LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 28: Recording artist Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during the 2015 BET Awards at the Microsoft Theater on June 28, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Associate Professor of Music Emmet G. Price spoke on the power of Kendrick Lamar’s new album “To Pimp a Butterfly” and its most popular song “Alright.”

“There’s something about the power of our music that says when the music’s playing and everybody’s heart and minds are on one accord — that we can do this. There’s a courage that comes up. In the midst of this oppression, because all hearts and minds [are] in sync, there’s this power that we have.”

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