Lamar also gave insight into his current workflow in his message, writing that he has been going “months without a phone” and “collecting old Beach cruisers” as he works on new music. “As I continue to pursue my life’s calling.” “May the Most High continue to use Top Dawg as a vessel for candid creators,” Lamar added in his note. Co-president Dave Free, a close collaborator of Lamar’s who co-founded at-service company pgLang with the rapper last year, left the label in 2019. However, in recent years, TDE has faced allegations of mismanagement from prominent artists like SZA. And through projects like Black Panther: The Album and his Black Hippy collective, Lamar worked closely with his TDE labelmates including SZA, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, and ScHoolboy Q. and the soundtrack to Black Panther, which he executive-produced. 1 albums, also including the compilation untitled unmastered.
And most importantly, the Brotherhood.” (Curiously, he also signed the message as “oklama.” Do we have an album title?) With his 2012 breakout album, good kid, m.A.A.d city, Lamar became one of the label’s most prominent artists his two following albums, 2015’s To Pimp a Butterfly and 2017’s DAMN., are regularly considered among the best of the 2010s. “As I produce my final TDE album, I feel joy to have been a part of such a cultural imprint after 17 years,” Lamar wrote. The rapper shared a message on a new website,, saying he is currently working on his “final” album for Top Dawg Entertainment, the label where he began his career. Kendrick Lamar is gearing up to end an era.