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Kendrick Lamar: GNX review – stunning surprise from a rapper determined to be the greatest

(PGLang/Interscope) After his beef with Drake, Lamar expands his list of targets with enthralling rhymes and adventurous arrangements. At this point, he’s deferring only to GodBy nature, hip-hop feuds are divisive, but the beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar was polarising in a way that had nothing to do with whose side you took. There were people who thought it was the greatest rap battle in history, outstripping Jay-Z and Nas, Ice Cube and his former bandmates in NWA, even Biggie and Tupac. Equally, there were others who questioned if it even counted as a rap battle at all: noting that both participants were already superstars, rather than a “young, hungry MC using this as a vehicle to get to the next place”, veteran critic Nelson George described it as “rich Black men attacking oth...

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3 hours ago Drake alleges Universal and Spotify falsely inflated Kendrick Lamar diss track 'Not Like Us'
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4 hours ago Drake claims UMG and Spotify ‘artificially inflated’ Kendrick Lamar’s diss track Not Like Us
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5 hours ago Drake to kick off Australia tour the same day as rival Kendrick Lamar performs at the Super Bowl
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8 hours ago Drake escalates Kendrick beef and accuses record label of firing allies while boosting his rival
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12 hours ago Drake calls Kendrick Lamar collaborator Steve Lacy a ‘fragile opp’ in latest feud escalation
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15 hours ago Courtney Love: "I'd love to work with Kendrick Lamar – he's undoubtedly the best hip hop writer ever"
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15 hours ago Courtney Love: 'I'd love to work with Kendrick Lamar – he's undoubtedly the best hip hop writer ever'
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