This was the first time I ever got exposed to kendrick. Cant even tell u how I came across this, 2dopeboyz maybe?

Still haven't heard someone spit like this since

I remember his aplusfilms period

W ofc look out for detox but also this classic:

was just about to post this
also

couldn't find a mention of the actual time/date etc the notorious call (which he hung op on initially ) happened, but i know it was due to Dre hearing Ignorance is bliss and this interview is from December 2010 and Overly Dedicated dropped in september same year. With ignorance is bliss dropping promotionally in August.

Kendrick has had a lot of things happening for him, standout moments, good looks and things that he worked for that blew him up ofc and snowballed the hype both before and after getting in touch with Dre but him getting involved with one his childhood idols and working side by side with Dre was definately INSTRUMENTAL (sorry) to taking him to that next level as an artist, and the profession/industry/connection/business side of things. A progression you can def hear in S80, with that being said even back in the days of the Kendrick Lamar EP he was DESTINED for greatness

also "Everybody heard that I f*** with Dre and they wanna tell me, I made it
I ain't made s***, if he gave me a handout
I'ma take his wrist and break it"

when them niggas was dropping black hippy joints constantly to flood youtube

J. Cole tweet

Idk why but when Kendrick was upcoming you could feel he was destined for greatness

Cole too btw (although i dont think he did really succeed in terms of potential like Kendrick)

But they had something from day 1. Wonder if that also was w the older legends

They dropped classics after classics. Miss that time tbh

being accepted as not only a peer but heralded as the future by those you grew up idolizing and inspired by with him crying like that what a feelin

Buried Alive Interlude

Anybody remember this remix lol

This song is dope also

them the niggas that put me onto the underground too lmao

ever since middle school with the ep tape its been on, never seen growth from a amns like that ever

very lucky to have caught mans early enough to see dude from the gutter to stadium

EP was some local and youtube s***, OD was some underground forum and datpiff s***, SXN 80 was some blog s*** and its been on since

Hes one of the only rappers i really followed from the early days on too and i'm not even American

Was so amazing to see him grow like this

He went mainstream hip hop with Marshalls cosign in MMLP2

My cousin played ADHD on the Xbox when we was at his crib playing cod. I liked the song so I made a few calls and Boom. Kendrick Lamar as we know him became a star👍

real af

i always thought he'd be huge, but not second biggest rapper OF THE WORLD huge

i dont think anyone thought, but its amazing to see

The original control verse

forreal, nigga called out wayne, kanye, jay & em lol

mans told wayne to swallow his pride

them scrappy dog eat dog days

Dudes were saying the same s*** back then about how “real rap is dead.” So lame

OP I was following K Dot since the KLEP days so let me tell you how it went down.

Kendrick released OD and shot videos (Ignorance is Bliss, etc.) and got some traction. Also got some airplay on local LA stations.

But his ascent really skyrocketed off of one event. It was his first headlining show after dropping OD, in the Key Club in Hollywood (near House of Blues). I was there, and there was probably 400 people max (DJ Quik had a table). It was at this concert that Big Sean, Cole, etc. came out. A lot of hot blogs at the time (2DopeBoyz, etc.) covered this event. There were more eyes on him due to this, and given how great of a project OD was, people started following him.

His "mainstream" come up is also attributed to opening up for Drake in the club paradise tour. But it all started at that night in Hollywood.

This a troll post but there’s actually people who think this

Didn't tech n9ne introduce him to Dre?

Mixtapes, section80 debut album, major label signing

Then he dropped his classic album GKMC and the rest is history

you real af for that, was about to post this too not even on some i'm trying to murder y'all and take your fans type s*** but Y'ALL GON GET THIS WORK TYPE S*** the agression "Big ass condom Mothafuck yo problems"

no dre called him when they were on a tech n9ne tour