Courtney Love has said she has a “mad crush” on rapper Kendrick Lamar and “would love” to collaborate on new music with him. The Hole frontwoman, 60, recently released a cover of Tim Buckley’s “Song to the Siren” with rapper 070 Shake. Speaking to The Standard in an interview published on Tuesday (November 26), Love discussed other artists she would like to record with and said: “I would love to work with Kendrick Lamar.
I have a mad crush on him.” Lamar surprise released his sixth album, GNX , last Friday . “He’s undoubtedly the best hip-hop writer ever; his flow is beautiful and his lyrics thoughtful,” said Love of Lamar, 37.
“Kendrick — if you’re reading this — did you listen to Leonard Cohen or Bowie growing up? Because it sounds like it! Plus, political-era Bob Dylan?” Love added. “Dude..
. seriously..
. he’s a genius.” Although Lamar’s new album arrived unannounced, it was much anticipated by fans.
In a five-star review of his last record Mr. Morale and the High Steppers , The Independent’s Ben Bryant described Lamar as the “defining poet of his generation.” In December 2019, The Independent named Lamar’s third album To Pimp a Butterfly as the best album of the preceding decade .
Just one year prior, he became the first rapper ever to win a Pulitzer Prize for Music for his fourth album, Damn . Lamar has spent much of the past year embroiled in a feud with Canadian rapper Drake. While the beef between Lamar and Drake goes b.