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I've been waiting for Kendrick to say something about Palestine. I'm glad that at least someone did. Hip hop has needed a bigger voice putting something like this out imo.
Weirdly Kendrick doesn't talk a lot about (very) current events given his characterization as a conscious rapper. It always seems to come like 2+ years later
There's something to be said about him being the Obama of rap. But in fairness, not a lot of rappers are talking about Fred Hampton at all. He's better than the vast majority of rappers, and certainly the best who's at that level. Not a high bar to clear for sure, but it's important to keep things in perspective.
Killer Mike is the Obama of rap in the way we understand Obama now, Kendrick might be the Obama of rap in the way most people looked at Obama 6 years ago.
I used to love Killer Mike and RTJ. I still like the music but I haven't listened in a while. He's very strange, politically.
He strikes me as a "we can reform capitalism and remove its racist tendencies" guy but I have a limited view of his politics if I'm being honest.
You're not far off. His dad was also a cop so he's supportive of police too. His music kind of has this revolutionary aesthetic and vibes though, I felt kind of betrayed when I learned his real politics.
RTJ 1-2 are still 🔥 though
He says the answer to capitalism isn't to abolish capitalism, it's black capitalism.
Cus regular capitalism works out so great for poor white people.
not a lot of rappers are talking about Fred Hampton at all.
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Yeah I wasn't necessarily expecting one, but for some reason I hoped he would at least have something considering... everything. He got close in Not Like Us just wish he would connect it all. Definitely wasn't expecting it to come from drake.
He's corny. He's calling Drake a colonizer for going to magic city, and has nothing to say about the actual colonizers.
~~He's probably a Black Israelite. He rapped about it in one of his songs ~~
jk, I didn't listen to the songs carefully enough
How so? He put the snippets with his Black Israelite uncle on Damn as a way to reinforce the theme of problematic elements of Black culture and his immediate environment. It wasn't ever supposed to be an endorsement. I don't see how any brand of zionism really fits with Kendrick's public persona at all. And the angle of him being a Five Percenter, Black Israelite, or Black Hebrew just doesn't check out either, all those groups are extremely antisemitic meanwhile you got him sticking up for the Jewish community that was betrayed by Drake when he code switched on them too? Just doesn't square at all.
oh nvm, I never listened to the whole album or the songs that carefully
OP asked why Kendrick didn't say anything about Palestine
I very misremembered his bars but this is directly related to the conversation at hand
He's put out multiple songs in the last week talking about praying to God with his son before bed.
And fuck no I'm not voting for you in fall
Libs gonna be big mad about this one.
I’m not very familiar with Macklemore. But just because he’s a celebrity I assumed the lyrics would be supportive and good, but still short of the kind of righteous indignation that’s deserved. Well… I was wrong. Idk judge for yourself but most of the lyrics - other than there’s no “Death to America” - are sentiments you’d see on hexbear. Christ on a bike this is a good song.
I've seen Jewish brothers and sisters out there and ridin' in
Solidarity and screamin' "Free Palestine" with them
Organizin’, unlearnin' and finally cuttin' ties with
JVP and everyone else that has been involved have contributed an incredible amount, genuinely some of the most important organisations that exist.
Michael from The Good Place: Macklemore figured it out? Macklemore? Yeah. This one hurts.
having now listened to it rather than just reading the lyrics it is pretty fire
So many libs on the r/music thread about this are all “this song is really good but the part about not voting for Biden is DANGEROUS”
Well, tell those same libs to fuck their own mother...
Lmao I decided to look in that Reddit thread and found this comment chain with this banger:
Implying they're banning TikTok to suppress views and not because it's a literal Chinese owned CCP controlled spying outlet is damaging to even suggest. Otherwise it's fine, people are entitled to their opinions.
I have seen 'Biden is far from perfect, but' written so many times that it's now a trope in my recurring nightmare where I'm in hell and being tortured by libs.
If it does anything, he says something about "fuck Drake" at the end of the song? What's the beef with Kendrick?
10 years ago Kendrick and Macklemore were up for Grammys for best debut rap album and after Macklemore won he texted “I wanted you to win” to Kenny who said “That text surprised me, but Macklemore is a genuine dude. However it panned out, I wish him much success. He touched people's souls, and no one can take that away. Really, the whole Grammy moment was incredible. Not everyone gets that shot." Drake told media he deserved an apology, too.
Why would he need to apologize for that? Sounds like a white artist acknowledging they are a gentrifier, and if they win it’s cause they’re white, not cause their music is better.
Drake thinks everyone who acknowledges Kendrick as the better artist owes him an apology
I'm not a Macklemore fan but this is the equivalent of Sting coming down from the rafters with a Maclemore mask on - and when he pulls it off its just Maclemore underneath. Legendary stuff.
does anyone recognize the clip at 1m10s of the triumphant guy being carried on a door?
