Kendrick Lamar’s “GNX” Producer Reveals He Only Gave Him The Title Track Beat Days Ago

Kendrick Lamar apparently only received the beat for the title track from his new album, GNX, days before its release. Rascal, who is credited as one of the producers on the song, shared a text exchange of himself and Lamar on his Instagram in which he requested “some ignorant west sh*t.” In doing so, Rascal noted that the back and forth was only “two days ago.”

“I want it some ignorant west sh*t… I’m bout to hit the studio now,” Lamar wrote in his full text message. When NFR Podcast reshared the post on X (formerly Twitter), fans expressed how impressed they were by the new effort. “Kendrick always chooses quality over quantity. It doesn’t matter how long it takes, he can record a whole album in a day. Goat for a reason,” one fan replied. Others theorized that Lamar has another project on the way. “The stuff he talks about on the album, it’s clear he made this in about 2 months. I suspect another album is dropping very soon…” one user wrote.

Lamar dropped the entirety of GNX on Friday as a complete surprise to fans. The project features appearances from AzChike, Deyra Barrera, Dody6, Hitta J3, Ink, Peysoh, Roddy Ricch, Sam Dew, Siete, SZA, Wallie the Sensei, and YoungThreat. On the production side, he worked primarily with Sounwave and Jack Antonoff as well as Rascal, Mustard, Sean Momberger, and more.

The release comes as he continues to prepare for his headlining set at the Super Bowl Halftime Show in February. He references the performance on the opening track to the new album, “wacced out murals,” noting that Lil Wayne was unhappy with the NFL choosing him. Check out Rascal’s post about working with Kendrick Lamar below.