Edited by Kawade Shobo Shinsha Editorial Department Size: Mook A5
Number of pages: 208 pages

This special feature focuses on this rare rapper who has garnered overwhelming support from all over the world with his lyrics that intricately weave the contradictions and redemption of the inner city, and his innovative music that actively incorporates jazz, funk, and other elements.

How do rappers active in Japan listen to Kendrick Lamar and what do they think about him?
Featuring interviews with eight rappers active in the Japanese rap scene: Awich, COSA, Kamui, OMSB, Moment Joon, DyyPRIDE, KOJOE, and Senninsho!

【table of contents】

[Intersection with Japanese rap / Interview]
Awich - The harmony that comes from digging deep into yourself
COSA raps on 'Goodness'
Kamui: Music that affirms life in a time of uncertainty
OMSB Kendori is amazing because he is amazing.
Moment Joon A song that resonates beyond its severed roots
DyyPRIDE: A new spiritual for slaves living in a capitalist world
KOJOE: A perfect harmony cactus that captures blind spots in a variety of ways. The power of hip-hop to embrace the voices of the world -- Interview and composition by Shin Niki, Shingo Hori, Shiho Watanabe

[Rap Music Scene / Live And Direct]
Shiho Watanabe: US Rap, the Current State in 2020 Sho Okuda: 5 Meter Radius of Kendrick Lamar Akane Yoshida: New Horizons of Rap Fantasy

[Elements of Kendrick Lamar]
Keiko Tsukada: What is Gangsta Rap? --Its Lineage and Spirituality
imdkm Flow and Persona: The (Multiple) Flows of Kendrick Lamar Yuji Nagasawa Kendrick Lamar and Introspective American Literature

［Biography］
African American Cutural Legends
--Motoko Oshino, Hisashi Kimura, Jeremy Harley, Keiko Tsukada, Yuri Tominaga

[Sound Path / Disc Guide]
Genaktion Section.80
Keiko Tsukada good kid, mAAd city
Masashi Yoshida To Pimp A Butterfly
Kaz Skellington (Watanabe Kohmitsu) untitled unmastered.
Motoko Oshino DAMN.

［Book Guide］
Riverside Reading Club BOOK GIVES YOU CHOICES

［Essay/Criticism］
Noda Tsutomu The Light and Darkness of the Commemorative Year of 2015Isobe Ryo Who Did He "Kill"? - Kendrick Lamar's Position in the Rap SceneYamashita Soki Gangsta Consciousness - Anamnesis for a Liberated WorldManuel Young What Exactly is King Kunta's Soul?

Discography
--Masaaki Kobayashi