Even if you disagree with the politics, you *have* to agree it's

>more good musical ideas going for it than most current hip-hop releases

Like that's a high bar to clear

>Retards Attempting Poetry
>smart

TPTB was better

>>69649837
>we gonna be alt-right

what did he mean by this

>>69649837
I feel like this is the album J. Cole was aiming to sound like when he made 4YEO and it fell flat

i've never listened to it

what are the politics

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>>69649837

>Even if you disagree with the politics, you *have* to agree it's an album with music on it

>>69650764
that the potential of black men is burnt out by drugs, violence, discrimination, etc

It's a pretty good album. Is it really political though? Racism is very polemic in America but is this kind of social commentary actually pushing for a certain political agenda, or is black music political by association as some kind of status symbol?

I feel like Kendrick puts forward his political viewpoints on this album, but he doesn't really try to force his viewpoint on you as a listener, since the issues he chooses to tackle at any one point are usually contextualized within the stages of the overarching journey of self-actualization and development Kendrick goes through on the album; the increasing gravity of the social issues he tackles are used as a device to show his increasing wisdom as he ages and progresses through the album's timeline.

As for your topic, I believe it certainly helped bring funk and jazz back into the mainstream awareness, and I love the Gil-Scot Heron/Amiri Baraka type poetry style he uses on For Free, the other two poems, and the diversity in production styles across tracks