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Is This Kendrick Lamar's "The Heart Part 4"?
Is This Kendrick Lamar's "The Heart Part 4"?

Is This Kendrick Lamar's "The Heart Part 4"?

Is This Kendrick Lamar's "The Heart Part 4"?

Before To Pimp A Butterfly, before good kid mAAd city, even before Section.80, Kendrick Lamar was introduced to the world with a video that found him spitting daggers over the the beat from Yasiin Bey's "Umi Says." Part 2 was released a short time after that, showing off K Dot's penchant for soulful, jazzy constructions even then, and when Part 3 dropped in the months leading up to GKMCyou already knew his name, and the Pac comparisons would roll from there.  Now a new, wholly unofficial installment has surfaced of "The Heart," featuring a gritty, dust-clad soul sample, cracks and snaps, and what seems to be spry versions of the Compton bomber and his TDE label-mate Schoolboy Q busting out gangsta love raps, hook provided by what may be BJ The Chicago Kid . And as much as I'd like to say that this is Part 4 of the 5-years-and-running series, the track does not resemble, in tone, lyrical content or production quality, the Lamar of today, and more realistically is something left off of a mixtape treatment. But it's always a good day for some new bars from Mr. Lamar and Puffy Q, and we'd rather leave the verdict in your hands. So rock with this new-ish joint from Kendrick Lamar and Schoolboy Q, and be sure to leave your two cents in the comment section below.