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posts/collective-empowerment.md

@@ -7,24 +7,39 @@ title: "Collective Empowerment"
 
       Lamar’s _DAMN._ attempts to uplift the Black community as he leads others through his music. In several songs, there are many moments where people look to him for advice and where Kendrick himself highlights the struggles of being a leader. A central narrative point in _XXX._ is a friend calling Kendrick about his son being murdered through gang violence and asks him for advice. Lamar advocates for violence responding with,
 
-> I can't sugarcoat the answer for you, this is how I feel\
+> [I can't sugarcoat the answer for you, this is how I feel](https://youtu.be/TFr4br_GrSc?t=100)\
-> If somebody kill my son, that mean somebody gettin' killed\
+> [If somebody kill my son, that mean somebody gettin' killed](https://youtu.be/TFr4br_GrSc?t=100)\
 > …\
-> I chip a nigga, then throw the blower in his lap\
+> [I chip a nigga, then throw the blower in his lap](https://youtu.be/TFr4br_GrSc?t=117)\
-> Walk myself to the court like, "Bitch, I did that"\
+> [Walk myself to the court like, "Bitch, I did that"](https://youtu.be/TFr4br_GrSc?t=117)\
-> Ain't no Black Power when your baby killed by a coward.
+> [Ain't no Black Power when your baby killed by a coward.](https://youtu.be/TFr4br_GrSc?t=117)
 
 While indicative of language that Malcolm X and others would use in arming themselves in self-defense, the morale of the song attempts to refute this notion. The comment at the end of the quote also highlights this, by showing how progression is stifled by murder and endless violence. And, even though an eye-for-an-eye goes against the idea of collective empowerment, by the end of the song Kendrick highlights the need for unity in order to make progress by saying,
 
-> But is America honest or do we bask in sin?\
+> [But is America honest or do we bask in sin?](https://youtu.be/TFr4br_GrSc?t=205)\
-> Pass the gin, I mix it with American blood\
+> [Pass the gin, I mix it with American blood](https://youtu.be/TFr4br_GrSc?t=205)\
-> Then bash him in, you Crippin' or you married to Blood?\
+> [Then bash him in, you Crippin' or you married to Blood?](https://youtu.be/TFr4br_GrSc?t=205)\
-> I'll ask again, oops, accident\
+> [I'll ask again, oops, accident](https://youtu.be/TFr4br_GrSc?t=205)\
-> It's nasty when you set us up then roll the dice, then bet us up\
+> [It's nasty when you set us up then roll the dice, then bet us up](https://youtu.be/TFr4br_GrSc?t=205)\
-> You overnight the big rifles, then tell Fox to be scared of us\
+> [You overnight the big rifles, then tell Fox to be scared of us](https://youtu.be/TFr4br_GrSc?t=205)\
-> Gang members or terrorists, et cetera, et cetera\
+> [Gang members or terrorists, et cetera, et cetera](https://youtu.be/TFr4br_GrSc?t=205)\
-> America's reflections of me, that's what a mirror does
+> [America's reflections of me, that's what a mirror does](https://youtu.be/TFr4br_GrSc?t=205)
 
 Throughout this verse, Kendrick shows the divisiveness in American politics and its trend towards extremism that was similar to the sentiment of African-Americans during the Civil Rights Movement. Those who saw progress as too slow would continue to advocate for change through Black Nationalism or advocating for a violent movement, creating even more divisions. Today, Lamar points out the brokenness in the Black community, as they struggle with gang violence, and how it prevents them from being able to overcome racist depictions in the media. That, in order to not be only known for gang affiliations, violence, and drugs, that they would need to fix the divisions amongst themselves. Although, Kendrick still highlights the government’s role in creating these racist depictions of Black people through policies like the War on Drugs and the privatization of prisons, that disproportionately effected African-Americans and profited from their incarcerations. In this way, _XXX._ showcases modern collective empowerment from the Black Arts Movement through laying a foundation that describes problems within the Black community and how to solve them and, in doing so, Kendrick attempts to unify the Black community despite gang affiliations. Lamar would go on to break down barriers between gangs with his beef with Drake, in which he unified the community against him and performed with different affiliations at his _“Pop Out”_ concert in 2024 that he then referred to as “I put one hundred hoods on one stage” during _reincarnated_ on his album _GNX_.
 
-      The song _DUCKWORTH._ also features elements of collective empowerment, specifically his recollection of how Top Dawg Entertainment, Lamar’s record label at the time, came to be. Throughout the song, 
+      The song _DUCKWORTH._ also features elements of collective empowerment, specifically his recollection of how Top Dawg Entertainment, Lamar’s record label at the time, came to be. The main theme of the song is how kindness creates prosperity with Kendrick highlighting how his father, “Ducky”, would give Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith free food from the KFC he worked at, in order to prevent the restaurant from being robbed by Anthony’s gang. Kendrick describes,
+
+> ['Cross the street from the projects, Anthony planned to rob it](https://youtu.be/Dm-foWGDBF0?t=154)\
+> [Stuck up the place before, back in '84](https://youtu.be/Dm-foWGDBF0?t=154)\
+> [That's when affiliation was really at gears of war](https://youtu.be/Dm-foWGDBF0?t=154)\
+> [So many relatives tellin' us, sellin' us devilish works, killin' us, crime](https://youtu.be/Dm-foWGDBF0?t=154)\
+> [Intelligent, felonious prevalent proposition with 9's](https://youtu.be/Dm-foWGDBF0?t=154)\
+> [Ducky was well-aware](https://youtu.be/Dm-foWGDBF0?t=154)\
+> [They robbed the manager and shot a customer last year](https://youtu.be/Dm-foWGDBF0?t=154)\
+> […](https://youtu.be/Dm-foWGDBF0?t=154)\
+> [Anthony liked him and then let him slide, they didn't kill him](https://youtu.be/Dm-foWGDBF0?t=154)\
+> [In fact, it look like they're the last to survive, pay attention](https://youtu.be/Dm-foWGDBF0?t=154)\
+> [That one decision changed both of they lives, one curse at a time](https://youtu.be/Dm-foWGDBF0?t=154)\
+> [Reverse the manifest and good karma, and I'll tell you why](https://youtu.be/Dm-foWGDBF0?t=154)
+ 
+The “curse” that he mentions here, as well as throughout the album, is from the book of Deuteronomy where by disobeying God’s commandments people are made to suffer, while those who grow closer to God are given prosperity. Kendrick shows collective empowerment through _DUCKWORTH._ by telling this story of how two people destined, based on where they lived, for crimes, drugs or death turned their fates around by breaking the cycle of wickedness, that is told throughout the album, and created the prosperity through his career with the help of Top Dawg Entertainment. At the end of the song, he illustrates what would’ve happened if they didn’t practice compassion, where Anthony kills his dad and would lead Kendrick to be pushed into gang violence without a father figure to guide him. In doing so, Lamar outlines a path to success for the Black community in practicing kindness to one another and break the cycle of gang violence.

posts/spiritual-roots.md

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+---
+title: Spiritual Roots
+---
+
+## Spiritual Roots
+### GOD. and FEAR.
+
+      The album _DAMN._ is littered with biblical references that showcase Kendrick’s religious background and his commitment in using to forward Black identity. Although not directly comparable to the references of African spiritual roots commonly found in the Black Arts Movement, a majority of African-American are religious and, of those, most are Christian which allows Kendrick’s music to be more identifiable with his American audience ([Pew Research Center](https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2021/02/16/faith-among-black-americans/)).  By using religion, he is able unite and guide Black people towards progress, similar to Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, and also unite across racial boundaries with those that have similar religious experiences. Of all the songs in the album, two stand out for their use of religion: _GOD._ and _FEAR._
+
+
+      At first in _GOD._, Kendrick flaunts his success as an artist as being Godlike but then transitions in the second verse to how he is religiously Godlike. Throughout the this verse, he showcases different religious mentions of how God could destroy someone, and by extension how he can destroy his haters.
+
+> [Fuck is you talkin' to?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EbmXmCrqL4&t=128s)\
+> [Ayy, do you know who you talkin' to?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EbmXmCrqL4&t=128s)\
+> [Slide on you like fallen drapes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EbmXmCrqL4&t=128s)\
+> [God toss full of carnivals](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EbmXmCrqL4&t=128s)\
+> [I kill 'em with kindness](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EbmXmCrqL4&t=128s)\
+> [Or I kill 'em with diamonds](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EbmXmCrqL4&t=128s)\
+> [Or I put up like fifteen hundred](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EbmXmCrqL4&t=128s)\
+> [Get yo' ass killed by the finest](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EbmXmCrqL4&t=128s)\
+> …
+
+The lines “Slide on you like fallen drapes, God toss full of carnivals" are a direct reference to the Tearing of The Temple Curtain from Mathew 27, where upon Jesus death earthquakes occurred and tore the curtain in the temple that separated humanity from God. With this, Kendrick is saying that he could kill his opponents with the might of his power which is shown again by the lines “Or I put up like fifteen hundred, Get yo' ass killed by the finest”, where he contemplates getting a hitman. He then advocates for death by kindness which is similar to Proverbs 25:21, “If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat”…”For you will heap burning coals on his head”, but also with his haters succumbing to their jealousy with the line “Or I kill 'em with diamonds”. But in the first two lines of the verse, “Fuck is you talkin' to? Ayy, do you know who you talkin' to?”, Kendrick creates a connection with the audience that this next verse is a universal perspective, with his performance at Coachella in 2017 where he first pointed at the audience and then back at himself ([Lyric Genius](https://genius.com/11773648/Kendrick-lamar-god/Fuck-is-you-talkin-to-ayy-do-you-know-who-you-talkin-to)). In doing so, Kendrick takes the ideas laid out in the second verse and applies them to his audience, that they too can be Godlike in this way if they step up to be leaders of their own. And in the process, his audience is lifted up in being able to share their own lived experiences. This is also found in the the first verse with,
+
+> [Look, look… hol' up!](https://youtu.be/7EbmXmCrqL4?si=CtT3xavT21W99UEP&t=71)\
+> [Don't judge me! My mama caught me with a strap](https://youtu.be/7EbmXmCrqL4?si=CtT3xavT21W99UEP&t=71)\
+> [Don't judge me! I was young, fuckin' all the brats](https://youtu.be/7EbmXmCrqL4?si=CtT3xavT21W99UEP&t=71)\
+> [Don't judge me! Aimin’ at your head for a stack](https://youtu.be/7EbmXmCrqL4?si=CtT3xavT21W99UEP&t=71)\
+> [Don’t judge! Don't judge me! Now my home got a Valley peak](https://youtu.be/7EbmXmCrqL4?si=CtT3xavT21W99UEP&t=71)\
+> [Don’t judge me! If I press your line you a freak](https://youtu.be/7EbmXmCrqL4?si=CtT3xavT21W99UEP&t=71)\
+> [Don't judge me! Won't you tell a friend? Y'all gon’ see](https://youtu.be/7EbmXmCrqL4?si=CtT3xavT21W99UEP&t=71)
+
+The repetition of “Don’t judge me” is a reference to the Tupac song “Only God Can Judge Me” where both songs highlight the religious idea that God is a constant witness in one’s life and only He can attest to who one truly is. With this part of the verse, Kendrick asks his audience not to judge him for the choices he made in his past because they can’t understand what he’s been through but also encourages them to do the same for their own lives and stand up for their individual lived experiences, instead of letting others define them with stereotypes or confining them to a statistic. By leading his audience with religious messaging, Kendrick is able to effectively advocate for the Black community and push them to take charge of their lives.

public/robots.txt

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+User-agent: *
+Disallow: /

src/app/page.tsx

@@ -86,13 +86,17 @@ export default function Home() {
           <div className="flex flex-col items-center justify-center min-h-screen space-y-12">
             {/* Main Title with Fade-in Effect */}
             <div className="text-center space-y-2 transition-opacity duration-1000" style={{ opacity: titleOpacity }}>
-              <h2 className="text-8xl md:text-9xl font-black text-white">TITLE</h2>
+              <h2 className="text-5xl md:text-6xl font-black text-white">Award Winning</h2>
               <div className="space-y-4">
-                <p className="text-2xl md:text-3xl font-light">SUB</p>
+                {/*<p className="text-2xl md:text-3xl font-light">SUB</p>*/}
-                <p className="text-lg md:text-xl text-gray-400 max-w-2xl mx-auto leading-relaxed">
+                <p className="text-lg text-gray-400 max-w-2xl mx-auto leading-relaxed">
-                  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
+                  Kendrick Lamar&#39;s fourth studio album, <i>DAMN.</i>, released on April 14, 2017, was a critical and commercial success,
-                  Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
+                  solidifying his status as one of hip-hop&#39;s most profound artists. The album was acclaimed for its intricate storytelling,
-                  Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.
+                  introspective themes exploring faith, temptation, and the Black American experience, and its dynamic production.
+                  <i> DAMN.</i> was a major awards contender, notably winning the Pulitzer Prize for Music, becoming the first non-classical or jazz album to receive recognition.
+                  It also took home Best Rap Album at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, along with several other nominations including Album of the Year.
+                  Beyond accolades, the album achieved significant commercial success, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200 and producing hit singles like
+                  <i>HUMBLE.</i> and <i>DNA</i>. Its impact resonated deeply, sparking widespread discussion about its lyrical depth and complex narratives, and earning its place as a contemporary classic.
                 </p>
               </div>
             </div>
@@ -104,14 +108,12 @@ export default function Home() {
       <section className="bg-gray-900 text-white py-20">
         <div className="container mx-auto px-4">
           <div className="max-w-4xl mx-auto space-y-12">
-            <h3 className="text-4xl md:text-5xl font-bold text-center mb-12">Sec2</h3>
+            <h3 className="text-4xl md:text-5xl font-bold text-center mb-12">The Black Arts Movement</h3>
 
             <div className="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-12">
               <div className="space-y-6">
                 <p className="text-lg leading-relaxed text-gray-300">
-                  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
+                  Of the many characteristics of the Black Arts Movement, collective empowerment and a form of spirituality are all seen prominently in <i>DAMN.</i> These articles draw connections between a select few songs and these ideas that help to show how Kendrick Lamar has built his albums and career in modern times off of the art of the past.
-                  Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
-                  Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.
                 </p>
               </div>
 

src/app/posts/[slug]/page.tsx

@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-import { getPost } from "@/lib/posts"
+import { getPost } from "@/lib/posts";
-import { notFound } from "next/navigation"
+import { notFound } from "next/navigation";
-// import Link from "next/link"
+import Markdown from 'react-markdown';
-import Markdown from 'react-markdown'
-// import { ArrowLeft } from "lucide-react"
 import Navbar from "@/components/navbar";
-// import Image from "next/image";
 import RecordBox from "@/components/recordbox";
 
 interface PostPageProps {
@@ -27,14 +24,6 @@ export default async function PostPage({ params }: PostPageProps) {
       <title>{post.title}</title>
       <div className="container mx-auto px-4 py-20">
         <div className="max-w-4xl mx-auto">
-          {/* Back button */}
-          {/*<Link*/}
-          {/*  href="/"*/}
-          {/*  className="inline-flex items-center space-x-2 text-red-400 hover:text-red-300 transition-colors mb-8"*/}
-          {/*>*/}
-          {/*  <ArrowLeft className="w-4 h-4" />*/}
-          {/*  <span>Back to Home</span>*/}
-          {/*</Link>*/}
           
           {/* Post content */}
           <article className="prose prose-invert prose-red max-w-none">
@@ -44,14 +33,26 @@ export default async function PostPage({ params }: PostPageProps) {
                   return <div className="justify-self-center font-bold text-4xl leading-8 mb-2 mt-12">{props.children}</div>
                 },
                 h3(props) {
-                  return <div className="justify-self-center font-medium italic text-2xl leading-8 mb-12">{props.children}</div>
+                  return <div className="justify-self-center font-medium italic text-2xl leading-8 mb-12">
+                    <div>{props.children}</div>
+                    <div className="justify-self-center"><a
+                      href={"/pdfs/"+post.slug+".pdf"}
+                      target="_blank"
+                      className="text-lg not-italic font-normal leading-8 text-red-400 hover:text-red-300 transition-colors mb-12"
+                    >
+                      View as PDF
+                    </a></div>
+                  </div>
                 },
                 blockquote(props) {
                   return <div className="italic ml-12 mb-2 mt-2">{props.children}</div>
                 },
                 p(props) {
                   return <div className="mt-0 mb-0 text-4 leading-8">{props.children}</div>
-                }
+                },
+                a(props) {
+                  return <a target="_blank" className="underline underline-offset-8 decoration-red-400 hover:decoration-red-300 hover:text-red-300 transition-colors" href={props.href}>{props.children}</a>
+                },
               }}>{post.content}</Markdown>
             </div>
           </article>

src/components/navbar.tsx

@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ export default function Navbar() {
           </div>
 
           {/* Mobile menu button */}
-          <button className="md:hidden text-white">
+          {/*<button className="md:hidden text-white">*/}
-            <svg className="w-6 h-6" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
+          {/*  <svg className="w-6 h-6" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24">*/}
-              <path strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" strokeWidth={2} d="M4 6h16M4 12h16M4 18h16" />
+          {/*    <path strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" strokeWidth={2} d="M4 6h16M4 12h16M4 18h16" />*/}
-            </svg>
+          {/*  </svg>*/}
-          </button>
+          {/*</button>*/}
         </div>
       </div>
     </nav>