Evaluation Paper #2
The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize “ artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to the album sales or chart position.” Album of the year is easily the most prestigious award category at the Grammy’s and has been since 1959. Kendrick Lamar, a West Coast rapper, was recently nominated for 11 Grammys; almost surpassing the late Michael Jackson’s record of 12 nominations. Kendrick Lamar’s third studio album “To Pimp a Butterfly”, is one of the greatest albums of this decade. Because of it’s production quality, meaningful lyrics, and story of his album, Kendrick …show more content…
Lamar 's lyrics to his songs are easily the most densely contexted lyrics of any artist over the last couple of decades. At the conclusion of his song “Wesley’s Theory,” Lamar delivers a line that is so well thought of and has much more meaning than of what you first expect. Lamar is playing the role of Uncle Sam saying, “I’ll Wesley Snipe your ass before thirty-five.” Coming across first glance you do not completely understand what the artist is meaning by “Wesley Snipe your ass before thirty-five,” but analyzing Lamar 's lyrics you can finally comprehend why he decided to use Wesley Snipe before say “I’ll snipe your ass before thirty-five.” On April 3, 2013 Wesley Snipes was convicted of tax evasion and was sent to prison. This elaborates on Kendrick 's theory that Uncle Sam does not want see wealthy black men succeed. Lamar 's third track in his album is “King Kunta.” In this track Kendrick celebrates being at the top of the rap game. The title of the song refers to a slave, Kunta Kinte, who tried to escape slavery but ended with getting his foot amputated by his masters. By then adding “King” to Kunta you have a slave becoming a King, which represents Kendrick starting from the bottom, and then becoming one of the greatest rappers of all time. “King Kunta” is without a doubt one of the most well thought out title any musician has given
The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize “ artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to the album sales or chart position.” Album of the year is easily the most prestigious award category at the Grammy’s and has been since 1959. Kendrick Lamar, a West Coast rapper, was recently nominated for 11 Grammys; almost surpassing the late Michael Jackson’s record of 12 nominations. Kendrick Lamar’s third studio album “To Pimp a Butterfly”, is one of the greatest albums of this decade. Because of it’s production quality, meaningful lyrics, and story of his album, Kendrick …show more content…
Lamar 's lyrics to his songs are easily the most densely contexted lyrics of any artist over the last couple of decades. At the conclusion of his song “Wesley’s Theory,” Lamar delivers a line that is so well thought of and has much more meaning than of what you first expect. Lamar is playing the role of Uncle Sam saying, “I’ll Wesley Snipe your ass before thirty-five.” Coming across first glance you do not completely understand what the artist is meaning by “Wesley Snipe your ass before thirty-five,” but analyzing Lamar 's lyrics you can finally comprehend why he decided to use Wesley Snipe before say “I’ll snipe your ass before thirty-five.” On April 3, 2013 Wesley Snipes was convicted of tax evasion and was sent to prison. This elaborates on Kendrick 's theory that Uncle Sam does not want see wealthy black men succeed. Lamar 's third track in his album is “King Kunta.” In this track Kendrick celebrates being at the top of the rap game. The title of the song refers to a slave, Kunta Kinte, who tried to escape slavery but ended with getting his foot amputated by his masters. By then adding “King” to Kunta you have a slave becoming a King, which represents Kendrick starting from the bottom, and then becoming one of the greatest rappers of all time. “King Kunta” is without a doubt one of the most well thought out title any musician has given