Kendrick Lamar Debuts Song On ‘The Colbert Report’
December 17, 2014 @ 12:40 AM EST
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Satisfying Our Hunger.
Kendrick visited Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report this evening. Following his discussion, he served as the show’s musical guest by premiering a record accompanied by Bilal, Terrace Martin, Anna Wise and Thundercat.
2 for 2.
anyone notice in the video that Kendrick is drinking vodka? (or what if water is in there?)
anyway, the guy is starting to get the ’94 Method Man haircut from “Tical”.
the song is interesting, too.
Wtf is a j.cole?!
Wow…this is beyond awesome.
Well. Damn.
This boy on another level….as an “old head”…who grew up on Rakim, EPMD, KRS, PE, NWA, Geto Boys, Kast, etc….this cat brings a smile to my face. He’s a lyrical beast and he’s carrying the mantle well!
Megamind
Same here g. It’s refreshing to hear music that is gritty and thought provoking.
chill..Lupe did the SAME thing as this song with American Terrorist in 06
yeah but Lupe lost his mind in 07
huh?
check those lyrics to American Terrorist again cause thats a whole other level of lyricism. This is dope from Kendrick but lets not compare to Lupe because the reference points connected to the meaning of Lupe’s records is in its own dimension.
Yea AT was and still is ahead of its time and that was 7 years ago lol.
I was just saying but this song has its own message as well… Meditation, owning land, lust, record labels that treat artists like slaves but gives them the appearance of success when in actuality todays 360 deal means they keep everything and you make 0…. This song has its own consciousness to it.
Lupe the Killa!
what does american terrorist have to do with this kendrick song? you talking about the one where the far right wing people hijack the water system?
Lupe is a lyric beast as well…but I’m gonna just go ahead and say this to get it out the way…Kendrick is BETTER…better lyricist, MORE CONSISTENT…better tracks/beats, presentation and performer (he’s worked on that over the past 2 yrs). Lupe is TOO erratic…I’m a fan but he’s just not consistent enough and hasn’t made anything real compelling since The Cool. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…I don’t think a new artist…or established has made a better SONG than “Sing For Me…Dying Of Thirst” in a LONG time…Ye comes close with “Black Skinhead” bc it’s ultra aggressive and SO poignant especially in these times.
Lupe needs to pick better tracks to convey his messages…sometimes that’s HALF the battle. Same way they are brainwashing the youth to “turn up and pop molly” over hype tracks…delivering a dope soliloquy requires pace, tempo and melody…Thus you see KDot got Bilal, Anna Wise, Thundercat and Terence Martin…he’s learning well…long live the real!
Megamind
kendrick isn’t better at anything, other than picking beats
Lupes on another level, dude..just stop it…like….Put You On the Game? nobodys touching that b
Agreed
Weren’t you just saying Kendrick is boring and you love Young Thug/had him as your main pic? Either someone stole your name or you have multiple personalities duke
you got me confused for the “megaman” cat…i’m Megamind young blood! LOL…I don’t fk with no young thug shit…sorry…only one personality…mines. Stay focus out here now.
LOL you caught me slippin, sorry to sully your name like that, champ. No harm meant.
Shieeet
Need to hear this album ASAP
FACTS. Need this CDQ ASAP. The message is incredible. Too wavy.
Fuckin great. #TIMELESS
Isn’t this the same message from Lupe’s “American Terrorist”?
Isn’t every Ross song the same message as the last Ross song? Seriously what are you critiqueing? This was a good song with a good message we need more of this, more Lupe’s AND more Kendricks.
You are absolutely correct & for these messages to be 8 years apart is a fuckin problem. Smh. #TIMELESS
TRUTH!
THERE ARE ONLY <10 DIFFERENT MESSAGES
WHATCHU WANT THIS NIGGA TO RAP ABOUT? GOING TO MARS?
M.A.R.S. MARS BITCHES
RED ROCKS….YAY YAY!
lol “going to Mars” lmao
ITS NICE TO SEE HIM GROW AS AN ARTIST – HE TALKIN ABOUT WHAT HE LEARNED ON TOUR AROUND THE WORLD ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES …SOUNDS LIKE THE ALBUM MIGHT BE ANOTHER CONNECTED STORY – THE FUNNY THING IS I CA SEE RAKIM DRIVIN AROUND LISTENIN 2 THIS…LOL – THTS THE REAL COMPLIMENT
Agreed. When I heard “i” I was curious what kinda sound he was gonna go for, but after hearing this I’m all in.
Yes lawd!!
That was DOPE
This dude right here is transcending hip hop. The future is so bright ahead of him.
Once-in-a-generation artist.
I dont think transcending Hip Hop is a good idea cause that implies there is a better artform on top of Hip Hop which is a whole culture in itself.
you never know till you been there that felt like more then hiphop..jazz..snap something else
If thats the case then whoever wants to do that should leave Hip Hop alone and make a totally different form of music because to try an “transcend” from the musical aspect of it to something else? You gotta dilute, or water down Hip Hop music with some other shit. Hip Hop has already been mixed with almost all the other musical forms so now what? If someone still wants to “transcend” outta Hip Hop? Why not just stop rapping and create a new music? If Hip Hop itself could talk it would probably say stop abusing it and just leave it as it is.
Nah it implies your impact spans other cultures, ie how Jay Z is a corporate entity & burgeoning political activist/sports manager. That’s transcending hip hop.
Boom. Good example fam. They don’t get it lol.
No thats called being a business man. Hip Hop has its elements and becoming a corporate entity is not one of them. Its all good to expand into business but thats not transcending Hip Hop. Obviously we were talking about music btw so changing it into a discussion about business doesn’t negate anything I said.
Nah…you’re twisting the argument. You do know what it means to transcend a culture right? It means you have impact & influence in other cultures because of your success in one. Going on to do great things in business/sports management/whatever the hell else means you’ve transcended hip hop or you’re not just a hip hop act. Nobody is saying he invented a new genre of music….that would be called INVENTING A NEW GENRE OF MUSIC….he was saying his success & mastery of rap will allow him to respectably break into other fields aka transcend hip hop & I agree.
Ok well again, business what not the context we were talking about. We were talking music which is why music is within the context we were speaking. Now if an artists wants to go into sports or whatever… Of course thats fine but as far as MUSIC GOES… If somebody wants to “transcend” Hip Hop? Then it would be best to just leave Hip Hop alone and make a new music. Business already existed before Hip Hop and its not an element of Hip Hop and you don’t need to be in Hip Hop to be in business. We were talking music clearly. To act is if I was talking about business? Is just to reduce the conversation to a lower aspect. Of course I dont have anything bad to say about business, that would make no sense. Kendrick being able to do other business if he so chooses is basic common sense. I see what your saying but clearly my comments were about music especially after a comment was made about Hip Hop and Jazz… Which clearly was also a comment about music.
you not getting what he is saying, kanye west, kid cudi, pharrell they all transcend hip-hop whether you like it or not
Its not about what I like or don’t like but Hip Hop is a culture that consists of a whole lifestyle as well as graffiti, Djing, and break dancing…. The niggas you named may may music and do other things but they aint transcending a whole culture. They are part of the culture and again, there is no other musical genre that brings as much to the table as Hip Hop so these niggas aint above Hip Hop just cause they wear skinny jeans an sing like white women in their songs.
Nah..thats different…thats branching out into other ventures…but a good music performance or great rap music in general is great hiphop…just because its great doesn’t mean it should transcend that very genre. Its honestly degrading to hip hop that every time someone is exceptional within the genre they are automatically classed higher than the genre.
Exactly, its like Hip Hop culture isn’t good enough to be claimed or something. Like greatness means having the ability to transcend it? Hip Hop is a culture… Business is business and other genres are other genres but Hip Hop is a whole other element in itself with multiple layers to it. An artist can branch out and of course that should be encouraged but that don’t mean someone has transcended Hip Hop because Hip Hop is much bigger then any one man’s personal career goals.
Well said…i hate when people make it seem like making great music transcends the very genre they were trying to promote in the first place….like when kanye says…” i dont even listen to hip hop anymore”…yeah..but you’re rapping on your album so if its good enough for us to buy then why isn’t it good enough for you to listen to anymore hoe?
J COLE SAY HE DOESNT LISTEN TO HIP HOP ANYMORE EITHER BCZ THERES ALOTTA GARBAGE … THE GAME HAS BEEN STRUGGLIN FOR A WHILE , ITS JUST LATELY 2 OR 3 YEARS COLE & KENDRICK BEEN DROPPIN SOMETHIN THOUGHT PROVOKIN THAT U CAN LISTEN 2 – ITS NOT TRANSCENDIN HIP HOP – IT’S JUST BROADENING THE DEFINITION OF WHAT HIP HOP IS – BLACKS MADE JAZZ, ROCK N ROLL – SO A SONG LIKE THIS OR BLACK SKINHEADS – ITS REALLY JUST FUSION – TRUST ME – KANYE & EVERYONE ELSE THAT WAS TIRED O THE BULLSHIT RAP… THEY LISTENIN NOW
because rap has been garbage lately and uninspiring, whats hard to get here?
i love myself and this song.
Im convinced this man is cooking something up that will transcend our generation
There is no debate. Kendrick is in the zone right now on another level. To Drake and J.Cole Kendrick would say “Nigga please, you gotta jump and swing up to hit me in the knees”
j cole is dope and i love his album however kendrick is on another level.
King Kendrick. That boy is beast for real.
These comments are funny why the hate for J.cole all of the sudden damn. Niggas act like J.cole ain’t putting out quality music tho. Ungrateful ass niggas
nah j cole is gettin plenty love these days as his sales have just shown him and kendrick are carrying hip hop in my opinion
Lol this is why Cole so anxious to say “AINT NO KINGS!” because he knows every time Kendrick rolls around, that comparison-convo gets quiet for him…
People credit Drake for stretching the boundaries of the genre and rightfully so, but whatever I just heard was never supposed to be rap.
I really like the music he’s releasing doesn’t sound like what he’s done before. I feel like that what really separates an artists from someones just writing down raps.
I think HipHop is too closed minded to have one simple message. Kendrick preaches equality and loving each other and now yall bashing each other artists and bringing them down just cus this song got u a lil hype. Drake, Kendrick, Cole they all coexist in a bigger picture. No one man is above the culture
you, sir, overstand…….
Every song he releases is different from the last. It really makes me look forward to anytime a new track drops as opposed to someone like J. Cole who you pretty much know what you’re going to get. Not saying that’s a bad thing, but it really sets Kendrick apart IMHO.
Whatever happened to that j cole kendrick album that was supposed to come out
They just announced that they are going to work on it… again,lol.
It’s being released the same day as ‘Detox’, ‘Act II’ and Andre 3000’s solo album.
HIP HOP TODAY IS BETTER OFF THAN IT WAS 15 YEARS AGO
15 years ago Hip Hop culture was a multi billion dollar business… I dont know if its better or worse today but the money was crazy 15 years ago. Videos cost hundreds of thousands, beats cost hundreds of thousands from big name producers and the merchandising alone was a multi million dollar enterprise for artists… 15 years ago Rocafella, Wu Tang, Cash Money, Ruff Ryders, G Unit, No Limit, Dip Set, So So Def, Star Trek etc… were all multi million dollar brands… Good luck on rappers today making that kinda money.
money is to be burned……
IT TAKES ONE GOOD ARTIST TO OPEN THE FLOOD GATES FOR REAL SHIT NEXT YEAR I THINK WILL GET WHAT WE’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR ACTUAL DOPE “ARTIST” WHO WILL EXPAND HIP HOP AND TAKE IT TO A PLACE ITS NEVER BEEN
OK
Breathtaking.
3 stacks on steroids. this is fayah!!!!!
timberland’ll need to put tink on a verse with obama and bill clinton to top this
ya niggas dumb’ kendrick lamar get’s a pass for every bullshit record he makes.. fuck outta here, this record garbage with a positive message.
you don’t like jazz nigga ? lol Everything trash to you
I’m not biased the truth last forever.
“the truth last forever” nigga shut up
Faggot
*lasts
Shut up
Get better at typing.
shut up dan.
Agree to disagree.
you agreeing to disagree cause you just like the rest of them. everybody give kendrick a pass for bullshit mediocre records.
niggas dont give a fuck what you like, you’ve proven time and time again that you’re a clown, we don’t expect your clown ass to like this
You like everything nigga.
Kendrick Lamar dick rider’s
Fuck you
Niggas gotta stop dick eating Kendrick so much! Like 4real come on now. This shit is trash with a positive message. “I” was a better track then this shit! God, I’m so sick of the dick riding with this guy smh
Allow people to have their opinion bro. If you don’t agree with them, just leave it at that.
get off the post homie and go listen to what you wanna listen to, niggas dont give a fuck what you like
Never lost faith in this nigga!! He will deliver a 2nd classic in a row.
I believe K Dot is going to elevate the rap game and bring it back to full throttle. The rap game needs the new K Dot album like today…
Okay this is waaaaaay better than “i”. This is a talented rapper using all his resources to make something next level.
PS. This alone destroys Cole’s album.
People who don’t like i are fucking crazy…
Or have their own opinion. Song is doo doo, just a good message.
Have their own opinion, yes. Song is dope, you just have shit for an ear haha.
@ Huh?,
Stop it boy before I go in on ya!!! The song “I” is refreshing and uplifting. It’s light years ahead of all the bullshit that’s being played on the radio. This Young Thug and French Montana shit needs to be taken off the air.
Lol just because it’s uplifting it’s hot? Billboard & I would both disagree with that.
aw damn shit jus got me hyped cmon kendrick treat us before christmas and drop that CDQ full version
COLE #1. KENDRICK ABOUT THE BRING THAT HEAT NEXT. LET’S GO!
HIP HOP IS BACKKKKKKKKKKKK
Kendrick music has a poetic quality to it. Cole has a poetic quality. KRIT has a poetic quality. You can tell they arent just rappers trying to get a check like 90% of the industry currently is. Its improper to compare the works of real artist with poetic qualities. Go compare that bull shit radio rap and let them individually be great.
Marlon Wayans?
🙂
Kendrick’s content has always been heavily influenced by Lupe.. From the section 80 days til now.. Tammy’s song, Kieshas song, the image of being a Good Kid from a mad city…
I would agree with that.
Influenced by Lupe…Boy stop it!!! You acting like Lupe is some hiphop god. Maybe Lupe need to sit in the lab with K Dot to see how it is done the proper way.
Shout out to Kendrick and J Cole for spreading messages… hip-hop/rap needs this
I had to sign in just to comment on this. This is Amazing, the last 2 months of music have really been amazing. We living in a special moment right now. Kendrick has never done this good of a performance before. and shoutout to my boy Terrace Martin, dudes a genius.
the coldest cat keeps getting colder. and on top of his tde camp, that boy got a band together with thundercat, flylo, terrance martin…yo…it’s just amazing watching these artists grow…beyond an album or 16 bars…just the growth. it’s inspiring.
WHAT’S FUCKIN’ WITH THAT???
#TAKEOVER
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
Too dope. Too dope. I love it. Great performance. Great song.
Fiending for this album! Also, how is it possible for this dude to get even better live? His execution is RIDICULOUS.
Wow #powerfulshit right here!
hot shit. http://theincrediblecreation.wordpress.com/
Great song….great performance
why not available for me
ya’ll fuckin bicker too much. Him and J.Cole the 2 hottest rappers out. Kendrick got a tall order for his next album to catch Cole though, he 3 classics deep brah. anyways, anyone know the name of this song? that’s all that matters
i like this new album a lot, born sinner and sideline story are not classics though