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'Alright'
Single by Kendrick Lamar
from the album To Pimp a Butterfly
ReleasedJune 30, 2015
FormatDigital download
Recorded2014–15
Genre
Length3:39
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Kendrick Lamar singles chronology
'Bad Blood'
(2015)		'Alright'
(2015)		'These Walls'
(2015)
Music video
'Alright' on YouTube

'Alright' is a song by American rapper Kendrick Lamar, taken from his third album To Pimp a Butterfly (2015).[1] Lyrically a festive song about hope, it features uncredited vocals from the song's co-producer Pharrell Williams during the chorus. 'Alright' was released to radio stations as the album's fourth single on June 30, 2015.[2] Most music publications considered it among the best songs and videos of the year, highlighting their message in the social context of the time. 'Alright' received four nominations at the 58th Grammy Awards: Song of the Year, Best Music Video, Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song, winning the latter two.

The song was associated with Black Lives Matter after several youth-led protests were heard chanting the chorus, with some publications calling 'Alright' the 'unifying soundtrack' of the movement.[3]

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Inspiration and composition[edit]

Originally, Pharrell Williams created the beat and only six months later, Williams came up with a hook that inspired Lamar to find the right lyrics. The hook, 'We gon' be alright!' allowed Lamar to use the symbolism inherent to spur the rest of the song's lyrics that eventually resonated with an entire movement.[4] In an interview with MTV News, Lamar said it was inspired by his trip to South Africa, witnessing other people's problems in the country: 'their struggle was ten times harder.'[5] The track opens with lines from Alice Walker's The Color Purple, 'Alls my life, I had to fight'. Lamar introduced the character 'Lucy', who plays an essential role in the remainder of the album.[6] According to the lyrics, as Lamar gets bigger so does Lucy: 'ain't a profit big enough to feed you'. At the end of the track, Lamar talks about his suicidal thoughts once in a hotel room 'I didn't wanna self-destruct... The evils of Lucy was all around me.'[7] For music critics a 'celebration of being alive',[8] Lamar described 'Alright' as message of hope.[9] The song begins as a spoken-word treatise before exploding into a shapeshifting portrait of America that brings in jazz horns, skittering drum beats and Lamar's mellifluous rapping as he struggles with troubles and temptations. Musically, it features marching band propulsion and a jazz band's breezy reeds.[10] For his sole production credit, Pharrell Williams, who made the track with Digi+Phonics' member Sounwave, sings the hook.[11]

Critical reception[edit]

Ranked number one on Pitchfork's 'The 100 Best Tracks of 2015', an editor praised the chorus 'We gon be alright,' and described it as 'an ebulliently simple five-syllable refrain, a future-tense assertion of delivery to a better, more peaceful place. In more than one instance, the song's chorus was chanted at Black Lives Matter protests. It has soundtracked a movement. That's largely due to its holistic sentiment as a siren against innumerable injustices, but it has just as much to do with the fact that it's a great hook on a ferociously catchy song.'[10]Consequence of Sound also ranked the song number one on its 'Top 50 Songs of 2015' list, the magazine's editors described the song as 'buoyant, festive, serious, personal, and all-encompassing. Only a song so brilliant in so many ways could earn the honor of becoming a protest song ... 'Alright' isn't about determination; it's about forgetting cold, harsh reality and hoping for something brighter and better if only for three minutes and 39 seconds.'[12]

For The New York Times, writer Nate Chinen placed the song atop his 'The Best Songs of 2015' list, adding 'the verses harbor a (more) internal struggle – and some of Kendrick Lamar's most inspired showboating as a rapper.'[13]Billboard ranked 'Alright' at number eight on its year-end list of 2015: 'Lamar made the struggle his message on the soul-stirring To Pimp a Butterfly cut 'Alright.' ... The fight-the-power anthem became the nation's rallying cry in 2015, especially for the Black Lives Matter movement. The plight of police brutality victims can be heard in every breath Lamar takes on 'Alright' as he tackles society's ills with resilience: 'Homie you fucked up/But if God got us then we gon' be alright.'[14] In a second list for the year's best hip-hop songs, Billboard placed 'Alright' at number three.[15]Village Voice named 'Alright' the fourth-best single released in 2015 on their annual year-end critics' poll, Pazz & Jop.[16]Newsday's editor Glenn Gamboa also ranked it as the best song of the year.[17]

Music video[edit]

The video for 'Alright' was partially filmed in Los Angeles.

Release and synopsis[edit]

I wanted to have this m.A.A.d. city concept in there first. It basically shows the state of everything that's going on in the world right now. It's also showing how one man can basically spread positivity through all of the madness that's going on and how everything is gonna be alright [...] The video starts off so dark and it just progresses and gets lighter and lighter as it goes.

— Director Colin Tilley talking about the music video concept in an interview with MTV.[18]

Lamar was spotted filming the song's music video on Treasure Island in San Francisco, California[19] and atop a traffic light pole in Los Angeles, California.[20] It was released on Lamar's Vevo page on June 30, 2015.[21] The seven-minute-long clip, directed by Colin Tilley and The Little Homies, was filmed entirely in black-and-white.

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The music video starts by showing shots of life in a neighborhood. A young African-American man is seen lying on the ground and Lamar begins speaking. Police and destruction flood the scene as the music starts, and Lamar begins rapping a new verse alongside his Black Hippy cohorts (ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul and Jay Rock), in a car carried by four police officers (this section of the video is very similar to the intro of Busta Rhymes' music video for 'Woo-Hah! Got You All In Check.')[22] During the video, Lamar flies through California, while his crew is throwing out money to everybody and dancers perform in the streets. At the end of the music video, Lamar stands on a lamppost and a policeman shoots him down. The rapper falls to the ground finishing his monologue from the beginning of the video, but ends the clip with a smile.[21]

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Reception[edit]

Pitchfork ranked it as the best music video of 2015, highlighting 'Lamar's own flight above the streets of L.A., his inner-city Icarus providing one of the most arresting – and liberating – images of the year.'[23]Consequence of Sound listed the video at number one on its 'Top 5 Music Videos of 2015', concluding 'The video works as a microcosm of the sad and wretched state of many cities: crooked cops, burning cars, abandoned buildings, and bleak backdrops of an urban sprawl. It's powerful, harrowing, bleak, and hopeful all at once.'[24]Spin also listed the clip atop its 'The 25 Best Music Videos of 2015'.[25]

Eric Ducker for Rolling Stone wrote 'Lamar emerges as a charismatic but vulnerable superhero, flying through the city and doing donuts in a parking lot as a kid gleefully sits shotgun,' and also commended the director Colin Tilley's work, 'he creates a starker experience befitting one of the most ambitious albums by a major artist in recent history. Tilley rises to the challenge of matching Lamar's beautifully complex and conflicted vision.' The editor listed it at number six on his best music videos of 2015 article.[26]Slant Magazine staff named it the 4th best video of the year.[27] The music video received seven nominations at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, including Video of the Year, Best Male Video and Best Direction,[28] ultimately winning the latter. Furthermore, it received a nomination for Grammy Award for Best Music Video.

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Live performances and controversy[edit]

Lamar performed the song for the first time at the 15th BET Awards on June 28, 2015. The performance featured Lamar standing on a graffiti-embossed police car flanked by a gigantic battered American flag.[29]Geraldo Rivera of Fox News called the performance 'disgusting', and criticized Lamar, stating that 'Hip Hop has done more damage to African Americans than racism in recent years'.[30] Lamar, later, responded to the comments with a short video questioning Rivera's claim, stating 'How can you take a message of hope and turn it into hate?'[9] Lamar later used audio of Rivera's comments in his song 'DNA.'.[31]

'Alright' was featured on the Kunta's Groove Sessions tour.[32] Lamar and Pharrell Williams performed the song together at LA radio station Power 106's annual Cali Christmas concert.[33]

Lamar performed a medley of 'The Blacker the Berry' and 'Alright' at the 58th Grammy Awards.[34] It was ranked by Rolling Stone and Billboard as the best performance and best moment of the night,[35][36] with the latter writing 'It was easily one of the best live TV performances in history.'[37]

Lamar has performed 'Alright' at every show on the Damn tour.[38]

Impact[edit]

In 2015, several youth-led protests against police brutality across the country were heard chanting the chorus to 'Alright'.[39][40]Rolling Stone's writer Greg Tate commented: 'Lamar's 'Alright' has been touted by many a comrade in today's student activist cadre as their 'We Shall Overcome'.[41] Additionally, several contemporary progressive news outlets, including BET, raised the idea of 'Alright' being the modern Black National Anthem.[42][43][44] Lamar was featured on Ebony Power 100, annual list that recognizes many leaders of the African-American community, emphasizing 'how the chorus of his song 'Alright' became a chant for Black Lives Matter protestors'.[45] Producer Sounwave stated 'I didn't expect 'Alright' to be the protest song but I did know it was going to do something because the time we're living in made it the perfect song.'[46] Protestors at a Chicago rally against Donald Trump chanted the chorus of the song in March 2016.[47]

Usage in media[edit]

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Kendrick Lamar made a cameo in a promo ad for ABC sitcom Black-ish. A minute-long clip was released featuring Lamar's song in a music video the show's Johnson kids create to become an 'overnight viral sensation.' The remainder of the promo ad moves into a music video setting where the Black-ish casts raps along to 'Alright' while Lamar himself sits on the family couch munching on snacks.[48] On January 25, 2016, the Grammys released a promotional video where Compton residents rap along to 'Alright' before Lamar joins them at the end.[49] This song was featured during the end credits of The First Purge.

Accolades[edit]

YearOrganizationAwardResultRef.
2015MTV Video Music AwardsVideo of the YearNominated[28]
Best Male Video
Best Hip-Hop Video
Best DirectionWon
BET Hip Hop AwardsBest Hip Hop Video[50]
Impact Track
Track of the YearNominated
MTV Europe Music AwardsBest Video[51]
Soul Train Music AwardsBest Video of the Year[52]
Rhythm & Bars AwardWon
CamerimageBest Music Video[53]
Best Cinematography In A Music Video
2016Grammy AwardsSong of the YearNominated[54]
[55]
Best Rap PerformanceWon
Best Rap Song
Best Music VideoNominated
BET AwardsVideo of the Year

Charts[edit]

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[56]27
Belgium Urban (Ultratop Flanders)[57]44
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[58]109
UK R&B (Official Charts Company)[59]20
US Billboard Hot 100[60]81
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[61]14
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[62]14

Certifications[edit]

RegionCertificationCertified units/Sales
United States (RIAA)[63]Platinum1,000,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

References[edit]

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External links[edit]

  • 'Alright' on YouTube
  • Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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“Alright” provides a moment of hope amid To Pimp a Butterfly’s battle to find higher purpose. After “u” – where Kendrick lays out his burdens – “Alright” responds by detailing how Kendrick means to escape his troubles. By trusting in God, Kendrick is able to look past his failures and have confidence that everything will be okay – “we gon’ be alright.”

On the surface, the motif is optimistic and universal, but the message is driven by specific pain and struggle. Awareness regarding the disproportionate police brutality against blacks has left many wondering if the U.S.A. has made any progress toward racial equality. Rather than despair, “Alright” assures listeners that, through solidarity, “we gon’ be alright.”

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The mantra made a strong impact in the 2015 summer of protest, as Black Lives Matter activists all over America chanted “we gon’ be alright” to mourn the countless black people killed by police in 2015 and provide hope for a better future.

Some took to twitter suggesting “Alright” as a “new black national anthem” similar to “Lift Every Voice and Sing” and “We Shall Overcome” – also songs of hope emerging out of periods of despair.

At the 2015 BET awards, Kendrick performed “Alright” on top of a police car, further highlighting the song’s purpose as a protest against police brutality. The powerful imagery and anti-police lyrics proved to be controversial when Fox News’s Geraldo Rivera said:

In a video interview with TMZ Kendrick responded, driving the conversation back to the problem of police brutality instead of allowing Rivera and others to change the topic to hip-hop, by saying:

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“… the senseless acts of killings of these young boys out there … This is reality, this is my world, this is what I talk about in my music. You can’t delude that. Me being on a cop car, that’s a performance piece after these senseless acts … Hip-hop is not the problem. Our reality is the problem of the situation. This is our music. This is us expressing ourselves.”

To give his message context, Kendrick worked with director Colin Tilley to create an extended music video for “Alright” – released June 30, 2015.

On February 15, 2016 at the 58th Grammy Awards, Kendrick Lamar took home five Grammys for his work on To Pimp a Butterfly. “Alright” was nominated for four awards, ultimately winning both Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song.

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This song can be seen as the person tired of all the crying and feeling bad for themselves. They are now ready to take action and find a solution.