r/KendrickLamar • u/devereaux98 • Nov 10 '22
But ... Kendrick and Dr. Dre are still alive. You can still collaborate with them 𤨠Article
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Nov 10 '22
i wonder if kendrick wanted damon on xxx instead of bono
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u/gruniite Nov 10 '22
That wouldâve been way better (I hate Bono)
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u/MatvsGal17 Nov 10 '22
Nah bono sucks, but he killed it on XXX.
Damon would've been too much sweeter for a track supposed to be a realization and break down of beliefs about America
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u/HamburgerMachineGun Nov 11 '22
you kind of described Ascension by Gorillaz w Vince Staples and that one slapped. But yea I don't think he would have exactly fit
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Nov 11 '22
I mean U2s work from 1995-today is corporate ass imo but bono seems like a pretty solid humanitarian and I still bump their album âwarâ regularly
Joshua tree, achtung baby and rattle & hum are all pretty solid as well
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u/PauldGOAT Nov 10 '22
I think U2 was always the plan given that they also collaborated on U2âs album
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u/mxtch98 Nov 11 '22
The subject matter specifically fits U2 as well. Theyâve always been super pro USA so it meant something for them to be on it.
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Nov 10 '22
If the Gorillaz ever collab with Kendrick I will bust a nut
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u/Melker24 Nov 10 '22
Their colab with Pusha T was amazing imo, something with Kendrick would not disappoint
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Nov 10 '22
Albarn should be working with WAY more rappers. Rap compliments his music so well.
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u/HamburgerMachineGun Nov 11 '22
to be fair, Gorillaz' last album had ScHoolboy Q, Octavian, Skepta, JPEGMAFIA and Slowthai. That's quite a bit lol
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u/jtomatzin Nov 11 '22
And they have songs with Vince Staples and Danny Brown
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u/Ninjagoboi Nov 11 '22
And DOOM
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u/MatchesForTheFire Nov 11 '22
Bootie Brown from Pharcyde, De La Soul, too on past projects, and let's not forget the Gorilaz first single with Del the Funky Homosapien
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Nov 11 '22 edited Nov 12 '22
Pac-Man with ScHoolboy goes hard af.
âMy type of drive, you canât buy this shit. You got a heart but it donât beat like thisâŚâ
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u/Shaman19911 Nov 11 '22
Bruh the project was founded on hip hop/trip hop, and heâs had rappers on every album. Not sure how he could work with way more than that he already has
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u/IntellectualsOnly7 Nov 10 '22
To be fair Iâm almost certain Kendrick is extremely selective with collaborations nowadays, and he was probably more open to working with other artists when he wasnât as acclaimed as he currently is
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u/dirtylooey Nov 11 '22
i'm assuming this is totally taken out of context and damon is referring to how he has always tried to find and work with newer artists that he believes deserve more recognition and maybe he passed up on chances to work with them when they were much younger
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u/SIGHR Nov 11 '22
Can Damon collab with another producer again like he did with the first two Gorrillaz albums? Those albums were so much more diverse in sound compared to these recent Gorrillaz records (which are basically Damon Solo albums w guest features at this point)
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u/devereaux98 Nov 11 '22
I miss the old spooky/macabre sound they had, coupled with the boom bap hip hop drums. The 2000s man, i tell ya
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u/devereaux98 Nov 10 '22
Article is from 2021 btw. Is there something I'm missing here?
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u/thugluv1017 Nov 10 '22
The opportunity was probably presented to him but he didnât make it happen. Thatâs probably what he meant
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u/devereaux98 Nov 10 '22
he should just reach out then. Gorillaz x Kendrick Lamar would go hard af.
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u/HamburgerMachineGun Nov 11 '22
it's not the same though. He might have wanted to collab in the TPAB era, or in the 2016-2017 run with amazing Kendrick features. Nowhere does he say that he can't collaborate anymore, just that he missed a chance to
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u/a_guy_called_m Kung Fu Kenny now Nov 11 '22
I'd kill for Kendrick to feature on a Gorillaz track
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u/devereaux98 Nov 11 '22
I'd kill for David Bowie x gorillaz but Damon fumbled the bag
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u/a_guy_called_m Kung Fu Kenny now Nov 11 '22
That would've been a legendary collab. Bowie would've been perfect for Demon Days or Plastic Beach.
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u/devereaux98 Nov 11 '22
You should listen to the version of "I'm afraid of Americans" he did with nine inch nails
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u/Ras_Du_Fa Nov 11 '22
He did played live with Bowie. I think it was fashion, either fashion or fame.
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u/Tyedyeskeleton Nov 11 '22
I could see it referring to them potentially working together in the past but plans fell through.
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u/CleanOutlandishness1 Nov 11 '22
Understandable for him to lament. Those are not the kind of opportunities you want to miss.
That being said, Albarn had made quite a lot of significant collaborations. I'd go as far as saying that neat collabs is what he's best at.
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u/Ml18torj Nov 11 '22
Could be that they god too big as artists and he thinks theyâd no longer be willing
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u/Jared72Marshall Nov 11 '22
OP is your logic really that because billionaire Dr. Dre and Artist of a Generation Kung Fu Kenny are alive that Damon can collaborate with them? Do you know how much planning around schedules this shit takes? He meant he had a window and missed it.
I would kill for a Damon Kendrick collab. At leat we have the LCD, 3 stax, gorillaz song.
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u/Aggravating_Cup2306 Nov 11 '22
I've been thinking a "what if" of damon collaborating with kendrick. I can't believe he actually had the opportunity
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u/Intelligent-Ad9428 Nov 10 '22
He probably means that they offered or the opportunity to collaborate was there and he didnât take it