![]() Hood Politics samples Sufjan Stevens‘ All For Myself, and How Much a Dollar Cost, voted the best song of 2015 by Barack Obama, with its echoes of Radiohead’s Pyramid Song. Other producers on the album include Knxwledge, who contributed the beat for Momma. If it doesn’t feel good, it’s not going to work for him.” And further, “Kendrick understands this, and he may be midway through recording a verse, and he’ll then ask me to try something, like ‘Can you add some flanging, or some panning, or something else crazy? “ In fact, the tactile feeling it gives him makes him feel like he can be a performer himself and brought him closer to Lamar throughout the process.Īli was Lamar’s right-hand man throughout the making of TPAB and found ways of breaking down the traditional barriers to make the entire process feel more free and collaborative for everyone. Likewise, Ali preferred to keep things feeling natural by mixing using analogue gear rather than the computer. To do this, Lamar’s collaborations were often done in person, rather than by the usual means of having beatmakers send beats over to the studio. He may listen to the way someone sings or plays, and if he likes it, he’ll incorporate that into his project, but in a way that fits his vision…”Īpart from his sheer determination in working through 60 to 80 tracks, one of Lamar’s strengths on TPAB is pulling a diverse range of producers and their styles into a coherent whole. “It’s almost crazy watching him, because he knows exactly what he wants. Though Dr Dre is credited as the executive producer on TPAB, Ali told Sound on Sound that it was Lamar who had the vision for where the album would go: The strategy of re-recording samples for a live effect is also employed on i, which interpolates The Isley Brothers’ That Lady (Part 1)and simulates a live concert. also chose to recreate samples rather than splice them in, including the “ We want the funk” hook sampled from Ahmad’s track of the same name, which, coincidentally, resulted in Redfoo (who produced Ahmad’s track) getting a songwriting credit on the song. ![]() Thundercat’s bass fills and session guitarist Marlon Williams’ guitar parts provide the song with a vital energy. Producer Sounwave adds quirky percussion and the song is packed with off-the-cuff hooks, including a nod to Michael Jackson‘s Smooth Criminal. ![]() Lamar takes the melody off onto tangents and hooks us back in with the opening riff.įor Free fades quickly into the opening drum fill of the album’s first real hit, King Kunta. With its unforgettable syrupy bassline and grimy drums, we’re immediately taken into a new world again: that of west coast hip-hop. While continuing the play on the word “ pimping” as exploitation and transformation, his approach to his vocal part is more like an instrumental solo than a verse. As the band (including Kamasi Washington on baritone sax and Robert Glasper on piano) drop-down, Kendrick weaves lightning-fast lines in between the refrain “ this dick ain’t free“. ![]()
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