The hype for whatever Kendrick Lamar is cooking up next has the world listening to his single “Humble.” enough that it catapulted to the #2 slot on the Hot 100 chart in its first week. The song tallied 111,000 sales and was streamed 49.8 million times.
According to Billboard, this is the highest debut for a rap song since 2010 when Eminem’s “Love the Way You Lie” featuring Rihanna also debuted at the #2 position.
“Humble.” is K-Dot’s highest-charting single as a solo artist. He’s hit #1 with an appearance on Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” and had two other features crack the Top 10. His previous Hot 100 best was “Swimming Pools (Drank),” which peaked at #17 in 2012.
As April 7 came and went, Kendrick fans patiently (or not) wait for his next album, expected Friday (April 14).
Love K. Dot but The heart IV is better
Who cares what’s better? He’s making history!
The Heart IV is another installment of an amazing series while Humble is an ok song with a supreme video. I guess it’s a testament to the power of marketing.
Is it the 14th yet?
lol i feel yr pain
Cornrow Kenny is killin’ it. The 14th can not get here fast enough.
“I was two O’s from an M, trying to be big as Em”. Y’all realize this dude projected his own success one song before “HUMBLE.” Exactly what he said he wants to do, he’s accomplishing. These are facts and KDot is definitely the king of hip-hop right now. His shit is too real… Literally!
I been trying to figure out what this new album will sound like, if it’ll have a concept or meaning behind it, will it be wack, or will it be trap/modern radio type records. I don’t know. Where do you go creatively after section 80, gkmc, and tpab?
That’s the thing is he’s one of the people pushing the envelope with hip hop, he doesn’t follow a certain style, he creates new ones and sets the trends.
Its probably gonna have a religious theme as stated in posts before. But how its gonna sound will be a surprise since Section 80, GKMC and TPAB didn’t sound alike at all.
He could up it a notch by having more creative beats like Kanye and Chance did…though to be honest i dont think thats gonna happen (yet).
All Hail King Kendrick . . . .
Isn’t your name the name of a South African hip hop album by Hip Hop Pantsula
Hiphop’s savior? Yep or Nope…. Be Healthy yep
My last song just went viral !!!
Make another classic, put lil Drizzy in a spiral
And all it took was him being a pop sellout to maroon 5 and taylor swift. If he were truly hiphop, he would collaborate with actual hiphop stars like fetty wap, gucci mane, lil yachty, migos, and more. Not wack ass pop artists like maroon 5 and taylor swift.
Drake got to no.1 by building his own buzz and colloborating with hiphop and R&B stars like rihanna, nicki minaj, wayne (before he backstabbed cash money), and kanye.
Good point, because fetty wap, Gucci mane, lil yachty and migos are so dope and will give him more exposure than artists like maroon 5 and Taylor swift. I can sense the drake stan in you.
Really ? U tht dumb?
Drake is a POP star he not a rapper!!! How dare you compare him to Kendrick Lamar, they not even in the same category, Kendrick is a rapper, Drake is not!!!
u outdone yr self dawg,damn ive neva heard anything so dumb…good thing we cant c yr face lol
This will probably hit #1 once his album drops and more streams/sales come in. Hip Hop’s leader is back.
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HipHopDX is such a shit website….ya’ll do no fact checking. Drake’s One Dance topped Billboard 100 for like 10 weeks straight.
First they said debut, and second that isn’t a rap song. There is literally no rapping lmao. Drake riders have no logic.
Riiiiight. It said rap, not commercial fuckery/style-jackin
Lol none of the artist you mentioned are REAL HIP-HOP at all smh. Get off of Drakes jock, he is the biggest sellout in the game. Go listen to a Kendrick Lamar album before you open your filthy mouth.