Kendrick Lamar doesn’t share much with the world. Oftentimes, it feels like he’s saving material for his albums, each of which is a massive personal unburdening — none more so than last year’s Mr.
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Kendrick Lamar and Baby Keem have surprised their fans with ‘The Hillbillies’, a new drill-inspired song which samples Bon Iver – check out the track below.The single is the pair’s tenth collaboration together, following the Grammy-winning ‘Family Ties’, 2021’s ‘Range Brothers’ and ‘Vent’.Lamar and Keem released ‘The Hillbillies’, along with a music video, yesterday (May 30). The new song samples the 2020 Bon Iver track ‘PDLIF’, which itself samples Alabaster dePlume’s ‘Visit Croatia’.‘The Hillbillies’ features UK drill-style hi-hats and elements of Jersey club bass, showing off Lamar and Keem’s conversational rapping styles in the process: “Shorty say she celibate, I’ma keep hopin’ (she’s not) / Shorty say she in love with me, I’ma be open (I’ll try).”In the song’s accompanying video, the Californian rappers are seen outside and inside Dodger Stadium in LA, as well as boarding a private jet and going on a shopping spree in London.The clip also features a cameo from Tyler, The Creator, who flashes a button to the camera at one point that reads “Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival 2023” before then pointing at Dodger Stadium.
Fans have since speculated that this cameo is the first unofficial announcement that Lamar and Keem will headline Tyler’s annual LA festival.Looks like Kendrick Lamar & Baby Keem will headline Camp Flog Gnaw 2023 alongside Tyler after this video pic.twitter.com/wYIxtadeOk— Fantastic Hip Hop (@FHHCEO) May 30, 2023Earlier this month, Kendrick Lamar hopped on the remix of Beyoncé‘s ‘Renaissance’ floor-filler ‘AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM’. The track dropped a week into the latter’s world tour, which is currently in residence at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.Baby Keem – who Lamar called “a musical genius” last year –
.Kendrick Lamar doesn’t share much with the world. Oftentimes, it feels like he’s saving material for his albums, each of which is a massive personal unburdening — none more so than last year’s Mr.
Kendrick Lamar became the first hip-hop artist to win the Pulitzer Prize for his universally beloved album “DAMN.”This year, the “United In Grief” rapper is headlining at five major music festivals all over North America from June through October.We’re impressed — we don’t see any of his fellow Pulitzer winners headlining alongside Foo Fighters this year.And you won’t want to miss a Kendrick festival appearance.Seeing Kendrick live was thrilling! I hadn’t seen him since his ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’ tour” ” said NY Post writer PJ McCormick who saw Lamar live at New York City’s Governors Ball. “He’s really stepped up his game.
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have written songs about those places.Give up yet? It’s Governors Ball, running from June 9-11, at Flushing Meadows in Queens, one of the Big Apple’s many sprawling, beautiful parks (not to toot our own horns here). Having switched locations once again from the Citi Field parking lot, Gov Ball attendees can expect lush surroundings, great temperatures, and performances from Lizzo, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Nas X, Odesza, and more of the biggest names in hip-hop, pop and EDM.
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Kendrick Lamar and Baby Keem, one of the best duos in rap with hits like "family ties" and "range brothers" already making their way to icon status, have released a new collaboration called "The Hillbillies." Produced by Surf Gang's Evilgiane, the instrumental is built on a sample of Bon Iver's 2020 track "PDLIF." The VHS-shot music video is a jet-setting one, shot in London, a mall, a private jet, and outside Dodger Stadium with Tyler, The Creator mugging for the camera. Watch above.
Thania Garcia Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar have released a new collaboration “The Hillbillies,” produced by Evil Giane, alongside a music video directed by Neal Farmer. Tyler, the Creator makes a cameo in the montage, flashing a Camp Flog Gnaw 2023 button in front of Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium — confirming the carnival’s long-awaited return. “The Hillbillies” samples Bon Iver’s “PDLIF” and is the latest joint effort from cousins Lamar and Keem, who previously worked together on tracks such as “N95,” “Die Hard,” “Range Brothers,” “Savior,” “Nile,” and the Grammy award-winning “Family Ties,” among others. According to Keem’s tweet announcing the collab, the single also makes reference to Drake’s “Sticky” off his 2022 album “Honestly, Nevermind.”
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