Reincarnated appears on Kendrick Lamar's sixth studio album, GNX, released in November 2024. The song uses ideas of past lives and artistic legacy as Kendrick examines ambition, talent, conflict, and redemption through narrative verses. Its production draws from the sound of Tupac Shakur's Made Niggaz, reinforcing the track's connection to West Coast rap history. Short excerpts later circulated through fan edits, lyric videos, and social posts, where the intense delivery and reflective subject matter suited transformation stories and dramatic montages.