Kendrick Lamar Quotes - Page 5

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• K. Dot was a kid who was trying to find himself in music, finding trends, um, bending towards - ready to bend towards what the industry was telling me to do and after you mature at a certain time in your life, you come into your own...your own niche, your own personality, not only as an artist but as a person.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Kids, Artist, Personality

  Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

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• When I go into the studio - it [words] has to sound the way I heard it in my head. So that's probably one of the biggest things that separates me when I'm working in the studio - just how I hear certain things.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Sound, Way, Certain

  Interview with Erykah Badu, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 23, 2013.

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• You grow up inside these neighborhoods and these communities, and you have friends, friends that you love, friends that you grew up with since elementary. And you have their trust, and you have their loyalty. So it brings influence. So no matter how much of a leader I thought I was, I was always under the influence, period.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Loyalty, Growing Up, Community

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• It's a great, great experience to finally get the reception that you know you rightfully deserve.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Great Experiences, Reception, Knows

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• [Drizzy] ,it was dope. A great experience, especially with the topic he was talking about and to be... organic.I'm glad that it worked out the way it did where I got to tell my story, tell his story at the same time... and actually have it make sense as far as the whole concept of the album.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Dope, Talking, Albums

  Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

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• I always felt like there was a certain standard of music that I had to do from the beginning, even when I didn't have the recognition that I have now.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Recognition, Standards, Certain

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's deep-rooted, the music of being young and dumb,
  It's never muted, in fact, it's much louder where I'm from.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Rap, Hip Hop, Dumb

  Song: Sherane A.k.a Master Splinter's Daughter

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• When I look at comedy, it's all self-expression. I apply that same method to my music. I came up listening to N.W.A and Snoop. Like them, it's in me to express how I feel. You might like it or you might not, but I take that stand.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Listening, Comedy

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Colorism is not a good thing, especially when you're Black.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Black, Good Things

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• You really can't categorize my music, it's human music.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Humans

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• Sometimes you have the trends that's not that cool. You may have certain artists portraying these trends and don't really have that lifestyle, and then it gives off the wrong thing. And it becomes kinda corny after awhile. It's really about keeping hip-hop original and pushing away the corniness in it.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Artist, Giving, Hip Hop

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I started doing music when I was thirteen; I actually started writing my first rhymes.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Writing, Firsts, Rhyme

  Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

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• The times that we are in, it's something that you can only feel in the air. You don't even have to talk about it. You don't need the news or the Internet to watch it. You can walk outside and just feel it.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Air, Watches, Needs

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• I can say is if anyone gets a chance to work with [Dr.]Dre, it's a moment you will always take with you throughout your career. And as of right now, the Compton album is the only thing to talk about.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Careers, Drs, Albums

  "Kendrick Lamar Knows How to Deal with the Grammys Censors". Interview with Lisa Robinson, www.vanityfair.com. 2016.

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• My lyrics say I have morals, I have confidence, I have weaknesses, I have strong points, that I am a human being.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Strong, Weakness, Moral

  FaceBook post by Kendrick Lamar from Feb 05, 2014

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• The HiiiPower Movement is a movement that's going on all throughout the world like a virus. It's about being on a higher level than the industry. It's a movement we started to be above all the bullshit that's been going on.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Bullshit, Viruses, Movement

  Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

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• I always tell people that if I move anywhere it would be Toronto.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Moving, People, Toronto

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Eventually you get to this point where you understand what you want to do and get across and sound like.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Sound, Want, What You Want

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• From what I remember, I remember always being a big fan of Kardinal Offishall. He just had that different flow and different flavor. He put himself on the record and that's the type of energy that we love.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Energy, Fans, Different

  Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

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• While you have people who are actually fronting for your needs and wants, sometimes your needs and wants may not be right for you. The people around you are just trying to keep their jobs.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Jobs, People, Trying

  Interview with Erykah Badu, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 23, 2013.

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• Groups break up because they never got across what they wanted to do personally, and they have creative differences, and egos start to clash.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Break Up, Breakup, Differences

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My mom's one of 13 siblings, and they all got six kids, and till I was 13 everybody was in Compton.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Mom, Sibling, Kids

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A lot of incredible rap albums over the past couple of decades have deserved Album of the Year. 'To Pimp a Butterfly' is an extension of those albums.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Couple, Rap, Butterfly

  "Kendrick Lamar Knows How to Deal with the Grammys Censors". Interview with Lisa Robinson, www.vanityfair.com. February 12, 2016.

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• Music was just played all around me, and I couldn't run from it. My pops, he never learned to sing, but he'd have his little drink on the side, and he'd put on the best of his hits - gangster rap or oldies - and he'd sing all day on his mic plugged up to the wall set-up. It's a trip. I've just seen that my whole life, so I've always just had a love for music. By the time I was 13, I really just jumped in it. And it's something I took on to have as a hobby.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Running, Wall, Rap

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• I am from the inner city, the ghetto. If I can use my platform to carry on a legacy and talk about something that's real, I have to do that, period.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Real, Ghetto, Cities

  Source: www.ebony.com

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