Kendrick Lamar is Awesome

This morning after I dropped my kids off at school I was able to put on my music. I don't care if my kids hear curse words as long as they do not use them in the wrong context. But sometimes it is more comforting for me to listen to my music when I am alone. And when I am alone I enjoy listening to hip hop. Again, my kids like it, but I have more fun listening alone. It is a much better time for me.

Today after heading back to my folks house I put on some Kendrick Lamar. I haven't listened to him in awhile and I was in the mood. I do not know why, or understand how it came upon, but when the wave hit, it was time to listen to Kendrick. I put on "DAMN" because that is my personal favorite, and from there I listened to a ton of his stuff. I went from the beginning to current times, hitting all the classics along the way. This blog post today is a simple ode, a discussion of how great Kendrick Lamar is as, not only a rapper, but a person too.

Kendrick is awesome. Let's just put that out there right away. He is one of, if not the greatest emcee of all time. I know, I am a humongous RTJ fan. They are my all time favorite group. I also love A Tribe Called Quest. I'm a NAS fan. I like Public Enemy and The Beastie Boys. And Pusha T is wonderful. But there is something about Kendrick. He is a cut above the best of the best in my opinion. The way he does his thing, how he writes, composes and performs his music is on a whole other level. There is a reason he won a Pulitizer. You don't just win those because you are famous or popular. You have to be an otherworldly genius to even be considered for a Pilitizer. And Kendrick has one. His lyrics are some of the best ever. He talks about important things. He raps about interesting and important things. He talks about his real life experiences and how he has come out of it on the other side. He is as real as they get in the music industry. He also isn't flashy or glamorous or anything like that. There is an interview my brother showed me between Kendrick and Rick Rubin. Those two men are worth more money than I will ever even see in my lifetime, but during this interview they both have jeans or shorts, t shirts, hoodies and a hat on. And it is one of the best things that I have ever seen on the internet. Neither of them needs to show out and show how rich they are. They just talked about music, and it was amazing. I appreciate that. There is no flash, no show needed, no over the top clothes. Just two people that are hyper intelligent sharing their thoughts on music. And that was the feeling I got today, especially when listening to "DAMN". That album is as about straight forward hip hop as you can get, and Kendrick absolutely nails it. He crushes every song. From top to bottom, it is perfect. And there are hits on the album. "DNA" and "HUMBLE" are big time hits. They were played on the radio a ton. But man the rest of that record is simply amazing. Listening to Kendrick's flow, how fast yet understandable he is, it is a work of art. I was amazed the first time I listened to the album and I was still amazed today. But that is how it is with every Kendrick album. They all rule. He is a master. And then you have his personal life, which is pretty buttoned up. That is a good thing. He doesn't need to air his business in public. He doesn't have any kind of weird stuff hanging over him. He is loved and respected by pretty much everyone. I have not met a single person that knows him who doesn't like him. He is world renowned. He is a rare star that is just a seemingly normal person who happens to have an amazing gift that he shares with the world. There are no beefs with other rappers. He gets along with people. Uber famous people adore him. But you'd never know the way he carries himself. That is why I adore him so much. Not only is he one of the greatest people to ever be involved in the music business, he is a great person as well.

I love Kendrick Lamar. I love his music, his lack of style, his public persona, the things he does for everyone, simply everything he does is just great. Kendrick Lamar is amazing and, even though he is a super duper star, he needs even more respect thrown his way. This man is a genius and we need to appreciate everything he does while he is still doing it. Kendrick Lamar is the man.

Ty

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