Everyone wants André 3000 on their album, and it nearly happened for Kendrick Lamar back in 2012.
On the fifth anniversary good kid, m.A.A.d city, TDE president Punch took to Twitter to talk about the Kendrick Lamar album, where he revealed that they tried to get 3 Stacks on “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe.” If it wasn’t for him filming Jimi: All Is by My Side, things could have been different. Still, they managed to get JAY-Z on the remix, so it wasn’t all bad.
Check out the tweets below.
Yo, how is everyone? Let's talk about gkmc for a second. It dropped 5 years ago today. Y'all remember that album?
— Punch TDE (@iamstillpunch) October 22, 2017
I remember trying to get 3 Stacks on "don't kill my vibe". He couldn't catch the vibe lol. He was shooting the Jimi Hendrix movie….
— Punch TDE (@iamstillpunch) October 22, 2017
Can't help but to think what he would've sounded like on that joint. Then jay did the remix so it worked out lol.
— Punch TDE (@iamstillpunch) October 22, 2017
The goal was to make a album in the vein of a Tarantino movie. Where the scenes aren't in chronological order but it flows cohesively.
— Punch TDE (@iamstillpunch) October 22, 2017
What's ill to me is thru all of the skits and narration you only here kendrick voice one time.
— Punch TDE (@iamstillpunch) October 22, 2017
I remember barking at ric (from thc at the time) the day before the album came out about about sample on maad city. Lol….
— Punch TDE (@iamstillpunch) October 22, 2017
I was on the treadmill with a ear piece in hot! Lol. Ric and then switched it up in like 30mins and it worked.
— Punch TDE (@iamstillpunch) October 22, 2017
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