Kendrick Lamar made headlines last week because he won two Grammys for his “i” single and because he released a new track, “The Blacker the Berry,” the next day.
Assassin, who is featured on the track, talked with XXL about his involvement on the song. He says Kendrick Lamar’s verse wasn’t on the demo that he received.
“I got the call from Kardinal Offishall saying that [producer] Boi-1da was exploring this track and maybe wanted to get a Jamaican perspective,” he says. “I guess my name came up and he forwarded the track to me. It was just a skeleton—a demo—with the overall vibe of the track that I got. I did the verse and I did the chorus and I sent it back.”
The dancehall artist says he recorded the song in Kingston, Jamaica at the end of last year. He is pleased with how it turned out.
“It’s a powerful record and it’s very timely,” he says. “Like he said in the lyrics, the listeners and the witness will determine what is being said. I like that. Music is so much about interpretation. People get different things from it. But at baseline, it’s just a very powerful piece and I’m happy to be apart of it.”
He also discusses his collaboration with Kanye West and who he would like to work with in the future. Read the full interview at XXL.
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Anybody, and especially whites who have a problem with this tremendous track, this is a good indication that you don’t belong in our scene and should kindly get the fuck out of it. Kudos to all involved in making this important record and for not being frightened to alienate bigoted bastards/politically correct whites. When you invoke the wrath of the Black man be prepared not to leave unscathed.
not one comment in here why you sitting here writing a paragraph to noone LMAO. looks like u got racist thoughts brewing in your head to say all that without even being bated smh
on that note im white and this song has more to do with you then white ppl
his verses are from the perspective of a gangbanger who ‘hates’ whote ppl and the last verse is condricting himself which is why kendrick always says ‘ill be the biggest hypocrite’
i guess YOU dont even know what the song is.. or understand it.
its all about black on black violence and nothing else.
Yeah, i’ll back ‘LOL’ ain’t no one white has spoken up, ain’t our place to. But you revealing your latent thoughts like the homie above said.
This is something you should probably pay attention to, we here supporting Kendrick no matter what.
Oh look, black insecurity masquerading as black rage again.
to LOL guess you have selective hearin listen to the WHOLE song and not just the last 2 lines to say its only about b on b violence u missed it but hey wasnt ment for u!
my hearings fine. i got the concept of the whole song and all 3 verses and i dont consider it a diss to white ppl i consider it a true for some black ppl, greatly written song.
and its not for me? as long as its a song about white people in it its for white ppl.
you cant sit there and think when a white person hears that song that they wont have some type of opinion if their not the racist person he raps about in verse 1/2. like not all black ppl are 1 type, neither are whtie ppl.. ppl online never seem to get that though.
Because every black person and every white person interpretation was the exact same. There is a very dim light in that head of yours.
I don’t need to be black to comment that it’s a brilliant SONG. Thanks, Kendrick.
Give this negro a banana
give this bitch a dick
So now it’s getting to the point that there are 10 plus articles about 1 song Kendrick puts out. Is that how much hip hop is struggling?
Yes, Clearly.
where are the other articles??? they sound interesting
Great Song. Its just like his opinion man.
The rest of yall can suck my dick!!!