of name-checking social ills on Game Theory when The Roots actually started believing they were a conscious rap group critics always said they were on their earlier, better, non-politicized four albums?

Okay, then(c)Pimp C

At least Kendrick's invocations is thru the prism of different characters, internal monologues chronicling fighting off madness, in the vein of being an artist in the center of the creative zeitgeist taking chances all over the place rather than motivated by Quest trying to maintain a high metacritic score.

I'm over The Roots crew I grew up on and love making boring indie-art-rock half-assed albums while not being able to make concept records or address socio/political/mental/spiritual themes with anywhere near the degree of success of Kendrick Lamar so far.