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Kendrick Lamar Overly Dedicated

Item No: 598368
Vinyl 2LP | 2018 / UK | New
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You can't understand Kendrick Lamar's career unless you understand "Overly Dedicated."

Friday Night Lights was the soundtrack that blew from the speakers a chill that mirrored the icy wind of my Atlanta winter—the weather matched the subdued yet sanguine mood that the music teetered on. J. Cole picked the perfect time to emerge from the sidelines when he decided that November would be the month of his release.

He was still considered a new artist, one that beamed with potential, Friday Night Lights solidified why he was given Jay Z’s co-sign. To my surprise, he didn’t wait to reach the position of a mogul before giving out his own co-sign. In an interview that took place near the end of 2010, when asked about his favorite album of the year, I was ready for him to crown Kanye’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, maybe Eminem’s Recovery, or even Drake’s Thank Me Later. He didn’t name any of them. The person he named wasn’t on the radio, wasn’t big on blogs, I don’t think he had a major record deal. It was the first time that I heard of Kendrick Lamar and his album Overly Dedicated.

When the album was finally in my eager possession, play was pressed with excitement, I wanted to hear the rapper that even J. Cole publicly adored. The first thing I realized was how much his voice was affecting the experience, youthful and scratchy with a touch of rasp, puberty never arrived to gift him a more mature tone. Imagine my disappointment, after a few songs I was back to playing Friday Night Lights trying to forget what I just heard. It wasn’t the most pleasant first impression but before being fed to my recycle bin I wanted to give him a second listen. I can’t explain what was different, but this time around the music hit me like an audio punch to the eardrums. “The Heart PT 2,” the album’s introduction, knocked me off my feet; the way his calm slowly became a calamity, the buildup of emotions was like a volcano going from dormant to eruption. The same scratchy, raspy voice was cloaked in relentless passion. The intense breathless flow that brings the song to a close left me wondering if he was human, questioning how I overlooked such obvious talent, my ears were opened, I was finally hearing what
Item Details
Item No: 598368
Artist: Kendrick Lamar
Title: Overly Dedicated
Catalog No: KENOD6288
Format: Vinyl 2LP, Vinyl, LP
Pressing: UK
Release Date: 2018
Genre: Hip Hop
Style: US Hip Hop
Available since: 2018-08-21
Condition: New
Price: $ 22.87
Weight: 500g (plus 250g Packaging)
Tracklist
A1 The Heart Pt. 2 feat Dash Snow
A2 Growing Apart (From Everything) feat Jhené Aiko
A3 Night Of The Living Junkies
A4 P&p 1.5 feat Ab-soul
B1 Alien Girl (Today, With Her)
B2 Opposites Attract (Tomorrow, Without Her) feat Javonté
B3 Michael Jordan feat Schoolboy Q
B4 Ignorance Is Bliss
C1 R.O.t.c. (Interlude) feat Bj The Chicago Kid
C2 Barbed Wire feat Ash Riser
C3 Average Joe
C4 H.O.C
D1 Cut You Off (To Grow Closer)
D2 Heaven & Hell feat Alori Joh
D3 She Needs Me (Remix) feat Dom Kennedy, Murs (Bonustrack)
D4 I Do This (Remix) (Bonustrack)
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