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The Mysterious Mariachi Star of Kendrick Lamar’s GNX
Deyra Barrera bookends the album.
GNX, featuring 12 entirely new tracks, hit streaming services around noon Eastern time, surprising fans and throwing a million year-end lists-in-progress into disarray. Three tracks on GNX kick off with guest vocals from Barrera: namely, “wacced out murals,” “reincarnated,” and “gloria.” The singer’s voice essentially bookends the album, and she has a co-writing credit on all three songs. These songs are among the most forceful and emotionally intense tracks on the album, and Barrera’s intros can be interpreted as one Spanish-language poem split into three parts.
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