Kendrick Lamar (EP)

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Kendrick Lamar
EP by Kendrick Lamar
Released	December 31, 2009 (2009-12-31)
Studio	TDE Red Room (Carson, California)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	62:28
Label	Top Dawg
Producer	Dude Dawg (exec.) Dee.Jay.Dave (exec.) Sounwave (also exec.) Black Milk The Foreign Exchange Insomnia Jake One King Blue Pete Rahk Q-Tip Wyldfyer
Kendrick Lamar chronology
C4 (2009) Kendrick Lamar (2009) Overly Dedicated (2010)

Kendrick Lamar (also referred to as The Kendrick Lamar EP) is the eponymous debut extended play (EP) by American rapper Kendrick Lamar. It was released on December 31, 2009, through Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE), as a free digital download.^[1] It is Lamar's first project to be released under his birth name; he previously released music under the stage name K.Dot from 2003 to late 2009.

Production on Kendrick Lamar was handled by Sounwave, Black Milk, Jake One, Q-Tip and Wyldfyer, among others. It features guest appearances from Angela McCluskey, Ab-Soul, JaVonte, Jay Rock, BJ the Chicago Kid, Punch, Schoolboy Q and Big Pooh. The EP premiered exclusively on DatPiff, and has since been downloaded over 1 million times on the platform.^[2]