Kendrick Lamar releases GNX, his much-anticipated album in a surprise release on a random Friday morning.
Everyone expected Kendrick Lamar to have a massive rollout after his illustrious year. Kendrick might be the biggest he’s ever been. There’s been no point in time where his album has been more anticipated.
He defied all those rollout expectations with a surprise release reminiscent of his “Not Like Us”, and “Meet the Grahams” releases—out of nowhere. Perhaps that’s the motto of Kendrick’s year, unexpected but brilliant.
About a half hour before Kendrick dropped the album, he dropped a teaser for the album. It felt like a tease for the album, but it felt more like a rollout, but it turns out it was much more important than that.
GNX Tracklist
The album is 12 tracks, 44 minutes and 20 seconds. The features are all hidden (a common practice as of recent), but by the sound of it, it has some massive names.
- Wacced Out Murals – Kendrick Lamar (5:17)
- Squabble Up – Kendrick Lamar (2:37)
- Luther – Kendrick Lamar (2:57)
- Man at the Garden – Kendrick Lamar (3:53)
- Hey Now – Kendrick Lamar (3:37)
- Reincarnated – Kendrick Lamar (4:35)
- TV Off – Kendrick Lamar (3:40)
- Dodger Blue – Kendrick Lamar (2:11)
- Peekaboo – Kendrick Lamar (2:35)
- Heart Pt. 6 – Kendrick Lamar (4:52)
- GNX – Kendrick Lamar (3:13)
- Gloria – Kendrick Lamar (4:47)
“Heart pt. 6” might remind you of Drake’s diss track of taking the Heart series for himself to diss Kendrick. It looks like Kendrick is taking it right back and keeping the same title for the track.
It’s unclear if there are any Drake disses on the album, but it’s likely to have at least a few mentions considering how recent and monumental the beef was.
If you were paying attention to the “Not Like Us” music video, there was a snippet of a song on there. It turns out that it was “Squabble Up.”.
The album also features the title track “gnx.” It’s unclear what this means and why it’s the title of the album, but it’s Kendrick Lamar, so there’s likely something deeper behind it to find out on the album.
This is the shortest studio album Kendrick Lamar has ever released thus far in his career, both in tracks and length.
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