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I'm listening to a lot of oldies.A lot of Al Green, Marvin Gaye. Luther Vandross... they were some of my icons.

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Kendrick Lamar
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: June 17
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I think my worst problem is actually living in the moment and understanding everything that's going on. I feel like I'm in my own bubble.
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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.
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I probably spent more time listening to albums than writing songs. But I think that gave me all the tricks in terms of wordplay, from how I pronounced my words to the actual delivery.
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We all get distracted, the question is, would you bounce back or bounce backwards?
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Being able to tell one from start to finish, and making that puzzle come together at the end. That's the art for me.
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[ Drizzy] is a good dude , he's been looked out and reached out, and I admire the talent.
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I cut off my ears before i hear your advice and vice versa
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My rights, my wrongs, I write ‘til I’m right with God.
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The sky is falling, the wind is calling Stand for something, or die in the morning
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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.
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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.
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I really focus on what my fans will take from it, people living their day-to-day lives. At the end of the day, the music isn't for me it's for people who are going through their struggles and want to relate to someone who feels the same way they do. I've got to go all-in, expressing myself, right there in the moment.
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Found myself screaming in a hotel room. I didn't want to self-destruct.
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It's a long time coming as far as the work that I put in. Now I know that I got the stamp but what counts is what comes behind. That's what's really important. Upholding that stamp and not only keeping the energy my way but also spreading that energy out to other artists that are coming up on the West Coast.
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You really can't categorize my music, it's human music.
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I see conflict. But the conflict is what makes it relatable. I'm conflicted you're conflicted. I'm not perfect - nobody is. I'm just blessed to be able to express my conflict through song.
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Color don't tell if people Black. It's the soul.
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We're all human at the end of the day, making mistakes. But learn from them is the key.
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You can't change where you from. You can't take a person out of their zone and expect them to be somebody else now that they in the record industry. It's gonna take years. Years of travelling. Years of meeting people. Years of seeing the world.
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As long as my music is real, it's no limit to how many ears I can grab.
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