KENDRICK LAMAR - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

With his last album on Top Dawg Entertainment, Kendrick Lamar has done it again: Committed to an ambitious piece of art that - to an even more radical degree than the previous three albums - manages to put into perspective the traumas Kendrick himself - and African American culture as a whole - have experienced for decades.

No one can create a coherent portrait of the America of which he is a part wquite like Kendrick Lamar. But Kendrick is not the savior of black Americans. Neither can nor will he be. He has problems enough to deal with himself. But in the almost psychotherapeutic processing of his thoughts, he nuances a large variety of emotions that millions of other people can relate to.

Mr.Morale & The Big Steppers is another undisputed masterpiece from the biggest voice in hip-hop right now.