- Eyokuqala engatshatanga esuka kwicwecwe lesithathu lesitudiyo sikaKendrick Lamar umfumana edlwengula malunga nesidingo sokuzithemba ukuze afumane kulo mhlaba. Ngelixa wayedlala ingoma yokuqala kwi-LA's Power 106, uLamar wachaza umhobe okhulisa ukuzithemba ukhuthazwe zizinto awazifumana kwizitrato zaseCompton. 'Imalunga nokuzithanda [okuthi] kuvela ngaphakathi,' watsho. 'Uninzi lweekati eziya entolongweni, ezikula makhaya, okanye kumakhaya akhuliswe ngabanye abantu abakhulele kuwo zisuka kwezi zindlu, abazange babe nalo olo thando ngaphakathi kwabo. Bacinga ukuba bayifumana kubazali babo okanye koonina okanye kumakhaya amakhulu okanye koomakhulu, kodwa iqala kubo yaye yiyo loo nto siziphatha ngendlela esenza ngayo.'
- Ingoma iqalisa ngomfundisi eshumayela ngoKendrick:
Safumana umzalwana oselula okholelwa kuthi sonke
UMzalwana uKendrick Lamar
Akanguye rapper
Ungumbhali
Usisithandwa
Ukuba ufunda phakathi kwemigca
Siza kufunda ukuthandana
Umshumayeli ubeka ithoni yomxholo wonqulo wevesi yokuqala. - Ingoma ene-funk-infunk yaveliswa yimvumi yaseLos Angeles uRahki, nowake wabonelela ngesingqi mntwana olungileyo, m.A.A.d isixeko track bonus 'Black Boy Fly.'
- Imveliso kaRahki idibanisa isampuli evela kwi-Isley Brothers '1973 hit ' That Lady.' Watsho uLamar Ukuqhayisa Ngo-2013 akazange 'amamele kwi-rap kangangeenyanga ezintandathu ezidlulileyo. Ndithenge yonke ingqokelela ye-Isley Brothers.'
- Ethetha noZane Lowe kwi-BBC Radio One, uLamar utyhile ukuba uye endlwini kaRonald Isley ukuze acele imvume yokusampula ingoma yakhe. 'Okunene kwafuneka ndiye eSt. Louis kwaye ndifumane iintsikelelo kuRonald Isley,' watsho. 'Yayiluhambo olo. Singene estudio saza sangcangcazela sathetha ngendlela izinto ezaziyiyo ngelo xesha kwaye zinjani ngoku, kwaye unokumva erekhodiweyo ngeentengiso ezimbalwa azenzileyo. Siyifumene kwikhamera kunye nezinto ezinjalo, yinto entle kakhulu.'
- Icwecwe elinomtsalane lalowo ungatshatanga libonisa iCrip kunye neGazi esenza iimpawu 'zentliziyo' ngezandla zabo. Ethetha noCarson Daly kwisikhululo sikanomathotholo saseLos Angeles, i-KAMP, uLamar wachaza umyalezo osemva komfanekiso: 'Apho ndisuka khona, zininzi inkcubeko yeqela lemigulukudu kunye nezinto ezinje,' utshilo, 'ngoko endaweni yokuphosa iqela lemigulukudu. iimpawu, esasiqhele ukuzenza, ndibeka iGazi kwaye ndidibanisa iCrip kwaye silahla iintliziyo.'
- ULamar wenza ingoma ephila okokuqala xa wenza inkangeleko eyothusayo ngexesha le Thina Day Toronto isiganeko kwiZiko laseAir Canada ngo-Oktobha 2, 2014.
- Le yayiyingoma yesihlanu kuphela enesihloko esiqulethe umlinganiswa omnye ukufikelela kwiHot 100. Zeziphi ke ezine zangaphambili? Babenjalo:
1993 '7' yiNkosana kunye nesiZukulwana saMandla eNtsha
Ngo-2005 'O' ngu-Omarion
2009 ' 3 ' nguBritney Spears
2014 ' X ' nguChris Brown. - Ividiyo emnandi, ekhokelwa nguAlexandre Moors kunye neHomies encinci, ifumana uLamar edlwengula, edanisa kwaye esasaza uthando kwizitrato zaseLos Angeles. Jonga i-cameo kaRonald Isley njengomqhubi werapper.
- Ingoma yokuziva kamnandi eneneni yavela kwixesha apho uLamar wayeziva ephantsi. 'Irekhodi livakala limnandi; kuvakala kumnandi,' utshilo umrepha ngexesha lodliwanondlebe no-93.7 The Beat eHouston. 'Kodwa isuka kwindawo yokudakumba. Ivela kwindawo yokungakhuseleki. Hayi kuphela [abanye abantu], kodwa ngenxa yam. Zininzi izinto endijongene nazo ngokobuqu. Le nto ujongene nayo, wonke umntu kweli gumbi ujongana nayo.'
'Ngoko, ichaphazela izinto ezininzi ezahlukeneyo, ngokumalunga nokulingana phakathi kwethu njengabantu, kunye nokwamkelana,' u-K-Dot waqhubeka. 'Abantu abafuna ukuzibulala; abantu abangazihloniphiyo okanye abangayithandiyo indlela abakhangeleka ngayo, abaziva ngayo, abathetha, abanxiba, nabangabamkeliyo ukuba bangoobani na. Sonke sambatha eli hlabathi ukuba sibe ngookumkani, size sihambe ngokomfanekiso wakhe, kwaye iqala ngolo hlobo ke loo ngoma.' - U-Lamar wadlwengula le ngoma ngoNovemba 15, 2014 isiqendu NgoMgqibelo ebusuku Live . U-K Dot wamkela isitayile seenwele zasendle ngexesha lokusebenza kwakhe kunye neenxalenye zezoyikiso zakhe zikhutshiwe kwaye wayenxibe unxibelelwano olumnyama oluthusayo, olwabangela ukuba amehlo akhe abonakale edalukile. Oku yayikukunqula uMethod Man owakhe I-Tical Icwecwe lalibhiyozela iminyaka engamashumi amabini.
- UKendrick Lamar uxelele Ibhodi yezaziso Ikwayara yengoma ethi 'Ndiyazithanda' yayingumzamo wokuzibhokoxa ukuze onwabe ngakumbi. 'Eli liqhinga lengqondo endandifuna ukuzidlalela ngokwam,' wachaza. 'Ngoku le ngoma ndiyibeke emoyeni, kuzakwenzeka ntoni? Kufuneka ndiyenze qho ebusuku kule minyaka mithathu izayo xa sisiya kukhenketha. Ngalo lonke ixesha ndikwimo engaqhelekanga okanye into eqhubekayo ekhaya endingakwaziyo ukuyiphatha, kufuneka ndiyenze nangona kunjalo.'
- Oku kuphumelele iimbasa zeGrammy zowama-2014 ngeyona ngoma iBalaseleyo yeRap kunye neNtsebenzo eGqwesileyo yeRap.
- U-Kendrick Lamar uzama ukubuyisela igama le-N njengomthombo wokuzingca kwabantu abamnyama ngokuphonononga iingcambu zayo (ezityholwa ngokuba yi-Afrika) kwinguqulelo eyandisiweyo yengoma.
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Iincwadi zembali azilihoyi igama kwaye ziyalifihla
IMelika yazama ukuyenza indlu eyahlulwe
Amakhaya awaqapheli ukuba besiyisebenzisa kakubi
Ngoko ndiyayichitha ndibeke umdlalo wam engomeni
N-E-G-U-S, yitsho kunye nam
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Iinkwenkwezi ezimnyama zingaza kundithatha.
Ethetha no NME kudliwano-ndlebe luka-2015, uLamar wavuma ukuba akaziva ekulungele ukushiya igama le-N kwiingoma zakhe. 'Eyona nto ikufutshane endinokuyenza ukumisa kukubeka igama eliyingcambu, i-negus, kwicwecwe lam,' utshilo. 'Kodwa andiqondi ukuba ndilapho ngengqondo ukuba ndiyeke ukuthetha igama elingu-N okwangoku. Andazi, mhlawumbi ngenye imini. Leyo yiminyaka engama-27 yokuguqula elo gama, mhlawumbi bendithetha oko ukususela xa ndandinonyaka ubudala.'
