![]() ![]() But the pairing of the album’s most personal song “DUCKWORTH.” with a track called “GOD.” seems particularly telling. True to Kendrick’s duality, many of the tracks in DAMN., his highly-anticipated fourth studio album, are named in contrast to each other: “HUMBLE.” and “PRIDE.”, “LOVE.” and “LUST.”, “BLOOD.” and “DNA.” etc. He says it best in DAMN.’s last track “DUCKWORTH.”: “It was always me vs the world until I found it’s me vs me / Why, why, why, why?” Rather they are meant for him – for Kendrick Lamar, the imperfect man who is grappling with himself. Yes, Kendrick grapples with many things in his music – with being a black man in America, with gang violence in his neighbourhood, with love and relationships, with temptations, with faith and religion, with leadership – but while he throws those punches and jabs, you can’t help feeling that those blows are not meant solely for others. Listening to his albums is like watching the rapper shadow boxing in front of a mirror. In his critically acclaimed album To Pimp A Butterfly ( which is now archived in the Harvard University’s Library) he raps, “Your horoscope is a gemini, two sides. Kendrick has always been open about his dualistic personality. It is one of his favourites words, after all: contradictions. It is one of the many reasons (others being his lyricism, rapping skills, performances etc.) why, at 30, the Compton native is already being considered by many as one of the greatest rappers of all time. Kendrick Lamar grapples with God in the same fascinating way he grapples with contradictions. A true comedian, you gotta love him, you gotta trust him ![]()
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