"It's really no response [to him]," Lamar s. "I'm not a sensitive guy, so that's his opinion. Can't stop what the world thinks, so yeah, that's him."
With first week sale predictions flying above the 200K range, the Compton native is humbled by the support. "It feels great, lets me know that people still wanna' hear good music, real music. Music that has a connection, rather than just one artist, or one record on the radio."
Even though some have already pegged his first album a classic, Lamar feels that it's too soon to wear such a heavy crown. "The attention and great reception it's been getting... it's overwhelming. People are labeling this a classic even without the years behind it so it's a great feeling."
But don't get it twisted, his intention was to hit a home run. "It's classic worthy, you know? But it has to stand with the time and have the years behind it. Right now it's classic worthy and people [will] look back and say, 'Kendrick's first album really, really, really outdid everything else and became a classic.' I went into it with intentions of making it a classic, so I'm glad everybody's saying that now."
Going into the latter half of the year Lamar plans on continuing to promote the project stateside, before heading to Europe.
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