Listening to the NYT interview...it's good so far, really insightful. But also kinda depressing on two fronts. The first...this is actual music journalism and it's also jarring to hear it in an era completely dominated by bullshyt streamers who don't know anything about music, or bullshyt radio personalities trying to go viral with vulgar/ignorant comments. This is just a conversation about music and artistic background.
The second...at one point it's mentioned that one of the NYT journalists came to Paris a few years ago and Pharrell played him some of the album. Granted I have no way of knowing whether black journalists or rap personalities were played the album. Perhaps they were. But I have a problem with the way white journalists are constantly given opportunities in exchange for white interest, while black journalists don't get anything. Rob Markman doesn't get the opportunity. Justin Hunte doesn't get the interview. We have real, black journalists out there yet they can't get a look from black rappers who actually fukk with them.
A major criticism of Kendrick that I have is that he went on that "watch the party die" rant, he watches all the bullshyt from Ak and others etc....yet at no point has he done anything to openly support these guys. I'm all for artists being mysterious and not doing much press. But Kendrick can't sit down with Markman, or Hunte?
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fukk!!!!! They should include it as a bonus track atleast, like y in the fukk would it not be…. that shyt was crazy….
brehs, I just saw it pop up on my front page and didn't even realise. Wild.
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