After performing it live for the first time the other night, Q brought Kendrick and his single to television during yesterday’s broadcast of The Arsenio Hall Show. You can never have enough collard greens. After the jump, he performs “m.A.A.d city” and talks to Arsenio on his “Control” verse, Black Hippy and praises from Ice Cube and Pharrell.
It is interesting to look back at this discussion because the concerns about technology becoming a barrier to real communication have only become more noticeable over time. Messages are quick and convenient, yet they often cannot communicate tone, emotion, or intention as clearly as a real conversation. Technology itself is not necessarily the problem, but how we choose to use it matters. Even something as simple as a Basic Calculator shows how useful technology can be when it solves a practical problem without replacing meaningful human connections and conversations.