The first news last summer was that this would be his latest album for Top Dawg Entertainment. Then, most recently, the revelation of the eyebrow-raising title and release date. Then the hint that Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers will be a double album – and maybe a book? Then the amazing appetizer “The Heart Part 5” with its spacious production, dense play on words and provocatively deeply fake video. Finally, yesterday, a little over 24 hours later, the cover was online: a picture of Kendrick wearing a crown of thorns with a pistol tucked in his belt, overlooking his fiancée Whitney Alford and their two young children. (The existence of a second baby was news to most of us.)
After all, the anticipation is so breathless that we almost suffocated. It’s time to exhale. The album is here.
The two-disc venture includes a total of 18 songs (with nine clips per piece). Players featured include Sampha in “Father Time”, Blxst and Amanda Reifer in “Die Hard”, Taylor Page in “We Cry Together”, Summer Walker and Ghostface Killah in “Purple Hearts”, Kodak Black in “Silent Hill”, Baby Keem and Sam Dew of The Savior, Tana Leone of Mr. Morality and Beth Gibbons of Portishead for Mother I Sber. Pharrell Williams, the Alchemist, Sounwave, Boi-1da, Beach Noise, Duval Timothy, DJ Dahi, DJ Khalil, J.LBS and others have producer merits. Thundercat plays bass on two songs (“Die Hard” and “Mother I Sober”).
We’ve all been waiting a long time for this, so let’s dive together and get together in the comments section to talk for a long time about what we hope is a great long album.
TRACKLIST: DISC 1: BIG STEPPERS01 “In Grief” 02 “N95” 03 “Worldwide Steppers” 04 “Die Hard” Feat. Blxst & Amanda Reifer05 “Father Time” Feat. Sampha06 “Rich” (Interlude) 07 “Rich Spirit” 08 “We Cry Together” Feat. Taylor Page09 “Purple Hearts” Feat. Summer Walker & Ghostface Killah
DISK 2: MR. MORALE01 “Count Me Out” 02 “Crown” 03 “Silent Hill” Feat. Kodak Black04 “Savior” (Interlude) 05 “Savior” Feat. Baby Keem & Sam Dew06 “Auntie Diaries” 07 “Mr. Morality ”Feat. Tanna Leone08 “Mother I Sober” Feat. Beth Gibbons of Portishead09 Mirror
Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers are already coming out on PGLang / Top Dawg / Aftermath / Interscope.
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