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James Blake adds to his catalogue of excellent remixes (under his Harmonimix alias) with "m.A.A.d city" the semi-eponymous track from […]

A lot of people have been talking about the Grammys lately, but for the reasons that the National Academy of […]

One year ago today, Kendrick Lamar dropped his second studio album good kid, m.A.A.D. city and was catapulted to fame. The promising young rapper had been a presence for years, known for his unconventional voice, highly technical flow, and a propensity to murder industry beats. But with the release of GKMC, Lamar reached a new echelon of success and the question of whether his new album was an instant classic became the focus of thousands of reviews, thinkpieces, and barbershop discussions. Today I'd like to share my review of the record that was published last year around the time of its release. Read it below in its entirety.

Good morning Daily Beat family! Now that the pleasantries are out-of-the-way, let’s talk about yesterday. In a rebuttal to Kendrick Lamar’s verse on ‘Control’ by Big Sean, legendary DJ Funkmaster Flex just released Joell Ortiz's response to Kendrick Lamar. The lyrical fire storm is a 3 min rapid fire rebuttal from the Brooklyn MC, who goes in on Kendrick's claim. First he states that he isn’t the King of New York, then he continues by saying that because Kendrick is now a main stream “rich rapper” he has gone soft and lost the true edginess that made hip hop so famous. Ortiz goes on to say [.....]