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I've listened to the new Kendrick track, "Humble," and it's ok... good rapping as always, but I'm really not very impressed.
As far as bangers following more thoughtful tracks, it strikes me that Kendrick did something similar when he followed "i" with "The Blacker the Berry." But in that case, well... "The Blacker the Berry" was pretty much the most insane thing to come out of the rap world since Yeezus. It wasn't just a "banger," it was fucking explosive, and it was textured and complex and hit all the harder for the variation within the song. That chorus still haunts me...
Anyway, "Humble" is good and stuff, but there's nothing amazing about it. It kind of feels like when Kanye released "FACTS" before TLOP. Kind of a head-scratcher in the sense that there's not a whole lot going on in either song, and that's rarely the case with either artist.
But in the long run, after the Charlie Heat remix hit, "FACTS" became a crucial track for me. What once was boring and kind of dumb became necessarily to the flow of the album. I guess I'm hoping the same proves to be true of "Humble."
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