Kendrick Lamar has confirmed the details of his new album. Titled DAMN. the record will be released on April 14. It features the single “Humble” plus collaborations with Rihanna and U2 on the tracks “Loyalty” and “xxx” respectively. The artwork, seen above, is a picture of Lamar wearing a simple white tee in front of a brick wall.
Last week it was reported that the album features production credits for BADBADNOTGOOD, Mike WiLL-Made It, DJ Dahi, Sounwave, 9th Wonder, the Alchemist, Greg Kurstin, and a “J. Blake.”
The DAMN. tracklist is as follows:
1. “Blood”
2. “DNA”
3. “Yah”
4. “Element”
5. “Feel”
6. “Loyalty” f. Rihanna
7. “Pride”
8. “Humble”
9. “Lust”
10. “Love”
11. “xxx” f. U2
12. “Fear”
13. “God”
14. “Duckworth”
The song titles don’t give a lot away and are mostly monosyllabic, referencing seven deadly sin-style emotions like ‘lust’, ‘pride’ and ‘fear’. The album’s closer is ‘Duckworth’ – Kendrick’s surname.
It remains to be seen what genre the record will be. ‘HUMBLE.’ suggested a departure from the jazz and funk of TPAB and untitled. unmastered. toward something more stripped back, – this artwork and these simplistic song titles would seem to continue that.
