I introduce to you one of the best hip-hop artists currently making music. Kendrick Lamar is an artist based out of Compton, California, leading the west-coast's recent revival in hip-hop (more on that later). On the very highly toted Top Dawg Entertainment (or TDE for short), comprised of Kendrick, Ab-Soul, Schoolboy Q, and Jay Rock. As one unit they call themselves Black Hippy, although me and Jay Rock don't get along too well because his music is a little to gangsta for my taste, but to each their own. Kendrick brings hunger back into hip-hop, along with emotion, complex lyricism, and a vast range of subject matter. If you're sleeping on him, I suggest you wake up.
Below I present to you links to both of his free mixtapes as Kendrick Lamar (disclaimer: before, he went by K.Dot and had a handful of mixtapes, but his style was a little different; check out on your own discretion), along with a link to purchase his newest release Section.80. I also present to you several songs not on either mixtape, and that have been overlooked by many a fan of his, including me.
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