{"id":23370,"date":"2015-02-13T21:15:18","date_gmt":"2015-02-14T05:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=23370"},"modified":"2015-09-10T12:53:28","modified_gmt":"2015-09-10T20:53:28","slug":"the-best-of-the-week-kendrick-lamars-the-blacker-the-berry-and-chabons-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2015-02\/the-best-of-the-week-kendrick-lamars-the-blacker-the-berry-and-chabons-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best of the Week: Kendrick Lamar’s “The Blacker The Berry” and Chabon’s Commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We tried so hard to resist the assault this week of Kendrick Lamar’s<\/strong> new song The Blacker The Berry<\/em>.<\/strong> But in the end, we’ve capitulated completely. Between the venom and the vernacular, Kendrick<\/strong> continues his domination of the darkness and the light (euphemisms, each).\u00a0 But at 4:13-4:34 below, Lamar<\/strong> simply let’s loose.\u00a0 Bound to cause some controversies.\u00a0 Bound to result in some incisive, off-color commentaries such as Pulitzer Prize-winning<\/strong> author, Michael Chabon’s<\/strong> HERE<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n