 Genius Meanings
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Kendrick Lamar – untitled 04
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This song advocates free thinking. SZA preaches, while Kendrick whispers a monologue that represents the struggle of balancing new found fame with his past life. The structure is
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Kendrick Lamar – untitled 07
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“untitled 07 | 2014-2016” is a three-part track that captures the arc of an emotional rush: the initial elation, the inflated confidence, and coming down. It also works well with
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Kendrick Lamar – untitled 05
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Kendrick debuted parts of his first verse during his 2016 Grammys performance. The track explores power disparities and social inequality. Minorities are institutionalized and, in
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Kendrick Lamar – untitled 02
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This track is about Kendrick’s confliction between his life at home in Compton and his life as a global superstar.
In 2014, he was prophesying the success of To Pimp a Butterfly
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Kendrick Lamar – untitled 03
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Throughout this song, several minorities (Asians, Indians, and Blacks) give Kendrick “a piece” of themselves—advising him on how to live his life better. However the majority (the
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Kendrick Lamar – untitled 08
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On “untitled 08 | 09.06.2014.,” Kendrick laments the financial difficulties faced by black Americans, and contextualizes his success in spite of it.
This track further
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Kendrick Lamar – Lyrics Contest Answers (untitled unmastered.)
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These are questions and answers about Kendrick Lamar's new album untitled unmastered. The contest was conducted over Twitter on March 9th, 2016 at 6 PM PST. / Question #1: / Who's
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Kendrick Lamar – untitled 06
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A song about embracing one’s unique traits.
Written in the form of a plea to a lover, they purport talking about the character traits that come across as odd rather than see them
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What happened on the days Kendrick Lamar made ‘untitled unmastered’?
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Were these events on Kendrick’s mind?
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Everything you need to know about Kendrick Lamar’s #untitledlyrics contest
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How you can win K Dot’s swag bag
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Kendrick Lamar – untitled 01
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This song is a warning to humanity. Kendrick highlights the destructive nature of mankind, warning us that if we continue to sin, Revelations, specifically Judgement Day (the
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Kendrick Lamar - untitled 04
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[Letra de "Kendrick Lamar - untitled 04 | 08.14.2014. (Traducción al Español)"] / [Verso: SZA & Kendrick Lamar] / Dicen que el gobierno engaña a la juventud, la juventud, la
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Kendrick Lamar – untitled 07
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“untitled 07 | levitate” is the first single off Kendrick’s 2016 compilation album, untitled unmastered. It is a shortened version of the album track “untitled 07 | 2014-2016
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Kendrick Lamar – Untitled 3 (Grammy Performance)
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This song is a variation of Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright” which he performed at the 58th Grammy Awards in 2016. The song deals with injustice in America and references the death of
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Kendrick Lamar - untitled 01
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[Letra de "Kendrick Lamar - untitled 01 | 08.19.2014. (Traducción al Español)"] / [Intro: Bilal] / Ven aquí, chica / Oh, ¿quieres que te toque ahí mismo? / Oh, como un corderito
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Travis Scott (Ft. Kendrick Lamar) – goosebumps
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“goosebumps” is an eerie love song. Travis and Kendrick detail the unique feelings they have for their love interests—especially when she’s not actually there.
Before performing
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Kendrick Lamar - untitled 08
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[Letra de "Kendrick Lamar - untitled 08 | 09.06.2014. (Traducción al Español)"] / [Estribillo] / ¿Por qué estás tan triste? / Caminando con esas caras azules / Ella dijo que tengo
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Kendrick Lamar - untitled 03
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[Letra de "Kendrick Lamar - untitled 03 | 05.28.2013. (Traducción al Español)"] / [Intro: Kendrick Lamar] / Así que conocí a esta joven, ya sabes, cuando volví a casa. Estaba
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Kendrick Lamar – The DAMN. Tour [Setlist]
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01. DNA / 02. ELEMENT / 03. King Kunta / 04. untitled 07 | 2014 - 2016 / 05. untitled 02 | 06.23.2014 / 06. Mask Off (Cover) / 07. Collard Greens / 08. Swimming Pools (Drank) / 09
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Kendrick Lamar - untitled 05
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[Letra de "Kendrick Lamar - untitled 05 | 09.21.2014. (Traducción al Español)"] / [Estribillo: Anna Wise & Kendrick Lamar] / Alguien dijo que te golpeaste la cabeza y sangraste al
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Kendrick Lamar – FEAR.
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On “FEAR.,” Kendrick explores three instances of true terror at ages 7, 17, and 27, respectively. In the first verse, he explores the fear he experienced growing up in the hood
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Kendrick Lamar - untitled 06
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[Letra de "Kendrick Lamar - untitled 06 | 06.30.2014. (Traducción al Español)"] / [Intro: Kendrick Lamar] / Estas fuerzas sobrenaturales metamórficas dominan lo que veo / Un
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Genius Brasil Traduções – Kendrick Lamar - untitled 05
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[Refrão: Anna Wise & Kendrick Lamar] / Alguém disse que você bateu com a cabeça e sangrou até cair no chão / Pulou em um poço de chamas e queimou até virar carvão / Se afogou
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Kendrick Lamar - untitled 02
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[Letra de "Kendrick Lamar - untitled 02 | 06.23.2014. (Traducción al Español)"] / [Intro] / Salta-salta (Hurra) / Salta-salta (Hurra) / (Hurra) / Salta-salta (Hurra) / Salta-salta
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Kendrick Lamar – For Free? (Interlude)
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Building on the metaphor drawn in “Wesley’s Theory,” we find Kendrick continuing to fall victim to the pimps of the record industry.
This interlude is very similar to the song “
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Genius Brasil Traduções – Kendrick Lamar - untitled 01
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[Intro: Bilal] / Venha aqui, garota / Oh, você quer que eu te toque aí? / Oh, tipo um cordeirinho, eu brinco com seu cabelo / Oh, você quer isso? Oh, você quer agora / Assim? Deixa
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Untitled unmastered. --- Kendrick Lamar
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Not sure why this thread hasn’t been made yet (we’re probably just too busy going in or something), but this is the official editorial thread (had to make it sound fancy) for Kendrick’s new album, untitled unmastered..
It’s lit, fam.
Tagging the albums top scholars: @Theonlydjorkaeff @Tyrant @Drew_Harvie @calderbarlow @PoeMansDreams @AndreTorres @NickLegit @UBOOBOO @Halfadelic @NSRE
@genius-editorial-board
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Kendrick Lamar - untitled 07
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[Letra de "Kendrick Lamar - untitled 07 | 2014-2016 (Traducción al Español)"] / [Parte I: "untitled 07 | levitate"] / [Intro: Kendrick Lamar] / Hip-hip! (¡Hurra!) / Hip-hip! (¡
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JUNIOR PANDEKA – The "HEAD" Bop
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[Hook 1] / Yea! She sent two texts to my phone / Your parents and your man left you home / So we get high, then she drop it low (Drop it-Drop it low, girl!) / But baby girl don't
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Kendrick Lamar – Cut You Off (To Grow Closer)
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Kendrick spits about how he’s trying to grow as an ambitious person and experience life. However, there are negative influences in his life that hold him back.
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REASON – Show Stop
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[Intro: Kendrick Lamar] / Wait, wait, wait / [Chorus: REASON & Kendrick Lamar] / Show stop (Show stop), show stop (Show stop, wait, wait) / Show stop (Show stop), show stop (Show
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Rich The Kid Drops His New Single “Plug Walk” Without The Anticipated Drake Feature
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He’s not the first artist to lose out on a Drake verse after speaking on it too soon.
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Eminem – Public Service Announcement
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The intro to Eminem’s major label debut, The Slim Shady LP. Slim Shady has advice for the children listening.
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Weekly Annotation Competition Vol. 2: Week #4
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Hey everyone, Vinyl here! Happy weekend, and welcome back to the Weekly Annotation Competition! Here, you can submit dope annotations and vote for your favorites. The person whose annotation gets the highest average score on the voting poll will receive the “Tate of the Week” title and a badge to go with it!
Who won last week?
With a probably-record sixteen entries, it was a tight race! Here are the final rankings for last week’s competition:
That means this week’s winner is… @CalebMac116 ! Congrats! Here’s your personalized SECOND EDITION “Tate of the Week” badge:
Big shoutout to everyone who competed! Also a quick update, we’re gonna name @smashbeezy as a co-winner of two disputed competitions last round. However, he has told us that he doesn’t want to count these wins towards a prize, so it will not affect the current competition.
Click here view the full score breakdown.
Previous Winners
@SmashBeezy – 2
@CalebMac116 – 1 (NEW)
@noufi – 1
@HeadofNoState – 1
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Rick Ross – Hustlin'
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The debut single of Rick Ross which led to a bidding war and eventually landed him a huge record deal with Def Jam.
It was produced by The Runners and was known for its bombastic
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