Both Black Panther and its soundtrack have been shaping up to be blockbusters. The Ryan Coogler superhero movie doesn’t debut for another week, but the album arrived in full late Thursday night.
Curated by Kendrick Lamar and his label head Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith, it features a wealth of new Kendrick music — including the previously released “All the Stars,” “King’s Dead,” and “Pray For Me” — and boasts appearances from SZA, ScHoolboy Q, 2 Chainz, Future, The Weeknd, Vince Staples, James Blake, Khalid, Swae Lee, Ab-Soul, Anderson .Paak, Jay Rock, Travis Scott, Mozzy, Zacari and more.
It is, in other words, the year’s latest rap event album, following Migos’ mammoth Culture II (and likely a hell of a lot more satisfying).
Kendrick shared the album on his social media. Dig into it below.
This article originally appeared in Stereogum.
