I sort of bucked a lot of what my teachers taught me. it’s interesting to see people talk about ‘bad’ design,” he began.
“lready seeing a lot of discussion about the cover. Vlad Sepetov, the LP’s graphic designer (who also worked on K.Dot’s previous LP), took to Twitter to discuss the inspiration behind DAMN.‘s front and back covers. The straight-forward, close-framed portrait of Lamar’s face is in stark contrast to the artwork from TPAB, but is no less striking. Earlier this week, the title, artwork and tracklist for DAMN. were announced, and social media was set ablaze. Kendrick Lamar Shows Other Rappers Just Aren’t Cutting The Mustard, In His New VideoĪs it turned out, April 7 came and went with no new Kendrick album to speak of, though it was announced that today (April 14), Heads would finally be treated to a new LP. The visual also came with its own set of controversy, largely due to its depiction of a woman resembling Nicki Minaj when Kendrick rapped the line “ I’m so f*cking sick and tired of the photoshop/Show me something natural like afro on Richard Pryor.” A week later, the Compton MC released the Mike Will Made It-produced single, “HUMBLE,” along with its Dave Meyers-directed video, his first single from the upcoming project. At the end of that song, however, Kendrick declared that MCs had until April 7 to get their sh*t together, setting off another cycle of chatter that the album would be released on April 7.
The speculation did not turn out to be totally accurate, as hours later, Kendrick released a new freestyle, volume IV of his “The Heart” series. Kendrick Lamar Says He’s The Best Rapper Alive & Leaks His Album Release Date (Audio) city and To Pimp A Butterfly were counted as the prior 3 (or, alternatively, the latter 2 and last year’s untitled.unmastered release of T.P.A.B. The actions set off widespread speculation that it was signaling the forthcoming release of his fourth studio album, if Section.80, good kid, m.A.A.D. Prior to the now ubiquitously discussed picture of the Roman numeral IV that Kendrick shared, his account had been wiped clean, to signal that this was not just a run-of-the-mill addition.