Kendrick Lamar

2022 - 5 - 9

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Ahead of his upcoming album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar just dropped his first lead single in four years: The Heart Part 5.

How much of the new album can we glean from “The Heart Part 5," I hear you ask? “The Heart Part 5,” a continuation of the 34-year-old rapper's series of one-off records, is the first lead single he's released in four years — and trust us, it doesn't disappoint, combining Latin verve with the upbeat spirit of disco. It's all thematically appropriate: at one point, as he rhymes about a “bulletproof rover,” the rapper turns into OJ Simpson. Turning to bipolar disorder, he becomes Kanye West. Whew.

Artists and fans react to Kendrick Lamar's comeback single 'The ... (NME.com)

Artists and fans have been reacting after Kendrick Lamar returned today with comeback single 'The Heart Part 5' – see what they're saying.

As I continue to pursue my life’s calling,” he wrote last August. “There’s beauty in completion. In a follow-up teaser post, Lamar was pictured holding two CDs and a book adorning the album’s title – indicating that the release may be a double album, as well as potentially including an accompanying written piece. The perfect rapper, idc. — Denzel Curry (@denzelcurry)May 9, 2022 — Denzel Curry (@denzelcurry)May 9, 2022 The new single is part of a series of songs titled ‘The Heart’ that Kendrick has released over his entire career, with ‘Part 4’ coming in 2017.

Kendrick Lamar: The Heart Part 5 review – a heartstopping call for ... (The Guardian)

The rapper's flow is as charged and acute as ever as he lays out a manifesto of radical empathy.

“I want you,” Lamar says as the track’s final line, a statement of pure fraternal need. “You can’t help the world until you help yourself,” Lamar says as Hussle, and this is ultimately Lamar’s credo. Yet by rapping in the first person, Lamar blamed himself as much as anyone, and the track’s even fiercer invective was aimed at an apocalyptically racist US: “Your plan is to terminate my culture.” This is a key part of Lamar’s overall musical project: a sustained, fraught, fallible and passionate inquiry into the forces that tear down and build up Black America.

Kendrick Lamar morphs into O.J., Kanye, Kobe in new video (Los Angeles Times)

'The Heart Part 5' is Lamar's first song as lead artist since 2018 and the first track from his upcoming album, 'Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers,' due Friday.

Little is known about “Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers,” which will come five years after the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Damn” and four years after Lamar’s Oscar-nominated soundtrack for 2018’s “Black Panther” movie. Last week the rapper — who’s taken to using the name Oklama online — posted a picture of two CDs, one marked “Morale” and the other “Steppers,” which led to speculation that the new LP is a double album. The celebrated Compton rapper dropped a new song on Sunday, his first as a lead artist since 2018.

Kendrick Lamar Morphs into Kanye West, Nipsey Hussle and More ... (PEOPLE.com)

Kendrick Lamar also transforms into the likes of other Black celebrities in the music video, including Kobe Bryant, O.J. Simpson, Jussie Smollett and Will ...

And always faith in the unknown," continued his letter to fans. "As I produce my final TDE album, I feel joy to have been a part of such a cultural imprint after 17 years. "There's beauty in completion. Want to get the biggest stories from PEOPLE every weekday? As I continue to pursue my life's calling." "All factual information for this release will come directly from this source only."

Kendrick Lamar returns with new single 'The Heart Part 5' – as well ... (hotpress.com)

Against a maroon backdrop, Kendrick Lamar raps as his face subtly morphs into a cast of real-life characters from Kanye West and Will Smith to Nipsey Hussle. ' ...

It sets everything out onto the table and then rips the cloth out from underneath, leaving a clean surface for Mr. Morale & The Big-Steppers and everything the rapper has yet to say. The rapper’s long-awaited fifth album was announced via Twitter in April with a link to his site, Oklama. Mr. Morale & The Big-Steppers will enter the world on Friday, May 13, as Lamar drops hints over the possibility of the new record being a double album. “In the land where hurt people hurt more people fuck callin’ it culture,” Lamar – disguised as Smith – proclaims.

Kendrick Lamar morphs into Will Smith, Kanye West, OJ and more in ... (Buzz.ie)

Acclaimed rapper's first solo music in four years comes ahead of the release of long-awaited new album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers.

In a statement on his website oklama.com back in August 2021, the rapper wrote: "As I produce my final TDE album, I feel joy to have been a part of such a cultural imprint after 17 years. "May the Most High continue to use Top Dawg as a vessel for candid creators. And always faith in the unknown." Meanwhile, rapping as the late Nipsey Hussle, Lamar notes: "Celebrate me with respect. The unity we protect is above all. After morphing into Will Smith, Lamar raps: "Never say I ain't told ya...