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Kendrick Lamar Performs For Enthusiastic Crowd In Japan

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It seems like every time this rapper steps out to perform, the results are absolutely electric for fans. Moreover, Kendrick Lamar recently hit up a stage in Japan, and though he was on the other side of the world from his home of Compton, he still captivated the audience. A clip recently went viral of the Mr. Morale MC performing his hit “N95,” and the whole crowd sang along perfectly to the sung intro before he even started rapping. What was once a slew of singing voices turned into a mix of people spitting his bars back at him and people cheering as he started to rap.

Furthermore, when the beat dropped, the stage lit up behind the pgLang creative, and viewers went wild for it. What’s more is that many of them didn’t stop reciting all the lines back to Kendrick Lamar as he went through the track. Sure, that’s something you see at a lot of rap shows, so the excitement on display is nothing new. Still, few artists can get a stadium or festival crowd screaming and rapping as loudly and passionately as the West Coast legend.

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Kendrick Lamar’s Recent Japan Show

If you haven’t seen him perform live yet, don’t fret; performance moments from his tours and shows go viral quite often. As such, you’ve probably seen your fair share of clips, and if you’re going to Tyler, The Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival this year, you’ll get to witness it for yourself. Kendrick Lamar and Baby Keem will deliver a joint set as The Hillbillies, with other big names like SZA, Ice Spice, Lil Yachty, and Clipse hitting the festival, too. Of course, this is a big opportunity for the 36-year-old to create something unique and special with his cousin.

Meanwhile, with over a year passing since the release of his last album, many wonder where the former TDE artist will go next. Maybe he’ll slow down his music releases in favor of something grander, or he’ll keep dropping top-tier hip-hop. In any case, there will never be a crowd that isn’t energized and awe-struck by his live presence. For more news and the latest updates on Kendrick Lamar, stick around on HNHH.

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Kendrick Lamar Drops “N95” Visual From ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’ LP

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Kendrick Lamar drops the first music video from his new album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers for the lead single “N95,” out now via Interscope/Aftermath/TDE/pgLang.

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Co-directed by Kendrick Lamar-himself and business partner Dave Free, the video shows the Compton native floating in place at the beach, on the run from thugs, evading a car crash, strolling through a water garden and walking through an abandoned building and doing donuts in a tricked-out vehicle with protege and cousin Baby Keem. “N95” marks Lamar second music video release in a week following the previously released “The Heart Part 5” which features deep fakes of the late-Kobe Bryant and Nipsey Hussle.

Lamar’s new single appears on the artist’s “final” album under his current contract with his original recording home, Top Dawg Entertainment. TDE executive Punch shared the following celebratory message to K.Dot on Friday after the release of Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, tweeting, “Shout out to Kendrick Lamar and co… Congrats on the new album. Last one on TDE. We made history! Much love and continued success.”

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A double-volume album. Lamar first album in five years includes guest appearances from Kodak Black, Baby Keem, Amanda Reifer, Sampha, Summer Walker, Ghostface Killah, Tanna Leone, Sam Dew, Beth Gibbons and actress Taylour Paige. Upon releasing the new album, Kendrick announced a worldwide tour coming this Summer with tickets going on sale May 19, only on the artist’s personal Oklama website. The tour is sponsored by Amazon Music, Rotation and Cash App.

Watch the full video below and stream the full album here.

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Kendrick Lamar Balances Chaos And Tranquility In His Eventful Video For ‘N95’

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If you’ve been able to lend an ear to Kendrick Lamar’s newly-released fifth album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, you were probably a bit taken aback by the album’s content. With that, it leaves us to wonder what visuals for songs on the album would look like once they’re released. Well, just a day after the album’s arrival, Kendrick has released the first video from Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, that being for “N95.”

The visual is a cinematic affair, one that begins with Kendrick in an all-white garment as he floats above the ocean water. Throughout the video, he works out on a rooftop, plays the piano, dances and does donuts in a car with Baby Keem, watches a car crash into a row of chairs beside him, and much more.

Thanks to the video for “N95,” we now have an idea of when the song was completed, and even when Kendrick got going on Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. Towards the end of 2020, Kendrick was photographed shooting what many believed was a music video at the time. He was seen rocking tan shorts and a fresh pair of Chucks while sitting on a plastic crate. That same outfit and scene can be found in the visual for “N95” at the 2:32 mark. This is worth noting as Kendrick admits to struggling with writer’s block for two years on “Worldwide Steppers.”

The visual for “N95” arrives after Apple Music announced that Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers earned the most first-day streams for an album released in 2022 on the platform.

You can watch the video for “N95” above.

Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers is out now via PgLang/TDE/Aftermath/Interscope. You can stream it here.