Fresh off the back of Drake’s release of More Life last week, fellow hip-hop megastar Kendrick Lamar has apparently begun putting parts into motion for his new album too, and this was initiated when he dropped a new single, titled ‘The Heart Part 4′ on Friday (March 24) night.
The song’s legacy can be traced back through the rapper’s discography, with the most recent, third part coming in 2013. Many fans were whipped into a frenzy by the sing ‘IV’ in the middle of the video, suggesting that the song may indicate the imminent release of the Compton rapper’s fourth LP.
The song features multiple, wild beat changes, and sees K-Dot taking aim at many subjects, labelling American President Donald Trump a ‘chump’ as well as taking a few swipes at fellow rappers. Such confrontation is not something that is new to Kendrick, as he effectively called out his entire generation of rappers on Big Sean’s ‘Control’ in 2013.
The veiled nature of the disses on ‘Part 4′ have caused even more speculation and rumour however, as many think Lamar may be taking aim at Drake himself, or potentially even Big Sean. During the song, Kencrick raps “Tip-toeing around my name, ni**a ya lame / And when I get at you, homie, don’t you tell me you was just playin’.” Clearly targeting the perceived falseness of some modern rappers. Kendrick then does an impression of the fake rapper defending themselves, and it sounds more than a little similar to Big Sean’s voice. Naturally, listeners picked up on the diss, and went wild on Twitter about to whom it was aimed at.
Drake trying to write a response to Kendrick without his ghost writers at his side https://t.co/2TP2TV7OcX
— Flip Bayless (@LilTerryy) March 24, 2017
Kendrick most recently spoke to the New York Times about his upcoming album, describing it as “urgent”, whilst considering his path, and following a masterpiece in To Pimp A Butterfly. “I think now, how wayward things have gone within the past few months, my focus is ultimately going back to my community and the other communities around the world where they’re doing the groundwork” Lamar said
“To Pimp a Butterfly was addressing the problem,” he continued. “I’m in a space now where I’m not addressing the problem anymore. We’re in a time where we exclude one major component out of this whole thing called life: God. Nobody speaks on it because it’s almost in conflict with what’s going on in the world when you talk about politics and government and the system.”
Unfortunately, K-Dot did not disclose even a hint of a potential release date, but again fans found hope in ‘Part 4”s lyrics, with Kendrick sending a very clear message that “Y’all got till April the 7th to get ya’ll shit together.”
