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Recorded in Las Vegas three days before the release of his second album and major label debut, good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick unleashes the third edition of his “The Heart” series, following Pt. 1 and Pt. 2.

ScHoolboy Q’s missing because:

There’s mention of great pressure, struggles, ambition, Sherane’s fate, good kid, m.A.A.d city leaking and much more.

Will you let Hip-Hop die on October 22nd?

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“White Dress” is featured on the soundtrack for RZA’s movie, The Man with the Iron Fists. Speaking to MTV about it, he said:

Kanye’s a dope lyricist, but what he did on this particular song it’s like, it ain’t 16 bars, he’s going like how Ghostface goes, it’s like 40 bars. Just going, he’s going, he’s killing it.

More recently, he gave the folks over at Complex a more in-depth look break down of it:

The Kanye track was actually written for the film. I invited Kanye into the editing room, and I showed him the scene [where Lucy Liu’s character comes around the corner wearing a gown], and it already had the music underneath the scene. And I wanted him to write a song for it. He came in to see the scene, and he loved it. And he was like, ‘Yo, I’m gonna bless it. Trust me.’

So I took the track, which was more score [at first], and not as elaborate as what we ended up with, it was more just the soul Stax sound that we had. [I gave him the track], and I sent him away. We would communicate every few months, because it took about eight months to get all this music together.

And about six months in, I was inside what’s called the sound stage. See, some of these songs are in the movie itself. Some are not. This is in the movie. But the only way to get it in the movie is to have it in by a certain day, because the movie closes [production]. And about one week before the movie closed, Kanye sent the song.

We were happy, because we already had a version of the scene without it. But I emailed him one more time, because he had told me the verse maybe a month earlier, and said he didn’t finish it, but was like, ‘I’m goin’ in, I’m goin’ in.’ And then, when he finished it and sent it to me, I was like, ‘Oh yeah, he went in.’ I think he [rapped] great on that song.

If my time allows me, I’m gonna try to slip down there to Hawaii to hook up with him.

Ye himself said that he, “tried to make it Ghostface long.”

Subsequently, RZA released an alternate version with a different sound -bed and featuring Wu-Tang affiliate Tru James of Stone Mecca.

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From time to time, Mr. Jaco drops some Twitter Bars for the fans. This was the fifth one, and came on October 4th, 2012. Word to The LupEND Blog.

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From time to time, Mr. Jaco drops some Twitter Bars for the fans. This was the fourth one, and came on September 20th, 2012, right after the third edition. Word to The LupEND Blog.

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From time to time, Mr. Jaco drops some Twitter Bars for the fans. This was the third one, and came on September 19th, 2012 – a taste of what was and is to be Food & Liquor II, Pts. 1 & 2. Word to The LupEND Blog.

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From time to time, Mr. Jaco drops some Twitter Bars for the fans. This was the first one, and came around March 16, 2011, celebrating amongst other things, the success of “Lasers”. Word to The LupEND Blog.

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From time to time, Mr. Jaco drops some Twitter Bars for the fans. This was the second one, and came around September 3rd, 2011, after a show in Chicago. Word to The LupEND Blog.

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Produced by the familiar duo of Kanye West and No I.D., “Pain” is the first single from Pusha-T’s debut album My Name Is My Name.

This song contains some of the same piano chords that was on “New God Flow.” And Pusha owes a bit of his style on this song to a certain Dungeon Family member

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From his EPK:

Keron “Kabaka Pyramid” Salmon is a multi-talented artist and producer coming straight from the streets of Kingston, Jamaica with a unique musical style blending the lyricism of Hip hop, with the energy and melody of Reggae and Dancehall. He is based out of the Bebble Rock music camp and through his liquid and hypnotizing delivery spreads the positive messages of spirituality and conscious evolution that forces you to listen.

The name “Kabaka” is Ugandan for “King” and Pyramids are thought by the artist to house the mathematical proportions of Universal Laws that are eminent in the creation of this universe.

He is an ever-evolving artist that has numerous ways of expressing his creativity. The ability to watch and learn from others around him has made him into somewhat of a Jack-of-all-trades, writing lyrics, producing tracks, engineering/recording himself or other artists, mixing songs, editing video/photos, or even learning to play the guitar!
His passion for music began at early age when he would change the lyrics to popular songs and record his own version on his mother’s tape recorder. What began as a humorous venture was actually a stepping-stone for the artist we know today. Reggae music has always been a strong influence on the Kingstonian lyricist, but during high school it was Hip Hop music that captivated him; reciting his favorite Canibus or Inspectah Deck lines constantly. The influence of both genres can be easily detected as he seeks to find the perfect fusion of the two cultural expressions.

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The first song on Kabaka Pyramid’s “Rebel Music EP” is a statement of skill and belief and a meeting of Reggae, Dancehall and Hip-Hop to form a grand introduction. It was produced by Julian “King Biggs” Morrison, and according to Kabaka P, he knew that “from the moment [he] heard it, it had to be the in-track!” As the name suggests, it in part establishes the sound of his music.

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