Compton, Calif. native Kendrick Lamar kicks things off at Rock The Bells 2013 with “M.A.A.D. City” off his platinum selling album Good Kid m.A.A.d City. Check out the young TDE artist go to work and hold the crowd down at San Manuel Amphitheater in San Bernardino.
KiD CuDi takes the main stage at San Manuel Amphitheater to close things out for day one of Rock The Bells 2013. Check out the footage of KiD CuDi performing “Solo Dolo Pt. II” and “Girls” off his recently released Indicud LP live for fans in San Bernardino.
MMG artist Meek Mill delivers on his promise and delivers a full out diss track aimed at Kendrick Lamar titled “Ooh Kill ‘Em.” For the first few seconds of the song Meek takes over Dr. Dre’s “Forgot About Dre” instrumental to set the stage and eventually transitions into some original production equipped with vocal samples from Nate Dogg and little TerRio. Meek doesn’t look to be holding back and drops off a pretty impressive diss track but at this point is it too late?
Kanye West takes to Twitter to announce his new Yeezus tour which is officially set to kick off on October 19 in Seattle. Hip Hop fans can also rejoice as Ye will be bringing along Kendrick Lamar for select dates. Tickets for the Yeezus tour go on sale September 13. Take a look below to see if the tour is coming through your city.
# = w/ Kendrick Lamar
* = Special guest to be announced
Oct. 19: Seattle, WA KeyArena * #
Oct. 20: Vancouver, B.C. Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena * #
Oct. 22: San Jose, CA SAP Center * #
Oct. 23: Oakland, CA Oracle Arena * #
Oct. 25: Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena * ^
Oct. 26: Los Angeles, CA STAPLES Center * #
Nov. 1: Salt Lake City, UT EnergySolutions Arena * #
Nov. 3: Denver, CO Pepsi Center * #
Nov. 5: Minneapolis, MN Target Center * #
Nov. 7: Chicago, IL United Center * #
Nov. 10: Detroit, MI Palace of Auburn Hills * #
Nov. 12: Toronto, Ont. Air Canada Centre * #
Nov. 14: Montreal, Que. Bell Centre #
Nov. 16: Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center ^
Nov. 17: Boston, MA TD Garden * #
Nov. 19: Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center * ^
Nov. 21: Washington, DC Verizon Center #
Nov. 23: New York, NY Madison Square Garden * ^
Nov. 29: Miami, FL AmericanAirlines Arena * #
Nov. 30: Tampa, FL Tampa Bay Times Forum ^
Dec. 1: Atlanta, GA Philips Arena #
Dec. 6: Dallas, TX American Airlines Center #
Dec. 7: Houston, TX Toyota Center #
DJ Enuff and the That’s Enuff Crew got the opportunity to sit in on Meek Mill’s recent studio session for Dreamchasers 3 and were treated to an exclusive track. Titled “Kendrick You Next,” the unreleased freestyle showcases Meek lyrically going in over a number of instrumentals and setting his aim on Cassidy with a quick warning shot at Kendrick Lamar followed at the end.
Vibe catches up with Jay Electronica all the way out in Croatia and gets his thoughts on Big Sean’s “Control.” Surprisingly, Jay Elec admits that apparently he was going to use the track for his upcoming album Act II: Patents of Nobility which still does not have a solid release date and at this point with fans has become sort of a myth. See what Electronica had to say on the matter and more below.
Kendrick Lamar finally decides to share his reaction on the excitement his “Control” verse has stirred up in the world of Hip Hop. Power 106 radio host Big Boy lands the exclusive and releases a preview to the interview which is set to air tomorrow morning in full. Take a listen below as the TDE rapper speaks open and honest and even jokes about potentially having to dumb down his lyrical skills after being so misinterpreted by the public over his “King of New York” line .
Noisey puts together Budweiser’s latest Made Me episode with Compton native Kendrick Lamar. The TDE artist gets into details on meeting Dr. Dre and speaks on the studio session the super producer played the instrumental for what would become “Compton” off his platinum selling Good Kid m.A.A.d. City LP. Kendrick also shares with cameras his feelings on the City of Compton and gives his opinion on what he considers a real artist to be.
Better late than never, Joey Bada$$ steps up to the microphone on behalf of New York and tries his hand at a worthy response to Kendrick Lamar’s “Control” verse. Surprisingly, the young wordsmith decides to keep it clean and only really directs a few harmful bars in the direction of the Compton MC. Produced by Knxwledge, take a listen to Joey’s latest offering with “Killuminati 2” below via the audio stream.
DJ Vlad catches up with Fabolous and gets his opinion on Kendrick Lamar’s “Control” verse. The New York MC also admits he was close to recording a response of his own but refrained from doing so after doing a little bit of research behind Lamar’s motives.
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