Kendrick Lamar's Most Powerful Visuals
Videos and artwork as game changing as K Dot's lyrics.
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'The Blacker the Berry' - Lest we forget (during Black History Month, no less) the breasts from which all mankind suckles, Kendrick Lamar pulls it back into focus. "The Blacker the Berry" is K Dot's reflection on what it means to be African-American in 2015 ("I'm the biggest hypocrite," he spits... "I'm a proud monkey") and its cover art (see above) does the same, showing a breastfeeding woman shackled by jewelry.Read on.(Photo: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records)
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'i' Video - Kendrick tackled systemic oppression, depression, suicide and freedom with the imagery in his video for "i." It was darker than expected from fans who, based on the song alone, figured the first single from his sophomore collection was a sign that he was lost somewhere in the mainstream.(Photo: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records)
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"i" Cover Art - Before the video dropped, K Dot gave credit to the heart of his inspiration: the unification of red and blue personified by a "gang sign" for love.(Photo: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records)
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'Backseat Freestyle' Video - K Dot told you to respect his mind on this good kid, m.A.A.d city single, and with the video we saw a glimpse of it, the dichotomy of life at home and life on the road.(Photo: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records)
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'Rigamortis' Video - Kendrick Lamar has been murkin' you no name rappers since before "Control." We kid, we kid. But he did drop bodies in this video, harkening back to The Roots' "You Got Me" featuring Erykah Badu. (Photo: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records)
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