#kendrick lamar

8 Oct

ARTICLE: Top Dawg Entertainment’s Sir in South Africa’s Alchemy Festival [Video]

ARTICLE, AUDIO, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, EVENTS, MUSIC NEWS, Opinion, VIDEOS

Cousins Anthony ‘Top Dawg’ Tiffith and Terrence ‘Punch’ Henderson have almost patented the blueprint on how to be the leaders in their industry and building artists from close to having no recognition at to being all around culture shifters. 8 artists under their belt, multi-platinum projects and culture icons all around. the whole crew hustles like they're broke. Cue one of TDE’s latest signings. Sir Darryl Farris (no for real, his actual name is Sir). Former sound engineer/producer for Melanie Fiona,...

0 Comments

6 Mar

Kendrick Lamar’s “untitled unmastered.” Inspired By Prince, TDE’s Punch Explains

by kooloutc

ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC NEWS

Kendrick Lamar’s untitled unmastered. project was inspired by Prince, TDE’s co-president Punch says during an interview with Billboard. "As far as untitled, me and Kendrick always talked about doing a sort of Black Album, like how Prince did back in the day,” says Punch, referring to the singer’s 1987 album. "There was no album cover, no song titles,...

0 Comments

2 Jan

Watch Kendrick Lamar’s New Short Film “God Is Gangsta”

by kooloutc

VIDEOS

Kendrick Lamar reasserted his cultural importance this year by releasing To Pimp A Butterfly, which not only earned 11 Grammy nominations but also soundtracked the Black Lives Matter movement. To close out the year, Kendrick has released a short film for two tracks off To Pimp A Butterfly, and like much of his...

0 Comments

28 Nov

Listen to Jay Rock Feat. Kendrick Lamar and SZA, “Traffic Jam (Remix)”

by kooloutc

AUDIO, MUSIC NEWS

Jay Rock drops off the remix to his track “Traffic Jam,” featuring Kendrick Lamar and SZA. The song is originally on Rock’s sophomore album, 90059. It came at the end of the track “Easy Bake,” which also featured the TDE labelmates. The preview only included SZA and Jay’s verses. A joint production effort by Antydote,...

0 Comments

26 Nov

LISTEN: Jay Rock – “Traffic Jam (Easy Bake Remix)” f. Kendrick Lamar & SZA

by kooloutc

AUDIO, VIDEOS

Of the many highlights on Jay Rock's sophomore album 90059, one of the prevalent standouts at the DopeHouse - next to the Black Hippy reunion, "Vice City" - was the Kendrick Lamar and SZA-guested "Easy Bake." Although SZA's portion was limited to an outro track (initially previewed on the video for the...

0 Comments

29 Oct

WATCH: Kendrick Lamar Shares Hilarious Video For “These Walls”

by kooloutc

CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, VIDEOS

Despite the relatively serious undertones of his music (particularly throughout his second LP, To Pimp A Butterfly), there have been times where Kendrick Lamar has shown off his humorous side. He's catfished his TDE brother Jay Rock. He channeled his inner Richard Pryor while screaming "THIS.DICK.AIN'T.FREE!" And now, one of...

0 Comments

16 Oct

NEWS: Ty Dolla $ign Taps Kendrick Lamar, Diddy, Future, R. Kelly for ‘Free TC’ Album

by kooloutc

MUSIC NEWS

Following his Airplane Mode mixtape, Ty Dolla $ign unveils the tracklisting to his forthcoming debut studio LP, Free TC, which he's revealed in an audio clip with his incarcerated brother Big TC over the phone. The 16-track project includes guest spots from Kendrick Lamar, Diddy, Future, R. Kelly, Wiz Khalifa, Brandy,Babyface, Jagged Edge,...

0 Comments

25 Sep

LISTEN: Funkadelic – “Ain’t That Funkin’ Kinda Hard On You (Remix)” f. Kendrick Lamar

by kooloutc

AUDIO, CULTURE

Recently, Furious Five legend - and Creatine spokesperson - Melle Mel randomly (inexplicably?) called out the likes of JAY Z and Kendrick Lamar for not paying homage to their musical forefathers, after he performed "Downtown" with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis at the 2015 MTV VMAs. Put a pin in that for...

0 Comments

10 Sep

WATCH: Kendrick Lamar Performs On ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’

by kooloutc

VIDEOS

Stephen Colbert kicked off his new gig as the successor of David Letterman's late-night CBS show, this week, and despite trading in his faux-conservative persona of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report for a quasi-nerdy-yet-still-hilarious (his comparison of Donald Trump to Oreo cookies was gold), star-studded affair, his cheeky humor and...

0 Comments

14 Aug

WATCH: Kendrick Lamar Interviews N.W.A for Billboard

by kooloutc

CULTURE, VIDEOS

With Straight Outta Compton making its worldwide release Friday, Kendrick Lamar – one of the biggest artist in hip-hop, who happens to be from Compton – interviews N.W.A – one of the biggest influences in hip-hop ever, who just so happen to be from Compton as well – on behalf...

0 Comments