搬運自：微信公眾號【評論搬一堆】（在原文基礎(chǔ)上添加了英語原文與排版調(diào)整）

原文鏈接：https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-songs-of-the-2010s/

翻譯：Simon Joanne

審譯：Lynn Liu

推送：Lynn Liu

It’s a rapper’s true test to not only string together rhyming lyrics but to frame them, couching in themes and smoothing big ideas into mantras. It’s why word-soup rap enjoys a cult following but falls on deaf ears to everyday audiences; “keep it simple” is a motto many lyricists can’t hold to. In this way, Kendrick Lamar is an anomaly: As dense as his lyrics can be, he zooms out onto big ideas that are resonant and impactful to the masses. He does this on “DNA.,” a blistering personal statement from 2017’s?DAMN.?that digs back generations and stamps a moment of collective tensing among Black Americans. In the face of a growing, grinning wave of genocidal hate-speech delivered with the presidential seal of approval, Lamar shouts forth the steely confidence of a people ready to bark and bite back, standing on roots that run centuries deep. The song’s riotous second half lets the final battle wage in all its chaos, as Lamar lets off a breathless stanza that even?brought the Pulitzer committee to a hush. –Matthew Trammell

對于說唱歌手來說，在組織韻腳的同時還要用詞句描繪出一幅幅的畫面，不僅不能偏離主題，還得將主旨賦于字里行間，這絕對是一種極其困難的考驗。這也就是為什么“詞湯”式說唱受到業(yè)內(nèi)人重視卻不能獲得聽眾關(guān)注的原因，很多詞作者往往最難做到的就是“言簡意賅”。這么來說，其實Kendrick Lamar是個反例：他的歌詞十分密集，然而他能夠把視野聚焦到那些能夠?qū)Υ蟊姰a(chǎn)生影響并與聽眾產(chǎn)生共鳴的宏大主題，在“DNA”中，他就做到了——這首來自2017年專輯《DAMN》的歌曲是一場猛烈的自我展示。這首歌回溯了過去幾代人關(guān)于美國黑人內(nèi)部緊張的記憶。面對甚至得到總統(tǒng)認(rèn)可的逐漸高漲的帶有種族滅絕色彩的仇恨言論浪潮，Lamar站在已有百年歷史根基的支點之上大聲疾呼，希望喚醒黑人民族鋼鐵般堅定的意志以反擊現(xiàn)實。這首歌放縱的下半部分讓戰(zhàn)斗在一片混亂中繼續(xù)進(jìn)行，然而Lamar則用一段無換氣的演唱直接讓普利策獎評選委員會啞口無言。