seems to add levity to his predicament.Ī compilation album seems to be the perfect response to the insurmountable opus of To Pimp a Butterfly. Dot occupying a familiar place beneath the pressure of elevated expectation for his future work. Two ambitiously conceptual albums later, Kendrick Lamar has validated his status as “greatest rapper alive,” achieving both street credibility as the liquid-tongued antagonist on his infamous “Control” verse and institutional distinction as the second most-Grammy-nominated artist in a single year (behind Michael Jackson). After a major label debut that was heralded as one of the greatest by any artist in music history, the question of how Kendrick Lamar would follow 2012’s good kid, m.A.A.d city lingered for three years until the release of To Pimp a Butterfly.
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