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I really captured that flow and stole that cadence just being a student of the game. And one of my favorite tracks on there is ‘Politics As Usual.’ Just the vibe of it and the flow. Kendrick Lamar: “I had to double back and listen to Jay-Z once I started writing. All of them really were in heavy rotation. All I can remember is just my pops always constantly just playing that album. With the older songs and the newer songs, they were played so much in the household. Kendrick Lamar: “You know what’s crazy about these Tupac albums? These three records, Me Against The World, All Eyez On Me, and Makaveli was played so much that you start mixing up what songs was on what album because there was so much in heavy rotation. ‘Let’s Play House’ was one of the standout joints.” Daz on the beat, Kurupt spitting crazy bars.

That was all the stuff I was playing in the house too. Kendrick Lamar: “Yeah, with ‘Let’s Play House.’ Yeah, Dogg Pound, Dogg Food, Kurupt. ‘Death Around The Corner,’ ‘So Many Tears,’ you can tell what type of space he was in.” Constantly going back and forth where we was just mixing and matching songs together. Kendrick Lamar: “It really was just in heavy rotation. Our stuff was more laid back, more flow and feel good, more how records felt. The one thing about West Coast music, we had storytelling, it wasn’t crazy in-depth like that, but we had it.

Kendrick Lamar: “ the storytelling, just the storytelling, how in-depth the storytelling was. RBX is on it, Lady of Rage was on it, Kurupt was on it.” “What’s one of my favorite songs…There was a posse track I cannot think of the name of it. I remember them playing that and ‘I Got 5 On It’ like 10 times in a row on certain days.” I remember watching it on The Box, the cable channel you had to like order and call. Kendrick Lamar: “‘Who Am I (What’s My Name)’ is probably one of the first rap records I really learned all the way. Just with the storytelling and what represents the city today and kids around the world today.” It really kind of shapes and forms into an album like that. I really pattern… Like I listen to my album and how it’s broken down to 12 songs. “‘Lil’ Ghetto Boy’ was crazy because of the storytelling, and I do a lot of storytelling in this album. That’s the start of them house parties I always talk about growing up. Kendrick Lamar: “That was probably the first rap album I remember them playing in the house from top to bottom. He blended that into the streets and it was really from a raw standpoint. Cube talked about a lot of stuff that was going on in the world as well. “I’m sure it was a big influence, just what he talked about. ‘A Bird In The Hand’ is one of my favoritest joints. So I really doubled back to it a few years back and really sat down and listened to it. Kendrick Lamar: “I remember them playing that in the house as a kid but not really knowing how much it would influence the world.

Kind of like high pitched, you knew it was him every time he got on a track.” It stood out, the same way Eazy stood out. “I think his voice tone is really unique. I knew that he actually did the whole instrumentation behind it. I think somebody told me that ‘cause as a kid I never looked at Quik as just a rapper.

I kind of knew he made the beats too for some reason. “I got into it through both, me being a kid and listening to it. It was just something that was always played in my house. This is background music for me, way ahead of my time. Kendrick Lamar: “‘Sweet Black Pussy,’ I played that all day in my house. Complex and Kendrick Lamar takes you through his 25 Favorite Albums.