Kendrick Lamar would have no problem putting together multiple untitled unmastered.-type projects (or at least a very lengthy deluxe) for his GNX album, if the Compton rap king felt like blessing his fans with new music.
In a new interview with Variety reflecting on the making of the chart-topping, Grammy-winning project, Kendrick’s longtime producer Sounwave revealed that between 80 and 100 songs were recorded for GNX. (12 tracks made the final cut.)
It’s further revealed that Kendrick began making the album back in 2022 “almost immediately” after the release of Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, and the album originally had a “funky West [Coast] groove” sound before the likes of Jack Antonoff and Mustard were brought in to “push it to the next level.”
Mustard was an especially important piece of the puzzle, lending his signature sound to standout tracks such as “Hey Now” and “TV Off.” For the latter, the multi-platinum producer actually sent two separate beats to Kendrick, who delivered a stroke of genius by combining them to make the Super Bowl-status anthem it is today.
“I never asked Jack or [Soun]wave who put those two beats together,” Mustard told Variety. “I was just like, that was great.”
Reflecting on the impact of GNX one year later, Sounwave said: “It basically shows that there’s no boundaries. We hate to just keep doing the same thing over and over. It’s something we kind of thrive off of, just reinventing yourself. Do stuff that makes it exciting, and the people who supported you will be excited with you.
“I kid you not: yesterday there was a 60-year-old woman driving down the street rapping a ‘GNX’ song word for word. Just to see that my home is still playing it as if it just came out … that’s special.”
A GNX deluxe has long been rumored to be in the works. In an interview with Bootleg Kev last year, Lefty Gunplay (who appears on “TV Off”) claimed that Kendrick Lamar was putting together an expanded edition of the album.
“He has some stuff. We did two, three songs. He has some stuff in the chamber. He told me that we’re going to work again, for sure,” the Los Angeles native said.
He later added: “I know he’s got a deluxe version coming out. He’s very secretive.”
Kendrick himself has yet to address the speculation and it’s unclear if a GNX deluxe will actually happen.
Drake recorded over 200 songs for ICEMAN album but only wrote the lyrics on only one song and it’s the intro.
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Diddy better just listen to his music the Love album
Kendrick made no response to Joey and sent dogs to battle him. Joey waiting…. why Kendrick in NYC not LA? Trying to steal the NY culture because Cali has none? No different to Drake and he went on stage with Opium how is that different to OVO?
Kendrick worked with Carti you can’t really say that he isn’t too and his outfit. Being signed to Dre is sus too look back at Dre’s history pre NWA.
100 songs of BLACK EXCELLENCE!!!! 100 songs of DA BLAQ MAH STUGL! 100 songs demonizing the HWITE MAN! Truly on the Mt. Blackmore! I refuse to call it mt. rushmore cause that’s the devils name! MLK, Malcolm X, Kendrick, Cuba Gooding Jr. as Radio. True black excellence!
could have made the whole album up on a macbook with music editing software i know for a fact the late mac miller did he never told anyone
Drake fans are still down bad
Drake doesn’t make good music neither does Kendrick the race hustler but people prefer agenda and narratives I guess over actual quality. Reminder Luther was a huge influence on GNX and that is a gay black man
Kendrick still refuses to respond to Joey Badass. I swear with Max B out NYC needs to come back together. Get Trump to free Kay Flock and take over back up Joey. Fivio ready lets go. People should get Kenny’s location.
Kbots are gassing themselves and Kenny up. Why didn’t he respond to Joey but sent his henchmen to do it? Why is he in NYC not LA? Why did he accuse Drake of all that but works with Dre and Carti? Why wad he on stage with all of Opium when he accused OVO of the same? Why accuse Drake of doing things to women when they all have done the same as has Future, Metro, and Eminem or Kendrick’s friend who got exposed in a Vitaly stream. Kendrick who sold out to corporations but is controlled opposition race grifting has a Nike deal, Apple, UMG, Paramount, and connections to Jay Z also worse than Drake. I don’t like Drake but lets call it as is. Eminem and Kendrick stans are the same annoying and live in their bubble never calling out the ego or hypocrisy of these people. Drake actually is taking L’s can’t compare them he actually gets more criticism from his audience than Kendrick and Em get.
Yeah with Playboi Carti
Yeah about a gay black man Luther
Under a zionist label and for their corporations to benefit and con black people and other idiots to be under their control. MLK had a white fiancé, Malcom was a pimp and dealer who bent over for white men. Kendrick is the same has sneaker collabs under Nike for the Cortez a colonizer sneaker and then their Converse division Chuck Taylor white man sneaker and Nike is a white company same with Kendrick’s film under Paramount
This is why Kendrick is scared of Joey. Drake fumbled so bad but Joey wouldn’t and Kenny is scared.
Listen to Diddy Love album sounds way better.
These vultures are too busy being memlords to realize GNX is just a worse version of the Love album. Kendrick is not talanted. Just some race hustler they installed why else would labels and companies push him? All the activism is controlled by them these people are not on your side Obama, Katt Williams, AOC, Bernie, Kendrick, Eminem, Beyonce, Tyler Perry, Will Smith, Jada, Doechii, SZA, Jay Z, Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, Josh Johnson, Sam L, Denzel, like wake up the agencies control them all.
Black americans have no culture. They appropriate others and claim it as their own White, Asian, Native Americans, Indians, Muslims, Polynesians, and Caribbeans. They are mentally and emotionally unstable people who act like deranged children they should all go back to Africa like Ali told them too. Thing is the Africans hate them too. World has this problem Africans invading Europe, India even, and Japan. Deport all of them! Especially in the US deport the Bengali’s, Somalians, and Mexicans/Venezuelans, ignorant liberal whites too all go too
He doesn’t care about blacks. California minorities are more Mexican than black. Black people will be gone and Kendrick supports that he sold out to the Mexicans and the zionists thats why hes cool with Newsom who lied about reparations never delivered. Add on no rebuilding has taken place Newsom pocketed all the money for wildfire rebuilding and has a scheme to rob the state for more wirh his donors suing the state then giving him the money for 2028 presidential run. Guy who sold to China. This is who Kendrick is tied to him and Kamala.
Black people have lost the plot. Charlie Kirk was murdered they had a march to cheer it on. George Floyd died from drug overdose they riot and built shrines to him?? Same way they lied on George Zimmerman they lied on Derek Chauvin who is innocent. Instead of marching against Newsom who passed a bill to give them reparations then walked it back the next day they did this. Then defended racist Jimmy Kimmel? It shows how easy they are to be manipulated by the political left they don’t care about themselves or their people they care about appeasing the democrats and following what they are told.
Sounds like fun. Work. But fun .
I’m just looking forward to the movie.
What movie the one with the white South Park guy from ultra zionist paramount?
What non-homo still listens to Drake. None cuz your all homos.
When someone calls out Kendrick’s lies and hypocrisy doesn’t mean they like Drake. Also Kendrick is the homo maybe you don’t know Luther’s past
You people are annoying just because someone doesn’t like Kendrick means they like Drake. Also calling out his hypocrosy and ego also doesn’t mean you like Drake. Its just facts. You guys are beyond annoying just like the Eminem Stans may both your mesiahs fall.
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Kendrick fans are just weird with their obcession with him. Look at Tony Ceno on YouTube guy tries to dress like Kendrick and made Kendrick his Avatar so many suburb weirdos trying hard. ScruFace Jean and many others too. These people like lies and fake narrative that’s what they like they never fit in with regular black people so the play race to fit in. Celebrities do it too look at Dave Chappelle had only white friends and white people write his jokes.
Yup it is cringe. Black people long for identity and have none they feel this is it. Just being annoying and ignorant. Alex Jones warned them, its not the poor blacks that are the issue its the preppy suburb liberal ones. Poor blacks have some common sense and self awareness. Suburb people are just messed up mentally. Kendrick is from the burbs too.
Suburb dorky black people all do this. Yourage, Agent00, Kai Cenat, Rakai, RDC, Berleezy, Imdontai, bruce, marc lamont, scruface, silky, plagueboymax, dave chappelle, chris rock, their only way is to race hussle and push politics.
All talent and management agency plants. They pay YouTube to push them in the algorithm boost views and likes same with Twitch. They are going overdrive since the backlash over Charlie Kirk’s death all because of Jimmy Kimmel and it is exposing them. Hasan and Kai have made it worse, PBMax, all of them.
Kendrick the man please Free Diddy and Free RKelly free the innocent black men!
love it
Kendrick music sounds like Diddy. Serious listen to that Love album and GNX sounds similar. Love actually better. Kendrick really needs to free puff
With Carti
Black people have no culture they appropriate others. Native Americans, whites, asians, and Caribbean people they attack all of us but steal from us.
Yup and thats why they are so mental. Look how they ruin the world. Ruining Europe, Asia, been ruining North America. Ali told them go back to Africa if they were not happy to send a message why haven’t they? Someone should let the fake grifter activists know Umar, Kendrick, JCole, Dave Chappelle, Katt Williams, all of them women espeically!
100 songs and still missed
But he can’t respond to Joey? How do people keep glazing this guy? He sent his goons after Joey and they lost now he refuses to respond. Also hypocrite worked with Dre, Eminem, and Carti. And does business with who he claims to hate Nike, Apple, NFL, Paramount, and through RocNation. He lives in NYC not Cali but bad mouths everywhere not Cali? Bad mouths Wayne?
Wasn’t Drake’s UMG deal supposed to expire in 2025? Is he a free agent now?