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Building on the metaphor drawn in “Wesley’s Theory,” we find Kendrick continuing to fall victim to the pimps of the record industry.
This interlude is very similar to the song “Tramp” by Otis Redding, also featuring a girl dissing our favorite artist.
During a Twitter Q&A Kendrick cited this as his favorite song off the album.
According to Songfacts, pianist Robert Glasper told Slate Magazine:
"I asked, ‘What kind of vibe do you want?’ Terrace was like: ‘Straight up, Kenny Kirkland, Branford , late '80s.’ And I knew exactly what he was talking about. I mean, that’s what we grew up on, that kind of jazz. I did like one take or two takes, but he was like, ‘Nah bud, dig in. Don’t worry about a thing, don’t think of it like a hip-hop thing or anything like that. Really dig in, like you’re hitting at the Vanguard or some s–t.
But then, once I recorded it, Kendrick had a great idea. There’s a part where he starts this pattern . So he asked could I do something to complement that. So then I went back in on it again, and I started playing these chords to go along with it. …
I was actually thinking of it like he was a saxophone player, you know what I mean. Not like a singer or an MC, but literally like a saxophone player, it was like some jazz s–t. So it was dope when he said 'Hey, do this.’ I didn’t want to do too much, you know, because I wanted his s–t to be heard. And he was like, ‘Nah, do this on that part.’ And I was like, ‘Wow. That’s something I would’ve done anyways if you were a saxophone player, but I was trying to be a certain way with it.’ And he was like, ‘Nah. Do that s–t.’“
This was the first time was seeing me sit down at the piano and play. So then, once I played that song, he was like: ‘Oh, snap! This is dope.’"
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