OffStereo

Kendrick Lamar

OffStereo builds narrated music history shows around real records. Kendrick Lamar runs through 12 of them, 4 that take them as the subject and 8 more where they surface inside someone else's story. They appear most often alongside Baby Keem, Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West.

12 shows 4 about them 27 tracks 12 related artists

Shows about Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick vs. Drake: Craft Over Score

Kendrick Lamar's lyrical depth and strategic disses, from "Like That" to "meet the Grahams," establish his singular dominance over Drake in their explosive 2024 rap battle.

Featuring Control (HOF) · Like That · Euphoria

10 chapters · 8 tracks · 4 plays

pgLang: Creative Empire Unlocked

Kendrick Lamar and Baby Keem redefine the 2020s sound, building pgLang as a family and business partnership that champions creative control and "astronaut ideas" on tracks like "family ties" and "N95."

Featuring The Heart Part 5 · family ties · N95

9 chapters · 7 tracks · 1 plays

Kendrick's Grammy: Justice on Stage

Kendrick Lamar's "Alright" and "HiiiPoWeR" carry hip-hop's legacy of Black liberation, from N.W.A.'s "Fuck tha Police" to 2Pac's "Changes," into a new era of protest.

Featuring Alright · HiiiPoWeR · Wesley's Theory

12 chapters · 10 tracks

Monk's Soul, Kendrick's Fire

Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" repurposes Monk Higgins's 1968 soul grooves, revealing how foundational jazz-funk sessions from Chicago shape West Coast anthems.

Featuring Not Like Us · DUCKWORTH. · Wesley's Theory

10 chapters · 7 tracks

Shows where Kendrick Lamar appears

Beat Switches: Sonic Storytelling Shifts

The beat switch, from Kanye and Jay-Z's "Murder to Excellence" to Travis Scott's "SICKO MODE," evolves into a defining hip-hop technique, crafting dynamic narratives for Drake, Frank Ocean, and Kendrick Lamar.

1 of 8 tracks — DUCKWORTH.

10 chapters · 8 tracks · 6 plays

pgLang: Culture, Language, Identity

Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free's pgLang forges a new creative model, launching artists like Baby Keem and Tanna Leone across music, fashion, and visual storytelling.

3 of 10 tracks — family ties · N95

12 chapters · 10 tracks · 5 plays

Withers: Hip-Hop's Soul Foundation

Bill Withers' soulful catalog is a quiet load-bearing wall for hip-hop, with Kanye West, 2Pac, and Kendrick Lamar building their sound on his timeless grooves.

1 of 8 tracks — Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst

10 chapters · 8 tracks · 2 plays

LA's Independent Blueprint

Dom Kennedy and Nipsey Hussle's independent hustle in Inglewood and Leimert Park defined a laid-back, luxury-adjacent West Coast sound and a DIY blueprint for hip-hop's future.

1 of 8 tracks — HiiPoWeR

10 chapters · 8 tracks · 1 plays

Keem's Blueprint: Sound & Influence

Baby Keem's unique blend of lyrical dexterity and experimental production, heard on "Orange Soda," draws from Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott's melodic trap, and the genre-bending of Kanye West and Tyler, The Creator.

2 of 8 tracks — DNA. · family ties

10 chapters · 8 tracks · 1 plays

Mike WiLL: Your Playlist's Architect

From 2 Chainz's "No Lie" to Kendrick Lamar's "m.A.A.d city," Mike WiLL Made-It's raw, spontaneous production defines Atlanta trap and builds a genre-spanning empire.

1 of 7 tracks — m.A.A.d city (feat. MC Eiht)

9 chapters · 7 tracks · 1 plays

Wayne's Lyrical Reign: Drought to Influence

Lil Wayne's 2007 mixtape Da Drought 3 redefined rap, as he flipped Jay-Z and Nas beats into lyrical showcases that inspired a new wave of MCs like J. Cole.

1 of 8 tracks — Rigamortus

10 chapters · 8 tracks · 1 plays

No Brakes: West Coast Alliance

The Game and Drake's 2026 "No Brakes" builds on their 2015 "100" alliance, reaffirming Game's West Coast identity while deftly navigating the Kendrick Lamar feud.

1 of 7 tracks — Not Like Us

10 chapters · 7 tracks

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Baby Keem3 Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar3 Kanye West3 2Pac2 Drake2 Travis Scott2 N.W.A.1 Gil Scott-Heron1 Dom Kennedy1 Bill Withers1 Jay Dee1 Common1