Kendrick Lamar is at work on his major label debut good kid, m.A.A.d city, releasing October 2nd. While he’s worked with Gunplay and Dr. Dre on a few pre-album leaks, K. Dot says that guest features will be kept to a minimum on the project, explaining to CBC Music that the LP will be organic and that no collaborations will be forced.
“I’m selfish – it’s all me,” he said. “I’ve got to pick what feels right. I never go into it thinking, ‘I want to get these people on there.’ No, I don’t force nothing and right now it’s turning out to be all me.”
He did confirm that his Black Hippy crew, which also includes ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul and Jay Rock, will make appearances on the album. But even as his profile continues to rise – he was recently featured on XXL magazine‘s cover with Dr. Dre – he doesn’t feel the need to call on big name favors.
“People get in this position and feel like they need the big producers, the big artists,” he said. “Nah – I’m still hungry. I want to show and prove to the non-believers.”
(August 1)
UPDATE: Top Dawg Entertainment confirmed this afternoon (August 29) that Kendrick Lamar’s major label debut, good kid, m.A.A.d city will release on October 22 via Interscope/Aftermath/Top Dawg.
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Sounds like a lil jab at Jay Elec, props to Kendrick.
How?
How is he taking a jab at Jay Elec?
^lol
It’s not a jab at Jay Electronica, he’s been saying this for a long time.
Cant fucking wait. Nas a
Bum number one, K.dot doing what he feels. Hip hop is becoming hip hop again. After these Ymcmbs and Mmgs go away it’ll be a new day. Stanley’s dope though
dude is wack !
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Hope Interscope dont fuck this one up! Leave Kendrick alone and let him do what he wants on his album and it will sell!
No, it won’t. Purists don’t support and will never do so.
Kendrick is the truth. For the love of hip-hop, please don’t just download his album buy it.
100% agree
true, real talk
I…download.
when it leaks ima download it to check it out… if i like it i’ll buy it, if i don’t dislike it i’ll probably keep it and if it sucks then it’ll get deleted
big up K-Dot. it’s refreshing to see one of the newer artists attempting to hold an album down on their own, rather than filling it up with a bunch of features.
Obviously kendrick dont need it, he doing a illmatic right here. Not like when cole said he had an illmatic and flopped with sideline story either. Kendrick 1000x better than cole
Why you feel the need to talk down on one to big up the other?
Either this or Nas album will get “Album Of The Year”
Probably Kendrick, he’s in his prime and has a new sound, Nas still has an old school sound but still really good though
Neither of them.
2Chainz take notes
He’s gonna prove the haters wrong and gain more fans when this drops. Don’t act like TDE don’t run LA!
Good, Kendrick doesn’t need any features
It is gonna be un-real how many people jump on the Black Hippy bandwagon when these niggas drop their albums.
and I’d be happy to see that
So you can’t feel like you discovered something special and unique anymore?
Who needs features when you lyrically run circles around ya peers
Better without the features, he don’t need to lower his lyrics to make everyone on the track sound as good as each other
thank god, we dont want a ”kendrick and others album”.We want a kendrick album. Word to big sean.
everyone needs to actually buy this n support real talent
High expectations for this and the Slaughterhouse album.
i feel like a verse from andre 3000 would fit in perfectly on this album if it sounds anything like section 80
yeah but a real deep andre verse. something from back in the day.
nigga what andre 3k verse aint deep?
not when he making pop songs with weezy nd john legend nigga
Even when he does that he still kills the competition
Kendrick just bodies anybody on the song with him anyway so i dont like to mix features in with him
man this nigga is Tupac reincarnated no lie
more like Big L
more like nas
More like, he’s Kendrick Lamar which is much more than being somebody else.
^^
What he said
this is why hip hop can never progress. cause you fuckers can’t stop comparing shit to the past instead of just appreciating new artists.
this dude can hold his own. Unlike Ross or Chainz who need a feature on every song.
All Kendrick needs is himself hands down, hopefully we get some legendary features though!
need that j cole feature
Nah, Kendrick’s a better rapper than J. Cole. Hands down. J. Cole is a dope producer though, I hope he produced some songs on this album.
Cole and Kendrick are supposed to be makin something together and cole actually produced hiiipower. I don’t know if you can compare cole and kendrick they are definitely in my opinion the best out right now. Keep it 100
each song hes featured in makes it twice as better, Power circle is a perfect example,
Good albums don’t need features
FUCK YEAH! If this album is even half as good as Section.80 I’ll be blasting that shit for the next 12 months, no lie.
go cop that sideline story guys that shit should go platinim!!
nah that shit sucks
word fuck that nyquill album.
lol.
youve got punk’d motherfucker!
lmao
fuck features man all these rappers sucking dick so they can get famous
Kendrick….Cole….and most slept on Stalley!!!
Great music coming !
im okay with this! better than an album saturated with pop features
NOOOOOO!!!
-_- c’mon man, well at least its only a two week delay.
20 days is closer to 3 weeks
This will be album of the year!
K Dot Sucks Anyways Fuck Kendrick Lamar , Fuck Dr Dre Fuck Detox Fuck Aftermath Records Those Old Mother fuckers Need To Retire Its Weezy Babeh
FUCK WAYNE! he fell off back in ’09…
’09? he fell off when the hotboys fell off. whenever that was.
ya’ll gotta check out curtis young, this dude is mad west coast!!! real dope!!
http://www.curtisyoungent.com
curtis young aint shit tyga’s way better than the wack ass prince of compton tyga has worked with kurupt, game , young jeezy and curtis worked with no one cuz he aint shit FUCK CURTIS YOUNG THAT LIL PUNK YOUNG MONEY BITCH’S
why does everyone move the damn dates back for every damn album?!?!?
Never been hyped for an aftermath album before?
welcome to hip-hop
You’re killing me Kendrick !!!
I know dude wanna perfect his debut but he gotta letta this shit drop, it will sell no matter what. Pushing it back is unnecessary.
I don’t think he cares if it sells by dropping it early. Most real artist are perfectionists of the actual art not the return.
That Cole/Kendrick/Krit track was subpar, was expecting crazy shit.
There my top 3 right now
feel the same way about the track. feel the same way about them three. def the best in the game but that beat by cole was one of his worst.
Raise your hand if you really thought it was coming out on Oct 2nd. A push back can only be a good thing. More time to perfect things and get the pub right
Its an Aftermath related project. It will stay getting pushed back.
They’ve been saying it’s finished for 8 months. This isn’t about finishing touches etc. this is about getting more singles out for more exposure.
Kendrick is going to change the game when ‘Good Kid, Made City’ comes out. I honestly didn’t think he would top ‘Section 80’, but when he dropped ‘Control System’, I couldn’t believe the growth. The reason why he is the best is because Dr. Dre (Best Producer Ever) has co-signed him by signing him, and now Kendrick has worked with Lady Gaga (Best Pop Artist/Biggest milestone collab in Hip-Hop ever), and I couldn’t be happier for Kendrick. #HighPower
Control System isn’t Kendrick’s album. That’s Ab-Soul’s project.
Kendrick lamar aint shit fuck him his rap is boring, young money bitch dedication 4 comming soon its going to shut old aftermath down lil wayne is AFTERMATH
I guess the dumbass ain’t a true Kendrick fan if he thinks Control System is his album smh…
I don’t know if this is a troll…but if it is, it’s one of the most subtle trolls i’ve ever seen.
wow !
This ladies and gents, is a PROFESSIONAL troll. lol
DAMMIT! Been waiting for good music since 1998! Well, I guess when I put it that way, 3 more weeks won’t hurt lol.
lol HE SUX go listen to some undergound music and not this crap
Yet you’re on this article…
^^^ Kendrick Lamar was just underground like last year. You’re ALREADY hating on him, smh at hip hop heads.
wow a rap album getting pushed back…shocker!
This Mack Dime and I say fuck YMCMB them niguhs is on some other shit. They never pushed my niguh G.Malone album that was a classic! Fuck all them niguhs and Wanye too greatest rapper shit niguh is trash on Q.S.B. Kendrick is that niguh he is the west right now I like the little niguh. I cosign that niguh I fucks with the CPT all day. everyday
niguh
IT WILL BE PUSHED BACK AGAIN HE DONT HAVE A HIT AND DRE DONT CARE ABOUT HIS CAREER HE COUNTING THAT HEADPHONE MONEY KDOT SHOULD HAVE SIGNED WITH YMCMB BECAUSE YMCMB CARES ABOUT IT ARTIST AND KDOT IS A BIG WAYNE FAN
16 LETTERS YMCMB OVOXO MMG WTB
you are crazy why would he sign to a label that wouldnt advance his craft, not saying its a bad label but from a personal stand point u can see him going a long way where he is and becoming part of a legacy building his own empire and further more he stays true to the west enough said
I do agree that Dre is the king of puttin things off. At the same time I don’t think you can put this delay on Dre. I believe he is giving Kendrick the freedom to hold it until he’s absolutly ready to drop it
This is what happens when you working with Dre