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Damned with Praise: The Meaning of Kendrick Lamar

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Re: Damned with Praise: The Meaning of Kendrick Lamar

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Post by Hupriene »

unreal37 wrote: post #4
brndnmtthws wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd love it if this could be the default in browsers. I want to select individually which sites should be allowed to store any type of state.

Firefox, Chrome et al exist to serve ads. That's where they get their funding. That's who pulls the strings. Turning off cookies would kill that model for revenue.

Just to clarify and provide some supporting documentation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation#Financing

Mozilla makes money by providing users to companies that make money from ads.

Re: Damned with Praise: The Meaning of Kendrick Lamar

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Post by arionhardison »

alexashka wrote: post #8

What are people getting out of this article? For me, it read like a typical album review that has no point besides getting clicks from people who mistakenly look for insight from entertainment.

For me it provided insight on how white America views rap (specifically K.). As a long time fan of his I have always wondered of people outside of the AA community recognized his greatness or if it was generally accepted that Macklemore deserved to win that grammy.

Re: Damned with Praise: The Meaning of Kendrick Lamar

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Post by snakeboy »

alexashka wrote: post #8

What are people getting out of this article? For me, it read like a typical album review that has no point besides getting clicks from people who mistakenly look for insight from entertainment.

Do you really think that there is no insight to be gleaned from art?

Re: Damned with Praise: The Meaning of Kendrick Lamar

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Post by bardworx »

This was fascinating.

When I was 15 I read Tupac's The Rose That Grew From Concrete, which helped me understand my neighborhood (I was the only white guy). Kendrick Lamar brought similar feelings in me. The toughest album to listen to is Section 80; It’s not polished but it’s powerful.

To find focus in this comment, I suggest that we all look for ways to improve our own understanding and compassion. If you've “made it”, please consider doing something for others. Monetary help is great but if just 1 in 100 people donates their time it might render higher impact. Teach code in a local school, sort clothing in good will, work in your particular house of worship, or lend a hand in a soup kitchen.

I apologize if I sound preachy, that is not my intent.

Re: Damned with Praise: The Meaning of Kendrick Lamar

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Post by unreal37 »

unreal37 wrote: post #4
brndnmtthws wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd love it if this could be the default in browsers. I want to select individually which sites should be allowed to store any type of state.

Firefox, Chrome et al exist to serve ads. That's where they get their funding. That's who pulls the strings. Turning off cookies would kill that model for revenue.

Mozilla Foundation reports $500 million per year in revenue. From search engines, primarily Google.

So, they're not turning on "private browsing" as the default.

Re: Damned with Praise: The Meaning of Kendrick Lamar

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Post by olalonde »

bardworx wrote: post #14

This was fascinating. When I was 15 I read Tupac's The Rose That Grew From Concrete, which helped me understand my neighborhood (I was the only white guy). Kendrick Lamar brought similar feelings in me. The toughest album to listen to is Section 80; It’s not polished but it’s powerful. To find focus in this comment, I suggest that we all look for ways to improve our own understanding and compassion. If you've “made i…

> Monetary help is great but if just 1 in 100 people donates their time it might render higher impact.

I believe this was debunked numerous times.

Re: Damned with Praise: The Meaning of Kendrick Lamar

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Post by perfmode »

bardworx wrote: post #14

This was fascinating. When I was 15 I read Tupac's The Rose That Grew From Concrete, which helped me understand my neighborhood (I was the only white guy). Kendrick Lamar brought similar feelings in me. The toughest album to listen to is Section 80; It’s not polished but it’s powerful. To find focus in this comment, I suggest that we all look for ways to improve our own understanding and compassion. If you've “made i…

Education is what moves the needle, so there’s something to that.

Re: Damned with Praise: The Meaning of Kendrick Lamar

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Post by mlevental »

alexashka wrote: post #8

What are people getting out of this article? For me, it read like a typical album review that has no point besides getting clicks from people who mistakenly look for insight from entertainment.

yea man no insight to be found whatsoever in war and peace, Iliad, 2001 space Odyssey, the wall, waiting for Godot, Lolita, Carmen. if it's not obvious I'm being facetious: there's immense insight in "entertainment". good kid maad city, tpab and damn are masterworks of poetry/song. just because you don't understand them doesn't mean they're not valuable.

Re: Damned with Praise: The Meaning of Kendrick Lamar

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Post by weberc2 »

arionhardison wrote: post #12
alexashka wrote: post #8

What are people getting out of this article? For me, it read like a typical album review that has no point besides getting clicks from people who mistakenly look for insight from entertainment.

For me it provided insight on how white America views rap (specifically K.). As a long time fan of his I have always wondered of people outside of the AA community recognized his greatness or if it was generally accepted that Macklemore deserved to win that grammy.

I liked the article, but I didn't see anything in the article that I would be willing to project on more than a tiny slice of white Anericans. Certainly no valid generalizations.

Re: Damned with Praise: The Meaning of Kendrick Lamar

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Post by krrishd »

Super excited to see something hip-hop related at the top of HN, especially Kendrick.

For anyone looking to understand why he's likely one of the best lyricists/storytellers of our time, here's some recommended songs from him:

* Sing About Me, I'm Dying Of Thirst

* Momma

* Wesley's Theory

I'd recommend checking out his projects as a whole (Section.80, Good Kid m.a.a.d City, To Pimp a Butterfly), but those songs distill a lot of what's best in him.

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