While spending the day recording a video blog for Rocksmith New York City, Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar spoke on a number of topics including working with up and coming producers and the benefits of having a good management team.
Although Kendrick revealed that he has the ability to work with just about any producer in the game he explained that he’d much rather give an up and coming producer that opportunity.
“It’s not only my in house, I like to [work with] the fresh upcoming cats. I’m in a position where I can probably work with almost every major producer, but I feel like it’s hard for the young cats to show and prove themselves man,” Kendrick explained. “So I see Hitboy out there doing his thing and he got quality music I feel like the chemistry can only be right. You know, as far as going in the studio and making something from scratch and that’s exactly what we did. The same with everyone else man. Chase N. Cashe he’s incredible, artist and producer. Shout out to Chase. There’s tons of new cats in L.A.”
Kendrick later went on to speak on a topic that isn’t brought up too often by music artists and that is the power of a good management team. The rapper revealed that having a good management team on his side allows him to be freer creatively.
“You actually need a team that’s working on one accord trying to get to one goal, one destination as far as elevating your music and taking it to where it needs to be. When you have a management team…That’s gonna manage the music and get it to places where it needs to be that allows me to be 100 percent,” said Kendrick. “In a creative space where I don’t have to worry about that. When you focusing on the business and the music at the same time you gonna give less of to either one.”
I Am: Kendrick Lamar from Rocksmith on Vimeo.
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drop an album and let it flop already you self important bitch rapper. kendrcik lamar is an internet favorite, like hoe buddens mood muzik was. real life doesn’t give a fuck about this gay elf looking nigga with a wack voice. picks garbage beats and talks about himself all day everyday. need a headline? kill yourself.
go listen to take care and tha carter 4 you faggot
wow. hiphop aint dead. Its the real hiphop fans that died.
there are plenty of people who’d be interested in the brand of rap that kendrick lamar, joe budden, and similar rappers make, but the only people that know about it are the ones who a little out of their way too look for it; people complain about a lack of rap music with a message all the time to balance out what’s on the radio they just don’t know where to look
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Kendrick Lamar is a overrated backpack rapper who has never had a hit single or a hit album, no girl likes his ugly ass and his beats all sound like elevator music.
Now if he got a decent producer like Lex Luger or Lil Lody on a track he just might have a chance at cracking the top 40 but until then he is bottom of the trash can as far as I am concerned.
ray ray and anonymous dude are some real fucking haters real music flops unless your kanye west or j.cole niggas dont like real shit are you mad that k.dot gets more hoes then you? and puts out music that actually has content and means something? you hater go play in traffic hoe niggas kill yourself
your mad ignorant, he’s not signed to a major as of now, so he obviously hasn’t shown that reaching top 40 radio is a goal of his; also lex luger has only had two songs scrape the very bottom of top 40 radio, and lody? are you fuckin serious has he even made a beat for anyone outside of jeezy and his crew?
Obviously hasnt dropped a hit album because he hasnt dropped at all yet, fool. give the man time
How does KL have this many haters already…
Cuz he made it…
@rayray since when does being top 40 make you a better mc? All you mf’s that hate on k.dot must not be listening to his music at all.
Kendrick Lamar is like a westcoast version of Papoose – lots of hype and ok lyrics but lacks the ability to make hit songs (addictive hooks and banging 808 beats). I can’t ever see him connecting with the masses (e.g. the hood or the strip clubs)
I predict he has about 18 months of fame left and then we are going to have to move him to the “washed up” rappers list.
Also he is a ugly looking motherfucker – he looks a a cross between an elf and a dog – he needs to rap with a bag over his head!
Oh shut up, you ignorant ass nigga. Kendrick has potential to be the greatest.
have you even listened to section 80?
You’re a terrible A&R.
my nigga kendrick lamar lookin like he ready to bag up some gifts for santa with the other elves in that pic. lol
you vulcan nigga?! lmao!
Nah, real shit thats my nigga…i think he gonna be good money soon as he settle down and find his lane.
kL is the truth
Rotflmao @ The comments (Hate) On Kendrick
To all of the Kendrick Lamar haters, STFU! Kendrick is a great rapper, better than half the rappers today, like Officer Ricky, Jimmy “Drake,” Stupid-Hoe Nicki, and gremlin-ass Dwayne Carter. He talks about things in our society that’s still relevant. He’s not a mainstream artist, so of course he’s not gonna always impact the Top 40. When he drops his album, it’ll be a classic like Section 80.
@ATL Wesley you’re basically suggesting that Kendrick should dumb it down for mainstream appeal? That’s the most ignorant shit I ever heard. Have you not hear the Lupe Fiasco song “Dumb It Down?” Addictive hooks and 808 beats are the only thing that ignorant niggas wanna hear and there’s no progression there. Kendrick is not gonna just make songs for bitches to ass-clap to and for niggas to get ignorant to. He gonna put out whatever type of songs he wants. So shut up, sit down, and watch an already great artist become greater.
hes better than drake nikki minaj and lil wayne. congrats. he still fucking sucks. gayest voice ever, boring raps, wack beats, gay artist. another overhyped nobody the net gassed up. he can get cosigns from whoeer he wants, his shit is still gonna flop cuz he has no likability. and you should be carfeul dissing drake since yor boy kendirck loves drake, and spit a wack 16 on his wack ass album and was thrilled to do it. lame.
Oh shut up, Anonymous. You don’t know what you’re talking
about. The kid has talent, something your ignorant ass can’t see. He has his own style, which isn’t doing 808 drums, catchy hooks, club-banger songs about money, weed, guns and bitches. And of course he’s not gonna have a lot of mainstream success, because he doesn’t do Top 40 songs (hell, a lot of great rappers never sell much) and he’s on a independent label, but he ain’t gonna flop. He will have some success. Give him a chance.
“he still sucks. gayest voice ever, boring raps, wack beats, gay artist.”
You basically described Drake. Do you treat all the new, upcoming rappers this way?
LMFAO
Just cuz you cant keep up with kendricks lyricism on Buried Alive doesnt mean it sucked… those “16” bars shit on Drakes entire album
Better than half? Try all lol
Do you fools LISTEN to music or do you just skim through it?
The man is nice with it.
One of my fav. lines by him is so simple but had such an impact for me(I consider myself a hip hop head): “I know some rappers using big words to make they similes curve. My simplest shit be more pivotal”
people here better recognize. Kendrick Lamar is one of the nicest with the lyrics, and unlike other upstart MCs he has an ear for creativity amongst the beats and wordplay alike.
at least he’s a “favorite Internet rapper” for a reason, better than bein a no-name internet rapper, that means he doin somethin right
Kendrick Lamar is that dude if more rappers approached making music like him, hip hop would be in a better place overall
anyone know what kind of hat he’s wearing?
This dude has a lot to offer hip hop and has already given us gems. If anyone is the future of hip hop, I hope it’s K-Dot.
the only comments i see not praising kendrick are obvious trolls. its amazing kendrick lamar is getting the recognition he deserves