‘DAMN.’ 5 Years Later: Kendrick Lamar’s Award-Winning Album Remains A Timeless Classic
essence.comKendrick Lamar released his fourth studio album, DAMN. To this day, it has been examined from start to finish and praised for its introspective lyrics, stellar production, and Lamar’s fearlessness in his approach to exploring the many flaws in a human being’s psyche.To a certain extent, DAMN.
is a reflection of us all. Each of the album’s 14 tracks represents an important emotion, and as a whole; it shows the duality of human nature, along with just how common a life of contradiction can be.In the wake of April 14, 2017, much has transpired.
It’s the last time we’ve seen Lamar drop a solo project, and the lines of what one considers “normal” continues to blur to a point that the definition of the word is questioned more often than not.
DAMN. was released three months into the Trump Administration, and a few years removed from the senseless killings of Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown, Alton Sterling, Freddie Gray, and countless others.
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