TPAB slid comfortably into the current meta of black America and its plight. It doesn't feel as though it had a profound impact because it strikes the same exact cords that are already humming. And the way Kendrick delivered his content is not easily consumable, and as such did not stay long in the public consciousness where people were dealing with a new police shooting by the week.
But you'll be able to revisit TPAB in five years and get an accurate temperature of the mood in 2015 concerning the contemporary civil movement. You got niggas chanting Alright in the street. Kendrick as an artist is far more associated with the movement than Kanye or Yeezus is, even with his "but black on black crime" stuff.
It takes a very narrow perspective to put Yeezus in the same black album lane as TPAB. Yeezus isn't constructed to say any thing of merit on the topic, and it doesn't have to.
But you'll be able to revisit TPAB in five years and get an accurate temperature of the mood in 2015 concerning the contemporary civil movement. You got niggas chanting Alright in the street. Kendrick as an artist is far more associated with the movement than Kanye or Yeezus is, even with his "but black on black crime" stuff.
It takes a very narrow perspective to put Yeezus in the same black album lane as TPAB. Yeezus isn't constructed to say any thing of merit on the topic, and it doesn't have to.
