Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers

The record is the first release under PGLang and the last under Top Dawg and Aftermath. Lamar executive produced it under the pseudonym Oklama, working with Sounwave, J. Lbs, DJ Dahi and Bekon for most of the production. He and Sounwave began recording in early 2019 in London during a week-long session, and only Father Time came out of it. Lamar has said that becoming a father is what made him question everything the most.

The standard edition has 18 songs in two sections, Big Steppers and Mr. Morale, with nine each. Whitney Alford and Eckhart Tolle narrate. It opened at number one with 295,000 units, his fourth number one in the United States, and won Best Rap Album at the 65th Grammys. Metacritic gives it 85 from 26 reviews. The Guardian gave it five stars.