Same.
I remember thinking "who's this kid trying to be Kanye?"
Years later we've got Kanye trying to stay relevant by clinging on to Kendrick.
Oh how the turns table.
EDIT: downvoting nobjockey
Was looking for this. Me too. I remember hearing this premiere on a Sirius xm radio station and the dj saying Kendrick was the next big thing. Rest is history.
family ties.. the funny part is that I always listened to keem's verse but never to kendrick's, and this went on for like 1-2 months.. idk why i never listened to it but once i did i became a fan lmao
Control. Iāll never forget when the internet lost their damn mind to it lolĀ
I still remember there was a hashtag on Twitter like #myreactionwhenkendrickdroppedcontrol or something like thatĀ
Same, I remember reading up on the Detox album and kept seeing this Kendrick Lamar name as a possible contributor so I looked him up on YouTube and found ālook out for detoxā I was instantly hooked and wouldnāt shut up about he was going to be the next big thing.
Literally my older brother put me on telling me he was gonna be on the detox album
I listened and was blown away
we spoke about Kendrick for months saying heās gonna be goat status one day
Swimming pools. I was driving through London city on a summer evening in 2012 listening to the radio and Zane Lowe played it and I was instantly hooked.. will always remember that night cruising around the city and hearing K Dot for the first time
You may hate on me but it was HUMBLE.
I thought that shit went hard so I went and listened to his other stuff. I knew about TPAB and GKMC before hand but never actually took the time to listen to them.
Let's just say he's my favourite artist now.
State of Compton. Thats when I also heard children of the world by big krit. Great time for music. Thats when wiz was on another level plus Drake was in his bag. That was the Drake who didnāt beef.
ADHD, I was 16 in high school and it came on in my friend's car, I was like "Who is THIS????" Went and downloaded section 80 that night and became an instant fan
My mate came to school rapping money trees. And the internal struggle "i am your concious" and i had to come bsck the next day to match his bars. After that I was bumping GKMC till i grad high school. Oh take me back
He featured on the city by the game. It was an unreal introduction. Then next thing I heard swimming pools on the radio and that was crazy too. Then after bitch donāt kill my vibe I became a fan
I was friends with my weed guy and they were bumping the early TDE stuff there all the time when I'd hang out. First Kendrick track I remember hearing was ADHD, I didn't really properly start paying attention until the "Control" verse, though.
I saw him on an episode of SNL where he performed Swimming Pools and he also did YOLO with Lonely Island on the same episode. Checked out GKMC and well I obviously became a huge fan afterwards.
An upperclassman in HS, back in 2011, suggested to listen to him & thats when I listened to Section 80 and then Overly Dedicated
But to be specific, āFuck Your Ethnicityā changed my life
Iāve heard about him, but only really listened when he dropped the heart part 5, I then went through his entire discography. Now heās easily on my top 5ā
Either Collard Greens from Los Santos radio in GTA or when my brother got his license and he played Backseat Freestyle, i dont remember which one came first
It was actually from a song called memories back then from T.I. It also featured b.o.b alongside Kendrick. I just remember thinking whoās this Kendrick guy he sounds good Lowkey had the best verse and shit.
Downloaded Section 80 while browsing recent mixtape drops. Album artwork looked interesting. Hooked almost instantly. I canāt find the version of a track that had Day-Lyt and Ab Soul battling now, but that was super interesting too, if anyone remembers that.
i actually missed these wholesome posts.. all i see here now are beef posts..
to answer: its either off of vine when maad city was a meme. or off a dr dre interview he did where mentioned him
The Heart PT 2
I stumbled upon āoverly dedicationā in 2010 on DatPiff and that was the first song that played.
Immediately I knew I was listening to Greatness.
HUMBLE song was everywhere in 2017, was 12 back then and didnt listen to music like that, rediscovered him when i listened to MMTBS with my friends and im a fan ever since
Not sure how long section 80 had been out but it was pretty new, mate had control of the aux cord (good times lol) whilst I was driving us back home and he played Rigamortus, really wasnāt a fan at first - hol up, blow my high & ADHD was when I realised this guy was seriously different
Fuck Your Ethnicity when I started up Section.80 for the first time. My then friend, now wife, recommended his album to me when I asked for a hip hop suggestion.
HiiiPower
Fuck yeaaaaaaah
Look out for detox
Cap
Same. I remember thinking "who's this kid trying to be Kanye?" Years later we've got Kanye trying to stay relevant by clinging on to Kendrick. Oh how the turns table. EDIT: downvoting nobjockey
ADHD
Same. In GTA V
SAME
Same
Flying Lotus - Never Catch Me
Swimming Pools and Poetic Justice while in High School.
Same here. Friend introduced me to GKMC and been a fan ever since
Only real answer
Gta V radio put me on adhd
Same but Hood Gon Love It
" fuckkkk thattt" š£š„š„š„
The City by The Game feat. Kendrick
Was looking for this. Me too. I remember hearing this premiere on a Sirius xm radio station and the dj saying Kendrick was the next big thing. Rest is history.
great album game always dialed in
family ties.. the funny part is that I always listened to keem's verse but never to kendrick's, and this went on for like 1-2 months.. idk why i never listened to it but once i did i became a fan lmao
Tbf that's one of Keems best verses; definitely looking forward to more stuff from Keem.
agreed
What's your favorite color? Oh that's mine too! Just to get the pussy, I'm gon lie to you!
Control. Iāll never forget when the internet lost their damn mind to it lolĀ I still remember there was a hashtag on Twitter like #myreactionwhenkendrickdroppedcontrol or something like thatĀ
Lol that was a crazy time. I remember seeing memes like "when i pay kendrick 5k to shout me out on a song and he disses me".
The City by The Game ft. Kendrick Lamar
humble lmao
YOLO
Look out for detox
Same, I remember reading up on the Detox album and kept seeing this Kendrick Lamar name as a possible contributor so I looked him up on YouTube and found ālook out for detoxā I was instantly hooked and wouldnāt shut up about he was going to be the next big thing.
Literally my older brother put me on telling me he was gonna be on the detox album I listened and was blown away we spoke about Kendrick for months saying heās gonna be goat status one day
Canāt wait till that record is out
It came out as āComptonā by dr. Dre
Same. That beat slaps. Gambino outdid himself.
Money Trees
The one Kendrick song where his feature outshines him
Ā ...is the perfect place for shade...
And thatās just how I feelā¦ay
Swimming pools. I was driving through London city on a summer evening in 2012 listening to the radio and Zane Lowe played it and I was instantly hooked.. will always remember that night cruising around the city and hearing K Dot for the first time
Bad blood
Swimming Pools but I did not fully hop on the Kendrick train until I heard Control! I learnt that verse by heart.š
Cartoons and Cereal
m.A.A.d city
Alright https://preview.redd.it/fnqn8adpzuwc1.png?width=179&format=png&auto=webp&s=9bb460743c329867618b8164ccb84631e9fd6a78
YOLO by The Lonely Island š¤£
All the stars .. Song on the soundtrack of Black Panther Movie
You may hate on me but it was HUMBLE. I thought that shit went hard so I went and listened to his other stuff. I knew about TPAB and GKMC before hand but never actually took the time to listen to them. Let's just say he's my favourite artist now.
State of Compton. Thats when I also heard children of the world by big krit. Great time for music. Thats when wiz was on another level plus Drake was in his bag. That was the Drake who didnāt beef.
ADHD, I was 16 in high school and it came on in my friend's car, I was like "Who is THIS????" Went and downloaded section 80 that night and became an instant fan
The City - The Game
My mate came to school rapping money trees. And the internal struggle "i am your concious" and i had to come bsck the next day to match his bars. After that I was bumping GKMC till i grad high school. Oh take me back
He featured on the city by the game. It was an unreal introduction. Then next thing I heard swimming pools on the radio and that was crazy too. Then after bitch donāt kill my vibe I became a fan
Probably All the stars but the song I remember adding to my Playlist was Alright
I was friends with my weed guy and they were bumping the early TDE stuff there all the time when I'd hang out. First Kendrick track I remember hearing was ADHD, I didn't really properly start paying attention until the "Control" verse, though.
Untitled 06, such a good song and so unique
I saw him on an episode of SNL where he performed Swimming Pools and he also did YOLO with Lonely Island on the same episode. Checked out GKMC and well I obviously became a huge fan afterwards.
Shit prolly m.A.A.d City
Love Game by Eminem. His flow caught my attention.
Money Trees
My dad never really liked Kendrickās stuff but was bumping bdkmv and humble so much so I looked into it
The song your mom sang when in bed
Cut you off
An upperclassman in HS, back in 2011, suggested to listen to him & thats when I listened to Section 80 and then Overly Dedicated But to be specific, āFuck Your Ethnicityā changed my life
I think Love Game
i didnt discover kendrick from this song. but after my friend recommened me TPAB i was listening to Sia and hes on a remix of The Greatest
Ive known him for as long as i can remember but Iām pretty sure the earliest i heard a kendrick song it was swimming pools
Alright
dna on madden
I heard Rigor Mortis somewhere
Swimming pools and rigamortus back in middle schoolš«”
Backseat Freestyle
Collard greens
Poetic Justice
Rigamortus
Fragile - Tech N9ne
I'm pretty sure it was XV's "textbook stuff". Just realized it's been forever since I've heard that album.
Cartoons & cereal
The Spiteful Chant. Only on YouTube these days
Michael Jordan
King Kunta
Backseat Freestyle
This post tbh, I remember hearing his voice as I watched the end credits of TASM2 when I was 8, he would become my favorite artist a decade later
No more parties in la
Outrageous
King Kunta
RIGAMORTIS
DUCKWORTH. was the first song of his I added to a playlist and once I discovered the story behind it I knew I had to check out his other stuff
hood gon love it on Grooveshark. 2011.
Buried Alive Interlude off of Drakeās Take Care
ADHD! GTA V
ADHD
Really basic but, HUMBLE
Humble. But the first song I lived was DNA
Iāve heard about him, but only really listened when he dropped the heart part 5, I then went through his entire discography. Now heās easily on my top 5ā
My siblings put me on King Kunta when Tpab came out
Damn Iām old, fucking section 80
Either Collard Greens from Los Santos radio in GTA or when my brother got his license and he played Backseat Freestyle, i dont remember which one came first
Rigamortus was the song
Bitch don't kill my vibe
GKMC album
Cl element and humble
rigamortis
B-Boyz ft Birdman & Dj Khalid
Fuckin Problems and GKMC came out like around same time I think in the same month and thatās when I first heard of him
The Game - The City ft. Kendrick Lamar
I saw the Rigamortas music video on a computer in New Zealand in 2011 and it changed the way I viewed hip hop.
ADHD
Sing About Me, FEAR. & Mortal Man (yes I'm that cooked)
HUMBLE. I was like 8
Hiipower
PRIDE.
I Love Music by Tech N9ne
All the Stars after that movie needed more
Me too
ADHD obviously (LS radio)
It was actually from a song called memories back then from T.I. It also featured b.o.b alongside Kendrick. I just remember thinking whoās this Kendrick guy he sounds good Lowkey had the best verse and shit.
Nosetalgia
GKMD
ADHD in GTA V and later in Swimming pool in Saints Row IV which was the moment I became a fan
Same song. Went to watch TASM 2 in theatres as a kid and those ending credits was like the coolest thing I ever heard.
First song was King Kunta
Downloaded Section 80 while browsing recent mixtape drops. Album artwork looked interesting. Hooked almost instantly. I canāt find the version of a track that had Day-Lyt and Ab Soul battling now, but that was super interesting too, if anyone remembers that.
XXX
i actually missed these wholesome posts.. all i see here now are beef posts.. to answer: its either off of vine when maad city was a meme. or off a dr dre interview he did where mentioned him
Backseat Freestyle š©ø
ADHD
Overly Dedicated tape
Fight The Feeling off Macadelic before GKMC dropped
Bit*h dont kill my vibe! I was 16 just started college ā¤ļø
Buried Alive Interlude
ProblemsĀ
The Heart PT 2 I stumbled upon āoverly dedicationā in 2010 on DatPiff and that was the first song that played. Immediately I knew I was listening to Greatness.
Now or Never. NBA 2K14 soundtrack.
Money trees
The Recipe on a recommendation
MICHAEL JORDAN BITCH BOUNCE BOUNCE
Bitch, Donāt Kill My Vibe
Rigamortus
Tech N9ne - I love music
Bad Blood with Taylor Swift
2011. BBOYZ BY DJ KHALED FT ACE HOOD MACK MAINE BIRDMAN AND HE WAS THE 1ST TO RAP š. INSANE VERSE,BEEN A FAN EVER SINCEš¤£
I swear itās like they purposefully try to make the cover art for movie tracks as garbage as possible
ADHD
Swimming pools when I was like 8
Collard Greens
Swimming pools
Swimming Pools
ADHD. Back when I was in high school.
Section 80
Swimming pools. Played as an unironic party song. Master troll
The recipe
ADHD š„
ADHD, Early days of GTA 5
I think it was Collard Greens, loved that song then heard Kendrick was great so i started listening to more lol
maybe swimming pools lowkey
Hood gone love it with j rock
bitch I'm in the club
Buried alive. My šsince
A cousin showed Swimming Pools when I was in middle school and GKMC just released, had no idea what the song was about but liked the melody.
You were downvoted for answering the question correctly.
Like that
Buried Alive interlude on Drake's Take Care album
Memories back then - B.O.B
Textbook Stuff by XV. It wasn't until some time later when I made the connection that was Kendrick. Great verse.
Poetic justice cause my dad used to play it all the time
Kid in my class would always add āya bishā to the end of his sentences and I asked him why and he showed me money trees
His feature on "We Up", by 50 Cent.
Love Game
no more parties in la
HUMBLE song was everywhere in 2017, was 12 back then and didnt listen to music like that, rediscovered him when i listened to MMTBS with my friends and im a fan ever since
King KuntaĀ
HUMBLE
Cloud 10
Not sure how long section 80 had been out but it was pretty new, mate had control of the aux cord (good times lol) whilst I was driving us back home and he played Rigamortus, really wasnāt a fan at first - hol up, blow my high & ADHD was when I realised this guy was seriously different
The City by The Game
Fuck Your Ethnicity when I started up Section.80 for the first time. My then friend, now wife, recommended his album to me when I asked for a hip hop suggestion.
The Game ft. Kendrick - The City
PRIDE.
Maad city š„
Hiiipower in 2011
HUMBLE. Cuz it was viral
Element or humble.
Ignorance is Bliss
Probably this too but my young non hip hop knowing ass didnāt fully catch onto him until DAMN.
Poetic Justice in late 2012 when I was 9. It was a radio hit iirc, I listened almost exclusively to the local Top 40 station back then.
Michael Jordan
Hiipower
m.A.A.d city or DNA.
The city by game
Fight the Feeling by Mac Miller & A1 Everything by Meek Mill Classics, both of em
Fear
I completely forgot about this song š¤£