In a video interview with Montreality published today (November 4), Mississippi-born musician Big K.R.I.T. spoke about getting compared to Kendrick Lamar, his life growing up and his upcoming album Cadillactica.

“It’s just one of those things where I realized that I always have to prove myself musically.” Big K.R.I.T. says in the video. “The difference between me and a lot of these artists is that I can produce not only for myself but for other people. I write all my lyrics. I mix my own stuff down. So that ensures that I’m gonna be around a long time.”  

Big K.R.I.T.’s second studio album, Cadillactica, is scheduled to be released November 11. 

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Earlier this Fall, K.R.I.T. dropped his latest mixtape, See Me On Top Vol. 4, which received a score of 3.5 out of 5 from HHDX. 

This Spring, the King Remembered in Time unleashed his “Mt. Olympus” single , which he said was written in response to Kendrick Lamar’s  “Control” verse.

“I wrote that song a day after the ‘Control’ verse came out,” he said in an October CRWN interview with Elliott Wilson. “But why would I drop it? Something else happened strategically. It wouldn’t have helped me to drop it then. I learned that this game is chess, not checkers. I’m not gonna jump you right after you jump me. I gotta think about this.”

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Big K.R.I.T. is currently finishing the final dates on his “Pay Attention Tour.”

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