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New (Old) Music: Kendrick Lamar & Lady Gaga – “PARTYNAUSEOUS”

In order to appreciate this post you need to first time travel back to 2012, before the vast majority of Americans knew the name Kendrick Lamar. With the release of good kid, mAAd city on the horizon, music writers from every corner of the globe are looking for original headlines about the new king of […]

Kendrick Lamar Shares “King Kunta” Music Video

Less than a month after surprising the world with To Pimp A Butterfly, Compton native Kendrick Lamar is taking fans on a tour of his city with “King Kunta.” This isn’t your typical music video, and there are a number of reasons for that. The first, which you would only know if you were in […]

Kendrick Lamar Releases ‘To Pimp A Butterly’ A Week Early

It has only been about a week since Grammy award-winning recording artist Kendrick Lamar dropped hints as to when he was putting out his follow-up to the well-received Good Kid, m.A.A.d. city from 2012. Originally scheduled to be released next week, March 23, the sixteen-track effort, entitled To Pimp A Butterfly, became available digitally yesterday, […]

Kendrick Lamar Reveals Cover Art for New Album, ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’

Kendrick Lamar has shared the cover art for his highly anticipated new album, which will be titled To Pimp A Butterfly, presumably in reference to Harper Lee’s iconic novel, To Kill A Mockingbird. Check out the politically charged artwork by following the jump below, and let us know what you think in the replies. A […]

Kendrick Lamar Unveils New Album Release Date

With the last quarter of this year marking three years since dropping the Billboard-charting sophomore album, Good Kid, m.A.A.d city, fans having been growing more and more curious as to when Kendrick Lamar will reveal his follow-up. His first surprise single entitled “I” was released in November with no other information whatsoever accompanying it. This was then […]

Kendrick Lamar Returns To Glory With “The Blacker The Berry”

A day after adding two Grammy awards to his growing collection of accolades, Compton native Kendrick Lamar has shared a new single titled “The Blacker The Berry.” Going in hard over production from the iconic Boi-1da, Kendrick Lamar uses “The Blacker The Berry” to remind everyone why the good kid from mAAd city has been […]

Kendrick Lamar Debuts Untitled New Song On ‘Colbert Report’

Stephen Colbert is in the midst of wrapping up his long-running and highly successful Comedy Central show, The Colbert Report, and last night he asked Kendrick Lamar to help him say goodbye. Serving as the final musical guest The Colbert Report will ever host, K. Dot partook in a short conversation with Stephen before surprising […]

Kendrick Lamar Releases “I” Music Video

The return of King Kendrick is in full swing, and earlier today the Compton native shared the long-awaited video for his latest single. Opening in a dimly lit nightclub filled with sex, drugs, and violence, the first few moments of the video for “I” seems to take viewers to the world that inspired good kid, […]

Kendrick Lamar Unveils Lyric Video for “i”

Kendrick Lamar recently released his first taste of new music in two years with the release of “i” after his successful debut Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City which was released in 2012. After much speculation on the direction of “i” to huge commercial success, the rapper has released his new lyric video for the single. The […]

Watch Flying Lotus and Kendrick Lamar’s “Never Catch Me” Video

On October 7, Flying Lotus drops his newest album, You’re Dead!, via Warp Records. It’s a 19-track effort that features collaborations with Herbie Hancock, ex-Dirty Projectors’ Angel Deradoorian, Snoop Dogg, Thundercat, and FlyLo’s hip-hop alter-ego, Captain Murphy. A few others, like Pharrell, turned down guest spots for fear of the album’s heavy content. With the first music […]

SINGLE REVIEW: Kendrick Lamar – “i”

Artist: Kendrick Lamar Song: “i” Album: TBA Nearly two years after the release of his breakout debut album, Kendrick Lamar returned to music headlines this week with the release of a brand new single titled “i.” The Rahki produced track, which also serves as the first song to be released from Kendrick’s upcoming Sophomore effort, […]

Required Listening: Kendrick Lamar – “I”

There is an entire generation walking the planet today who may have very well lived their entire lives without knowing of or listening to the work of The Isley Brothers. Thanks to Kendrick Lamar however, that is about to change. This morning, Kendrick Lamar broke his long-standing radio silence with the release of a new […]