Day three of BIG Album of the Year Nominations, it's the follow-up to 2017’s DAMN., Kendrick Lamar is back with, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers.
Lamar's fifth studio album was released on May 13, 2022. After four albums with the label, the double album serves as Lamar's final project with TDE, of which he was one of the flagship artists.
The album features narration by Whitney Alford and Eckhart Tolle, along with a monster guest list. Blxst, Amanda Reifer, Sampha, Taylour Paige, Summer Walker, Ghostface Killah, Baby Keem, Kodak Black, Sam Dew, Tanna Leone, and Beth Gibbons of Portishead, all contribute.
Upon release, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers was met with widespread acclaim from critics, who praised Lamar's lyricism and the album's scope. The album has so far spawned two singles; the European release N95 & the North American release Silent Hill.
It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, becoming Lamar's fourth US number-one album.
Upon release, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers received the largest first day streams of 2022 on Apple Music, garnering over 60 million streams.
In the United States, the album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, opening with 295,000 album-equivalent units that consisted of 35,000 album sales and 258,000 streaming units (calculated from the 343.02 million on-demand streams the album's tracks received).
Whilst there is no HUMBLE. or DNA on the record (well yet for me), it's still a damn (get it) solid release. Joining Charli XCX (yesterday) and Tuesday's nomination of The Weeknd. The Album of the Year race for 2022 totally on! Come back tomorrow for one more Album of the Year Nomination concluding a massive week of Album of the Year activity. See you then.
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