Lil sleepy

4y

Remember that thread where that dude was asking if this album would put him over hov lol

rome

4y

i guess i'll start by saying i do get what he was trying to go for with the storytelling, like it's meant to be this tale about growing up, maturing, and understanding intentions of words that you learn just by being around people as a kid, as well as not letting things you don't understand prevent you from caring about them

but the way he tries to tell this story is just so ... unnecessary?? i feel like he could've gotten what he wanted to get across just the same without spouting the f-slur like 10 times

i do get why he did it but it doesn't feel warranted. plus the fact that he seemingly is fine with his aunt (now uncle) being trans, but his cousin mary-ann is still referred to with he/him pronouns, as well as deadnamed multiple times

if this is his attempt at normalizing transgender people in hip-hop, he did a really s***ty job at it, honest

e t

4y

This is unironically Kendrick’s ye

Lil sleepy

4y

Remember that thread where that dude was asking if this album would put him over hov lol

rome

4y

a trans person's deadname is their birth name, the name they no longer go by. in this example, kendrick's cousin mary-ann's deadname is demetrius. when trans people are referred to by this name, it is usually taken as a derogatory action, and it often makes the person feel invalidated, as if they aren't the gender that they really are

Halloween Gang

4y

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It’s cool but also a little baffling that all of us (myself included) are a***yzing these songs so deeply for a message. Maybe Kendrick just wanted to use his music to tell more of his story and get things off his chest. Most other artists just rap about their lives and get praised for being introspective and open. Some people seem almost disappointed that some of these songs may not go deeper and preach a lesson to society

Pixel

4y

F*** i like this album a lot why am i talking so much s***?

Pixel

4y

F*** i like this album a lot why am i talking so much s***?

hoopsplayer21

4y

radical anarchist leftists hating this one. crazy. the tables have turned

Saif

4y

Having a mumble rapper narrate the album is just disgraceful to me

Vlonely

4y

Society cancelled it Silent Hill isn’t a hit

Leave

4y

Reading these lyrics and themes, there is a major major theme drawing all of these songs together centred on the idea of searching for answers and solutions for life issues and trauma outside of yourself. Part of it centres around kendrick talking scout how he searches for solutions in women and material things, and part of it accuses us of looking to him for our own salvation. The key to all of this is mother I'm sober and mr morale. I personally lean towards the idea that the first disk is kendrick telling us about how he copes, and suffers... the 2nd disk is him holding up a mirror to us, showing us how we cope, look to other sources for solutions to problems we have to deal with looking at ourselves before anyone else. The point of the album is that hurt people hurt more people, which is the "culture" and we have to break the cycle through introspection in order to protect the next generation. To break "the culture" which is passed down through generations as disguised trauma... we look to him as our personal "mr morale" - which is meant semi sarcastically, he shouldn't be our morale dial. The world, all of us, we are the big steppers, who hurt people due to our traumas

NewCopeJustDropped

4y

This is an interesting perspective. My two trans friends both had different feelings.

Friend A said: since it’s a very personal story abd is being told from a junior high Kendrick she didn’t have an issue with it. They said they were happy that a major rapper finally spoke on the issue in a way that was accepting.

Friend B said: said that if his trans aunt and cousin was fine with it then they were also fine. But also thought songs like this need clarification in the form of an interview and not to be left open ended. I appreciate you responding.