Kendrick Lamar

Did you watch Kendrick Lamar on his west coast tour last month? Kendrick Lamar won the Pulitzer Prize for Music for this album, released in 2017: tinyurl.com

This is a remix of Kendrick Lamar's "dodger blue" and and Zapp & Roger's classic "Computer Love.." J.PERIOD's resume includes collaborations with Nas, The Roots, Q-Tip, Common, Mary J. Blige, John Legend and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Clipse's comeback soon hit a speed bump. One song on the new album featured a guest verse from Kendrick Lamar, who spent part of 2024 in a venomous back-and-forth with Drake. And, as Pusha T recently told GQ, Lamar’s presence on the Clipse track made Def Jam’s parent company, Universal Music Group, uncomfortable. “They wanted me to ask Kendrick to censor his verse, which of course I was never doing,” Pusha T told the publication. “And then they wanted me to take the record off [the album].” www.billboard.com

Listen to KEXP DJ Larry Mizell Jr. talk about Kendrick, L.A. and those devastating fires on In Our Headphones: www.kexp.org

Happy birthday spotlight for Andre 3000! Artists influenced by Andre include: Janelle Monae, RJD2, Noname, MGMT, Calvin Harris, Kendrick Lamar, Jurassic 5 and so many more. Kendrick working with Sza on this song. shop.andre3000.com

"Worldwide Steppers" samples both Afro-rock groovers, The Funkees' 1960s song "Break Through" and "Look Up Look Down" performed by Soft Touch. Released in 2022, Kendrick Lamar's fifth studio album. 'Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers' features guest appearances from Blxst, Amanda Reifer, Sampha, Taylour Paige, Summer Walker, Ghostface Killah, Baby Keem, Kodak Black, Sam Dew, Tanna Leone, and Beth Gibbons of Portishead. oklama.com

*deep inhale* MUSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD

KEXP listeners voted Kendrick Lamar's album GNX #15 top album of 2024. See the full list here: www.kexp.org