GNX
by Kendrick Lamar
- Type: Album
- Released: 22 November 2024
- Label: PGLang, Interscope, pgLang
- Country: United States
- Length: 44:14
- Community rating: 3.87/5 from 51 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Kendrick Lamar's 'GNX' is a dense reimagination of West Coast hip-hop, blending classic G-funk aesthetics with contemporary production from collaborators like Sounwave, Jack Antonoff, and Mustard. The album serves as both a tribute to Los Angeles and a victory lap, with Lamar employing a range of vocal deliveries to explore themes of career introspection, cultural pride, and artistic resilience. Released as a surprise, the project marks his first album after departing from Top Dawg Entertainment and Aftermath, and it received widespread critical acclaim for its inventive synthesis of sound and lyrical depth.
Genres
Descriptors: conscious, rap, hard, street, infectious, funky
Tracklist
- wacced out murals (05:17)
- squabble up (02:37)
- luther (with sza) (02:57)
- man at the garden (03:53)
- hey now (feat. dody6) (03:37)
- reincarnated (04:35)
- tv off (feat. lefty gunplay) (03:40)
- dodger blue (feat. wallie the sensei, siete7x, roddy ricch) (02:11)
- peekaboo (feat. azchike) (02:35)
- heart pt. 6 (04:52)
- gnx (feat. hitta j3, youngthreat, peysoh) (03:13)
- gloria (with sza) (04:47)
Credits
- Kendrick Lamar - vocals, producer, executive producer, creative director
- SZA - guest appearance, vocals, composer
- Dody6 - guest appearance, composer
- Lefty Gunplay - guest appearance, additional vocals
- Wallie the Sensei - guest appearance, composer
- Siete7x - guest appearance
- Roddy Ricch - guest appearance
- AzChike - guest appearance
- Hitta J3 - guest appearance
- YoungThreat - guest appearance
- Peysoh - guest appearance
- Deyra Barrera - additional vocals, composer
- The Aeolians of Oakwood University Choir - choir vocals
- Ink - background vocals, additional vocals, composer, lyricist
- Sam Dew - background vocals, additional vocals, composer
- Sounwave - producer, album producer, composer
- Jack Antonoff - producer, album producer, composer, engineer, recording engineer, studio personnel
- Mustard - producer, composer
- Sean Momberger - producer
- Kamasi Washington - producer
- Terrace Martin - producer
- Tyler Mehlenbacher - producer
- Craig Balmoris - producer
- M-Tech - producer
- Noah Ehler - producer
- Tim Maxey - producer
- Tane Runo - producer
- Juju - producer
- Bridgeway - producer
- Dahi - producer
- Frano - producer
- Rose Lilah - producer
- Rascal - producer
- Kenny & Billy - producer
- Dave Free - creative director, photography
- Johnathan Turner - engineer, recording engineer, studio personnel
- Laura Sisk - engineer, recording engineer, studio personnel
- Oli Jacobs - engineer, recording engineer, studio personnel
- Ray Charles Brown Jr. - engineer, recording engineer, studio personnel
- Jacob Spitzer - engineer
- Ruari O'Flaherty - studio personnel
- Kojo Asamoah - a&r
- Cristela S. Rodriguez - a&r coordinator
- Chris Burnett - design, layout