DAMN.

I mean shit I hated that song for so long and thought it was the worst song Kendrick had made up to this point... but huh. It is so personal, and raw, and works wonders in this album. It sounds like everything about him is stripped back and he leaves this physical form to ascend and shout proudly. It is a beautiful moment

That's the thing about this project... in a nutshell many of these moments don't make sense. It is some of Kendrick's oddest singing and songs yet over trap instrumentals? What even is this? It shouldn't work as well as it does... but it does. It makes sense

I think Blood is a really stupid start to this project. The story makes no sense. Why does he ask a woman what she is missing, to have her respond saying "You are missing your life". That is actual nonsense. DNA is less a banger for me, and more a display of pride. The entire first section of this project is duality. The tracks are sectioned off to balance off each other in the same way the mind balances many of these concepts. It still goes deeper than that though

tbh i hate typing and I would rather just record a vid so I will just say that this project has really grown, and I see it as Kendrick's darkest album by far. I don't agree with every message, and it is far from perfect... but when this thing hits it fucking hits. The whole thing is cohesive, and WAY WAY WAY better than I remember.