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 only as the city where he was born and raised, but as the place that shaped the voice, themes, and perspective that would define his work. Born Kendrick Lamar Duckworth on June 17, 1987, he began releasing music in high school under the name K.Dot, signed with Top Dawg Entertainment in 2005, and later became part of Black Hippy. That early stretch led to Section.80 in 2011, the first of six studio albums that 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 arrived in 2012 and turned Lamar into a major force. He followed it with To Pimp a Butterfly in 2015, DAMN. in 2017, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers in 2022, and GNX in 2024. He also released untitled unmastered. in 2016 and curated Black Panther: The Album in 2018. His number-one singles include the remix of “Bad Blood,” “HUMBLE.,” “Like That,” “Not Like Us,” “squabble up,” and “luther.” The SZA collaboration “luther” spent 13 consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

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 retaining the moral and psychological tension of his writing. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers turned inward and marked the end of his tenure with Top Dawg Entertainment and Aftermath. In 2024, he returned to the center of popular culture through a series of recordings connected to his feud with Drake and the surprise release of GNX.

Lamar has won 27 Grammy Awards from 66 nominations, making him the rapper with the most Grammy wins. At the 2026 ceremony, he added five awards, including Record of the Year for “luther,” Best Rap Album for GNX, and Best Rap Song for “tv off.” In 2018, DAMN. received the Pulitzer Prize for Music, making Lamar the first winner from outside the classical and jazz traditions.

His music is rooted in West Coast hip-hop, but it is also defined by conscious and introspective writing, political criticism, and social commentary on African American life and culture. That combination has given him a position that extends beyond sales and awards. He has appeared on Time’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world, received recognition from the California State Senate, served as grand marshal of the Compton Christmas Parade, received the key to the city of Compton, and delivered a surprise commencement speech at Compton College in 2024.

Outside music, Lamar co-founded pgLang with Dave Free and expanded into film, visual production, fashion, and brand partnerships. His work has included collaborations with Reebok and Nike, relationships with designers including Grace Wales Bonner and Martine Rose, and a pgLang project for Chanel’s Spring and Summer 2024 haute couture presentation.

His philanthropy and activism have remained closely tied to Compton and Los Angeles. He donated to Hurricane Sandy relief in 2012, gave $50,000 to Centennial High School’s music department in 2013, supported Habitat for Humanity and hometown programs, purchased a wheelchair-accessible van for a quadriplegic fan in 2017, and regularly participated in Top Dawg Entertainment’s annual toy drive at Nickerson Gardens. In 2020, he joined a peace walk protesting the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. In 2024, he helped direct a $200,000 donation to 20 Los Angeles charities and community initiatives.

Following GNX, Lamar continued appearing on major collaborative releases. He joined Clipse on “Chains & Whips” in 2025 and appeared with Momo Boyd on Baby Keem’s “Good Flirts” in 2026, extending a catalog that ranges from early K.Dot mixtapes to Pulitzer-winning albums, soundtrack projects, chart-topping singles, and high-profile guest performances.

Complete List Of Kendrick Lamar Songs From A to Z

“6:16 in LA” – Instagram release (2024)
“30 for 30” (SZA with Kendrick Lamar) – SOS Deluxe: LANA (2024)
“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)
“The Blacker the Berry” – To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
“Black Panther” – Black Panther: The Album (2018)
“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) – non-album track (2012)
“Celebration” – Kendrick Lamar (2009)
“Chains & Whips” (Clipse featuring Kendrick Lamar) – Let God Sort Em Out (2025)
“Chapter Six” – Section.80 (2011)
“Chapter Ten” – Section.80 (2011)
“Collect Calls” (featuring Kent Jamz) – good kid, m.A.A.d city (Deluxe Edition) (2012)
“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)
“County Building Blues” – good kid, m.A.A.d city bonus track (2012)
“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” – single (2024)
“Faith” (featuring BJ the Chicago Kid and Punch) – Kendrick Lamar (2009)
“family ties” (Baby Keem with Kendrick Lamar) – The Melodic Blue (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)
“F*ck Your Ethnicity” – Section.80 (2011)
“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)
“G Code” – C4 (2009)
“gloria” (with SZA) – GNX (2024)
“gnx” (featuring Hitta J3, Peysoh, and YoungThreat) – GNX (2024)
“GOD.” – DAMN. (2017)
“Go DJ” (featuring Dave Free) – Y.H.N.I.C. (Hub City Threat: Minor of the Year) (2004)
“Good Flirts” (Baby Keem featuring Kendrick Lamar and Momo Boyd) – Ca$ino (2026)
“good kid” – good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
“Growing Apart (To Get Closer)” (featuring Jhené Aiko) – Overly Dedicated (2010)
“The Heart Part 1” – non-album release (2010)
“The Heart Part 4” – Non-album promotional single (2017)
“The Heart Part 5” – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022)
“The Heart Pt. 2” (featuring Dash Snow) – Overly Dedicated (2010)
“The Heart Pt. 3 (Will You Let It Die?)” – non-album release (2012)
“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” (Future, Metro Boomin, and Kendrick Lamar) – We Don’t Trust You (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 Eiht) – 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)
“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)
“P&P” (featuring Ab-Soul) – Kendrick Lamar (2009)
“P&P 1.5” (featuring Ab-Soul) – Overly Dedicated (2010)
“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” (Baby Keem with Kendrick Lamar) – The Melodic Blue (2021)
“Real” (featuring Anna Wise) – good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
“The Recipe” (featuring Dr. Dre) – 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)
“untitled 01 | 08.19.2014.” – untitled unmastered. (2016)
“untitled 02 | 06.23.2014.” – untitled unmastered. (2016)
“untitled 03 | 05.28.2013.” – untitled unmastered. (2016)
“untitled 04 | 08.14.2014.” – untitled unmastered. (2016)
“untitled 05 | 09.21.2014.” – untitled unmastered. (2016)
“untitled 06 | 06.30.2014.” – untitled unmastered. (2016)
“untitled 07 | 2014–2016” – untitled unmastered. (2016)
“untitled 08 | 09.06.2014.” – untitled unmastered. (2016)
“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” – Instagram release (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” (with 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)

Kendrick Lamar Studio Albums

Section.80 (2011)

good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)

To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)

DAMN. (2017)

Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022)

GNX (2024)

Kendrick Lamar Mixtapes, EPs, and Selected Additional Releases

Y.H.N.I.C. (Hub City Threat: Minor of the Year) (2004)

C4 (2009)

Kendrick Lamar (2009)

Overly Dedicated (2010)

untitled unmastered. (2016)

Black Panther: The Album (2018)

Black Panther: The Album Music From And Inspired By The Film Explicit Lyrics

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