L.A. Times - Entertainment — Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar, pop superstar Taylor Swift and Canadian R&B experimentalist the Weeknd led the field in the 2016 Grammy Award nominations, collectively taking 25 nods in this year's industry-bestowed honors. Lamar is well out in front ... more info

Stereogum — Christmas came early at Power 106 LA’s annual Cali Christmas show in Inglewood last night. After giving a speech about social issues, including police brutality, Pharrell closed his set by bringing out Kendrick Lamar to perform their year-defining ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — If you're sick of seeing the same names atop every publication's year-end list, you can always count on The Quietus to deliver something almost completely different. While their Top 100 Albums of 2015 does contain Kendrick Lamar, Sufjan Stevens,... more info

Stereogum — “Alright” will end up going down as one of the most important and best songs of the decade, and you can tell that from Kendrick Lamar’s performance for his episode of Austin City Limits, which starts out with the audience chanting the hook, an ... more info

Core News — Here is the latest Lefto show. Check out other LeFtO shows here and subscribe to the feed to get good music in the future. Lefto – Show #642 2015-11-30 new Connie Constance, Lunice, Erykah Badu, Le Motel, Kendrick Lamar, WU15, Daedelus [Uploaded.ne... more info

Stereogum — Rumors of a collaborative album between Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole have been swirling around the internet for a while now. Yesterday, the two rappers freestyled over each other’s tracks in honor of Black Friday, with Cole rapping, “When you and K... more info

Stereogum — Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole have swapped freestyles over each other’s tracks in honor of Black Friday. Both tracks are named after the holiday — Lamar raps over J. Cole’s Forest Hills Drive cut “A Tale Of 2 Citiez,” while Cole does his thing... more info

Stereogum — Black Hippy OG Jay Rock put out the underrated 90059 a couple of months ago. Slightly confusingly, a short song with TDE labelmate SZA was included as part of the video for the album’s title track, but on the actual LP, it was used as an outro for ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Jimmy King Last week, David Bowie released the really great title track off his upcoming album '★' (pronounced "Blackstar") and now a new feature on Rolling Stone reveals more details on the album. LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy, who... more info

Stereogum — Last week, David Bowie debuted his 10-minute-long single “Blackstar” with an appropriately epic video. Rolling Stone spoke with some of his collaborators about his new album, and there’s some interesting stuff in there! Apparently, ★ was insp... more info