Artist of the Month: Kendrick Lamar - Hiii Powered Black Hippy

[rip.dilla]

Yo 'Draft, you introduced me to this nigga

Great OP and HipHop's still alive!

 

[RuffDraft]

Yo 'Draft, you introduced me to this nigga

Great OP and HipHop's still alive!

Thanks Dilla :tu

Hip Hop's definitely still alive!!! Hoping people give this thread a look! I don't think enough people know about The Essence, so I went with a more popular emcee.

 

[satyrone]

GOAT thread!!!

 

[RuffDraft]

GOAT thread!!!

Haha thanks Satyr!!!

Know you're a massive fan of Lamar as well, did you manage to read it? I'm always conscious of these threads being too long!

 

[satyrone]

i got thru half so far but its mos def a good read.

 

[Food & Liquor]

Great drop again! I'm gonna listen to those K.Dot songs since I haven't yet

 

[The 3mcee]

Great read Ruff Draft. I wish more people would check out this area of the Ill Community because you guys and gals are always putting people up on some good stuff

 

[RuffDraft]

i got thru half so far but its mos def a good read.

Thanks :tu Convince myself more and more that he can break the mainstream every time I listen to his songs; think he has the most potential...

Great drop again! I'm gonna listen to those K.Dot songs since I haven't yet

They're definitely worth a listen and both mixtapes are available for free over at datpiff.com.

Great read Ruff Draft. I wish more people would check out this area of the Ill Community because you guys and gals are always putting people up on some good stuff

Thanks 3mcee! I'm kind of hoping that they'll see the Artist of the Month: Kendrick... from The Reason and stop by... the forum does need more promotion, but then I don't want to spam The Reason. I am thinking of putting The Essence in my signature though... maybe along with this thread. You a big fan of Lamar?

 

[RuffDraft]

Articles used to support the Artist of the Month for anyone who is interested in finding out even more:

Born and raised in Compton, Kendrick
Lamar Hides a Poet's Soul Behind "Pussy & Patron". Rebecca Haithcoat. LA Weekly
Kendrick Lamar Talks Name Change, Growing Up in Compton. Sean Ryon, Hip Hop DX
Section. 80 Review. RapReviews.com
Kendrick Lamar, Wiki
Breeding Ground: K.Dot By Jonathan Bolarinwa
Kendrick Lamar Recalls Having A Vision Of Tupac Shakur In His Sleep by STEVEN J. HOROWITZ, Hip Hop DX

[video=youtube;KCGS25RXaDE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCGS25RXaDE&feature=channel_video_title[/video]

 

[Beware]

great thread.

according to wikipedia rza didnt produce that track on section 80 though.

 

[RuffDraft]

great thread.

according to wikipedia rza didnt produce that track on section 80 though.

Thanks :tu

Props on this info, I'll go check my hard copy and see who did! :tu

*edit* Tae Beast of Digi-Phonics. Damn that's nice production!! I'll change my post, props!

Thanks for this, changed it to J. Cole :tu

 

[Beware]

no problem. thx for the thread, really helpful for someone like me who literally got into kendrick these past days

 

[stupot0607]

Great Thread Draft...

Section 80 is still in heavy rotation for me, only a couple of average songs on that. Great read and i never knew about that Pac vision story.

Keisha's Song is contenter for song of the year so far...

 

[andre_1024]

Great thread! Kendrick is the truth!

 

[RuffDraft]

no problem. thx for the thread, really helpful for someone like me who literally got into kendrick these past days

If you don't have a really good understanding of independent music, you should continue to check back in The Essence, we're always spotlighting new ones and underground favourites :tu

Here's a list of the old Artist of the Month's as well:

Artist of the Month: CYNE - Cultivating Your New Experience
Artist of the Month: CunninLynguists: A Decade of Genius
Artist of the Month: k-os - Singer, Emcee, Producer & Dreadlocks of Wisdom
Artist of the Month: Jean Grae - The Genius of Jean Grae

Great Thread Draft...

Section 80 is still in heavy rotation for me, only a couple of average songs on that. Great read and i never knew about that Pac vision story.

Keisha's Song is contenter for song of the year so far...

Thanks Stupot,

Same for me as well, particularly when running at the minute, it's always on in my iPod Nano (1st gen lol). The Pac vision was a really strange one for me… believable as we always have strange visions in our dreams… but for it to be so clear and mean so much to him, it's kinda dope.

No doubt, but is it definitely the best song on Section. 80? I have so many favourites and in fact, my most played is A.D.H.D, winning by 5 more plays to Keisha's song…

Great thread! Kendrick is the truth!

Thanks andre, as is the man in your Av!!! Can't wait to hear something new from Fashawn!!! Might have to only wait until 9th drops his record to hear a new track, but I want that album with Exile if he's definitely doing it with him again!

 

[RuffDraft]

Get to know Kendrick Lamar through his interviews, I researched most, if not all of them via YouTube. These are my favourites in chronological order:

December 2009

[video=youtube;56GO5PkBrMI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56GO5PkBrMI[/video]

October 2010

[video=youtube;6_WIciXu3Tg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_WIciXu3Tg[/video]

[video=youtube;bBqaqWzapUU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBqaqWzapUU&feature=related[/video]

[video=youtube;Q2qr6cQ3mSo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2qr6cQ3mSo&feature=related[/video]

December 2010

[video=youtube;3n0R27xUBXg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n0R27xUBXg[/video]

[video=youtube;EphqeLMwPoI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EphqeLMwPoI[/video]

February 2011

[video=youtube;3arumTrfXjo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3arumTrfXjo[/video]

March 2011

[video=youtube;wAcol6Ag6xw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAcol6Ag6xw&feature=related[/video]

April 2011

[video=youtube;OdnAFyhkMGM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdnAFyhkMGM&feature=related[/video]

May 2011

[video=youtube;hZCOHXSgmz8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZCOHXSgmz8[/video]

June 2011

[video=youtube;3AgBU3M25j4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AgBU3M25j4[/video]

July 2011

[video=youtube;aIkzSApvQvE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIkzSApvQvE[/video]

Enjoy!

 

[stupot0607]

Thanks Stupot,

Same for me as well, particularly when running at the minute, it's always on in my iPod Nano (1st gen lol). The Pac vision was a really strange one for me… believable as we always have strange visions in our dreams… but for it to be so clear and mean so much to him, it's kinda dope.

No doubt, but is it definitely the best song on Section. 80? I have so many favourites and in fact, my most played is A.D.H.D, winning by 5 more plays to Keisha's song

Hii Power is winning by 2 more spins haha, But Keisha's song is defo my favorite song, Although the whole cd is pretty amazing.

Fuck you Ethnicity, A.D.H.D, No Make Up, RR Era, Poe Mans Dreams, Rigamortus, Kush & Corinthians, of course Hiipower.

 

[RuffDraft]

Hii Power is winning by 2 more spins haha, But Keisha's song is defo my favorite song, Although the whole cd is pretty amazing.

Fuck you Ethnicity, A.D.H.D, No Make Up, RR Era, Poe Mans Dreams, Rigamortus, Kush & Corinthians, of course Hiipower.

 

[stupot0607]

haha technically Hiii Power has been around longer than Keisha's song, I agree it's possibly my favourite overall, but I still really like the concept behind Tammy's song, as that's really relevant as well to our generation, even more so than we can generally relate to a prostitute; even if he attacks that song with much more maturity on the mic.

I still can't get into Rigamortis, the rest, agreed though, the album as a whole is amazing.... my favourite of the year, still.

Hiii Power has that Epic Hip hop feeling to it, Like when you first heard Biggie Smalls - The What or like Chuck D even, Just like gives you that same feeling of real rap no gimics.

Rigamortis i couldnt get into until i bumped it in my car to work, and i was speeding everywhere, didnt realise, Fast rapping = fast driving haha.

2011 album of the year contenter definitly Although that Co$$ album was amazing & Reks aswell.

My latest Hip hop purchases:

i couldnt find the old tape deck i used to have or the cassette rack i owned......... i was gutted haha

 

[Beware]

why are you still buying cassettes though?