The not so new album released by Kendrick Lamar came out on April the 17th, 2017. However, what is it?

Kendrick Lamar's new album is well, an album, but there's something about each project that's different and its the same situation here. The week before the album dropped, Kendrick dropped a line on The Heart Part 4 which got listeners and fans buzzing. If you don't recall it, Kendrick said, "Y'all got 'til April the 7th to get y'all s#@t together", after hearing this line, everyone thought that Kendrick's album was going to drop on April the 7th; but when that day came, people started realizing that they were wrong. Turns out, Kendrick was referring to the, "All-Amerikkkan Badass", album from Joey Badass. However, fans were still bumpin, "HUMBLE", and Joey's new project. After the album ended up dropping, critics quickly praised it for it's content scoring extremely high scores on metacritic by nearly every critic. (check out all the critic's reviews and ratings on metacritic here!) However, "Exclaim", thought differently stating that, 'DAMN. is the first time in Lamar's career that he hasn't broken new ground, explored old themes in new ways or exhibited sonic growth.'. (to see Exclaim's full review, click here!) The album also received a few negative reviews from fans, some coming from the fact that feminists have claimed sexual verbal acts on Kendrick's track, "HUMBLE", but the album is still loved by many loyal fans and new ones too! But it doesn't stop there! Popular YouTuber 'The Needle Drop, A.K.A, "The Internet's Busiest Music Nerd"' is a respected album reviewer and one of my favorite YouTubers. (check him out here and be sure to check out his content) Anyway, Fantano gives us his opinion in a number from a number out of 10, which Kendrick was given a 7, which some people think is quite low, but, some people also think that it's a good number because there were certain flaws in the album.

The album contains tracks featuring the artists:

- Rihanna on LOYALTY

- Zacari on LOVE

- U2 on XXX