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How Kendrick Lamar Transformed Into 'The John Coltrane of Hip-Hop' on 'To Pimp a Butterfly'

Interviews with members of Lamar’s band on the latest album – they are all young men from South Central who play jazz. One of them, Kamasi Washington, just dropped an immense triple album called The Epic, and it’s really something (two bassists, two drummers, orchestra, choir…)

• May 22, 2015, 8:42 am |