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Kendrick Lamar and the big samples

Switched on Pop

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The Crown of Thorns by Kendrick Pesnowape

The song crown begins with a plotting pianoli, a ong rondeverything ing. Pesnowape even quotes shakespeare. Aa, we've got henry. The fourth reference s biblical references. This contrast of a intimate solo piano performance without a beat,. kendrick on top, figuring out what to do with the expectations when people see you as wearing a crown. And he's wearing a crown of thorns on the cover of this album.

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