Compton-rapparen gräver djupt i skivbacken...!

Hur stor stjärna en musiker än blir så finns de alltid där. Influenserna av andra artisters musik. Kendrick Lamar släppte häromdagen “good kid, M.A.A.D. city” och har unisont hyllats för sin skiva av kritiker och lyssnare. I februari månad kommer Kendrick till Sverige för en rad spelningar i Stockholm, Göteborg och Malmö.

I en intervju med Complex listar nu rapparen sina 25 albumfavoriter genom åren och det visade sig främst bli en rad västkust-klassiker från 1990-talet:

DJ Quik, Quik Is The Name (1991)
Ice Cube, Death Certificate (1991)
Dr. Dre, The Chronic (1992)
Snoop Dogg, Doggystyle (1993)
Notorious B.I.G., Ready To Die (1994)
2Pac, Me Against The World (1995)
Tha Dogg Pound, Dogg Food (1995)
2Pac, All Eyez on Me (1996)
Jay-Z, Reasonable Doubt (1996)
2Pac, Makaveli (1996)
Notorious B.I.G., Life After Death (1997)
DMX, It’s Dark and Hell is Hot (1998)
Lauryn Hill, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
Juvenile, 400 Degreez (1998)
DJ Quik, Rhythm-al-ism (1998)
B.G., Chopper City in the Ghetto (1999)
Lil Wayne, The Block Is Hot (1999)
E-40, Charlie Hustle (1999)
Kurupt, Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha (1999)
Dr. Dre, 2001 (1999)
Nas, Stillmatic (2001)
Clipse, Lord Willin’ (2002)
Jay-Z, The Black Album (2003)

Kendrick kommenterade även sina val och sade så här om 2Pac-albumet “All Eyez On Me”:

“You know what’s crazy about these Tupac albums? These three records, Me Against The World, All Eyez On Me, and Makaveli [The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory] was played so much that you start mixing up what songs was on what album because there was so much in heavy rotation. With the older songs and the newer songs, they were played so much in the household. All I can remember is just my pops always constantly just playing that album. Just playing it, playing it playing it. All of them really were in heavy rotation. That’s all we knew in the house.”