Eminem praises Kendrick Lamar’s new album “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers”.
Kendrick Lamar has been all over the news this week as he finally dropped his long-awaited new album “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers”, which is his first in 5 years. The album is follow up to 2017’s Pulitzer-winning effort “DAMN.” The album is released through pgLang / Top Dawg / Aftermath / Interscope, and it is his finally offering through TDE.
The project has been getting praise from hip-hop fans and other artists, and now the legendary Eminem also showers some love for his “Love Game” collaborator. “Yo @DrDre this Kendrick album is f****** ridiculous. I’m speechless,” wrote the Detroit Rapper.
Yo @DrDre this Kendrick album is f****** ridiculous. I’m speechless.
— Marshall Mathers (@Eminem) May 15, 2022
The post comes three months after Lamar, Eminem, and Dr. Dre, together with Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, and Mary J. Blige, performed at the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
Just the other day, Eminem’s longtime manager Paul Rosenberg also praised the new project from K. Dot. “Congrats to both of you guys man. Very proud of @WS_Boogie and @kendricklamar These guys are truly incredible. What an album,” he wrote.
Congrats to both of you guys man. Very proud of @WS_Boogie and @kendricklamar These guys are truly incredible. What an album! https://t.co/MjjK76dAyM
— Paul Bunyan Rosenberg (@rosenberg) May 14, 2022
Some fans have pointed out all the parallels between Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’ compositions “We Cry Together” and “Kim” as evidence of Eminem’s influence.
On Twitter, Eminem wasn’t the only rapper who praised Lamar’s abilities. Denzel Curry has stated that the new song has motivated him to improve his performance. “I just finished this new Kendrick Video. Bruh…” Curry wrote in one tweet before adding, “I gotta step my game up n****s is built different.”
The new album is a double-disc project, with guest appearances from Blxst, Kodak Black, Ghostface Killah, Summer Walker, Baby Keem and more. The project is expected to move around 325-350K units in the first week, with 400M streams, and it will be the biggest first-week sales of 2022.
