Timing is everything, and Kendrick Lamar's surprise ... GNX is more than an album, it is a statement of artistic dominance, breaking loose all boundaries, and contradicting the stories set out.

Hugh McIntyre covers music ... spaces on the Billboard 200 this week. All four of his projects that take up space on the list of the most-consumed albums in the U.S. climb from where they sat ...

For all the jokes about the moment ... That brazenness continues on his latest album, GNX. On the album’s intro, “wacced out murals” Kendrick laments the disdain he feels from peers ...