Kendrick Lamar has delivered some big hits over the years. One of those songs is none other than “The Blacker The Berry,” which comes from his 2015 magnum opus, To Pimp A Butterfly.
The song has been performed at the Grammys, and it has remained a pivotal song in rap history. That said, the song was recently used as part of an episode of Bass X Machina. This is a new anime on Netflix, with Brian Tyree Henry playing the part of Bass Reeves.
As you can see in the clip below, there is a gunfight on a train. When Reeves says, “Anybody wanna reconsider? You got until I finish reloading this gun,” the song begins playing. As you will notice, this is a remix of the song that is made to fit within the sound design of the episode.
Kendrick Lamar In Bass X Machina
Overall, it is a dope move from the show to include this song. It just goes to show the power of Kendrick’s music, and how it remains culturally relevant after all these years.
Mustard once said that Kendrick Lamar was inspired by Goku when he made the song “Hey Now.” Clearly, the anime influences are clear, and now, the shoe is on the other foot.
“I had heard ‘Hey Now’ during the ‘Not Like Us’ video shoot; he played me a snippet. I asked him, ‘Man, what made you do that?’ And he said, ‘When I heard the beat, I just felt like Goku or something’,” Mustard told Grammy.com. “I was like, ‘What?’ And he explained, ‘Yeah, when I hear certain shit on your beats, it brings out something else in me, so I just did whatever I felt.’ I was like, ‘Wow, that’s crazy.'”
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