**Official Kendrick Lamar Thread 4th Studio Album ''DAMN.''Out Now**

This is insane. 
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Egypt (Son of Swizz and Alicia Keys) produced that tune on track 7. Can even hear Kendrick give him the shoutout "Young Egypt" during the actual song. 

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/03/04/kendrick-lamar-alicia-keys-swizz-beatz-egypt
 
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Top 5
Look of for detox
Hol' up
HiiiPower
Cartoons & Cereal
Mortal Man

Honorable mentions
The Jig is Up
Untitled 1 live performance
Untitled unmastered track 2
 
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ERACISM said:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:


Honey Nut Squares..... what the **** are those? 
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That struggle life. I remember ma dukes picking up Fruit Wheels instead of Fruit Loops. All them cereals were good as hell though.
 
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Nothinafta said:
Nice interview with kendricks producer


http://www.complex.com/music/2015/11/terrace-martin-kendrick-lamar-to-pimp-a-butterfly-interview
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dope.

"What’s the difference between the blackness of To Pimp a Butterfly versus the blackness of, say, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late? Drake’s sound is built upon Jodeci, Timbaland, Aaliyah, and that’s all black music, too.
It’s all black. I think there’s a small, but huge, difference. Kendrick and Drake are both excellent artists, both amazing, both gifted, both anointed, both prolific—they’re both great.

I need the music to tell me a story just like I need the lyrics to tell me a story. With Drake, musically, it’s hard for me to believe what he says over that particular bed of music because his music doesn’t really breathe. It loops a lot. Which is beautiful, I love it, it’s perfectly fine. But musically, it doesn’t tell me a story that adds another level to the lyricism. I believe that everything as a whole needs to be great, not just the words. That doesn’t mean you have to play jazz or blues, or that you have to add a saxophone. It just means I want more dynamism, musically, because life is dynamic."

I pulled that quote out not becuase he talking Drake, but because he is explaining perfectly one huge reason why I like Kendrick music. The beat, sometimes melodies evolve. Its given life and grows/changes as the story grows. Like the score to a film versus a flat looped beat that has no life to it.
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A lot of cats are simple minded though, hence why I see some people actually say "Drake is better than Kendrick" because their minds can't comprehend the art and complexities that Kendrick portrays in his music. I like Drake's music, but Kendrick is able to relate to the human struggle a lot more. People gonna say "But Drake started from the bottom herp derp", but that's just a bunch of hot air. Dude never grew in the projects where the cops and government is always against your community on a daily basis. But eh, different strokes for different people I guess.
 
I had the same reaction as Quint after untitled 02 
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 I probably replayed that track five times 
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HTG Designs said:
I need the music to tell me a story just like I need the lyrics to tell me a story. With Drake, musically, it’s hard for me to believe what he says over that particular bed of music because his music doesn’t really breathe. It loops a lot. Which is beautiful, I love it, it’s perfectly fine. But musically, it doesn’t tell me a story that adds another level to the lyricism. I believe that everything as a whole needs to be great, not just the words. That doesn’t mean you have to play jazz or blues, or that you have to add a saxophone. It just means I want more dynamism, musically, because life is dynamic."

I pulled that quote out not becuase he talking Drake, but because he is explaining perfectly one huge reason why I like Kendrick music. The beat, sometimes melodies evolve. Its given life and grows/changes as the story grows. Like the score to a film versus a flat looped beat that has no life to it.
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