Kendrick Lamar Damn. [Explicit Content] (2 Lp's)To Pimp a Butterfly's proper and oft biblical follow up arrived on Good Friday, 13 months after untitled unmastered., an intermediary release that eclipsed the best work of most contemporary artists. If Kendrick Lamar felt pressure to continue living up to his previous output, there's no evidence on DAMN. He's too occupied tracing the spectrum of his mental states, from "boxin' demons" to "flex on swole," questioning and reveling in his affluence,

Glad to Be Unhappy

thanks to both the subtle hooks of the songwriting and the commitment shown by everyone to not just make an album of retreads

Green's silky-smooth voice effortlessly glides over lush arrangements

Free of gimmicks

In the end I was so thankful that I got to explore a few different paths before putting them all together

"Past Lives" ruminates on the strange feelings of returning to the neighborhood streets where the narrator spent his youth

" a duet with fiddle

Jazz on the Autobahn To-Do List All The Way Down Money Talks Be At Rest Valium Inferno Silverfish Celebrity X Land Of Yesterdays Blow Him Apart We Shall Live Again Internal ID: JITRE

The primary theme indeed is addiction -- not only to chemicals

this modern classic is now sporting a new

The band is known for starting the nu metal genre and making the genre become mainstream

experiment with Middle Eastern and psychedelic sounds with a more direct (almost traditional) rock approach