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Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future, James Blake Debut 'King's Dead'

The second single from an anticipated Marvel flick features falsetto from Future, a vocal snippet from James Blake and Jay Rock sandwiched between Lamar owning the track.
Jay Rock, Top Dawg Entertainment's bedrock emcee, fronts the second single from the TDE-curated <em>Black Panther </em>soundtrack, alongside Kendrick Lamar and Future.

The Kendrick Lamar and Top Dawg-curated soundtrack to Marvel's has produced its second single, and it's a dark, foreboding mood-setter. The song from the anticipated features falsetto from

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