After leaving Compton for South Africa, Kendrick comes back a changed man—and reimagines the sound and message of his next album.

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CREDITS

Host, Writer: Alex Pappademas

Showrunner: Colin McNulty

Producers: Taylor Jones and Sabrina Fang

Production Assistant: Stella Hartmann

Composer, Sound Designer, Mix Engineer: Alex MacInnis

Theme Song: Dan Leone

Fact Checker: Savannah Wright

Archival Audio Provider - Jürgen and Claudia Schadeberg

Executive Producer for Western Sound: Ben Adair

Executive Producers for Higher Ground: Dan Fierman, Anna Holmes, Mukta Mohan, Janae Marable 

Editorial Assistant for Higher Ground: Jenna Levin

Executive Producers for Spotify: Daniel Ek, Dawn Ostroff, Julie McNamara and Corinne Gilliard 

Special Thanks: Joe Paulsen and Eric Spiegelman

This episode includes discussion of suicide. Please keep this in mind when deciding if, how and when you’ll listen. For resources on these topics, visit spotify.com/resources.

“On Your Own” by Lalah Hathaway 

Written by Lalah Hathaway; Rex Rideout, Rahsaan N Patterson

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“Ruff Ryder’s Anthem” by DMX

Written by Earl Simmons and Kasseem Dean

Published by Dead Game Publishing. All rights on behalf of Dead Game Publishing administered by WC Music Corp.; Universal Music Corp. on behalf of itself, Boomer X Publishing, Inc. and Swizz Beatz

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