With that being said, Mr. Morale was a great album and him selling less then expected doesnt take away from the quality.

Rock album coming soon

I hope he and Keem (or PGlang) drop a collab project too

I think he going into a more DAMNesque direction on the next one. Not sonically but more pop appeal, less experimental tracks like Worldwide Steppers and We Cry Together.

I could see that, I highly doubt we get another five year wait barring anything extremely tragic

Might even drop next year he seems to be in a good creative space rn

We only waited 5 years cuz of COVID though

He would've dropped Summer 2020 if COVID never happened.

Album would have sounded very different based in the leaks, I wonder if the reception on this site (not that any of these awful opinion threads matter) would have been different

It doesn’t matter what he did, he would’ve received criticism. If he just made a 70s inspired soul album, they would’ve just said he’s retreading ground from TPAB. If he had made a commercial hits album, people would’ve just called it DAMN 2 and brushed it off. He could’ve made a rock rap album on some Yeezus s***, but that also had a high chance of alienating some people just like Mr. Morale did.

When you’re in Kendrick’s position and you’ve released multiple albums that have changed the game, it gets harder to keep up with people ridiculous expectations each go around.

Which is why it’s admirable that no matter what he won’t be boxed in to what we expect like you said earlier. Would I have enjoyed any of those types of albums from him? Yeah ofc but that’s because I’m ride or die for Kendrick.

Do you think DAMN made him too big in a sense? All eyes were already on him after GKMC and everyone wanted to know how he followed it up. Then we get the complete left turn with TPAB. But DAMN was commercially/culturally huge and put him under an even bigger microscope. Expectations were through the roof for this LP and the wait didn’t help. How do you follow up an album like that without sacrificing your artistic integrity or boxing yourself in to a lane?

You make MMBS

Mr Morale AOTY, if you don’t like it you got trash takes

They finding every leak of his now

TDE letting these songs leak now like

The way the beat drops on N95 is so beautiful

Still playing this f***ing album

I’ve decided I like TPAB and DAMN. more but this is another great addition to his discography and still my AOTY

beautiful honest and inspiring work

Can’t wait for his next album!

seeing him perform live makes me appreciate the album more

Waterfalls

Nah Falsehood WAAAYY too good to not be dropped

I can certainly see this getting as much love on its 10th anniversary like all other Kenny projects would except Section 80 for some reason

No better than Samuel L on Django

The fact he recorded falsehood on my birthday too :

I really underrated The Heart Part 5, and it's because I don't really look into lyrics that deeply when I first listen to new songs, especially rap

I'm only starting to really understand its greatness tbh

Any of y’all end up f***ing with the Tanna album much this year?

Tbh I really like it.

I do to. It’s in my rotation.

Here We Go Again one of my favorite songs of the year 🙏

high key one of his greatest songs on a content and technical level

at first i didn’t love that they chose to push that for grammy consideration instead of only using songs from the album. but the more i thought about it, it truly was a moment and extremely timely and timeless all at once

i still wish it had more time to breathe before they rolled out the album. because what he’s saying rings so true

we’re in a time where a lot of very vague platitudes get praised in rap as introspective or great observations of the culture but it falls flat to me.

“i’m fighting demons” and “niggas dying for no reason” have been said so much the last 5 years it really means nothing when it comes through the speaker.

it takes a great writer to take such relatable concepts that so many are trying to articulate and provide the context, detail, emotional depth, cause, consequence and aftermath to where it can actually STRIKE you. and it’s so hard to find in mainstream hip-hop now. when an artist has a huge platform like this and can perform at that level, it NEEDS to be acknowledged.