In January 2011, Kendrick would then start writing material for his debut studio album whenever he got the chance, whether that was a spare few minutes on the tour bus or during trips to visit his mother where he was able to note lyrics down at her kitchen table. Having signed to TDE, Kendrick would spend the next few years successfully making a name for himself on the local West Coast rap scene, releasing further mixtapes and EPs, supporting The Game on tour and performing on the local circuit with his supergroup Black Hippy, which consisted of him and TDE labelmates Schoolboy Q, Jay Rock and Ab-Soul. Live Review: Kendrick Lamar at The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Less than a decade later, Kendrick would release his first full-length mixtape at the age of just 16 under the pseudonym K.Dot, leading to him being signed by independent record label Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE). Seeing these two larger-than-life heroes of his up close (who would both later go on to influence his career in different ways) lit a fire in Kendrick to follow in their footsteps. Dre were in the neighbourhood to shoot the video for their now iconic hit single, ' California Love'.
A young Kendrick Lamar Duckworth was growing up in his hometown of Compton, when one day hip-hop legends Tupac Shakur and Dr. Well, to understand that you really have to go right the way back to 1995. There is no doubt 2022 is a pivotal moment in Kendrick’s career and it seems everything up till now has been leading to this point in time – so how did he get here? With album number five due next week and a coveted Glastonbury headline slot lined up for June, Kendrick is seemingly right on the cusp of greatness. With his albums as commercially successful as they are critically-acclaimed, Kendrick’s body of work arguably stands up to that of any artist past or present, with three genuine classics to his name already. This is the result of a reputation Kendrick has built up over the last decade, garnered from making some of the most essential music ever created. When it comes to Kendrick, he has made the prospect of new music an event all on its own - a feat that didn’t come overnight. But then, Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar isn't most artists. Most artists wouldn’t be able to send the music world into a collective frenzy with nothing more than a minimal press statement and no further information. Just the album title and the date of its release. No teaser single, no tour announcement, not even some artwork or a track list. Just a short press release with two solitary lines. “From the desk of oklama, for immediate release.” On the 18th April 2022, after years of fans waiting and wondering, exciting news had finally arrived from the PGLang headquarters in California.
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