Earlier this morning, Kendrick Lamar unveiled the cover and full track list for his next album DAMN. Perhaps the most surprising bit of news that came with the reveal is the revelation that U2 nabbed a feature on the record. The Irish rock group show up on a track titled “XXX,” which features production work from Mike Will Made-It.
Needless to say the idea of one of the biggest bands in recorded history pairing up in a support role to lend an assist to one of the most lyrically adept MCs of all-time got a lot of people on the Internet very stirred up.
Some people were excited by the news.
https://twitter.com/IAmJayBreeze92/status/851780884877516800
Kendrick got a U2 feature? pic.twitter.com/jVsbGGPZnj
— Beauty Maven 🇬🇩 (@ShadinaAdia) April 11, 2017
U2 is featured on the new Kendrick album. This is gonna piss just about everyone off except for me.
I love it.
— Matty (@matt1all) April 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/big_business_/status/851757660898832384
Others weren’t as thrilled by U2’s presence.
U2 feature on "DAMN" pic.twitter.com/lTEDl7FlYi
— Qloud Strife (@HQ_4) April 11, 2017
looking closer at Kendrick's tracklist hoping i didn't just see "featuring U2" pic.twitter.com/kUHL8ktImf
— maurice (@tallmaurice) April 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/jaysonbuford/status/851785605818314754
I think U2 + Kendrick might be a perfect storm of hate for some people.
— ABSOLUTE ROASTER (@chewacow) April 11, 2017
Others wondered what the album might do for U2’s reputation coming after the firestorm they sparked when they tried to include their last album Songs Of Innocence on everyone’s iPhone.
Why is it that all of a sudden people are excited for Kendrick to feature U2 but then hated on them when they gave their album for free🤔
— David Maya (@dmq1721) April 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/calgon7/status/851784428531712000
Kendrick got U2 to feature on his album so y'all could never delete the shit.
— ❁ (@supremeWEAVE) April 11, 2017
While some wondered at the budget implications.
TDE President"Kids we ran out of budget for this new Kendrick album cause of Rihanna and U2 Who wanna help with the cover?" @kendricklamour pic.twitter.com/tBrFTJ1aep
— IncogNEGRO (@AnthonyATLien) April 11, 2017
After weeks of crazy anticipation, Kendrick’s next album Damn is set to drop this Friday. Check out the full track list below, which also includes a guest verse from Rihanna.
Check out the full track list below.
1. “Blood”
2. “DNA”
3. “Yah”
4. “Element”
5. “Feel”
6. “Loyalty” Featuring Rihanna
7. “Pride”
8. “Humble”
9. “Lust”
10. “Love”
11. “XXX” Featuring U2
12. “Fear”
13. “God”
14. “Duckworth”
