"Eminem is a Genius"
Top Dawg Entertainment's king of rap Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, brought up in Compton,California is also a member of the supergroup Black Hippy from the west coast. Kendrick's music has previously reflected upon the city that he is from and how he rose from the dark place of violence that he was surrounded upon but also sheds positivity upon his city:Compton as it is often portrayed as being an anesthetized place. His album good kid, m.A.A.d city was released October 22nd, 2012 which was a huge success and toured internationally.Along with his previous albums 'Youngest Head Ni**a in Charge', 'Training Day', 'Section 80', 'C4', No sleep 'Til NYC' and 'Overly Dedicated' albums. As we can identify Kendrick is extremely familiarised within the music industry which is why various artists are lined up into collaborating with him.In this case Kendrick was honoured in collaborating with the all time rapper Eminem on his new album "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" featuring on the track "Love Game". Recently Kendrick has discovered a new Labelmate "SZA' the 23 year old R&B singer from Maplewood,New Jersey is the newest addition to TDE. Who of which is a unique contribution to the label, huge aspirations are ahead for the focused but scatter full artist.
Predomination: "Hi kendrick, thanks for taking your time to join us today"
Kendrick: "No worries, im blessed to be here with you guys"
Predomination: "Firstly how has the success of your music influenced your life so far?"
Kendrick:"So far my life has changed massively y'all,but most of all the fact that my folks are able to be excited about my music career and the success of it,the fact that their proud is a huge blessing for me. As a child growing up we didn't have a lot yanno and i've a big family yo which made it harder ,so the fact they don't have to live through a struggle any more is incredible man. I just want to inspire people through my music and thats the aim"
Predomination: "How have you been able to maintain grounded and humble throughout your career?"
Kendrick:"I think I'm just consistently remembering where i come from, my folks and homeboys from Compton, and how honoured i am to be where i am today. I try to avoid social media as much as i can, i a'int about that [laughs], I'm just being me and trying to adapt rather than change. Ive seen all types of people become affected by the media and I'm aware of it all, so i prevent it as much as possible.
Predomination:"Well changing topic of conversation here, how's the love life of Lamar? anything serious"
Kendrick:" [laughs] My love life... na there aint nothing serious going on, you know how it is.[laughs],Whenever people ask me about love i just refer to God, because to me love is God and i feel strongly about that.
Predomination:" I see,that's a very good way of looking at it! Now tell us about some of the best rappers in your opinion?"
Kendrick:" In my opinion, some of the best rappers of all time are.... Jay-Z, Nas,B.I.G, Andre 3000,Tupac, Eminem, Rakim,Method man and Dmx.
I based my double page spread around the double page spread below, I liked the way that this artist had her eyes shut therefore was not in direct contact with the camera which is what I wanted when choosing an image for the draft of my music magazine front cover as it creates a more personal feel for the audience and that we are almost drawn into the life of this artist rather than the typical image which would taken in a photo-shoot which creates more of a robotic/predictable feel. I also like the fact that they enlarged the letter S as the beginning of their sentence therefore I used the letter K as it is the first initial of 'Kendrick Lamar' my featured artist, Although I did not enlarge it as much as on the double page spread beneath.
Predomination: "Hi kendrick, thanks for taking your time to join us today"
Kendrick: "No worries, im blessed to be here with you guys"
Predomination: "Firstly how has the success of your music influenced your life so far?"
Kendrick:"So far my life has changed massively y'all,but most of all the fact that my folks are able to be excited about my music career and the success of it,the fact that their proud is a huge blessing for me. As a child growing up we didn't have a lot yanno and i've a big family yo which made it harder ,so the fact they don't have to live through a struggle any more is incredible man. I just want to inspire people through my music and thats the aim"
Predomination: "How have you been able to maintain grounded and humble throughout your career?"
Kendrick:"I think I'm just consistently remembering where i come from, my folks and homeboys from Compton, and how honoured i am to be where i am today. I try to avoid social media as much as i can, i a'int about that [laughs], I'm just being me and trying to adapt rather than change. Ive seen all types of people become affected by the media and I'm aware of it all, so i prevent it as much as possible.
Predomination:"Well changing topic of conversation here, how's the love life of Lamar? anything serious"
Kendrick:" [laughs] My love life... na there aint nothing serious going on, you know how it is.[laughs],Whenever people ask me about love i just refer to God, because to me love is God and i feel strongly about that.
Predomination:" I see,that's a very good way of looking at it! Now tell us about some of the best rappers in your opinion?"
Kendrick:" In my opinion, some of the best rappers of all time are.... Jay-Z, Nas,B.I.G, Andre 3000,Tupac, Eminem, Rakim,Method man and Dmx.
Predomination:"Speaking of Eminem, tell us about your recent collaboration on his album"
Kendrick:"My collaboration with Eminem on 'Love Game' was interesting fo' sure [laughs], basically when I was recording for the collab in my knowledge I was just supposed to be recording the hook,so there I was recording the hook and Eminem comes back a little while later and asks me for the verse, which I wasn't expecting [laughs], therefore i had to rewind and do tha verse,but it was all cool in the end,all worth it.
Predomination:"What was the style of the song that Eminem&yourself was aiming for?"
Kendrick:"The style of the song is kinda different, it's not what you'd typically expect, but the purpose of it is to sound wrong in some words, it's got a quirky feel to it and that's what makes it dope. Check it out"
Predomination:"What is your opinion on Eminem as an artist?"
Kendrick:" Eminem is a genius when it comes to rap,especially lyrically. That's why Eminem is one of a few artists that could create a song like 'Love Game' because his mentality has an extremely diverse imagination,it was a pleasure to work with him."
Predomination:"Also tell us about T.D.E's newest member 'SZA'"
Kendrick:"'SZA' is a hardworkwer but one thing about her is she is always herself and if she doesn't agree with something or ain't feeling it she'll state it, which I like in her. She's true to herself.
Predomination:" What is her music based around so far?"
Kendrick:" A lot of her music refers to her parents or up bringing, as her father was a strict and militant man and she was a sensitive girl, music wasn't her destiny in her parents eyes,but she stuck wid it.You'll be hearing lots from her soon"
Predomination:"I'm looking forward to it! Quick last question, tell us about your touring with Kanye West"
Kendrick:"Yes, supporting Kanye has been a great experience. I find It good to tour around with other artists and try and conquer their fans by creating some more fans of your own, it's a good challenge and focus. Kanye is a phenomenal artist and worker."
Predomination:" Well thankyou for taking your time and talking with us today and letting us into the world of Kendrick Lamar"
Kendrick:"It's all good,thanks for having me"
Music magazine double page spread prelim:
Music magazine double page spread prelim:
I based my double page spread around the double page spread below, I liked the way that this artist had her eyes shut therefore was not in direct contact with the camera which is what I wanted when choosing an image for the draft of my music magazine front cover as it creates a more personal feel for the audience and that we are almost drawn into the life of this artist rather than the typical image which would taken in a photo-shoot which creates more of a robotic/predictable feel. I also like the fact that they enlarged the letter S as the beginning of their sentence therefore I used the letter K as it is the first initial of 'Kendrick Lamar' my featured artist, Although I did not enlarge it as much as on the double page spread beneath.
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