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Is Kendrick Lamar’s Producer LoveDragon Actually TDE’s CEO?

Kendrick Lamar's sophomore LP To Pimp A Butterfly has made hip-hop as a whole stop and take notice, with many—us included—dissecting the album track by track in order to try and uncover the magic that...

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Kendrick Lamar Says His Album Is Not a Classic Yet

In an interview with Hot 97, Kendrick Lamar had a simple message regarding the premature bronzing of his second studio album, To Pimp a Butterfly. He believes the record needs time before people hail...

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Producer Sounwave Says 80 Songs Were Recorded for Kendrick Lamar’s ‘To Pimp a...

Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly dropped two weeks ago and has the most talked about LP since. Sounwave—who produced for the album—spoke with P&P and revealed that at least 80 songs were...

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Kendrick Lamar Is Engaged

Kendrick Lamar is engaged to his longtime girlfriend, Whitney Alford. The two have kept their relationship pretty hush ever since K-Dot blew up a few years ago. However, while speaking with Power...

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Kendrick Lamar Talks About His Recurring Nightmare, Debuts ‘Eyes Above (Remix)’

Kendrick Lamar sat down to chat with Flying Lotus last night (Apr. 9) on BBC's Radio 1 show. The interview was structured in the same format as Lamar and Tupac's conversation at the end of...

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Hidden Braille Message in Kendrick Lamar’s Album Pamphlet Reveals Full Title

To Pimp a Butterfly isn't the full name of Kendrick Lamar's second studio album. While speaking with Mass Appeal for his cover story, the Compton native shared that there is hidden Braille within the...

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Kendrick Lamar Lands First No. 1 Record with Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood”

Kendrick Lamar lands his first No. 1 record on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The To Pimp a Butterfly rapper worked with pop sensation Taylor Swift on a new cut of "Bad Bloods," the...

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Kendrick Lamar Visits High School That Uses His Lyrics in Lessons

Kendrick Lamar's 2012 studio debut, good kid, m.A.A.d. city, was hailed as an instant classic by critics and fans. Its power was in its specificity, in the narrowness of its scope--not only was...

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Kendrick Lamar Takes Aim at Police in “Alright” Video

Kendrick Lamar's dense, ambitious sophomore album, To Pimp a Butterfly, can be difficult to digest. Influences--G-funk, P-funk, jazz, soul--swirl, political diatribes intersect with one another, poems...

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Kendrick Lamar Is Being Sued Over “The Blacker the Berry” Artwork

Kendrick Lamar is currently being sued over the artwork used for his single, "The Blacker the Berry." The song's artwork features a mother breastfeeding two children. According to...

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Kendrick Lamar and Reebok Team Up for Another Collaboration

Kendrick Lamar and Reebok join forces for the release of another collaborative sneaker, but this on Reebok's Classic Leather silhouette. Continue reading…

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Kendrick Lamar Releases the Cover Art for His New Album ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’

Around Midnight, Kendrick Lamar unveiled the cover art and album title of his forthcoming LP through Instagram (see below). "Don't all dogs go to heaven? Don't Gangsta's boogie? Do owl shit...

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Kendrick Lamar’s New Album Tracklist Leaks

Update : Kendrick Lamar's new LP To Pimp a Butterfly drops a week early. Get the clean version is on iTunes now; the explicit version should drop soon. --- Original story: The tracklist for Kendrick...

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Killer Mike and Rapsody Thank Kendrick Lamar on Social Media

Last night, Kendrick Lamar unexpectedly dropped his sophomore album To Pimp A Butterfly a week early, blessing the hip-hop world with one of the most highly-anticipated projects in years. Before the...

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Stream Kendrick Lamar’s ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’ Album

Kendrick Lamar's sophomore album, To Pimp A Buttlerfly has dropped a week early, one day after the 20th anniversary of 2Pac’s Me Against the World LP. Last night (March 15), a clean...

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Hip-Hop Reacts to Kendrick Lamar’s ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’

Last night (March 15), Kendrick Lamar dropped his sophomore album, To Pimp A Butterfly a week early from his original release date (march 23). This stealthy album drop by K.Dot came just one day after...

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Listen to the Full 2Pac Interview Kendrick Lamar Samples on ‘Mortal Man’

Kendrick Lamar's second major label album, To Pimp a Butterfly, is still scheduled to come out next week, on March 23. However, last night (March 15), the album was briefly available for purchase and...

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11 Songs Sampled on Kendrick Lamar’s ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’

Related: Listen to the Full 2Pac Interview Kendrick Lamar Samples on ‘Mortal Man’ Hip-Hop Reacts to Kendrick Lamar’s ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’...

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Kendrick Lamar Says He’s a Vessel for God’s Work

Kendrick Lamar's second major label album, To Pimp a Butterfly, is officially out March 23, but has been available intermittently on iTunes for the last day or so. In interviews for a New York Times...

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Bilal Explains His Role in Making Kendrick Lamar’s ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’

When Kendrick Lamar released his sophomore LP To Pimp A Butterfly Sunday night a week before its scheduled March 23 release date, the hip-hop world collectively lost its mind sifting through the LP to...

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Rappers React to Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar's sophomore album, To Pimp A Butterfly, has been all the talk since its unexpected release last Sunday night. The album, which has been well received by fans of the T.D.E. rapper, is...

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Kendrick Lamar’s ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’ Breaks Spotify Streaming Record

Though it feel victim to a convoluted half-release on the iTunes store, Kendrick Lamar's sophomore album, To Pimp a Butterfly, has distinguished itself as the high-water mark for digital music fervor....

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Rapsody Says Kendrick Lamar Has the Same Energy as Lauryn Hill

Kendrick Lamar has proven over and over again that he's not afraid to stand up against the best rappers in the business, having included Drake, TDE label mate Jay Rock and West Coast legend MC Eiht on...

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Sounwave Says Kendrick Lamar’s ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’ Went Through Three Phases

TDE in-house producer and A&R Sounwave has been working with the West Coast crew since 2009's Kendrick Lamar EP and has been steadily building his portfolio ever since. Over the years he's...

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Taylor Swift Loves Kendrick Lamar’s New Album

Taylor Swift is a fan of Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly album. The country/pop singer took to Twitter this morning to share her thoughts about the new album. Swift summed it up in one picture,...

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Kendrick Lamar’s ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’ Collaborators on the Album’s Importance

Related: Sounwave Says Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly Went Through Three Phases Rapsody Says Kendrick Lamar Has the Same Energy as Lauryn Hill Bilal Explains His Role in Making Kendrick Lamar’s...

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Journalist Mats Nileskär Discusses His Old Tupac Interview From Kendrick...

One of the defining characteristics of Kendrick Lamar's sophomore album, To Pimp A Butterfly, is a running poem that builds and unfolds as the album progresses, with K.Dot sharing more and more of the...

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Anna Wise Compares Kendrick Lamar to Quentin Tarantino

Sole authorship may not be entirely mythical, but its prevalence is exaggerated. Not every rapper has ghostwriters, but the odds are that even the most hallowed names in the genre's history have had...

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Watch Behind-the-Scenes Footage From Kendrick Lamar’s ‘King Kunta’ Video

Kendrick Lamar's sophomore effort, To Pimp a Butterfly, is the number 1 album in the country right now, having moved some 363,000 copies in its first week. This is the first time he's topped the...

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Marc Lamont Hill Calls Kendrick Lamar the Gold Standard of Rap

Related: Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly Collaborators on the Album’s Importance Sounwave Says Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly Went...

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