A leader of new-school Compton hip-hop, street storyteller K.Dot's catalogue overflows with experiments in perspective and form. Lamar juxtaposes ruin and redemption and grapples with the weight of succeeding as his homies struggle in "untitled 02", while on "DUCKWORTH."—a true story of his father's brush with death—he captures two generations of pain and potential in one shape-shifting track.