Rare Insta W…
So many libs on the r/music thread about this are all “this song is really good but the part about not voting for Biden is DANGEROUS”
Lmao I decided to look in that Reddit thread and found this comment chain with this banger:
Implying they’re banning TikTok to suppress views and not because it’s a literal Chinese owned CCP controlled spying outlet is damaging to even suggest. Otherwise it’s fine, people are entitled to their opinions.
I have seen ‘Biden is far from perfect, but’ written so many times that it’s now a trope in my recurring nightmare where I’m in hell and being tortured by libs.
Well, tell those same libs to fuck their own mother…
I’m not very familiar with Macklemore. But just because he’s a celebrity I assumed the lyrics would be supportive and good, but still short of the kind of righteous indignation that’s deserved. Well… I was wrong. Idk judge for yourself but most of the lyrics - other than there’s no “Death to America” - are sentiments you’d see on hexbear. Christ on a bike this is a good song.
I’ve seen Jewish brothers and sisters out there and ridin’ in
Solidarity and screamin’ “Free Palestine” with them
Organizin’, unlearnin’ and finally cuttin’ ties with
JVP and everyone else that has been involved have contributed an incredible amount, genuinely some of the most important organisations that exist.
And fuck no I’m not voting for you in fall
Libs gonna be big mad about this one.
having now listened to it rather than just reading the lyrics it is pretty fire
does anyone recognize the clip at 1m10s of the triumphant guy being carried on a door?
Michael from The Good Place: Macklemore figured it out? Macklemore? Yeah. This one hurts.
I’ve been waiting for Kendrick to say something about Palestine. I’m glad that at least someone did. Hip hop has needed a bigger voice putting something like this out imo.
~~He’s probably a Black Israelite. He rapped about it in one of his songs ~~
jk, I didn’t listen to the songs carefully enough
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OP asked why Kendrick didn’t say anything about Palestine
I very misremembered his bars but this is directly related to the conversation at hand
How so? He put the snippets with his Black Israelite uncle on Damn as a way to reinforce the theme of problematic elements of Black culture and his immediate environment. It wasn’t ever supposed to be an endorsement. I don’t see how any brand of zionism really fits with Kendrick’s public persona at all. And the angle of him being a Five Percenter, Black Israelite, or Black Hebrew just doesn’t check out either, all those groups are extremely antisemitic meanwhile you got him sticking up for the Jewish community that was betrayed by Drake when he code switched on them too? Just doesn’t square at all.
oh nvm, I never listened to the whole album or the songs that carefully
Weirdly Kendrick doesn’t talk a lot about (very) current events given his characterization as a conscious rapper. It always seems to come like 2+ years later
There’s something to be said about him being the Obama of rap. But in fairness, not a lot of rappers are talking about Fred Hampton at all. He’s better than the vast majority of rappers, and certainly the best who’s at that level. Not a high bar to clear for sure, but it’s important to keep things in perspective.
the Obama of rap
I thought that was Killer Mike
I used to love Killer Mike and RTJ. I still like the music but I haven’t listened in a while. He’s very strange, politically.
He strikes me as a “we can reform capitalism and remove its racist tendencies” guy but I have a limited view of his politics if I’m being honest.
He says the answer to capitalism isn’t to abolish capitalism, it’s black capitalism.
Cus regular capitalism works out so great for poor white people.
He’s a landlord
🤢
Isn’t Killer Mike the Bernie of rap?