The brilliant lyrical mastermind Kendrick Lamar has put out fantastic work in the past few years. This review is focusing on his first album titled Section 80 that made a tremendous breakthrough in his career. The album released July 2nd, 2011 with a tracklist that consists of 16 tracks that features various artists. The album was based upon a political point of view with a dash of spiritual and astronomical vibes that show his versatility. Section 80 is one of Kendrick Lamar’s most influential projects ever and the best work he ever put out.
On the track “Ab-Soul Outro” Kendrick stated “You wonder how I can talk about money, hoes, clothes, God, and history in the same sentence. You know what all those things have in common? Only half of the truth, if you tell it.” “Ab-Soul Outro” basically stamped off the package; a message Kendrick was trying to deliver to the audience.
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In the song “ADHD” he states “We never do listen unless it comes with an 808, a melody , and some soul.” He refrence music to be the main source of helping people connect and relate to each other. Another reason why this album is labeled one of the greatest projects because Kendrick went with what was on his heart during the time making it. The song “Ronald Reagan Era” is a great example of freedom of speech and courage to speak on what’s going on around you. The track speaks on Compton gang violence, the millennials born in the 80’s era best known as “The Ronald Reagan Era” doing outrageous things to survive in the city of Compton. The album gets very intense when it travels down to the song “Kush & Corinthians” . The title is self explanatory, but in this record he gives a great message, on living your own life and making the right decisions. The song has a very wavy melodic sound, with crisp symbols, and background harmonies from ”BJ the Chicago Kid” that set the
On the track “Ab-Soul Outro” Kendrick stated “You wonder how I can talk about money, hoes, clothes, God, and history in the same sentence. You know what all those things have in common? Only half of the truth, if you tell it.” “Ab-Soul Outro” basically stamped off the package; a message Kendrick was trying to deliver to the audience.
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In the song “ADHD” he states “We never do listen unless it comes with an 808, a melody , and some soul.” He refrence music to be the main source of helping people connect and relate to each other. Another reason why this album is labeled one of the greatest projects because Kendrick went with what was on his heart during the time making it. The song “Ronald Reagan Era” is a great example of freedom of speech and courage to speak on what’s going on around you. The track speaks on Compton gang violence, the millennials born in the 80’s era best known as “The Ronald Reagan Era” doing outrageous things to survive in the city of Compton. The album gets very intense when it travels down to the song “Kush & Corinthians” . The title is self explanatory, but in this record he gives a great message, on living your own life and making the right decisions. The song has a very wavy melodic sound, with crisp symbols, and background harmonies from ”BJ the Chicago Kid” that set the