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MixedByAli speaks on Kendrick Lamar’s creative process

Kendrick Lamar’s next album is one of the most anticipated but, information about it has been very scarce and rarely available. In a new interview by Natasha from Complex, TDE’s and Kendrick’s go-to engineer MixedByAli talked about what fans should expect of the album.

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The producer explained that the Compton lyricist has maintained his work ethic, and has been working hard expressing himself in the most creative way than ever. “I would say, every album that he has dropped since Good Kid has come with a different feeling so just look forward to Kendrick obviously expressing himself in the most creative way– the most highest of the creative way,” said MixedByAli.

He added, “How he works, I’ve never seen it before. The recording process, the thought process of piecing an album together and sequencing it. Things like that is what keeps guys like me great. Watching his work ethic… You would expect someone like Kendrick to be at home and sitting back– nah, he still comes in on time and is punctual.”

On Wednesday (April 14), it marked four years since K-Dot’s last album Damn was released. It’s not quite clear if the highly-anticipated album will hit the shelves and streaming services this year. MixedByAli didn’t confirm that either, but he hinted that Kendrick’s fifth studio album could be dropping soon. “It might, it might, you never know,” he said. “I mean, sh*t.”

Stay tuned as we will keep you posted about Kendrick Lamar’s next album.

Kendrick Lamar has plenty of material in the vault

Kendrick Lamar is one of the most skilled rappers of our generation. The quality of the music he releases is outstanding. One tactic K-Dot uses is taking his time to craft his projects.

TDE’s engineer MixedByAli was recently in an interview with Kevin Durant and his co-host Eddie Gonzalez on the latest episode of ‘The ETCs with Kevin Durant’ podcast. The engineer who has worked with Lamar since 2012’s ‘Good Kid M. A. A. D City’ talked about the vast music material Kendrick filters out while putting albums together.

“For Kendrick alone, let me say I think we could put together like six albums,” he said at the 34th minute of the podcast before continuing “Everyone’s the same way, it’s all about just understanding that you could always do something better. It’s having that mindset to just strive for the best possible version of you. That’s Kendrick’s whole mind state, always striving to do better. Whether it’s recording a new verse, you know he would record a whole song and get one ad-lib back a month later because he don’t like how he breathed the ad-lib, y’know?”

This news shouldn’t come as a surprise as such. In a 2017 interview with Billboard, the ‘Humble’ rapper did reveal that he made three to four versions of the aforementioned 2012 classic album before it was released.

In another recent interview with i-D, Kendrick also made it clear that he doesn’t drop albums until he finds a new sound that will be refreshing. For an artist to craft a fresh sound, it’s mandatory for them to keep making as much music as possible.

Kendrick Lamar is gearing up to drop his next album since 2017’s Damn. The release date hasn’t been revealed yet but a lot of rumors have been circulating that the Compton lyricist will drop soon. Stay tuned for more Kendrick Lamar updates.