Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
by Kendrick Lamar
  • Record Label: pgLang
  • Release Date: May 13, 2022
User Score
8.8

Universal acclaim- based on 1481 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 1,343 out of 1481
  2. Mixed: 42 out of 1481
  3. Negative: 96 out of 1481
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  1. J-Olly2018
    May 13, 2022
    10
    5 anos depois outra obra prima impecável desde a estética até os beats e letra.
  2. LBthaLedge
    May 13, 2022
    9
    It’s too early to properly rate. But this album is so different to what I was expecting, after a few listens I can now see the genius in it
  3. BOBHABANAY
    May 14, 2022
    10
    probably the best album released that year along with motomami. Must hear. If you think it’s under 8 you’re a stupid **** Anyways listen to it it’s gonna be your best hour and 13 minutes.
  4. MarkiwiLeon
    May 13, 2022
    10
    Producción and lyrics on top. More than just songs; poems, experiences and feelings.
  5. arixsz
    May 13, 2022
    10
    Infelizmente não terei uma nota maior que 10 para dar a esse álbum. É monumental, produção impecável, cheio de camadas e é o tipo de álbum que você simplesmente não sabe o que esperar da música seguinte. Kendrick continua se superando e se reinventando, cada parte desse álbum é crucial, todas as faixas estão carregadas de profundidade emocional e honestidade, mais uma vez ele mostra oInfelizmente não terei uma nota maior que 10 para dar a esse álbum. É monumental, produção impecável, cheio de camadas e é o tipo de álbum que você simplesmente não sabe o que esperar da música seguinte. Kendrick continua se superando e se reinventando, cada parte desse álbum é crucial, todas as faixas estão carregadas de profundidade emocional e honestidade, mais uma vez ele mostra o motivo de ser o maior artista da geração e potencialmente de todos os tempos.… Expand
  6. LadiesMan217
    May 13, 2022
    10
    This is the best thing to happen in the music scene in 2022. Heard that Apple Music and Spotify's servers both crashed when the album dropped! Ha awesome. Some hard-hitting, honest, poetic material that may not be for everyone. For everyone else, it's a gift.
  7. briank19
    May 13, 2022
    10
    This is a masterpiece in introspective rap. Kendrick let’s us in on the trials and tribulations of his stardom and his human struggles within and leaves us with what’s sure to be remembered as one of if not the best rap albums ever.
  8. Gordofinko14
    May 13, 2022
    10
    The versatility of Kendrick can't be understated. I'm honestly completely impressed with the whole album!!❤ That new album is fire!!!
  9. GeekyPleasure
    May 13, 2022
    10
    An album on what it means to be a father, a son, a husband, a friend and more important: a man.
    The most mature Kendrick album
  10. ThiagoFolklore
    May 13, 2022
    10
    É inovador e revolucionário? É... é sim, extraordinário, é excepcional, é uma experiência como nenhuma outra que eu ativa na vida...
  11. gameovertm
    May 13, 2022
    10
    This album is complex yet simple. Kendrick is sincere and letting it all out. The music is **** incredible.
  12. ad516
    May 13, 2022
    10
    After my first couple listens, probably not up there with To Pimp a Butterfly or Good Kid M.a.a.d City, but I think it's solidly Kendrick's third best album. Some career highlights littered across the record that predominantly focuses on generational trauma within Black families. Some of these highlights include "Auntie's Diaries", a deconstruction of internalized homophobia andAfter my first couple listens, probably not up there with To Pimp a Butterfly or Good Kid M.a.a.d City, but I think it's solidly Kendrick's third best album. Some career highlights littered across the record that predominantly focuses on generational trauma within Black families. Some of these highlights include "Auntie's Diaries", a deconstruction of internalized homophobia and transphobia within families, the intro track "United in Grief" which is a much more left field track than I was expecting, and the final two tracks which are both top 20-10 Kendrick songs in my opinion: the stunning "Mother I Sober" featuring Beth Gibbons of Portishead fame and the beautiful closer "Mirror".… Expand
  13. miamalkova
    May 13, 2022
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I need shocking track and album's musical shocking.Maybe my ears should be changed??… Expand
  14. Ekenev2
    May 13, 2022
    10
    The fact that Kendrick Lamar can take a different direction from the current trend of the hip hop and make a classic album is awesome.
  15. Emir22
    May 13, 2022
    10
    Narrativa espectacular. Con una intro envolvente que advierte sobre lo grandioso del álbum. La primera mitad, llena de ritmo, un exquisito rapeo característico de Lamar y la segunda un tanto más con los decibeles abajo, pero con una letra imponente. Verdaderamente Kendrick ha dejado una lírica extraordinaria mostrándonos un proyecto muy personal. Es una obra de arte.
  16. lucas0150
    May 13, 2022
    10
    This is the most intense piece of rap music I've ever listened to. Fantastic stuff indeed.
  17. LatinCritic13
    May 13, 2022
    10
    Kendrick Lamar is a master in his own craft and Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers shows it all. I don't think any other rapper will top this at all and yet K-Dot still remains as the Modern King of West Coast Hip-Hop.
  18. DiogoC
    May 13, 2022
    10
    Brilliant. After 5 years the king is back. Great lyrics, great production. A must listen
  19. Applezz
    May 13, 2022
    10
    Musically closer to TPAB than Damn but thematically unlike anything he has ever done.
  20. mag_vinicius
    May 13, 2022
    10
    To say a few words about "MMATBS": it's like "DAMN." but even more experimental, personal and visceral, not his easiest album to jump in, though.
    A true masterpiece to be listened to for a long time, it will age like wine.
  21. bestreviewereve
    May 13, 2022
    10
    This is one of the most well-put-together and crafted albums I have ever listened to. This is the infinity War of hip-hop albums. The production is incredibly crisp and matches the tones of the music perfectly. The entire thing has a story so strong that it reminded me of Hamilton, like a screenplay. This is Kendrick at his most experimental and it just works. Only the greats can make anThis is one of the most well-put-together and crafted albums I have ever listened to. This is the infinity War of hip-hop albums. The production is incredibly crisp and matches the tones of the music perfectly. The entire thing has a story so strong that it reminded me of Hamilton, like a screenplay. This is Kendrick at his most experimental and it just works. Only the greats can make an album so experimental it becomes a classic in Hip hop (like Yeezus) Every song comes together to create a story that slowly unfolds before you surrounded by perfect production. This has the tellings of an album that will challenge every rap artist and change the soundscape of hip hop. It inspires people to want to be better, to be their best self. It is a reflection of how they all have their own story to tell.
    It's the most emotional Kendrick. He’s truly showing himself in these songs. It’s very introspective in that aspect.
    The production is so in-depth. Tells a story in a way that movie soundscapes can. Literally cinematic feels like a movie.
    It feels like a soundtrack to a movie and you’re seeing all these characters tell their stories.
    Kendrick Lamar transcends media in this album. It’s a timeless, experimental masterpiece.    … Expand
  22. Kyarza
    May 13, 2022
    10
    This kendrick lamar album is really different from its predecessors with piano and orchestral prod on certain sounds of the album. At the first listening the album does not find any real interest like each of Kendrick's projects. I personally think that the album will have a good longevity over time. Thank you kendrick for working very hard during these 5 years to produce this masterpieceThis kendrick lamar album is really different from its predecessors with piano and orchestral prod on certain sounds of the album. At the first listening the album does not find any real interest like each of Kendrick's projects. I personally think that the album will have a good longevity over time. Thank you kendrick for working very hard during these 5 years to produce this masterpiece of music. … Expand
  23. AdriannoTxT
    May 13, 2022
    10
    Álbum do ano, incrível como ele sempre consegue se reinventar, é o maior rapper dessa geração,que entrega mais uma vez um trabalho impecável e super pessoal
  24. millivanilli
    May 13, 2022
    10
    It’s like grandma’s cooking; the delicious smell kills you while waiting for the food, but the results were more than worth the wait.

    Kendrick does what he does best; bringing rap in a unique way, separating himself from the rest. Storytelling almost makes it a new genre. Probably too soon to give a review, but if I like it from the first listen, I’ll grow to love it for sure.
  25. JonasCassel
    May 13, 2022
    10
    Kendrick is painting pictures of prestibe pictures of Radical Empathy by allowing himself to let his guard down.
  26. Iarley
    May 13, 2022
    10
    Uma das maiores líricas em um álbum de rap que eu já vi, a melodia de todas as músicas é incrível. O maior álbum de Kendrick Lamar e talvez o maior álbum de rap desse século.
  27. Guseyn013
    May 13, 2022
    10
    Every listen brings you closer to what Kendrick wanted to convey using the beautiful instrumentals, even more beautiful vocals, and perfected rhyme-schemes. He raises issues he has never raised before and does so in such an intimate way that for a minute you think you are in the song and living it along with Kendrick. A masterpiece.
  28. Biden
    May 13, 2022
    10
    Everything from the variety in flow and rhyme schemes to the topics and the raw honesty in most of the tracks is astounding. The beats, social commentary and personal experience are both thought provoking and refreshing.
  29. TheTalkingTree
    May 13, 2022
    10
    Kendrick at his most vulnerable as he tries to muddle through his own depression and reckon his personal life and history with the image that's projected onto him.
  30. MattBarto1
    May 13, 2022
    10
    I’ve never had so much to say, while simultaneously feeling speechless. This album is truly incredible. A sprawling and dense journey into the mind of one of the greatest artists of all-time.
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Metascore
85

Universal acclaim - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. Uncut
    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]
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  2. RapReviews.com
    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.
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  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]
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