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Kendrick Lamar Lends a Hazy Hook to Cozz's "Hustla's Story"

K Dot's vocal elevates proceedings to a slow state of the sublime.
Lauren O'Neill
London, GB
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The UK is currently at Kendrick fever-pitch, as he conducts his UK tour/religious experience across our fair isles. Not everyone managed to get a ticket however, so hopefully those fans might instead find themselves sated by a little bit of new music from the man himself.

He makes an appearance on "Hustla's Story," a track from rapper Cozz's new album Effected. Kendrick punctuates Cozz's rhythmic flow with a layered, harmonised hook that has the aural quality of floating and literally elevates the sound of the track. It offers an abstract-feeling counterpoint to the raw tale Cozz's lyrics tell and showcases Kendrick's ability to identify exactly how he can fit onto a track, rarely wasting a second on a feature. He adds a quick verse too, but it's his chorus line that really stands out. Listen below:

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