Kendrick Lamar releases his new album "Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers ", his first new album since" DAMN. " of 2017, which received rave reviews.
Just days after the release of their new surprise single, "The Heart Part 5", Kendrick Lamar unveils his brand new album, an album his fans have been eagerly awaiting since he announced it under the pseudonym "Oklama". »In August 2021.
The album consists of two albums and includes a series of collaborations with special guests, such as Sampha in "Father Time", Summer Walker and Ghostface Killah in "Purple Hearts", Kodak Black in "Silent Hill", Tanna Leone -who belongs to Lamar's pgLang staff- in "Mr. Morale "and Portishead frontwoman Beth Gibbons in" Mother I Sober ".
Kendrick Lamar touches on many controversial and at the same time topical issues throughout the album "Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers ", as in" Auntie Diaries ", where he tells the story of his aunt's gender reassignment and his reaction to her.
In "Mother I Sober" he examines the allegations of abuse and the pain that results from such situations and raps: "Family ties, they blamed my cousin, did Kendrick touch you? "I never lied, but no one believed me."
In "Savior" he stigmatizes the deniers of COVID-19 and the vaccine, saying: "I saw a Christian say the beast dung vaccine / Then he stuck COVID and prayed to Pfizer for relief / Then I stuck COVID and started questioning Kyrie".
The production of the album "Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers "are signed by Duval Timothy, Boi-1da, Sounwave, Bekon and others. Kendrick Lamar also co-produced several tracks, which bear his name as Oklama. The legendary producer The Alchemist offers his skill to "Mr. Morale "and creates a beat with synth and electro-funk influences.
The "Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers "does not include" The Heart Part 5 ", which was released a few days before the arrival of the album. The single, which has already been loved by the public, features some of Kendrick Lamar's characteristic bars, with the Compton rapper proving that he has not lost anything in the last five years since his last album.
Yesterday, Kendrick Lamar unveiled the cover of the album "Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers ", in which he appears with a crown of thorns and holding a child, while in the background is a woman with a baby. The photo was taken by Renell Medrano.