![]() Lamar first adopted the name for a new website sharing updates on the new album. The 34-year-old rapper has gone by names in his career – K.Dot, King Kendrick, Kung Fu Kenny – and he starts this era with a fresh alter-ego: Oklama. Meet Freddie & Teddie, the tap dancing twins all over Kendrick Lamar’s new album What's with the Oklama alias? 'Kendrick made you think about it, but he is not your savior/ Cole made you feel empowered, but he is not your savior/ Futuresaid get a money counter, but he is not your savior/ Bron made you give his flowers, but he is not your savior'. He describes himself as ‘ Christ with a shooter’ on ‘Rich Spirit’, referencing the way he’s depicted on the album’s cover, shot by photographer Renell Medrano. ‘I’m not in the music business I been in the human business, whole life been social distant’ he declares on ‘Count Me Out’. The candid track also chronicles Kendrick's "lust addiction" and the ' first time I f**ked a white bitch'.īetween a smoky beat and Sampha's soulful vocals on 'Father Time', Kendrick reflects on "daddy issues" and raps: 'When Kanye got back with Drake, I was slightly confused/ Guess I’m not as mature as I think, got some healing to do’. ‘Writer’s block for two years nothing moved me, asked God to speak through me/that’s what you’re hearing now, yours truly’. Kendrick raps on ‘Worldwide Steppers’. ![]() '1855 days I been going through something', possibly referencing the five years since his last album. ' I been going through something," Lamar intones on opener 'United In Grief'. There's so much to unpack, but there's some attention-grabbing moments on first impressions. He's unafraid to reflect honestly on his childhood, family, identity, and his growth as a human as much as a rapper, showing off his vision and storytelling. Hear the full album below.Īs you’d expect of the Pulitzer-winning rapper, there’s bars that speak to the complexities of being a custodian of hip hop and Black culture. Morale & The Big Steppers is out on streaming services now. He makes us sit uncomfortably with a toxic romance on ‘We Cry Together’ (which samples Florence + The Machine), explores familial trauma on the sprawling ‘Mother I Sober’, and dishes out slurs while skewering toxic masculinity and hip hop's homo/transphobic attitudes on 'Auntie Diaries'. It contains some of the most confronting material he’s ever produced, which is saying a lot given Kendrick’s rep for raw truth-telling. Plus, there's flavours unlike anything he's attempted in his catalogue before, including the increased presence of dramatic strings, classical piano, and even tap dancing interludes (provided by 13-year-old twins Freddie and Teddie). Musically, the album really makes the most of its epic scope, taking in elements of nearly everything Kendrick has done before but presented in fresh ways. Morale’), Lamar regulars Sounwave and Bekon & The Donuts, Boi-1da, The Alchemist, Beach Noise, and Grammy-winning Aussie team FnZ. The long list of producers includes Pharrell Williams (on quasi-title track ‘Mr. It’s got some interesting collabs, including Sampha, Wu-Tang Clan's Ghostface Killah, Kodak Black, Lamar's cousin Baby Keem, and Beth Gibbons of Portishead. ![]() is – as was hinted – a double album, weighing in at 18 tracks running at 73 minutes. Lamar’s fifth studio album and follow-up to 2017’s Hottest 100 dominating DAMN. Morale & The Big Steppers has arrived for your listening pleasure.
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