I duetti di Kendrick Lamar con Rihanna e U2 hanno contribuito ad aumentare l’hype intorno all’attesissimo quarto album in studio del rapper afroamericano, intitolato DAMN.
Il seguito dell’apprezzatissimo How to pimp a butterfly, considerato il suo capolavoro in carriera che gli è valso una consacrazione ai Grammy nel 2016 con la vittoria nella categoria Best Rap Album, è arrivato sulle piattaforme streaming e nei negozi (ma non ancora negli store digitali) venerdì 14 aprile, alla vigilia della sua partecipazione come headliner al Coachella Festival 2017.
DAMN si compone di 14 tracce e comprende il singolo Humble, che ha debuttato al numero 2 della Billboard Hot 100 questa settimana, e le annunciate collaborazioni con Rihanna e gli U2, mentre non contiene il brano rilasciato a fine marzo The Heart Part 4.
Prodotto da DJ Dahi, Sounwave, Mike WiLL Made-It, 9th Wonder, Cardo, Greg Kurstin ed altri, è un disco destinato a far discutere: i testi di Kendrick Lamar sono un flusso inesauribile di idee, immagini, opinioni su Dio, Israele, politica internazionale, mondo dell’informazione, pianeta Terra. Un Lamar incontenibile che si è prefissato un obiettivo più che ambizioso: “Siamo in un momento in cui si esclude una componente importante di tutta questa cosa chiamata vita: Dio. Nessuno parla più di lui, perché è quasi in conflitto con quello che sta succedendo nel mondo quando si parla di politica e di governo del sistema“.
L’album può essere ascoltato in streaming su Spotify, Apple Music e Tidal. Ecco la cover e l’audio di tutti i brani, insieme ai testi dei duetti con Rihanna e U2.
Loyalty feat. Rihanna.
[DJ Dahi]
I said I’m geeked and I’m fired up (fired, fire)
All I want tonight just get high up (high, high, high)
Girl, you look so good, it’s to die for (die for)
Ooh that pussy good, it’s to die for (on fire)[Kendrick Lamar & Rihanna]
It’s a secret society
All we ask is trust
(All we ask is trust)
All we got is us
Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty
Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty[Kendrick Lamar]
Kung Fu Kenny, now
My resume is real enough for two millenniums
A better way to make a wave, stop defendin’ them
I meditate and moderate all of my wins again
I’m hangin’ on the fence again
I’m always on your mind
I put my lyric and my lifeline on the line
And ain’t no limit when I might shine, might grind
You rollin’ with it at the right time, right now
(Only for the dollar sign)[Rihanna]
Bad gyal RiRi, now
Swerve, swerve, swerve, swerve, deeper now
On your pulse like a CD in
Gas in the bitch like it’s premium
Haul ass on a bitch all in the fast lane
Been a bad bitch way before any cash came
I’m established
Hundred carats on my name, run the atlas
I’m a natural, I’m alright[Kendrick Lamar & Rihanna]
I’m a savage, I’m an asshole, I’m a king
Shimmy-yeah, shimmy-yeah, shimmy-yeah, rock
You can tell your nigga he can meet me outside (yeah)
You can babysit him when I leave him outside
Ain’t no other love like the one I know
I done been down so long I slowed
I done came down so hard I slowed
I don’t sleep forever, all a real nigga wantI said I’m geeked and I’m fired up (fired, fire)
All I want is tonight is just to get high up (yeah)
(all I want is, all I want is)[Kendrick Lamar & Rihanna]
Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty
Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty
10-4, no switching sides
Feel somethin’ wrong
You acting shifty, you don’t ride
With me no more, I need
Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty
Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty[Kendrick Lamar]
Tell me who you loyal to
Is it money? it is fame? Is it weed? Is it drink?
Is it comin’ down with the loud pipes and the rain?
Big chillin’, only for the power in your name
Tell me who you loyal to
Is it love for the streets when the lights get dark?
Is it unconditional when the ‘Rari don’t start?
Tell me when your loyalty is comin’ from the heart[Rihanna & Kendrick Lamar]
Tell me who you loyal to
Do it start with your women or your man? (Mmm)
Do it end with your family and friends? (Mmm)
Or you’re loyal to yourself in advance?
I said, tell me who you loyal to
Is it anybody that you would lie for?
Anybody you would slide for?
Anybody you would die for?
That’s what God for[DJ Dahi]
I said I’m geeked and I’m fired up (fired, fire)
All I want tonight is just to get high up
(All I want is, all I want is)[Kendrick Lamar & Rihanna]
Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty
Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty
10-4, no switching sides
Feel somethin’ wrong
You acting shifty, you don’t ride
With me no more, I need
Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty
Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty[Rihanna]
It’s so hard to be humble
It’s so hard to be
Lord knows is I’m trying
Lord knows is I’m dying, baby
XXX feat. U2
America, God bless you if it’s good to you
America please take my hand
Can you help me underst-
New Kung Fu Kenny[Kendrick Lamar]
Throw a steak off the yacht
To a pool full of sharks, he’ll take it
Leave him in the wilderness
With a sworn nemesis, he’ll make it
Take the gratitude from him
I bet he’ll show you something, woah
I’ll chip a nigga little bit of nothin’
I’ll chip a nigga little bit of nothin’
I’ll chip a nigga little bit of nothin’
I’ll chip a nigga then throw the blower in his lap
Walk myself to the court like bitch I did that x-rated
Johnny don’t wanna go to school no more, no more
Johnny said books ain’t cool no more (no more)
Johnny wanna be a rapper like his big cousin
Johnny caught a body yesterday out hustlin’
God bless America you know we all love him
Yesterday I got a call like from my dog like 101
Said they killed his only son because of insufficient funds
He was sobbin’, he was mobbin’, way belligerent and drunk
Talkin’ out his head philosphin’ on what the lord had done
He said, “K-Dot can you pray for me?
It’s been a fucked up day for me
I know that you anointed, show me how to overcome”
He was lookin’ for some closure
Hopin’ I could bring him closer
To the spiritual, my spirit do no better, but I told him
“I can’t sugar coat the answer for you
This is how I feel—if somebody kill my son
That mean somebody’s gettin’ killed”
Tell me what you do for love, loyalty, and passion of
All the memories collected, moments you could never touch
I wait in front a niggas spot and watch him hit his block
I’ll catch a nigga leavin’ service if that’s all I got
I’ll chip a nigga then throw the blower in his lap
Walk myself to the court like, “Bitch I did that”
Ain’t no black power when your baby killed by a coward
I can’t even keep the peace, don’t you fuck with one of ours
It be murder in the street, it be bodies in the hour
Ghetto bird on the street, paramedics on the dial
Let somebody touch my momma
Touch my sister, touch my woman
Touch my daddy, touch my niece
Touch my nephew, touch my brother
You should chip a nigga then throw the blower in his lap
Matter fact, I’m ‘bout to speak at this convention
Call you back—[Kendrick Lamar]
Alright kids we’re gonna talk about gun control
(Pray for me) Damn—[Bono]
It’s not a place
This country is to be a sound of drum and bass
You close your eyes to look around[Kendrick Lamar]
Hail Mary, Jesus and Joseph
The great American flag
Is wrapped and dragged with explosives
Compulsive disorder, sons and daughters
Barricaded blocks and borders
Look what you taught us
It’s murder on my street, w’all street, back streets
Wall street, corporate offices, banks
Employees and bosses with homicidal thoughts
Donald Trump’s in office, we lost Barack
And promised to never doubt him again
But is America honest or do we bask in sin?
Pass the gin, I mix it with American blood
Then bash him in, you crippin’ or you married to blood?
I’ll ask again—oops—accident
It’s nasty when you set us up
Then roll the dice, then bet us up
You overnight the big rifles, then tell Fox to be scared of us
Gang members or terrorists, et cetera, et cetera
Americas reflections of me
That’s what a mirror does[Bono]
It’s not a place
This country is to be a sound of drum and bass
You close your eyes to look ar—