Control
2013 · Not On Label · Compton, California
- Artist
- Kendrick Lamar
- Title
- Control
- Release
- Control
- Year
- 2013
- Label
- Not On Label
- Format
- Digital · Bootleg / Unauthorized
- Language
- English
- Country
- Compton, California, USA
- Genre
- Hip Hop · West Coast Hip Hop · Conscious Hip Hop
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
"Control" Hip Hop Tell Flex to drop a bomb on this shit / So many bombs, ring the alarm, like Vietnam on this shit / So many bombs, make Farrakhan think that Saddam in this bitch / One at a time, I line them up / And bomb on they mom while she watchin' the kids / I'm in a destruction mode if the gold exists
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Rap / Hip Hop Songs
Kendrick Lamar, also known K-Dot, associated with West Coast Hip Hop / Conscious Hip Hop, born on 17 June 1987 in Compton, California, USA - commercial successful, and influential artist, with many awards, including a Pulitzer Prize for Music for 2018. Songs referencing the Vietnam War include: "G’z and Hustlers" (2005) (with Jay Rock), "Still Hustlin’" (2009) (with Ab-Soul and Jay Rock), "2DopeBoyz Freestyle" (2009), "Control" (2013) (with Big Sean and Jay Electronica), and "Before I commit suicide" (2019). Another track from Kendrick Lamar, the song "Control", in collaboration with Big Sean and Jay Electronica, again used Vietnam as a metaphor for violence: "so many bombs, ring the alarm, like Vietnam". He also referenced the leader of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, and Louis Farrakhan, head of the US-based Nation of Islam: "so many bombs, make Farrakhan think that Saddam in this bitch".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Kendrick Lamar, also known K-Dot, associated with West Coast Hip Hop / Conscious Hip Hop, born on 17 June 1987 in Compton, California, USA - commercial successful, and influential artist, with many awards, including a Pulitzer Prize for Music for 2018. Songs referencing the Vietnam War include: "G’z and Hustlers" (2005) (with Jay Rock ), "Still Hustlin’" (2009) (with Ab-Soul and Jay Rock ), "2Do.