U2 and Rhianna to feature on upcoming Kendrick Lamar album
Kendrick Lamar has released the track list and artwork for his fourth studio album, Damn.
The rapper is known for collaborating with other artists, but his latest partnership has come as a quite a surprise to fans.
DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar. pic.twitter.com/ucQcg0PuzG
— Kendrick Lamar (@kendricklamar) April 11, 2017
The US rapper has confirmed that U2 and Rhianna will both feature on his upcoming album.
It's not clear if Kendrick teamed up with Bono and the lads in studio or if a sample was used, but either way, we're excited to find out.
Twitter, on the other hand, has seriously mixed feeling about the announcement.
Only 2 features on the Kendrick album and 1 of them is @U2.. interesting
— B. Average (@TheAverageBO) April 11, 2017
Kendrick has U2 on the track list and for some reason people are complaining about that??
— NC (@ActuallyNLC) April 11, 2017
And people whine about U2 being irrelevant. Go away. Kendrick knows.
— Casey Haas (@middlecasey) April 11, 2017
Rihanna and U2 on the Kendrick album… Mike Will Made It made a couple beats? I'm gonna be honest idk what direction Kendrick is going in
— IG: itsjayteegee (@ItsJayTeeGee_) April 11, 2017
In the past, Kendrick has collaborated with the likes of J. Cole, Alicia Keys and Taylor Swift and fans of the rapper were actually left puzzled by how few artists feature on his latest album.
Never thought I'd see a Kendrick album with only Rihanna and U2 featured in it https://t.co/ZBGsO0XV7i
— Trevor Filacchione (@tflack12) April 11, 2017
Speaking to The New York Times Kendrick described the album as ''very urgent'' and stressed that he wanted to return to “addressing the problem”.
“I’m in a space now where I’m not addressing the problem anymore. We’re in a time where we exclude one major component out of this whole thing called life: God.''
He continued: ''Nobody speaks on it because it’s almost in conflict with what’s going on in the world when you talk about politics and government and the system.”
Damn is out this Friday, April 14.
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