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Kendrick Lamar has the No. 1 album in the country. Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, K-Dot’s fifth solo studio offering, topped the Billboard 200 chart this week after earning an impressive 295,500 equivalent album units in its first week of availability, per the publication. The numbers break down by 258,500 SEA units (which equals about 343.02 […]
After five long years, Kendrick Lamar returned to deliver Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, a double album that depicts himself and those in his world assuming facades as “big steppers” to mask the inner trauma that they’re tap-dancing around. “We Cry Together” captures a lay-it-all-out argument between Kendrick Lamar and Taylour Paige that devolves […]
Eminem has listened to Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, and he’s giving Kendrick Lamar his props. The soon-to-be Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee took to Twitter on Sunday—two days after the release of K-Dot’s fifth studio album—to commend the fellow Dr. Dre disciple and Dre himself. “Yo @DrDre this Kendrick album is f****** ridiculous,” Em wrote […]
Kendrick Lamar’s new album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers covers a lot of ground, densely packed with nuanced lyrical themes. It’s impossible to pick up on everything in the first 24 hours, and we’re sure new concepts will keep revealing themselves over time, but on first listen, a handful of important themes have emerged. […]
Let’s start by stating the obvious: It’s far too soon to have a fully-formed, rock solid opinion about an album as complex as Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. Kendrick fills his songs with so much symbolism and nuance that it takes a long time to fully absorb the music, so we will […]
It’s the day Kendrick Lamar fans have been patiently waiting for. After years of growing anticipation, the Compton rapper has returned with Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers—his first full-length project since 2017’s Damn. Kendrick confirmed its official release in mid-April under his Oklama moniker. The drop date was shared on letterhead for pgLang, the “at service company” he co-founded […]
The public ending of the artist formerly known as Kanye West’s feud with Drake gets a reflective mention on Kendrick Lamar’s new album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. In the Sampha-featuring Disc 1 track “Father Time,” Kendrick briefly cites the quashed feud by remarking that its end left him “slightly confused.” In the very […]
With his new album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers now in the hands of the world, Kendrick Lamar has given fans a two-part listening experience comprised of nine songs each. Inaugural listens launched simultaneously worldwide as Thursday turned to Friday, inspiring fans to immediately start digging into who all Kendrick has assembled behind his latest […]
Lauren London took to social media on Monday to share her approval of Kendrick Lamar’s tribute to the late Crenshaw legend Nipsey Hussle on “The Heart Part 5.” To recap, Kendrick made his triumphant return Sunday night with a music video for “The Heart Part 5.” The latest installment in the Compton rapper’s “The Heart” song series samples Marvin […]
K-Dot is officially back. Kendrick Lamar shared his new song, “The Heart Part 5,” alongside a video to match on Sunday, less than a week before the release of his new album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. The long-awaited fifth studio album, set to be his final on Top Dawg Entertainment, arrives on Friday, May 13. […]
