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This week’s discussion prompt: We are now halfway through 2022. What are your favorite songs or albums of the year so far?

One of the most anticipated and talked-about albums of 2022 so far has been Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers, the fifth studio album by American rapper and Pulitzer Prize winner Kendrick Lamar. Expectations were high, and indeed the album is a powerful artistic and personal statement that has met with widespread critical acclaim; however, it is also a challenging album with a couple of tracks that have proven to be divisive. Personally I think it’s an incredible album that both recalls and builds upon Lamar’s earlier artistic triumphs, and like his previous two studio albums I suspect I will be relistening to it on a regular basis for years to come.1Though while I think it’s an amazing track and fits perfectly with the album as a whole, if I were listening more passively or in the car (where my copy of DAMN. has basically lived for the past five years) I could honestly see myself skipping “We Cry Together” more often than not, as it is pretty darn intense

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