Kendrick Lamar feat. Jhene Aiko- “Growing Apart (Fan Video)”
January 26th, 2011 § 1 Comment
UPDATE (1/31): Looks like the Kendrick Lamar appearance scheduled to go down in Boston on February 2nd has been cancelled. Well, at least according to his manager, with whom I contacted to get an interview.
Shout out to the young and super-talented Kristina Thomas for directing and putting together this great video. She’s from the Bay Area, but stays in L.A.; we’ve spoke multiple times through the interwebs, and I’m sure I’ll end up working with her in some sort of capacity one day. Her visual interpretation of Kendrick Lamar’s “Growing Apart” dropped last October, but I played the record on my radio show last night, so I decided to post it here.
Kendrick Lamar gained a lot of buzz and garnered much acclaim in 2010, from the mass online hype over his Overly Dedicated project, to influential co-signs from everyone from J. Cole (whom he’s collaborated with, but the track has yet to surface) to the legendary Dr. Dre. I’ll admit, I was dragging my feet about listening to his stuff, mainly because there’s so much hyped-up music circulating. I’m just starting to get into OD now, and I’m hoping to interview him when he comes to the Middle East on February 2nd (you can find the flyer for the show after the jump.) I almost downloaded the chopped and screwed version of OD before the regular one, because I’ve been enjoying the screwed version of Drake’s Thank Me Later so much. I’ll admit, I haven’t fully gone through Overly Dedicated, but I’m adding it to my iPod tonight, and I look forward to giving it a thorough, front-to-back listen within the next few days.
BONUS: Kendrick Lamar- Overly Dedicated
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