

2w

It's the Apple Music intro. His vocals aren't on it but it's his song. If you watch the YouTube video it's the first thing you hear

Poolboy Q

2w

I actually tried playing his album this morning but didn’t get through the second track. Didn’t even know he was “a part of the Super Bowl”

imShy

2w

what are we talking about.

All of this is on idiots who have any expectations whatsoever for a artist to lead,begin,drive a revolution. That has literally never happened and never will happen

Activists lead revolutions. Kendrick isn't an activist and never claimed to be one.

It's people who think rapping a 16 bar on a drum beat has anything to do with activism.

The only thing artists do is describe, document, or highlight what's going on. That goes for any art form...music, painting, dance, whatever. You can be both a artist and activist but the two aren't connected at all.

Kendrick does a good job of documenting, people have to stop expecting him to be a activist. Less than 0.1 percent of humans have what it takes to be activists.

It's also a very very weird thing to try to force someone to be a activist given how dangerous it is to be one.

Shady Ant

2w

Ginormous W. Wonder who chose that music

Water Giver

2w

Technically it is - it is the most anyone has "spoken out" at a superbowl by far

but even then and if that wasnt the caas it was never made to be presented as that

• he put on for rap as a genre that is always ignored on these stages, put on for his own culture and untiy (also never before done to this level not even grammys outside of snoop crip walking but this was way more than that) when everyone was kackling about it for half a year

but ghaid going on about how "theyre gonna still be complaining tomorrow"and ïdk what is being challenged"is clearly a dig directly. while acting like if he "did"do something "radical"then "those"people wouldnt be doing that tomorrow (which is just false lol, theyre already whining about how ëxtreme"it was from something of the alt right, they would just complain more if he had like a manican of trump hanging or something)

• then the 3rd n 4th tweet i dont even know what he's trying to say. one moment it seems like he's saying "nothing radical can happen in their safe place"but then gets "mad" that the black american passage is there even tho he seemingly wants more of that imagery/stance.

just comes off as "what have you done for me lately"or "still not enough". while ignoring the actual "radical: things that did happen, and the main thing, ignoring the artist's own vision and own wants

• oh and lets not forget ITS 12 MINUTES and all RED TAPPED TO HELL - there is not enough time to do anything in-depth and if you tried then it would look like youre half assing or arent well thought out (or could even DAMAGE the point/idea since you time is so restricted that will make it look foolish), and there is too many heads that would not allow it

it just a stupid, moot, selfish and overall ridiculous thing to to say to that extent or to "wish" for

its the same energy people give to grammy speeches "why didnt so n so say this and this"when they have a minute to talk and half of it gets cut out. just like a lot of the monority s***ted on Chappell for who tried to do it but still got yelled at for "simplifying"it or not giving attentiveness/depth to it.

BrainWorms4U

2w

He literally said this wasn’t a diss

And he’s right

Water Giver

2w

Technically it is - it is the most anyone has "spoken out" at a superbowl by far

but even then and if that wasnt the caas it was never made to be presented as that

• he put on for rap as a genre that is always ignored on these stages, put on for his own culture and untiy (also never before done to this level not even grammys outside of snoop crip walking but this was way more than that) when everyone was kackling about it for half a year

but ghaid going on about how "theyre gonna still be complaining tomorrow"and ïdk what is being challenged"is clearly a dig directly. while acting like if he "did"do something "radical"then "those"people wouldnt be doing that tomorrow (which is just false lol, theyre already whining about how ëxtreme"it was from something of the alt right, they would just complain more if he had like a manican of trump hanging or something)

• then the 3rd n 4th tweet i dont even know what he's trying to say. one moment it seems like he's saying "nothing radical can happen in their safe place"but then gets "mad" that the black american passage is there even tho he seemingly wants more of that imagery/stance.

just comes off as "what have you done for me lately"or "still not enough". while ignoring the actual "radical: things that did happen, and the main thing, ignoring the artist's own vision and own wants

• oh and lets not forget ITS 12 MINUTES and all RED TAPPED TO HELL - there is not enough time to do anything in-depth and if you tried then it would look like youre half assing or arent well thought out (or could even DAMAGE the point/idea since you time is so restricted that will make it look foolish), and there is too many heads that would not allow it

it just a stupid, moot, selfish and overall ridiculous thing to to say to that extent or to "wish" for

its the same energy people give to grammy speeches "why didnt so n so say this and this"when they have a minute to talk and half of it gets cut out. just like a lot of the monority s***ted on Chappell for who tried to do it but still got yelled at for "simplifying"it or not giving attentiveness/depth to it.