No Sleep Til NYC came in the golden days of the mixtape era when mixtapes contained many recycled beats as we hear K.Dot and fellow TDE member Jay Rock go over some classic instrumentals. Kdot & Jay Rock – No Sleep 'Till NYC (2007)
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His manager Dave Free was a main producer on the project under the name DJ Dave as the project found Kendrick going in over classic beats such as The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Who Shot Ya” and Snoop Dogg’s “G’z And Hustlerz”. Not only because of his music but also because of the culture he put behind it.” The influence is apparent throughout the mixtape as we hear K.Dot experiment with his elastic vocals building on Wayne’s signature sound. Kendrick has gone on record multiple times offering praise to his idol Lil Wayne as he’s said “Lil Wayne is the greatest. Training Day's artwork includes a statement “in the next 26 tracks you will learn about the streets” as we hear a young Kendrick on more ignorant raps than we’ve become accustomed to hearing on his past few releases. He’s come a long way, but it’s clear Kendrick had high ambitions right off the bat. The mixtape’s eight tracks find young K.Dot rapping over recognizable beats such Snoop Dogg’s “Drop It Like It’s Hot”, Lil Wayne’s “Go DJ” and more. “We put it out on a local scale in Compton and built a buzz in the city and eventually got to this guy named Top Dawg, he had his own independent label and I’ve been with them since and we’ve just been developing my sound and branching off of that mixtape to eventually have a debut album,” says Kendrick. (Hub City Threat: Minor Of The Year) was Kendrick’s first mixtape, released as K.Dot in 2003. (Hub City Threat: Minor of the Year) (2003) Listen through his discography below and enjoy! K.Dot – Y.H.N.I.C. All projects are available to stream in full. Obviously, some of Kendrick's loyal fanbase is familiar with his entire discography, but there are still many fans who don’t realize he has 10 full-length projects under his belt spanning back to 2003 when he was just 16 years old. While you may be familiar with his K.Dot nickname, you may not know that he released four mixtapes as K.Dot before rapping as Kendrick Lamar.
While he's had a loyal following for some time now, his exponential rise didn't begin until his 20 releases, Section.80 and good kid m.A.A.d. Perspective constantly changes the playing field of life and Lamar is preparing us for what feels like his biggest shift yet.Kendrick Lamar is a rare talent whose impact has mostly been solidified through his recent albums and unforgettable live performances. That’s the risk of tying the two elements too close together, but it also speaks to Lamar’s ever-expanding ambitions, and it goes without saying that he’s still one of the best rappers alive. Lamar’s careful cross-references between societal issues and celebrity controversy feel less pressing when you can’t see the faces change in real time, deflating the song’s momentum and placing it near the back end of the “Heart” series. “Part 5” is the second “Heart” entry to be paired with a video, and this time, the intrinsic link between song and visual is a double-edged sword. The convincingness of the deepfakes is mixed, to say the least, but they amplify Lamar’s words and serve to visualize a complicated lineage through Blackness and the pressures of celebrity (Ye on “Friends bipolar, grab you by your pockets,” Smollett on “The streets got me fucked up,” etc.). Simpson, Ye, Jussie Smollett, Will Smith, Kobe Bryant, and Nipsey. From its second verse on, Lamar’s face morphs into deepfakes-created by a company founded by South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker-of different Black celebrities of varying degrees of notoriety: O.J. The themes and lyrics are dense and complex even by Kendrick standards, and the song’s accompanying video adds even more layers. During the third verse, Lamar speaks from Nipsey’s perspective, positing what he might’ve thought at the moment he was shot and telling his family and his brother, Black Sam, that he’s watching over them. “As I get a little older, I realize life is perspective,” Lamar mutters over funky piano stabs and shuffling hand drums sampled from Marvin Gaye’s “ I Want You.” His perspective swings from harrowing tales of the street-to-prison cycle to society’s tendency to numb pain with drugs to his memories of performing in Argentina on the night of late California rapper Nipsey Hussle’s death.
“Part 5” has slightly more meta tendencies than usual.
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Each new installment in “The Heart” series is a status update, a palate cleanser to prepare for whatever direction Lamar is heading next.
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