Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
thefader.comKendrick Lamar has shared his surprise fifth studio LP, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. The 18-track project features Sampha, Blxst, Baby Keem, Kodak Black, Summer Walker, Ghostface Killah, Beth Gibbons of Portishead, and more.
Stream it below on Apple Music and Spotify. Kendrick announced Mr. Morale in April by tweeting a link to his new blog-format website, oklama.com, and teased the project's arrival last week with a cryptic post to said site.
On Sunday, he followed that post with the project's lead single, "The Heart Part 5." According to The FADER's Son Raw, the song is a "masterclass in non-preachy urgency," arriving alongside a video that finds Lamar face-morphing into O.J.
Simpson, Kanye West, Will Smith, Kobe Bryant, Jussie Smullett, and Nipsey Hussle. He revealed the record's cover art, shot by Renell Medrano, on Wednesday.
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