Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers Album Review 

KBinge taught you to troll but he is not your savior. Beezy430 can be quiet for 2 hrs and still be hilarious, but is not your savior. Feefo knows if it bumps in the whip, but he is not your savior. Myke C-Town can listen to black metal and Katy Perry within 10 minutes, but he is not your savior

Kendrick said it best himself. “So the next time I talk about money, hoes, clothes, God and history All in the same sentence Just know I meant it, and you felt it Cause you too are searching for answers I'm not the next pop star, I'm not the next socially aware rapper I am a human motherfucking being over dope ass instrumentation”

Btw, Feefo broke this down excellently with his comparisons of looking into the mirror while listening to this album and being uncomfortable by your own shortcomings expressed through Kendrick’s writing. Nobody wants to fucking feel like they’re a shitty boyfriend, a cheater, a liar, a fraud, a broken man-child with daddy issues. Nobody wants to admit that at some point in their life they were fucking bigots about one thing or another (no matter what the fucking internet says). Nobody wants to face the truths this album is dishing out. I get so close to crying so often throughout this album, even after multiple listens. This thing is powerful, man

The fact that this man made a mainstream career in music of conceptual storytelling albums in hip hop is something so amazing. Shout out to you guys for this review.

I don’t think that We Cry Together is simply about a toxic relationship, I think it’s about the relationship between men and women in society nowadays. Firstly, he started off by saying “this is what the world sounds like”, and secondly, it’s clear that some of the lyrics don’t apply to one man or woman.

Shoutout to Myke for explaining the difference between cancel culture and accountability. Kodak, R Kelly, Harvey W, they weren’t cancelled, it’s called the law. There’s a difference between making bad taste jokes and sexual assault

I’m with Feefo 100%.......... this album is too heavy to casually bump aside from 1-2 songs. This is one of those albums you have to play from front to back, it’s like a film or a play.

34:00 “Where is your uncle at? Cuz i want to talk to the man of the house” -Drake on Family Matters Myke called it

In reference to Father Time, I think Kendrick is thankful for his father being there but had come to terms that he does have issues as a whole.

34:00 Myke called what Drake would do

I wish y’all talked more about United In Grief cause it was crazy how Kendrick rapped over those drums. Great review as always

I can’t believe they didn’t say one word about count me out. It’s the part in the album where he has the breakthrough, the epiphany of what he has to change in his life to reconcile his trauma

Myke is ALWAYS on point with his input goddamn. So insightful, especially when they were talking about Auntie Diaries. Fire review

I can only imagine Kendrick’s heavy state of mind when writing this project. To sit in your truth and deconstruct personal traumas is never ever easy so I can only commend Kendrick for pouring his heart out in the way that he did. As Feefo said, this album transcends Hip Hop, this album is truly an amazing body of work.

His most ambitious album imo. To deconstruct your whole artistic persona like this and breakdown why you’re a fraud and a phony and just as immoral as those who look up to you to better themselves… over production like this… it’s just fantastic to me. To set it all up in a double album concept pre-therapeutic breakthrough and post-therapeutic breakthrough… there’s 0 doubt in my mind that we’ll look at this album in 10 years the same way we look at TPAB now. What an artistic run. Even though Kendrick downplays his efforts to make a positive societal impact, you’d be hard-pressed to make a case that his work didn’t move us as a collective closer to universal righteousness

I think Kendrick _does_ have a good relationship with his pops, overall. Even great parents do or say the wrong thing sometimes. That type of toxic masculinity is something I think we all grow up having to face as men, even if it's not being reinforced all the time at home. It doesn't mean we don't have to grow past those things to become mature adults. Two things can be true at the same time. I actually heard someone say Father Time "cancels out" Duckworth... smh 🤦‍♂️ Man, sometimes people can be so simple in their thinking!

I appreciate Myke's measured perspective on the Kodak issue, cancel culture vs firm accountability, etc. I can understand Kendrick's propensity and willingness to be on front street in saying "we're all human-flawed, f*cked up, and corrupted, even the most righteous of us all." But we also have to respect those who see a serious problem with Kendrick (given his typical content and the topics he's always addressed) including somebody with the ugly history of someone like Kodak. Not only including him, but making him an integral part of the album. I'm 1000% sure Kendrick expected this response, though and he accepts both sides of it. And honestly, his entire plea with this album is for fans to stop looking at him as some anointed savior of rap and society, and start looking at him as just like us. No better and no worse. I think this album humanized him in ways we rarely see with artists of his stature. I gotta respect that.

The contradictions in this album don't necessarily bother me but they do make me an active, rather than a passive listener. I really enjoy the rawness of this album lyrically. My favorites might be Worldwide Steppers, Silent Hill or Mr. Morale but I have a feeling that that'll change with every listen. We Cry Together is insane too. Myke makes a great point about the critique Kendrick gets. I do think it's healthy that we as listeners care enough to really break it down like this.

If this ends up being Kendrick’s last album in life (and it won’t be) I think it would sum up his discography as perfect 5/5. All of his past traumas and mistakes as a man/human was fully displayed on this album and it’s a pure masterpiece. I wouldn’t be surprised if he won Album of The Year at the Grammy’s next year. The last track where he says “I Choose Me” is perfect closure for him. Honestly I don’t think Kendrick has anything else left to give in album form. He could rap and give features for the rest of his life like Jay-Z lol

In the last part between Rod and Myke on Auntie Diaries, I think one further question or point is that Kendrick (like many other Mellinials around his age) has transitioned from a culture where they did, in fact, not know any better to now where lgbtqia+ slurs have evolved to become full-fledged slurs (for reference, many 90s/early 2000s popular media and even sitcom TV shows used them freely without censor). Eminem did not come from any era nor environment that it was ever ok for him to say the n word. That's what makes the nuance much more impactful, I think.

Interesting how Kendrick asked in Mortal Man on TPAB "When shit hit the fan is you still a fan?" and we now have people 'cancelling' him as an artist for his inclusion of Kodak on this album.

I understand why it's so divisive but I love this album... This is Kendrick at his most vulnerable point, which is saying a lot. Sonically it's diverse, grand in certain songs and very muted in others. Man this is a great project and I'm sure it'll only grow on me even more! Kendrick track record is crazy and I can't wait to see what he has in store for 2027 lmao

"I am all of us." May the brilliance and wisdom of kendrick not go over our heads. Our culture has to find a balance between accountability and radical Empathy. No matter how heinous the crime/offense. "Worldwide steppers(killers)" speaks to this, especially the end of the last verse. Reminds me of the 'crime and punishment' section in the book "the prophet" by Khalil Gibran. He says: “But I say that even as the holy and the righteous cannot rise beyond the highest which his in each one of you, So the wicked and the weak cannot fall lower than the lowest which is in you also.”

Y’all cannot have missed this one. Kendrick didn’t get the idea for “We Cry Together” from Poetic Justice. it’s obvious he took the idea from Rza. Rza did that on the Bobby Digital album. The song is called “Domestic Violence”. Kendrick then features Ghostface on the next song. So obviously, he’s showing love to Wu on the next song.

I feel the same way with the album. This album is too human. It’s an album that needs a minimal listens. I don’t agree with the free spirit/new age philosophies but this album felt like a true Kendrick album.

Another thing to think about is the fact that the people that still listen to Kodak are the people that probably need to hear Kendrick's message even more than his own fans. A lot more growth can happen if it reaches a different audience.

hearing people with a solid hip-hop frame of reference speak about this album intellectually and with nuance is so refreshing, as all we've been getting are emotional knee-jerk reactions. i, too, love this album, flaws and all, and thank it's going to be a very important album within the span of hip-hop as time passes.

I agree that there are contradictions but my interpretation was that Kendrick was aware of that and that’s why some songs have the tap dancing sound at the end showing that as humans we are complicated. as long as we are having these conversations of how we are all walking contractions of ourselves then the album has served it’s purpose!

As a long time DEHH fan, I think this was one of Ken’s best reviews yet. Well done Ken.

I feel you on “We Cry Together” Rod. My first listen was on the way to work the morning it dropped and when that song came on I had to lower it at every red light lmao. Edit: Also I think the point of Kendrick misgendering his Uncle is because every time he switched from she/he, it represents past/present. Great track.

For auntie diaries, Kendrick is very aware and intentional with his use of misgendering in the song. The older he gets in the narrative of the song, the more correct he is with his use of pronouns.

Aunties diaries is one of Kendrick’s most beautiful songs imo

I always saw the contradictions as an inside look through his therapy sessions. how he would express he wild thoughts and opinions at the beginning than slowly having breakthroughs and getting to the causes of why he's like this

I agree w the consensus. One of Kendrick’s best. When Feefo was talking about the playback ability and accessibility, I related to that but more on TPAB. This album feels like a nice cross between TPAB and Damn. Also loved to see Modest Media on this review. Great album and great work guys.

“See a lot of y'all don't understand Kendrick Lamar Because you wonder how I could talk about money, hoes, clothes, God and history All in the same sentence You know what all them things have in common? Only half of the truth if you tell it See I spent twenty-three years on this earth searching for answers Till one day I realised I had to come up with my own I'm not on the outside looking in, I'm not on inside looking out I'm in the dead fucking centre looking around You ever seen a newborn baby kill a grown man? That's an analogy for the way the world make me react My innocence been dead So the next time I talk about money, hoes, clothes, God and history All in the same sentence Just know I meant it, and you felt it Cause you too are searching for answers I'm not the next pop star, I'm not the next socially aware rapper I am a human motherfucking being over dope ass instrumentation”

I took the Kodak feature as a example of what Kendrick could have been if any factor of his life was slightly different. Kendrick is saying he's held on this high pedestal in rap but he isn't any different than Kodak and his flaws. It's quite literally "the mirror". I get why it's so controversial for sure and I think that was on purpose. Makes you think.

Only Kendrick can make a DEHH video long, yes!

Would have loved to see beezy’s views on the album. Hopefully he talks about it in the future maybe on his own channel

The point of adding Kodak Black for me was about proximity with vices which often get swept under the rug. Simply dismissing Kodak Black would be an easier means to circumvent the issue of abuse. Kodak comes from a society with recurring abuse. R. Kelly was doing questionable things before the movement began. The space in which celebrities are allowed to exist has always been one where the fanfare has managed to exonerate questionable behavior. So the actual invocation here is the question within ourselves: How much abuse do we dole out and simply cast the dye of normalcy over it because this is the nature of our environment? Kendrick manages to spook people out of their comfort zone by aligning himself with the dark side of his environment and thus distancing himself from being irreproachable on the basis of status.

I'm with Myke on "We Cry Together". I can't listen to it because it makes me uncomfortable lmao.

I absolutely love the album! My biggest issue with the review is that I felt like y'all didn't talk much about the music but the focus was more on the concept and the backlash it got. It definitely makes sense but I wanted to know more about your thoughts about the Intro, the features, the interludes, the production... etc. This doesn't mean that y'all did a bad job. Thank you very much for the review and I'm glad that y'all took your time to review it.

I think Kendrick’s take on cancel culture is that everyone needs to be forgiven and judged on who they are today, not their past. This ties in with the teachings of Eckhart Tolle. “Free all of your abusers this is transformation” is his last line on Mother I Savior. He believes that forgiving your abuser is the only way to stop the cycle of generational trauma. I don’t necessarily agree but I think that’s his point

Great discussion and review! Myke made so many good points in this review, esp. talking about “Auntie Diaries.” 👏🏾Literally had this same conversation how some liberals or people in general think folks are just supposed to know what’s acceptable. When, in reality, societal norms are ever-evolving. To me, that’s the beauty of “Auntie Diaries.” Him emulating his younger self and being a vessel for people that don’t fully understand gender identity and sexual orientation. This wasn’t an anthem or agenda for the LGBTQ community. This was his family’s story and how he worked through it as a kid and now with the understanding as an adult. It’s too layered of a song for people to get stuck on the surface-level lyrics and that last line, which was more of a thought-starter in reference to the Chappelle bit IMO.

I’m sorry Myke but “Mother I Sober” made me have goosebumps and made me think about life my first listen. Its an amazing song but it made me think a lot so I sometimes skip it

I feel like the Kodak inclusion was to showcase how trauma can affect different people. If you listen to Kodak's verses on the album he's venting about trauma in his own way. I don't think he wanted to help Kodak redeem himself, I think he just used him as an example. I feel like Kendrick wanted to be 1000% raw on this album, for better or worse. At least that's how I interpreted it. Kodak is a walking example so he was used, I don't think the purpose was to help Kodak save face or anything.

FD Signifier presented an interesting take on this album where he basically proposes the idea that Kodak is on this album as a way to show “this is a result of what happens when trauma goes unchecked in the black community.” That’s not to say Kodak is necessarily excused from his actions, but clearly, no one cares about the monster being created from trauma until that monster attacks. This album is filled with stories of trauma being ignored and perpetrated because oftentimes, that’s just how we in the black community handle it. It just sits there and festers. That’s what makes the “breaking of generational trauma” portion of the album so powerful. Because we’re all stuck in our own cycles of trauma and it’s up to either us, or the future generations, to end those cycles.

thanks for another dope review yall. I'm glad you kept the initial thoughts stream brief because it was dope to see your opinions since then.

I have to listen to the album in its entirety but it sounds like this is somewhat of a wake up call for people who idolize celebrities, Kendrick in particular. I also think it's interesting that Kendrick has always put some subtle hints in his music that he may have done some dirt growing up in Compton that he seemingly regrets in his adult life, but a lot of die hard fans glossed over them

It’s an extremely personal, vulnerable and polarizing album, and Kendrick understood that before he put It out. It’s an amazing piece of art, that sounds better and better every time I listen to It. I appreciate Kendrick for this. Another home run as far as I’m concerned.

I appreciate Kendrick for creating these concept albums. Rare do you get that in mainstream hip-hop these days. I know many people have mixed feelings about this album but I love it. It will age just as well as TPAB did.

"The county building has us paralyzed" is such a great bar, so deep. For example, welfare holds us back not mentally but financially. The rules that go with qualifying for assistance encourages living below potential for a guaranteed check rather than the realizing a living wage.

Nobody canceling Kendrick, his shows are packed, album platinum, award winning

If you’re mad about auntie diaries when Kendrick clearly comes from an honest and non confrontational place then that is the problem Kendrick is talking about on the album.

Really thoughtful review guys. Can tell that you all had a lot of reflections on this album and were able to debate and articulate your ideas really well. Love you guys for always having a mature take on hip hop music and culture. And love how you've covered Kendrick's career since day 1. Awesome.

"When shit hits the fans, is you still a fan?" Hits different after the Kodak situation

I think he was talking to Noname when it comes to the whole "I am not your saviour, Cole is not your saviour" stuff

Personally I agree mostly with Rod about Kodak (also agree in not defending him) but I think Kendrick is also making a larger point. I think he's using Kodak as a show of how the cycle of black trauma continues when no one tries to get someone to understand just how wrong they are. Like, someone like a Kodak is more deserving of a chance to learn and grow than someone like a Jared Leto or even David Bowie who have similar crimes at a higher volume yet in general it seems they get more chances to "try again" or just have some crimes completely forgotten. Obviously he didn't NEED Kodak specifically for this but I think he wanted to make sure the artist he picked to play this part needed to have done something worthy of cancellation while being big enough to not be cancelled or widely defended. At least that's part of what I was getting

I know Kendrick definitely gonna watch this one

You guys have the best conversations about art out of any RU-vid channel imo. There’s always so much content to pull away and so many thought-provoking discussions

Myke called that trans diss A YEAR BEFORE, it was so predictable smh

I can understand why fans may have mixed feelings on this album. It's not as accessible as his older albums (production wise). I personally really enjoyed this album and I appreciate how honest and vocal Kendrick is being on the album. It's definitely not an album that I can casually listen to, like Damn or GKMC, but it holds a special place in Kendrick's discography.

Long time Patron supporter here :) I like the review but am quite disappointed you almost didn’t talk about the music itself, the tracks (many ones not even mentioned), the rapping, the features, the production (understood that B is not here but still). Not to mention that you marketed heavily the early access of this review for Patreon members in your last live video, which didn’t happen… Just wanted to mention these points but it won’t change the fact I’ll continue to support!

long time fan guys this was great, Myke killed it keep crushing guys, been a great first half of 2022 and I'm excited to see the mid year lists

In love with this album too. It's a wonderful work of art. Also "quiet storm" r&b is a major influence for this album where lush and happy instrumentals juxtapose dark and vulnerable lyrics e.g. The Tracks of My Tears by Smokey Also the Kodak thing is to demonstrate how easily someone like Kendrick (Mr. Morale) can do something that will disappoint you...so stop putting him on a pedestal.

I haven't heard one person mention "count me out" That song is the highlight of the album for me.

Thank you guys for the amazing review and I’m sad B wasn’t here to take part in it, hope he’s well. I too believe this is one of his best albums but unlike the other ones, this one is extremely personal. On first listen, I thought to myself, yeah this is amazing but oh boy it’s gonna ruffle some feathers, and so it did. Thank you for always being yourself Kendrick, you’ll always be my favorite MC and artist

Idk I took Kodak as a kind of "mirror" to what Kendrick could have been. Kodak sits as a great example of how someone can be corrupted by their environment and trauma and never recover from it. I personally get annoyed seeing a ton of Kendrick fans praise him for humanizing gangbangers and breaking down the reason for how these communities get fucked, but then tell him he's not doing activism correctly when he actually presents a REAL toxic gangbanger and ask you to empathize with them. I personally still think Kodak is a horrible person, but he has come out before as a victim of sexual abuse and really highlights Kendricks concept of hurt people hurting more people.

This is the type of album that gets better with time. With each new listen, I grow to like it and appreciate it way more. The Crown was one of the most pivotal songs I think Kendrick has done. I think everyone just wants Damn 2.0 or Good Kid part 2. And this album is far from that. Which I’m pretty thankful for

its always interesting to hear Myke's opinion and how he explains to others in the review. Surprisingly my top 5 are the same too (but in diferent order)

I get what Feefo is saying about how it triggers that trauma and is heavy. It’s meant to be uncomfortable and to me that’s one of its redeeming qualities but first listen or two it reminded me of a lot of stuff, really heavy

Great session! I love the conversations y’all have. I’m so glad you did this one. I was thinking, That moment Myke was talking about at the end of “Auntie Diaries” (around 39:44ish) it sounds weird when Kendrick says “N****” because I think they may have cut the rest of that take out. So you hear a tiny bit of the next word/noise that was coming out. An editing thing. I have tracks that have it and I’ve heard others. just for the most part, I think folks don’t really care to listen close enough to where that would bother em…or even show up for that matter lol. LONG TIME FAN! Thank you for keeping us immersed in the world of DEHH with all the other platforms 🙏🏾🙏🏾

We really gotta stop the "what if a white person said..." comparisons. Most times the issues are much more complex and w/o context to make that lazy comparison. Double standards exist because of larger context

24:15 Yep, Mr. Morale felt like a Yeszus inspired and produced track. Pharrell making that beat was unexpected for me.

Also the line "i chose me, I'm sorry" could be a message to his fans for all the time we been waiting for an album, Kendrick chose himself and took care of the issues he was going through instead of just releasing for the sake of releasing an album

Waited all week for this and you did not disappoint. I get so much out of your rich and nuanced conversations and dissections. 💗

Great break down on this project. I got the feeling he was in therapy, talking about his issues with how he griefs “I grieve different” trying to replace the grief with possessions and nothing works, daddy issues, relationship issues, shit you’d talk to a therapist about. That was my first take on it but honestly, DEHH opened it up a lot more than I could have done.

Silent hill slapps and you can’t take that away from me

Feefo told you to bump your music in the whip, but he is not your savior.

Just commenting to help the algorithm guys, but excellent... excellent fuckin review. I've been loving the conversations surrounding this record. Regardless of the typical "right and wrong" of things, it's conversation like these that show that we can learn a lot of us by merely talking about things and listening to other perspectives (cause "life is perspective"). One tiny thing... I wished you could've dedicated a little more to talk about "Mother I Sober" in depth, especially considering it was in everyone's Top 5.... but maybe we can get that on a DEHH live or something. Excellent work guys, I've been a fan for many years now and you continue to improve (much like Kendrick). Thank you!

I really like what Ken said about United in Grief at the end.

I understand where Feefo is coming from, the new album might not have bangers and it could use tracks that are more replayable for sure. However, it still has a few songs that I found my self replaying over and over even casually. Like Rich Spirit is very much a accessible song that you can keep rotating, NF95 and Mirror are really good songs too. Even Die Hard, United in Grief can fall under that, some others too. I know a lot of these songs are heavy and raw, but there's a lot of musical qualities to them to appreciate even still.

So this is exactly why this record is great, the kind of conversation it sparks is just so beautiful to watch.

Another masterpiece by Kung Fu Kenny 🐐 Well thought out points guys. The more I listen, the better it gets. This is personally in my top 3 Kendrick albums and possibly at the 2nd spot up there with TPAB

One thing I found about this album “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers” is this is the most vulnerable & real I’ve ever seen a rapper been since Eminem PERIOD! I mean this album is a masterpiece off top instant classic just with the song “Mother I Sober” alone makes this an instant classic🙇🏽‍♂️✍🏽🐐🔥✨💯(Most might find this album too somber but to me I would’ve loved it to be even more somber I want it to be a trend in Hip Hop to show your true vulnerability and not feel like your being called/labeled “Soft” it’s called being comfortable in your truth/story and having certainty within your past,present & future now I will say this isn’t a album you go and pick around songs you have to listen to this album straight through from top to bottom like a novel especially it being a 2 Disc Album it’s only right and it’s real Art not just songs,these are Acts and each Act tells a tale of Kendrick’s complex battle with his moral views and the steps he has to make to fully get there hence the clever title of the album “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers” My favorite side of the album is definitely Mr. Morale even tho I vibe with Big Steppers as well my favorite tracks on this album are Savior,Mother I Sober,Count Me Out,Worldwide Steppers,Mr. Morale,Rich Spirit,United In Grief,Mirror,N95,Crown,Die Hard,Father Time,and We Cry Together those are my favs no order simply cause this album is too great to list my favs in order cause they change but those are my favs by enjoyability but I will say on my first listen of this masterpiece Die Hard and Count Me Out was a instant fav & Mother I Sober as well,this album made me absolutely speechless I felt the song “Savior” really gave me an insight to where K Dot’s head was at during the whole BLM Movement time period etc. it’s awesome and I love how he says on the track he doesn’t care for no public speaking,shows his individuality & he said he see niggas arguing who’s blacker on that track as well it’s so much truth in that song,he also shows us a mirror of our contradictory,vulnerability,hypocrisy,duality and prejudicism in the world we live in Art is hard to digest sometimes so I don’t expect everyone to get this album right off the bat but Kendrick is giving hope by saying the reality their is only such hope left within this world and we need to open our eyes to the fact of that being the pure truth and our real hopeful leaders are either hidden or dead Kendrick is on another planet as a poet right now this why he’s in my Top 5 specifically number 5 on my list with all that being said Kendrick’s best albums are 1)good kid, m.A.A.d city 2)Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers 3)Damn 4)Section 80 5)To Pimp A Butterfly so yes this album is better than every K Dot album ever released except Good Kid Mad City)

“This album is about trauma”, I grew up with trauma (daddy issues) and I love the album, but a friend of mine who had a good upbringing said it’s his least favourite Kendrick album. I guess people who don’t have trauma just don’t want to hear it?

Rich spirit and count me out are so slept on They the Swimming pools and Humble of this album to me

Holy shit i appreciate the vulnerability you guys have talking through this record.

The fact that ppl do responses after rhe first listen and not after the music settles in is crazy. It's like it's going solely based off of first impressions. Creatively, your not gonna get it the first time, no matter how many times you listen to it simultaneously. When I first heard the album, I was disappointed cause I wanted Kendrick to lyrically slaughter rhis while new generation BS, gave 1 listen and stepped away for about a month. I then listened to it again and was blown away... I'm telling you, this album is a classic.

The content on this album is what makes it so special, interested to see how this ages, could see it being a classic and held up like TPAB over time

I thought I was the only one who looked at cancel culture through that lens. It's a complex thing that deserves nuance. Imo most instances of cancel culture is literally just accountability

Very happy to hear a review that represents my thoughts about the growth of this album as I continue to listen to it. There’s so much here to dig into, I’m well into double digit listens and keep connecting new dots every listen. They gave the man a Pulitzer for DAMN. Then what do you give him for this?!

This is honestly one of my favourite reviews ever. Such a well rounded and positive discussion of an amazing album.

Thank y’all for the dope content, appreciate everything y’all do

At around 8:28 Feefo used the term "melanated" people instead of "black" people. Appreciate you big dawg for this one.

This one was one of those, it’s new obviously, definitely a gem, dope, vulnerable, introspective, reflective, transparent, therapeutic and quality art of a masterpiece. You can learn from it, enjoy it, understand, heal, respect, and fall in love with it the more you listen to it I feel. Great work to say the least.

The album is growing the more I'm listening. I expected the unexpected going into this. The only information I went off was just watching his interview during the DAMN. release. Just going off of that he sounded forward thinking in those conversations. So my surprise was just him being transparent/vulnerable throughout the album. Usually Kendrick is speaking from various perspectives. This, he's front and center. He shined on this very well. Disc 1 (favorites): N95**, Die Hard, Father Time, Rich Spirit (got Yay Area vibes) and We Cry Together. Disc 2 (favorites): Mr. Morale, Count Me Out**, Crown, Savior 1&2** and Mirror.

Who would have thought that he had more stories to tell. I thought after GKMC & DAMN. I knew all there was about Kendrick but then I got this album. I don't know if he can go any deeper than he went on this album.

Agree with Myke. We Cry Together really gave me flashbacks of bad fights.

This album has cemented Kendrick as a Top 10 rapper all-time for me. 5 straight studio albums that all hit, decade long of amazing features, may he find peace in retirement

This album grows on me over time. More listens yall.