His long-anticipated fifth studio album Mr Morale and the Big Steppers was released to streaming services overnight and sees Lamar deliver raw self-reflection set against cutting social criticism. ALSO READ: New Music Friday: Kendrick Lamar returns with 18-track album [listen]KENDRICK LAMAR ‘ALWAYS HAS SOMETHING PROFOUND TO SAY’The record is expected to dominate the charts and place the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lamar once again at the centre of the American cultural conversation. “Kendrick is a true lyricist,” said Lakeyta Bonnette-Bailey, a professor at Georgia State University who has written extensively on the relationships between rap, politics and social justice. Lamar also featured on a number of songs with fellow artists, including his cousin Baby Keem’s latest album. “I bare my soul and now we’re free.”The five-year wait for a new album by Kendrick Lamar — the Pulitzer-anointed, voice-of-a-generation rapper — is finally over.

Source: New York Times May 13, 2022 20:55 UTC