Squabble up, California.
“Squabble up” is Los Angeles slang. It’s also the title of the second track on GNX, the new album from California’s greatest living hip-hop artist, Kendrick Lamar.
“Squabble up” has a double meaning. The first: Let’s fight. The second: “Let’s dance. Lamar’s raps — on a track that samples very California music forms (G-funk, hyphy and mariachi) — blend both meanings. And why not? A big, nasty fight is a lot like a great dance…