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Kendrick Lamar To Present ‘We Cry Together’ Short Film At LA’s Laemmle Royal Theater
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Theo Wargo / Getty Kendrick Lamar‘s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers may or may not be 2022’s album of the year depending on who you ask, but there’s no denying that it has been one of the most talked-about Hip Hop albums of this year since it was released last month. And if you’ve heard all the chatter and controversy surrounding the album, then you likely know about one of the project’s most talked-about tracks—”We Cry Together.” It could easily be argued that never in the history of Hip Hop storytelling have we heard a toxic relationship—in all of its volatile and excessively profane nature—depicted so vividly. The song, which features up and coming rapper Taylour Paige, made headlines last week when it premiered at No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100. (I...
The 30 Best Songs of 2022 (So Far)
It’s almost absurd how much good music — universally acclaimed, big-ticket, year-end contender music — came out in 2022’s first five months. It’s hard to imagine the next seven matching that pace. We’ve heard soul-bearing rap songs (Kendrick Lamar), future windows-down rock classics (Momma), loads of elite-level Thom Yorke (The Smile) — the list, literally, goes on. Below, we gathered our 30 favorite tracks of 2022 so far. (In this case, we decided songs from any 2022 albums were on the table.) Let’s meet back here at year’s end and see how things shake out. 30. All Get Out – “Feeling Well” The first single from All Get Out’s new album, Kodak, smartly swirls folk-rock, emo, and a dash of country into a potent cocktail of paranoia, self-doubt, and hesitant nostalgia. This South Carolin...
Lorde Calls Kendrick Lamar ‘The Most Popular and Influential Artist in Modern Music’
Lorde shared an update with her fans on Tuesday (May 24) and couldn’t help but gush over Kendrick Lamar‘s latest album, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers. “I’m loving Kendrick,” she wrote in her email newsletter to fans. “I cannot get over the most popular and influential artist in modern music displaying a working nervous system, admitting mistakes, trying to process intergenerational trauma and prejudice. I love the way the album opens, the pace and heat of the first few songs, and later ‘Count Me Out,’ the build and strings in ‘Auntie Diaries’… special.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The double LP — the rapper’s fifth full-length — bowed atop the Billboard 200 upon its May 13 release, notching the best first week of 2022 with 295,000 alum ...
Kendrick Lamar Floats Through “N95” Video
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: YouTube / pgLang Kendrick Lamar certainly got the Hip-Hop world praising, discussing and debating after his new album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers dropped. On cue for the highly-anticipated album’s rollout, the Compton rapper drops a stunning visual for “N95” off the project. The song’s content is about stripping away everything and getting to the core, with plenty of one-liners that will be showing up on Instagram captions for a while, too. “Take off the weird-ass jewelry, I’m a take ten steps, then I’m taking off top five, take off them fabricated streams and them microwave memes, it’s a real world outside,” spits Kendrick. Related Stories From floating over the ocean, to kicking rhymes in a crucifix-filled room to running for his life from a ...
Kendrick Lamar Drops ‘N95’ Video
Leave it to Kendrick Lamar to drop a new music video on a Saturday. The rapper surprised fans with the visuals for “N95” — the first off his new album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers. He co-directed the video with Dave Free, who also assisted in his “The Heart Part Five” video. [embedded content][embedded content] Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers marks the first album by Lamar in five years. He also announced a world tour in support of the album. Get more info here and check out a full list of tour dates below. Kendrick Lamar 2022 Big Steppers Tour Dates: Tue Jul 19 – Oklahoma City, OK – Paycom CenterThu Jul 21 – Austin, TX – Moody CenterFri Jul 22 – Houston, TX – Toyota CenterSat Jul 23 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines CenterSun Jul 24 – Miami, FL – Rolling LoudWed Jul 27 – T...
Kendrick Lamar Drops ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’ LP As Twitter Dives Into The Themes
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Wally Skalij / Getty Kendrick Lamar shook up the world last week with the surprise release of the single “The Heart Part 5” and its soul-stirring accompanying video. Now that his fifth album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers is finally out in the world, folks on Twitter are chiming in with a number of varied thoughts on the project. Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers is a double album and will be the last Kendrick Lamar album released under the Top Dawg Entertainment label. Like other previous works from K-Dot, the album leans into a concept of duality, trauma, addiction, relationship woes, and the like all through the lens of Black America. The album doesn’t have the benefit of a big single to propel it to casual listeners; this is an album for true...
Kendrick Lamar Announces The Big Steppers Tour
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: pgLang / pgLang While Twitter debates the merits, and greatness, of Kendrick Lamar’s new album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, business is moving along. The Compton rapper announced The Big Steppers Tour to support the new project. Source: Renell Medrano (@renellaice) / Renell Medrano (@renellaice) The tour has both national and international legs and will run through the summer, fall and winter with Baby Keem as the supporting act on all dates along with Tanna Leone on select dates. Sponsored by Amazon Music, Rotation and Cash App, the national tour kicks off July 19 in Oklahoma City, OK at Paycom Center and will hit cities like New York, New Orleans, Nashville, Oakland and Las Vegas before wrapping up with two nights in Los Angeles at the Crypto.com...
Kendrick Lamar Announces Big Steppers Tour Dates
Now that Kendrick Lamar’s first album in five years, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, is available for public consumption, the artist has announced that he’ll be hitting the road for a good chunk of 2022. Dubbed the Big Steppers tour, the trek will kick off in Oklahoma City on July 19 and hit arenas and festivals across the U.S., ending with a two-night stand at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena (the arena formerly known as Staples Center). Lamar will then head to Europe and Australia, which will keep him busy through December. Lamar’s nephew, Baby Keem, will open all dates, while Tanna Leone will support at select shows. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers includes guest appearances from Ghostface Killah, Portishead’s Beth Gibbons, Summer Walker, Kodak Black, Sampha, Taylour Paige and Keem. S...
Kendrick Lamar Reveals Album Cover To ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @kendricklamar / pgLang We’re only a minute away from Kendrick Lamar finally dropping his fifth studio album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers and to get his fans a bit more amped about the drop yesterday he revealed the album cover and we couldn’t be more pleased with the artistry behind it. Featuring his family in what seems to be a rundown hotel room, Kendrick holds onto his son with his back to the camera while rocking a crown of thorns and packing some heat on his waist. As for the woman on the bed, TMZ is reporting that she is non other than Kendrick’s longtime partner, Whitney Alford, who’s tending to their 2-year-old daughter. Related Stories We love it. Kinda reminds us of that whole “there’s no room at the inn” situation that Mary and Joseph we...
If Kendrick Lamar Is The Boogeyman Of Rap, Lil Baby Is Freddy Krueger
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty In every generation, you have talents who can transcend the hurdles that separate good from great. Kendrick Lamar has elevated himself to a rare level in the years since he first hit the mainstream market, inducing the type of fan favor people like Nas and Jay-Z bring with their releases. Joe Budden’s recent declaration that Kendrick is the Boogeyman of rap is a comparison few would disagree with. However, there’s another generational talent, who’s made himself a force in his own right, haunting the rap game with his verses and terrorizing rappers with nightmares and that’s Lil Baby. Related Stories In the five years since Lil Baby has been out, he’s become the name people can say as their favorite, but only once out of fear they’l...
Kendrick Lamar Morphs Into OJ, Ye, Kobe, Jussie Smollet, Will Smith & Nipsey Hussle in New Video
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: YouTube / Youtube Kendrick Lamar manages to up the ante on his already highly-anticipated new album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. The Compton rapper dropped a new song and video for “The Heart Part 5” from the forthcoming new project. While his fifth album drop this Friday, on Sunday (May 8), he dropped a new video loaded with bars and some chilling video effects. The visual starts off simply with a pensive-looking Lamar rapping slightly off-center in front of the camera with a maroon backdrop (and an initial written message of “I am All of us.”). But as he kicks his bars over a subtle instrumental that samples Marvin Gaye’s “I Want You” he first transforms into the distinctive face of OJ Simpson. Related Stories That would be jarring enough but as ...
Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5
Check out this brand new single from Kendrick Lamar titled “The Heart Part 5”. Grammy Award-Winning singer Kendrick Lamar gears up for his forthcoming album release titled “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers“, as he begins with a rollout of a new single titled “The Heart Part 5” a sequel to the parts 1- 5 which began since 2010. In the new music visual, he raps from different people’s perspectives as he morphs into OJ Simpson, Kanye West, Jussie Smollett, and Will Smith all notably for their recent bad behaviors. Towards the end of the video, we also get to see face transition into Kobe Bryant and Nipsey Hussle whilst reflecting on their impact. Lamar’s anticipated album is set to arrive on Friday. And a picture Lamar posted last week suggests the new body of work might be a double album; t...
