The New West 2

NME5/ 5 stars

“After a year full of scathing diss tracks and unfiltered loathing, Lamar converts that energy into the purest emotion of all – love – while carrying the West Coast on his back”

The Guardian4/ 5 stars

“Fresh from his feud with Drake, the US hip-hop star’s latest album finds him on imperious form”

Rolling Stone4/ 5 stars

“He embraces his dual identities of spiritualist and block thumper”

Sputnik Music

“There is no Big Three. There never really was. There’s just Kendrick Lamar, and then there’s everyone else”

Paste9.1/ 10

“The Compton rapper’s masterful sixth LP is a surreal, hypnotizing, danceable trip through a hip-hop prophet’s own ego death and immediate, braggadocious, finessing renewal”

Pitchfork6.6/ 10

“Kendrick’s glossy, hyper-local sixth album arrives after a year of unimpeachable victories. The question is, how much do you enjoy watching him take lap after lap?”

The Line of Best Fit

“While some songs on this album get drowned out by the grandiosity of its goals, the project – and the man behind it – are as strong as ever. GNX is the blueprint for a new rap zeitgeist, and all we can do is hope that everyone gets the cue”

The A.V. Club

“The emcee’s sixth studio album sees him embrace and expand on his vision of fatherhood”

Clash9/ 10

“A truly remarkable feat and already one of the best rap records all year, proving once again that Kendrick continues to operate at a level all to himself”

Exclaim!9/ 10

“In a discography as impressive as Lamar’s, GNX stands as a major highlight, sitting comfortably in the upper echelon of a rarefied body of work”

AllMusic4.5/ 5 stars

“Kendrick’s most speaker-knocking set to date”

musicOMH

“Things get crazy, scary, spooky and hilarious on the Compton rapper’s triumphant new record”