Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar: good kid, m.A.A.d city

Read "good kid, m.A.A.d city" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
February 15, 2013

Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar's hit album good kid, m.A.A.d city is subtitled “a short film." Lamar's ambition mirrors that of saxophonist Bob Belden, who derided the narrow conceptual vision of too many musicians in a recent All About Jazz interview, saying: “Modeling music along the lines of film narrative ... should be a logical evolution of the jazz composer mindset. Sadly, we happen to be in an era of ... music that does not tell a story other than that ...

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Kendrick Lamar Wins Pulitzer Prize For 'Damn'

Source: HypeBot
April 17, 2018

Kendrick Lamar has won the Pulitzer Prize for music for his album Damn. Lamar is the first rapper to win the award which has previously only gone to classical and jazz artists, including Wynton Marsalis and Ornette Coleman. The Pulitzer Prize board on Monday called Damn, “a virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism that offers affecting vignettes capturing the complexity of modern African-American He released Damn in 2017 to great acclaim with its lead single “Humble" topping the ...
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