Kendrick Lamar Says He Finished Recording His Debut Album

    Kendrick Lamar has released a few projects over the past couple of years, including last year’s lauded Section.80, with plans to drop his debut album in 2012. Having worked with Just Blaze and Hit-Boy for the project, K. Dot spoke with TheSource.com to discuss the LP and revealed that he’s finished recording it.

    “That’s my debut album, it’s not really a follow-up [to Section.80]. It’s just going to have its own entity and its own space,” he said. “That’s set apart from everything. That’s my blood, sweat and tears. Something I’ve been working on my whole life, since the time I was born. It’s coming about. It’s ready right now, but I want to make sure it’s 110 percent right.”

    Jay Rock, who joined Kendrick during the interview, said that the Black Hippy project has a few recorded tracks but each member is focusing on solo ventures at the moment.

    Watch the full interview below.

    RELATED: Kendrick Lamar Working With Just Blaze, Pete Rock On Next LP

    121 thoughts on “Kendrick Lamar Says He Finished Recording His Debut Album

    1. LIL WAYNE WAS A HUGE INFLUENCE ON KENDRICK LAMAR. KDOT MADE A WHOLE MIXTAPE ABOUT CARTER 3. LIL WAYNE GAVE HIM A COSIGN ON IT AS WELL. DRAKE HAD LAMAR ON TAKE CARE. DRAKE ALSO BROUGHT HIM ON TOUR.

      LAMAR WAS ON BIRDMAN AND MACK MAINS MIXTAPE.

      WHERE AM I GOING WITH THIS LAMAR LOVES YMCMB AND YMCMB WILL ALWAYS BE FAMILY WITH LAMAR WE HELPED BUILD HIS BRAND YMCMB

      1. He didn’t make a whole mixtape about The Carter 3 moron he made a mixtape called C4 and used Waynes beats from the Carter 3 and rapped in a flow and voice similar to Lil Waynes to show everyone that he could do almost the exact same album as Wayne better than Wayne. Kendricks C4 shitted on the Carter 3. Lil Wayne cosigned because he knew Kendrick would blow up and recognized talent. YMCMB had NOTHING to do with Kendricks brand. You, SoIcyBoi, and YaDig dickride young money so hard that you might as well order dildo replicas of waynes cock and shove them up your asses so that you can continue said dickriding without having to open your ignorant fucking mouths

      2. GO READ A BOOK IS A DUMB NIGGA. BUT GOREADABOOK POST YOUR EMAIL AND I WILL SEND YOU SOME OF CASH MONEY BOOKS YOU KNOW WE GOT THAT BOOK DEAL MY NIGGA WE EATING OVER HERE

      1. how is asking a question d-riding.

        you stans wanted to call it album of the year yet now all of a sudden you say it wasnt an album…. make up ur mind

      2. ^ You dumb fuck. I’m pretty sure bredsndwch was referring to the comment made by “YESSIR” which is right below this one. SMH.

    2. SO MANY GOOD ALBUMS IN 2012 WITH NO RELEASE

      DATE YOU KNOW WHY THAT IS BOYZ AND GIRLZ

      BECAUSE THEY TAKE THERE TIME TO MAKE SURE

      THE FANS WILL SUPPORT THERE PROJECT 110%

      NOT MAKE A BUNCH OF WATER DOWN SHIT TO

      GET PUT ON THE RADIO FOLLOWED BY

      MIX TAPES WITH THE SAME TRASH THEY SLAM

      ON THE ALBUM THAT FLOPS LIKE LILWAYNE

      1. ITS FUNNY WHEN YOU DUMB SHITS SAY A ALBUM DID NOT FLOP BECAUSE OF SELLS SO HOW MANY ALBUMS THAT SOLD WELL ARE CALLED TRASH BY CRITICS AND FANS OF THE MUSIC ALIKE THAT SOUNDS LIKE A FLOP

      2. @ TEXAS – You’re using the wrong word. To say something flops means a lot of money was put into something (in this case an album) only to have the product not only NOT make profit, but as well not make back the money spent on creating the album. Carter 4 was boo boo, but did not flop by any means.

      3. co-sign. an album can suck or not depending on your taste, but Carter 4 did anything but flop.

        and yeah, I’m sure 2 million+ people are viable to buy C4. no matter what we think about him, he’s a smart musician who knows how to make hits. not a good rapper, but a smart musician

    3. Fuck Yeeaah!I already know this will be the best album in 2012, cant fucken wait!

      Where the fuck is Jay Electronica???????????

      1. American rapper/songwriter Timothy Elpadaro Thedford, better known by his stage name “Jay Electronica” announced the retirement from his musical career on August 15th of last year. Read more about it at ‘http://www.rappersthatwentawol.com

      2. Jay Electronica was sued for using several notebooks full of rhymes that were lost on a train by the original owner. None of those rhymes were his.

    4. LOL @ the last seconds, that was funny

      cant wait for his album!!! hes just a fuckin great artist and i love his musik!

    5. Correct me if i’m wrong but didn’t he also say that Dr. Dre was wrapping up Detox a while back? I’ll believe his debut is coming once it’s on shelves.

      1. this is Kendrick’s work, not Dre’s. Dre is a stubborn perfectionist who can’t come to terms on what to wrap up Detox with, Kendrick isn’t anything like that/

    6. Detox is coming as well people get ready this is the year of the west and unfortunetly probably the last of the best and mainstream west coast because after this besides Kendrick and Schoolboy Q and all those guys the west is going to die down but get ready COMPTON CITY IS THE NEXT SINGLE FOR KENDRICK’S ALBUM I HEARD SOME INFO HE’S GOING TO BE PERFORMING IT AT COACHELLA WITH DRE WHETHER OR NOT THE SINGLE WILL BE OUT BEFORE THEN I DON’T KNOW BUT EITHER WAY GET READY PEOPLE

    7. A History lesson on trolls on HipHop DX

      So Icy Boi! is a wanna be YESSIR, who clearly copied YADIG. All of them suck on dicks on YMCMB.

      Before all of those there was SuperGucciRap!
      I respect him out of all of em the most.

      I could be wrong and all of them are actually the same person lol

    8. DID I NOT TELL YOU PEOPLE DON`T MIND ME I GET PAID TO KEEP POSTING HERE DON`T RESPOND TO ME I GET PAID BY YMCMB GOTTA KEEP THERE NAME OUT DON`T TAKE ANY OF MY POSTS SERIOUSLY OR SOICYBOI OR YADIG THERE THE SAME PERSON I`M POSTING AS ALL OF THEM I GET PAID TO SUCK YMCMB DICK YADIG YOU ALL JUST HATERS YOU HATE ON US SOFT PUSSY MOTHERFUCKERS WE BRINGING THE PUSSY SHIT BACK TO HIP-HOP ALL THAT SUCKING DICK EATING PUSSY ANAL SHIT WE BRINGING IT BACK FUCK YOU AND YOUR REAL CONSCIOUS RAP SHIT AT YMCMB WE ALL ABOUT GETTING ASS FUCKED AND SINGING LOVE SONGS WHILE WE GET CUM ALL OVER OUR FACE IT`S ALL ABOUT REAL POP SHIT POP IS HIP-HOP FUCK YOUR REAL ASS SHIT WE REPRESENT THE BIGGEST PUSSIES IN HIP-HOP YADIG WE TAKING OVER THIS SHIT BRINGING THE GAYNESS TO HIP-HOP WE THE TYPE OF NIGGAS THAT TAKE PISS IN OUR MOUTH WE DOWN WITH THE REAL BEEF AND DICKRIDING SHIT YADIG

      5 WORDS: I SUCK YM DICK YADIG

      1. Lol who cares fuck YMCMB and YESSIR, SOICYBOI these guys troll the fuck out of all these sites becuase they get paid it’s about time someone trolled them let people keep trolling these guys why the fuck do you care

      2. @Shame: I can co-sign and support people that troll trolls. The original troll needs to get the shit slapped out of their heads, cause their just powerful on the internet but wouldn’t last a day in the real world.

      3. THIS IS THE REAL YESSIR THEY KNOW I DONT WRITE LIKE THAT SO KEEP TRYING BITCH NIGGA “YOU LIKE THE FUCKING FINISH LINE WE CANT WAIT TO RUN INTO YOU”

      1. YEAH THAT’S RIGHT I SAID THIS NIGGA OVERRATED AS FUCK LIL WAYNE IS THE SHIT GETTING ASS FUCKED 24/7 IS REAL HIP-HOP WE THE BIGGEST DICKSUCKERS IN THE GAME YMCMB ALL THE WAY NICKI MANAJ ASS FUCKS WAYNE EVERYNIGHT THEN she EATS DRAKES PUSSY THEN I COME IN AND THEY CUM ON ME THIS IS REAL HIP-HOP FUCK CONSCIOUS AND 90’S RAP YMCMB ANAL, DICK SUCKING, PUSSY SHIT ALL THE WAY

        5 WORDS: I SUCK YOUNG MONEY DICK

    9. yessir u making yourself look bad posting these ymcmb crap here a tip go steal yo moms or dad credit cards and go max them out with ymcmb cd’s and fuck yourself lil troll u dick ride them so much u can’t even sleep at night meth head with bumps all over your face ba’itchhhhh…. lol

    10. Ok then I expect two cds by Kendrick this year then. Hiiipower.

    11. good now this faggot chipmunk with a gay voice can drop his gay ass album and all 250 of his fans can run out and cop it

      all those cosigns and still no ones copping

      i smell a plant, nigga sucks dick and is the softest emcee dre ever cosigned and he put that queer eminem on

      p.s. i bet dre gets that ass

      1. You are a trolling shitbag sir.

        Please go jerk off to your life size Waka Flocka Flame poster and sing a love song to Drake faggot.

    12. LIL WAYNE WAS A HUGE INFLUENCE ON KENDRICK LAMAR. KDOT MADE A WHOLE MIXTAPE ABOUT CARTER 3. LIL WAYNE GAVE HIM A COSIGN ON IT AS WELL. DRAKE HAD LAMAR ON TAKE CARE. DRAKE ALSO BROUGHT HIM ON TOUR.

      LAMAR WAS ON BIRDMAN AND MACK MAINS MIXTAPE.

      WHERE AM I GOING WITH THIS LAMAR LOVES YMCMB AND YMCMB WILL ALWAYS BE FAMILY WITH LAMAR WE HELPED BUILD HIS BRAND YMCMB

      1. THAT’S RIGHT LIL WAYNE’S SUCKING DICK SKILLS ARE ONE OF THE BEST IN THE INDUSTURY DRAKE ALSO VERY SKILLED AT GETTING HIS PUSSY EATEN OUT IM A HUGE INFLUENCE ON WAYNE AND NICKI WITHOUT ME THERE’S NO ONE TO ASS FUCK AND CUM ALL OVER THEN THEY TIE ME DOWN AND FORCE ME TO SUCK THERE DICKS THIS IS REAL HIP HOP FUCK KENDRICK AND HIS AOTY AND REALNESS THE PUSSY SHIT IS THE NEW HIP HOP YOU ALL CAN GO FUCK YOURSELF DICKSUCKING AND GETTING ASS FUCKED THEN SINGING LOVE SONGS AND GETTING CUMMED ON ALL OVER YOUR FACE IS THE NEW HIP HOP AND REMEMBER YMCMB IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THIS SHIT

        7 WORDS: I GET ANALED EVERYNIGHT BY YOUNG MONEY

      2. anybody dick riding YMCMB is a fuckin fag.mothafuckas went from wearing Deathrow shirts to wearing feminine ass YMCMB shit….gay.

    13. I dont get this article about K.Dot has 55 posts and the one about slaughterhouse starting to make their album has like 110 posts.

    14. What the fucks up with all these trolls lol grow up and spend ure time doin what u like, talking shit on internet is dumb lmao. And fuck saying wayne has shit on kendrick. FUCK THATTT… Lil wayne is pussy money weed, autotune, and pop. Kendrick is a true MC, Lil wayne dont even write his own lyrics now, or make his bneats….. so hes now a puppet

      1. THAT’S RIGHT IM THE NEW BITCH YMCMB ALL THE WAY IM THERE NEW SLAVE WHILE THEY YMCMB ASS FUCKS EACH OTHER THEY SHIT ON ME YMCMB RUNS THE POP GAME WE TURNED HIP HOP INTO REAL SOFT POP SHIT. SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE REAL PUSSIES AND DICK SUCKERS SHOUTOUT TO LIL WAYNE, DRAKE, NICKI MINAJ, BIRDMAN, MASE WHO JOINED OUR NEW DICK SUCKING GROUP AND ALSO THE DJ WHO GOT CAUGHT BLOWING A TRANNY THIS IS THAT REAL PUSSY SHIT

        5 WORDS: I’M YMCMB’s NEW DICK SUCKER

      2. YMCMB’s is not a word. Fucking dumbass kids these days. I hope you fucking end up in poverty for the rest of your life. No one this country is a shit hole fucking dumb ass kids making shit up.

      1. J.cole is overrated. He is a decent lyricist. Not horrible. But not legend either. Kendrick is a legend in the making.

      1. But I don’t know if that’s happening he said in the video he’s working with all of his in house producers and both the interviewer and Kendrick new he was trying to ask him if Dre’s producing it or going to be on it and Kendrick’s is real and has been real so I take his word for it it’s interesting because I know more then the average person on the net what’s going on about detox but Kendrick signing to aftermath has been kept silent no one’s talk about it or nothing that tells either of 2 things 1. what you just said there going to make it look like he signed near when the albums coming out or 2. which is what i’m leaning towards right now this album is going to be all him and his producers or outside producers but not Dre my guess is Kendrick is going to play it smart be on detox a lot without being signed so he’s going to be like a major feature on the album he works with his producers stays true to himself his fans and his friends on this album giving him time to see what he wants to do with his next album and whether he wants to sing or not but I realize that is flawed because Jimmy Iovine is too greedy and wouldn’t let Kendrick be all over Detox so unfortunetly your probably right

    15. Better believe I’ll be there on day one. I just wish I could one day get a hard copy of section 80. Kendrick is dope he is ressurecting the west coast. Much love man…

    16. you stupid man he is dope. way better than MGGay or Fag miller and lil b(notice how i didnt change that name) I hope he is signed to aftermath They are going to take over 2012

      1. Dude is tight but he aint the best in the west though. The dopest west coaster breathing is…. Ladies and Gentlemen CROOKED I!!!!! Period

    17. SHOUT OUT TO KENDRICK LAMAR WHEREEVER HE PUTS OUT HIS FIRST ALBUM NO MATTER WHAT YMCMB WILL ALWAYS BE BEHIND HIM BECAUSE WE HELP BUILD AND MOLD THIS MONSTER.

    18. I really hope there is gonna be some of the tracks produced by his in-house producers, Sounwave is dope.

      1. Totally agree tae beast is nice too. His producers are a part of his sound. I think it’s a mistake when artists just get the well known ‘go to’ producers, that’s why everything sounds the same.

      1. Probly not, if he makes fucked up “martian” music like Wayne. Martian as in we can’t understand the fuck he’s saying.

      2. Not if he started wearing leopard print leggings and sipping syrup. But seriously, coming from a huge Kendrick fan I’m sure Young MOney would ask him to dumb his music down and start catering to the teeny boppers. Same thing happened with my boy Wale. His mixtapes and first album were banging and then he signed to Staywack Music, put out Lotus Flower bomb and turned into a skinny Rick Ross.

      1. Yes & no. It was a digital album. Kendrick is saying it isn’t when it is. It’s considered a “Free Album”

    19. @ Yessir

      Just because somebody is on that wack ass label, doesnt mean people start hating a talented artist (maybe some trolls like you)
      But when the music is good, people (fans of real Hip Hop) still keep supporting those artist (Anyway, I hope so)
      Me personally, I just skip the songs that Ft Lil wayne and his no talent ass clowns
      (Cause I only like 1 song that Ft Wayne, ”My Life, from Game”)…so skipping stays an option
      Just like with Busta Rhymes, I hate to see him on that YMCA label (but that doesnt make him a terrible artist) I call that a money move, not an artistic move
      Busta still murks 99,9% of these nowadays ”rappers”

      Call me a hater
      I don’t give a f*ck

      Hip Hop is better of without Wayne and his YMCA label, let them irritate the skaters with his horrible crap, so the fans of Hip Hop can fully enjoy Hip Hop again

      At the end of the day, radio & tv decides what ”hot or what not”
      So f*ck the tv, and f*ck the radio stations

      When you like good music, you better find a way to discover it, cause those radio/tv stations aint helping one bit

      Ah, f*ck that shit
      You dont like Wayne yourself

      So keep on trolling my dude
      And have fun with it

      Now I’m gonna pump some real music
      Like: Kendrick, Crooked, and other talented rappers

      Okay?, Bye!

      1. I agree 100% dude.

        I really think that the Icy Boi is trying to make us all laugh. He should change his name to colourfull clown with panties on. That would just fit is idiotic YMCMB dickriding

    20. Yo in dont matter who k.dot signs too he’s a beast why yall hating on him him and cole are the best two lyricist out from the younger cats. Its funny how people say cole isnt a great lyricist when he really is, also its not about just lyrics it’s also the intangibles. Cole got heart when he raps you can feel every bar he makes you believe in what he is saying but some of yall dont get that you like rappers with swag yet a lot of them have no emotions behind what they spit.

    21. who is this nigga? lmoa. Section 80 was da worst mixtape of 2011. my friends aint listenin to Kendrick Lamar. dis nigga is soft as fuck. swag

      1. Eat a Dick!!!

        Swag!!!

        Then lick it up and snowball it into Wayne’s cocksucker!!!

        Swag!!!

        Swag!!!

        Fucking Retard!!!

        Swag!!!!

        Swag!!!

    22. @ So Icy Toy!
      Or should I say, troll a.k.a Yessir

      You ask, who he is
      But you know Section 80

      Talk about your friends?
      When they ”smart” just like you
      No wonder they aint listening to Kendrick Lamar

      A little bit of brain activity would do the trick

      Now clown on, you weird troll

    23. funny thing is you guys all hate lil wayne and blabla well let me start that i personnaly dont like him that much either i had my lil wayne period in around 2007 to 2009 but after that he gone weak but did you guys know that one of kendricks projects is based all on lil waynes music he made a mixtape called: c4 and it’s full of beats from tha carter 3 and also k.dot said that lil wayne is one of his inspiration to start rappin so if you are a kendrick lamar fan you shouldnt go hate blind on weezy

    24. Kendrick Lamar working with Drake makes me questions who he really is, but I guess he’s just trying reach a larger audience.

    25. @ my fellow Dutchman

      I know about Kendricks C4, and jeah I also know he named Wayne an inspiration (sad but true)
      But I think its just like Phill said, he just want to reach a larger audiance (plus touring experience etc etc)
      hanging around Wayne has its profits in this sad state of Hip Hop unfortunately

      Why else would someone like Busta Rhymes sign a deal with YMCA records?, not to be a better MC believe on this one

      And yeah, Im starting to hate all that Wayne shit and his f*cking coon label too
      Everyday you have to read something about this half talented ass moron (it is what it is when you open a page on a Hip Hop site)

      I think its f*cking unbelievable, especially since there other rapper with much much MUCH more skills

      And dont start that ”everybody has his own opinion/musical taste” bullcrap
      Because its true, they have, I know that
      But it sucks big time that almost every respectable Hip Hop magazine/site follow this stupid lame ass Wayne trend

      I wish it was all about skills & talent again

      F*ck a hype
      And f*ck these lame ass Wayne trolls who pop up everywhere

      It makes me sick

      1. Kendrick Lamar might not be so respected if it wasn’t for the nigga wayne and the 20+ years of service he’s done for the game…

    26. Hating on Kendrick proves you dont understand hip hop, dude is mad talented..put out one of the best tapes in 2011.

      LMAO !!

    27. He’s a good rapper just not a good songwriter…Just because you can rap your ass off doesn’t mean that makes up for crappy songs and concepts…You can’t deny the man can rap…But as far as becoming a hiphop icon? No I don’t think he has that ability…He does have a lot to learn and this album debut might actually be a lesson for him…

      1. And a big one too
        I mean…what!?

        ”crappy songs and concepts”

        Have you ever heard some records from Kendrick?

      2. Crappy concepts? I can tell you haven’t listened too his music. Go listen too a song called i hate you. He writes an letter too death. He has some of the best song concepts I have heard in recent years hands down.

    28. This will defenetly be one of the best albums in 2012, unless he signs to aftermath and sells out which i really doubt.

      I dont hate weezy, i dont like him very much but i dont hate him. What i do hate though is all his ignorant arrogant fans who act like his label is the best when its clearly not. There is so much good music out there and all they rep is ymcm because of how popular they are. SALES mean SHIIIT come on people stop dickriding such a talentless mediocre label for fucks sake.

      1. Some of ur points are right, ymcmb has some really shitty rappers on their roster, but Cash Money Records has been around for 20+ years and has been one of the most successful influential record labels in rap. You can’t diminish the impact that CMR has had on the game

    29. Basically Kendrick and Crooked I are the last west coast artists to be relevant in the game. It will be years even decades before the West becomes the top in the game again.

      Not counting Tyga coz he’s a wannabe commercial puppet.

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