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Kendrick Lamar Announces New Album, “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers,” With Release Date

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2 years ago

April 18, 2022

Kendrick Lamar is one of the biggest artists in the world, and there is no doubt that fans have been anticipating a new album. It’s been just a few days since the five-year anniversary of the release of his last album DAMN.

With no new album in sight, some fans had fully given up on the idea of Kendrick ever releasing again. Instead, they were pretty well at peace with him just being retired, altogether.

Today, however, Kendrick dropped a bombshell on the hip-hop world as he revealed that he has a new album dropping on May 13th called Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. Lamar shared the announcement in response to a fan who had claimed on Twitter that he is “retired.”

https://t.co/YVE5bZOBL2 https://t.co/UywGGKExb1

— Kendrick Lamar (@kendricklamar) April 18, 2022

The new album was announced through a letter on Kendrick’s website, and many noted that this was reminiscent of how Michael Jordan marked his return to basketball.

The official statement went out through Lamar’s website, oklama.com, under the letterhead of his multi-media company pgLang. Outside of the title and release date, no further details were provided.

“All factual information for this release will come directly from this source only,” Lamar’s statement reads. “Appreciate your patience.”

Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers will be Lamar’s first full-length effort since 2017’s Damn. In the time since, he’s been mostly quiet, outside of collaborating with his cousin, Baby Keem, for “Family Ties,” and “Range Brothers,” off of The Melodic Blue. Keem and Lamar were honored with the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance for “Family Ties.”

Here are some reactions from fan on Twitter who can’t contain their joy:

NO WAY KENDRICK LAMAR ANNOUNCED HIS ALBUM USING MY TWEET WTFFFF

— SK⚡️ (@raptalksk) April 18, 2022

kendrick lamar saw this shit and said ‘yall really struggling out here i gotchu’ https://t.co/YlYBekZF0M

— mariano 🦦 (@oscos) April 18, 2022

Pusha T Album: April 22nd

Future Album: April 29th

Kendrick Lamar Album: May 13th pic.twitter.com/IzOi84nA0A

— Piñata Farms 🪅 (@pinatafarms) April 18, 2022