Album (Mixtape) Review

I have never really heard of Kendick Lamar until last night when I was on various indie/blog sites and I happened to come across one of his works Overly Dedicated. It has a unique cover artistically that was appealing. The backdrop is composed of images of influential people throughout the 20th century; Bruce Lee, Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jackson, etc. The composition of the female body reminds me of Middle Eastern culture and her head is morphed for a galactic/ nature object, which is dope. The Compton MC gave a well composed mix tape that had more of an EP feel based off the effort and focus of concept that went into it. The mix tape had a soulful Cali neo feel to it, the good production from top to bottom helped convey that. The lyrics flow nice with the melodies of the tracks and it is easy to listen to. The lyrics are decent for this underground artist. He has no catchy punch lines or really clever or slick metaphors, the highlight for him is probably lyrical content and his easy smooth flow music you could cruise too or light up to (haha) he can change it up nicely as well (the tempo of his flow) samples are nicely laid throughout. Overall I'd give it a B for it's top to bottom quality, and it's refreshing to find new music like this. The production was strong throughout and that's why I enjoyed it, I think hip hop heads should check it out