Although the Chance vs. Drake album wars are fully—kind of—underway, no one should forget about Kendrick Lamar. The likely candidate for greatest rapper alive just contributed a potent introductory verse to Oakland rapper Mistah F.A.B.’s new single “Survive.” Kendrick speaks to incarceration both mental and physical and equates a prison break to jumping hurdles in the Olympics. It’s affecting, dizzying, what we’ve come to expect from Lamar. Slaughterhouse’s Crooked I also shows up on the cut which also features Chicago singer Kobe Honeycutt on the hook. Have a listen below.
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