“Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers,” Kendrick Lamar’s fifth solo album, was released on Thursday night — his first full-length in five years. Summer Walker, Ghostface Killah, Kodak Black, Sampha, Baby Keem, Beth Gibbons of Portishead, and Taylour Paige all make cameos on the 18-track album, which contains a truly emotive performance from Taylour Paige on the haunting “We Cry Together.” Sounwave, Duval Timothy, Boi-1DA, Lamar as OKLAMA, and Pharrell Williams are the main producers on “Mr. Morale.” “Auntie Diaries,” an uncommonly clear-eyed view on transphobia, is another noteworthy in the lyrically and musically dense and complex album.
The album is missing “The Heart Part 5,” a new song he released on Sunday with a stunning deep fake video.
“MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS” FULL TRACK LISTING:
DISC 1: BIG STEPPERS
1. United In Grief
2. N95
3. Worldwide Steppers
4. Die Hard ft. Blxst & Amanda Reifer
5. Father Time ft. Sampha
6. Rich (Interlude)
7. Rich Spirit
8. We Cry Together ft. Taylour Paige
9. Purple Hearts ft. Summer Walker & Ghostface Killah
DISC 2: MR. MORALE
1. Count Me Out
2. Crown
3. Silent Hill ft. Kodak Black
4. Savior (Interlude)
5. Savior ft. Baby Keem & Sam Dew
6. Auntie Diaries
7. Mr. Morale ft. Tanna Leone
8. Mother I Sober ft. Beth Gibbons of Portishead
9. Mirror