Kendrick Lamar

Read The Daily Californian's picks for the best of music in 2022.

It’s a scattered, raw, honest approach to the scenes playing out in Lamar’s head and beyond.

In a virtual press conference with The Daily Californian, deputy arts editor and senior staff reporter Taila Lee spoke to the night’s winners.

For a listener with a particularly musical ear, Talk Memory may come across as impeccably crafted, but for the average listener, the album’s often repetitive instrumentals fall flat. 

Keem falters on The Melodic Blue, trying to include countless ideas without giving thought to how they ultimately coalesce.

Like I always said and still say to this day to myself and those around me, “You got to speak it into existence!” 

In order to reflect on the vast variety of music Black artists have put out and to celebrate Black artists all year round, check out this playlist of songs about Black empowerment.

Glasper’s sprawling compilation asserts his prowess in incorporating jazz into mainstream music and as a frontrunner in the field of contemporary music.

California is abundant with all types of musical prowess. Here are some of California’s greatest and most talented artists and bands that make us proud.

The film begins in a lush soundscape of piano and strings, cosmic in scope and paired with a fantastical opening scene. A lone figure floats adrift.