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Kendrick Lamar appears to be working on a new album, and Terrace Martin has continued to fuel excitement for it.
The Los Angeles-based producer was on Instagram Live on Tuesday (June 4) when he shared his enthusiasm for K. Dot’s next project, claiming it will help solidify the West Coast’s place at the top in the rap game.
When a fan commented on his stream saying that “the West Coast about to return to the Mecca of Hip Hop,” Martin responded: “We always been the Mecca, bro. We take a little break sometimes. We gotta take breaks to let the other people have a little bit. We back, though.”
He then hyped up Kendrick’s upcoming album, as well as future releases from fellow Compton natives YG and Roddy Ricch and West Coast hitmaker Mustard.
“Aye, let me tell y’all the records I’m excited for. I’m excited for YG’s album, I’m excited for Mustard’s album. I’m excited for a lot of people, but there’s two albums, I’m going crazy, I can’t wait ’til they drop,” he said.
“Roddy Ricch album and whenever Kendrick drops his album, I’m excited for those two. Those two Compton artists is like, I’m excited. So much shit bubbling, you know?”
Terrace Martin previously revealed that he was in the studio with Roddy Ricch last month and that he’s also been working with Kendrick Lamar on new material.
“I’ve been locked in with Roddy Ricch creating something special. The Navy album,” he posted to X (formerly Twitter) last week.
When a fan responded by asking him: “Sounds like a big W. But who is locked in with Dot now?” the producer simply replied: “All of us.”
Martin has contributed to the majority of Kendrick’s albums, producing songs such as “Loyalty” from DAMN., five songs on To Pimp a Butterfly including “King Kunta,” and “m.A.A.d city” from good kid, m.A.A.d city.
K. Dot has also featured on many of Martin’s solo projects.
Roddy Ricch, meanwhile, released “Survivor’s Remorse,” the lead single from his upcoming album, last week.
During a recent episode of HipHopDX‘s The Bigger Picture, DJ Hed spoke highly about Roddy’s next LP and revealed he’s working closely with some of Kendrick’s collaborators.
“There’s more intention on [this] record. It’s a cohesive effort,” he said. “I don’t want to reveal too much, but he has people coming — same people that Dot is working with — coming in and building the sound of what the album is gonna be, what it feels like, the texture, the subject matter.”
He added: “And then sidebar: he’s grown as a man. He’s living real life.”
Lizzo has made it clear that she never abandoned her album Love in Real Life.
The “Juice” artist recently responded to rumors that the project had been cancelled after fans expected it to arrive last year. Rather than putting out the album at the time, Lizzo instead released the mixtape My Face Hurts From Smiling in June.
During a new conversation with Billboard, the “Truth Hurts” singer explained that the album itself was never scrapped and is still the same body of work she plans to release on June 5 under its new title, B**ch.
“I think the biggest misconception about my album is that I shelved Love in Real Life when I didn't,” she said. “(B**ch) is technically the same album. I just changed the name. The music is the same.”
Lizzo shared that the main difference between the earlier version of the project and the upcoming release was taking away the original title track, which eventually led to the album being renamed.
“When you change the name of something, it changes its destiny,” the singer explained. “Like, when I went from Melissa to Lizzo, it changed my destiny.”
“When this album went from Love in Real Life to Bch, it changed the trajectory of its past,” she continued. “I do think that I feel like I can express myself the way that I want to express myself right now through Bch. I think Love in Real Life was really sombre and a little bit more introspective, and I think B**ch is a little bit more empowered and self actualised and bold.”
Before the newly titled album arrives, Lizzo has already released the singles B**ch and Don’t Make Me Love U.
The artist had previously spoken about stepping away from Love in Real Life during an earlier interview with Vulture, saying the project “just wasn't what I was feeling right now”.
She also mentioned that much of the album had originally been written back in 2022.
“By 2025, I've changed, the world has changed so much, and so much has happened,” she said. “I was like, ‘I need to do s**t differently, and I don't know what it is, but I'm going to just start following my instincts.’”
