The song peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100. " Loyalty" featuring Rihanna, was released as the album's second single on June 20, 2017, to rhythmic and urban contemporary radio. It reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Canadian Hot 100 chart. On March 30, 2017, Lamar released the album's lead single, "Humble", accompanied by a music video. The album is the same musically, but has a reversed track order and new artwork. On December 8, 2017, Lamar released the Collectors Edition of the album. On April 11, Lamar revealed the track listing for Damn. On April 7, 2017, the album was made available for pre-order and confirmed to be released on April 14. On March 23, 2017, Lamar released a promotional single, " The Heart Part 4", which contained lyrics hinting at a possible April 7 release date for his fourth studio album. When I think about "DNA", when I think of "Humble", when I think these records, it just felt like that." Release and promotion Lamar went on to say about its final title, "There was so many different ways you could put it in my head. He stated the working title "didn't read right". In a radio interview on June 29, 2017, Lamar revealed the original title for the album was going to be What Happens on Earth Stays on Earth, but eventually settled on Damn. Sepetov goes on to say the decision to put the Parental Advisory sticker in its unconventional position was so it could be a part of the design instead of an "afterthought". Sepetov described Damn 's cover as "loud and abrasive" and "not uber political like To Pimp a Butterfly but it has energy". The album cover was designed by Vlad Sepetov, who created the album covers for Lamar's last two projects – To Pimp a Butterfly and Untitled Unmastered. On April 11, 2017, Lamar revealed the cover artwork for Damn.
Musical style ĭamn has been characterized as conscious rap with elements of trap, R&B and pop. It's one of my favorite rhythms and tempos within the album".
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in the studio": "It plays as a full story and even a better rhythm. Lamar has said in interviews that the ability to play the album in reverse tracklist order was "premeditated . Lamar proposed that it sound like "chaos", and Mike Will put together the second half of the song with the intention to make it "sound like he's battling the beat". After the first verse of "DNA" was recorded with the beat that Mike Will had already prepared, Lamar started rapping the second verse a cappella, requesting that Mike Will build the beat around the rap. " DNA" was the second song from the album to be recorded by Lamar and Mike Will, after " Humble". After recording, it was initially agreed upon that it would be released on Mike Will's debut album Ransom 2, but others convinced Lamar to keep it for his own next album. The beat for "Humble" was developed by Mike Will with the intention of recording with Gucci Mane, but later showed it to Lamar. In 2020, the album was ranked 175th on Rolling Stone 's updated list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. It became the first non-jazz or classical work to earn a Pulitzer Prize for Music and won Best Rap Album at the 2018 Grammy Awards, as well receiving a nomination for Album of the Year at the ceremony. Damn was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in May 2018 and was also the Billboard Year-End number one album of 2017.ĭamn topped The Village Voice 's Pazz & Jop critics poll and was named one of the best albums of 2017 and the decade by several other publications. It was supported by three official singles: " Humble", " Loyalty", and " Love", the first of which became Lamar's first number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 as a lead artist. It also topped the chart of Canada while reaching number two in Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Damn features appearances from singers Rihanna and Top Dawg singer Zacari, along with Irish rock band U2.ĭamn received widespread critical acclaim and topped the US Billboard 200 with 603,000 album-equivalent units earned in its first week.
The album features production from a variety of record producers, including executive producer and Top Dawg Entertainment label-head Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith, Sounwave, DJ Dahi, Mike Will Made It, and Ricci Riera as well as further production contributions from James Blake, Steve Lacy, BadBadNotGood, Greg Kurstin, The Alchemist, and 9th Wonder, among others. It was released on April 14, 2017, through Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. Damn (stylized as DAMN.) is the fourth studio album by American rapper Kendrick Lamar.
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