Kendrick Lamar releases new song, ‘The Heart Part 5’: the video features the faces of Kanye West, Will Smith, OJ Simpson and others Photoshopped onto his


Kendrick Lamar released his first new solo single in almost four years on Sunday night, called “The Heart Part 5.” The song comes just days before the highly anticipated release of his fifth solo album “Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers” on May 13.

The video begins with Lamar rapping alone in front of a red screen, but occasionally has the faces of other controversial or deceased rappers and black men photoshopped over his: Kanye West, Will Smith, Kobe Bryant, OJ Simpson, Jussie Smollett and finally Nipsey Hussle.

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The video, which was directed by Lamar and his longtime collaborator Dave Free, begins with a written statement: “I am. All of Us,” attributed to “Oklama,” a name Lamar has been using in his recent cryptic announcements about the album, which could be interpreted as a statement about the faces that overlap his own in the video.

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The lyrics of the song flash quickly: check genius.com for in-depth analysis, but the faces seem to have direct connections to at least some of the lyrics: West’s appears during a reference to a “friend’s bipolar,” Simpson’s references a “bulletproof rover ” and Hussle’s takes the form of a long soliloquy that closes the song, apparently from the perspective of the late Los Angeles rapper, who was murdered in 2019 and was a Lamar’s close friend.

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“For my brother, for my children, I am in heaven… For the murderer who hastened my death: I forgive you, I only know that your soul is in doubt/ I saw the pain in your pupil when you pulled the trigger/ And although you made me frightful, surely I felt relieved/ I fulfilled my mission, I was not ready to leave/ But my days were fulfilled, my Creator was pleased… To my neighborhood, may good prevail… I cannot blame the capo the day I was assassinated.”

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The song opens with a spoken intro with Lamar thanking “everyone who’s been with me, all my fans, all my beautiful fans” before he bursts into a fast rap over a jazz musical backing that turns into ’70s soul. for the choir.

The song is the latest in Lamar’s ongoing series called “The Heart,” which dates back to 2010.

Lamar unveiled the long-awaited “Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers” last month. In response to a previous SK tweet that reads, “Kendrick Lamar is officially retired,” the rap titan responded with a link: oklama.com, which leads to a note that reads:

“The following statement was issued today by oklama, through its pgLang business at 11:00 am PT in Los Angeles, CA:

Album: ‘Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers Release Date: 05/13/2022

All factual information in this release will come directly from this source only.”

Lamar’s last full-length project was 2017’s Grammy-winning “DAMN,” which was released just two days before his Coachella performance, also won him the Pulitzer Prize and made him the honoree at the event. Variety’s inaugural hitmakers.

He followed up a year later curating and contributing several songs to the “Black Panther” soundtrack, including his duet with SZA, “All the Stars.” In 2021, she appeared on two songs from her cousin Baby Keem’s latest album, “Range Brothers” and the Grammy-winning “Family Ties,” though those appearances seemed to energize and make her fanbase still impatient. plus.

There have even been several false alarms, like the social media frenzy sparked last summer by his record label TDE, but it turned out to be a tease for Isaiah Rashad’s album. As several fans on social media have pointed out, Lamar announced his long-awaited new album via a minimalist fax page similar to the one Michael Jordan posted in March 1995 announcing that he was ending his retirement and returning to the band. NBA.




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