Kendrick Lamar : Groove On Fire

Miguel – “How Many Drinks (Remix) featuring Kendrick Lamar”

A few weeks ago we told you about the new Talib Kweli track featuring Miguel and now Miguel flips the switch and brings Kendrick Lamar on to throw down a verse on the official remix of How Many Drinks. The remix is spot on and Kendrick sounds great rapping over some fuzzed-out guitar and spacey [...]

Category: New Music

Tags: Kendrick Lamar, Miguel, Neo-Soul, R&B, Remix

Top Ten Records of 2012

Anyone who regularly visits this site knows our tastes run far and wide and the same is true for our year end list. The criteria for making this list is pretty darn simple: these are our ten favorite records from the past year. #10: The Sugarman 3 – “What The World Needs Now” (Daptone) [...]

Category: Listening Room, New Music

Tags: Antibalas, Flying Lotus, Frank Ocean, Karriem Riggins, Kendrick Lamar, Lee Fields, Public Enemy, Robert Glasper, RZA, The Sugarman 3

Kendrick Lamar – “Backseat Freestyle”

LISTEN: Kendrick Lamar – Backseat Freestyle (from Soundcloud) Many folks are very much looking forward to the release next week of Kendrick Lamar’s debut album “good kid, m.A.A.d. city” (October 23rd on Top Dawg) and rightfully so. As the latest leaked track Backseat Freestyle shows, this guy has skills to spare. Pre-order the album here.

Category: New Music

Tags: Hip-Hop, Hit-Boy, Kendrick Lamar, Top Dawg Entertainment

Kendrick Lamar (with The Roots) on Jimmy Fallon

The ultra-talented rapper Kendrick Lamar was on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” performing the track Swimming Pools (Drank) off his upcoming “good kid, m.A.A.d. city” album (out October 22nd). Cool enough to see him performing live, but even cooler to see him doing with The Roots as his backing band.

Category: Remote Viewing

Tags: Hip-Hop, Kendrick Lamar, The Roots

DJ Kay Slay – “Highway to Hell (ft. Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q & Jay Rock)”

LISTEN: DJ Kay Slay – Highway To Hell (Feat. Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q & Jay Rock) Great cut off of DJ Kay Slay’s just released mixtape “The Return of The Gatekeeper”. I don’t think I’m over-reaching when I say that with Kendrick Lamar and Schoolboy Q this track features two of the strongest rappers in [...]

Category: New Music

Tags: DJ Kay Slay, Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Mixtape, ScHoolboy Q

Talib Kweli – “Push Thru (ft Kendrick Lamar & Curren$y)”

I’ve been a fan of Talib Kweli since I picked up “Quality” back in 2002. He has a new release “Prisoner of Consciousness” coming out later this year on his own Blacksmith label and he just released a sweet video for the track Push Thru off that record. Talib is at his usual best as [...]

Category: New Music, Remote Viewing

Tags: Curren$y, Hip-Hop, Kendrick Lamar, Talib Kweli