Kendrick Lamar releases ‘GNX’ on vinyl, SZA to drop new songs on ‘SOS Deluxe: Lana’
Written by ABC Audio All Rights Reserved on February 7, 2025
Kendrick Lamar‘s latest album, GNX, is now on vinyl.
Ahead of his highly anticipated Super Bowl performance Sunday, the album, which he surprised fans with in November, is now available in a variety of formats. Fans can choose between a 180g black or white vinyl, only available on K. Dot’s store; an indie-exclusive in Dodger blue; a standard black version; and a gray vinyl, exclusive to Target. GNX is also available to buy on CD.
The vinyl release comes a day after Kendrick’s Super Bowl conference with Apple Music, where he discussed the inspiration for the combative album, which follows the more intimate Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers.
“My cousins were like DJ Quik and [Dr.] Dre, these folks that my people were playing. So I always had that DNA, and you heard that DNA a little bit in good kid, m.A.A.d city, but I wanted to tell my story first,” he explained. “Fast-forward to GNX, I felt it was just a perfect time ‘cause not only the energy was lost, but it was an energy that was bubbling inside of me as well. I wanted to go back to the forefront of the bite and the grit of rap.”
“I thought about ‘Damn, what I used to like as a kid?’ Hard raps, good beats, that’s smackin’, right?” he said. “It was necessary to come out of that cocoon, like, ‘I arrived now. I can spread my wings and show every state of who I am as far as Kendrick Lamar.'”
K. Dot is set to perform at the Super Bowl halftime show alongside SZA, who is adding new songs to SOS Deluxe: Lana. According to album’s site, they’ll be released Sunday at 7 p.m. ET.
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