Kendrick Lamar has been hard at work on his upcoming major label debut good kid, m.A.A.d city, dropping October 2nd. During an interview with Tim Westwood, K. Dot revealed that he has already recorded 40 songs for the project, which will most likely feature 13 cuts.
“I’ve probably done about 40 records. I’ll narrow it down to like 13,” he revealed. The Compton, California native also said that the production will be in-house, with beats courtesy of Soundwave and Tae Beats, otherwise known as Digi-Phonics, as well as Willie B.
He also addressed Dr. Dre‘s involvement in the project, stating that he’s given him full creative control. “He’s involved. What’s crazy, he gave me the freedom to go out and do me. That’s a great thing about the situation, because you don’t have that in today’s game where people actually really believe in what you’re doing.”
Watch the full interview below.
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That’s good that Dre is giving Kendrick total creative control. You never know what to expect with a Kendrick song, dude is so versatile. Kendrick, Ab-Soul, and Big Krit is the only new hip hop I can fuck with nowadays. #HiiiPoWeR, #ControlSystem
Looking forward to it i just hope he aint got no wack features just for the hell of it
his 2nd single is featuring gunplay -______- i got a feeling that wont be the only wack ass feature but i hope kendrick proves me wrong
well his cartoons n cereal track was with gun play n that was dope as fuck so u never know
Yeah that song was dope. Gunplay’s verse was great as well, he was the perfect feature for that.
KENDRICK WROTE GUNPLAYS VERSE FOR HIM
And none of them will be good. Why is that?!
So if you really think that why come on this post, you ain’t gonna listen to the album why give it attention? We don’t appreciate your kind round here…
i dnt like this corny ass britt. dudes fuckin retarded. if i was a rapper id HATE to be on his show. shits fuckin retarded he made a fool outta himself. on the other hand kendricks the SHIT i cant wait for that album to drop and his j cole collab!!
40 songs and they all suck.
hahahaha you’ve obviouslt never listened to Kendrick you just hate the attention he’s getting …
anything associated with Dr Dre in 2012 is worse than the Virgil
He should drop the leftovers as a free mixtape to hype the album up.
that would be dope
Like he’s said he’s got in house production but I would like to see some DJ Premier, No I.D., Dr. Dre (Mel-Man (co.)), Pete Rock, The Neptunes, Just Blaze… Plus a bonus track ft Black Hippy & Slaughterhouse (No “Throw It Away”) all getting like 32 bars each, that would be lyrical MURDER!
No that would be a bad idea, that would change Kendrick’s sound that he already displayed on Section 80. Look what happened with Em on Recovery…nuff said. Keeping the same producers he’s always worked with is continuing his formula of success. Changing the production is not necessary.
HOL UP! (kendrick lamar voice) black hippy AND slaughterhouse is doin a track together??? YESSS
Eminem went for that sound…
FUCK SLAUGHTER HOUSE THEY ARE LIKE THE VINCE CARTER OF THE GAME….DID THE BEST THEY CAN IN THE PAST AND NEED TO STOP TRYIN SO HARD PS BLACK HIPPY SONGS SHOULD BE JUST THAT ONLY BLACK HIPPY
I’m just saying getting them producers to do the sound Kendrick wants because I personally felt that the production on Section.80 was there but could have been better with a few tweeks here & there but his in house producers will get better in time I’m just saying for now get better producers on board
That Kush and Corinthians and that ADHD went hard
why do artists always bs us with all that “yeah, i got such and such so many songs.” and you know it’s always BS because it’s always a whole number. 40, 50, 60 but in reality, it’s like 15-20. TI is guilty of this crap as well.
Remember when he said Detox was “getting mixed”?
lol tip said 125!!!!
This guy idolizes Wayne, and with good reason. Wayne has been on top of the game since 2005. Kendrick is a smart dude. He’d be a fool to idolize a snake like Jay-Z.
You are a idiot. He idolize Tupac, not Wayne. And he actually is a Jay Z fan. The whole world doesn’t revolve around Wayne.
That was a fake.
He is a wayne fan you backpack riding douche. Not a wayne fan myself but don’t diss on someone because they’re ‘sell-outs’ the fact is it’s the only way rappers can make decent money. Also backpack fans think every single top 40 song is trash… it isn’t, Kanye proved that with MBDTF. Some rappers aren’t sell-outs because they CAN’T sell-out, Kendrick’s an example of that and so are people like Tech N9ne. They lack mainstream appeal so the reason they don’t sell-out isn’t wholly the preservation of their creative control it’s also that they wouldn’t be able to create the number 1 songs Wayne does because they rap in different, less accessible ways.
And what does this has to do with this conversation? You just wrote a novel about nothing besides why every rapper that doesn’t become a pop star is a backpacker. Idiot.
Novel? Hardly, it’s about 100 words. Despite that you managed to misread it. You got all upset at the fact that someone said that Kendrick’s a big fan of Lil’ Wayne… which he is. And I’m assuming that’s because you think Lil’ Wayne is shit because he makes money and music you don’t like. That’s why I wrote about some rappers (the ones that Backpack Fans love) can’t sell-out.
SMFH.
FYI, Kendrick’s not a big Lil Wayne fan. He’s a Tupac fan. Wayne hasn’t made anything good since Tha Carter 3. He’s a pop artist now making crappy music.
And how come everytime someone doesn’t like a particular artist, they use the “you hating because they have money” excuse? That excuse is so overused, its not even a valid argument. I hate Wayne not because of his money, but because his music sucks. Period.
Yes, because you can only be a fan of one rapper at a time -.- Clearly not everyone shares that view of Wayne considering the numbers he pushes and the fact that he has a shit load of fans. Wayne, Drake and Rick Ross have done a lot for Kendrick – just by putting him out there. Touring with Drake and featuring on MMG stuff exposes him to fans that would never hear of him. Mainstream artists aren’t bad for the underground rappers at all.
Like i said, Wayne is a pop artist. That’s why he does numbers. And do you know who males up 99% of the mainstream/pop audience? Females and young kids, who happens to be the majority of people who buy albums. Those guys introduced Kendrick to that audience, who wouldn’t care about him. Kendrick is not gonna do big numbers because he’s not mainstream. The problem isn’t being mainstream; its outing out good music, which most mainstream niggas (not all if them) aren’t doing.
Are you suggesting that Kendrick dumb down his style for mainstream appeal? That’s the dumbest advice you can give to an upcoming artist. Kendrick is one of those artists who will be around for a long time and doesn’t need any mainstream exposure.
No, I’m saying there’s no point because he even if he changes his subject material he lacks mainstream appeal. He doesn’t play the outcast card like Kanye, CuDi or Gambino and he doesn’t act Gangsta like Wayne, Fiddy or Game. I said it’s good that he gets exposure from working with mainstream artists. That’s unarguable. No artist would refuse mainstream exposure – it doesn’t mean they’ll change to please all the people who just heard them.
So you want him to work with pop artists?
PS THIS NIGGA MADE A MIXTAPE RECREATING THE CARTER 3 SO I THINK HE MIGHT JUST BE A FAN
Like i said, he doesn’t need mainstream appeal. He’s fine where he’s at now. He’s not being overexposed like Wayne, Drake, Nicki, and Ross. The hip-hop community knows who Kendrick Lamar is; no need for pop audiences. There’s different lanes of hip-hop and Kendrick is in his own lane; he don’t have to be in the same lane as the YM artists.
Nigga, he never recreated Tha Carter 3. That’s just him rapping over the beats. That doesn’t count.
Listen to Fuck Ya Hip-Hop by Q or Phonte’s recent album. I want Kendrick to be successful and remembered (bare in mind the most well known songs by Pac and BIG were radio hits). Hip-Hop community doesn’t know who Kendrick is… it’s why it was so important to sign to Interscope. It’s also why this Westwood interview is a pretty big deal, no one outside the US knows who he is. He’s an internet star who is only just getting recognition from the majority of the fanbase who don’t visit sites like these.
Well I’m from the UK and first found out about Kendrick when he dropped (O)verly (D)edicated and I put a couple of mates on to him so he is heard of here and there around Europe…
d is delusional as fuck. Kendrick will be successful and remembered; he has that stamina(I’m not gonna say “swag” because that word is so overused), but he’s not going to be a pop superstar like Wayne. If the hip-hop community doesn’t know who he is, then why is he getting mad co-signs from other rappers like Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, Game, etc. and why does he got other rappers begging him to do songs with them? This dude, right now, is in the same position as Drake back in 2009. And he is known outside the US and the internet; the guy does do shows around the world.
@Training Day
Yes if you read up on Hip-Hop you will have heard of Kendrick… worldwide. The issue is that most people don’t. People on HHDX represent a minor fraction of his potential fan base.
@iamhiphop
Cheers for completely misreading my comments as a diss on Kendrick. And as someone from the UK he really isn’t that well-known outside the internet.
You clearly have no idea what you’re talking about.
Yawl muhfuckaz be sucking Kdot’s dick a lot for some months now. Shit is pathetic. Son is nice but overrated as fuck
You kind ain’t welcome here.
Man be quiet. Why do you think your favorite rapper isn’t buzzin right now and Kendrick is? This kid isn’t just a good rapper, he’s a good rapper makin smart moves and that’s what gets you talked about. You can be the illest rapper in your area, if you’re not makin smart moves ain’t nobody gonna hear about you
Section80 got voted EP of the year on hiphopDX, get your tissues out cause this nigga isn’t going anywhere anytime soon
Also,
I have a tiny dick
Look at u fucks getting butthurt about my opinion. Fuck yawl!! Pac is my fav rapper but he dead. I listen to different rappers these days and Kdot is nice like I said but he’s too hyped. Yawl muhfuckaz sucking his dick will surely turn back at him when he starts making money. Kdot, Jay, Kanye and Nas gotta be the overrated rappers of all time. And fuck that faggot that imitated me.
KDOT got next son, he’s making real music. Be proud of an artist making dope music and making the masses feel it. Don’t be one of them muthafuckas that try and make the culture regress. If you can’t handle it kill yourself, the world would probably be better off without your faggot ass opinions.
Ayo Anon, fuck you nigga! Never did I say Kdot was a bad rapper and yes he is good but why are u fucks dickriding him like he the next coming of pac or big or rakim? Common son, get off ur stupidity and realize son is overrated. I bet u bums will not buy his record and download it for free. Yawl FAGs kill me
there is so much hate on this website that the comments dont even matter anymore. nobody’s opinion on here is worth shit.
Good Interview
it should be a double record debut
Kendrick Lamar is the GOAT,
and I’ve never said that about anybody before.
goat of all time without an album out. people like you are why its so difficult to have a serious debate about music
correction. one album out. but even then youre still an utter idiot.
you just have a shitty ear for rap and need to hear 10 albums before forming an opinion you pussy
Ghostface is the GOAT..after him its rae, G Rap, Rakim, KRS, Pac, Canibus, Nas, Z-Ro, Tragedy Khadafi, Common, Redman, Andre 3000, Styles P, Blak Thought, and ’90s Prodigy, in no particular order
I was put on to kendrick by the youth a few months ago on this website and i enjoyed section 80 so much it felt like my golden era of hip hop
40 records and only 13 on the major label debut?!? I’m gonna need more than that Kendrick.
ANYBODY THAT KNOWS KDOTS HISTORY KNOWS HE IS A BIG WAYNE FAN. THE GUY DID A WHOLE MIXTAPE OFF THE CARTER 3. HE HAD WAYNE GIVING HIM PROPS IN THE OPENING PART OF THE TAPE. YMCMB ALSO GIVES THEIR ARTIST ARTISTIC FREEDOM
Good joke. Kendrick is not a Wayne fan and he never did a mixtape off of C3. P.S.: there’s nothing creative about YMCMB; they’re all just a bunch of pop artists.
actually yes he did, do some research before you just write shit off like that.
CAN WE GET MORE INSIGHTFUL INTERVIEWS?? FOR EXAMPLE, KENDRICK ARE YOU FEELING ANY PRESSURE DUE TO THE SUCCESS OF THE SECTION .80 ALBUM/TAPE?? OR…KENDRICK, DRE PROBABLY THOUGHT THAT THE RECIPE WAS GONNA BE A MAJOR HIT BUT IT WASNT, AND YALL NIGGAZ REALLY FAILED BY NOT RELEASING A VIDEO WHEN IT WAS HOT, SO DO YOU PLAN ON WORKING WITH LIKE LUPE FIASCO’S TYPE OF TEAM (FOR EXAMPLE) TO WORK YOUR “DIFFERENT” TYPE OF MUSIC ON THE RADIO??
this nigga aint no blood..tahts on the h662d..ill smaxk this nigga if i ever bee him in traffix, i only fuxk wit blood rappers xuz they talk about dat shit a OYG like myself xan feel, suwoop
d problem with artists like
KDot and J. Cole is that their mixtapes tends to be doper than their albums but i hope it won’t be the same case with Kendrick
Kendrick Lamar will flop. he left YMCMB for a Dr Dre beat? lmao… u aint shit nigga. u need T-Minus and Bangladesh and Lex Liger to stay relevant. Dr Dre and yo wack ass producers cant produce a hot. yo lyrics is wack and I cant dance to yo beat and yo yo hooks are horrible. swag
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Good joke. Kendrick was never YMCMB in the first place.
Dope interview, good vibe goin on with both dudes, no airs from both, this how hiphop should be
Who cares his shit gon sell 50k first week…..fuck kendricks dickriding fans….this nigga can’t make no hits he’s just a super lyrical dude making songs with his whack flow n voice
Typical idiotic Kendrick hater/pop-music fan.
Did you just diss Lamar for being lyrical? Really?
Did you just diss Lamar for being lyrical?
do your thing K dot. Section 80 was dope, can’t wait for this shit. YMCMB are the worst things to happen to hip hop
They sucking the life out this nigga
dre got him working like a slave
that nigga body gone be drained of his soul
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please no beats by Dre this old fuck is done since 2000