Nov 24, 2015 Article Source: HipHopDX - http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.36384/title.kendrick-lamar-inspired-david-bowies-★-album by VICTORIA HERNANDEZ on November 23rd 2015 David Bowie is seeking to make more than just a Rock album with his ★ project. David Bowie is preparing the release of his ★ album (pronounced "Blackstar") and his producer, Tony Visconti, says he is looking for a different direction than his previous Rock sound. "We were listening to a lot of Kendrick Lamar," Visconti says to Rolling Stone. "We wound up with nothing like that, but we loved the fact Kendrick was so open-minded and he didn't do a straight-up Hip Hop record. He threw everything on there, and that's exactly what we wanted to do." The Compton, California rapper's sophomore album, To p---- a Butterfly, features music from a variety of genres. Lamar enlists George Clinton and Snoop Dogg on the LP, among other musicians. Despite some calling it a "Black" album, Lamar's producer, Terrace Martin recently said To p---- a Butterfly is much bigger than that. "More than pro-Black, I believe this album has become pro-human being, pro-everybody," he said. "Playing this music for a mixed crowd is simple because we don’t look at it as a mixed crowd. We look at it as our relatives within the art community, where we don’t experience Black and White or none of that bs that the police and the government got us going through as Black people. Within the art is a place of safety." Bowie's album will be Bowie's twenty-fifth and is scheduled for a January 6 release.
Nov 24, 2015 Biggest compliment. f---in' lucky a--- Kendrick. I'm about to cry. I'll never amount to that s---. Lulz.
Dec 2, 2015 His single definitely reminded me of TPAB. so I wasn't crazy, the album is indeed being influenced by TPAB... It's pretty much the same s--- for Prince and Public Enemy... Chuck D himself said that album is gonna be influenced by Kendrick's TPAB & RTJ
Dec 2, 2015 http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.34401/t...was-inspired-by-kendrick-lamar-run-the-jewels He even said on twitter that he wanted to go with a new direction after he heard TPAB
Dec 2, 2015 isn't young thug supposed to give us a dose of kendrick and j cole on his next album? I wonder how it gonna sound like lol
Dec 2, 2015 He even predicted the rise of a new controversial pop genius, namely K. West Spoiler: Ziggy Stardust cover
