L.A. Times - Entertainment — Kendrick Lamar's most recent single "i" was a jubilant, Isley Brothers-sampling (and Grammy-winning) ode to self-respect. But his follow-up, "The Blacker the Berry," is a darker, more complicated self-assessment. more info

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Time — "The Blacker The Berry" arrives one day after his Grammy win more info

Stereogum — Kendrick Lamar caught a lot of flack for his comments about Ferguson in a recent Billboard interview: “What happened to [Michael Brown] should’ve never happened. Never. But when we don’t have respect for ourselves, how do we expect them to resp... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sasquatch! Music Festival will return to Quincy, WA on Memorial Day Weekend, May 22-25, at The Gorge. This year's lineup includes Kendrick Lamar, Robert Plant, Modest Mouse, Lana Del Rey, Ryan Adams, The Decemberists, Tame Impala, St. Vincent, Spoon,... more info

Stereogum — Sasquatch! Music Festival has announced their 2015 lineup, and it’s looking pretty good. At the top of the bill, we have Kendrick Lamar, Robert Plant & the Sensational Space Shifters, Modest Mouse, Lana Del Rey, and Ryan Adams. Going further down, ... more info

Time — Kendrick Lamar, Sbtrkt and Tame Impala are among the highlights more info

Perez Hilton — We're starting to think Chris Brown and Lindsay Lohan have A LOT in common! On Monday, the singer announced the postponement of his Between the Sheets U.S. tour with Kendrick Lamar for a VERY avoidable reason — community service! [ Related: Chris I... more info

The Independent — Kendrick Lamar is one of the biggest hip hop artists to come out of the US in the past five years, but Run DMC’s Darryl McDaniels has claimed that radios are ‘too afraid’ to play his records. more info

Stereogum — Wal-Mart seems to know things — things that might go beyond how to make billions of dollars by destroying small-town America. For instance: Wal-Mart may have learned, before the rest of the world, that Kendrick Lamar is about to drop a surprise alb... more info