Kendrick Lamar starts his exhilarating new album by complaining that someone vandalized a mural depicting his face — a mural depicting his face in triplicate, in fact — on the side of a Honduran restaurant in his Compton hometown.

Rapper Kendrick Lamar has released a new album called GNX. Lamar dropped the surprise 12-song record on digital platforms Friday. Tracks include "Wacced Out Murals," "Squabble," "Luther" and "Man at the Garden.

GNX” is easily the most disciplined and direct music Kendrick Lamar has ever made, and if you really let yourself feel it, it might also be his most profound.