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Last month, Lamar finally put that speculation to rest.
In a press release on his website oklama.com, heannounced his fifth album,Mr.
Morale & the Big Steppers, would be out May 13.
Hes been spare on more details,teasingthatMr.
5 and its deep-faked video on May 8.
In just a few more days, fans will finally get what theyve been waiting for.
That revelation came days after some hungry listenerstheorizedthat Lamar would drop a whole second album for Easter.
But a day after teasing that new music, Lamar walked back what he said.
None is coming, hetweeted.
Of course, some thought new Kendrick couldve been in the mix.
But when one chapter closes, another opens, right?
Lamars song The Heart Pt.
4 precededDAMN., so that tweet very well couldve been teasing The Heart Pt.
5 and a possible new album to follow.
Instead, it was just Lamar being a Future fan.
Did that mean hed be proving that bypublishinga new album soon?
And that hes pulling in more rock sounds this time?
Werde reportedon Twitterthat several people told him Lamars new album may finally be done.
Morale & the Big Steppersa whole two years after its debut.
Well, hethinkshe did.
Still, talk of new Kendrick is talk of new Kendrick!
The week included new cuts from Isaiah Rashad and SiR, but ended without a peep from K.Dot.
May 18, 2020: When Top Dawg said Lamar was returning soonAgain: Dont trust TDE.
Fans once again learned their lesson when Top Dawgwrotein an Instagram comment that king Kendrick will return soon.
If two years is soon to you, sure.
We still havent seen clips that use those shots, meaning they very well could be part of theMr.
Morale & the Big Steppersrollout (and that Lamar really has been taking his sweet time).
October 19, 2020: When Punch said the album was coming soon soon
Pretty soon.
He told a fanon TwitterLamars new music would come pretty soon, and thenclarifiedthat he meant soon soon.
Except the tweet in question?
A video of a young Jack Harlow freestyling.
April 28, 2021: When TDE said, THE WAIT IS OVAH!!!!!!
and a teased date of May 7, 2021.
Turns out that was a warning to not expect anything new from him in 2021.
From the man himself, it was confirmation that new music would be coming at some point.
Theres beauty in completion, he added.What about completing that album?, millions of fans wondered.
But that wasnt all he had up his sleeve.
It was the biggest Kendrick drop since theBlack Panthersoundtrack.
But he made another promise after the set,tellingthe crowd, Til next time.
And when I say next time, very soon.
Soon: It carries a bit more weight coming from the man himself!
March 4, 2022: When he was announced to headline Glastonbury … againHows this for deja vu?
But this time, it actually was a sign of an album, withMr.
Morale & the Big Steppersannounced the following month.
