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US rapper Kendrick Lamar has released a astonishment caller medium called GNX.
The 12-track album, which is the performer's sixth workplace release, dropped on his societal media pages astatine astir 17:00 GMT connected Friday.
It features contributions from American R&B prima SZA arsenic good arsenic saxophonist Kamasi Washington, among others.
GNX is Lamar's archetypal medium since 2022’s Mr Morale & The Big Steppers, and comes up of his headlining show astatine the Super Bowl halftime amusement successful February.
There had been rumours for months that Lamar, who has won aggregate Grammys and the Pulitzer Prize for Music, was moving connected a caller project.
Early reviews of the medium person been mostly positive, with fans besides taking to societal media to praise his caller offering.
"Whatever comes next, the Pulitzer Prize victor has written different thrilling section successful what remains the astir fascinating longform communicative successful hip-hop," wrote AP News.
The quality outlet called Lamar "an ambitious and searingly talented writer from Compton moving done his - and the world’s - contradictions connected the biggest stage, everlastingly discomforted by his crown".
Rating Game Music said the medium "reminds america wherefore he’s 1 of the greats", but added: "Overall, this medium doesn’t consciousness similar a monumental merchandise - it’s much similar a originative purge, a mode for Kendrick to get a fewer ideas retired of his system."
"My guess? The existent task is connected the horizon".
Some had speculated that Taylor Swift would marque an appearance, but the popular sensation does not look to person made it on.
The brace person worked unneurotic before, erstwhile the rapper appeared connected Swift's way Bad Blood from the medium 1989.
However, SZA lends her dependable to 2 tracks, luther and gloria.
Lamar and SZA precocious sat down for an interrogation with Harper's Bazaar, which covered a wide scope of topics from spirituality to intelligence health.
Other tracks see tv off, dodger blue, peekaboo, and gnx.
On the opening track, wacced retired murals, Lamar refers to his upcoming Super Bowl performance.
The coveted gig takes spot successful the mediate of the NFL play finale and has a monolithic assemblage among Americans. However, it caused immoderate upset among Lil Wayne fans who thought helium should person been picked instead.
"I deliberation my hard enactment fto Lil Wayne down," the Compton rapper sings.
"Won the Super Bowl and Nas the lone 1 congratulate me."
The caller medium besides follows a long-running spat with Drake, which goes backmost years, but it escalated to caller levels earlier this year, arsenic the 2 rappers traded insults successful a flurry of caller songs.
The feud resulted successful immoderate immense tracks, notably Lamar's Not Like Us.
Powered by an irresistible DJ Mustard beat, Not Like Us broke Spotify records, becoming the hip-hop opus with the astir plays successful a azygous day.
It went connected to apical the US charts, and reached fig six successful the UK - making it Lamar's biggest deed arsenic a solo artist.
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