NicolasCageStan

4y

Can someone help me with the significance of both Mr Morale and The Big Steppers lol?

It seems like he's Mr Morale bc he was focused on healing everyone else? I.e. raising their morale? And then at the end chooses to focus on himself and heal (presumably talking about the 5 year hiatus and/or probably another coming hiatus lol)

Not sure what the Big Steppers are lol just his homies or something? Or he was at first being a big stepper because he was flexing or something?

Kermit

4y

Nah, it was one of the many points I made.

BIGSTEPPERDISNEY

4y

Wtf lol that’s wild! Have you tried on another computer? And f*** I don’t think I do I was thinking of the one you had during Donda 1 era

Cole2

4y

I been so deep into this and Obongjayar albums I forgot the Smile finally came out

Beamo23

4y

very earliest D1 days was Beyonce with a mustache (pic seems to have been wiped from the internet completely )

was very controversial at the time

Kermit

4y

nah i feel sorry for you actually, idk how i would feel if my favourite artist released a s*** album

Cole2

4y

Count Me Out may be one of his best songs ever

provider

4y

who ya favorite artist?

NewCopeJustDropped

4y

Hello cracker

Kermit

4y

i feel sorry for you

Cole2

4y

I been so deep into this and Obongjayar albums I forgot the Smile finally came out

NewCopeJustDropped

4y

But are you happy for me?

Kermit

4y

champagnepapi

provider

4y

nah play that

Kermit

4y

Nah, it was one of the many points I made.

provider

4y

damn i was getting ready to laugh at your answer but

Logicishalfblack

4y

The Big Steppers is a reference to him tap dancing around important subjects in his therapy session (which is basically what the album is - Kendrick in therapy). That’s why you hear the “Stop tap dancing around the conversation” in the song We Cry Together. There are tap dancing bits throughout the first disc to resemble the tangents Kendrick goes on and him not getting to the root of his issues. The first half of the album doesn’t necessarily have Kendrick open up about anything that makes him vulnerable and honest within himself. That’s where the second half comes in - Mr. Morale. At the beginning of Count Me Out, you hear “Session 10...breakthrough” which Kendrick finally does with songs like Crown (he accepts he can’t make everyone happy), Aunt Diaries (opening up about his transgender family member), Savior (he’s tired of being idolized/he’s only human), Mother I Sober (mother was sexually molested by someone in the family) etc. You get the point. The first half Kendrick talks about things that are minimal and don’t really matter such as petty arguments in a relationship (We Cry Together) and how he grieves differently than everyone else without mentioning what the griefs are until the second act.

At least that’s what I take out of it.

Kermit

4y

nah i feel sorry for you actually, idk how i would feel if my favourite artist released a s*** album

Kermit

4y

drake hasnt missed yet fr

Prez

4y

Crown is petty solid but it's too long, should have been like an interlude or 3 minutes tops

provider

4y

not on an album

but dark lane demo tapes

Logicishalfblack

4y

The Big Steppers is a reference to him tap dancing around important subjects in his therapy session (which is basically what the album is - Kendrick in therapy). That’s why you hear the “Stop tap dancing around the conversation” in the song We Cry Together. There are tap dancing bits throughout the first disc to resemble the tangents Kendrick goes on and him not getting to the root of his issues. The first half of the album doesn’t necessarily have Kendrick open up about anything that makes him vulnerable and honest within himself. That’s where the second half comes in - Mr. Morale. At the beginning of Count Me Out, you hear “Session 10...breakthrough” which Kendrick finally does with songs like Crown (he accepts he can’t make everyone happy), Aunt Diaries (opening up about his transgender family member), Savior (he’s tired of being idolized/he’s only human), Mother I Sober (mother was sexually molested by someone in the family) etc. You get the point. The first half Kendrick talks about things that are minimal and don’t really matter such as petty arguments in a relationship (We Cry Together) and how he grieves differently than everyone else without mentioning what the griefs are until the second act.

At least that’s what I take out of it.