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Training Day
(06/17/1987) (Kendrick Lamar was born in Compton, California) (2001) (Kendrick starts rapping and using the moniker "K-Dot" as a stage name) (Late 2004) (Kendrick releases his local mixtape, Youngest Head Nigga in Charge) (02/16/2007) (Kendrick releases his second mixtape, Training Day)
Training Day is Kendrick Lamar’s second mixtape, but formally considered by himself his debut mixtape, he was 18 at the time and went under the name “K-Dot.” In this mixtape, Kendrick raps to many old-school beats as well as some new ones, like The Notorious B.I.G’s “Who Shot Ya” and André 3000’s “Prototype.” It also features an interview with DJ Dave, one of the primary beat producers for this tape.
Training Day
3 Minutes of Watts (feat. J-Rock) (prod. Don-P)
K-Dot era track featuring Jay Rock (under the name "J-Rock"). Leaked by producer Don-P.
In a February 2007 interview released only in April 2012 by DubCNN, Kendrick explained how his connection with The Game came to happen: "My big homie Top Dawg set that up. He put us in the studio, we got it in, did freestyles. My man actually battled him." This meeting took place in mid 2006.
0 OG File(s) 3 Full 0 Tagged 0 Partial 0 Snippet(s) 0 Stem Bounce(s) 2 Unavailable
No Sleep 'Til NYC (Collaboration with Jay Rock)
(02/16/2007) (Kendrick releases his second mixtape, Training Day) (11/13/2007) (Kendrick releases his third mixtape, No Sleep 'Til NYC, with Jay Rock)
No Sleep 'Til NYC is the third mixtape by American rapper Kendrick Lamar, then known as "K.Dot", and Jay Rock. It was released on November 13, 2007. The mixtape contains 26 tracks and features Punch on a handful of tracks.
No Sleep 'Til NYC
Freeway (Freeway Freestyle)
Uploaded by DeeReez on MySpace sometime in 2007. Samples "Driving Down The Freeway" by The Outlawz & Young Buck. Song's beat was later reused by Jay Rock on the Do It Nigga Squad, Vol. 1 mixtape and ultimately ended up on ScHoolboy Q's Schoolboy Turned Hustla mixtape.
Mentioned by DeeReez and TDE's MackWop on both Dave Free and Kendrick's old MySpace pages. Likely features Dave Free production. Lyrics include: "K-Dot finally lying them down honestly, lying, honest"
When Kendrick first started working on his debut album, he collaborated with different producers at the time: "We knocked out about three tracks, and they all came out blazing. We're probably gonna have to keep all three of them for the album." The project also originally featured in-house production from Sounwave and 4th Quarter. He wanted a scheduled release for July-August.
0 OG File(s) 9 Full 0 Tagged 1 Partial 0 Snippet(s) 0 Stem Bounce(s) 0 Unavailable
C4
(11/13/2007) (Kendrick releases his third mixtape, No Sleep 'Til NYC, with Jay Rock) (01/30/2009) (Kendrick releases his fourth mixtape, C4)
C4 is the fourth mixtape by American rapper Kendrick Lamar, then known as "K.Dot". It was released on January 30, 2009 through Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE). The mixtape contains 17 tracks and includes guest appearances from Lamar's TDE label-mates Ab-Soul, Punch, Jay Rock, ScHoolboy Q, and BO. The mixtape was heavily inspired by fellow American rapper Lil Wayne’s 2008 critically acclaimed album, Tha Carter III (C3), being mostly composed of freestyles over instrumentals from Wayne’s album in addition to a couple of original tracks.
C4
Bitch I'm In The Club (Censored) (prod. DJ Dave)
OG Filename (Metadata): Bitch Im In The CLub NEW Leaked by Gamma May 11, 2023. Samples "Got Money" by Lil' Wayne.
OG Filename (Metadata): the best first bounce Completed song from around 2008-2009, likely recorded during the C4 sessions and intended for the mixtape.
Snippet leaked on June 14, 2023 by koolaidmann, another snippet leaked on August 20th, 2025. Song is 1:40 in length with one Jay Rock verse and Kendrick hook. Leaked as a bonus from the Teach Me How To Pray group buy. Most likely a throwaway from Coming Soon To A Hood Near You.
⭐️ Jay Rock - You My Bitch (feat. K-Dot) (TMB, That's My Bitch)
Snippet leaked on April 29th, 2023. Completed Jay Rock song from 2008 featuring Kendrick. Most likely a throwaway from Coming Soon To A Hood Near You. Groupbuy finished on May 5, 2023.
Jay Rock - TMB [Alt.] (feat. K-Dot) (You My Bitch, That's My Bitch)
Bounced version of "You My Bitch" leaked on May 5, 2023 following a successful groupbuy. Was sent as an alternate version but doesn't seem to be different than the actual song, just in duration.
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The Kendrick Lamar EP (The Kendrick Lamar LP, Kendrick Lamar)
(01/30/2009) (Kendrick releases C4 mixtape) (Mid 2009) (Kendrick scraps the Before I Commit Suicide mixtape and the original version of good kid, m.A.A.d city) (12/31/2009) (Kendrick releases "The Kendrick Lamar EP", a street album)
Kendrick Lamar is an EP by American rapper Kendrick Lamar that was released as a free digital download on December 31, 2009 by Top Dawg Entertainment. It is his first project to be released under his birth name, previously releasing music under the moniker K.Dot, from 2006 to mid 2009. Executive produced by DudeDawg, dee:jay:dave and Sounwave.
The Kendrick Lamar EP
❓✨ Came From The Bottom (feat. ???)
Randomly leaked on August 26, 2023 by okcool. Claimed to probably be from 2009. Second verse was reused on B. Martin's song "I Want It All".
A throwaway from the The Kendrick Lamar EP sessions. Kendrick's verse would be later reused on his feature for J-Lie's 2011 song "Double XL". Samples "Black Swan Lake" by Janko Nilovic.
Discussion 2
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yknow what i will do