Menzo wrote:Kendrick's gotten a lot better live. I remember not being too big of a fan of his performances in 2012.
King Lance wrote:s80 not diverse enough for me, too jazzy. I love jazz but I don't know, something about that album doesn't do it for me.
Album titled "the return of Enoch" ?
Kendrick played a demon/angel?Enoch lived 365 years before he was taken by God, which is small amount of time compared to his offspring Methuselah, who lived to be 969 years old. The text reads that Enoch "walked with God: and he was no more; for God took him" (Gen 5:22–29)
According to the Bible, Enoch and Elijah are the only two people God took to heaven without them dying. Enoch is described as a man who walked with God for 300 years.
Kendrick says the return of Enoch twice announcing that Enoch has returned from heaven back to earth probably to spread the message of God.
Another meaning is that the return of Enoch is a metaphor that Kendrick has returned from heaven to spread the lords message.
The song "i" already has religious imagery lyrically (I done been through a whole lot/trials & tribulations, but I know God) and (Satan wanna put me in a bow tie).
At first it seemed like it was just his way of expressing the struggle between loving yourself and using faith in God as a way to keep your head up/have hope; basically just another lyric.
But after seeing him wear black eye contacts (similar to Tyler, the Creator in the videos for "Yonkers" and "She" in 2011) in the SNL performance of "i", as well as his half done hair (a nod to Method Man) it seems like Kendrick may be playing a demon (his spastic jerks and movements could mean he was portraying a crack fiend as well)
maybe the drug crack is a demon and Kendrick is just personifying it?
It should be noted that Kendrick is wearing the exact same outfit from the "i" video, just like Childish Gambino wore "The Boy" costume during his Because the Internet era and Tyler, the Creator dressed up as "Wolf" on Letterman.
When you look at Kendrick's lyrics, he's still saying uplifting stuff. In the video, he's happier and more composed, wearing a hat and the same outfit. This could be the ANGEL side.
When he performs on SNL, he adds in lyrics during the hook, one including "I put the gun in the back of the head of the police". He also appears in the video like this during the car scene, spitting and yelling while hanging out of a car driven by Ron Isley. This could be the DEMON.
Maybe the ANGEL and DEMON are both sides of one man? And that story of internal conflict will play out throughout the album?
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