was certified platinum, making it KendrickвЂ™s third straight platinum album and 2017вЂ™s first platinum-selling rap album. All 14 songs charted on the Billboard Hot 100 after the first week of tracking, dated with вЂњHUMBLE.вЂќ and вЂњDNA.вЂќ charting at #1 and #4 respectively. was the most critically acclaimed hip-hop album of the year, holding a 97/100 average rating on Metacritic. It was the biggest week for an album thus far in 2017.ДЄt the time of its release, DAMN. debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart with 603,000 equivalent album units sold. That Sunday night, Lamar closed the first weekend of Coachella with an acclaimed performance of new tracks from DAMN., as well as fan favorites from To Pimp a Butterfly, and good kid, m.A.A.d city. This theory received heavy press, ranging from hopefulness to ridicule in traditional and social media. on Good Friday, K.Dot would drop a second album entitled NATION. The theory alleged that after the release of DAMN. and вЂњThe Heart Part 4вЂќ-were spun by fans on Reddit into an elaborate conspiracy theory. When TDE contributor Sounwave cautioned fans that the leaked album was not the official cut, this, along with other evidence-including lyrics from DAMN. An early version of the album leaked hours before the official one, with slight differences. On April 11, 2017, the tracklist and album cover was revealed through KendrickвЂ™s Twitter account. was released, titled вЂњHUMBLE.вЂќ A week later, the title and the number of tracks was revealed on the iTunes pre-order. On March 30, 2017, the first single from DAMN. I think he was trying to get back to K-Dot, get back to his roots, sag his pants, really roll through the hood for this album. HeвЂ™s been Kendrick Lamar for a while, and Kendrick Lamar is the good kid, heвЂ™s the more introspective kid.

He also spoke about how the project would contain somewhere around 12 tracks and feature a more вЂњcommercial sound,вЂќ as opposed to KendrickвЂ™s last two projects- To Pimp A Butterfly and untitled unmastered.-which feature a notably jazz-influenced sound.Д«lack Hippy member, Top Dawg Entertainment labelmate and close friend of Lamar, Ab-Soul, discussed LamarвЂ™s purpose on DAMN.

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