May 14, 2022
FlapheadRight, it’s hard to remember because I remember looking at him like this deified figure back then, but bro was barely 24 when GKMC dropped
Exactly he’s been doin this s*** a long the pressures can def take a toll on sum in his position he just said he need sum time for himself
- May 14, 2022IllestMotherAlive
No my brother, this is a realist mentality. Something people have a hard time coping with. You wanna take away power from the white ruling class? You gonna wake up and become Superman and force congress to change laws? You gonna go back in time? Or are you gonna drop a Nuke on this country to complete start over. You can’t take away power from people that create the rules to always stay a step ahead. This is their system, always has been. The game has been rigged from the start. You’re gonna need a super violent warlike uprising to see any real change. You think people are ready for that?
@FIFTY950
laws are abritrary and won't do anything to liberate black people especially not while the ruling class hold economic power
people arent ready for that but to liberate the negro that has to be the end goal
i didnt say it was easy but it's definitely not impossible and thinking otherwise is defeatist
May 14, 2022·1 reply
Cam Skattebo FanI said this in the Kendrick album thread but I think this album is his way of being a savior for people, depending on how you view it?
Because to me, the way this album reads to me is a blueprint on how to better yourself and those around you. Kendrick is showing us the steps he’s taken to confront his own bias, hypocrisy, and perceived failure, and then showing us how he copes with them.
IMO this can be applicable to pretty much any person who feels some societal or familiar pressure to be a leader or something along those lines.
The album IMO isn’t explicitly saying “ain’t no hero get out”, he’s showing us how we can be our own heroes.
"aint no hero, get out"
shoutout to Wale man
May 14, 2022·1 reply
kiddash3rYeah absolutely but that was 10 years ago, idk nowadays his stance is very abstract, he jumps left and right on a lot of issues and he just seems misinformed
God damn, yeezus is turning 10 next year
May 14, 2022·1 replyCam Skattebo FanI said this in the Kendrick album thread but I think this album is his way of being a savior for people, depending on how you view it?
Because to me, the way this album reads to me is a blueprint on how to better yourself and those around you. Kendrick is showing us the steps he’s taken to confront his own bias, hypocrisy, and perceived failure, and then showing us how he copes with them.
IMO this can be applicable to pretty much any person who feels some societal or familiar pressure to be a leader or something along those lines.
The album IMO isn’t explicitly saying “ain’t no hero get out”, he’s showing us how we can be our own heroes.
damn
May 14, 2022personally I understand artists can only go so far in enacting change through music so I draw limits to avoid disappointment like for me it's just music at the end of the day. lowkey that j cole noname thing at the height of one of the most shaky moments in recent times was a great example of how artists heralded as messiahs for change aren't really versed in the s*** they're talking about, or they have the right ideas but the methodology or the way it comes out muddles the initial ideas. i think there are artists that talk about the black experience in way better ways than kendrick/cole but like I said I don't listen to kendrick for this exclusively I listen to him cause he's a great artist.
great write up op! album is also A-1 still spinning it rn.
- May 14, 2022Oblivion X
God damn, yeezus is turning 10 next year
- May 14, 2022kiddash3r
Yeah absolutely but that was 10 years ago, idk nowadays his stance is very abstract, he jumps left and right on a lot of issues and he just seems misinformed
YEEZUS WAS 10 YEARS AGO
Ye really too relevant man
Can't believe he's been dropping impactful music for as long as he has 
May 14, 2022·6 repliesCam Skattebo FanI said this in the Kendrick album thread but I think this album is his way of being a savior for people, depending on how you view it?
Because to me, the way this album reads to me is a blueprint on how to better yourself and those around you. Kendrick is showing us the steps he’s taken to confront his own bias, hypocrisy, and perceived failure, and then showing us how he copes with them.
IMO this can be applicable to pretty much any person who feels some societal or familiar pressure to be a leader or something along those lines.
The album IMO isn’t explicitly saying “ain’t no hero get out”, he’s showing us how we can be our own heroes.
there's truth to it but it stops when we're dealing with societal issues
also this feels like what jordan peterson peddled years ago
"keep your room clean!"or what voltaire said centuries ago about taking care of your own garden
in the end, you're left with a nice backyard and house but society is still a capitalist mess which means you're gonna have to worry about those less fortunate than you, or anyone trying to take away your nice garden and house, congrats you're probably a republican now
buddhism and other philosophies surely have good takes on how to improve yourself/environnement, look there
idk why we keep falling for this bs (take care of yourself and nothing else will matter), it's a lie
- Flaphead 🎧May 14, 2022whippet volverse
"aint no hero, get out"
shoutout to Wale man - May 14, 2022·3 repliesOoo
Jesus Christ nigga WHO CARES damn y’all wannabe Marxist need to f*** off that s*** got old a long time ago. Go start a chapel or something and preach this irl. We don’t give a f***. Your political view is not a damn personality trait
Well someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed dis mornin
OPMay 14, 2022RX DigglerWell someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed dis mornin
- May 14, 2022·1 replyRX Diggler
Well someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed dis mornin
laughed at the post and then laughed even harder when I saw it was cookies!
- OPMay 14, 2022·2 repliesDonutHole
there's truth to it but it stops when we're dealing with societal issues
also this feels like what jordan peterson peddled years ago
"keep your room clean!"or what voltaire said centuries ago about taking care of your own garden
in the end, you're left with a nice backyard and house but society is still a capitalist mess which means you're gonna have to worry about those less fortunate than you, or anyone trying to take away your nice garden and house, congrats you're probably a republican now
buddhism and other philosophies surely have good takes on how to improve yourself/environnement, look there
idk why we keep falling for this bs (take care of yourself and nothing else will matter), it's a lie
This might be an interesting lecture w regards to what you said about buddhism, especially from 50 mins and on
- OPMay 14, 2022
HBDUSAGreat post @op
Thanks bro
- May 14, 2022Scratchin Mamba
This might be an interesting lecture w regards to what you said about buddhism, especially from 50 mins and on
!https://youtu.be/qkTUQYxEUjs thanks for the recomendation, will watch in entirety
May 14, 2022Cam Skattebo FanI said this in the Kendrick album thread but I think this album is his way of being a savior for people, depending on how you view it?
Because to me, the way this album reads to me is a blueprint on how to better yourself and those around you. Kendrick is showing us the steps he’s taken to confront his own bias, hypocrisy, and perceived failure, and then showing us how he copes with them.
IMO this can be applicable to pretty much any person who feels some societal or familiar pressure to be a leader or something along those lines.
The album IMO isn’t explicitly saying “ain’t no hero get out”, he’s showing us how we can be our own heroes.
Exactly, thanks for this.
- May 14, 2022·1 replyDonutHole
there's truth to it but it stops when we're dealing with societal issues
also this feels like what jordan peterson peddled years ago
"keep your room clean!"or what voltaire said centuries ago about taking care of your own garden
in the end, you're left with a nice backyard and house but society is still a capitalist mess which means you're gonna have to worry about those less fortunate than you, or anyone trying to take away your nice garden and house, congrats you're probably a republican now
buddhism and other philosophies surely have good takes on how to improve yourself/environnement, look there
idk why we keep falling for this bs (take care of yourself and nothing else will matter), it's a lie
I agree ultimately, but I guess my question is what can Kendrick do that he hasn’t already done? TPAB proved he can ignite a flame in people as we saw this year, but 6 years later what’s really changed?
Gonna CC @op because he replied something similar I just saw
May 14, 2022ALBUM OUT NOW
ALL TIME SPENT WRITING THAT POST AND READING THAT POST AND READING MY POST COULD HAVE BEEN SPENT BUMPING AOTY
CANT PLEASE EVERYBOOOOODY
- May 14, 2022·1 replywhippet volverse
and get thousands of black people killed and imprisoned for life? that will just lead to more Black trauma. a few individuals or even a large militant group can't win a civil war with the U.S Army
true social change has never been achieved through lawmaking and deliberation
no matter how many arbitrary slogans or laws are passed by the federal govt as long as white people hold economic and social power the black man will be oppressed thats how the system is designed to work
- May 14, 2022RX Diggler
Well someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed dis mornin
Cause he’s saying a lot of nothing. And says it all the time. He really sounds the convo back to housing prices like every other thread. You ask how and you get “reform”. No f***ing s*** now how do you go about getting that reform? You think it hasn’t been talked about? There’s a reason s*** is the way it is and kept that way. I’m sure Kendrick is smart enough to see why and you should be too
- May 14, 2022DonutHole
there's truth to it but it stops when we're dealing with societal issues
also this feels like what jordan peterson peddled years ago
"keep your room clean!"or what voltaire said centuries ago about taking care of your own garden
in the end, you're left with a nice backyard and house but society is still a capitalist mess which means you're gonna have to worry about those less fortunate than you, or anyone trying to take away your nice garden and house, congrats you're probably a republican now
buddhism and other philosophies surely have good takes on how to improve yourself/environnement, look there
idk why we keep falling for this bs (take care of yourself and nothing else will matter), it's a lie
i can get behind "you can't help the world until you help yourself" (from the heart pt 5) but idk. by the time you complete that process of self healing theres gonna be a whole new set of issues that werent there in first place
- May 14, 2022
man op is not even that long if you think about the number of posts you read scrolling thru this cesspool of a sxn for hrs on end a day you'd come up with an essays-worth of s***posts in no time!
hayabusa 🌐May 14, 2022·1 replygreat post op damn
