Kendrick Lamar speaks, says call his new single a "Statement" (Article)

#AMPtv got the word that Kendrick Lamar’s song “i” which dropped Tuesday (September 23), should be considered a "statement" he prefers the cut not be labeled a single.

“I want to retract the word ‘single,’” Kendrick Lamar says at an interview with the Los Angeles radio station Power 106’s Jeff G. "I want to call things that I release ‘statements’ because this music is something that the world has to hear and it’s not only for me, but it’s for the stress. It’s for our livelihoods. When I want to come back on my release, I want to make sure I do just that and continue that.”

             (CONTINUE BELOW AD)

 During an interview with AMP Radio (NOT #AMPtv Radio) that was published Tuesday, the "Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe" Compton native said that he attempted to reduce outside musical influences while working on his forthcoming album.

 “When I go into creating an album or any type of song, I usually cut off everything from the radio because you can easily be influenced from songs that you like, songs that you may not like,” Lamar said. "So I said, ‘I’m gonna go in the studio and I’m going to do what I feel organically without being confined to industry standards or what people assume that I should do,’ because at the end of the day, man, I’m an artist and I would hate to be stagnant.”