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Kendrick Lamar On His 2014 Grammy Loss: “Good Kid, M.A.A.D City is Great Work, But it’s Not My Best Work”
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When Kendrick Lamar didn’t win best rap album at The Grammys two years ago, it caused a bit of an up-roar. Even Macklemore says he “robbed” Kendrick of the award when it ultimately went to his album The Heist. Fortunately, Kendrick never really let the loss get to him, and he’s walking into The Grammys this year with eleven nominations. When speaking on how he took the loss with Billboard, Kendrick said that it “would have been upsetting to me if I’d known that was my best work, if I had nothing new to offer.”
He further explained, saying, “Good Kid, M.A.A.D City is great work, but it’s not my best work. To Pimp a Butterfly is great. I’m talking about the connection the record made. Good Kid, M.A.A.D City made a connection. But To Pimp a Butterfly made a bigger connection.” It’s looking very likely that Kendrick will be walking away with at least one Grammy this year, and he seems confident, too: “I want to win them all,” he told Billboard.
He hopes that he’ll walk away with not on best rap album, but album of the year in general: “It’s bigger than me. When we think about the Grammys, only Lauryn Hill and Outkast have won album of the year. This would be big for hip-hop culture at large.” Kendrick will be performing at The Grammys later this month on February 15.
Read the rest of Billboard‘s cover story on Kendrick here.
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