"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.

Everyone suspected a new Kendrick Lamar album was coming soon — between a Super Bowl halftime show slot next year and a haul of Grammy nominations for "Not Like Us," the time was as ripe as could be.

The rapper’s sixth studio album follows the success of a pair of tracks this year that were sparked by a war of words with Drake.