Released: June 1, 2005
Featuring: Dave Free
Songwriter: Dave Free Kendrick Lamar
[DJ Dave]
You have yo' shit be pre-prepared or ya' know what's your process? What's your songwriting process? You here to be- do you break out a pen and pad and go at it hard or how you do it then?
[Kendrick Lamar]
I- I hear the beat first, people. I hear the beat first and then I just go wherever the beat is tellin' me... just like all of the- ya' know all the other greats say
[DJ Dave]
What, no pen and no pad?
[Kendrick Lamar]
Maybe
[DJ Dave]
I mean but that seems kinda'.. you know like-
[Kendrick Lamar]
Yeah no pen, no pad then. (No pen no pad.)
[DJ Dave]
Aight yeah! but I mean aye I just- that's what I see. I mean but is that- does- does that- is that like the breaking point to- to really break you away from other artists that- you know that puts all the artists that don't use pen and a pads a different realm?
[Kendrick Lamar]
Naw, it just- it just a- a challenge, you know? You know Jay and Big ya' know were doin' it way back you know what I'm sayin'? It's just you know- I dunno, it's almost starting to become a cliché now, you know what I'm sayin'- I might fuckin back hop on the pen. Naw but uh (laughs) But yeah- but naw. You know. It's all- it's all- it's- it don't matter in- at the end of the day you know, whatever makes-
You have yo' shit be pre-prepared or ya' know what's your process? What's your songwriting process? You here to be- do you break out a pen and pad and go at it hard or how you do it then?
[Kendrick Lamar]
I- I hear the beat first, people. I hear the beat first and then I just go wherever the beat is tellin' me... just like all of the- ya' know all the other greats say
[DJ Dave]
What, no pen and no pad?
[Kendrick Lamar]
Maybe
[DJ Dave]
I mean but that seems kinda'.. you know like-
[Kendrick Lamar]
Yeah no pen, no pad then. (No pen no pad.)
[DJ Dave]
Aight yeah! but I mean aye I just- that's what I see. I mean but is that- does- does that- is that like the breaking point to- to really break you away from other artists that- you know that puts all the artists that don't use pen and a pads a different realm?
[Kendrick Lamar]
Naw, it just- it just a- a challenge, you know? You know Jay and Big ya' know were doin' it way back you know what I'm sayin'? It's just you know- I dunno, it's almost starting to become a cliché now, you know what I'm sayin'- I might fuckin back hop on the pen. Naw but uh (laughs) But yeah- but naw. You know. It's all- it's all- it's- it don't matter in- at the end of the day you know, whatever makes-
more tracks from the album
Training Day
- Dreams
- I Feel It (Freestyle)
- Imma G
- Man of the Hour
- Get Throwed
- J. Dilla (Freestyle)
- Gz and Hustlas
- Prototype
- Interview with DJ Dave Part 1
- Interview with DJ Dave Part 2
- Interview with DJ Dave Part 3
- Interview with DJ Dave Part 4
- Who Shot Ya (Freestyle)
- Hard Body
- Blame God
- Imagine
- The Best Rapper Alive
- One Shot Kill
- Blow Them Horns
- Blood Sport (Freestyle)
- Grammy Family (Freestyle)
- Good Morning America
- Hpnotiq
- A Song For Buffy (Freestyle)
- Never Die
- Interview with DJ Dave Part 5
From the album
- Training Day (2007)
Kendrick Lamar popular songs
- HUMBLE.
- m.A.A.d city
- Swimming Pools (Drank)
- DNA.
- Money Trees
- XXX.
- Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe
- Poetic Justice
- King Kunta
- LOVE.
- Backseat Freestyle
- Alright
- The Blacker the Berry
- Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst
- ELEMENT.
- LOYALTY.
- i (Album Version)
- A.D.H.D.
- FEAR.
- Mortal Man
- Wesley’s Theory
- u
- The Heart Part 4
- PRIDE.