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Kendrick Lamar- "Swimming Pools (Drank)"

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Given that hip-hop culture has long glamorized alcohol use (and even abuse), I have to give props to Kendrick Lamar for dropping this new song. Despite what its catchy chorus might suggest, Lamar's new single "Swimming Pools (Drank)" is a cautious, dark, and surprisingly personal indictment of alcohol use, and a lamentation of the place that alcohol has in the life of a rapper. To accompany the track, Lamar dropped a new music video for the song as well, featuring some well executed visual imagery that helps emphasize the dark undertones of "Swimming Pools." That chorus suddenly takes on a much more harrowing message when paired with footage of Kendrick falling helplessly to the bottom of a pool, as does the rest of the song.

Check out the video above and pick up Kendrick Lamar's major label debut good kid, m.A.A.d city on October 2nd via Interscope.

Kendrick Lamar- "Cartoons & Cereal" ft. Gunplay (Loved)

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Every time I hear a new track from West Coast rapper Kendrick Lamar, I just can't help but admire this dude's drive to do something new, fresh, and different with every single track. The beat here has a rattling hi-hat that gives it a slightly Southern Flavor. The flow Kendrick opens track with this strange flow, and is paired up with another voice that gives it a somewhat alien quality.

There's just so much going on here, but I suppose what hits me most about this track is the way this track looks back on one's childhood through a pretty dark and aggressive lens.

Kendrick's always keeping it on the next level, that's for sure.

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Kendrick Lamar- Section.80

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Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar doesn't follow the usual tough and hardened stereotypes that come with repping the California city. The guy isn't a wimp, but he's more interested in saying something thought-provoking than violent. Backed by some fantastic beats, that's what every track on this new album, Section.80, boils down to: Food for thought. Whether the top is street violence, becoming famous, or where his generation is headed, Kendrick always has something substantial to say.

While a few tracks on here sound a little too corny for their own good, Section.80 is still a solid debut from the California kid.

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