DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar 2LP
Kendrick Lamar releases his 2016 album DAMN. It’s his first extended release since the previous year’s demos collection Untitled Unmastered, and his first formal record since 2015’s To Pimp A Butterfly. DAMN. strikes a neat balance between spiritual content, personal reflection and socio-political comment. Countless rappers claim to have transcended the game; Kendrick Lamar actually does. There’s the sense that his ambitions on DAMN. are even larger, reaching toward something more universal, fateful, even spiritual in its reach to find the link tying all contradictions together. Guests include U2, Rihanna and Zacari whilst its production was done by James Blake and Steve Lacy. Plus a sample by Essex hellraiser Rat Boy.
Kendrick Lamar releases his 2016 album DAMN. It’s his first extended release since the previous year’s demos collection Untitled Unmastered, and his first formal record since 2015’s To Pimp A Butterfly. DAMN. strikes a neat balance between spiritual content, personal reflection and socio-political comment. Countless rappers claim to have transcended the game; Kendrick Lamar actually does. There’s the sense that his ambitions on DAMN. are even larger, reaching toward something more universal, fateful, even spiritual in its reach to find the link tying all contradictions together. Guests include U2, Rihanna and Zacari whilst its production was done by James Blake and Steve Lacy. Plus a sample by Essex hellraiser Rat Boy.
Kendrick Lamar releases his 2016 album DAMN. It’s his first extended release since the previous year’s demos collection Untitled Unmastered, and his first formal record since 2015’s To Pimp A Butterfly. DAMN. strikes a neat balance between spiritual content, personal reflection and socio-political comment. Countless rappers claim to have transcended the game; Kendrick Lamar actually does. There’s the sense that his ambitions on DAMN. are even larger, reaching toward something more universal, fateful, even spiritual in its reach to find the link tying all contradictions together. Guests include U2, Rihanna and Zacari whilst its production was done by James Blake and Steve Lacy. Plus a sample by Essex hellraiser Rat Boy.
