TDEEST. 2008Carson & Watts, Los Angeles, CA
Black Hippy / TDE
Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, and Jay Rock sharpening their pens in Carson studio marathons.
SIGNATURE PROJECT
good kid, m.A.A.d city / To Pimp a Butterfly
STYLE FOCUS
Multi-Voice Concept Architecture, Intricate Cadence Switches & West Coast Depth
CLASSIC CATALOG / PLAQUES
6 Classics • 19 Plaques
COLLECTIVE LYRICISTS (3)
Young Guru's Prodigy • DENSITY 97%
Rapsody
Soul-Sample Metaphor Chains, Extended Homophones & Carolina Soul
K.Dot / Kung Fu Kenny • DENSITY 97%
Kendrick Lamar
Multi-Character Vocal Inflections, Conceptual Album Arcs & Syncopated Internal Bursts
The Fall Off / Simba • DENSITY 96%
J. Cole
Extended Multi-Syllable Scheme Persistence & First-Person Relatability
VERIFIED SESSIONS & CLASSIC 16s (3)
Cypher Session • 2013
2013 TDE BET Hip Hop Awards Cypher
“Yeah, and nothing's been the same since they dropped 'Control' / And tucked a sensitive rapper back in his pajama clothes.”
Radio Freestyle • 2021
LA Leakers Freestyle #103 (Over '93 'til Infinity' & 'Still D.R.E.')
“I'm from theVille where they bang for the dollar bill / Still on the 93 'til infinity hill.”
Radio Freestyle • 2019
'Complexion' Final Verse & Jamla Studio Freestyle
“Twelve years a slave to the pen—now every bar is emancipation.”