Backseat FreestyleKendrick Lamar · 2012

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“Front page photo by Jeff Forney Though Kendrick Lamar starts "Backseat Freestyle" by comparing himself to Martin Luther King, Jr., this new single from good kid, m.A.A.d. city is less voice-of-a-generation than it is a challenge to other rappers-- specifically, try and keep up. The song, which features jabbering production from Hit-Boy, is the kind of technical showcase that launched Kendrick to t”