Kendrick Lamar - ‘Mr. Morale and The Big Steppers’ Album Review | Ep. 132

Yo yo yo, we’re back on it with a BANG this week - yes, we dig
into the return of Kendrick Lamar And joining us for this album
review, we have Dylan Green aka Cinemasai from the Reel Notes
podcast, and Luke Bailey from the Fly Fidelity podcast…it’s gonna
be deeeeeep

But what did you think to ‘Mr. Morale and The Big Steppers’? Hit
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Show Notes:


Initial thoughts on the album (00:00)

Dylan compares Kendrick to Thanos (10:40)

Is this Kendrick’s ’Yeezus’? (18:20)

Kendrick’s approach to cancel culture and Kodak Black (20:35)

How this album has an Eminem energy (26:00)

How Kendrick is too big to fail (32:50)

Breaking down ‘Auntie Diaries’ (34:35)

Thoughts on production on this album + how ‘Worldwide
Steppers’ has MF DOOM, Kool Keith vibes (40:49)

Thoughts on ‘Mother I Sober’ (48:13)

‘Silent Hill’ sampling silencers?! (50:08)

Why ‘Father Time’ is amazing (52:00)

‘We Cry Together’ - thoughts? (55:20)

’N95’ and other bonafide bangers on this record (1:00:10)

Talking Ghostface Killah’s feature (1:09:47)

Love for ‘Mr. Morale’ (1:12:48)

Where does Kendrick go from here? Comparing to Aceyalone,
Armand Hammer, Ka, Masta Ace (1:15:07)



 


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