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I was just trying to get a rise. I actually don't know much about him except he wrote a song about his momma and he dissed Taylor Swift.
Yes, I really have very little idea of what's been going on in popular music the past, say, decade. (In fact, I can't name a single Taylor Swift song off the top of my head.)
But my local library is fantastic. Well-stocked and you can check out 50 items at once. I currently have a stack of CDs that comes close to reaching my knee.
Three of those CDs are from Kenrick, who, like I said, I hadn't really heard until a week ago.
Last night I gave PIMP a cursory listen. Nothing grabbed me until "Complexion." That's followed by "Blacker the Berry," which gave me chills. I think I listened to that two song sequence about four times in a row. I was high, but still.
I dunno. Are we sure he didn't invent a whole new way of doing gangster rap, at least on the first album? He begins a verse with "Fresh outta school cuz I was a high school grad." I think I heard "six in the morning" somewhere, and I'm sure there are other gangster rap allusions I'm missing.
I think of consciousness rap as: the rapper has a strong point of view and tries to get it across.
Kendrick's world seems a lot more complex.
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