As illustrated most pointedly by the chorus of “Purple Hearts” and Ghostface’s verse, this is intended to be a love song as relayed, so to speak, on the behalf of the Most High. That is...
Kendrick Lamar is in fact wealthy, a fact that he makes known a couple of times during the earlier parts of this song (“Rich Spirit”). But notice that the name of this track is actually...
To date Kendrick Lamar is the only rapper in history to have won a Pulitzer Prize, and he is also recognized, as far as the mainstream goes, as being the most afrocentric amongst his...
This piece (“Die Hard”) can be taken as a love song, considering that the addressee is referred to as “baby” in the outro. But the song isn’t necessarily what one would classify as being romantic in nature. What...
The fact that African-American couples face challenges in terms of perpetuating romantic relationships is a fact that has been well documented by both the entertainment industry and Black academia. And with “We Cry Together”, what...
In the song “N95”, Kendrick Lamar presents himself as the type of social critic who is not compelled to hold his tongue. And it is obvious that he is lashing out against the state of...
One way of understanding the title of this song (“United in Grief”), theoretically, is as it pointing to the notion that we are all suffering in one way or another. The first verse is really...
Kendrick Lamar’s “Auntie Diaries” is intrinsically a deep song, because it deals with what in actuality has been a controversial topic since time immemorial, that being homosexuality. Of course as far as said act is...
It can be said that this Kendrick Lamar’s “Mr. Morale”, at least initially, steers the listener in two different directions. On one hand, “Mr. Morale” is the type of conscious rap you would expect from Kendrick. And on...
It’s funny to think that when Marvin Gaye’s “I Want You” was dropped about half a century ago, some people seem to have actually deemed it too raunchy to play in public. There is what can be...
