Kendrick Lamar names his favorite Rap music of 2015 during an interview with The New York Times.
“Of course Future killed it,” Kendrick Lamar says. “He smashed. Drake smashed. Future’s work ethic was crazy, his energy. This is the thing about Hip Hop music and where people get it most misconstrued: It’s all Hip Hop. You can’t say that just what I do is Hip Hop, because Hip Hop is all energies. James Brown can get on the track and mumble all day. But guess what: You felt his soul on those records.”
During the interview, the TDE rapper also discusses the impact his “Alright” single has had and pinpoints the time when he realized it was becoming an anthem for the Black Lives Matter movement.
“When I’d go in certain parts of the world, and they were singing it in the streets,” he says. “When it’s outside of the concerts, then you know it’s a little bit more deep-rooted than just a song. It’s more than just a piece of a record. It’s something that people live by — your words.”
The Compton, California artist also says he expected the song to connect with listeners given its simple “We gon’ be alright” refrain.
“It’s a chant of hope and feeling,” Kendrick Lamar says. “I credit that to Pharrell, for being able to present an arrangement and to inspire me to do a record like that. Immediately, I knew the potential.”
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did k dot compare future and JB?!
No that was just an exemple I guess, not an actual comparison between both.
Drake and future are like mc donalds and other junk food. Its ok to have some once and awhile it’s not going to kill you…Kendrick and Cole are like filet mignon 5 star restaurants.
You summed that up nicely man ! Props
comparing james brown to future? come on son.
K dot just saying we need balance in the music its a time an place for dumb down rap an intelligent hiphop. Though understand the music you listen to says a lot about the type of person you are..peace love fun an unity in the new year yall
Of course the most “pop” rapper of 2015 would give praises to the other top 2 “pop” rappers in the game.
Kendrick,Future,Drake all the same shit to me. Mass produced music for the masses. I mean why would a dude that has “all eyes on him” help out and give praise to any undrground artist that were poppin this year? Naw we got to shout out whats popular cause we got to make the majority happy right? Of course when your a sell out bitch and you think your the greatest raper in the world then I guess Future and Drake are right up your alley
“Critics want to mention they miss when Hip-Hop was rappin’; motherfucker, if you did then Killer Mike would be platinum.”
You were saying?
“Ya’ll priorities is fucked up!”
Lol pop? I take it you haven’t listened to the album. Its an anti-pop record. No radio friendly tracks.
And yes I said raper not rapper lol
You know the game is trash when you’re saying Future put out some of the best rap music in 2015….smh.
wowsers ! kendrick lover-drake hater people are having seizures everywhere. the so called kendrick cold-war does not exist
Kendrick did great this yr… drake killed it Fetty Wap also gave us a taste of his flow
Peace be with King Kunta i see u realise it too that my mans had a good year so i guess all these bitch ass niggas hating must be feeling some typa way after all, I mean even ur favourite rapper Kendrick feels #Drake Is Real#Drake Is dope#
Your mans? Lolol yeah I bet Drake and Future come on here with you all the time and leave comments and shit lol what a fuckin lame ass stupid fuckin clown bitch
If only his album was any good…
The world must make you very angry
What else to expect from Kendrick except a politically correct statement!!!! Believe it or not, but his interviews r even more BORING than his RAPS (which is sayin somethin). Every1 knows SPACEGHOSTPURRP went off in 2015. Swag. Muney Jordan in dis bihhhh
If Kendrick likes Drake, cool.. Not gonna stop him.. But at the end of the day, we all know who’s better..
That’s good of you that you’re not going to stop him. You must be a generous spirit.
He is joking that he likes futures music?future is garbage. Drake is ok. Salute to kendrick, a hiphop legend in the making.
I can’t feel Future’s soul, he’s garbage…
I will kick ur bitch ass back to ur mothers womb u will be there for another nine months,dnt fuck wit me i dnt fuck wit non of u clowns,im just giving praise to artists i like so if that bothers u suck a dick or die bitch #OVO to tha fullest
All yall lame as so called hiphop heads sicc as hell cuz Kdot just said Trap better, lol yall lame
He didn’t even that you stupid fuck. He respects Future’s and Drake’s music as some of his favorites. I don’t blame him. DS2 is a great album
Its always tight dudes that like garbage i expect for someone that really has skills to light the the same
Future makes strip club tunes, dancers should love it, not rap fans or critics. Besides he aint named real trap or gangsta shit like slim thuga, tip or guwop for that matter.
And drake, future and kdot… theyre in the same lame league of soft rappers, although future got tracks but he autotuned, meh.
Support this young artist from Vegas. He’s CEO of 4EverYoung Productions and his music is different and attracting attention quickly. Joee the Poet’s song “Strides” is growing like wildfire!! #PoetrysFinest #GoJoee !!
https://soundcloud.com/joee-the-poet
G Eazy had a big year
This dude is garbage, just like all the rest of those fuck ass rappers. All the WORST fucking music on youtube has the MOST views. Just goes to show most people don’t have good taste in music and just follow what’s “popular.” I remember when hip-hop/black culture used to be dope, but it’s GAY as hell now. Ain’t nothing “cool” about hip-hop culture anymore. Just look at the way those so called rappers dress now. Come on, man. Get real. This generation is homo.
I am fan of the great 90s hiphop.Yes, i agree that hiphop has fallen now. They are still dope rappers out now, if you look for it. Kendrick is talented tho.
Kendrick, garbage?, you don’t know what your talking about. Kendrick is one of the dopest MCs to come in a long time.
Also, look at the so called black street gangs now such as fake bloods, crips etc… members are running around with skinny jeans sagging waving a gat. Homo.
sry for saying this “real hiphop” Drake haters but havent you guys been going on for months dissing Drake cuz he hasnt responded to Kendrick (the guy he introduced into mainstream hiphop)? Now Kendrick is giving Drake props. wow. dont you feel dumb now?