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Promise That You Will Sing About Me: The Power and Poetry of Kendrick Lamar
By Lewis, Miles Marshall
- ISBN
- 9781250231680
- Publisher
- St. Martin's
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Reviewed on June 1, 2021 | Arts & Humanities
Music journalist Lewis (There's a Riot Goin' On) critiques the success of hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar, within the contexts of recent Black history, music, and literature in the U.S. The author begins in Lamar's native Compton neighborhood (in L.A.), where the rapper drew inspiration from Tupac Shakur and created mixtapes as K-Dot. Lewis covers Lamar's critically acclaimed debut, Section.80 (2011); his million-selling concept album good kid...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
