Lamar Element Sparknotes
Media has been questioned on what is real or fake in life. Individuals manipulate the uses of images to create their own fantasy for people to believe in, both in good and bad ways. People neglect the realities of life by selecting specific visuals to display to create biases. In the music industry, videos are often used as medium of controlling the minds and perceptions of what people think is going on in the world or what is a glorious way of living. Musical artists create the perception that living a rich, lavish lifestyle is more important and true than showing the true aspects and even the struggles that people go through on a daily basis that are often overlooked. Kendrick Lamar’s music video, Element, was made on June 27, 2017. The music
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A group of black Muslim women signify the roles of religion and the maternal comfort that the women of Compton gave to their sons and husbands (00:02:57-00:03:01). In Lamar’s life, his mother was his breath of life and his reason to stay out of trouble as much as he could when he was a teen. Additionally, the roles of older men enlightening the young men in strength and dignity occurs in two instances. The first instance is a group of young men standing and slowly punching the air in unison which is an exact parallel to Park’s photo series of black Muslim men in self-defense training …show more content…
He expresses his unity and motivations are to improve his city not to impress his fans on social media such as Instagram in the line, “I don't do it for the 'Gram, I do it for Compton” (00:00:50-00:00:53). Towards the end of the video, Lamar states how rappers nowadays believe that being rich and overly famous is the way to live in life, “Niggas thought they wasn't gonna see me, huh? Niggas thought that K-Dot real life. Was the same life they see on TV, huh? Niggas wanna flex on me and be in L.A. for free, huh? Next time they hit the 10 freeway, we need receipt, huh? 'Cause most of y'all ain't real. Most of y'all gon' squeal. Most of y'all just envy, but jealousy get you killed. Most of y'all throw rocks and try to hide your hand. Just say his name and I promise that you'll see Candyman. Because it's all in your eyes, most of y'all tell lies” (00:02:34-00:03:05). He goes on to say, “But it's a difference between black artists and wack artists”, stating that real black artists would show truths of life about social injustice, violence, and emotional turmoil. Fake artists want to create a fantasy to gain more popularity and wealth than empowering their people and showing the world the issues at hand that are often
A group of black Muslim women signify the roles of religion and the maternal comfort that the women of Compton gave to their sons and husbands (00:02:57-00:03:01). In Lamar’s life, his mother was his breath of life and his reason to stay out of trouble as much as he could when he was a teen. Additionally, the roles of older men enlightening the young men in strength and dignity occurs in two instances. The first instance is a group of young men standing and slowly punching the air in unison which is an exact parallel to Park’s photo series of black Muslim men in self-defense training …show more content…
He expresses his unity and motivations are to improve his city not to impress his fans on social media such as Instagram in the line, “I don't do it for the 'Gram, I do it for Compton” (00:00:50-00:00:53). Towards the end of the video, Lamar states how rappers nowadays believe that being rich and overly famous is the way to live in life, “Niggas thought they wasn't gonna see me, huh? Niggas thought that K-Dot real life. Was the same life they see on TV, huh? Niggas wanna flex on me and be in L.A. for free, huh? Next time they hit the 10 freeway, we need receipt, huh? 'Cause most of y'all ain't real. Most of y'all gon' squeal. Most of y'all just envy, but jealousy get you killed. Most of y'all throw rocks and try to hide your hand. Just say his name and I promise that you'll see Candyman. Because it's all in your eyes, most of y'all tell lies” (00:02:34-00:03:05). He goes on to say, “But it's a difference between black artists and wack artists”, stating that real black artists would show truths of life about social injustice, violence, and emotional turmoil. Fake artists want to create a fantasy to gain more popularity and wealth than empowering their people and showing the world the issues at hand that are often