If you've gone on the internet in the past two years, I'm sure you've at least heard the name Kendrick Lamar. Last week his much anticipated major debut was released and has been talked about over and over while receiving critical acclaim. good kid, m.A.A.d city is Kendrick's sophomore album, and it's a follow up to his independent release Section.80 which dropped in the summer of 2011. I was a huge fan of Section.80,and it wasn't long after I started listening to it that I realized Kendrick's lyrical ability - especially when it comes to storytelling. Section.80 was [...]
With good kid, m.A.A.d. city , Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar drops what's easily hip hop's most cinematic album of 2012. WATCH THE REVIEW
As part of TDE Fam Appreciation Week, Kendrick follows the lead of his TDE and Black Hippy teammates and drops a new track. Kendrick has been riding high following the success of Section.80, the Dre cosign, signing to Aftermath and then the critical success of his singles "The Recipe" (featuring his label-head) and "Swimming Pools [...]
Given that hip-hop culture has long glamorized alcohol use (and even abuse), I have to give props to Kendrick Lamar for dropping this new song. Despite what its catchy chorus might suggest, Lamar's new single "Swimming Pools (Drank)" is a cautious, dark, and surprisingly personal indictment of alcohol use, and a lamentation of the place that alcohol has in the life of a rapper. To accompany the track, Lamar dropped a new music video for the song as well, featuring some well executed visual imagery that helps emphasize the dark undertones of "Swimming Pools." That chorus suddenly takes on a [...]
I have been a fan of Kendrick Lamar since my friend shows me his Section.80 mixtape from 2011 (though he's been a member of a number of other projects for a while now). Everything about that mixtape made you feel good. It made a lot of sense why it got the attention that it did. Some of his best tracks off the mixtape were " Rigamortus ", " ADHD ", " Blow My High (which, may I [...]
Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino digs rap. That's on record and documented. Thus, the FADER and vitaminwater hooked up the Californian rap fan with a fellow Golden Stater, Kendrick Lamar, at [...]
Listen to Kendrick Lamar 's new song "The Recipe" featuring Dr. Dre below. Having already released a fantastic debut album less than a year ago with "Section.803 , Kendrick Lamar hasn't let that stop him following it up already. Produced by Scoop DeVille and featuring the legendary Dr. Dre on verse duties, "The Recipe" is the first track from said album, due out later in the year, and catches you instantly with the hook and [...]
We are sure there is going to be a ton of footage from SXSW popping up these next few days, but we are only posting quality ones. None with phone cameras. One of the first ones that got our attention was Camovement . Cam Be met up with Kendrick Lamar at both SXSW’s Fader Fort and The Vibe House performing his Section.80 track, Hol' Up.
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While the Club Paradise Tour travels from state to state, Kendrick has been kicking his bars from Buried Alive , off of Drake's Take Care album. This has become Kendrick's track to open to for every show so far and I definitely see why. Here's footage of him performing the track in Nashville.
After winning all sorts of praise for his excellent Section.80 mix tape last year, Compton kid Kendrick Lamar has just set off on tour with fellow blog dah-lings A$AP Rocky and Drake. But instead of celebrating with a bottle of bubbly or a nice cup of tea (or however it is that hip hop folk celebrate these days), he's decided to let off a new tune for the masses to tuck into. 'Cartoons & Cereal' showcases one of the more interesting MCs of the moment doing the damn thing [...]
MP3 Every time I hear a new track from West Coast rapper Kendrick Lamar, I just can't help but admire this dude's drive to do something new, fresh, and different with every single track. The beat here has a rattling hi-hat that gives it a slightly Southern Flavor. The flow Kendrick opens track with this strange flow, and is paired up with another voice that gives it a somewhat alien quality. There's just so much going on here, but I suppose what hits me most about this track is the way this track looks [...]
I'm not going to pretend like I knew who Alori Joh was yesterday. I'm not going to pretend like I listened to her The Love Religion album from last November. [...]
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Almost a full month into 2012, and I've attended one of the best concerts that I'm going to see this year. ScoreMoreShows began the year with a bang bringing Kendrick Lamar to rock the state of Texas. Successfully releasing his album entitled Section 80 last year, Kendrick Lamar has built an amazing fan base, sold out venues, but the most amazing thing? He doesn't have one single on the radio. If that's not impressive, I don't know what is. Good music speaks volumes with or without the industry behind it. [...]
Wow. It's been a minute, but we're back here at B&B with a new year. To kick it off, here's a new joint from the Top Dawg all-star and member of Black Hippy (along with Jay Rock and Kendrick Lamar), ScHoolboy Q. Dave Free goes in on the boards and produces a sort of melancholy [...]
Rigamortus , is one of the stand out tracks from Cali rapper, Kendrick Lamar 's, Section.80 album - released earlier this year. Now here's an awesome remix featuring the forever wild, Busta Rhymes . Stream and download it below:
Fresh off the success of “The Drake Take Care Samples Mixtape” , Babylon Cartel & Mike Blud take a trip to Compton, LA to go crate digging once again. It was only right that we feature Kendrick Lamar on our next Sample Series Mixtape. Kendrick has been touring city after city breathing life into Hip Hop and we felt it was our duty to show you guys the music behind the music. This may be one of our most inspiring Mixtapes yet. Special Thanks to Mike Blud (@MiguelSangre) for his “crate digging” talents. [...]
Holy hell, what a perfect way to wrap up a Tuesday! We heard about the "Rigamortis" remix with Busta Rhymes last weekend , and now it finally materializes. This song pretty much sums up Lamar in my eyes, an incredibly versatile MC that has some of the best production taste in the game. Add a bit of heavy-hitting Busta Rhymes on the back end and you might just have the track of the year. Section.80 is available now!
After a live preview, Bussa Bus answers the call of a hectic beat needing the murk treatment by hopping on Kendrick's "Rigamortis." It comes off as a slight disappointment seeing [...]
Kendrick Lamar (born June 17, 1987) is a rapper from Compton, California and is a member of Black Hippy collective along with members Jay Rock, Ab-Soul and ScHoolboy Q. His music is largely influenced by the works of Tupac Shakur, JAY-Z, Nas and DMX. He released the Kendrick Lamar EP in 2009, the critically acclaimed O(verly) D(edicated) mix tape in 2010 and most recently, his 2011 digital album Section.80, released under Top Dawg Entertainment. His debut album “A Good Kid In A Mad City” is set to be released sometime in 2012. The Rigamortis video is [...]
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