Review

Various reviews considered GNX a victory lap for Lamar after his hip-hop feuds throughout 2024. Critics who praised the album's tributes to West Coast hip-hop and Lamar's abilities to distill various elements to create a cohesive record include Exclaim!'s Wesley McLean and Variety's Peter Berry. Paste's Matt Mitchell upheld the album as a reimagination of rap's future and Lamar's past, and NME's Kyann-Sian Williams was impressed by the warm storytelling that acted as a palate cleanser after the diss tracks and loathing that had dominated the hip-hop scene.[54] Williams contended that GNX is an "easy contender for the rap album of 2024", and Tom Breihan of Stereogum hailed it as the year's best record and Lamar's greatest yet.