Overly Dedicated Was Kendrick Lamar’s First Attempt to Shatter the Old Hip-Hop

Before launching into the final seconds of “The Heart Pt. 2,” the opening track of his 2010 mixtape Overly Dedicated, Kendrick Lamar takes a ragged gulp of air. “I swear to God most of y’all cats just don’t know Kendrick,” he rasps over borrowed production from The Roots. “You barely know…

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