Kendrick Lamar's Most Powerful Visuals

Videos and artwork as game changing as K Dot's lyrics.

'The Blacker the Berry' - Lest we forget (during Black History Month, no less) the breasts from which all mankind suckles, Kendrick Lamar pulls it back into focus. "The Blacker the Berry" is K Dot's reflection on what it means to be African-American in 2015 ("I'm the biggest hypocrite," he spits... "I'm a proud monkey") and its cover art (see above) does the same, showing a breastfeeding woman shackled by jewelry.Read on.(Photo: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records)

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'The Blacker the Berry' - Lest we forget (during Black History Month, no less) the breasts from which all mankind suckles, Kendrick Lamar pulls it back into focus. "The Blacker the Berry" is K Dot's reflection on what it means to be African-American in 2015 ("I'm the biggest hypocrite," he spits... "I'm a proud monkey") and its cover art (see above) does the same, showing a breastfeeding woman shackled by jewelry.Read on.(Photo: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records)

King Kendrick - "i" has a special place in the Good Kid's heart, as Kendrick told Hot 97. "'i' is the best song I ever wrote because I never thought in a million years that I’d make a positive record coming where I come from. Never in a million years, my homeboys too. But my homeboys respect me enough to say, ‘Do what you do.’ It’s all God’s work, man."(Photo: Top Dawg Entertainment)

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'i' Video - Kendrick tackled systemic oppression, depression, suicide and freedom with the imagery in his video for "i." It was darker than expected from fans who, based on the song alone, figured the first single from his sophomore collection was a sign that he was lost somewhere in the mainstream.(Photo: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records)

"i" Cover Art - Before the video dropped, K Dot gave credit to the heart of his inspiration: the unification of red and blue personified by a "gang sign" for love.(Photo: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records)

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"i" Cover Art - Before the video dropped, K Dot gave credit to the heart of his inspiration: the unification of red and blue personified by a "gang sign" for love.(Photo: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records)

'Backseat Freestyle' Video - K Dot told you to respect his mind on this good kid, m.A.A.d city single, and with the video we saw a glimpse of it, the dichotomy of life at home and life on the road.(Photo: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records)

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'Backseat Freestyle' Video - K Dot told you to respect his mind on this good kid, m.A.A.d city single, and with the video we saw a glimpse of it, the dichotomy of life at home and life on the road.(Photo: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records)

'Rigamortis' Video - Kendrick Lamar has been murkin' you no name rappers since before "Control." We kid, we kid. But he did drop bodies in this video, harkening back to The Roots' "You Got Me" featuring Erykah Badu. (Photo: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records)

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'Rigamortis' Video - Kendrick Lamar has been murkin' you no name rappers since before "Control." We kid, we kid. But he did drop bodies in this video, harkening back to The Roots' "You Got Me" featuring Erykah Badu. (Photo: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records)

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'B***h, Don't Kill My Vibe' Video - Kendrick refuses to conform, and after gaining popularity bucking against youthful indiscretions (and O.G. pastimes) with "Swimming Pools (Drank)," he sent a clear message to his generation with this video: Death to Molly.(Photo: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records)

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'B***h, Don't Kill My Vibe' Video - Kendrick refuses to conform, and after gaining popularity bucking against youthful indiscretions (and O.G. pastimes) with "Swimming Pools (Drank)," he sent a clear message to his generation with this video: Death to Molly.(Photo: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records)

Album of the Year –  Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d city - good kid, m.A.A.d city set the tone for Kendrick Lamar's rule. K. Dot's major label debut is a rap feast that resonates for showing the Compton rapper's artistic maturity without sacrificing his underground roots. (Photo: Interscope Records)

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good kid, m.A.A.d city Cover Art - Judge this by its cover. From the first look, we knew immediately that Kendrick Lamar's debut was going to be personal and profound.(Photo: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records)

'Hiii Power' - Kendrick and crew left no one unanswered –– including the Illuminati ––  in this video, a mash up of presidents and Arab Spring, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Tupac's autopsy photos. At the end, K Dot even douses himself with gasoline, lights a match...and that was the beginning. The cut lives as a single off his pre-gkmc album, Section.80.(Photo: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records)

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'Hiii Power' - Kendrick and crew left no one unanswered –– including the Illuminati ––  in this video, a mash up of presidents and Arab Spring, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Tupac's autopsy photos. At the end, K Dot even douses himself with gasoline, lights a match...and that was the beginning. The cut lives as a single off his pre-gkmc album, Section.80.(Photo: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records)