Blogpost 5 : Kendrick Lamar : Cocky

Who is kendrick Lamar? Kendrick is a upcoming west coast rapper from compton. Kendrick is well known for is highly praised album/mixtape Section.80 and for recently being signed to Aftermath Records. His fellow west coast rappers Dr.dre, Snoop Dogg, Game have named him the new king of the west. They say that he is the future of hiphop. Is kendrick that cocky? why has he been bashing different other rappers?

Is Kendrick really that cocky? Based on his song control that he bashed and trash talked different other popular rappers in the industry. Cocky means Used to describe people who have an overly high opinion of themselves. Usually overly self-confident and/or overly self-assertive.

 In my first article which is Cocky Kendrick Lamar trash-talks Drake and other rappers in new song by Andrew Ryan That Kendrick Lamar is trash talking drake and the other rappers in his new song control by Big Sean. This rap song is really trending through twitter and the rap world. In his seven-minute song, Lamar employs the N-word several times and makes no secret of his intent to steal fans from some of the biggest names in the rap industry. Is Lamar cocky? The 26-year-old rapper,  was named Hottest MC by MTV last year, displays solid swagger with the boastful verse: “I’m Machiavelli’s offspring, I’m the king of New York/King of the Coast, one hand, I juggle them both.  ”So far, none of the other rappers named have voiced their displeasure with the new song.  Pusha T posted on Twitter to express his support of Lamar’s composition with the comment: “I hear u loud and clear. ”Big Sean also took to Twitter to explain to his four-million followers why Control wasn’t on his new album Hall of Fame, which drops August 27.

Why do rappers need to be cocky in the music industry? What's the psychology behind this kind of personality? On the second article that i read about which is written by Gad Saad entitled Why Do Male Rappers Throw Away Wads of Cash in Rap Videos? The articles suggests that  throwing money, driving fancy sports car is one way of expressing their power over their competitors. The bottom line is that the male rapper say "If I weren't so sublimely rich, I could not afford to throw away such loads of cash. However, my careless attitude toward money signals that I am immeasurably rich!" This certain psychology can also be explained by Charles Darwin's theory the Darwinian process of sexual selection (the evolution of traits or behaviors meant to augment one's success in the mating arena)

 

 It is evident in our society and in the music industry that competion among rappers and music artists is rampant and innevitable. People tend to compete with each other. It is a natural reflex of human beings. We are programmed to survive in any ways possible, and we are willing to do anything just to fit it. And in the case of music artists, being cocky, flashy, and egotistic is a natural defense mechanism. It can be explained by the constant struggle to be at the top and to be the best among the rest.