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Kendrick Lamar and Pharrell guest on Mike WiLL Made-It’s ‘The Mantra’
The song appears on the upcoming ‘Creed II’ soundtrack.
Since finishing the tour for last year’s ‘DAMN.’ with a host of European festival performances this summer - ending with headline slots at Reading & Leeds - Kendrick Lamar has been relatively quiet.
Recently, though, he appeared on ‘Tints’, a new one from Anderson .Paak’s upcoming ‘Oxnard’ LP.
Now, he’s appeared alongside Pharrell on ‘The Mantra’, a new track by producer Mike WiLL Made-It, who produced the lion’s share of ‘DAMN.’.
The song appears on the upcoming ‘Creed II’ soundtrack, for the follow-up to the 2015 ‘Rocky’ reboot.
Back in September, it was revealed that a new Kendrick Lamar album is ‘nearly finished’, but we haven’t heard anything more on that just yet.
While we wait, listen to ‘The Mantra’ below.
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