Chart-topping rapper Kendrick Lamar has just released "DAMN", a fourteen-track album which features a number of big-name guests.
Rihanna
The world's most famous Barbadian is a guest vocalist on the album's sixth track "Loyalty". The Grammy award-winner, who launched her album "Anti" last year, adds a languorous vocal to this track. Rihanna is busy on all fronts at the moment -- she was cast in the upcoming "Valerian" and "Ocean's Eight" and has also put her name to a collection for the Swiss jeweler Chopard and also been
U2
The Irish group U2 guest on the track "XXX". The voice of singer Bono can be heard two minutes 40 seconds into the track, which paints a somber picture of the US after the departure of Barack Obama and the arrival of Donald Trump at the White House.
Zacari
Pitchfork reports that the track "Love" features Los Angeles-based singer Zacari.
Mike WiLL Made-It
The album has a number of famous producers, not least of whom is Mike WiLL Made-It. He's responsible for a string of mega-hits including Rihanna's "Pour It Up" and Miley Cyrus's "We Can't Stop". Mike WiLL Made-It produced "HUMBLE", the first single from the album, as well as "DNA" and "XXX".
BADBADNOTGOOD
Another big-name producer on the album is BADBADNOTGOOD whose other tracks include Rihanna's "Sex with Me" from "Anti", Kaytranada's "Weight Off" and Mac Miller's "Perfect Circle / Godspeed". He produced "Lust" on Lamar's album.
"DAMN" also features tracks produced by Anthony Tiffith and DJ Dahi.
