Kendrick Lamar’s (or K-Dot’s, as was his moniker then) first ever mixtape (or most of it, I’m not entirely sure) has surfaced (though it never disappeared, really) for everyone to enjoy (or laugh at, as it holds none of the lyrical dexterity captured in his more recent joints). Stream, tracklist and download link below.
Miguel links with his homie Kendrick Lamar for the remix to his single ” How Many Drinks” off his album, Kaleidoscope Dream. When you see a fine young lady you wonder how many drinks will it take to get her home. Ha!
I’d expect more dates down the line, but for now you can check out the 3 available dates below, plus ticket info.
July:
Monday – 8th – O2 Academy Birmingham
Tuesday – 9th – O2 Manchester Apollo
Wednesday – 10th – O2 Academy Leeds
Tickets: [Live Nation – Ticketmaster]
Kendrick Lamar & ScHoolboy Q stop by Gangsta Grill Radio to speak on XXL’s Freshmen, MTV’s ‘Hottest’ list, Nas, Rick Ross & Lil’ Wayne lyrics and much more. Additional clips below (dope Fat Trel shoutout from Q in Part 3! We agree!).
A day in the life of hip hop’s brightest star, Kendrick Lamar! We spend a day with him and his crew just ahead of his big Spotify Live show.
VIBE is giving “the new classics” Kendrick Lamar & Miguel the cover page (both individually and together) for the May edition of VIBE magazine. Check out the solo shots below.
Kendrick Lamar surprised the fans at Georgia State University by bringing out Young Jeezy for a rousing performance of ‘Show Out’.
I don’t know if KiD CuDi’s upcoming Indicud album has leaked, but one of the tracks — ‘Solo Dolo Pt. 2’ with Kendrick Lamar — has. Indicud hits stores on April 23rd.
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Anything involving Kendrick Lamar is going to get a little extra news coverage, and Chris Brown’s upcoming track featuring the West Coast wunderkind is no different. He speaks to Rob Markman at MTV:
I think people automatically assumed [that] with me and Kendrick Lamar, if we actually collaborated, it’s gonna be a club joint, but for me, I always like to change and switch the envelope. Even when I did Juelz Santana on ‘Run It,’ at that time, real hard-core [rap music] wasn’t really fusing with R&B like that. I try to change it up as much as possible. It’s what I love to do. Me and Kendrick on ‘Autumn Leaves,’ it’s more of a sit in your car and ride-to record. It’s a real laid-back record, but it’s also a substance record. It’s basically saying [that] you put in so much to get so little. Whether it be in relationships or just in life, you work hard for something all the time and get so little, but you still hold on, like the last leaf in autumn.
Urban Noize tries their hand at a song that was premiered during #TDEAppreciationWeek last year….and they made the song a lot better for me.
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Kendrick Lamar is hitting the road ’til June (and probably past that, who knows) and we now have the dates, which range from open and closed college spots to festivals. Check ’em out below.
03/29 Las Vegas, NV – 1 Oak
03/30 San Bernadino, CA – Paid Dues Festival
04/01 Iowa City, IA – Iowa Memorial Union
04/04 Boca Raton, FL – Florida Atlantic University +
04/05 Atlanta, GA – Private
04/06 Atlanta, GA – Georgia State University
04/07 Tallahassee, FL – Florida State +
04/09 Orlando, FL – University of Central Florida *
04/10 Charlotte, NC – University of North Carolina-Charlotte
04/11 Columbus, OH – Ohio State University *
04/12 Auburn Hills, MI – Oakland University (Meadowbrook Music Festival) *
04/13 Athens, OH – Ohio University (#fest) *
04/14 Buffalo, NY – University of Buffalo *
04/17 St. Louis, MO – Chaifetz Arena *
04/18 Kent, OH – Kent State University *+
04/19 Storrs, CT – UConn *+
04/21 Lowell, MA – Tsongas Center *
04/22 State College, PA – Bryce Jordan Center
04/23 Fairfax, VA – Private
04/24 Durham, NC – Duke University *+
04/25 Williamsburg, VA – William & Mary
04/26 New Britain, CT – Central CT State *
04/27 Cortland, NY – SUNY Cortland *
04/28 Waltham, MA – Private
04/29 Newark, DE – University of Delaware
04/30 Greensboro, NC – North Carolina A&T
05/01 Fairfield, CT – Fairfield University +
05/03 Ithaca, NY – Private
05/04 Watertown, NY – SUNY Jefferson
05/10 New York, NY – Downtown Music Festival
05/11 Columbia, MD – Sweetlife Festival
05/17-19 Gulf Shores, AL – Hangout Beach Music and Arts Festival
06/07 New York, NY – Governors Ball
06/29 Los Angeles, CA – BET Experience* with Steve Aoki
+ Closed to General Public
You know what’s next? The remix: Young Jeezy recruits YG, Kendrick and Chris Brown for the remix to his club hit. “I’m fucking with my ex cuz I’m still in love” (Ha!).
Did Chris throw a few shots at you know who?
Kendrick Lamar appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight to perform his hit single ‘Poetic Justice’ without Drake.
Kendrick Lamar is once again the standout on another individual’s track.
Hip Hop N More sits down with Kendrick Lamar at SXSW for an exclusive chat. Kendrick reveals that the ‘The Recipe’ video may come out later and that the Black Hippy album is on hold for now to make way for solo albums from TDE rappers.
I haven’t heard of Gee Watts until now, but he has Kendrick Lamar on a track and therefore earns a spot and a listen (check it out, it’s a strong track).
Anything that has anything to do with Black Hippy gets on this here website. It’s not just some on nuts shit, either: Black Hippy and their collaborators put out great music 100 percent of the time, and H.O.P.E. is no exception in the below song.
50 Cent drops the visual to his Kendrick Lamar led assisted single ‘We Up’. Could this be the track that get him back to his former position (not to say he fell off, but Interscope seemed to act like it)?
Kendrick and Ab-Soul jumped on Awolnation’s YouTube favorite. You can credit this leak to the The L.A. Leakers.
Damn, Kidd Kidd. I guess it’s a “no offense, but you suck” kind of day for you. Kidd Kidd supporters can still listen to the old version, though.
Top Dawg is such an elusive character, I don’t even think we saw in this video, honestly (I’m not sure)….anyways, while in NYC, the head of TDE surprises Kendrick Lamar and Black Hippy by playing Jay-Z’s ‘Kill My Vibe’ verse for the first time.
UK’s edition of GQ was fairly eclectic with it came to their picks for Hip-Hop meets fashion (Mykki Blanco is straight trippy), and it’s no less an interesting feature to check out (though: where are the UK artists?). You can take a look at the spread below.
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illRoots and Complex TV were also able to pull an interview out of this event.
While in SXSW, Kendrick Lamar and someone who shouldn’t be rapping beside Kendrick (no hate, ’cause she went in….just the reality) drops bars for Sway In The Morning.
