WHAT IN DAMNATION?

"I decide to go over and lend a helping hand, you know? "Hello, ma'am, can I be of any assistance? It seems to me that you have lost something. I would like to help you find it." She replied: "Oh yes, you have lost something. You've lost... your life. 

Is it wickedness?"

For anyone that is a real fan of Hip-Hop, You would have probably heard this entire project through at least 20 times. On April 14, Compton rapper, Kendrick Lamar dropped his highly anticipated album DAMN. Lamar's newborn LP is already No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and did 306,000 first week. That is more than rap competitor, Drake sold on for his album More Life. It comes as no surprise, as many were on the edge of their seat waiting, after being teased with the single, and music video, Humble. 

This conceptual album had an entirely different sound and flow than his traditional work. To Pimp A Butterfly and good kid m.A.A.d city were both artistic and did a phenomenal job at reflecting Kendrick's views on topics such as, racism, black culture, and telling other rappers that he's much better than them. We hear K-Dot uses more auto-tune, changes the pitch and fixes his flow to go along with his faster-paced tempos. His new sound maybe just be temporary as this new speed of rap, and sound went along well with what he was trying to get across in this album. 

We can always count on Kendrick, being the lyricist that he is, to come with hard raps and even deeper lyrics. There was a lot going on with this LP, and the topics he touched upon were various. Lamar started this album with 'BLOOD', an intro with a scenario between him and a blind woman. The blind woman is our introduction to the main topic in this album that is Kendrick's Damnation. The blind women is his consequences and this is driven from the Book of Deuteronomy. That those who obey God will be blessed and those who disobey will be damned for giving into wickedness. Kendrick, being Kendrick can't make a rap album without having some sort of empowerment to his culture. He celebrates his heritage on DNA and throughout the project. We're all very excited to see what Kung Fu Kenny has in store, but for now, let's enjoy the music.