After all, the Compton rapper has positioned himself somewhere in the no man’s land between the old and new schools of hip-hop: on one hand relied upon by the old guard as a rare beacon of hope for young rap music in strange, autotuned times, and on the other hand expected by many fans to deliver the sort of highly listenable, funny, relevant music that mainstream listeners expect from an artist who has collaborated with Taylor Swift on Number 1 singles and whose second album sold 242,000 copies in its first week. Kendrick Lamar has a way of starting conversations and ending debates.
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