“The Heart, Part 3,” featuring fellow Black Hippy members Ab-Soul and Jay Rock, was recorded in Las Vegas three days before his sophomore studio album, good kid, m.A.A.d city, dropped. The third installment of “The Heart,” also titled “Will You Let It Die?,” marked the first time the Compton emcee featured rappers other than himself on the series. Starting the track out with, “When the whole world see you as Pac reincarnated,” Kendrick positions himself as someone who already is being looked up to. Overall, the track is much grimmer than the first as it finds Kendrick speaking on the harsh realities of Compton, spirituality, death and the afterlife and more.įast-forward two years since “Part Two,” and Kendrick Lamar has successfully become an international rap star. The outro features late Carson, California vocalist Alori Joh, who was heavily affiliated with Top Dawg Entertainment until her death in 2012. The track’s intro features a monologue from late New York photographer-artist Dashiell “Dash” Snow, who was one of the people who the tape is dedicated to as Dash had died from drug overdose ( O.D.). The song’s instrumental is a loop of The Roots’ Amber Coffman, Angel Deradoorian and Haley Dekle-assisted track “ A Peace of Light” from the groups 2010 album How I Got Over. Lamar has said several times in the past that this is his favorite song on the mixtape, and one of his favorite songs he’s ever done. It’s also likely that “The Heart, Part 2” is the first song heard by these supporters because it is the opening track on the mixtape. Kendrick’s first major project, Overly Dedicated, served as a first impression for many of his early supporters. Cole was eight hours late for his 2010 XXL Freshman cover shoot. Lamar cites motivation from well-known rappers from his area like Nipsey Hussle, Glasses Malone, Jay Rock, Dom Kennedy, Murs, Fashawn and more, and even speaks on the time J. He introduces himself in “Part 1” as “a lil’ Compton n*gga” and tells listeners that he aims to be as great as rap legends like 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., Big Pun, Eazy E and Big L without having to die early like them. The track, although later put in an unofficial compilation titled Kdot Drops, is not part of any Kendrick’s official projects. The track samples Bilal’s “ Sometimes,” off of his classic 1st Born Second album as well as Mos Def’s Black on Both Sides track, “ UMI Says.” Its -directed music videos finds K-Dot hanging out and hitting various locations with his Black Hippy squad. The first installment of “The Heart” was one of the more notable tracks that Kendrick Lamar dropped before his critically-acclaimed Overly Dedicated mixtape.
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Although only “Part 2” is featured on a major project, “The Heart” series exhibits the rawest and most unfiltered Kendrick, one who talks about everything he’s feeling at each stage of his career.
The songs all follow a similar structure of a lengthy Kendrick verse (or verses) and little to no choruses. “Part 1” takes us all the way back to Kendrick’s humble beginnings in early 2010, before he gained any major recognition and before he released his well-received Overly Dedicated mixtape. The Alchemist, DJ Dahi, Syk and Axlfolie-produced, Khalid-sampling track finds Kendrick going all-in lyrically, boasting about the $30 million USD he made over the course of his career and the attainment of the status of “a hip-hop rhyme savior.” After a few jabs at Donald Trump and allegedly, Big Sean and Drake, Kendrick finished the track with the line, “Y’all got ‘til April the 7th to get y’all sh*t together,” hinting at the possible release date for his incoming fourth studio album.īefore we get to the big things such as his album, let us first revisit on the three predecessors of “Part 4” and what makes this series so important to Kendrick’s career. It was not only the the first K-Dot release in 2017, “The Heart, Part 4” is his first original material since the release of his 2016 rarities compilation album, untitled unmastered. They weren’t too far off - it didn’t take long for Kendrick to release the fourth installment of his “The Heart” series. Yesterday night, Kendrick Lamar took to his Instagram to post a now-deleted cryptic “IV.” This took the web by storm - not only does the Compton emcee rarely post to social media (his Instagram account is currently completely empty), it got fans to speculate that the post is the beginning of the rollout for his fourth studio album.
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