"good kid, m.A.A.d. city" - Kendrick Lamar (Oct. 22nd, 2012)

[Man1x]

Probably is the key word tbh.

I'll add him under possible.

[Man1x]

Still can't get over the fact that i'm gonna skip a Kendrick song because Shitty Gaga is featured on it.
It's like, best new artist meets worst pop artist

Lady Gaga is the worst pop artist? ...LOOB! Bro, Lady Gaga is probably the best pop singer doing it right now despite what you think about her personally, I think she's a stupid bitch. Anyway, why would you even skip a song you haven't heard yet. Maybe it will be amazingly dope?

[Blu]

October 22nd?! Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

[Man1x]

Hit-Boy X Kendrick Lamar track in the makings, probably not for good kid, m.A.A.d. city because that's being mastered:


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Kendrick Lamar interview, he talks about features (he won't have many):


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Growing up in Compton, Calif., during the volatile ’80s and ’90s, Kendrick Lamar’s friends called him K.Dot. The nickname he earned as a kid stuck through his early hip-hop mixtapes, creating a kind of character, like one you’d see on television. When it came time for K.Dot to look in the mirror and truly tell his story through music, he knew he had to drop the monicker. Kendrick Lamar had to be himself.

In October, Lamar released his major label debut, good kid, m.A.A.d city, and the 25-year-old will perform at the Fillmore on Sept. 11 as the West Coast throne’s newly christened heir. There have been plenty of bumps in the road in getting to this point.

Many current fans can’t say they were around when Lamar was still K.Dot. In high school in 2003, Lamar, then 16, linked up with Los Angeles indie label Top Dawg Entertainment. A string of mixtape releases earned him spots opening for artists including Game. K.Dot decided to drop the stage name when he was well on his way to becoming the artist he is now — one who has landed in tabloids for his collaborations with Lady Gaga and has caused thousands to scramble for headphones in order to catch a whiff of any his new music leaks. But back then, Lamar lived through struggles that have fueled his rhymes.

As a narrator explains on “Chapter 6″ from his 2011 release Section.80:

There’s a more important topic I’d like to discuss.

The dysfunctional bastards of the Ronald Reagan Era.

Young men that learned to do everything spiteful.

This is your generation. Live fast and die young.

Who’s willing to explain this story?

Lamar’s first independent album, Section.80, is set against the ’80s backdrop of drugs, gangs and political unrest that engulfed his community. The unrest was spurred on by the generation that came of age in the G-Funk era and watched West Coast artists such as Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Tupac and Warren G not-so-quietly aim for hip-hop’s throat. That generation’s offspring, which includes Lamar, grew up steeped in the culture, and also has a personal understanding of the West Coast lifestyle and frustration communicated through hip-hop.

Lamar was only 4 when the Los Angeles riots started. He was 8 when he saw his childhood idols, Tupac and Dr. Dre, film the iconic video for “California Love” — a moment that never left him. Neither did the wisdom Lamar got from his family.

His father was a member of the Gangster Disciples, a volatile Chicago gang; he moved west and landed in Compton with Lamar’s mother. Lamar was born in the “trickle-down” political era, and the ills of his upbringing are directly tied to those years.

Time will dictate whether Section.80, released on TDE, will be labeled a seminal album, but it certainly marked a regime change. His 2010 release Overly Dedicated showed immense promise, but while it shot for the ears, Section.80 goes hard for hearts and minds. Lamar established himself as the mouthpiece of a generation born during the Reagan era and trying to sort out the strife of his peers’ upbringing while fighting against attention deficit to see it through.

Section.80 is raw, angry and intense while also poignant, thought-provoking and, ultimately, poetic. Similar to the split personality in Tupac’s music, the heart of Lamar’s work is hidden beneath layers of OG knowledge.

In the opening lines of Lamar’s “Poe Man’s Dreams,” he spits, “I used to want to see the penitentiary way after elementary/Thought it was cool to look the judge in the face when he sentenced me/Since my uncles was institutionalized, my intuition has said I was suited for family ties.”

Luckily, he wasn’t. After watching members of his family disappear into cycles of gang culture, poverty and crime, Lamar was able to filter the wisdom into something greater. By the time Section.80 dropped, word was out that Lamar had been invited to collaborate with Dre on Detox.

In prideful West Coast fashion, Lamar responded on “The Spiteful Chant” — “Everybody heard that I fuck with Dre and they wanna tell me, I made it/ Nigga, I ain’t made shit/If he gave me a handout, I’ma take his wrist and break it.” That should clarify any notion that he was discovered by Dr. Dre.

Lamar’s tight-knit, Black Hippy family — himself, AbSoul, Jay Rock and Schoolboy Q — had done the work and earned its place in hip-hop on its own. But it’s impossible to look past what Dre and Lamar could do for each other.

In signing Lamar, Dre further cements his status as tastemaker, this time plucking the next Eminem from his own backyard. For Lamar, it’s an opportunity to team up with an idol who has the business savvy that’s turned the most ferocious of MCs into multimedia conglomerates. And Lamar didn’t sign with Aftermath alone. His whole Black Hippy crew went under the Interscope umbrella when he inked his deal last March.

Despite a jump from being an indie all-star to mainstreamer-on-the-verge, his consistency has remained. Like Tupac before him, Lamar’s charisma made the transition easy. His bars are easier to digest, the hooks are embedded in the listener’s ears and the artist is more saturated than he’s ever been.

His Dre collaboration, “The Recipe,” exemplifies the duo’s commonality. While the West Coast is ready for new voices, its culture of women, weed and weather hasn’t changed.

On Section.80′s “Poe Man’s Dreams” Lamar laments, “This for my pops, on his lunch break, eating in the parking lot/On ‘Wanna Be Heard,’ probably thought he worked my nerves, but really he was stressing me getting what I deserved.”

The reward of his never-changing convictions? Moving his parents out of Compton, which had been the geographic center of his universe and vivid world view; the place that set him apart lyrically from the things he’d seen and experienced. Compton will always be home, but for the rapper, the opportunity to set his parents up was priority No. 1.

Now, instead of fighting to be heard, his opinions — like his recent stance against the idea of voting — are the headlines. As he soaks up expanded media attention, he also exposes the underlying innocence of his worldview. The questions he raises, the way he vents his stress — at his core, Lamar is still that kid searching for answers, and those of us who are listening are all part of the quest.

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NEW MUSIC:

New track from Frank Anthony’s mixtape Sixty8 Comeback.

http://rapdose.com/2012/09/10/frank-anthony-live-in-my-bed-feat-kendrick-lamar

[momentsgolden]

i cant wait anymore

[Man1x]

isn't J. Cole a possible feature since they are making an album together? would love to see Hopsin on the album although I know that's a stupid collab, I would love it if it happened though

Out of anyone on FV, the only one who'd fit with Kendrick is Dizzy.

Now that I think of it, I'd be interested to hear something like that...

Hmm...yeah, I could picture Dizzy having a chill as fuck flow on somethin' like "Swimming Pool".

[Man1x]

I'm resurrecting this muthafucka

[Man1x]

LOL that gif...

It's a work of art to be honest.

[Man1x]

Word, it is.

Kendrick is comin' around my town this month to perform...jealous?

Nah, because I got tickets and went to his very first show in Norfolk for his new Music Matter's Tour, jealous?

Anyway, I'm expecting this Lady Gaga song within the next two weeks, If not I predict another sad push back.

[Man1x]

If he pushed the album back one more time, it'll only mean that Jimmy Iovine requested a different sound.
I hope i'm wrong tho...

However, as I said before, artists like Kendrick can handle those situations smartly. Just like what Em did with TRSS & Without Me.

I agree, but at this point I don't see a request for a new sound. Kendrick's album is currently(or already done) going through mastering. Also, Kendrick has said that his contract gave him complete artistic control. I could see a push back for more promotion however if none of Kendrick's singles take off.

[PAINKILLƎR]

If he pushed the album back one more time, it'll only mean that Jimmy Iovine requested a different sound.
I hope i'm wrong tho...

However, as I said before, artists like Kendrick can handle those situations smartly. Just like what Em did with TRSS & Without Me.

I agree, but at this point I don't see a request for a new sound. Kendrick's album is currently(or already done) going through mastering. Also, Kendrick has said that his contract gave him complete artistic control. I could see a push back for more promotion however if none of Kendrick's singles take off.

Full artistic control? Wow that's great! Man I'm super pumped for this now, its gonna be a classic

[Man1x]

If he pushed the album back one more time, it'll only mean that Jimmy Iovine requested a different sound.
I hope i'm wrong tho...

However, as I said before, artists like Kendrick can handle those situations smartly. Just like what Em did with TRSS & Without Me.

I agree, but at this point I don't see a request for a new sound. Kendrick's album is currently(or already done) going through mastering. Also, Kendrick has said that his contract gave him complete artistic control. I could see a push back for more promotion however if none of Kendrick's singles take off.

Full artistic control? Wow that's great! Man I'm super pumped for this now, its gonna be a classic

Yeah, Kendrick also been saying it's not going to be a feature fest. It's going to be mostly him with some Black Hippy/TDE Affiliates/Dre and maybe just Gaga feature. I'm pumped, he keeps saying this has a chance to be the best hip-hop album in 20 years, and he says if he doesn't make THAT album he considers it a failure. He's really about the music.

Also, Aftermath is betting the house on him I heard. His singles are doing well for nearly no promo. The only promo he has gotten is Vevo Lift and just features he earned himself.

[PAINKILLƎR]

Yeah, Kendrick also been saying it's not going to be a feature fest. It's going to be mostly him with some Black Hippy/TDE Affiliates/Dre and maybe just Gaga feature. I'm pumped, he keeps saying this has a chance to be the best hip-hop album in 20 years, and he says if he doesn't make THAT album he considers it a failure. He's really about the music.

Also, Aftermath is betting the house on him I heard. His singles are doing well for nearly no promo. The only promo he has gotten is Vevo Lift and just features he earned himself.

Yeah this is gonna be epic. I think Kendrick is doing well with his singles, I hear "The Recipe" and "Swimming Pools" on the radio a lot but maybe it's cuz I live in L.A. and there is a lot of love for K.Dot over here. Maybe not for all the good reasons(by that I mean over here in LA not everybody is into lyrics and the art of hip-hop and I hope Kendrick's album opens them up to Hip-Hop a little more) mostly people just want party tracks here

But Kendrick's album would be a classic, I just hope the sales will be just as great as the album

[Man1x]

Yeah, Kendrick also been saying it's not going to be a feature fest. It's going to be mostly him with some Black Hippy/TDE Affiliates/Dre and maybe just Gaga feature. I'm pumped, he keeps saying this has a chance to be the best hip-hop album in 20 years, and he says if he doesn't make THAT album he considers it a failure. He's really about the music.

Also, Aftermath is betting the house on him I heard. His singles are doing well for nearly no promo. The only promo he has gotten is Vevo Lift and just features he earned himself.

Yeah this is gonna be epic. I think Kendrick is doing well with his singles, I hear "The Recipe" and "Swimming Pools" on the radio a lot but maybe it's cuz I live in L.A. and there is a lot of love for K.Dot over here. Maybe not for all the good reasons(by that I mean over here in LA not everybody is into lyrics and the art of hip-hop and I hope Kendrick's album opens them up to Hip-Hop a little more) mostly people just want party tracks here

But Kendrick's album would be a classic, I just hope the sales will be just as great as the album

It's like that over here on the east coast too, party/dance is in demand eveywhere

[King Lance]

Check the NEW official site

I hope he gonna change his voice during the chorus...
The one he did for "the city" was amazing, but I'm tired of that modified voice we can hear in "war is my love", the recipe, swimming pools ect... it's cool on a few songs, but not for EVERY chorus ^^

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