Maccaveli101

4y

You really acting like Kodak in particular doesn’t look, talk and act like an Elden Ring sidequest boss.

Jonboi

4y

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But I think it’s a little different in this case because the whole point of the album is that he can’t be your savior, he’s just a mortal man with flaws. He’s saying, here’s some things I’m not proud of. But yeah, you can criticize ideas. I think Kendrick would like that. I think Kendrick would like a discussion. I think the problem is when people shut themself off to doing that because they don’t like the optics.

RICKY 2320

4y

baby keem is kendrick's nephew?

shaleirose

4y

That’s also why it’s separated into two acts. It makes so much sense now. It’s a play.

pneumonia

4y

The keys on We Cry Together lowkey grimy

Ghost OG

4y

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I think the theme of the album is that the big steppers are people who step up to actually confront our issues in society and that the tapdancing all over the album is to represent how people and culture tapdance around hot button topics but never seem to really want to actually fix any of it, only using them at this point to virtue signal or grandstand/get likes etc. And I think a lot of it has to do with s***crime and s***equality as well and how we treat each other over it when it comes to image, be it homosexuality or being seen as weak because of molestation or what have you, so people mask it and hide it deep down and project their feelings onto others in toxic ways and the cycle continues instead of actually addressing it and attempting to openly speak about it in a way that is helpful.
especially now with how you may get your character assassinated or discredited for voicing your opinion or stating your own personal views or how you really feel about it, even if it is wrong or misguided.

edit: want to point out as the album goes on, the tapdancing gets shorter and shorter, and kendrick begins to open up more and more on these issues as well as his own until we get to the end of the album where he talks about a lot of deeply personal experiences as well as revealing who or what Mr Morale is.

by definition;

so taken literally, Mr Morale is freeing his mind and leading by example in being what everyone wants him to be, but doing it his own way because he has the confidence that it will actually help change things, because he has respect and loyalty of the industry and his fans and faith that it will help shape the future.

Morale is high because he had the confidence to go against the norm and say what he has to say, how he wants to say it, and he is finally freeing his own conscience as well as being conscious
enough to be aware of his surroundings that he is able to speak on things he has buried deep down and by finally doing so has broken a "generational curse"

safe

4y

Not at all
If you liked GKMC and TPAB to that level before why would this being bad make them bad

And like you can’t fluke your way into making some of the songs Kendrick has
Even if this is bad it doesn’t mean that he faked it earlier

dxz99

4y

Seeing this being split in separate parts... Was DAMN.NATION ever confirmed or even alluded to? Or was it just internet bullshit?

WRU

4y

yeah and it also shows how plastic and non-human like he became in the process, and I dont think he doesn't think ab that from time to time

VVV

4y

mother i sober and crown the only 10/10 songs on here the rest 7/10 or below

scurry

4y

"Ain't nobody but the mirror looking for The Fall Off"

why no one bait the cole diss yet

Water Giver

4y

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Faxxx.

Also, Damn is literally the 2nd or 3rd biggest Rap album of the 2010s. One of the biggest period. And i think that f***ed him up as person.

Not on some ego s***, but realzing maybe thats not what he wants, or maybe what comes with that is not what he wants.

Not being seen as a person, but as a product/ideal. And he wants & IS still a person.

Also good point, the album isnt a rebel anarchy s*** either like an Eminem, its putting those things on the table, then him dissecting & trying to get over himself to be a better person himself.

bob

4y

I wonder if records like this make Ye go “hm maybe I should finish my album next time”

Maccaveli101

4y

You really acting like Kodak in particular doesn’t look, talk and act like an Elden Ring sidequest boss.

lil ufo

4y

so are there anti vax bars or