The rapper’s sixth studio album follows the success of a pair of tracks this year that were sparked by a war of words with Drake.
Kendrick Lamar, the rapper laureate and one of the music world’s least predictable stars, released a surprise new album, “GNX,” on Friday.
The sixth studio album by Lamar, 37, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2018 and, even before releasing the album, has been having a banner year. In the spring, two songs that came out of a rapid-fire diss-track war with Drake — “Like That” and “Not Like Us” — became some of his biggest hits in years. “Not Like Us” went to No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart and was nominated for both record and song of the year at the Grammys.
In February, Lamar is also set to headline the Super Bowl Half Time Show
“GNX,” with 12 tracks, appeared on streaming services midday on Friday, with little accompanying information. The album’s cover art, and a one-minute treser video that was released at the same time, revolve around an image of a black vintage muscle car. On the cover, Lamar slouches against the rear of the vehicle, and the video — with swelling strings and Lamar’s multi-tracked, rapid-fire vocals — shows Lamar with the car in an empty, monumental space.
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