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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
#22The article actually gets some of the finer points of the content in the album. To Pimp A Butterfly was really refreshing but DAMN hit me way harder. I must have spent about 3 or 4 days listening to it on repeat. It has a lot of really deep meaning, complete with some hard hitting contradictions, which the article mentions. It made me say “damn!” out loud several times.
Re: Damned with Praise: The Meaning of Kendrick Lamar
#23What 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.
Let's take an example I read the other day about recent nobel prize winner in literature Kazuo Ishiguro.
He thought he was finsihed writing his book and coincidentally listened to a ballad by Tom waits which left such an impression on him that he changed the ending of the book that won him the nobel prize.
In his own words "The song is sung in the voice of a rough American hobo type utterly unaccustomed to wearing his emotions on his sleeve. And there comes a moment, when the singer declares his heart is breaking, that’s almost unbearably moving because of the tension between the sentiment itself and the huge resistance that’s obviously been overcome to utter it. Waits sings the line with cathartic magnificence, and you feel a lifetime of tough-guy stoicism crumbling in the face of overwhelming sadness."
This goes to show that insight can come from entertainment.
Also Kendrick has numerous songs with similar emotion evoking moments as the one described by Ishiguro.
Re: Damned with Praise: The Meaning of Kendrick Lamar
#24This 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.
Source?
Re: Damned with Praise: The Meaning of Kendrick Lamar
#25What 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.
A better review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIGINiBYxis
Re: Damned with Praise: The Meaning of Kendrick Lamar
#26Super 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 disti…
Agreed, I would also add:
Collect Calls
The Art of Peer Pressure
How Much Dollar Cost (Obamas fabourite song)
Blacker The Berry
FEAR
Re: Damned with Praise: The Meaning of Kendrick Lamar
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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.
Source?
Re: Damned with Praise: The Meaning of Kendrick Lamar
#28Super 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 disti…
Agreed, I would also add: Collect Calls The Art of Peer Pressure How Much Dollar Cost (Obamas fabourite song) Blacker The Berry FEAR
All good additions, totally agree. So much solid work to choose from.
Re: Damned with Praise: The Meaning of Kendrick Lamar
#29Super 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 disti…
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Re: Damned with Praise: The Meaning of Kendrick Lamar
#30Super 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 disti…
and sourcing it didn't require venturing beyond economist.com