“DAMN.” is Kendrick Lamar’s most personal and emotional album yet. And, during a 45-minute chat, he speaks in-depth about the project.
Kendrick Lamar gives his first interview after the release of DAMN.
Behind her in line, 20-year-old Alex Vizuet from South Los Angeles was a little more demure but agreed with the sentiment. “He was like, ‘Duh!’ He texted me like, ‘Dude are you serious? They live and breathe it”. I can’t get that same reaction on Internet, through some comments. I represent my people.so to try and attack my character and make it an actual stunt.
On his writing process and comparisons to Eminem, Lamar responded, “I just love words”. According to Sounwave, all of them likely sacrificed some comfortable sleep in order to make the cut-and that’s not merely more “team no sleep” rapper hyperbole. He added that, “It’s all acrobatics”. After watching Lamar’s incendiary performance of unreleased material at the 2016 Grammy Awards, James took to Twitter to bestow his approval and plead for Lamar to release the untitled tracks – which would later become the eight-song EP, “untitlted, unmastered”. “I wanted it to feel like…just the raw elements of Hip-Hop”. “I’ve been attached to this piece of art for the previous year and some change, I’ve indulged so much I don’t even want to hear it”, he says (:45). “I always felt God used me as a vessel-period. It ultimately was a win for both of us because I got Lakeith Stanfield [to play Junior] – things happen for a reason”. One fan said Lamar’s music and lyrics have helped her through tough times in her life.
During the Cavs/Pacers showdown, an Apple Music commercial featuring Kendrick Lamar’s “HUMBLE.” also played, teasing an exclusive interview dropping today (April 21).
The very real and urgent messages Lamar wants to convey to the world are going to be unheard, replaced with the shallow filter the media is giving us. What’s going on now-we focusing on self. At this point right now, the years and the time and the effort and the knowledge and history I’ve done on the culture and the game I’ve gotten from those before me and the respect I have for them.
“Once he got his whole brainstorming thing down and we knew the direction we were going we locked down the studio for months”.