![]() Debuting at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, it became the rapper’s fourth number-one album. Released in 2022, the double album would be his final project with Top Dawg Entertainment. Black Panther: The Album, released in 2018, included a wide range of Black artists including Future, SZA, Vince Staples, Travis Scott, and The Weeknd, with Lamar himself performing on five of the 14 tracks.Īfter launching a multimedia company in 2020, Kendrick Lamar returned to music with his fifth studio album, Mr. ![]() His fourth studio album, DAMN., dropped in 2017, producing his second number-one single, “HUMBLE.” The song not only topped the charts, it won Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song, and Best Music Video at the 2018 Grammy Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Music.įollowing the success of “DAMN.,” Lamar moved onto his first movie project: a curated soundtrack for Marvel’s Black Panther. ![]() His hip-hop remix of Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.Īfter the release of To Pimp a Butterfly, Lamar’s profile soared. Kendrick Lamar also enjoyed his first number-one single in 2015. Kendrick Lamar took home two wins, including Best Rap Album and Album of the Year. It received mass critical acclaim and was nominated for seven GRAMMY® Awards. In 2015, To Pimp a Butterfly debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, Lamar’s first album to do so. In 2013, Kendrick Lamar set out on a world tour to promote the album with the other members of Black Hippy.īy the time Kendrick Lamar released his third studio album, he was already a household name. The album was a breakout success, producing five single which of which achieved success on the charts and earning Lamar four GRAMMY® Award nominations. That October, he released his first major-label album, Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, a concept album telling the story of the rapper’s early life experiences with drugs and gangs in Compton. In 2012, Kendrick Lamar signed a record deal with Dr. The album was met with many positive reviews, and Kendrick’s star began to rise. Section.80 dropped in 2011, debuting at number 113 on the US Billboard 200 chart. ![]() In 2010, he released his fourth solo mixtape, Overly Dedicated.įollowing the release of Overly Dedicated, Lamar began working on his first studio album. That same year, he began using his first and middle names with the release of his self-titled debut EP. All in all, after the 7th listen to Kendrick's second longest album (second only to TPAB, which is not surprising) there are more gems to uncover in the layers of this project.Kendrick Lamar founded the hip-hop supergroup, Black Hippy, in 2009, with the artists Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, and ScHoolboy Q. This is undeniably a West Coast album or at the very least a homage to the West Coast's place in the culture. Tupac references don't die there! Peep the album cover (crown of thorns) or the charged statement "Tupac is dead/ gotta think for yourself" in "Savior". Even in the in-direct elements of this album like the verbal back and forward between the two narrators on "We Cry Together," "F*ck you B*tch! F*ck you B*tch!" It's eerily similar to Janet Jackson and Tupac's first exchange in Poetic Justice, which ended with their characters dating. Morale and the Big Steppers, Kendrick has managed to play all of his cards and win every book! You get introspective Kendrick, story-telling Kendrick, "Control" Kendrick, the vocal-performer Kendrick, just to name a few of his high cards. My uninspiring intro started when I first heard "B*tch Don't Kill my Vibe " I thought his rhyme pattern was masterfully pristine, let alone the lyrics to the chorus! It is beyond words to describe how I felt belting out "I am a sinner/ Who's probably gonna sin again." half-drunk after winning a conference championship in college. A brother of mine, actor/poet/artist, Drew Drake and I were talking through our personal introduction to Kendrick's art. It hit me Wednesday while on the way to Freddie Gibbs show at Irving Plaza. The highly anticipated project from recording artist Kendrick Lamar has finally been released! A fervor that peaked even more last week with the release of The Heart Pt.
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