HUMBLE.
Kendrick Lamar | Artist Essentials
First released: 2017 (year verified)
Original 2017 studio single recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The spare piano figure makes the abrupt changes in vocal force especially easy to hear.
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Release evidence and recording details
First released: 2017 (year verified)
The original recording was released in 2017 before DAMN. The album and later collector's editions do not reset its single year.
Recording: Original 2017 studio single recording
Credit: Kendrick Lamar
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original single: HUMBLE.
Apple Music: HUMBLE.
The original DAMN. recording carries a March 2017 single date before the album. Supports 2017 release and the original solo recording. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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These are listening-list appearances, separate from the first-release date.
The annual title Humble is a capitalization and punctuation variant of the documented original 2017 solo single HUMBLE. Review retains that original recording rather than a separately labeled remix.
Apple Music: HUMBLE.
The original DAMN. recording carries a March 2017 single date before the album. Supports 2017 release and the original solo recording. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
About Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar is a rapper from Compton whose 2012 album good kid, m.A.A.d city brought his work to a broad audience. His recordings place detailed vocal storytelling within changing musical settings. To Pimp a Butterfly drew on jazz, funk, soul and spoken-word traditions as well as hip-hop, with collaborators including Terrace Martin and Thundercat contributing to its sound. His solo album identity remains distinct from jointly credited recordings and from the individual work of the musicians around him.
Artist background sources
Kendrick Lamar - Recording Academy artist biography
Compton origin and 2012 good kid, m.A.A.d city breakthrough. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
To Pimp a Butterfly - Recording Academy oral history
Firsthand artist and collaborator accounts of jazz, funk, soul, spoken word and hip-hop in the album's production; Terrace Martin and Thundercat contributions. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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