
The following year, he independently released his first studio album, Section.80, which included his debut single " HiiiPoWeR". He began to gain recognition in 2010 after his first retail release, Overly Dedicated.

(Hub City Threat Minor of the Year) that garnered local attention and led to his signing with indie record label TDE.

Raised in Compton, California, Lamar embarked on his musical career as a teenager under the stage name K.Dot, releasing a mixtape titled Y.H.N.I.C. Aside from his solo career, he is also a member of the hip hop supergroup Black Hippy alongside his former Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) labelmates Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, and Schoolboy Q. He is often cited as one of the most influential rappers of his generation. And that’s in my blood.Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987) is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. They get out of their minds, they get violent. I said, ‘I know what happens to my family and certain friends when they get drunk and they smoke. Why did I do these things? Because I was brought up around it? It damn sure was in the household. That’s what that record is really about, me experiencing that as a kid and making my own decisions.Īccording to Songfacts, Lamar told Billboard magazine: What better way to make something universal than to speak about drinking? I’m coming from a household where you had to make a decision-you were either a casual drinker or you were a drunk. I wanted to do something that’s universal to everybody but still true to myself. Really bringing that mainstream world to us, rather than a rapper with content along to the nation. I wanted to do something that felt good, but had a meaning behind it at the same time. Each track flows into skits that really breaks down the understanding so that song goes into another skit. That’s another record going back to the influence of the people around me and the household I grew up in. In an interview with Complex, Kendrick said:

#KELIR LAMARCK RAPPER HOW TO#
Nigga, why you babysittin' only two or three shots? I'ma show you how to turn it up a notch First you get a swimming pool full of liquor, then you dive in it Pool full of liquor, then you dive in it I wave a few bottles, then I watch 'em all flock All the girls wanna play Baywatch I got a swimming pool full of liquor and they dive in it Po-Pool full of liquor, I'ma dive in it Pour up (Drank), head shot (Drank) Sit down (Drank), stand up (Drank) Pass out (Drank), wake up (Drank) Faded (Drank), faded (Drank) (Pool full of Kendrick's lies in it) Aw man… where is she takin' me? Where is she takin' me? (Pool full of liquor, I'ma die in it) All I, All I, All I, All I have in life is my new appetite for failure And I got hunger pain that grow insane Tell me, do that sound familiar? If it do, then you're like me Makin' excuse that your relief Is in the bottom of the bottle and the greenest indo leaf As the window open I release Everything that corrode inside of me I see you jokin', why you laugh? Don't you feel bad? I probably sleep And never ever wake up, never ever wake up, never ever wake up In God I trust, but just when I thought I had enough They stomped the homie out over a bitch? K-Dot, you good, blood? Now we can drop, ye we can drop you back off That nigga's straight, man, that nigga ain't trippin' We gon' do the same ol' shit I'ma pop a few shots, they gon' run, they gon' run opposite ways Fall right in ****'s lap And he gon' tear they ass up, simple as that And I hope that bitch that set him up out there We gon' pop that bitch too Wait hold up, ayy, I see somebody Aha! Got them niggas, K-Dot, you good? L****, you good? Yeah, blood, I'm good – Dave, you good? Dave? Dave, say somethin' – Dave? These bitch-ass niggas killed my brother! Nigga, why you babysittin' only two or three shots? I'ma show you how to turn it up a notch First you get a swimming pool full of liquor, then you dive in it Pool full of liquor, then you dive in it I wave a few bottles, then I watch 'em all flock All the girls wanna play Baywatch I got a swimming pool full of liquor and they dive in it Po-Pool full of liquor, I'ma dive in it Pour up (Drank), head shot (Drank) Sit down (Drank), stand up (Drank) Pass out (Drank), wake up (Drank) Faded (Drank), faded (Drank) Okay, now open your mind up and listen me, Kendrick I am your conscience, if you do not hear me Then you will be history, Kendrick I know that you're nauseous right now And I'm hopin' to lead you to victory, Kendrick If I take another one down I'ma drown in some poison, abusin' my limit I think that I'm feelin' the vibe, I see the love in her eyes I see the feelin', the freedom is granted As soon as the damage of vodka arrived This how you capitalize, this is parental advice Then apparently, I'm over-influenced by what you are doin' I thought I was doin' the most 'til someone said to me
