Artist: Kendrick Lamar
Album: DAMN., DAMN. COLLECTORS EDITION.

Track Info: On “BLOOD.,” Kendrick is shot by a blind lady he’s trying to help. The blind woman can be thought of as representing consequences of the damnation referenced in the Book of Deuteronomy. The duality of obeying God and being blessed, or disobeying him and being damned—giving into “wickedness” or admitting your “weaknesses” and submitting yourself to God—play a major role throughout the album.

The outro is sampled from a clip of FOX News reporters criticizing Kendrick’s “Alright” performance at the 2015 BET Awards. Kendrick later responded to the criticism on TMZ Live, saying:

“How can you take a song that’s about hope and turn it into hatred? The overall message is ‘we’re gonna be alright.’ It’s not the message of ‘I wanna kill people.’”

Kendrick talked about the song in an interview with Zane Lowe at Coachella, and he kept the mystery behind the song secret:

“What I can I say about that, without saying about that. It is… one of the most interesting pieces on the record. Man, I don’t even think I can find the wit… to tell you about that record, without telling you about that record. There’s a new life, its a new life.
Lowe: Is it the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning?
I can’t tell you that. That’s what I can’t tell you. Come on now, that’s the whole thing.
Lowe: I had to ask though.
(laughs) I know. That’s the whole thing.”

Producer: Bēkon, Top Dawg
Writers: Kendrick Lamar, Bēkon, Top Dawg
Mastering Engineer: Mike Bozzi
Mixing Engineer: Tyler Page, Mixed by Ali, Ya Boy N.O.I.S.
Additional Vocals: Bēkon
Performance Rights: BMI
Publisher: Warner Music Group, Warner/Chappell, Top Dawg Entertainment, Hard Working Black Folks Publishing, Universal Music Group, Danikeyz Productions
Label: Top Dawg Entertainment, Interscope Records, Aftermath Entertainment
Phonographic Copyright ©: Top Dawg Entertainment, Interscope Records, Aftermath Entertainment
Copyright ©: Top Dawg Entertainment, Interscope Records, Aftermath Entertainment

Samples:
Bob Dylan - One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)
Fox News - Reaction to Kendrick Lamar's 2015 BET Awards Performance

Sampled in:
Soup Shïva - What happens on earth
My Allegory - My Allegory

Interpolates:
Kendrick Lamar - Alright

Release Date: 2017-04-14

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Kendrick Lamar Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/de/artist/kendrick-lamar/368183298?l=en