11/29/2023 0 Comments Untitled unmastered zip hiphopgenie“DAMN.” is a leaner, more compressed statement but no less ambitious. The 2015 follow-up, “To Pimp a Butterfly,” folded the history of black music - from jazz and gospel to soul and hip-hop - into a sprawling social commentary. ![]() His 2012 debut album, “Good Kid, M.A.A.D City,” explored his hardscrabble youth growing up in Compton, Calif., with nuanced insight. Lamar’s work has set the bar for musical accomplishment for the last six years. The Grammys remain out of touch with the music they purport to honor, and the paucity of rap albums accorded its highest honor is among its most glaring omissions (the only hip-hop artists to win for album of the year in the Grammys’ 60-year history have been Lauryn Hill and OutKast). Yet “DAMN.” lost out in January at the Grammys to Bruno Mars’ “24K Magic” for album of the year.
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