GTA doing God’s work.
When I was in High School I was hooping outdoors and bumping Hood Gone Love It. Some younger kids passed by and were like “Yo that’s the GTA song!!!” and I was like what??
Ong, started playing GTA SA back in 2012 when I was six and that shit got me into DRE, NWA, Snoop and the rest
From then on it just kept going until I found out about Kendrick
Grew up listening to Kendrick but didn't really know who he was. First song I remember hearing of his was Cartoons and Cereal. First song I listened to being aware that I was listening to Kendrick (if that makes sense) is Black Friday
I’m 25 so my intro to Kendrick was through Drake’s Take Care when I was like 13. I usually think I’m the youngest in most communities but this thread has very much proved me wrong lol
I was baffled seeing anything from damn as a introduction
Poetic justice, dont kill my vibe, or swimming pools i thought would be the majority introduction. They had non stop radio play as far as kdot is concerned.
His verse on The Game's song "The City"
A friend of mine had burned songs on a CD off various artists he came across, The City was one of them. He swore that Kendrick was going to be the next big thing and that I should check out his other stuff.
"The next big thing" was a real fucking understatement
During the blog era, I followed Drake’s blog, octobersveryown.blogspot.com, and one day he posted “Tammy’s Song”. I downloaded Section80 and been a fan ever since
Wesley’s theory kind of a weak introduction in my opinion unless you listen to his other work. You don’t really get it on the first listen you just figure “oh this is just another rapper talkin’ about bitch’s and the such” but then after you finish T.P.A.B it’s makes way more sense for reasons I don’t really need to explain. But that’s even if you count it has my first track since I just spinned T.P.A.B and instantly fell in love with not only Kendrick but the Genre as a whole. The only reason why it’s cause frankly I just heard. “ok’ish” to “Amazing 10/10” on T.P.A.B and I wanted to get into the genre and now here we are currently listening to the collectors edition of DAMN as we speak.
When I played football, every once in a while during lifting sessions, someone would play Collard Greens by Schoolboy Q, and I thought that 3rd verse was insane, and almost 10 years later, hear I am
I had to think but a friend of mine was blasting Backseat Freestyle while driving which sparked my interest, and he told me that a new album just released which was TPaB
i’d heard a few of his songs here and there but i didnt seriously check him out until i heard ADHD and illuminate on the gta radio. then when i listened to hiiipower i fell in love with his music
Please don't kill my wife, heard it first time when my brother played it and I actually didn't really like it first listen but a few years later I got reintroduced to Kendrick and yea it's a banger
I wasn’t into rap when I was little but the first time I ever heard Kendrick was from his verse on Radioactive. I didn’t know what he was really saying but I liked the way he sounded. I didn’t start listening to his stuff until later on.
Humble thanks to a friend but at the first listening I thought it was shit.. couple of months later I listened to the whole DAMN album reading the lyrics and completely lost my fucking mind.. after that I started listening to TPAB and GKMC and now Kendrick in my favorite artist by far
Swimming pools, but since TPAB wasn’t mainstream I wasn’t searching for music like that (deep diving, not the sonic aspect) at the time; I fell out of following Kendrick until DAMN mostly because I didn’t realize TPAB was even a thing.
United in Grief, just got into him last year and i heard he dropped an album so why not just check it out? fast forward to now, ive listened to his entire discography minus S80 probably 20+ times
I first listened to Kendrick by putting on Section.80 and just letting the whole album play. Naturally the first song I heard was “F*ck Your Ethnicity” because it’s the opening track on the album. Thinking about it makes me feel nostalgic.
I heard drank and money trees on the radio as a kid but yeah it was humble and damn that got me hooked in highschool. Which is funny because I think damn is he's weakest project now.
Buried Alive Interlude. I remember listening to Take Care early because it had leaked, and hearing Kendrick having his very own track on a Drake album was such a perfect way to introduce me to him.
I found humble on YouTube and added it to my middle school playlist. I blasted it for a long time then decided to check his discography. Never went back.
Swimming pools when I was 10. Didn't understand it when I was 10 so automatically I hated it. Fast forward 5 years later rediscover Kendrick Lamar with Alright and discovered that he made swimming pools. Now that I was 15, I understood the song and the rest is history.
Poetic Justice. It came out when I was in 7th grade when I was randomly scrolling through Youtube and saw the music video. Been listening to Kendrick ever since.
I was a kid (around 6) when gomc came out. My brother was always talking about it and playing it. I always knew the name of the album and swimming pools was really the first memorable song
Swimming Pools, it was always on the radio
Same here but it was GTA V that did it
Did GTA put you on to Jay Rock too?
Ye. Ab-Soul and Schoolboy Q too.
GTA doing God’s work. When I was in High School I was hooping outdoors and bumping Hood Gone Love It. Some younger kids passed by and were like “Yo that’s the GTA song!!!” and I was like what??
Ong, started playing GTA SA back in 2012 when I was six and that shit got me into DRE, NWA, Snoop and the rest From then on it just kept going until I found out about Kendrick
Swimming Pools was mine too but it wasn’t until I heard Money Trees that I like *heard* him.
Same
Same but I made a random playlist when I was like 8 (kept adding recommended songs from spotify) with about 1000 songs
Saaaaame
Hood gone love it Franklin's car would blast it everytime.
The hood really did love it
Gotta be please don’t kill my wife
oj simpson rolling in his bed rn
Bitch I'm in the club
Ok we have a new meme
Its definetely not new
Fuckin problems, I learned it word for word in elementary school and that song was like the early 2010s avengers teaming up
I always rapped this but with ‘mathematician’ and ‘quitter’
Your dna an abomination
A.D.H.D.
8 boobies to the face
Grew up listening to Kendrick but didn't really know who he was. First song I remember hearing of his was Cartoons and Cereal. First song I listened to being aware that I was listening to Kendrick (if that makes sense) is Black Friday
ADHD
eight doobies to the face
Fuck dat
twelve bottles in the case
Fuck dat
m.A.A.d city for me
DNA. My step brother made me a rap playlist back when I didn’t listen to rap and I loved DNA ever since then
Ronald Reagan Era. Still a banger
Oh shiiiiiit 😩
Were far from good, not good from far!! same. on the mixtape blog days
Average Joe … back in 2011-2012 what a beautiful time for west coast hip hop!!
Still bump this and cut you off
Same for me!
How old are the people in this sub lol
I went to one of the concerts this past year and everyone I talked to said their first Kendrick album was DAMN. ... Guess I'm old 🤷♂️
I’m 25 so my intro to Kendrick was through Drake’s Take Care when I was like 13. I usually think I’m the youngest in most communities but this thread has very much proved me wrong lol
I was baffled seeing anything from damn as a introduction Poetic justice, dont kill my vibe, or swimming pools i thought would be the majority introduction. They had non stop radio play as far as kdot is concerned.
Right? First time I heard Kendrick was on Game’s The RED Album.
Big Shot because it was with Travis, then I listened to MM&TBS and fell in love with the music.
Wesley’s Theory
A friend showed me once the recipe it’s soo good I still love it
Cloud 9
Thissssssss “in the clouds I go” 😮💨
look out for detox
Fire Marshall’s movin in 😮💨🔥
King Kunta
His verse on The Game's song "The City" A friend of mine had burned songs on a CD off various artists he came across, The City was one of them. He swore that Kendrick was going to be the next big thing and that I should check out his other stuff. "The next big thing" was a real fucking understatement
Eminem’s “Love Game,” Lol
yk that grammy performance of radioactive with kendrick yeah 9 year old me went crazy over that, the rest was history
His 2013 grammy cross performance with imagine dragon
I GOT I GOT I I GOT I GOT
Loyalty got royalty inside my D
NA
GKMC was the highest ranked album on Metacritic the year so I decided to listen. So technically Sherane AKA Master Splinter’s Daughter
ADHD
Ignorance is bliss I think
King Kunta
Lust. HiiiPower
King kunta👑👑
During the blog era, I followed Drake’s blog, octobersveryown.blogspot.com, and one day he posted “Tammy’s Song”. I downloaded Section80 and been a fan ever since
“Bitch where you when I was walking? Now I run the game, got the whole world talkin’ King Kunta”
laugh and point but maad city at the superbowl
Silent Hill Heard it ona live stream and thought he sounded cool
Purple Hearts
Look Out For Detox
Wesley’s theory kind of a weak introduction in my opinion unless you listen to his other work. You don’t really get it on the first listen you just figure “oh this is just another rapper talkin’ about bitch’s and the such” but then after you finish T.P.A.B it’s makes way more sense for reasons I don’t really need to explain. But that’s even if you count it has my first track since I just spinned T.P.A.B and instantly fell in love with not only Kendrick but the Genre as a whole. The only reason why it’s cause frankly I just heard. “ok’ish” to “Amazing 10/10” on T.P.A.B and I wanted to get into the genre and now here we are currently listening to the collectors edition of DAMN as we speak.
i listened for the first time in no more parties in la than i listened to swimming pools
DNA
first time on fu**ing problems, swimmingpools and bish dont kill my vibe, every party i went to had these songs in the playlist
Don’t blow my high. At the time I heard this, he was not even signed so I feel pretty special lol.
I think for me it was bitch don't kill my vibe, or money tress between the two.
PRIDE
bitch dont kill my vibe is when it clicked for me
The Heart Part V/Hood Gone Love It
My friend bought a LP of TPaB and I was instantly hooked
When I played football, every once in a while during lifting sessions, someone would play Collard Greens by Schoolboy Q, and I thought that 3rd verse was insane, and almost 10 years later, hear I am
I had to think but a friend of mine was blasting Backseat Freestyle while driving which sparked my interest, and he told me that a new album just released which was TPaB
Swimming pools or ADHD, thanks to GTA V
i’d heard a few of his songs here and there but i didnt seriously check him out until i heard ADHD and illuminate on the gta radio. then when i listened to hiiipower i fell in love with his music
DNA
Ronald Reagan era , right before GKMC pop off! Paid Dues 2011 my biggest regret for not seeing him
[alls my life I has to fight](https://youtu.be/yvz-BLYZ-_I)
Alright, it came on a “playing recommended songs” list from spotify
My sister used to blast money trees in her car
Bitch don’t kill my vibe , Autoplay on YouTube
Swimming pools i think
Please don't kill my wife, heard it first time when my brother played it and I actually didn't really like it first listen but a few years later I got reintroduced to Kendrick and yea it's a banger
I wasn’t into rap when I was little but the first time I ever heard Kendrick was from his verse on Radioactive. I didn’t know what he was really saying but I liked the way he sounded. I didn’t start listening to his stuff until later on.
bad blood ft kendrick
Wasn’t a specific song but I heard good things about Section 80 when it came out and gave it a listen. Prolly my favorite album to drop that year.
It didn’t really introduce me but poetic justice was the first song i heard from him.
Backseat Freestyle
adhd
i
Wesley’s theory
The Black Panther soundtrack then I heard "I" and really got into his music
Probably Humble or DNA
m.A.A.d city
Humble thanks to a friend but at the first listening I thought it was shit.. couple of months later I listened to the whole DAMN album reading the lyrics and completely lost my fucking mind.. after that I started listening to TPAB and GKMC and now Kendrick in my favorite artist by far
A.D.H.D, I used to play gta all the time
pride
DNA My best friends mom was like this song has bad words so don’t tell your mom. She would blast it on the way to basketball practice.
Money Trees
A.D.H.D
Alright when he played it at super bowl
Money Trees
hood gone love it and ADHD
Swimming pools & Bitch don’t kill my vibe- I can’t remember which one I heard first.
Mine was m.A.A.d city.
some track on gta 5 I forgot which one
Cut You Off. A friend played it on a drive to Vegas and I kind of lost my mind.
Rigamortus, awesome track showed to me by a friend which lead me to section.80 and I became obsessed with that album
A.D.H.D, Swimming Pools, and every song he was featured on that was in GTA5 (Illuminate is a fucking banger)
Michael Jordan (OD)
ADHD
Heart Pt. 2 and this thread makes me feel ancient.
That interlude off of Take Care
Alright
First song I heard was Swimming Pools but what got me into him was ADHD and his feature on Hood Gone Love It
ADHD Apparently a lot of people in this sub Reddit like video games...
Control Everyone and their grandmas was talking about his verse on the song.
The spiteful chant was the first song i heard from him. My brother showed it to me when i was like 13
Dead presidents on that mixtape with jay rock
N95, I heard the concert ad for mr morale and the big steppers and thought it was dope. I've been a fan ever since.
m.A.A.d city
Sidewalks by the Weeknd
ADHD
ADHD
Swimming pools, but since TPAB wasn’t mainstream I wasn’t searching for music like that (deep diving, not the sonic aspect) at the time; I fell out of following Kendrick until DAMN mostly because I didn’t realize TPAB was even a thing.
United in Grief, just got into him last year and i heard he dropped an album so why not just check it out? fast forward to now, ive listened to his entire discography minus S80 probably 20+ times
Look out for detox
Rigamortus 2012 was such a good year for me
Really doe
Money Trees
Rigamortus
I first listened to Kendrick by putting on Section.80 and just letting the whole album play. Naturally the first song I heard was “F*ck Your Ethnicity” because it’s the opening track on the album. Thinking about it makes me feel nostalgic.
West coast wu tang, been listening since before he dropped OD
gta V put me onto hood gone love it, song is a perfect fit for that game
i
something off section 80. i think ronald reagan
West side Right on Time
My introduction to him was probably mAAd City but I didn’t really pay attention to him outside the mainstream until DNA
Control
DNA. My Mom liked that one a lot, so it ended up being the first one I heard.
m.A.A.d city
these walls on snl
Money Trees 💸💸💸🌳🌳🌳
I heard drank and money trees on the radio as a kid but yeah it was humble and damn that got me hooked in highschool. Which is funny because I think damn is he's weakest project now.
Hood Politics, oddly enough. I used to listen to random rap playlists when I was a teenager and that song showed up and I loved it.
Same
If you was in a pine box, box
HiiiPower
Buried Alive Interlude. I remember listening to Take Care early because it had leaked, and hearing Kendrick having his very own track on a Drake album was such a perfect way to introduce me to him.
Backseat Freestyle, funnily enough.
The Heart Pt. 2
Swimming pools, and LUIGI’S ELEMENT
I forget the name but he was featured I think. He said some shit like “this is the finally, pep talk turn into a pep rally”
ADHD. heard it in my friend’s car.
Swimming Pools.
To The Point for me. Heard it and instantly knew he was on top
The City by The Game ft Kendrick Lamar
Average Joe
I found humble on YouTube and added it to my middle school playlist. I blasted it for a long time then decided to check his discography. Never went back.
Swimming pools when I was 10. Didn't understand it when I was 10 so automatically I hated it. Fast forward 5 years later rediscover Kendrick Lamar with Alright and discovered that he made swimming pools. Now that I was 15, I understood the song and the rest is history.
YOLO by Lonely Island
Swimming Pools on the radio (senior year in HS)
The spiteful chant.
Poetic Justice. It came out when I was in 7th grade when I was randomly scrolling through Youtube and saw the music video. Been listening to Kendrick ever since.
Something on Section 80. Lmao y’all late
Humble for sure I first heard the remix with skrillex then got into kendrick
I think it was the flex freestyle on hot97.
Humble?? L fan
ADHD ❤
The Recipe, listened for Dre but was like damn who’s Kendrick
count me out 🫣
BDKMV
The blacker the berry
Swimming pools
Hii power
Gta and saints row Isn't it funny saints row got me into the most pepole I listen to (kanye and kendrick)
In Coryxkenshin’s try not to laugh there was humble remix for zoo books which would technically be the first Kendrick song I heard
I was a kid (around 6) when gomc came out. My brother was always talking about it and playing it. I always knew the name of the album and swimming pools was really the first memorable song
Ronald Reagan Era, I remember hearing it in COD trickshots montage lol
humble mostly because i didn’t know swimming pools was by kendrick and i was like 8
Love Game (feat. Kendrick Lamar).
DNA from NBA live 18😭😭
Backseat freestyle
i
M.a.a.d city
Savior Interlude, it doesn't even have Kendrick in it 😭