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On Jul 13, 2017 at 11:37am PDTYou didn’t think his word-smithery was God-given, did you? Kendrick was an exemplary student in his youth while also dedicating serious time to his music.He said in an interview with, “School was pretty fun for me. I knew when it was time to press the button and get the grade.' The rapper recalled a time when he’d forgotten to do a poetry homework assignment so rushed it out in 10 minutes. He still got an A and knew then that he wanted to write lyrics.Later, Kendrick paid it forward when he invited students from his old high school to the GRAMMYs. The rapper wrote most of No.
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1 album ‘DAMN’ in his mum’s kitchenKendrick Lamar with his mother, Paula Oliver.— Eric Alper (@ThatEricAlper)Kendrick revealed the level to which he kept it real for his new album - penning the entire thing in his mother’s kitchen.The star later shared a text his mum sent him after she heard the record: 'OMG. This CD is the bombbbb! This your best one to me, no bullshit. Your daddy said u look stressed out on the cover lol. I said nigga that's the point, we always stressing him out.'
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Kendrick is a born-again Christian. On Oct 29, 2017 at 7:38am PDTNaturally, Kendrick’s choice of costume was the focus of a lot of criticism, but the star was quick to defend his dress up.He said of dressing as Christ for Halloween, “If I want to idolise somebody, I'm not going to do a scary monster. I'm not gonna do another artist or a human being - I'm gonna idolise the Master, who I feel is the Master, and try to walk in His light.' It's hard, it's something I probably could never do, but I'm gonna try. Not just with the outfit but with everyday life. The outfit is just the imagery, but what's inside me will display longer.” 5. He comes from gangster rootsKendrick was born into a family with criminal ties.
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His father was a member of Gangster Disciples while the rapper's wider family is said to be connected to the notorious Bloods gang. On the cover of his second album ‘good kid, m.A.A.d city’ (above), a young Kendrick is pictured with an uncle throwing a gang sign.
A baby bottle stands next to an alcoholic drink on the table.The star said he grew up surrounded by the culture and considers that album to represent getting out of the life.He told, “We got photo books full of pictures like that. I was in that atmosphere every day until my teenage years. It’s still so vivid to me. This picture shows how far I really come.”MORE: 6.
Kendrick Lamar’s ( about a month ago) is probably the best rap song I’ve heard so far this year. (FWIW, a close second would be, a song which features Rick Ross on his dopely-wise kingpin tip, Drake esoterically dissing Common, and a hilariously dumb, slowed-down verse and hook from some guy called. Peep that if you haven’t yet, rap fans.) I’m not sure if that’s because the beat is totally outer-space weird, or because Lamar’s delivery and lyrics are so expressive and literary. Let’s focus on the latter, since this is a website about language (and culture (and lots of parentheses)). With the help of guest performer Gunplay and visionary producer THC, Lamar manages both a vivid autobiography and a compelling thesis about genre in contemporary rap. Oh, and the shit knocks.As the song opens, the listener is treated to television static, effected synths, a bass drum, and several rapid, clipped TV samples, suggesting that our off-camera protagonist is somewhere channel surfing. “I wanna hit line drives–“, “Wanna lose weight and keep eat–“, “inaudible”, “–for you.
What–“, “–in my financial situation”, “ehhhh munch, munch, munch, munch what’s up, doc?” With just these initial choices, the scene has been evocatively — and strangely, and a bit ominously — set. Lamar then sets the terms of the conversation with the track’s first lyrics, a bridge that he (and another track of his own voice, pitched up) rap-sings in a clipped stutter no doubt intentionally reminiscent of the cadence of the TV samples.Now I was raised in a sandbox.
Next to you and herYou was holding a handgun she was giving birthTo a baby born to be just like you, I-I wonder what’s that worth?I-I-I wonder if you-you ever knew that you was a role model to me first?The next day I-I woke up in the morning, seen you on the newsLooked in the mirror, then realized that I-I-I had something to proveYou told me, “ don’t be like me. Just finish watching cartoons.”Which is funny now, ’cause all I see is Wile E. Coyotes in the roadAnd I run it.This is followed by a tremendous drop into the song’s hook, which I deal with separately below. Before we get there, though, we have to address just how pregnant with meaning these lines are.
Lamar transports us back to his childhood, to the “sandbox”, a setting that conjures (perhaps the most illuminating from that list are “, a tool used by child psychologists” and a “slang name for the, used by the American military”). Clearly, this place is metaphorical, perhaps even metaphysical, because Lamar’s discourse is so abstract as to serve as a description of every sandbox ever inhabited by a member of.