Kendrick Lamar Defends “good kid, m.A.A.d city” Follow-Up Delay

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

Top Dawg Entertainment's Kendrick Lamar recently talked about his upcoming good kid, m.A.A.d city follow-up album progress and stood behind the LP's delay.

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K. Dot said the art of putting together a quality project has not forced him to rush its release.

“The hold up is inspiration really, I don’t get in the studio just to rap. I’m in a space now where I got to actually have something that moves me. Going around experiencing different people and meeting different people and having my own issues in life in general, that inspires me to get in the studio and do what I got to do and say something where the people can connect again just as they did with good kid.” (“The Breakfast Club”)

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This week, K. Dot said he relied on a few key producers with his music.

“Everything’s really in-house,” K. Dot said when asked about the album. “Of course Dre but I really stick with four producers I’ve been working with since day one. I don’t really go outside of that box. Sounwave, Thundercat, Rocky, Tae Beast, you know, these the cats I’ve been developing with since I was a teen, you feel me? So I always keep it like that and keep my sound as organic as possible.” (Hot 97)

Music industry celebrity Scott Verner recently dished on a new Lamar track on social media last week.

A few weeks ago, Kendrick revealed he would like his next album to arrive before 2014 ends.

“I’m hoping to push it out before 2015,” Lamar said in an interview. “I’m gonna say that. I’m working hard in the studio. … When I go into creating an album or any type of song, I usually cut off everything from the radio because you can easily be influenced from songs that you like, songs that you may not like. So I said, ‘I’m gonna go in the studio and I’m going to do what I feel organically without being confined to industry standards or what people assume that I should do.’ Because, at the end of the day, man, I’m an artist and I would hate to be stagnant.” (97.1 AMP Radio)

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Written by Cyrus Langhorne

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  1. Sounds like he is having writers block. Don’t worry now that Dre is captaining your ship you will have more than enough time to come out with something. sarcasm This guys cd aint coming until 2017 If he was still solely with TDE his second album would probably be dropping in time for the holidays.

  2. I think he fears the sophmore jinx. When Nas received massive critical acclaim following the release of Illmatic he admitted to feeling pressure about dropping another classic and It Was Written didn’t arrive until 1996, two years later. However, he struck gold again as It Was Written has been lauded as a Nas classic by many (though some accused it of being too commercial which is hilarious considering it was no where close to the level of commercialism we see today in rap).

    Kendrick better be careful though because Nas took another break from 96-99 and in that time Jay-z captivated the public’s attention by releasing albums every year in that same time period Nas took his hiatus. Im sure many are itching for that spot.

    • Nas wasn’t on hiatus during that time. ’97, the Firm album dropped. ’99, he released two LPs: *I Am* and *Nastradamus*. *I Am* was supposed to be a double LP, but most of its tracks got leaked and he decided to make it a single LP and replaced the leaked tracks. That’s how he blessed us with *The Lost Tapes*

      • The firm album dropped but that was a collaborative effort. That’s like if Kendrick released an album with the Black Hippy family. We’re talking solo releases. It Was Written was 96 and his next solo record (I Am) didnt come out until 99.

        • *I Am* was supposed to be released in ’98 but the leak occurred. There are two points I was making: 1) It is not a hiatus if you release material, no matter if it’s solo or a group project. You are making an effort to provide the market and your audience with new material; and (2) It wasn’t his intent to delay the release of *I Am*. He got caught up in some industry bull. In my opinion, Nas wasn’t RELEASING the quality of music we expected from him at that time. *The Lost Tapes* shows that he was creating it, it just didn’t make it to retail.
          By your logic, was BIG on hiatus from Sept ’94 to March ’97? Because that was a two and a half year gap between his two solo albums, but a slew of guest appearances and his two singles with Junior MAFIA. He was still dominating radio and media. Also, his patience to release his follow-up LP was by design (his or Puff’s), similar to what Kendrick claims he is doing.

          • Yes its kind of a hiatus because Kendrick has been on several features and released atleast one new single butpeople are asking for his ALBUM. They arent satisfied with a verse here and there, they want ALBUMS. I can see your point that its not really a hiatus if material is still being released but fans want that body of work at the end of the day. Whatever excuses or reasons for Nas not dropping are just that. At the end of the day, he didnt drop a solo release for three years. And I agree the quality wasnt the best as It Was Written was better than I Am.

            Im sure Jay-z dealt with leaks and all but he released a new album every single year from 96-2004. That’s how you stay relevant. I’m not a Jay fan anymore either but that work ethic is necessary and I think if Nas was dropping projects with the same frequency he might be considered even more of a goat than he already is. Commercially Jay would always do better because his subject matter is more superficial and palatable to the general public and to white audiences, but Nas could have possibly been closer.

        • I believe he was raising his seed and dealing with his moms illness at that time.

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