Marvel’s hit movie ¨Black Panther¨, written and directed by Oakland native Ryan coogler, is the number one movie out in the world today. The movie has already brought in 241 million dollars in its opening weekend, scoring the fifth- highest opening movie in history, and was the biggest February opening ever. To accompany The iconic movie, marvel teamed up with one of rap's biggest influences today, Kendrick Lamar who produced the entire soundtrack for Black panther.
Often times Kendrick writes about how it is being a black man while connecting it with his african roots, so this was a perfect project for Kendrick to lay his hands on.
The album features artists such as Travis scott, 2 chainz, Schoolboy Q, SZA, Khalid, Swae Lee, Jora Smith, Anderson Paak, Ab-soul, Sacramento rapper Mozzy, and bay area’s up and coming rap Group SOB X RBE. The Soundtrack consists of all elements of hip-hop and R&B making it a very diverse and versatile Album.
This first song on the Album is by Kendrick Lamar titled “Black panther”. Kendrick kicks off the song with a verse speaking from the perspective of T’Challa, the main character and alter ego of the black panther talking about himself in a confident manner. In the beginning of the first verse He says, “ King of my city, king of my country, king of my homeland, king of the filthy, king of the fallen, we livin again.” This line refers back to the movie, but can also refer back to Kendrick himself. Oftentimes Kendrick is referred to as the “King” of the rap game, so the whole song could possibly mean two things.
The second song on the album is written By Kendrick Lamar and Sza titled “All the stars’. This song is also about T’Challa but instead of just telling us that he is king, he goes deeper in what it means to be a king. He talks about things that he is scared about, passionate about, and things he notices as king. In the movie T'Challa has just been crowned the King of Wakanda, following his father’s death. He doesn't just struggle with his new position as king, but also with his complicated relationship of love, with his family, his friends, his lover, and his people. He starts his verse saying, “Tell me what gon do to me?, confrontation aint nothin new to me. You can bring a the truth to me. F**k you and all your expectations, I don't even want your congratulations.” In that section of the song Kendrick is talking about him T’challa, the power of vibranium and and his enemies in other countries. In the comic and movie Black panther is the king and defender of Wakanda. Vibranium is the nation's top recourse and is virtually indestructible. Even though Wakanda has great resources and technology, its reacourses can't buy peace or the truth. Kendrick uses this as a way to say that the truth comes from inside you heart and knowledge of self, rather than from any sort of external strength.
The seventh song on the album features SOB X RBE and Kendrick Lamar titled “Paramedic”. This song talks about the antagonist of the movie Killmonger, describing his personality, the rage he has, and mentions where he is from (Northern California). The song starts out with Zacari singing the intro. “I am Killmonger, No one's perfect. But no one's worthless, We ain't deserving' of everything Heaven and Earth is, But word is, good, (this is my home). Said no one's perfect, but no ones worth this, We ain't deserving' of everything heaven and Earth is But word is, good (Northern California)”. The intro describes Killmonger perfectly. In the movie Killmongers father N'Jobu moved out to Oakland, and stole some vibranium from Wakanda to sell in the US. T'Chaka (T'challa's father) kills N'Jobu for betraying their people and leaves Killmonger in Oakland by himself. In the lyrics Kendrick is trying to relay how Killmonger is worth it and how that he is still loved by his people. The song overall would be described as “Hyphy” and a very uptempo aggressive song, kind of like Killmonger. This song is ultimately about killmonger, but also refers back to SOB X RBE. The rap group is also from Northern California and often times has a ruthless/aggressive flare in their music.
The Black Panther album is arguably the best soundtrack to ever be in a movie. It has a variety of different songs you can listen to from chill, to hyphy, to very lyrical. The movie and album explores the black culture and the african diaspora. The album itself has woke up many of folks, and could change the music industry in the long run.
Often times Kendrick writes about how it is being a black man while connecting it with his african roots, so this was a perfect project for Kendrick to lay his hands on.
The album features artists such as Travis scott, 2 chainz, Schoolboy Q, SZA, Khalid, Swae Lee, Jora Smith, Anderson Paak, Ab-soul, Sacramento rapper Mozzy, and bay area’s up and coming rap Group SOB X RBE. The Soundtrack consists of all elements of hip-hop and R&B making it a very diverse and versatile Album.
This first song on the Album is by Kendrick Lamar titled “Black panther”. Kendrick kicks off the song with a verse speaking from the perspective of T’Challa, the main character and alter ego of the black panther talking about himself in a confident manner. In the beginning of the first verse He says, “ King of my city, king of my country, king of my homeland, king of the filthy, king of the fallen, we livin again.” This line refers back to the movie, but can also refer back to Kendrick himself. Oftentimes Kendrick is referred to as the “King” of the rap game, so the whole song could possibly mean two things.
The second song on the album is written By Kendrick Lamar and Sza titled “All the stars’. This song is also about T’Challa but instead of just telling us that he is king, he goes deeper in what it means to be a king. He talks about things that he is scared about, passionate about, and things he notices as king. In the movie T'Challa has just been crowned the King of Wakanda, following his father’s death. He doesn't just struggle with his new position as king, but also with his complicated relationship of love, with his family, his friends, his lover, and his people. He starts his verse saying, “Tell me what gon do to me?, confrontation aint nothin new to me. You can bring a the truth to me. F**k you and all your expectations, I don't even want your congratulations.” In that section of the song Kendrick is talking about him T’challa, the power of vibranium and and his enemies in other countries. In the comic and movie Black panther is the king and defender of Wakanda. Vibranium is the nation's top recourse and is virtually indestructible. Even though Wakanda has great resources and technology, its reacourses can't buy peace or the truth. Kendrick uses this as a way to say that the truth comes from inside you heart and knowledge of self, rather than from any sort of external strength.
The seventh song on the album features SOB X RBE and Kendrick Lamar titled “Paramedic”. This song talks about the antagonist of the movie Killmonger, describing his personality, the rage he has, and mentions where he is from (Northern California). The song starts out with Zacari singing the intro. “I am Killmonger, No one's perfect. But no one's worthless, We ain't deserving' of everything Heaven and Earth is, But word is, good, (this is my home). Said no one's perfect, but no ones worth this, We ain't deserving' of everything heaven and Earth is But word is, good (Northern California)”. The intro describes Killmonger perfectly. In the movie Killmongers father N'Jobu moved out to Oakland, and stole some vibranium from Wakanda to sell in the US. T'Chaka (T'challa's father) kills N'Jobu for betraying their people and leaves Killmonger in Oakland by himself. In the lyrics Kendrick is trying to relay how Killmonger is worth it and how that he is still loved by his people. The song overall would be described as “Hyphy” and a very uptempo aggressive song, kind of like Killmonger. This song is ultimately about killmonger, but also refers back to SOB X RBE. The rap group is also from Northern California and often times has a ruthless/aggressive flare in their music.
The Black Panther album is arguably the best soundtrack to ever be in a movie. It has a variety of different songs you can listen to from chill, to hyphy, to very lyrical. The movie and album explores the black culture and the african diaspora. The album itself has woke up many of folks, and could change the music industry in the long run.