Kendrick Lamar will kill your favorite rapper for money

new song w/ sza is not bad at all

BREAKING: Kendrick Lamar has won the Pulitzer Prize for music for "DAMN" the first non-classical or jazz artist to win the award.

— The Associated Press (@AP) April 16, 2018

Awesome!

nice!

wow this is triggering all the right people

where?

my friend

https://twitter.com/newmusicdrama

#ughlol

Ha, good Twitter, doing the Lord's work

I've been thinking that if Kendrick has a weak spot it might be that he doesn't seem to have as strong or obvious personality/persona as his peers, or maybe his persona is just that of an artist working very hard

prompted by the RS profile on Kendrick from last year, in which Kendrick comes across as clever and sympathetic but not a very distinctive character:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/kendrick-lamar-on-humble-bono-taylor-swift-mandela-w496385
maybe not the best interview

for some reason I felt compelled to click this
https://www.stereogum.com/1997183/kendrick-lamar-interrupts-white-fan-who-rapped-the-n-word-onstage/news/

and the rym message board thread about it is already up to 18 pages of, presumably, pure lol

if you're wondering what i'm doing reading the rym message boards there are a couple good threads on there. well, one. one good thread on there. but it's very good.

hmm which is it?

"Let's all find the next gem of 2018 by posting highly rated albums with a low amount of ratings"

hmm I see, looks kinda nice

72 hours seems like an awful long time even if you're really into it so that line is a little confusing to me

― Inconceivable (to the entire world) (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, October 30, 2012 6:05 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Well, TBF, each thrust probably takes like 25 minutes.

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I know this is a weird time but I'm about ready for a new album announcement tbh

feel like this next one will be a major left turn

def feeling a kendrick psych album rn

kendrick goes hick hop

super halftime show coming up. hyped to see him.

*super bowl, obvs

pretty decent for a stupid ridiculous production. could've done without 50 cent, but whatever.

setlist:

the next episode (dre and snoop)
california love (dre and snoop)
in da club (50 cent)
family affair (mary j. blige)
no more drama (mary j. blige)
alright (kendrick)
lose yourself (eminem)
still d.r.e. (dre and snoop)

kendrick for fucking president. that's all.

points docked for no 10th anniversary tupac hologram

lol fair penalty

but seriously cool to see a mostly hiphop halftime show in the super bowl. snoop dogg hamming it up the whole way. dudes from anderson.paak in the band. good stuff.

For those who wish to stream it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdsUKphmB3Y

Fun but I was caught off guard when it made me feel old. Like going into this, I recalled all the times I've seen each of them on TV, and as soon as each one came on, it sank in fast that I haven't seen them in over 10, maybe even 15 years! We've all clearly gotten older - looking like it and moving like it. (But yeah, I still could've done without 50 Cent in either dad bod or chiseled form.) Combined with other recent experiences I've had, it's strange to see all these things I once associated with "classic rock" happen with hip hop.

Obviously Kendrick was the big exception - as soon as he comes on, it's electric. It's too bad they didn't give him the whole show. On the other hand, it would've been especially great if they had done this exact show 10 years ago.

From Jon Caramanica NY Times article:

This year’s event also took place in South Los Angeles, just 20 minutes west of Compton, where Dr. Dre was a founder of N.W.A, one of the most important hip-hop groups of all time, godfathers of gangster rap and agit-pop legends. Compton was embedded into the stage setup: the buildings included signs for its various landmarks, including Tam’s Burgers, Dale’s Donuts, and the nightclub Eve After Dark, where Dr. Dre used to perform with his first group, World Class Wreckin’ Cru. The dances, from Crip-walking to krumping, were Los Angeles specific. Three vintage Chevrolet Impalas served as visual nods to lowrider culture. Lamar performed his segment atop a massive aerial photograph of the city.…

. And after the show was over, an N.F.L. spokesman said that the league knew all along that Eminem would kneel. Is it still protest if it’s been signed off on and approved?

The best thing about the Super Bowl halftime show was knowing a nation of Trump-loving racists all lost their fucking minds.

Fifty Cent looked aging rockstar bloated. Everyone else seemed like they’re doing ok.

Being a music dork, Anderson Paak on the drums was the highlight for me. Enjoyed the set also, and good fashion choice by Snoop. Overall good performances/show.

bird, how have you not seen snoop on tv for that long? he has to be one of the more ubiquitous stars out there

Anderson was so clearly thrilled to be playing "Lose Yourself"

Let's check in on Ben Shapiro, shall we?

Capitalism always wins. Watching the NFL monetize the Left's radical racial messaging, feature artists with rap sheets longer than your arm (including multiple accusations of violence against women), and even capitalize on Eminem kneeling is...hilarious.

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 14, 2022

Oh shit, he's anti-capitalist now!

Hope no one tells him about the NFL's history of violence against women ...

Shapiro's clearly been reading Thomas Frank

there is no move so radical that it can't be recouped by *checks notes* Ben fucking Shapiro?

yeah but

This is an excellent Super Bowl halftime performance.

Undeniable hip-hop and R&B excellence.

— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) February 14, 2022

TBF, I think the only halftime show that would satisfy Ben would be Leonidas Kavakos with the BSO.

From Jon Caramanica NY Times article:

This year’s event also took place in South Los Angeles, just 20 minutes west of Compton, where Dr. Dre was a founder of N.W.A, one of the most important hip-hop groups of all time, godfathers of gangster rap and agit-pop legends. Compton was embedded into the stage setup: the buildings included signs for its various landmarks, including Tam’s Burgers, Dale’s Donuts, and the nightclub Eve After Dark, where Dr. Dre used to perform with his first group, World Class Wreckin’ Cru. The dances, from Crip-walking to krumping, were Los Angeles specific. Three vintage Chevrolet Impalas served as visual nods to lowrider culture. Lamar performed his segment atop a massive aerial photograph of the city.…

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Not that I'm complaining, but I didn't get why Mary J Blige was part of this lineup. Does she have some connection to Dre/LA or was she just the 90s R&B artist they thought would provide a change-of-pace in an all male/rap show? imo it would have been cool to give a younger LA artist like Tinashe this stage instead of throwing in a NY artist into what was otherwise a distinctly LA show.

mary j and dre are frequent collaborators

and Blige had an album out last Friday.

Tinashe not famous enough

"family affair," "the message," "not today"

Ah got it - didn't realize they had a history and associate her more with Puff Daddy than Dre.

yeah puff & the family produced the entirety of 'my life,' but dre was behind the boards for her only number one hit

the internet: "EMINEM KNEELED DESPITE THE NFL TELLING HIM NOT TO"

also the internet: "nah j/k, the nfl told him he could if he wanted"

idk if i would necessarily believe nfl sources on this matter

can i be cynical and say that the whole "kneeling" thing has been scripted and staged exactly as intended? and further that it was done this way specifically for the only white person on the bill to be the one to take a knee?

or is that too far?

I didn't even connect that he was kneeling in reference to Kaepernick until someone pointed it out on Twitter

I think a much larger issue is his Just For Men darkened beard look

I think Austin is OTM.

Amazing that Dre could fill a stadium that way with a performance, considering how rarely he's out there live.