Kendrick Lamar and the big samples (from “Switched on Pop”)

Lost Notes: Groupies

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Music History, Documentary, Society & Culture, Music

4.7 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Lost Notes returns with a brand new episode next Wednesday. To tide you over, we’re featuring a deep dive into Kendrick Lamar’s 2022 album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers from our friends at Switched on Pop.

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0:00.0	Hey, Michael.
0:01.1	Hey there, Novena.
0:02.1	I thought this was our week off.
0:04.6	Okay, well, technically it is, but we just got a special delivery from our friends over at the podcast switched on pop.
0:10.7	Ooh, nice. What's in the bag?
0:13.0	Well, without saying too much, it actually ties into the episode we're dropping next week.
0:18.5	It's about Kendrick Lamar and his 22 album, Mr. Moral and the Big Stepers.
0:23.5	And more specifically, it's a deep dive into his use of samples on the album, which, as we'll
0:28.9	hear next week, can unlock all kinds of history and connections to the past.
0:32.9	So true. I mean, just this past week, we heard about that in connection to Viva Tarado.
0:39.7	Yeah, and it's clearly a topic close to our hearts.
0:41.5	Well, let's give this one a spin.
0:48.7	Coming right up. From our friends over at Switched On Pop, this is the story of Kendrick Lamar and The Big Samples.
0:59.8	Switched on Pop.
1:04.4	Welcome to Switched on Pop. I'm songwriter Charlie Harding.
1:06.3	And I'm musicologist Nate Sloan.
1:12.6	I really can't believe that it's been five years since Kendrick Lamar released his critically acclaimed album, Damn.
1:15.0	I know. It feels like just yesterday.
1:17.7	I was breaking it down with Amber Mark.
1:18.6	Oh, yeah.
1:19.3	Wow.
1:20.1	It's been a minute.
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