Kendrick Lamar lays relatively low considering his celebrity status. In fact, it’s a rare day when he speaks on social media or even in interviews. But in a new cover story for i-D Magazine, K. Dot pops up to interview his 20-year-old cousin and protégé Baby Keem and makes some interesting revelations along the way.
In particular, he alludes to carving out a new sound for his highly anticipated follow-up to 2017’s Pulitzer Prize-winning album DAMN.
“I spend the whole year just thinking about how I’m gonna execute a new sound, I can’t do the same thing over and over,” he explains to Keem. “I need something to get me excited.” He also admitted the pressure he felt to execute his 2012 sophomore album, good kid, m.A.A.d City, while explaining why he’ll never make a sequel.
“I remember the sophomore jinx of good kid, m.A.A.d City; it was for that year and for that time,”he says. “I was in a different space in my life. I already knew off the top I can’t make good kid, m.A.A.d City Part Two. The second I’m making that, it’s corny bro. That takes the feeling away from the first. I need that muthafucka to live in its own world. Then boom, To Pimp A Butterfly. Some people love it to death, some people hate it.”
From there, Kendrick drops some wisdom on fame for Keem, who he feels is up next in terms of notoriety.
“You’ve got an interesting story though,” he tells Keem. “I think a lot of people will relate to it. There’s no pressure when you arrive at that place, but when you do it’s gonna give you some real therapy because you’ll know how many people you touch.
“Because of all this shit going on, you’ve not been able to experience a fan walking over to you, telling you, ‘You stopped me from killing myself’. It can be emotionally draining as well as rewarding, that’s part of the game. You’re a voice for a lot of young people, a lot of older people too.”
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Kendrick fans have been salivating at the thought of new music from the Top Dawg Entertainment golden child and it looks like there could be something right around the corner. In early September, the Grammy Award-winning MC was spotted not once but twice shooting what appeared to be a music video around Los Angeles.
Until something surfaces, check out the full i-D interview here.
To Pimp a Butterfly is my favorite Kendrick album and arguably his best work to date.
Still section 80
and hella unlistenable for me… could listen to damn over and over for 10 days straight, tho
Coincidentally doing the one eye thing! These celebs are all so alike what a coincidence lol Satan’s puppets!! Repent and believe in Jesus Christ we are so close to his return don’t stay asleep!!
Christ and his daddy are the reasons why we’re in this mess in the first place. Big poppa has all that power, yet he chooses to wait for a specific time before he executes his perfect little plan, getting rid of Satan and his demons/followers once and for allllll! And then we all woke up. It’s you, and others that follow this religion/practice, you give it its power. Bringing these characters and their stories to life.
Jesus loves you accept him this side of eternity not the other side!!
You know what, I was wrong for coming at you like that. You’re entitled to have your beliefs, and here I was being an asshole lol. My apologies Nathan, no hard feelings.
It’s all good bro! God bless you!
That is true man of God, these people are wasting time, being famous on the earth will not let them have the kingdom of God. These one eye signs are devilish.
Cant wait for gkmc 2! Hope he got Dre back on the album like the first 1!
He sounds just like Andre 3k