![]() What’s more, this song almost seems like a critique of hip-hop culture, where rappers use such rhetoric to build their credibility as an artist - rhetoric similar to the hormonal dreams of a 17-year-old boy. He’s got dreams of girls, money and Paris, and how do you think a young kid who wants glory fast is going to get there? ![]() The song, third on the album, is placed at a moment in the narrative where Lamar is a hot headed kid in Compton. city” as a whole and “Backseat Freestyle” as one chapter in that work. ![]() This is an easy opinion to have when you just take the song, and hip-hop as a whole at face value, but with Kendrick Lamar and this song in particular, there’s more to it. The Huffington Post called the track one of, “the less inhibited songs off his stellar debut,” and “the least introspective song on” the album. This video has been taken off the Internet (including Lamar’s own website) due to a copyright claim by UMG. Really, the song is kind of deep - at least I’d like to think so. With this type of content and lyrics like, “pray my d*** get big as the Eiffel Tower so I can f*** the world for 72 hours,” people like to dismiss the song as shallow. It’s a pretty straightforward video - fast cuts and black and white shots of booty shaking and the Eiffel Tower. city.” The video cuts between footage of Lamar strutting around his hometown of Compton, Calif., and the slightly different city of Paris. Wednesday, Kendrick Lamar released the video for “Backseat Freestyle” off his critically acclaimed album, “good kid, m.A.A.d. Thursday, March 30th 2023 Home Page Close Menu
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