With no album or mixtape out in 2012, Drake still managed to pull into the #5 spot on MTV News’ “Hottest MCs in the Game VIII” list, in a unanimous vote from the roundtable. And that alone says a lot about the YMCMB rapper’s star power.
With his guest verse on A$AP Rocky’s “1 Train,” K-Dot made it clear that playing second fiddle was of no interest to him. “If I’m not the hottest, than hell must’ve froze over,” he spit in a poignant and measured tone.

Well, someone tell Kendrick that the underworld is still intact because the Compton, California, native …

Kendrick and Dre come together for the first time since Cochella to takeover the Rose Club in London. Watch this exclusive look of how mad it gets when the #BeatsArmy rolls up.

Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d. city is available now.
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“Compton”, featuring Dr. Dre and produced by Just Blaze, is the latest single from Kendrick Lamar’s forthcoming major label debut, good Kid, m.A.A.d city. If you’re just being put on to K. Dot, prepare to be 100% pleased.
“Compton” starts off with a Blaxploitation-flavored soul loop and some patently West Coast blunted beatwork. For his first verse, Kendrick is in Stones Throw mode, a braggart in a backpack with a gift for wordplay. By the end, he’s pinching his throat and trimming his bars to sound like Eminem. Dre dances all over the Just Blaze-produced track, and drops a clutch shout-out …

Top Dawg’s golden child and the Good Doctor come together to celebrate XXL‘s milestone in the September issue…

It’s XXL’s 15th anniversary and there’s a very special cover for the mag’s important September issue: Dr. Dre and the newest signee to his Aftermath Records, Kendrick Lamar. The two Los Angeles natives linked up in their home state for a dope photoshoot by Scott Council and an in-depth piece by Kris Ex.
In the story, K. Dot talks about his new album good kid, m.A.A.d city, his family’s violent past, present and future while Dre reflects on his vision for the new MC …

“Swimming Pools (Drank)” is the second single from Kendrick Lamar’s upcoming album “good kid, m.A.A.d city”. The track is produced by T-Minus and mixed by Ali & Dr. Dre.

Kendrick Lamar’s major label debut, the follow-up to 2011′s indie release “Section.80,” is due Oct. 2 on Aftermath/Interscope/Top Dawg.

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Music video by Kendrick Lamar and Dr. Dre performing The Recipe (Live at Coachella, 2012). The official video is coming next week. Make sure to check out KendrickLamar.com!

“The Recipe” is the lead single from Kendrick Lamar’s official full-length debut, good kid, m.A.A.d city, due out October 2 via Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope.

Click here to watch the full Coachella show.
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Kendrick Lamar hooked up with Dr. Dre and headed to Malibu to shoot visuals for the summer banger under azure blue Californian skies, ably supported by a pool rammed with babes in bikinis.
The Compton newcomer’s Black Hippies crewmates ScHoolboy Q and Ab-Soul were also in attendence for the shoot on Wednesday, and they’ll almost certainly be mobbing with Kendrick again on his forthcoming debut Good Kid In A Mad City. Check out some photos on the set of “The Recipe” video shoot below.
Kendrick Lamar featuring Dr. Dre “The Recipe” , produced by Scoop DeVille, is available for download! Listen …

Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg perform at the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California April 15, 2012.
Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre were joined onstage by surprise guests 50 Cent, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Warren G, Kurupt, Wiz Khalifa, Tony Yayo, Mr. Porter and a Tupac Shakur hologram. Fans were stunned by Shakur’s eerie involvement in the show, with one fan branding Snoop and Dre’s stint at Coachella “the best rap concert of the decade.”
As if that wasn’t enough, Wiz Khalifa also joined the West Coast hip-hop legends for the anthem of the weekend, “Young, Wild and …

Kendrick Lamar and Dr. Dre premiered their new Scoop DeVille-produced single “The Recipe” on L.A.’s Power 106 Monday morning. Kendrick raps back and forth with the Doc on a topic they know all too well, LA living. “Women, weed and weather” sure make one hell of a recipe. The single is now available for download!

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“The Recipe,” originally titled “Women, Weed & Weather,” is an ode to the essentials of West Coast living. “When you discuss your love for lust/ Just make sure you visit here first/ Cali,” Kendrick Lamar rhymes on “Recipe.” “Old title …

“Three Generations Of Compton” – Dr. Dre, Game and Kendrick Lamar last night in the studio “Detoxin’”. Photo by Taydoetv! Follow Dr. Dre , Game and Kendrick Lamar via Twitter. West West ya’ll!

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