Kendrick Lamar EP

by Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar EP cover art
  • Type: EP
  • Released: 31 December 2009
  • Label: Top Dawg Entertainment
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:02:28
  • Community rating: 3.19/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Functioning as the definitive transition away from his K.Dot moniker, 'Kendrick Lamar EP' lays the thematic and stylistic groundwork for the rapper's highly acclaimed conceptual full-lengths. The project features production from TDE in-house staples, showcasing a refined lyrical approach heavily rooted in introspective storytelling and West Coast stylistic nuances.

Genres

Descriptors: Conscious, conscious, christian, alcohol, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Is It Love (4:00)
  2. Celebration (3:51)
  3. P&P (4:42)
  4. She Needs Me (3:31)
  5. I Am (Interlude) (1:20)
  6. Wanna Be Heard (4:37)
  7. I Do This (4:08)
  8. Uncle Bobby & Jason Keaton (4:00)
  9. Faith (4:51)
  10. Trip (3:50)
  11. Vanity Slaves (4:15)
  12. Far From Here (3:53)
  13. Thanksgiving (3:39)
  14. Let Me Be Me (7:20)
  15. Determined (4:31)

Credits

  • DeeJay Dave - executive-producer, arranged by
  • Derek "MixedByAli" Ali - recorded by, mixed by
  • Dude Dawg - executive-producer
  • Sounwave - executive-producer
  • King Blue - producer
  • Insomnia - producer
  • Jake One - producer
  • Wildfyer - producer
  • Pete Rahk - producer

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