Despite a handful of theories involving the possible link between the Easter holiday and the release of a secret Kendrick Lamar album, rumors of a new K-Dot project dropping on Sunday (April 16) proved to be nothing more than fantasy.
The grief was short-lived for Kendrick fans though, given that the Compton rhymer’s performance at Coachella proved to be a worthy consolation prize.
Serving as headliner on Sunday, the rapper weaved his way through both new and old material as he performed everything from “Money Trees” to a handful of DAMN tracks, including “DNA” and “Element.”
Although Kendrick primarily rocked the stage solo, he did welcome some surprise guests. Among the artists who hit the stage during his headlining set were Travis Scott and fellow TDE spitter ScHoolboy Q.
Even Atlanta rapper Future made an appearance to bless the crowd with a performance of his “Mask Off” record.
The disappearance of any hard feelings over the secret album debacle was evident on Twitter as fans hastily offered praise for Kendrick’s Coachella performance.
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And was l.i.t
Kung fu kenny ????
I hate the words “Lit and “Savage,” it must be a ATL thing.
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I kinda thought Lit was a Cali thing. Either way I both words need to be retired.
Welcome to the Katz Motel, I’m Katz.
Courage The Cowardly Dog is one of the most underrated cartoons of all time.
Hell yes it is. Glad to see another CTCD fan on here, grew up with that show.
I can’t believe how many people actually thought that he was going to drop another album days after DAMN dropped. Actually maybe not because the majority of people will believe anything that is written/posted. Smh.
That was the dumbest rumor. If ppl read the original post that started this. The producer/engineer wrote “that wasn’t the official version” as in the music that leaked hrs ahead of midnight. Wasn’t the official album version. IDK how ppl got a secret second album from that.
LOL its so funny seeing these journalist live in a Virtual World like Twitter and Facebook. You copy a few tweets and screen shots and claim it was the best show ever…. no it was not. This is fake news. You mfs are so far removed from reality… DX writers always use outrages words to describe dull and boring events/songs. DAMN album sucks, and people were expecting another album because of that. Im a kendrick fan but his last 2 projests straight up sucked ass(Untitled and DAMN)
I think DAMN is amazing, start to finish but I can not listen to , to pimp a butterfly, start to finish. Guess we all have different musical tastes.
To Pimp A Butterfly is way ahead of Damn. Seriously I thought Damn was gonna be a monster due to all the hype but I think it’s the weakest of all his projects
I agree. Especially while driving, Damn is a more straightforward listen and easy. Butterfly was good for the first listen and vibe at home but not for bumping in the whip.
insert “trippin…. realllyyyy trippin” – GKMC sound bite lol
Drake fans catching feelings lmao! Watch the live stream, that show was the best coachell performance ever
DAMN is okay at best. Kendrick’s past work is great, but this one didn’t live up to the hype. I kinda feel like at this point, Kendrick can put out anything and critics will still rave over it, kinda like Kanye.
Easily Kendrick’s worst album. His voice on a bunch of songs is just unbearable. And his flow is just robotic on too many songs. There isn’t one smooth flow on this album. Who cares how good the concept is if the songs are a pain in the ass to listen to.
Anyone remember when Kendrick was sooo dope that he was handed the crown of the west coast, and many considered him then be essentially a reincaranated tupac? Yeah, that’s over with. The westcoast king NEEDS to be thuggin and groovy. Kendrick is better off representing the south lol. It’s just kinda sad…. I feel like Kendrick has so much more potential. I mean, humble, is a nice and hard beat. But the rap over it is just like every other 2017 radio rapper.
I’m a huge kendrick fan, but I’m kinda not into him anymore. Idk the last time he dropped something that was undeniably amazing. Something that folks from all walks of rap could enjoy, not just people that love lyricists like Lupe or J Cole. I like lyricism, but I also like dope flows, dope beats and enjoyable music
Nobody ever gonna touch Tupac.
Eminem has already touched him. Em is the sickest to get behind the mic then pac, big
I can agree with that on a sense. Eminem, although I’m personally not a fan of him, is honestly the most talented emcee. Not an artist I care for all that much, but skill wise, the guy is at the tippy top.
Most talented MC after Royce IMO…
If you don’t stop with that Eminem stuff… Dude was a coke and pillhead freak show. Rapping about k!lling his bm and mom. I’ll give him the bm but I can’t stand with the k!lling mom mess. Other than that he had a good flow that he used to bash massive threats like Nsync and the Backstreet Boys. Calling everything f@g before going on stage singing and kissing Elton John. Dude is a product of Dre beats and beating a good white rapper in a mainly black donated genre. Em and his fast random word, random scream, fart, middle finger, booger raps are way overrated.
After listening to the album the three days it’s been since it came out. And my first listen hype has died down. I still love this album. It’s dope af. Songs that I never thought Kendrick would make. He did and he smashed them. Dope Bars, lyrics, beats, concepts, couple songs for the radio, political. He even throw in a wavy asz story at the end. Didn’t know what to expect from this album. All his albums sound so different. But I was surprised and really enjoyed the album. Out of the 13 songs I really like 11 of them. The other two Yup and Pride good songs too. Just not as good as the others.
I liked all the songs, loved YAH and PRIDE those are 2 of the best songs on the album