Kendrick Lamar premiered his new cut “Staircases” produced by The Neptunes during a performance at this year’s SXSW.
During the set, K. Dot enlisted Pharrell Williams’ artist Buddy to assist on the hook. Though the clip doesn’t last long, viewers can get a taste of the smoothed out cut, which features glistening keys and a chanted chorus.
Watch a clip from the performance below (via TheNeptunes.org).

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rising high – faze o interpolation ?
Okay, I’m ready for the whole thing now. Then again, I’m already ready for new Kendrick.
LMAO @ Kendrick having ten fans
U mad that he has fans?? LOL
^^^u sound like a fanboy getting defensive. i dont think he was hating on kendrick by saying that (of course k dot has a solid following and no one is arguing that), i think he was lol’ing at the fact that it looks like there werent that many people there in this video.
LMAO @ your dumbass laughing at Kendrick when you are nothing and will always be nothing. Fucking idiot, you will only ever amount to just another human being that once existed on planet earth. You breathed, ate, aged, but never accomplished. When your children die so too will your legacy. Kendrick will live forever through his music. Even if Kendrick had only 10 fans, he still would have more than you, nameless faceless bitchass hater.
^^^ @ GoReadABook, only TRUE “idiots” would argue with a random log-in on a hip hop blog site. Like, can you even argue with someone and tell their future if you have no idea who they even are? You look real crazy right now. or Psychic. Whats the mega-millions numbers gonna be since you are a cyber palm reader.
^only true idiots wouldn’t realize that by responding they are doing the exact thing that they are arguing against.
Kendick Lamar minus Neptunes, that would be dope. No hate to the tunes but there sound sounds real recycled trough all the years.
K Dot should stick to his own cirlce of producers, and Dr Dre of course.
Yes.
Damn.
Shit.
WHAT AN EMOTIONAL FAG YOU ARE. NOBODY WENT AND SAW HIM PERFORM, I’M JUST STATING THE OBVIOUS. KENDRICK IS COOL, BUT HE ISN’T GOING TO MAKE A REAL IMPACT. HE’S A BORING NAS/2PAC KNOCK OFF.