Kendrick Lamar teases new music, says release will be his "final TDE album"
The forthcoming solo project will be the rapper's first studio album since 2017's DAMN.

Kendrick Lamar during his 2018 Coachella performance Photo: Larry Busacca
Kendrick Lamar has returned with his first solo project since 2017's Grammy-winning DAMN. In his new, and currently only, Instagram post, he shares a website where he’s written a letter about what he calls his “final TDE album,” filed under the singular folder titled “nu thoughts.” TDE refers to the record label, Top Dawg Entertainment, under which the Compton rapper was first signed to as a teenager.
“I spend most of my days with fleeting thoughts. Writing. Listening. And collecting old Beach cruisers. The morning rides keep me on a hill of silence.
I go months without a phone.
Love, loss, and grief have disturbed my comfort zone, but the glimmers of God speak through my music and family.