After touching on his mixtape game, K-Dot gets Stylized in his new VEVO Lift series. In part 4, the Compton MC speaks on his personal style while showing off his finer threads and ice. Sidebar: Kendrick’s Detroit Visit by VEVO
Kendrick dusts off his photo album for the cover art of his debut album. Peep the front of the deluxe version after the jump. Good Kid, m.A.A.d City drops October 22. hhnm UPDATE: Should have known: [tweet https://twitter.com/kendricklamar/status/246672668957487106]
K-Dot’s BET Music Matters tour made a stop last night at Charlotte’s The Fillmore. And during his set he brought out the home state’s Roc star who recited a freestyle, which some say was penned for Diggy. Bitch was the baddest, head was the greatest Only one thing I ask of you haters. You can’t diss a nigga if you got him on your playlist From straight A’s to A-list, only niggas with AKs can play this. My Jordan 13s like 8th grade You niggas debaters but […]
K-Dot reflects with his VEVO Lift series how his music career started with releasing mixtapes and reveals 50 Cent’s influence. good kid, m.A.A.d. city drops October 22. Previously: Pt. 1 l Pt. 2
Colin Munroe has just released his latest collection of tunes, Unsung Hero, which you can download in full here. Below he links back wth K-Dot as well as Ab-Soul for its sixth track. hhnm
The tales from the hood continues
Brooklyn upstart Nitty Scott MC exercises some flower power with Kendrick Lamar on her new recording. Produced by Paul Boogie, the track will appear on her project
Kendrick hit the Rock The Bells stage too
TDE concludes their appreciation week with new material from Kendrick Lamar and Young Jeezy. Decent track, even though Da Snowman’s verse sounds phoned in.
In case you needed a reminder, DJ Khaled’s new album is dropping next week. And today, he sent
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This is a great reminder of how powerful and lasting Lauryn Hill’s influence has been in music. The fact that The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill eventually reached diamond status after so many years shows that truly meaningful music can continue finding new listeners long after its original release. I also like how the article highlights the combination of hip hop, R&B, neo soul, and reggae that made the album so distinctive. Achieving more than 10 million sales is an incredible milestone, especially considering how much the music industry has changed since 1998. The album’s success feels less like a temporary trend and more like proof that strong songwriting and authentic artistic expression can remain relevant across generations. It is interesting to see how numbers can tell part of a story, whether we are looking at album sales or using a proportion calculator to understand relationships between different figures.