Guilty I did NOT f*** with about half the album on first listen and was talking mad s*** about Rich Spirit and Silent Hill

Now every day I'm like push these b****es off me like huuuhhhhhh

How so

Lmao word? What made you change your mind

It was a long five years man

Judged the album off the rip for what it wasn't (I expected angry, socially conscious Kendrick barring out) instead of what it was (an insightful, vulnerable examination of where he's at today with his family).

For me, rap albums that are hook heavy and melodic tend to be growers and those catchier tracks did grow on me a lot.

No cap I’d actually like your take on the Glastonbury shows

I feel that, I feel that. I legit didn’t know what to expect personally so some of these songs came as a shock

Not yet unfortunately, I hope he drops them eventually along with signed CD’s as well

Same here idk if I’ve ever bought something that quick lol

yeah man icon status

said this during the initial thread I have TPAB as his best album but as time goes on this album will be remembered just as much or even more cause it's a more intimate story and concept that everyone can relate to. TPAB is pretty exclusive to the black experience

When it comes to colored pressings for vinyl I’m always quick on those

she would only cook him cus he can’t respond. one direct diss and its “kendrick hates black women”

Factory Baby otw

i mean he clarified on stage that he wears the crown so people recognize "one of the greatest prophets that ever walked the Earth" in addition to saying that "they judge you, they judge Christ"

(sidenote: i am not a christian, but i do come from a christian background)

i take that as the whole macrocosm-microcosm that is apparent in the major religions of man being innately spiritual (or really, beings period if you wanna get animistic) that man is ultimately a reflection or a part of God. Advaita Vedanta within Hinduism touches on this and it translates into non-duality, it isn't what we do that is spiritual, in essence we are all spiritual beings out of mere existence, because that's also what God is, ipsum esse subsistens. love thy neighbor because you are also your neighbor in pure consciousness/spirit and vice versa, subject and object are one in the same

anyways, metaphysics aside the dude is literally rapping throughout the entire album that "he is not your savior" plus revealing his own personal demons and skeletons in the closet. this is obviously antithetical to Jesus who was reported to be without sin. so why would kendrick don a crown of thorns as if he was actually Jesus the savior of humanity if you understand the entire concept of the album? clearly it's a metaphor of sorts. i took it as him wearing the crown of thorns symbolizes what they did to Jesus after they finally got a hold of him for his crucifixion, Jesus went against the times, and Kendrick is doing it in similar fashion by speaking on cancel culture and what he perceives as a lack of consciousness + freedom of speech in the U.S (plus the controversy he received for Auntie Diaries, he was clearly anticipating this to happen which is why the crown was literally donned on the album cover)

i guess the metaphor could be argued to be heavy-handed or the message in general could be lost in translation due to how inextricably associated the crown of thorns is correlated with Jesus, but i think a cursory a***ysis of the album itself it isn't hard to glean that he isn't wearing the crown in an arrogant preening manner. that's just me though and that's what i think makes sense. i don't think kendrick would make an album detailing his flaws and shortcomings to then flip into a messiah complex, it wouldn't be consistent with his own art.

Copped the vinyl let’s f***ing go was coincidentally listening to The Heart Part 5 when I saw his ig post too

Wonder what else is on my camera the weekend... 😎

i.imgur.com/cgK5vHC.jpg

That post caught me off guard Album dropped like 20 years ago

album came out 18 years ago you right lol but I remember the album dropping to be fair and I'm still in my 20s lmaooooo

Bro there was a guy who said he bought Vol 1 by Jay Z in 1997 and i was like damn broski

No offense that just caught me off guard

Tbh, I feel like the album concept could've been executed better and the messaging is a bit of a mess It's not helped by him not doing interviews, this album really would've benefitted from him explaining it more

The messaging being a mess works in its favor imo, i think the point of the album is that Kendrick doesn’t have it all figured it out and is answer seeking

Kendrick in this era makes me think of John Lennon. The long blown out hairstyle he's worn sometimes, the album cover kinda looks like a raggedy version of the bed-ins for peace pictures, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band was made while John undertook primal therapy, and John was killed because of his comment about The Beatles being more famous than Jesus

Its not that much of a mess either imo the message very clear theres just alot of intentional contradictions within the album

R Kelly will probably be in the next Kendrick album. A FaceTime from prison.

Or you could just try and figure it out for yourself. Or not, it’s kind of up to you and how much you’re willing to put into it, and potentially get out of it as a result.