Dr. Dre presented Kendrick Lamar with the ASCAP Vanguard Award at the 26th annual ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California yesterday (May 27). ASCAP, The American Society Of Composers, Authors and Publishers, says on its website that the ASCAP Vanguard Award is, “Awarded in recognition of the impact of new and developing musical genres, which help shape the future of music.” The only other Rap act to win the award were the Beastie Boys in 1999.
Last year, Dr. Dre released Kendrick Lamar’s major label debut album, good kid, m.A.A.d. city, through his Aftermath Entertainment and in conjunction with Intersocpe Records and Top Dawg Entertainment. The collection, which was certified gold in December, included the hits “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe” and “Swimming Pools (Drank).” The latter was certified platinum in January.
“When I decide to work with an artist, that means I’ve heard or seen something special, something unique, something different and ahead of the trends and Kendrick Lamar has my full attention,” Dr. Dre said at the event last night. “Now what could be better than not only finding an artist that is this talented, but one who grew up in Compton and also went to the same high school that I did. Centennial, by the way. In the same tradition as other emcees that came before him, Kendrick writes about what he sees going on in his world. But unlike other emcees, he approaches his music with vulnerability, humility and expresses the truth about himself and his generation, and the generation of people that connect [to] his story. The fact that good kid, m.A.A.d. city sold more copies than any other debut album last year is proof that his fans believe in him the way I do.”
Dr. Dre became a national Rap figure in the late 1980s through his work as a producer and rapper for N.W.A, some of whose members were from Compton. The group titled its 1988 album Straight Outta Compton. Since then, Dr. Dre has also worked with fellow Compton rapper Game and appeared on good kid, m.A.A.d. city cut “Compton” and on the song “The Recipe,” a bonus track on the album. Kendrick Lamar also featured fellow Compton rapper MC Eiht on good kid, m.A.A.d. city cut “m.A.A.d. city.”
Dr. Dre also said at the event that Kendrick Lamar is a noteworthy artist, on many levels. “Kendrick Lamar is a class act,” Dr. Dre said. “I’m proud to know him. I’m proud to work with him and he is an important part of the new generation of Hip Hop and is definitely continuing the legacy of Compton. Believe me.”
Kendrick Lamar did not speak after accepting his award from Dr. Dre.
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First solo artist to win the ascap vanguard award, impressive !
That’ll make the groupies wet.
DETOX? FOCKOX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=753_mUwbOJ4
they likely butt fucked.
right?
I heard you like to gobble dicks with peanut butter on them you fruitball.
lol I just posted that. Their relationship seems suspect.
^ how the hell is their relationship suspect?.. it’s just the legend dr. dre passing the torch to kendrick and giving him his props.. just because its someone you don’t like, you think they’re gay.. bunch of idiots on this site..
deserves every award hes givin. future legend
Stop slurping this feminine sounding man.
Nobody’s talking about Wayne.
lol
assuming he doesnt sell out that is…cough wayne cough
Wayne is what he is…I don’t like him at all musically, but he never sold out…He came out in the Hot Boys and unlyrical little punk..and still is the same today.
add on Facebook @ ThaChronicIzBack
lil wayne sold out. womans pants. ever bar about sex or pussy.. no longer has a bar left inside him i want to hear him say his voice changed to the point i cant listen 2 him ever
ps.. i wasnt even talking about wayne? i was talkin about kendrick
not me^
I knew we’d get at least a few Detox comments.. two out of the 9 as I post this… shut the F**k up and realize that Chronic 1 & Chronic 2 are two of the best rap albums of all time, and unlike a lot of albums stand the test of time any day of the week. Dre has brought us Snoop, Eminem, helped a bunch with Kendrick, did a lot of work with DPG, 2pac just to name a few….
Ya’ll must of been born in 2005.
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First solo artist to win this very important award ? well deserved.
I used to hate his music but I discovered gkmc yestersday and holy shit, fucking classic !!! I now understand why this album is on every “best albums of all time” lists.
Check out his old mixtapes too. Section 80 and Overly Dedicated both contain great music as well.
if you hate his music and never heard good kid madd city (or any other mixtapes probably) how can you hate is music? that defines ignorance. good for you for listening to his album though. shits classic
Congratz boy, you deserve it more than everybody else in music.
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ASCAP Vanguard Award ???? what a fucking Win for hip hop… first time since 1999 !!!!!!
HIPHOPDX HOME OF THE HATIN ASS NERDS!!!!!
and home of some of the most obnoxious trolls ever..
an ascap vanguard ? really ?
holy shit kendrick, congratulations !!!!!! even Tupac couldn’t win it !!!
Big props for that kdot, amazing !
that award is so much more important tja, the AOTY @ grammy, GREAT JOB MAN !
Well deserved.
I think they’re both gay and having butt secks
WAY TO GO MY NIGGA YEAH!!!! 2013 BELONGS TO KENDRICK AND J.COLE THEY ARE THE RULERS OF TODAY’S HIP HOP ERA JUST WAIT UNTIL THEY RELEASE THAT COLLABORATION ALBUM IT WILL SHIT ON WATCH THE THRONE THERE U HAVE IT FOLKS DRE JUST SALUTED KENDRICK LAMAR WHILE NAS CROWNED J.COLE THE NEW KING SO CAN FINALLY SAY HIP HOP LIVES ON THANKS TO THESE TWO YOUNG HIP HOP SAVERYS BREATHING LIFE INTO THE RAP GAME SO MOVE OUT THE WAY DRAKE WE ALREADY GOT OUR HIP HOP SUPER HEROES
‘Look out for Detox’ at this point dres given up on that that he don’t wanna deal with the criticism and shit sales when hes making all that headphone money.
Gotta say im pissed he should put out at least a double cd of the shit hes recorded for free just cause of all the fuckery with this album
Kendrick, bringing back real hip hop back
Congratz to Kendrick, the new 2pac
ascap vanguard ? wow that means a lot for hip hop, respect kendrick
He’ll be remembered, no doubt.
I know people are going call me the biggest troll ever (its really just a question)
But why do black people have such big massive feature’s especially the lips and nose???? This is not a joke I clicked on this site because I know many black folk will see this. Believe it or not not I’m not racist (I don’t believe in it). I just want the black perspective
And an honest answer please!By the way I’m suggesting white people are perfect because I know we are not.
If any (((mature))) black female/male could answer this over the age of 21 it would be much appreciated
Thank you (absolutely no offence intended)
Why do you have a micropenis?
Anonymous:
Why do you have a micropenis?
your mother seems to like it
im not suggesting white folk are perfect
well deserved
Amazing album. When I listen to it, it was more than music, it was a story of a person just like me with dreams, fear, dangers, trouble, happiness, adolescence and maturity. He stayed true to his roots he kept it original but different. God bless Kendrick Lamar and hip hop.
Good god, I havent heard an album like this in a GOOD minute. I will actually purchase this rather than download it. If hip hop artist pumped out more stuff like this, labels could move units like it was ’98.
classic album! THIS IS HIP-HOP
One of the best Album I ever heard!! Point Blank!!
This album will go down as one of the best albums of all time for any genre just like Illmatic, Reasonable Doubt, Ready to Die and the other rap albums that are considered the best of all tim
You forgot Port of Miami and Take Care.
I Am Not A Human Being 2
Good joke. Nobody will remember those weedplates.
This deserves every bit of this rating. This shit is a CLASSIC.
This album is ahead of its time. Perfection from start to finish.
The best hip-hop debut since Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor.
Kendrick Lamar: Single handedly bringing the REAL Hip-Hop back
Pac died at 25. Kendrick starts to carry the throne at 25 should be some good years to come
Carry what throne? His sales aren’t running side by side with his hype.
He’s almost platinum off of 1 hit single….. his next album will do at least 350 first week.
Eminem sold 1.7 mil first week.
^^^
On his second major album back when people still bought albums.
Kendrick is on his first major album, and most people would have pirated it instead of bought it. If you added the piracy to his sales, he probably went platinum first week.
I’m sure if Em dropped this year, he’d still sell over 700k first week thus twice what Kendrick sold.
I’m just saying as long as there’s the likes of Jay-Z and Eminem out there, Kendrick’s nowhere near the “throne”.
dres gone balls deep in this mini ja rule looking queer. and that album was trash
none of you dick riders will bump this garbage in five years. Your brains haven’t fully developed yet…..just wait
what will you be bumping? the latest cash money album? no i didn’t think so
this kid is impressive tbh
KENDRICK LAMAR as NAS has stated represents a new future of not only the cali mcee but hip hop in general ……..
I wouldn’t take much of what Nas says seriously. He’s old, broke and still envisioning remarrying Kelis after her Escalade gets paid off.
You’re a young retard that doesn’t know shit and makes up lies.
well deserved, gkmc is now my most played album ever and I’m already 37..
Its my most played album ever too, which is crazy because it hasn’t even been out for a year.
This kid is definitely very special.
Yeah. Special Ed.
Special Ed the rapper is not here.
Well deserved. But they should at least be able to dress accordingly. A red zipper hoodie WTF? They should know better as grown-ups.
i want u to fuck me till it hurts. please fill me up with ur blessed cum.
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this nigga kendrick is definitely welcomed into the hip hop family hes dope! btw where the fuck is at new eminem lp any word?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo8tr4DjVaM
raekwon the chef can’t cook
u-god is only human
gza the genius can’t solve simple problems
masta killa is only a beginner
ghostface killah has a normal face
cappadonna ain’t no fucking don
rza the rzarector ain’t brought no one back to life
inspectah deck ain’t solve no fucking crimes
ol dirty bastard was young and clean
method man’s methods don’t work
If Kendrick was singed to any other label he would not be able to sell 250k more like 175k to 200k. Kendrick is soft as fuck he is the most overrated aritst of the last 3 yrs. Dre was the only reason he sold what he did. If Keef or French were signed to Dre’s label they would sell 100k to 150k more no problem so the label is the hype for Kendrick
Your comment is simply pathetic! Your middle name must be “IF”…
Dr Dre – “When I decide to work with an artist, that means I’ve heard or seen something special, something unique, something different and ahead of the trends and Kendrick Lamar has my full attention,”
The only people who are saying Kendrick is dope are ghey fan boys in 5 yrs nodody will be talking about him his album has no replay value
i have the urge to punch you in the face….idgaf about your opinion, but man you are deluded as fuck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaSDrabVmnQ
This is dedicated out the to the ghey fan boy this is what real rap sounds like
naw I lied K Dot is my fav artist. Dont mind me swag fags n cocks 4 life
@DJboutit
It’s funny because more than a million people disagree with you
Damn ya kids remember when Em was on this very stage with Dre? Cause I do.
Most of of the ghey fan boys are not old enough to remember this they have een listening to rap less than 10 yrs
even my ghey fan boy ass dont remember that. Good thing Im blasting Lil Wayne n Lil B loud
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcOR2UyzPzM
^^^ Fake that is not me
^^^ Fake IT IS ME woo hoooooo
Rub my nipples ppl satisfy me oh yeah
as a former accountant for Young Money Records you gay!!
Ja Rule > K Dot #RuleTalk
Praise Ja Rule
Ja Rule GOAT
Ja Rule 4ever
Ja fuckin Rule
Ja Rule: your rappers favorite rapper
Ja Rule owns 60 percent of the worlds oil supply
Ja Rule owns CBS.
#RuleTalk
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Amazing album. When I listen to it, it was more than music, it was a story of a person just like me with dreams, fear, dangers, trouble, happiness, adolescence and maturity. He stayed true to his roots he kept it original but different. God bless Kendrick Lamar and hip hop….
Maybe your listening to a different version cause the one I heard is mad weak.
You were listening to Finally Rich.
Good god, I havent heard an album like this in a GOOD minute. I will actually purchase this rather than download it. If hip hop artist pumped out more stuff like this, labels could move units like it was ’98!
Well deserved, this album is a classic.
hip hop has been stale since ’98, i’ve been wondering if i’ve been all alone in that realization.
Gkmc brings hip hop back
classic album! THIS IS HIP-HOP.
One of the best Album I ever heard!! Point Blank!!!
There you have not heard many albums ghey fan boy
You need real time help.
yup i know if you could at least give a penis enlarger that would help
This album will go down as one of the best albums of all time for any genre just like Illmatic, Reasonable Doubt, Ready to Die and the other rap albums that are considered the best of all time. When those albums came out we didn’t understand how great they because were very young at the time. Now we have a chance to witness a classic and a legend in the making. The storytelling is amazing. It’s like a movie. You can’t just listen to a couple of songs or skip through. You have to listen straight through from beginning to end.
This album deserves every bit of this rating. This shit is a CLASSIC.
This album is clearly ahead of its time. Perfection from start to finish.
The best hip-hop debut since Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor.
Kendrick Lamar: Single handedly bringing the REAL Hip-Hop back!
Pac died at 25. Kendrick starts to carry the throne at 25 should be some good years to come.
Kendrick sitting on two of the best classics I have ever heard.
Best rapper right now.
Ross and Drake would disagree.
And they’d be wrong. Jay-Z, Nas, and Eminem are still out there.
it’s the ASAP* awards and Kendrick a gay talented nigga
Kendrick really killed the game, it’s a new era
DAMN an ascap vanguard award, it means a lot of hip hop, first solo artist to win it !!!!!!!
big props to Kendrick !!!!
ascap vanguard for the impact on the genre, AMAZING
hip hop never won that much, thank you kendrick, I’ll buy gkmc for sure, classic !
this nigga overhyped as hell. but since there’s so many cheecks artist out he gets extra props but he’s good man not the greatest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTOQhICG9P4
dre dre you fucking cunt wheres detox motherfucker
I feel like kendrick is already up there with Tupac
before he ever gets mentioned with nas and tupacs n them he has to drop a few more monsters
@ratethislo: You’re insane
I agree, I’m already 41 and I haven’t heard an artist better than kednrick these last 20 years, this man has everything
You must have been in a coma all these years.
yeah this kid is pecial, probably the best flow hip hop has ever seen.
His ability to seamlessly transition between different rhythmic levels, from quadruplets, to quintuplets, to sextuplets, to double-quadruplets, is on a level I have never seen before. Ive seen these rhythms before, most predominantly in Busta Rhymes circa the Genesis album, Outkasts albums circa Aquemini, and Eminem post-2001 until Relapse. But Ive never seen anyone able to put it all together at once like Kendrick and move from one to the next almost effortlessly.
I’ll damage ya,on camera,in Compton,in Canada,I don’t care where you are! just blink twice and i’m there where you are.
Like a shadow in the dark,you a paddle in a boat in an ocean full of sharks bout to come up short.
Funny that the track called ‘Look out for Detox’ because no one even gives a shit about detox! fuck teasing us.
Going to buy gkmc tomorrow, classic.
I have nothing against Kendrick but I don’t feel his music like that. I like maybe one song or two from him but that’s it.
“He’s almost platinum off of 1 hit single….. his next album will do at least 350 first week”
He needs to do at least 400,000 first week to prove he’s here to stay.
fuck outta here if he did 400 you would say he need to do 500
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“if he did 400 you would say he need to do 500”
You catch on fast.
You’re setting your standards for rappers too high.
Kendrick and no one on his team, label, staff, or music group knows you, they give zero fvcks about your expectations. And neither do his music fans.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYPoDFil1r0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCGNTO0qaVc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SSy-T7ZCQs
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I got respect for kendrick but I dont like his music.
than why respect him
Its funny how big companies can give awards and tell us what our classic albums will be. I remember when lil wayne was the best rapper alive and had a classic with the carter III. It seems with enough money and power you can convince the youth of anything these days, especially since they only listen to what’s popular and don’t know any better. I wonder who will be the next corporate super star in 5 years.