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 untitled unedited.Written by Connor Mayers (Penn Manor ‘20) and Michael Powers (Louisiana ‘19)Special thanks to Vishwa Shanmugam (Downingtown STEM ‘18, Maryland ‘22) for editing!Note to moderator: This is a warm-up tossup and does not count towards score. Tell that to players after the tossup has been read.In the first verse of this song, someone is described as “curious for Thug Passion.” In a two part bridge, Danny Boy sings about a “female I like” “giving me that nice smile” before JoJo implores a female to “come on home with me.” In this song’s second verse, (+) K-Ci [“kay-see”] describes how “you make me wanna sang” and “you make my bells rang.” The third verse of this song begins by asking “How do you want it? What’s your phone number?” A diss against (*) Dre is included in this track that tells him to “check your sexuality; as fruity as this Alize.” For ten points, name this Pac love ballad, whose title might have inspired me to write this quizbowl question about it.ANSWER: Toss It Up1. An article from the AV Club posits that these objects may be literary references and connects them to both Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man and Chinua Achebe’s (*) Things Fall Apart. On one song, these things are said to have “brought it out of Richard Pryor,” and on the chorus of that song, a female voice asks “What’s [these objects]?” On that same track, Kendrick announces “[These objects] are the (*) power that be.” For 10 points, name these objects mentioned on King Kunta, a type of traditionally orange tuber not to be confused with a sweet potato.ANSWER: the yams<CM - TPAB>2. When recalling a conversation he had with this figure, Kendrick makes a reference to a sitcom co-starring Desi Arnaz. In a song partly told from the perspective of this figure, plans to “move your momma” into a (+) “gi-jantic mansion” are mentioned. This figure’s first mention is in a verse that alludes to an earlier one but switches Uncle Sam’s name with this figure’s. This figure “spit a little rap” to Kendrick when he turned 26, according to the song in which this figure has their most prominent role. Among other things, this figure is (*) “not timid”, “up front”, has “got paperwork on top of paperwork”, and “gon’ fill your pockets”. For ten points, what figure’s “evils” “was all around me” according to the poem from To Pimp a Butterfly?ANSWER: Lucy [prompt on Lucifer]<MP - TPAB>3. Specific phrase required. In the first refrain of a song that prominently contains this specific phrase, a sample from “Mommy, What’s a Gravedigga?” is used. On a track that contains this phrase, a featured artist says “it’s in my veins to fight back.” That artist on that track claims “they take the (+) heart and soul out of a man” after “you turn thirty.” A track that contains this question also asks questions like “is your smile on permanent?”, “you say he touched those kids?”, and “Generation X, will I ever be your X?” The end of the track that repeats this question features Kendrick reading “something my good friend had wrote (*) describing my world,” which he asks the featured artist “what’s your perspective on that?” For ten points, give this phrase, a question Kendrick asks repeatedly throughout the chorus of the final track of To Pimp a Butterfly, “Mortal Man”.ANSWER: When shit hit the fan, is you still a fan? [don’t accept partial answers]<MP - TPAB>4. On one track, Kendrick hears Usher’s “Let it Burn” after interacting with this person. On another track, this person is revealed to live with their “granny” and “younger two brothers” after it is also stated that this person’s (+) “mother was a crack addict”. When this person is first introduced, they are said to live “down the street from Dominguez High” which is “borderline Compton.” When Kendrick goes to visit this person, he sees (*) two men in black hoodies. For 10 points, name this person, who is also known as Master Splinter’s Daughter, a love interest of Kendrick’s who names the opening track of good kid, m.A.A.d city.ANSWER: Sherane [accept Master Splinter’s Daughter before mentioned]<CM - gkmc>5. In the third part of this song, Kendrick sings with Taz Arnold and says things like “Uh, said you make me wanna just Drake you down” and “If your mama’s around / If your mama’s around”. That section of this song repeats phrases like “bam bam” and (+) “come on”. The second part of this song starts off with an interlude from Egypt who says “Compton is where I’m from”, after which Kendrick declares “I feel like Pacino in Godfather, I’m charged.” On the first part of this song, Kendrick declares that (*) chains, juice, crew, fame, hate, love, and drugs all “won’t get you high as this”. For 10 points, name this track whose repetition of the word “levitate” gives it its unofficial nickname, the second to last on untitled unmastered.ANSWER: untitled 07 | 2014 - 2016 [accept “Levitate” before mentioned]<CM - uu>6. Description acceptable. In a video on his second YouTube channel, Anthony Fantano begins discussing this action by saying “this has been one of the biggest music memes of 2017.” Reddit user calcagano’s post “A Tale of (+) Two Kendricks” describes a theory related to doing this action. Of releasing an album defined by this action, Kendrick said “I think the feel changes.” According to Kendrick, “fans realized you can” do this action (*) “like, a week after the album came out.” For ten points, what modification is made to a certain album by its namesake Collector’s Edition?ANSWER: DAMN.(‘s tracklist is) reversed [prompt on partial answer; accept more wordy/descriptive answers]<MP - DAMN.>7. This track, which has a 3 line bridge from Bekon, has a lengthy third verse in which Kendrick discusses an incident in which he “read about Rihanna’s accountant and wondered / How did the bad girl feel when she looked at those numbers?” In that same verse on this song, Kendrick mentions his thoughts at the age of (+) 27 multiple times, which include “losin’ it all” and “being judged”. The fourth verse of this song ends with Kendrick saying “Wonderin’ if I’m living through (*) [this song’s title] or living through rap,” and this song’s chorus declares “If I could smoke [this song’s title] away, I’d roll that motherfucker up”. For 10 points, name this lengthy 12th track on DAMN., whose title is also the name of a distressful emotion.ANSWER: “FEAR.”<CM - DAMN.>8. An article in AXS calls this video “uncomfortably beautiful” and lists short messages shown throughout the video such as “Tracey Ellis Ross is vibrant”, “You'll buy the mall if lust involved, the evils of it all” , and (+) “Life is like a box of chicken”. That part of this music video was shot at the Le Silencio Club in Paris and shows (*) topless girls attempting to seduce Kendrick. The first part of this video is set in a dimly lit room where Kendrick can be seen drinking and jerking around spasmodically. For 10 points, name this video, split into two parts, that contains both “u” and “For Sale?”.ANSWER: God Is Gangsta<CM - TPAB>9. This song’s intro includes the question “so what keeps you alive?”, which is answered with “Four big bottles of water a day” as well as “two packs of Marlboro Reds.” That intro is taken from an interview with the artist (+) Dash Snow, who is officially featured on this song. This song contains the line “I pray these bars get farther than Compton” after which Kendrick says, “The Kendrick Lamar (*) OD in less than a month”. This track later describes the project it’s on with the lines “They said seven tracks, I said fifteen / Called it an EP, they said I’m trippin.” For 10 points, name this first track on Overly Dedicated, which is the second in a series of lyric heavy songs by Kendrick named for a vital organ.ANSWER: “The Heart Pt. 2” [prompt on The Heart]<CM - Mixtape Days>10. A line that Kendrick says to this person probably refers to the title of a song Kendrick made with J. Cole in response to Shyne’s criticism of good kid, m.A.A.d city; that song is “The Jig Is Up”. One line Kendrick says to this person references how (+) Shaquille O’Neal and Denzel Washington both appeared in the film He Got Game. This person inspires “sour emotions” in Kendrick that have him “lookin’ at the universe different.” Although this person’s “stare is contagious”, this person’s eyes follow Kendrick “with no laser.” Kendrick first encounters this person after a (*) gas station clerk fails to understand his request for 20 on pump 6 due to Kendrick’s “slurry” American accent. For ten points, what person reveals that they are God at the end of “How Much a Dollar Cost”? ANSWER: the homeless man from “How Much a Dollar Cost” [accept any answer indicating some sort of beggar or panhandler or transient; accept any of the following before “God”: God; Jesus; the son of Jehovah; the Messiah; the higher power; the choir that spoke the word; the Holy Spirit; the nerve of Nazareth] <MP - TPAB> 11. On one track, Kendrick parks it “in front of Lueders, next to” a vendor of this commodity. In the line after Kendrick notes how much he tries “to celebrate February like it’s my B-Day”, this commodity is the second of three listed. After “crooked cops” told one character “he should (+) kick it”, that character “walked back to” a place known for selling this commodity. On that same track, at a “spot” that sold this commodity, a “light-skinned” person (*) “talked a lot.” For ten points, Church’s is a chain that sells what foodstuff, which also comes in a Kentucky Fried variety?ANSWER: (fried) chicken<MP - Other>12. On “A.D.H.D”, this man ends the song by singing “You can have all my shine, I’ll give you the light / double cup deuce, four, six, just mix it in sprite”. On another track, this man comments on the political climate of the country by saying “The president is (+) black, but you can’t vote for skin, you vote for the better man.” On that same song, this man says “Fire in the street, fire in my swisher / Fire in between the two (*) legs of your sister.” On that song named for this man, Kendrick repeats the hook “Life is a traffic jam.” For 10 points, name this member of Black Hippy who has a namesake “Outro” at the end of Section.80.ANSWER: Ab-Soul<CM - S.80>13. This verse starts off with a second vocalist saying “Hey baby, you forgot your Ray Bans / And my sheets still orange from your spray tan”. On this verse, Kendrick says “Momma used to cook red beans and rice / Now it’s Denny’s, 4 in the mornin’ spoil your appetite.” Later in this verse, Kendrick asks a cutie with a (+) “bougie bootie” to come “Erykah Badu” him, after which Kedrick also declares that “R&B singers are lesbians”. Kendrick ends this verse by stating (*) “Instagram is the best way to promote some pussy.” For 10 points, name this verse that Kendrick delivers on a track from Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo, whose chorus asks to not have any more celebrations in California’s most populous city.ANSWER: Kendrick’s verse on No More Parties in LA <CM - Other>14. Note to mod: Read answerline thoroughly first. Description acceptable. In one song, Kendrick is racing with one person of this type on a freeway to Africa before wrecking his Audi. After saying that two of these people are “going stupid” and “on your campus” respectively, Kendrick asserts that you can’t resist something they possess. Another one of these people that Kendrick mentions is (+) “cooking meals”, alluding to a real life program that was started in Oakland. Kendrick says he’s “falling victim to a revolutionary song” after one of these people “puts a hex” on his future. On the track that this type of person is mentioned on, Kendrick repeats that he is “having visions” of the most notable of these people (*) staring at him. For 10 points, name this general sort of person which Kendrick references frequently on the track “HiiiPoWeR”, who include Marcus Garvey, Fred Hampton, Huey Newton, Bobby Seale, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr.ANSWER: prominent black activists [accept Black Panthers, Black Power advocates, Pan-Africanists, or Civil Rights activists; accept any description indicating important or notable African American or black figures; prompt on “activists” prompt on black or African American people by asking “What specific type of African American?”]<CM - S.80>15. Specific phrase required. This phrase is repeated in a song whose music video was directed by Joe Weil & The Little Homies. At the end of that music video, Hikeah Kareem exits a mansion and sees one of (+) many Kendricks sitting on top of a gold minivan. This specific phrase starts a verse claiming that the object central to this phrase “need interest”. In another verse that begins with this phrase, Kendrick needs “forty acres and a mule, not a forty ounce and a pitbull”. In the (*) spoken word intro to the song that repeats this phrase, a distraught girlfriend claims she needs “that Brazilian wavy, twenty-eight inch”. For ten points, what phrase about the cost of Kendrick’s genitalia is repeated throughout the second track of To Pimp a Butterfly?ANSWER: this dick ain’t free! [Five extra points for anyone who answers with proper inflection]<MP - TPAB>16. Description acceptable. On one track of this type, Kendrick “used to be jealous” of popular figures from Compton like Aaron Afflalo and Jayceon Taylor. On another track of this type, Kendrick posits that “they come for (+) women, weed, and weather.” A third one of these tracks features Mary J. Blige, who repeats “I’m so high I can touch the sky” in the chorus. Dr. Dre features on the first track of this type, whose background vocals repeat “smoking weed with you, cause you taught me to” throughout the song. The (*) fourth and final track of this type reflects on prison time served by Kendrick’s friend Dante, who tries to reach his mom every day using the title things. For ten points, “Now or Never”, “Collect Calls”, and “The Recipe” are all what sort of track from the deluxe version of a certain album? ANSWER: bonus tracks on good kid, m.A.A.d city (Deluxe Version) [prompt on gkmc tracks by asking “What’s unique about them?”; accept anything indicating that these tracks only appear on the Deluxe Version of gkmc]<MP - gkmc>17. On the track “Blame God”, this person is asked to show their arm. It’s not Punch, but on the track “Blow Them Horns”, this person is described as claustrophobic and says “don’t put me in a box with you ni**as,” after which he also declares (+) “You can't categorize me.” On the track “Gz and Hustlas”, Jay Rock says that him and this person “spit raw, deejays, Mr. Miyagi”. This person, who also released the projects Y.H.N.I.C and (*) C4, changed their name for a 2010 release. For 10 points, name this artist of the mixtape Training Day, an alias that Kendrick used in his early rapping years.ANSWER: K-Dot [prompt on Kendrick before he is mentioned by asking “what specific name for Kendrick?”]<CM - Mixtape Days>18. Description acceptable. This idea was first posited by Reddit user thetommy1222, who based it on the use of the abbreviation “TOC”. This idea was partially fuelled by Sounwave tweeting a picture of Morpheus with the caption “But what if I told you... that’s not the (+) official version.” The placement of the letter M above Kendrick’s head led many proponents of this idea to theorize it symbolized the devil’s horns, and that an O would represent a halo. This idea gained more traction after Kendrick’s Spotify page icon was changed into him standing in front of a (*) blue-bricked wall. For 10 points, name this theory, in which fans predicted Kendrick would parallel the resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday, by following up DAMN. with another release.ANSWER: the theory that Kendrick would drop a second album after DAMN. [or the release of NATION.; accept any answers mentioning the release of a second album]<CM - DAMN>19. During this performance, Kendrick freestyled the lines “On February 26th, I lost my life too / 22 hours taken, for the world to see / set us back another 400 years,’ which were most likely a reference to the killing of (+) Trayvon Martin. Towards the end of this performance, an outline of Africa with the word “Compton” was shown, and to begin this performance, Kendrick walked out in (*) chains and declared “I’m the biggest hypocrite of 2015”. During the second section of this performance, Kendrick rapped in front of a bonfire while people danced around him. For 10 points, name this performance, in which Kendrick performed parts of The Blacker the Berry and Alright at a music awards show.ANSWER: Kendrick’s performance at the 58th Grammy Awards [or the 2016 Grammy Awards; prompt on any answer that doesn’t specify which Grammy Awards it was]<CM - Other>20. A Rolling Stone article about this verse titled “9 Ways [this verse] Changed the World” calls this verse “one of the most important rap moments of the decade” and then notes how “You Can’t Buy It”. The use of an (+) uncleared sample of Jay Z’s “Where I’m From” by No I.D meant that the song that contains this verse was not able to be fully released. This verse contains the lines “I’m important like the Pope, I’m a Muslim on Pork” and “I’m Makavelli’s offspring, I’m the (*) king of New York” and then goes on to name drop Eminem, Nas, and Andre 3000. For 10 points, name this Kendrick verse on an unreleased 2013 Big Sean track, in which Kendrick famously calls out 12 other emerging rappers.ANSWER: Kendrick’s verse on Control by Big Sean<CM - Other>HALF-TIME - SCORECHECK 21. In 2014 the artists Eric Reed and Willie Jones sued Kendrick over this song because they claimed it contains an uncleared section of their song “The Thorn”. The beginning of the music video for this song includes a three piece brass section that can be seen playing in the middle of the street. One of the top comments on that video is “no (+) oxygen was harmed in the making of this video”. In this song, Kendrick says that he will “pass the weed to the pastor” and “put his dick in the (*) rap industry” after also declaring on the hook to “not ask for your favorite rapper” because “he dead.” For 10 points, name this Section.80 song in which Kendrick showcases his amazing rapping technique and stamina, named for the third stage of death in which the muscles stiffen.ANSWER: Rigamortus [or Rigarmortis]<CM - S.80>22. The person on the intro to this song says “No socks and skinny jeans shit, ha,” before telling Kendrick to “call him on Shaniqua’s phone.” On this song, Kendrick shouts out another (+) rapper by declaring “Critics want to mention that they miss when hip hop was rappin / motherfucker if you did then Killer Mike’d be platinum”. On this track, Kendrick asks (*) “Red state versus a blue state, which one you governin’?” after declaring there's a “flu of new Demo-Crips and Re-Blood-licans”. For 10 points, name this 10th track on To Pimp a Butterfly, whose hook describes Kendrick’s dislikes as “boo boo”.ANSWER: Hood Politics<CM - TPAB>23. A song about these things asks “why you laugh?” and “don’t you feel bad?” in its third verse, which is not included in its radio version. In a song titled for these things, a short interlude features Kendrick asking (+) “where is she taking me?” In the outro to a song titled for these objects, Dave gets killed in a gunfight. A bridge in a song titled for these objects mentions varying numbers of (*) choppers and shots. The hook of a song titled for these structures details steps to getting turnt at a party, like “pour up” and “sit down”. For ten points, in a song subtitled (Drank), Kendrick compares alcohol abuse to “diving” in what structures?ANSWER: swimming pools [accept Swimming Pools (Drank); accept pools]<MP - gkmc>24. Kendrick became interested in working with this artist when he heard this artist’s track “Nursery Boy”. On untitled 05, this singer claims you “bled the floor” and “burned to coal” before repeating the line (+) “and that means the world to me.” In another feature, this vocalist and Bilal claim that “I’d pay my momma’s rent” if “I was the President.” In this singer’s most notable feature, this singer simply says (*) “sex” after repeating “if these walls could talk” with increasing intensity. For ten points, name this frequent collaborator with Kendrick who has appeared on tracks like “Institutionalized”, “Real”, and “These Walls”.ANSWER: Anna Wise<MP - Other>25. A website dedicated to this phrase says “in its most basic configuration it affirms whatever proceeds it” and attempts to find its actual meaning by explaining the context of all the times it appears. This phrase appears after the lines “Hot sauce all in our Top Ramen” as well as “Park the (+) car and we start rhymin’”. This phrase, which also appears after the line “A silver spoon I know you come from”, appears 12 times on a song with additional vocals from Anna Wise and also contains a prominent feature from (*) Jay Rock. This phrase most prominently appears after the lines “From nine to five I know it’s vacant” as well “Throwing gang signs out the window”. For 10 points, name this phrase that appears prominently throughout “Money Trees”, an expletive adlib that has almost no known meaning. ANSWER: ya bish [accept any answer that sounds something like this]<CM - gkmc>26. One of the top comments on this video asks “did he just fart at 20:55?”, at which point the person in the video is saying “I do see the value of releasing an album where you essentially kind of document the (+) war that goes on in one’s mind.” An article from Above Average Hip Hop criticized this video for using the words “Bullshit and stupid” to describe Cousin Carl’s interlude. This video’s (*) bald creator was memed for the line in its description instructing viewers to “Watch the Review THOT/10”. For 10 points, name this 2017 video in which a popular internet music critic controversially gives a 7/10 to Kendrick’s fourth studio album.ANSWER: Anthony Fantano’s/theneedledrop’s review of DAMN. [accept anything mentioning Fantano or theneedledrop, some sort of critical assessment, and DAMN.]<CM - DAMN.>27. A Billboard article says that this video “is a poignant exercise in irony and is also filled with messaging that could be perceived as anti conformist.” In one section of this video, Kendrick appears in a white hoodie that simply says (+) ‘Dreamer” on it. One shot in this video filmed with a GoPro Omni shows Kendrick riding a bicycle, while another shows him sitting amongst many women while in a beauty salon. One section of this video shows Kendrick in a (* ) sea of men dressed in black bobbing their heads, while its opening shot shows Kendrick illuminated by a ray of light and wearing papal robes. For 10 points, name this video for the first single off of DAMN., in which Kendrick tells people to “sit down” and be the title quality.ANSWER: HUMBLE. music video [accept any answer indicating the visuals or video accompanying HUMBLE.]<CM - DAMN.28. Description acceptable. A song with this quality ends its single verse by Kendrick noting he is “running in place, tryna make it to church.” On another song with this quality, Kendrick contrasts how “you be callin’ it hip-hop, I be callin’ it hypnotized.” A song that has this quality describes how (+) “Ciara had played in the background” of an event that explains why two people “chirped the whole summer”. The first verse of a song that has this quality is preceded by a featured artist yelling (*) “Hit me!” Kendrick’s spoken word verse on a song that has this quality begins with him recalling how he was “taking a walk the other day.” For ten points, F*ck Your Ethnicity, Sherane, Wesley’s Theory, and BLOOD. all serve as what type of songs that begin the albums they appear on?ANSWER: they are intro songs [accept descriptive answers before “begin”]<MP - Other>29. Teddy Craven described a song named for this person as the strongest of the album it appears on, and described that song’s ending as a “philosophical mic-drop”. At the start of a song named for this person, a sample (+) abruptly ends, leaving out the words “love for you has never changed.” That sample is from the Ted Taylor song “Be Ever Wonderful”. According to a song about this person, this person “came from the streets, the Robert Taylor Homes.” This person was “well aware” that a group of people “robbed the manager and shot a customer last year,” leading to this person giving (*) “free chicken” to that group’s leader “every time” he “posted in line.” For ten points, Top Dawg could be serving life if he killed what person, for whom the last track of DAMN. is named?ANSWER: Kenny “Ducky” Duckworth [accept either underlined portion; accept anything indicating that this is Kendrick’s father or male progenitor; accept DUCKWORTH. if you can somehow perceive capital letters through your ears]<MP - DAMN.>30. After this event, Vince Staples claimed that he “hates the conversation” surrounding the focus of this event. In reference to this event, Twitter user @alsostephenking called Kendrick a “gracious person” for giving the person involved (+) “a second chance.” After Kendrick said “wait” five times, the person involved with this event asked questions like, “What’s up, bro?”, “Did I do it?”, and “Am I not cool enough for you?” Many critics claimed that Kendrick (*) “set up” the person involved with this event. For ten points, what event sparked controversy when a girl named Delaney uttered a word white people shouldn’t say?ANSWER: that one white girl named Delaney using the n-word at Kendrick’s show in Alabama [prompt on answers that contain only two of the three above underlined portions]<MP - Other>31. A line in “Sherane” describes Kendrick passing Alameda via this location in a Caravan. One line mentioning this location instructs the listeners to “sit your bitch ass down” and listen to “this true motherfucking story.” Another line that mentions this place name-drops (+) L-Boog, Yan Yan, and YG Lucky, then describes how “it got ugly” while “waving your hand out the window.” Kendrick’s second verse on Compton implores the listener, “Won’t you spend a weekend on [this location],” then describes (*) “khakis creasing” and “crime increasing” on it. For ten points, what iconic street features prominently on good kid, m.A.A.d city, is central to the city of Compton, and shouldn’t be confused with a similarly named companion of Guildenstern?ANSWER: Rosecrans Avenue<MP - gkmc>32. In the bridge between the second and third verse of a song titled for this place, the featured artist lists off places like Alondra and Bullis. Before the second verse of a song titled for this place, the featured artist asks to “Let me teach you some lessons ‘bout the (+) streets,” and after that verse, describes how people “have been mixin’ shit since the 80s.” In the heavily pitch-modulated final verse of a song titled for this place, Kendrick says “maybe the next generation can sleep with dreams of bein’ a lawyer or doctor“ and (*) “I live inside the belly of the rough.” For ten points, give the alias that Kendrick ascribes to his hometown Compton on his 2nd studio album, and names a song that comes directly after “Good Kid”.ANSWER: the m.A.A.d city [prompt on Compton by asking “What other name is the song referring to?”; accept my Angels on Angel dust city / my Angry Adolescence divided city, I guess?] <MP - gkmc> 33. In one appearance, the owner of these objects threatens “we gon’ have to go in the backyard and squab, homie.” At the end of (+) “Money Trees”, the owner of these objects asks, “Did someone say [these objects]?” The owner of these objects claims he “ain’t trippin’ off them” before telling the person who (*) lost them that “Real is taking care of yo’ motherfuckin’ family”. The mention of these objects, which first occurs in the phone call clip at the end of “Sherane a.k.a Master Splinter’s Daughter”, really annoys Kendrick’s mom. For ten points, name these objects belonging to Kendrick’s dad, a set of tile-based rectangular toys. ANSWER: (Kenny’s/Kendrick’s dad’s) dominoes [He might be asking for the pizza in the album, who knows?]<MP - gkmc>34. The second verse of “Sing About Me, I’m Dying Of Thirst” is written from the point of view of this person’s sister. According to one song, this person’s favourite rapper is Mr. Shakur. Although this person (+) “never heard of Catholic religion or sinner’s redemption”, this person still contemplates whether or not it’s possible to “do it like nuns do it”. When this person was nine, this person’s mom let “her boyfriend slide candy under [this person’s] cover”. This person is the focus of a song in which Ashtro Bot describes (*) “fancy girls on Long Beach Boulevard.” For ten points, what prostitute “caught a knife inside the bladder, was left for dead, raped in the street” in a Section.80 song written about (Her Pain)?ANSWER: Keisha [accept Keisha’s sister before “sister”; accept Keisha’s Song]<MP - S.80>35. This song’s music video has an opening shot of a bicycle covered in money, and later pans to Kendrick standing outside of a convenience store. In this song Kendrick says “I’m in the house party, trippin off”, then asserts that his generation (+) sips a substance like it’s water. After those lines on this song, Kendrick lists off “Playstation and some (*) drank” and then adlibs “Technology bought my soul”. This song’s hook repeats “Eight doobies to the face” as well as “Two pills and a half weight.” For 10 points, name this song about drug-use of children born in the 80s, which is named for a disorder treated with Adderall. ANSWER: A.D.H.D <CM - S.80>36. Lady Gaga originally planned to feature on a song about this entity. In a Genius annotation to a lyric from a song about this entity, Kendrick calls being “just another statistic” a “predicament.” A modified version of a song about this entity ends with Kendrick saying he’ll “see you at (+) Woodstock.” The featured artist on that track about this entity claims that “me and my spouse” are “up in the clouds” and imagines “sittin’ next to Hillary, smellin’ like dank.” In a song about this entity, Kendrick claims “you’re tryna keep it (*) deprived” and that “you livin’ behind the mirror” before repeating “this shit is vital, I know you had to.” For ten points, the second track of good kid, m.A.A.d city is partially named for what entity that Kendrick implores a “bitch” not to kill?ANSWER: Kendrick’s vibe [accept my vibe; accept Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe; prompt on just vibe by asking “whose?”]<MP - gkmc>37. One of this group’s rules is to “sit there and deal with it” “if the homies just met you and decide to clown yo bitch azz,” as revealed in a photo uploaded to the Instagram story of the artist of “Wat’s Wrong”. In one song, Kendrick calls this group “the mafia of the west” and describes how another member of this group “just bought a brand new (+) McLaren.” The leader of this group can be heard saying, “Hello, Billy” to another member of this group in that song, referring to his Twitter username. In that song, Kendrick wants to “get (*) [the leader of this group] on the phone.” 2Teez is a bodyguard for this group, and Mackwop is an in-house DJ for it. For ten points, rappers like Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, Schoolboy Q, and Kendrick Lamar are signed to what independent record label?ANSWER: Top Dawg Entertainment (accept TDE)<MP - uu>38. In this image, the book Virtually You: The Dangerous Powers of the E-personality by Elias Aboujaoude sits underneath The Art of Seduction by Robert Greene. This image contains a container of (+) makeup next to a wad of money and a clip of ammo. Next to the books in this image are a pill bottle and Magnum condoms, which is on top of a (*) record with Kendrick’s name on it. This image also contains a copy of the Holy Bible littered with a joint and bits of marijuana. For 10 points, name this image, which dons the front of physical copies of Kendrick’s first studio album. ANSWER: Section.80 album cover (or Section.80 artwork; prompt on if only one of the two underlined parts is given)<CM - S.80>39. A line repeated in the chorus of a song partly titled for this kind of figure was inspired by a 2Pac song featuring Richie Rich. Another song titled for this figure samples the song “Knxwledge” by So[rt] [“sort”]. At the (+) end of a song titled for this figure, Kendrick “thought I found you back in the ghetto” when he was “seventeen with the .38 Special.” In another song partly titled for this kind of figure, Kendrick asks “isn’t it lovely how menaces turned (*) attraction?” In that song titled for this figure, each verse ends with Kendrick “back home”, and the chorus repeats “we been waitin’ for you.” For ten points, what figure said “You Ain’t Gotta Lie” according to the title of the fourteenth track of To Pimp a Butterfly, and names its ninth track? ANSWER: Momma [accept anything indicating that this is some sort of female progenitor]<MP - TPAB>40. Description acceptable. In the second verse of an eighth track with this trait, Kendrick addresses how a “home girl got a credit card scam”; that woman “feel like the universe owe” her. On the end of that track with this trait, a pitch-lowered Kendrick calls the listener a (+) “selfish motherfucker.” Another track with this trait features SZA, who says that “welfare don’t mean well for you” before Kendrick whispers frantically. Each verse of a third track with this trait begins by asking (*) “what [people of various ethnicities] say”, which are all answered by “a piece of” something. All of the aforementioned songs also appear on an album with this trait. For ten points, what quality is possessed by an album that is “unmastered”?ANSWER: untitled [accept anything to the effect of not having a title or unnamed]<MP - uu> ................
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