Kendrick Lamar

Thundercat Teams With Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell, Wiz Khalifa, And...kenny Loggins

... this guy's life with him. There's nothing left unturned, he's documenting the way his life has moved. And it spoke to me in a manner that I understood something about songwriting, about how it had to be my story.". On Drunk, honest songwriting can mean the recognition of loss and loneliness, as on "Walk on By," where Thundercat sings, "At the end of it all, no one wants to drink alone. Don't walk away from me," before Lamar comes in with an incisive rap on social dislocation and violence that recalls their work on To Pimp a Butterfly. "Friend Zone" is a sardonic lament on that notorious emotional dead end, expressed as a plump-grooved funk anthem; "Tokyo" is a googly-eyed journey into the night amid the taverns and neon of the Japanese metropolis. As for "Bus in These Streets," it bemoans a problem listeners will recognize: "From the minute I wake up, I'm staring ...

Rapper Claims He Faced Intimidation And Exploitation From Kendrick Lamar’s Team

... November 1, 2014.   Christopher Polk for Getty Images. Montreal rapper and producer Jonathan Emile has published an open letter addressed to Kendrick Lamar , who appeared on Emile's 2015 song "Heaven Help Them." Emile claims that Lamar's team at Top Dawg Entertainment has unfairly submitted him to "bullying, intimidation and exploitation" over the song. According to Emile's timeline, he approached Lamar's management in November 2011 with a proposal to collaborate. Lamar agreed, and Emile paid for Lamar's verse in two installments. He was sent the finished song in early 2012 by TDE's in-house technician Mixed by Ali. But afterwards, communication ceased: requests for Lamar's acapella and for signatures on contracts were ignored. After "Heaven Help Dem" was released on January 19, 2015, Emile's management claim they received a confrontational ...

Kendrick Lamar Talks Spiritual, 'urgent' New Album

... problem. I'm in a space now where I'm not addressing the problem anymore. We're in a time where we exclude one major component out of this whole thing called life: God. Nobody speaks on it because it's almost in conflict with what's going on in the world when you talk about politics and government and the system.". The publication visited Lamar during a studio session in Santa Monica, California. While the inventive Compton rapper was hesitant to detail his latest musical direction, he spoke in cryptic analogies about his lyrical mindset. In particular, he focused on the idea of being a father one day and how he would handle watching his daughter mature over the years. "One day, I may have a little girl," he said. "She's gonna grow up. She's gonna be a child I adore – I'm gonna always love her, but she's gonna reach that one point where she's gonna start experiencing things. And she's gonna say things or do things that you may not condone, but it's the reality of it, and you know she was always gonna get to that place. And it's ...

Kendrick Lamar Hints At His Forthcoming Testament

... out of this whole thing called life: God. Nobody speaks on it because it's almost in conflict with what's going on in the world when you talk about politics and government and the system.". But the gospel according to Kendrick Lamar — and the suggestion that his next album would focus on that theme — spawned widespread disapproval online after the Times piece went viral. "If I wanted to hear about God I'd listen to gospel," read one choice tweet. "Pls just go back to rapping about Compton bruh," another response read. Others implied Lamar was attempting to ride a wave, following the tremendous success of Chance the Rapper's Grammy-winning mixtape Coloring Book. A post shared by Kendrick Lamar (@kendricklamar) on. Mar 23, 2017 at 1:55 am PDT. While Chance's release was perhaps the strongest ...

Inside The Streetwear Label Jaden Smith And Kendrick Lamar Can’t Get Enough Of

... Streetwear Label Jaden Smith Can’t Get Enough of. March 20, 2017 10:37 PM. No Names t-shirt, $90, __link__ Photo: Courtesy of Corey Witthed. Since its founding in 2015, the Los Angeles–based label Hymne has quietly emerged as a favorite of the fashion and music world’s major players, including Jaden Smith and Kendrick Lamar. The secret to its stealth success? A purist approach to design—“simple graphics and silhouettes,” according to design director Jide Osifeso—with hints of antiestablishment messaging. “We wanted to take a more minimal approach than we have in the past,” explains Osifeso of the label’s current offerings for Spring, which include everything from slogan tees to a take on the celebrity-favored grandpa cardigan. “The designs are influenced by the nostalgia of concertgoing and saving ...