As talked about as Kendrick Lamar is in 2013, the West Coast rapper says pressure isnât a factor in his life.
âMan itâs crazy, they would say they expected a lot before the album. I donât even know what pressure is called anymore (laughs),â said K. Dot in an interview with DubCNN. âI think thatâs just a word made up now that people just wanna put on you. Because before I put this album out they were like âHow much pressure is it to work with Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre,â and then I delivered the album, now theyâre saying how much pressure is it for you to do it again.â
âI donât even know what pressure is now. Iâm just doing me man,â he added, matter-of-factly. âI donât even look at it as pressure anymore, I never looked at it as pressure. I just felt Iâd make the best music I could make. You either like it or you donât, but itâs always gonna real to me.â
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Kendrick also explained why his debut with Dr. Dre, good kid, m.A.A.d city, didnât feature any production from the good doctor, unlike Snoop Doggâs Doggystyle, Eminemâs Slim Shady LP, and 50 Centâs Get Rich or Die Tryinâ. âBasically Dre just told me to go out there and do my own thing. See the thing about it is, people get so caught up in the hype with just being with Dre, they just figured he had to stand over your back the whole time while youâre doing music. He looked at me as an artist, cause I already had like three street albums out: Kendrick Lamar EP, O.D. and Section.80.â
Kendrick elaborated, explaining that Dre was content with and confident in his artistâs formula. âHe said I was already ready. All I needed to do is go out and continue to do what Iâm doing. If it ainât broke, donât fix it. That was the main thing he was always saying. By the time I came and turned the album in to him in, that was when we were supposed to lock in the studio and do some records. But he decided and said âYouâre done. You donât need to go back in with me. Because you have all the records here.â
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