Training Day, the Jay Rock collaboration No Sleep 'til NYC, and C4, issued from 2005 through 2009, likewise preceded Lamar's decision to go by his first and middle names. While it merely hinted at the potential of the then teenager, it was impressive enough to catch the attention of Top Dawg Entertainment and led to a long-term association with the label that steadily propelled his career. At the age of 16 in 2003, he issued his debut mixtape, The Hub City Threat: Minor of the Year.
As a youngster, he gradually discovered an aptitude for writing stories, poems, and lyrics, which naturally led to rapping. Black Panther: The Album (2018) was the source of three of Lamar's Top Ten pop hits.Ĭompton, California native Kendrick Lamar Duckworth grew up immersed in hip-hop culture and surrounded by gang activity. Lamar's cinematic and collaborative inclinations inevitably attracted the mainstream film industry. Dre and MC Eiht, and contemporaries Sounwave and Jay Rock - represent Lamar's native Los Angeles. The screenplay-level detail of Lamar's writing has been enriched by a collective of producers, instrumentalists, singers, and rappers, a high percentage of whom - including inspirations Dr. (2017), his three proper major-label albums, have displayed an unmatched mix of inventive wordplay and compelling conceptual narratives, examining internal conflict, flaunting success, and uplifting his community. Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (2012), the Grammy-winning To Pimp a Butterfly (2015), and the Grammy- and Pulitzer Prize-winning DAMN. After several years of development, Lamar hit his creative and chart-topping stride in the 2010s. Indisputably the most acclaimed rap artist of his generation, Kendrick Lamar is one of those rare MCs who has achieved critical and commercial success while earning the respect and support of those who inspired him. is visceral, spare, and straight to the point, whether he’s boasting about "royalty inside my DNA” on the trunk-rattling "DNA." or lamenting an anonymous, violent death on the soul-infused “FEAR.” No topic is too big to tackle, and the songs are as bold as their all-caps names: “PRIDE.” “LOYALTY.” “LOVE.” "LUST.” “GOD.” When he repeats the opening line to close the album, that simple walk has become a profound journey-further proof that no one commands the conversation like Kendrick Lamar.Kendrick Lamar - Discography 2010-2018
If Butterfly was jazz-inflected, soul-funk vibrance, DAMN. is a grab-you-by-the-throat declaration that’s as blunt, complex, and unflinching as the name suggests. The gunshot that abruptly ends the track is a signal: DAMN. opens with a seemingly innocuous line-"So I was taking a walk the other day…”-we're all ears. In the two years since To Pimp a Butterfly, we’ve hung on Kendrick Lamar's every word-whether he’s destroying rivals on a cameo, performing the #blacklivesmatter anthem on top of a police car at the BET Awards, or hanging out with Obama.
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