{"product_id":"kendrick-lamar-gnx","title":"Kendrick Lamar - GNX","description":"\u003cheader id=\"siteHeader\" class=\"fixed\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"siteHeaderInnerContain\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"searchNavContainer\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"pageContainer\" class=\"album\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"pageInnerContain\"\u003e\n\u003csection\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"pageTabs\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tabContent review\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"review\" class=\"albumContentSubModule\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2024, we got to see Kendrick Lamar in real time. The Compton native wasn't descending from the mountain to deliver shrouded statement pieces and orchestrated opuses -- he was battering\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDrake\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein lived hours, \"put[ting] one hundred hoods on one stage,\" headlining America's most celebrated sporting event. Capping the year off with a focused set of West Coast scorchers, his surprise sixth set, \u003cem\u003eGNX\u003c\/em\u003e, sees the rapper embrace being the moment; this is lightning-in-a-bottle Kendrick. \u003cem\u003eGNX\u003c\/em\u003e's first order is to yank rap back to its regional roots: the album's sound is as L.A. as \"California Love\" or a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eToddy Tee\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecassette. The driving heart of the record is the regional bounce retooled for \"Not Like Us,\" which forms the anthemic trinity of \"squabble up,\" \"hey now,\" and \"tv off.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the stamp of authenticity - \"teleport to Bullets Road and dig up all my relatives\" - he digs sparse, fresh tracks through the sound alongside the unlikely\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJack Antonoff; \"hey now\" captures the ghost of a stadium roar, \"gnx\" upturns its off-kilter pianos and basses, and \"wacced out murals\" plays like the child of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eYeezus\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewith metallic sirens and ravenous silences. Kendrick, running in tandem with a pack of L.A. up-and-comers, speaks with the chest-fire abandon of his city, firing off at will while still leaving room for the reflective \"heart pt. 6\" and \"gloria.\" If\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMr. Morale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epostured Kendrick in absolution -- \"I am not your saviour\" - then \u003cem\u003eGNX\u003c\/em\u003e is a staggering rekindling of the \"King Kunta\" flame: \"Who put the West back in front of shit? Tell 'em Kendrick did it\" he spits on \"gnx,\" before inviting\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePeysoh\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHitta J3\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eup to bat. He's \"prophetic\" and \"the greatest of all time\" - a visioned torchbearer for the culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd he's not the only one to feature here. On \"reincarnated,\" Kendrick continues his storied engagement with the figurehead of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTupac Shakur, wearing the rapper's vocal style like a spiritual shawl over a flip of \"Made N*****\" as he slots his soul into the lives of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBillie Holiday\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJohn Lee Hooker.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDeyra Barrera's searching vocal snippet -- the project's conceptual through-line -- seats Kendrick next to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAnita Baker; there are eyebrows raised at\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLil Wayne\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSnoop, harmonic connections with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSZA, and memories of wanting to flow like\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSoulo. And for every face named there's another unspoken -- new flows from\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDrakeo\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eKeek, the blueprints of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNipsey\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMac Dre, the spirit of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNas\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eon the \"One Mic\"-like \"man at the garden.\" It seems little coincidence that the concept of the album revolves around a black Buick GNX -- itself a literally \"black\" icon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven when he's basking in triumph, Kendrick proves as complex as the present moment. Building a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDAMN\u003c\/em\u003e.-like skeleton from the kindlings of \"The Heart Pt. 5,\" \u003cem\u003eGNX \u003c\/em\u003eis a pillar of reflective realness, a flag planted in the lineage of Black musical visionaries, a silhouette of the West Coast in the high beams of fame - and Kendrick's most speaker-knocking set to date. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/gnx-mw0004419197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAllMusic\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKendrick Lamar has dropped a surprise new album, GNX. It’s the rapper’s first new full-length LP since 2022’s Mr. Morale \u0026amp; The Big Steppers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGNX appeared online on November 22nd 2024, just minutes after the Compton rapper shared a music video for the title track. It’s his first full-length since he left his former label Top Dawg Entertainment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMuch of Lamar’s 2024 has been colored by an ongoing feud with Drake, which he addresses on opening track “wacced out murals.” SZA features on the track “luther,” with Ink and Red Hearse member Sam Drew. SZA also reappears later on “Gloria” alongside Mexican artist Deyra Barrera and Ink. Other features include Dody6, AzChike, Sie7e, Wallie the Sensei, Hitta J3, Peysoh, and Young Threat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRed Hearse’s Sounwave—who gets a shoutout in “Heart Part 6” alongside TDE figures like Anthony “Moosa” Tiffith Jr. and Terrence “Punch” Henderson—worked on all 12 tracks on the album. Jack Antonoff also had a heavy hand in production, with credits on every song but “Peekaboo.” Mustard, Kamasi Washington, Dahi, Terrace Martin, Not the Twos’ Tim Maxey are among the other credited producers across the album. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.udiscovermusic.com\/news\/kendrick-lamar-gnx-surprise-new-album\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLabel\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0hvT3yIEysuuvkK73vgdcW?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: pgLang, Interscope Records\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2025\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Hip Hop, Funk \/ Soul\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Conscious, Contemporary R\u0026amp;B, Rap\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Hip Hop\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"pgLang \/ Interscope Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45102577713310,"sku":"602475686750","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/51EXnBFIdPL-_UF1000-1000_QL80.jpg?v=1740034462","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/kendrick-lamar-gnx","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}