Kendrick Lamar has dropped a brand new album. It’s referred to as GNX, and it arrived with out warning simply minutes after the Compton rapper shared a minute-long teaser with the identical title. Stream the entire thing under.
That is Lamar’s first new music since Could’s ‘Not Like Us’, which topped the Billboard Scorching 100, and follows his 2022 LP Mr. Morale and the Excessive Steppers. It spans 12 tracks, none of which had been beforehand launched, although a snippet of ‘squabble up’ featured within the ‘Not Like Us’ video. There’s additionally ‘coronary heart pt 6’, which marks the sixth entry in Lamar’s ‘The Coronary heart’ sequence; he wouldn’t let Drake get away with that.
Jack Antonoff and Sounwave, members of the synthpop supergroup Pink Hearse, primarily dealt with the manufacturing; Sounwave is credited on each track, and Antonoff labored on each monitor besides ‘Peekaboo’. Pink Hearse’s Sam Dew friends on ‘Luther’, which additionally options SZA and Ink. SZA can also be on ‘Gloria’, with regional Mexican musician Deyra Barrera and Ink.
Different credited producers embody Mustard, Kamasi Washington, Terrace Martin, Dahi, M-Tech, Noah Ehler, Craig Balmoris, Tyler Mehlenbacher, Bridgeway, Rose Lilah, Sean Momberger, Tim Maxey, Tane Runo, Juju, Rascal, Kenny & Billy, Deats, and Lamar himself. Earlier this 12 months, DJ Snake prompt that Lamar’s new challenge would function a shock Taylor Swift look, however this doesn’t appear to be the case.
Subsequent 12 months, Lamar is about to carry out the halftime present on the Tremendous Bowl. ‘Not Like Us’ is nomiated for Tune of the Yr and File of the Yr on the 2025 Grammys.
