Morale album a classic.īut one track in particular grabbed this blogger’s attention, one that immediately brought to mind two similarly-themed songs on classic albums of the past-albums that are largely considered the best of their respective generations by two of the greatest artists ever. Most listeners are already dubbing the Mr. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart week after next (displacing Bad Bunny, who is projected to displace Future on this Sunday’s tally). Music critics, bloggers (including yours truly) and Black Twitter-ehh, make that all of Twitter-are no doubt analyzing and dissecting each of the 18 tracks on Mr. Well, the new album is out now… and Kendrick is still the greatest of this generation. I know this because Kendrick adeptly points it out on the new album’s opening track, not because I’ve been counting the days since the industry’s most lauded MC of the past ten years last graced us with new music (excluding the Black Panther soundtrack he curated in 2018). In fact, it’s been 1855 days exactly since K-Dot’s last album DAMN-itself a classic-dropped on April 14, 2017. Morale & the Big Steppers, hit streaming and digital platforms as the clock struck twelve, putting an end to all that nonsense GQ Magazine was talking in a cover story just a few weeks ago when it declared that Future was the greatest rapper alive, partially based on the notion that Kendrick couldn’t be in the discussion when he hadn’t put out an album in more than five years. Anyone paying attention knows that Kendrick Lamar, the Pulitzer Prize-winning voice of a generation, dropped his first album in five years at midnight EDT Friday morning. Morale and the Big Steppers, Music blog, music news, Stevie Wonder, The Notorious B.I.G. Hip hop news, Kendrick Lamar, Kendrick's new album, Mr.
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