Oct 20, 2016

interesting points so far:

- He listens to rnb & soul music more than hip hop.
- He used to study rnb, soul, prince, etc
- Being fresh and having that knowledge of how labels work, he made most of gkmc for the radio, but maad city made him realize that songs don't need to be radio friendly for them to blow up (they talk about Alright few minutes later).
- Kendrick thinks he now has enough confidence in him to consider making a non-hip hop album.
- He talks about his relationship with Dr Dre
- He talks about the importance of having a good balance between "music" and "family"
- He has ideas for his next album but he still doesn't know what direction he gonna take.
- He wrote a lot of verses and hooks for tpab, and he still has a lot of reference hooks for other people to sing

 

Oct 20, 2016

@KendrickSXN

 

Oct 21, 2016

You can tell rubin seems very happy to be working with kdot (that he calls a genius & a legend)

 

Oct 20, 2016

Found this on ktt...

Herbie Hancock, Eminem, Soundwave and more annotates Kendrick's GQ interview

DeRay Mckesson (ACTIVIST, BLACK LIVES MATTER)

"I define the act of protest as the act of telling the truth in public. In protest, we try to be uplifting by noting that we can make a better world, and also aggressive in highlighting the urgency of the work. Kendrick’s song effortlessly mirrors protest. “Alright” is a protest anthem."


Jazz legend Herbie Han**** praises kendrick for creating a new movement in jazz music

"I know Kendrick. His music is amazing. It’s original, passionate, and positive. The use of Jazz on his records, which I believe is because of Terrace Martin’s influence, is cutting-edge and broad in its scope. Kendrick and I have met a couple of times and we agree on a lot of things, about music and about life. A whole new movement in jazz has been advanced to a great degree through Kendrick’s music. There’s lot of excitement happening and a new young audience is quickly growing."


Eminem talks about the first time he heard kendrick's music

"When I first heard Kendrick’s debut on Aftermath, I couldn’t believe it. The fact that it was his first real album and he was able to make it into a story which intertwines with the skits like that was genius. That hasn’t really been done that many times, let alone on someone’s first time up. The level of wordplay, the deliveries, the beats—it’s just a masterpiece."


Soundwave on how they built everything from scratch

"I remember going on the Yeezus tour around this time. We were gearing up, making new music—just whatever came to mind. We felt like the stuff we were doing was nice, but it didn’t hit to what we were feeling. At the time, in the studio bus, we were listening to Parliament. We were listening to Donald Byrd. Something just clicked, and sonically we all veered to what we’d always wanted to do. We already had a first album out, so this was us stretching our legs. Then Kendrick went to Africa and that opened him up as far as the topics he wanted to address. He wanted to express the experiences he had there and that really finished it."

read more on: http://www.gq.com/story/kendrick-lamar-rick-rubin-gq-style-cover-interview#annotations:10657638

 

Oct 20, 2016