• Record Label: pgLang
  • Release Date: May 13, 2022
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8.8

Universal acclaim- based on 1481 Ratings

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  1. Dec 20, 2022
    0
    this album is actually amazing but I just want Denzel higher, remember that this is so good and near perfect, don't mind the score
  2. May 13, 2022
    3
    To pimp a butterfly on a Molly comedown.

    Full of heart and soul it seems, however none of the heart and soul that existed within him in albums prior. That guy's gone.
  3. May 13, 2022
    3
    His worst album by far. Sonically the album doesn't sound that great. Production is very poor especially from the first half of the album. Some of the concepts here are interesting but the way its delivered is very bland. It honestly feels like a collection of B sides and throwaways that didn't make it onto Damn.
    I don't see much replay value here and after a few months I think most
    His worst album by far. Sonically the album doesn't sound that great. Production is very poor especially from the first half of the album. Some of the concepts here are interesting but the way its delivered is very bland. It honestly feels like a collection of B sides and throwaways that didn't make it onto Damn.
    I don't see much replay value here and after a few months I think most people will forget about this project.

    Standout Tracks: Savior, Mirror and Mother I sober.
    Rest: Mid-Trash
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  4. May 13, 2022
    1
    I listened to the album multiple times and I just was not impressed. It seems like a huge step down from Kendrick's last album. There was a few good songs but way too many skips.
  5. May 13, 2022
    0
    i fell asleep in my lesson to this but then woke up to kendrick saying hed dick my dick on we cry together. so then i felt repent to jesus so i gave it a 10
  6. May 13, 2022
    0
    Underwhelming. His lyricism is always top tier but the production on this album is monotone and nothing new. I will be listening to it again and I hope it grows on me because as a huge fan of his previous albums, I want to love this.
  7. May 13, 2022
    0
    i don't really like it nearly as much as other albums, some songs like the kodak interludes are either long or just unnecessary and the first half is really bad at times, seconds half's pre good tho but this 0 is just for the first half
  8. May 13, 2022
    0
    Sooooo underwhelming oh my GOD.. waited over 5 years for Kendrick’s return and it seems like he hasnt grown a single bit as an artist over the last 5 years. The production is subpar, the rapping is subpar, the features were disappointing, it lacks originality and it doesnt compare to any of his previous work. Easily his worst project.
  9. May 13, 2022
    0
    The album is terrible and definitely his worst. Anyone calling it good is d*ckriding.
  10. May 14, 2022
    0
    overrated mid mid mid mid mid mid mid mid mid mid mid mid mid mid mid mid mid
  11. May 13, 2022
    3
    this was disappointing. 5 years and kendrick gave us boring trap-rap. Sounds like scrapped songs off of Baby Keem's "The Melodic Blue". Anyone could've made this album, its dull.
  12. May 13, 2022
    0
    Homophobic slurs were said. Bad overrated album,, also I won't support anybody who offends the lgbtqia+ community.
  13. May 13, 2022
    0
    I'm in tears. This is the biggest let down of my my entire life. I can't believe I wasted 5 years of my life anticipating this for nothing.
  14. May 13, 2022
    1
    By far Kendricks's worst project. Sonically this album does not measure up to his fantastic discography in the past or the contemporary albums of his peers. There are some good concepts on this Album but they are poorly executed. Lyrics Production and Flows are all average. You know its bad when Kodack Black needs to carry the song with Kendrick's subpar performance. No hit songs here thatBy far Kendricks's worst project. Sonically this album does not measure up to his fantastic discography in the past or the contemporary albums of his peers. There are some good concepts on this Album but they are poorly executed. Lyrics Production and Flows are all average. You know its bad when Kodack Black needs to carry the song with Kendrick's subpar performance. No hit songs here that will compare to albums like DAMN and Madd City. Immensely disappointing after a 5 year hiatus.
    This is coming from a decade-long Kendrick fan. This is the only honest review you will see on this site.
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  15. May 19, 2022
    3
    Quite underwhelming, I can always appreciate artists doing their own thing and expressing it in the way they feel comfortable in, but this album falls very flat for me. A lot of the songs sound the same instrumentally and compared to Section 80, Good kid and TPAB this is very very far from his best work. I don't hate the album at all, I just don´t like it. hopefully the next one is great :)
  16. Jun 7, 2022
    1
    Just logging in to give this junk a low score in a vain attempt to let the rap obsessed know their idol has no clothes on.
  17. Jun 3, 2022
    0
    I really like Kendrick, TPAB is one of my favorite albums ever, I love DAMN and GKMC as well. When the Heart pt. 5 dropped I was very excited. But this album is, well, a grower. I don't think it is as tightly connected or harmonious as the previous ones. I don't think it has the same pacing as TPAB or DAMN. I don't think it hits the same highs. I do think there are special songs here, likeI really like Kendrick, TPAB is one of my favorite albums ever, I love DAMN and GKMC as well. When the Heart pt. 5 dropped I was very excited. But this album is, well, a grower. I don't think it is as tightly connected or harmonious as the previous ones. I don't think it has the same pacing as TPAB or DAMN. I don't think it hits the same highs. I do think there are special songs here, like Father Time or We Cry Together, that you will really not get anywhere else. But I just don't know, it didn't do the same thing for me as the previous ones. Expand
  18. May 20, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Nyejwtjwtnyemeykwyjywkywjwykw6ke6k6wkstkstmagmaynatmatmagmatnatbwtbta acbtabwf Expand
  19. May 14, 2022
    0
    Estou completamente extasiado após ouvir o disco, o Kendrick mais uma vez soube inovar e e entregar uma completa obra de arte.
  20. May 13, 2022
    0
    Maybe my copy was bootlegged, but this album is garbage. Noise, lame lyrics, boring, a million light-years away from Lamar's best work to date, "To Pimp A Butterfly". Not sure what the "experts" are hearing to give this a 100, not even close. The hype definitely driving these ratings, because it can't be the music.
  21. May 13, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I don’t like it it’s giving 2014 rap and cheap I honestly prefer Damn more than this album it doesn’t have hits it’s just a lyrical rap album Expand
  22. May 13, 2022
    3
    This album is a bit of a disappointment. No bangers or anthems like past albums. Most songs are sad and depressing but don’t cover any new ground. We Cry Together is by far the worst song I’ve heard in years. There are a few decent tracks here but overall this is Kendrick’s worst album by far.
  23. May 13, 2022
    1
    I see what he was trying to do with this album but it was completely off the mark. A lot of topics could of been presented way better and they just weren’t. There were also certain things he shouldn’t have said, no matter why he said them or what point he was trying to get across. It just wasn’t cohesive.
  24. May 13, 2022
    1
    to be kendrick lamar if it's too bad , I am quite disappointed, he raps as if he were speaking, it is not innovative, he focuses more on his lyrics than on his production
  25. May 13, 2022
    1
    I think you should do better ! But obviously you didn’t. I start to wait for the next album.
  26. May 13, 2022
    0
    El mejor álbum del mundo, es lo mejor, MOTOMAMI es bueno como este, te enamoras de principio a fin, estos 2 álbumes salvaron el 2022, escuchen la pista 5 la mejor
  27. May 14, 2022
    3
    After a long wait this album felt under-par for Kendrick. Nothing really stuck out to me other than the more sensitive songs but as songs they're unfortunately not that great. Massive Kendrick fan so really let down by this.
  28. May 14, 2022
    0
    Trash, the same **** of TPAB kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
  29. May 14, 2022
    0
    Meh. Big Kendrick fan. I understood what he was rapping about and stuff, but wasn’t really feeling this album. I didn’t think it sounded very melodic.
  30. May 14, 2022
    0
    Yall call this music? Dude isn't even rapping on beat
  31. May 14, 2022
    2
    Kendrick decided to make an art piece, but didn’t realize this is what he was doing all along, by doing his craft of groovy hiphop, r&b, and funk. This is performance of art, not art, and is missing the musicality, energy, and cutting rhymes of past work. It probably feels like you’re sharing in the cleverness by squinting to see the genius here, but tell me if you’re still listening aKendrick decided to make an art piece, but didn’t realize this is what he was doing all along, by doing his craft of groovy hiphop, r&b, and funk. This is performance of art, not art, and is missing the musicality, energy, and cutting rhymes of past work. It probably feels like you’re sharing in the cleverness by squinting to see the genius here, but tell me if you’re still listening a month from now? Expand
  32. May 14, 2022
    0
    Shiiiiite. Can't understand a word. Sings too fast. Not a candle on classics like jada ding dong and give that wolf a banana.
  33. May 16, 2022
    0
    Obviously, it's only been half a week but this album has lived up to my expectations considering it's been hyped up for a year. 10/10.
  34. May 15, 2022
    3
    To borrow a line from Kendrick. This is doodoo. Nothing has any replay value. I get that it's introspective and and interesting narrative on the surface, like this would make good content for a long form interview with Kendrick, or a biopic, but c'mon man. **** just isn't very good. You can't tell me you want to play this album front to back on your way to work for the next month
  35. May 15, 2022
    0
    Kendrick is uninteresting, fake deep, and preachy. The themes are shallow and more about generating attention than actually saying something profound. The music itself sounds bad and lacks real depth in its message. His shtick is all for promotion.
  36. May 15, 2022
    0
    Mr. Fake Deep got exposed as the fraud he is. Vapid vapid vapid. I cannot wait for him to go back into hiding and not drop music again, hopefully ever.
  37. May 16, 2022
    0
    5 years for this???? Trash.
    I get that there’s deeper meaning in the lyrics and all that but it’s still music, it still has to sound good, it simply does not sound good. I’m never gonna put this on in the car or with my mates or by myself even, I can’t see a situation in which this album would be played. And to wait 5 years for it? Madness.
  38. May 17, 2022
    1
    2010-2022 That's 12 years, 4 official albums in 12 years; his 10th will drop in 2040; IMO he is only a media darling and the only SOLID album he has ever put out to this day is his first Major, GKMC; this album should have been titled
    The Metamorphosis of Butterfly of Section80: Mad Kid, Good City and how to Pimp DAMNation
    about the overall quality of His albums every time he drops I
    2010-2022 That's 12 years, 4 official albums in 12 years; his 10th will drop in 2040; IMO he is only a media darling and the only SOLID album he has ever put out to this day is his first Major, GKMC; this album should have been titled
    The Metamorphosis of Butterfly of Section80: Mad Kid, Good City and how to Pimp DAMNation
    about the overall quality of His albums every time he drops I can't help but think about this part from Jay's Takeover:
    Four albums in ten years? I could divide
    That's one every, let's say two, two of them was doo
    One was nah, the other was Illmatic
    That's a one hot album every ten year average
    And that's so (Lame)
    switch up your flow, your's is garbage
    What, you tryna kick knowledge?
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  39. May 18, 2022
    0
    People are just brainwashed if they think this is anywhere as close as his past albums, only 2 memorable songs, bad sound, and silent hill's chorus is horrendous.
  40. Jul 18, 2022
    0
    kendrick lamar always makes **** albums, all of his albums are equaly **** this is another one of his works
  41. Jul 21, 2022
    0
    I wasn't expecting something like that. When ''The Heart Part 5'' went out i thought some songs might be close to that. There were all type of songs and i like that album a lot. I would wait another 1855 days for that type of album.
  42. Aug 22, 2022
    0
    Imagine mocking the word **** in your album. Did you get rid of lyrics to use? Get a 0 from me
  43. Aug 22, 2022
    2
    He slurs through a weak attempt as compared to different albums this year. Very few hits compared to the negative aspects to be quite honest. One of my greatest artists of all time that could not quite save it this time. Kendrick Lamar will deliver better next time if he puts in the actual complex nature he did as always.
  44. Nov 23, 2022
    0
    Mid album. don't know why you overhype this artist so much. he's a good rapper, nothing more.
  45. Nov 24, 2022
    0
    The perfect closer to the Top Dog journey. A perfect mix of sounds from each album.
  46. Nov 26, 2022
    3
    I consider myself as a die hard Kendrick fan.

    This album is absolutely not at TPAB level and it is one of the biggest disappointments I witnessed listening to something Kendrick has ever produced. The production is decent, nothing special, sometimes it becomes even boring. Kendrick's rap ability seemed declined in this record. Too many plain sounds and boring lyrics. This is just my
    I consider myself as a die hard Kendrick fan.

    This album is absolutely not at TPAB level and it is one of the biggest disappointments I witnessed listening to something Kendrick has ever produced. The production is decent, nothing special, sometimes it becomes even boring. Kendrick's rap ability seemed declined in this record. Too many plain sounds and boring lyrics. This is just my opinion but this album doesn't give me any energy.

    The funniest fact about it is that I listened to it when it dropped and I liked it a lot. Then I decided to re-listen it a couple of days ago and I realised that I overrated this album without a doubt. There are too many mid and skippable songs. N95 is a banger and I liked a lot Die Hard too but this is my rating. 3/10. Bad.
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  47. Aug 4, 2023
    0
    this is aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssss. melle mel is riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight
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85

Universal acclaim - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 26
  2. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. Jun 20, 2022
    80
    By far the most compelling persona on Mr Morale & The Big Steppers is the Kendrick who is trying to make sense of his own family. ... ["Mother I Sober" is] a tour de force, almost but not quite as revelatory as "DUCKWORTH", a similar family saga off 2017's DAMN. And the best moment is when the strings swell and Lamar's voice changes. [Aug 2022, p.24]
  2. Jun 17, 2022
    90
    Through over 70 minutes of Lamar’s latest, every facet of life for the young Compton rapper is held up to the light. Love, pain, hope, despair, triumph, defeat, it’s all there. ... He’s a rapper who understands rapping is more than just a good beat, a good punchline, or a good vocal tone. He’s blessed to have all of that but he takes the platform he got from it and makes art that will last a lifetime.
  3. The Wire
    Jun 15, 2022
    50
    Introspective, emotionally charged pieces such as “Father Time”, “We Cry Together” and “Savior” provide high – or jarring – points on the record, but elsewhere there are periods of lull absent on previous efforts. ... As sonically impressive as his latest album may be, his approach to the topics under discussion doesn’t feel sufficiently thought out. [Jul 2022, p.48]