gamebreaker

4y

I respect your opinion and I did not intend to tell u how u feel I apologize

safe

4y

I’m not saying Drake isn’t honest
He absolutely is
But he’s not this kind of honest

Like people are never gonna listen to one of those kinda drake tracks and come away feeling conflicted or angry at him or etc

Jonboi

4y

He’s not conservative, he’s contradictory. It’s just funny to me how he uses the f word on a song about how using the f word regardless of context is problematic.

orangetcovid

4y

All lives matter?

shaleirose

4y

It’s not necessarily to tell people how to move or how to think, but to hear the opinions and viewpoints of an artist who has made a career out of being socially and politically aware. That doesn’t equate to viewing him as some sort of messianic figure

shaleirose

4y

It’s not necessarily to tell people how to move or how to think, but to hear the opinions and viewpoints of an artist who has made a career out of being socially and politically aware. That doesn’t equate to viewing him as some sort of messianic figure

BIGJADA10

4y

Cole and Kendrick took the easy way out when s*** got critical a couple years back.

NoName lowkey got niggas backpedaling lmfao

It’s all good tho. I feel them for doing it. They never really said they were black saviors but definitely leaned into it.

gabapentin

4y

It's not about Kendrick embracing a libertarian individualism and saying that people need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps

it's him acknowledging, for himself, that "the culture" sees him, as a celebrity, as a resource to be extracted from

It's cultural mercantilism: maximize the exports, minimize the imports

That's why he used the celebrity deepfakes on Heart Pt. 5

That's why he acknowledges that he wants to see all perspectives

Because he realizes that he cannot be this collective resource for "the culture" when the culture remains antagonistic to a real collectivity itself

He is expected to be the metaphorical virgin who gets thrown into the volcano

He sacrifices his individuality for the collective and we can sit behind our computer screens and criticize him and never put our money where our mouths are

So yeah, he does need to choose himself, because he's right, he's not your savior, salvation is not a hierarchical endeavor, we do it together as equals or not at all

@Scratchin_Bandit I understand and am partially sympathetic to your critique of his individual-first stance, and I wouldn't expect you to agree with that sentiment - I respect your principles -- but I don't think it's as simplistic as him just unplugging his controller and going home

BrunsonEggNCheese

4y

is it wrong that I dont think so or nah

Scratchin Mamba

4y

I'm not forcing him to do anything tf? Just saying i disagree w his message

airric

4y

I've seen a bunch of Twitter posts in here of people claiming conscious rap is now conservative because of this album ha

As for him using the word in the song, I get why that's jarring, but I think the song is a timeline showing his growth. Showing he thought it was ok to say it, then at the very end finally gets the gut punch that it's offensice. The whole song is his progression. I'm not going to tell people to not be offended, but I see what he was doing

jack johnson

4y

why are yall hating we cry together

BIGJADA10

4y

Cole and Kendrick took the easy way out when s*** got critical a couple years back.

NoName lowkey got niggas backpedaling lmfao

It’s all good tho. I feel them for doing it. They never really said they were black saviors but definitely leaned into it.

safe

4y

It’s enjoyable as f*** to me

Obviously some subject matter isn’t but musically it’s dope as f*** imo

BIGJADA10

4y

Cole and Kendrick took the easy way out when s*** got critical a couple years back.

NoName lowkey got niggas backpedaling lmfao

It’s all good tho. I feel them for doing it. They never really said they were black saviors but definitely leaned into it.

Ooo

4y

I mean you’re wrong but that’s ok.