To Pimp A Butterfly Turns 10

From the moment that Kendrick Lamar gained major label recognition, he was ordained as a leader, both for his Compton stomping grounds and for hip-hop as a whole. After the release of his album Section.80, the West Coast icons he looked up to growing up — Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, the Game, Kurupt — formally passed the torch to Kendrick on stage at Music Box Theatre in Los Angeles. And after the release of his brilliant Aftermath debut good kid, m.A.A.d city, his status was further fortified: ...

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