The big picture the moment in hip hop, author of one of the best records of the year, operates the July 16
Sitting in his father’s shoulders, at eight Kendrick Lamar discovered the world of Hip Hop. In your neighborhood, Compton, Los Angeles, attended Tupac and Dr Dre to tape the video to the famous California Love. At that moment, he found what he wanted to do, but at that time had also witnessed two murders in the street and the brands would prove permanent. Now with 28 years, and To Pimp the Butterfly, its third record, collecting premiums, Lamar preparing to bring your hip hop to Portugal – will be one of the headliners of July 16th Super Bock Super Rock . To escape the clichés that haunt the musical style, the lyrics are not about party, women or drugs, Lamar sings about life and your hip hop is truly gourmet. “I’m not talking about the community or the community. I am the community. I’m talking about me. It is a therapy,” he told MTV.
Lamar was never a normal rapper. After the debut in an independent publisher – with Section.80 in 2011 – signed to Aftermath, publisher of Dr Dre, and opened the assault on the title of best rapper of his generation. The competition did not last long. With good kid, Maad city received seven nominations for the 2014 Grammy Awards and even that did not win any now upped the ante – with eleven nominations To Pimp the Butterfly is the most nominated disc for the ceremony next year (Taylor Swift emerges following seven) and has earned him a milestone in history – surpassed Eminem as the most nominated for Grammys rapper. But the last album, considered the best of the year by Rolling Stone, Pitchfork and Blitz also hit another record. In the year that 25 Adele destroyed everything in its path, Lamar is one of Spotify’s record:. The day of release, the album was heard 9.6 million times
Near wrong side of life
The son of a natural double Chicago, Lamar was born in Los Angeles after her mother have made an ultimatum to the father to leave the life in the gang that was gaining support for home and changed. But Lamar, even in another city, did not grow far from that environment. At age five, at the doorstep he watched a drug dealer is shot dead and eight outside the school, a shooting from a car allegedly showing another dead. “After that, you’re numb about these things,” he confessed. Always a good student – not only entered the University because his career took off in Rap – Lamar also walked always close to the wrong side of life. As a teenager, he was put out of his parents’ house for two days after police appeared to have your search and also nobody forgot the day he came home crying after being forced to flee a firefight. The path to stardom was not linear and it can be heard in his music.
A narrow line
The lyrics are raw and the themes range from oppression to black Americans and the way that Lamar had to travel to reach the World Hip Hop royalty. Or lack the confession of a violent depression to the point of having done so consider suicide. “Things have happened in my town and my family that I could not control or prevent. And during a tour by bus, I realized that the line between sanity and insanity are very close,” he confessed to Rolling Stone. But there’s more to disk and political references abound. Lamar knows where he was seeking inspiration for these rhymes. “When I was in South Africa and saw those problems all realized that there are people who have to fight much more than us. It was a turning point,” he says.
Now, with spokesman status of a generation have few you are indifferent. And the fans show up in unexpected places. To the White House, Obama joined the fashion. Recently, when questioned by People magazine about what their favorite song of the year the US President chose How Much Dollar Cost.
Jamie XX and National
With the announcement of the presence of Lamar on the last day of the festival, already abound reasons to go to the next edition of the festival which last year left the Meco to return to Lisbon. The first day will have The National, Kurt Vile and other musicians with one of the best records of the year, Jamie XX. For July 15, are guaranteed the Bloc Party and Mac DeMarco. With more vacant spaces than filled in the festival calendar, the beginning is at least very promising.
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