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Kendrick Lamar
American
Musician
Born:
Jun 17
,
1987
Always
Me
Music
Myself
People
You
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My parents were fairly young in the city of Compton. So the things that they played - you know, that was the hip crowd. So I was being exposed to all these ideas, from Big Daddy Kane to Eazy-E to the Bay Area - Too Short, E-40 - you know, back to Marvin Gaye and the Isley Brothers.
Kendrick Lamar
You
Parents
Big
Young
Too
Back
Bay
Bay Area
City
Brothers
Crowd
Area
Marvin Gaye
Ideas
Know
Fairly
Hip
Were
Short
Being
Kane
Exposed
Daddy
Things
Played
I can't help the way you was born if you was gay.
Kendrick Lamar
Gay
You
Way
Born
Help
I always felt like there was a certain standard of music that I had to do from the beginning, even when I didn't have the recognition that I have now.
Kendrick Lamar
Music
Beginning
Recognition
Had
Like
Felt
Always
Certain
Standard
Even
Now
I had to come from something, come from a place that was negative and positive but the majority of it is a negative place.
Kendrick Lamar
Positive
Negative
Something
Had
Come
Majority
Place
You don't hear no artists from Compton showing vulnerability.
Kendrick Lamar
You
Vulnerability
Hear
Artists
Showing
Eventually you get to this point where you understand what you want to do and get across and sound like.
Kendrick Lamar
You
Point
Like
Understand
Sound
Get
Where
Want
Across
Eventually
Groups break up because they never got across what they wanted to do personally, and they have creative differences, and egos start to clash.
Kendrick Lamar
Creative
Differences
Clash
Never
Because
Got
Up
Egos
Wanted
Break
Break Up
Personally
Across
Groups
Start
From the moment I started writing raps, I was always aware of the pressure. I always wanted to live up to how huge Snoop got, how huge Dre got, how huge Pac got. I was always aware.
Kendrick Lamar
Writing
Pressure
Live
Dre
Always
Got
How
Huge
Up
Wanted
Moment
Aware
Started
The majority of my interactions with police were not good. There were a few good ones who were actually protecting the community. But then you have ones from the Valley. They never met me in their life, but since I'm a kid in basketball shorts and a white T-shirt, they wanna slam me on the hood of the car. Sixteen years old.
Kendrick Lamar
Life
Good
Me
You
Police
Old
Car
Met
Few
White
Community
Valley
Kid
Hood
Good Ones
Never
Since
Majority
Protecting
Were
Years
Sixteen
Wanna
Interactions
Shorts
Then
Who
Slam
Actually
Basketball
My passion is bringing storylines around and constructing a full body of work rather than just a 16-bar verse.
Kendrick Lamar
Work
Passion
Rather
Constructing
Around
Verse
Than
Just
Body
Full
Bringing
You can have the platinum album. But, you know, when you still feel like you haven't quite found your place in the world, it kind of gives a crazy offset.
Kendrick Lamar
Crazy
You
World
Kind
Gives
Feel
Like
Know
Still
Offset
Quite
Place
Your
Platinum
Found
Album
When I'm in the studio, I'm looking for creativity I haven't matched yet, a feeling I haven't felt. It's a high.
Kendrick Lamar
Creativity
Feeling
Looking
High
Studio
Felt
Matched
If my edge is dull, my sword is dull, and I don't want to fight another guy whose sword is dull. If you've got two steel swords going back and forth hitting each other, what's gonna happen? Both of them are going to get sharper. Everybody that's in the industry has lost their edge.
Kendrick Lamar
You
Fight
Edge
Lost
Other
Everybody
Back
Guy
Both
Steel
Sharper
Industry
Another
Got
Dull
Get
Hitting
Going
Want
Happen
Them
Gonna
Forth
Each
Whose
Sword
Swords
Two
Tupac, Biggie, Jay. Your usual suspects. These were the people that was played in my household.
Kendrick Lamar
People
Household
Were
Suspects
Tupac
Biggie
Jay
Your
Usual
Played
I always was that person who was hard on myself and challenged myself no matter what I was doing, whether it was passing third grade or playing basketball.
Kendrick Lamar
Myself
Matter
Always
Passing
Doing
Person
Grade
Whether
Hard
Who
Challenged
Playing
Third
Basketball
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