Before there was the gold-selling good kid m.A.A.d. city, and before there was the critically acclaimed mixtape Section 80, a 16-year-old Kendrick Lamar dropped a tape by the name of Hub City Threat: Minor Of The Year spitting over popular instrumentals. It wasn’t too long ago that an untitled track from the aforementioned tape surfaced [...]
April 15, 2013
Will 'ill Will' Lavin
Hip Hop, Mixtapes
“Everybody put 3 fingers in the air!” As well as performing at the Wireless Festival in July, the Compton hailing current reigning king of West Coast Hip Hop Kendrick Lamar has just announced a UK tour this summer. [...]
April 9, 2013
Verse
Hip Hop, Tourdates, UK
Performing to a packed SOB’s audience in New York Thursday night, video footage of TDE spitter SchoolBoy Q has arrived showcasing the spitter running though a gang of underground smashes as well as being interviewed about New York, the XXL Freshman list and more. [...]
April 1, 2013
Will 'ill Will' Lavin
Hip Hop
That boy Kendrick Lamar can’t do any wrong right now, and gave us another flawless performance with his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live’s outdoor stage last night. The Compton hailing hot property performed the good kid, m.A.A.d city smash hit “Poetic Justice” as well as “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe” with his usual infectious energy [...]
March 29, 2013
Verse
Hip Hop, TV
This is a special moment. Two of the greatest emcees to ever do this (in my opinion), King Kendrick and Hova join forces for the 1st time on the wax for the official remix of the good kid, m.A.A.d city standout moment “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe”. After setting the net on fire with a [...]
March 18, 2013
Verse
Hip Hop, New Music
While in New York City for the first of his sold out shows, the TDE rap superstar Kendrick Lamar hit the stage with his band to perform his latest single “Poetic Justice” live on the Late Show With David Letterman. [...]
February 27, 2013
Verse
Hip Hop, TV
Despite the reports of a shooting that resulted in his vehicle crashing in Florida on his Birthday yesterday, Maybach Music group boss Rick Ross isn’t pausing on the release of new music as he dropped off his remix of one of the most popular tracks on Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city LP. Ricky Rozay [...]
January 29, 2013
Verse
Hip Hop, Remixes
The good kid, M.A.A.D. city behind the scenes features keep flying in from all angles and this time we are allowed a glimpse inside man of the moment Kendrick Lamar‘s (who killed it on Saturday Night Live this weekend) “Real” through the eyes of producer Terrace Martin. The video gives us the background on the [...]
January 28, 2013
Jermaine Dobbins
Hip Hop, Music News
According to Chart News, Kendrick Lamar’s “Swimming Pools (Drank) reached 1,000,000 in digital sales giving the talented TDE/Aftermath signed Compton emcee his first platinum plaque. The whirlwind ride for Kendrick shows no signs of abating either as he is set to make his Saturday Night Live debut this weekend January 26th. Fingers crossed on the [...]
January 25, 2013
Jermaine Dobbins
Hip Hop, Music News
Kendrick Lamar‘s good kid, m.A.A.d city album definitely had a major impact on fans and artists all over the globe, the slew of cover versions and remakes of various tracks from the critically acclaimed release stand as evidence of this. The latest artist to deliver a version/remake of a cut from the gkmc LP is [...]