Cyrus Langhorne
Top Dawg Entertainment’s Kendrick Lamar treated fans to some new music last night during his “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” performance.
K. Dot performed a new track called “Untitled 2” during his billed set.
“Performing ‘Untitled 2’, Kendrick Lamar!” announced Fallon, a phrase that made every hip-hop fan desperately scramble to crank up the volume on their speakers. Backed by the Wesley Theory band that he’ll no doubt be bringing along to his slot supporting Florence + The Machine in Hyde Park this summer (and fingers crossed for further headline shows over here in the UK after that), Kendrick launched into yet another unreleased song and, once again, destroyed the stage. (NME)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZJXvjeWlVA
Recently, Kendrick talked about the importance of putting out socially conscious raps.
“I think that the depth is needed,” he says. “And there’s a lot of other artists doing things outside of that depth that I enjoy — that music that I can actually have fun to, and not be in depth and think about, then I appreciate that. But as long as I’m doing it right now, I’ma continue to say just a little bit more that pertains to what’s going on.” (NPR)
Recently, K. Dot discussed how much had changed for him since releasing his acclaimed good kid, m.A.A.d. city album in 2012.
“It’s funny because I ask other artists about their experience with success. I wanna know what happened to them. Did you feel how I feel? When did everything change for you? When did you start noticing the ways you were acting differently? Or when the people around you changed how they treated you? Or just, how did your world change? For me, the whole complete world changed within six months of good kid, m.A.A.d. city coming out. It wasn’t about the money change, although, that did happen, but it was like I stared seeing who I really was during that first run and learned more on the second. Either you notice who you are who are or what you ain’t pretty fast when you get fame.” (XXL Mag)
Lamar also acknowledged being hailed by fans as the chosen one.
“I know I’m chosen. I know I’m a favorite. I know in my heart there’s a whole other energy and leadership side of me that I have probably run from my whole life. How much power do I want? How much can I handle? That’s the question I keep asking myself. ’Cause when you are a voice for the youth, nothing can stop you. The youth is what changes things. Can I lead that? Should I? I get confused because people are championing me to be that vocal point and it’s a challenge for me to be that because I have some fear of that type of power. This goes back to me being who I naturally am or who think that I am now, that 28-year-old kid that’s kind’ve a recluse. But 28 is old enough for me to figure out who I am and have that power at the same time, that’s the battle and it’s a trip.” (XXL Mag)
this shit dope, he bringing back some kind of substance back to hip hop.