I just want you to listen and watch, especially if you too are stuck between extremes because this one’s a winner. A merican popular recording artists’ coming-of-age have often produced works of simultaneous high creativity and crystallized style. I won’t dissect the meaning behind Celebrity Reduction Prayer, that’s for you to do or not. KENDRICK LAMAR To Pimp A Butterfly Top Dawg / Aftermath / Interscope. It’s video is ( prepare for another cliche) a beautiful work of art. The most awesome thing though is that it doesn’t end with just a great song to add to your playlist. Let’s be incredibly cliche right now and say it is in fact infectious. Open Mike Eagle presents a wonderfully orchestrated musical thought piece with Celebrity Reduction Prayer produced by Oddisee. Mind you these are the same people who once shunned Spotify because New York’s ambassador Taylor Swift had beef with the service, shortly after Jay-Z assembles (in Kick-Ass fashion) an unbalanced team of music misfits who non-violently storm plantation TIDAL, in order to ‘buy’ it and continue keeping the grounds.
The way people chatter you might believe there was not a drop of ‘good’ music to listen to anymore (sorry California). So what do I do? Okay, now what do I do next? But again, I can’t listen to this “Allday”. He drops If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late. A guy I’ve hardly ever listened to on purpose. Every Nigger Is a Star by Boris Gardiner (1973) was sampled in. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (1997) Imaginary Player by Jay-Z (1997) Wesley's Theory by Kendrick Lamar feat. I’ll go as far to say it speaks to and for millions, even those who aren’t really listening. All for Myself by Sufjan Stevens (2010) Notorious Thugs by The Notorious B.I.G. I thank you Kendrick Lamar Duckworth and Aubrey Drake Graham for your contributions. This year thus far Hip-hop has given us some definite extremes musically. Following 2012’s electrifying good kid, m.A.A.d city, the supremely gifted, Compton-bred rapper delivers another uncompromising and deeply affecting listening experience.Packed with jazzy, dreamlike production and staggering lyrical work, To Pimp a Butterfly finds Kendrick Lamar grappling with the weight of his newfound fameas a representative of his community and as a young black man. I’ll keep it brief, I know your time is precious. Open Mike Eagle – Celebrity Reduction Prayer (prod.