The Pop Out: Ken & Friends, or simply The Pop Out, was a one-off concert by American rapper Kendrick Lamar. It was held at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, on June 19, 2024. The Juneteenth and Black Music Month celebration marked Lamar’s first major performance following his highly publicized feud with Canadian rapper Drake.
Lamar unexpectedly announced the Pop Out two weeks prior to the event. Its set list consists of 60 songs predominantly conceived by musicians based in the Greater Los Angeles area. With DJ Hed and Mustard as opening acts, over 25 West Coast artists performed during the three-hour concert, including Ty Dolla Sign, Dom Kennedy, Steve Lacy, Tyler, the Creator, Roddy Ricch, YG, Schoolboy Q, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, and Dr. Dre. Lamar performed four of his five Drake-aimed diss tracks, “Like That”, “Euphoria”, “6:16 in LA” and “Not Like Us”, for the first time during his headlining set; the latter track was performed six consecutive times. The Pop Out was Lamar’s second performance to be live-streamed on Amazon Prime Video and Twitch simultaneously, following Kendrick Lamar Live: The Big Steppers Tour (2022).
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Read moreKendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (Deluxe) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:18:45 minutes | 908 MB | Genre: Rap, Hip-Hop
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When Kendrick Lamar popped up on two tracks from Baby Keem’s The Melodic Blue (“range brothers” and “family ties”), it felt like one of hip-hop’s prophets had descended a mountain to deliver scripture. His verses were stellar, to be sure, but it also just felt like way too much time had passed since we’d heard his voice. He’d helmed 2018’s Black Panther compilation/soundtrack, but his last proper release was 2017’s DAMN. That kind of scarcity in hip-hop can only serve to deify an artist as beloved as Lamar. But if the Compton MC is broadcasting anything across his fifth proper album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, it’s that he’s only human.
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Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (2022)
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Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers is the fifth studio album by American rapper Kendrick Lamar. Released on May 13, 2022 as a double album, it was Lamar’s first full-length album release since the Black Panther soundtrack, and his first solo studio album since Damn in 2017. The album was released in association with PGLang and Top Dawg Entertainment; Lamar has stated that the album will be his last with TDE.
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Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly (2015)
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To Pimp a Butterfly is the third studio album by American rapper Kendrick Lamar. It was released on March 15, 2015, by Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. The album was recorded in studios throughout the United States, with production from Sounwave, Terrace Martin, Taz “Tisa” Arnold, Thundercat, Rahki, LoveDragon, Flying Lotus, Pharrell Williams, Boi-1da, and several other high-profile hip hop producers, as well as executive production from Dr. Dre and Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith. The album incorporates elements of hard bop, funk, soul, spoken word, and avant-garde and explores a variety of political and personal themes concerning African-American culture, racial inequality, depression, and institutional discrimination.
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