With the landmark release of his last album under the label that helped take him to the highest of music heights and his future looking fascinatingly uncertain, we begin a three-part retrospective on Kendrick Lamar. Beginning, at the beginning and looking at the music he made before he even became "Kendrick Lamar".

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:29) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

• Yasin Toure - PUMA
• Blac Youngsta - 4Life
• Leikeli47 - Shape Up
• Onyx - Onyx Versus Everybody
• Mysie - joyride (EP)
• Tank And The Bangas - Red Balloon
• Ricki Monique - GOOD SEEDS (EP)
• Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
• Obongjayar - Some Nights I Dream of Doors
• Quelle Chris - Deathfame
• Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer - Recordings from the Aland Islands

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (19:08)
Hub City Threat - (37:46)
Training Day & No Sleep Til NYC - (49:00)
C4 - (1:00:19)
Kendrick Lamar EP & Overly Dedicated - (1:09:43)
Lighter Note - (1:28:50)

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