{"id":33770,"date":"2022-05-17T16:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traklife.com\/featured\/kendrick-lamar-drops-the-heart-part-5-ahead-of-new-album\/"},"modified":"2023-09-16T21:08:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T21:08:51","slug":"kendrick-lamar-drops-the-heart-part-5-ahead-of-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traklife.com\/culture\/kendrick-lamar-drops-the-heart-part-5-ahead-of-new-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendrick Lamar Drops “The Heart Part 5” Ahead of New Album"},"content":{"rendered":"

Get ready, Kendrick fans\u2026 it\u2019s album release week. Finally.<\/p>\n

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Back in 2017, Kendrick Lamar dropped his fourth studio album\u00a0DAMN.,<\/em>\u00a0and in 2018 he wrote, performed, and produced for\u00a0Black Panther: The Album<\/em>. Both albums topped the Billboard 200, won Grammy Awards, and received widespread commercial and critical success. Lamar even received a\u00a0Pulitzer Prize<\/a>\u00a0for his work on\u00a0DAMN.<\/em>, making it the first non-jazz or classical composition to win the prestigious honor.<\/p>\n

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After a successful first decade in the music industry, in which Lamar proved himself to be one of the most prolific, innovative rappers in the game, fans have eagerly awaited his next release for the past four years. Lamar is notoriously tight-lipped on social media. But April 18 saw his first post on\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0of 2022. The internet exploded over the news that a new album, titled\u00a0Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers,\u00a0<\/em>is set to be released on May 13.<\/p>\n

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Ahead of the album\u2019s release, Kendrick Lamar dropped a new single, \u201cThe Heart Part 5<\/a>,\u201d on May 9. It\u2019s the fifth installment in his series of songs titled \u201cThe Heart\u201d beginning with the first in 2010. An accompanying music video featuring Lamar rapping in front of a red backdrop was released along with the single. In the video, the rapper morphs into various significant Black celebrities \u2013 O.J. Simpson, Nipsey Hussle, Kobe Bryant, and Kanye West, to name a few \u2013 using\u00a0deepfake technology<\/a>\u00a0pioneered by Deep Voodoo, a company founded by\u00a0South Park\u00a0<\/em>creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Heart Part 5\u201d samples the drumline and string arrangements from Marvin Gaye\u2019s 1976 hit \u201cI Want You<\/a>,\u201d as well as Gaye\u2019s vocals on the chorus. Lyrically, the song discusses in detail many of the aspects and struggles of life for Black Americans. \u201cI come from a generation of pain, where murder is minor,\u201d Lamar begins. He recalls growing up in the inner city and witnessing gang violence from a young age: \u201cDesensitized, I vandalized pain, covered up and camouflaged \/ Get used to hearing arsenal rain.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lamar often addresses racism and injustices prevalent in America through his music, and he does so in \u201cThe Heart Part 5\u201d as well. \u201cEnemies shook my hand, I can promise I\u2019ll meet you \/ In the land where no equal is your equal \u2026 In the land where hurt people hurt more people \/ F*** callin\u2019 it culture,\u201d he raps in the second verse. Evidently, Lamar is calling out the inequality and violence he sees and questioning what we as a nation are willing to accept as normal and \u201cjust part of the culture.\u201d On the chorus, he declares \u201cI want the hood to want me back\u201d as Marvin Gaye\u2019s voice sings \u201cI want you to want me too\u201d from the original sample. The final verse features Lamar rapping from the perspective of the late rapper Nipsey Hussle, which correlates with the portion of the music video in which Lamar transforms into Hussle\u2019s likeness.<\/p>\n

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Kendrick Lamar\u2019s fifth studio album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers<\/em>, will be released May 13.<\/p>\n

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Check out the music video below for \u201cThe Heart Part 5\u201d below.<\/p>\n

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