Complete List Of Kendrick Lamar Songs From A to Z

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Compton is at the center of Kendrick Lamar’s story, not just as the city where he was born and raised on June 17, 1987, but as the place that shaped the voice, themes, and perspective that would define his work. He began releasing music in high school under the name K.Dot, signed with Top Dawg Entertainment in 2005, and later co-founded Black Hippy. That early stretch led to Section.80 in 2011, the first of six studio albums that now form the backbone of one of the most important catalogs in modern hip hop.

The rise from there was steady, then explosive. Good Kid, M.A.A.D City in 2012 turned him into a major force and went on to become the longest-charting hip hop studio album on the Billboard 200. He followed it with To Pimp a Butterfly in 2015, Damn in 2017, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers in 2022, and GNX in 2024. Along the way he also released Untitled Unmastered in 2016, but the studio album count stands at six. His biggest hit singles and featured chart smashes include the remix of “Bad Blood,” which gave him his first Billboard Hot 100 number one, “Humble,” “Like That,” “Not Like Us,” “Squabble Up,” and “Luther.” “Luther” became his longest-charting number one in the United States, spending 13 weeks at the top.

What gives Lamar’s career its weight is that the commercial success has always been tied to ambitious records. To Pimp a Butterfly fused hip hop with jazz, funk, and soul drawn from the history of African American music. Damn pushed more directly into R&B and pop textures while still producing a defining single in “Humble.” Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers turned inward and marked the end of his tenure with Top Dawg and Aftermath. Then in 2024 he re-entered the center of popular culture through the Drake feud and GNX, a period that added even more chart power to a career that already had depth, range, and serious cultural force behind it.

The awards are staggering, and they explain a lot about why he is so deeply respected in the business. Lamar has won 27 Grammy Awards, the most by any rapper in history, along with 2 Primetime Emmy Awards, 5 American Music Awards, 37 BET Hip Hop Awards, 11 MTV Video Music Awards, 7 Billboard Music Awards, and a Brit Award. As a songwriter, he has also received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations. In 2018, Damn earned the Pulitzer Prize for Music, making him the first musician outside the classical and jazz fields to receive it. He also set a Grammy record for a rapper with 11 nominations in one night, and he became the first artist from any genre since Billy Joel to be nominated for Album of the Year with four consecutive lead studio albums.

He is so loved in this business because the work carries both craft and conviction. His music is rooted in West Coast hip-hop, but it is also defined by conscious, introspective writing, political criticism, and social commentary on African American culture. That has given him a position that reaches beyond sales and awards. He has been called one of the greatest rappers of all time, and the public recognition he has received has reflected that standing. He has appeared on Time’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world twice, made Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in music, and appeared on the Forbes Celebrity 100. He was declared a generational icon by the California State Senate in 2015 for his contributions to music and philanthropy, served as grand marshal of the Compton Christmas Parade, received the key to the city of Compton, and in 2024 delivered a surprise commencement speech at Compton College.

Outside music, Lamar’s work has been concrete and specific. He co-founded PGLang and expanded into film with Dave Free. In business and branding, he created a promotional song with Nosaj Thing for Microsoft’s Windows Phone, appeared in a Bacardi campaign with Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding, partnered with American Express for Art Basel and Small Business Saturday, became an angel investor in the music platform EngineEars, and worked as a brand ambassador and sneaker designer with Reebok and Nike. He also built notable relationships in fashion, including work with Grace Wales Bonner and Martine Rose, and through PGLang he composed the score and co-designed the stage for Chanel’s Spring and Summer 2024 haute couture collection.

His philanthropy and activism have been just as specific. He has supported Black Lives Matter, advocated for racial equality, praised Frank Ocean for coming out, and worked on a promotional video for Barack Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative. . Taken together, it is a career built on six major studio albums, era-defining singles, historic awards, and a body of work that has mattered both inside music and far beyond it.

He donated to the American Red Cross for Hurricane Sandy relief in 2012. In 2013, he gave $50,000 to Centennial High School for its music department. He donated all revenue from a small 2014 concert tour to Habitat for Humanity and his hometown.

In 2017, he purchased a wheelchair-accessible van for a quadriplegic fan. He has regularly performed at Top Dawg Entertainment’s annual toy drive at Nickerson Gardens and also organized his own toy drive in Compton. In 2020, he joined a peace walk protesting the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. In 2024, he spearheaded a $200,000 donation to 20 Los Angeles charities and community initiatives.

Complete List of Kendrick Lamar Songs from A to Z

Below is a complete alphabetical list of Kendrick Lamar’s songs, including the albums they were released on and the album release dates:

“6:16 in LA” – Kendrick Duckworth (2024)
“30 for 30” (with SZA) † – Kendrick Duckworth (2025)
“Ab-Soul’s Outro” (featuring Ab-Soul) – Section.80 (2011)
“A.D.H.D” – Section.80 (2011)
“Alien Girl (Today, W/ Her)” – Overly Dedicated (2010)
“All the Stars” (with SZA) † – Black Panther: The Album (2018)
“Alright” † – To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
“A Milli” – C4 (2009)
“The Art of Peer Pressure” – good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
“Auntie Diaries” – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022)
“Average Joe” (featuring Ab-Soul) – Overly Dedicated (2010)
“Backseat Freestyle” † – good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
“Barbed Wire” (featuring Ash Riser) – Overly Dedicated (2010)
“Best Rapper Under 25” – C4 (2009)
“Biggie” – Y.H.N.I.C. (Hub City Threat: Minor of the Year) (2004)
“Big Shot” (with Travis Scott) – Black Panther: The Album (2018)
“Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe” † – good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
“Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe (Remix)” (featuring Jay-Z) † – good kid, m.A.A.d city (Deluxe) (2013)
“Bitch I’m in the Club” – C4 (2009)
“Black Boy Fly” – good kid, m.A.A.d city (Deluxe Edition) (2012)
“Black Panther” – Black Panther: The Album (2018)
“The Blacker the Berry” † – To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
“BLOOD.” – DAMN. (2017)
“Bloody Waters” (performed by Ab-Soul, Anderson Paak, and James Blake) – Black Panther: The Album (2018)
“Blow My High (Members Only)” – Section.80 (2011)
“Cartoon and Cereal” (featuring Gunplay) – Kendrick Duckworth (2012)
“Celebration” – Kendrick Lamar (2009)
“Chapter Six” – Section.80 (2011)
“Chapter Ten” – Section.80 (2011)
“Complexion (A Zulu Love)” (featuring Rapsody) – To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
“Compton” (featuring Dr. Dre) – good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
“Compton Chemistry” – C4 (2009)
“Compton Life” – Y.H.N.I.C. (Hub City Threat: Minor of the Year) (2004)
“Count Me Out” – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022)
“Crown” – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022)
“Cut You Off (To Grow Closer)” – Overly Dedicated (2010)
“Determined” (featuring Ash Riser) – Kendrick Lamar (2009)
“Die Hard” (with Blxst and Amanda Reifer) † – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022)
“DNA.” – DAMN. (2017)
“dodger blue” (featuring Roddy Ricch, Siete7x, and Wallie the Sensei) – GNX (2024)
“Drop It Like It’s Hot (Freestyle)” (featuring Dave Free) – Y.H.N.I.C. (Hub City Threat: Minor of the Year) (2004)
“DUCKWORTH.” – DAMN. (2017)
“ELEMENT.” – DAMN. (2017)
“Euphoria” † – Kendrick Duckworth (2024)
“Faith” (featuring BJ the Chicago Kid and Punch) – Kendrick Lamar (2009)
“family ties” (with Baby Keem) † – Kendrick Duckworth (2021)
“Famous Pipe Game” (featuring Ab-Soul) – C4 (2009)
“Far From Here” (featuring Schoolboy Q) – Kendrick Lamar (2009)
“Father Time” (featuring Sampha) – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022)
“FEAR.” – DAMN. (2017)
“FEEL.” – DAMN. (2017)
“For Free? (Interlude)” – To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
“For Sale? (Interlude)” – To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
“Friend of Mine” – C4 (2009)
“Fu*K Your Ethnicity” – Section.80 (2011)
“G Code” – C4 (2009)
“gloria” (with SZA) – GNX (2024)
“gnx” (featuring Hitta J3, Peysoh, and YoungThreat) – GNX (2024)
“Go DJ” (featuring Dave Free) – Y.H.N.I.C. (Hub City Threat: Minor of the Year) (2004)
“GOD.” – DAMN. (2017)
“good kid” – good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
“Growing Apart (To Get Closer)” (featuring Jhené Aiko) – Overly Dedicated (2010)
“The Heart Pt. 2” (featuring Dash Snow) – Overly Dedicated (2010)
“The Heart Part 4” – Non-album promotional single (2017)
“The Heart Part 5” – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022)
“heart pt. 6” – GNX (2024)
“Heaven & Hell” (featuring Alori Joh) – Overly Dedicated (2010)
“hey now” (featuring Dody6) – GNX (2024)
“HiiiPoWeR” – Section.80 (2011)
“The Hillbillies” (with Baby Keem) – Non-album promotional single (2023)
“H.O.C.” (featuring Ab-Soul) – Overly Dedicated (2010)
“Hol’ Up” – Section.80 (2011)
“Hood Politics” – To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
“Hovi Baby” – Y.H.N.I.C. (Hub City Threat: Minor of the Year) (2004)
“How Much a Dollar Cost” (featuring James Fauntleroy and Ronald Isley) – To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
“How We Do” – Y.H.N.I.C. (Hub City Threat: Minor of the Year) (2004)
“HUMBLE.” – DAMN. (2017)
“i” – To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
“I Am” (performed by Jorja Smith) – Black Panther: The Album (2018)
“I Am (Interlude)” – Kendrick Lamar (2009)
“I Do This” (featuring Jay Rock) – Kendrick Lamar (2009)
“I Do This (Remix)” (featuring U-N-I, Skeme, and Brown) – Overly Dedicated (2010)
“Ignorance is Bliss” – Overly Dedicated (2010)
“Industry Niggas (Skit)” – Y.H.N.I.C. (Hub City Threat: Minor of the Year) (2004)
“Institutionalized” (featuring Bilal, Anna Wise, and Snoop Dogg) – To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
“Intro” – C4 (2009)
“Intro (HOVA Song Freestyle)” – Y.H.N.I.C. (Hub City Threat: Minor of the Year) (2004)
“Is It Love” (featuring Angela McCluskey) – Kendrick Lamar (2009)
“Keisha’s Song (Her Pain)” (featuring Ashtrobot) – Section.80 (2011)
“King Kunta” – To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
“King’s Dead” (with Jay Rock, Future, and James Blake) – Black Panther: The Album (2018)
“Kush & Corinthians” (featuring BJ the Chicago Kid) – Section.80 (2011)
“Let Me Be Me” – Kendrick Lamar (2009)
“Like That” (with Future and Metro Boomin) – Non-album single (2024)
“LOVE.” (featuring Zacari) – DAMN. (2017)
“LOYALTY.” (featuring Rihanna) – DAMN. (2017)
“LUST.” – DAMN. (2017)
“luther” (with SZA) – GNX (2024)
“m.A.A.d city” (featuring MC Eight) – good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
“man at the garden” – GNX (2024)
“Meet the Grahams” – Non-album single (2024)
“Michael Jordan” (featuring Schoolboy Q) – Overly Dedicated (2010)
“Mirror” – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022)
“Misunderstood” (featuring Jay Rock) – C4 (2009)
“Momma” – To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
“Money Trees” (featuring Jay Rock) – good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
“Mortal Man” – To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
“Mother I Sober” (featuring Beth Gibbons) – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022)
“Mr. Carter 2 (New Wayne Verse)” – C4 (2009)
“Mr. Morale” (with Tanna Leone) – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022)
“N95” – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022)
“Night of the Living Junkies” – Overly Dedicated (2010)
“No Make-Up (Her Vice)” (featuring Colin Munroe) – Section.80 (2011)
“Not Like Us” – Non-album single (2024)
“Now or Never” (featuring Mary J. Blige) – good kid, m.A.A.d city (Deluxe Edition) (2012)
“Opposites Attract (Tomorrow, W/O Her)” (featuring JaVonté) – Overly Dedicated (2010)
“Opps” (Vince Staples and Yugen Blakrok) – Black Panther: The Album (2018)
“P&P” (featuring Ab-Soul) – Kendrick Lamar (2009)
“P&P 1.5” (featuring Ab-Soul) – Overly Dedicated (2010)
“Paramedic” (SOB X RBE) – Black Panther: The Album (2018)
“peekaboo” (featuring AZChike) – GNX (2024)
“Phone Home” (featuring Punch) – C4 (2009)
“Play With Fire” – C4 (2009)
“Poe Mans Dreams (Her Vice)” (featuring GLC) – Section.80 (2011)
“Poetic Justice” (featuring Drake) – good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
“Pray for Me” (with The Weeknd) – Black Panther: The Album (2018)
“PRIDE.” – DAMN. (2017)
“Purple Hearts” (with Summer Walker and Ghostface Killah) – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022)
“Put That on Somethin'” – Y.H.N.I.C. (Hub City Threat: Minor of the Year) (2004)
“Range Brothers” (with Baby Keem) – Non-album single (2021)
“Real” (featuring Anna Wise) – good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
“The Recipe” – good kid, m.A.A.d city (Deluxe Edition) (2012)
“Redemption” (performed by Zacari and Babes Wodumo) – Black Panther: The Album (2018)
“Redemption Interlude” – Black Panther: The Album (2018)
“reincarnated” – GNX (2024)
“Rich (Interlude)” – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022)
“Rich Spirit” – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022)
“Ride Up” (featuring Freeway and Joe Budden) – Y.H.N.I.C. (Hub City Threat: Minor of the Year) (2004)
“Rigamortus” – Section.80 (2011)
“Ronald Reagan Era (His Evils)” – Section.80 (2011)
“R.O.T.C. (Interlude)” (featuring BJ the Chicago Kid) – Overly Dedicated (2010)
“Savior” (with Baby Keem and Sam Dew) – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022)
“Savior (Interlude)” – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022)
“Seasons” (performed by Mozzy, Sjava, and Reason) – Black Panther: The Album (2018)
“She Needs Me” (featuring JaVonté) – Kendrick Lamar (2009)
“She Needs Me (Remix)” (featuring Dom Kennedy and Murs) – Overly Dedicated (2010)
“Sherane a.k.a. Master Splinter’s Daughter” – good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
“Shot Down” (featuring Punch) – C4 (2009)
“Silent Hill” (with Kodak Black) – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022)
“Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst” – good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
“The Spiteful Chant” (featuring Schoolboy Q) – Section.80 (2011)
“squabble up” – GNX (2024)
“Still Hustlin” (featuring Ab-Soul and Jay Rock) – C4 (2009)
“Swimming Pools (Drank)” – good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
“Take Off Your Pants” (performed by Ab-Soul) – C4 (2009)
“Tammy’s Song (Her Evils)” – Section.80 (2011)
“Thanksgiving” (featuring Big Pooh) – Kendrick Lamar (2009)
“These Walls” – To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
“Trip” – Kendrick Lamar (2009)
“tv off” (featuring Lefty Gunplay) – GNX (2024)
“u” – To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
“Uncle Bobby & Jason Keaton” (featuring JaVonté) – Kendrick Lamar (2009)
“United in Grief” – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022)
“Vanity Slaves” – Kendrick Lamar (2009)
“Vanity Slaves, Pt. 2” (featuring Gucci Mane) – Non-album single (2011)
“wacced out murals” – GNX (2024)
“Wanna Be Heard” – Kendrick Lamar (2009)
“Watch the Party Die” – GNX (2024)
“The Ways” (performed by Khalid featuring Swae Lee) – Black Panther: The Album (2018)
“We Cry Together” (with Taylour Paige) – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022)
“Welcome to C4” (featuring Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, Schoolboy Q, and BO) – C4 (2009)
“Wesley’s Theory” – To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
“West Coast Wu Tang” (featuring Ab-Soul and Punch) – C4 (2009)
“What the Deal” – Y.H.N.I.C. (Hub City Threat: Minor of the Year) (2004)
“Worldwide Steppers” – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022)
“X” (performed by Schoolboy Q, 2 Chainz, and Saudi) – Black Panther: The Album (2018)
“XXX.” (featuring U2) – DAMN. (2017)
“YAH.” – DAMN. (2017)
“You Ain’t Gotta Lie (Momma Said)” – To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
“Young & Black” – C4 (2009)