"That song could've went a thousand other ways," Lamar says with a grin. And it's clear that it took much more than the beat and hook coming together for "Alright" to become "the protest song of our generation" (as Rick Rubin puts it). The anthemic nature of the song, the symbolic importance of its chorus, and its deep references to African American history (" 40 acres and a mule") are all surgical and deliberate. Not playing the victim, but still having that 'Yeah, we strong.'" Lyrically a festive song about hope amid personal struggles, it features uncredited vocals from the songs co-producer Pharrell Williams during the chorus. I wanted to approach as more uplifting, but aggressive. Alright is a song by American rapper Kendrick Lamar, taken from his third studio album, To Pimp a Butterfly (2015). The shooting death of a 12-year-old black boy named Tamir Rice by two white Cleveland Police Department officers.Īs Lamar puts it, "There was a lot going on - still to this day there's a lot going on.Rated 1 in the best albums of 2015, and 4 of all-time album.
Genres: Conscious Hip Hop, West Coast Hip Hop, Jazz Rap. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, M.A.A. Released 15 March 2015 on Top Dawg (catalog no. The death of a 43-year-old black man named Eric Garner at the hands of two white New York Police Department officers Garner was being arrested for selling loose cigarettes at the time of his death. To Pimp a Butterfly, an Album by Kendrick Lamar. The best-known track on Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly, Alright has come to be regarded as a protest anthem, fueled by Lamar’s charged performances of the song at the BET Awards.The shooting death of an 18-year-old black man named Michael Brown by a 28-year-old white police officer, and the weeks of protest that followed.
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