In honor of Kendrick Lamar's Section.80 turning 10 years old this month, we are re-airing our convo with Kris Bowers on Lamar's  debut studio album.[show notes from original post]To talk about Kendrick Lamar’s studio LP debut, we wanted to find someone of K-Dot’s generation, another L.A. young gun, and who better than pianist and composer, Kris Bowers? Like Kendrick, Kris grew up in L.A. and just as Kendrick has ascended the hip-hop ladder, so has Kris in jazz, as he won the prestigious Theolonious . But more than that, the web of Los Angeles musical ties was bound to bring the two into orbit in different ways – something we discuss in the episode – not the least of which is the fact that Kris covered one of the biggest tracks in Kendrick’s early career: “Rigamortis.”In our conversation with Kris, we got deep into how he put together both the song and video for his version of “Rigamortis,” whether or not Kendrick has a jazz sensibility in his style, and what it’s like to see a hometown kid become the Greatest Rapper Alive.More on Kendrick Lamar’s Section.80<ul><li>Kendrick talking about Section.80 in an <a href="http://www.complex.com/music/2011/08/interview-kendrick-lamar">interview with Complex.com.</a></li><li>Ditto but in an <a href="https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/467608/kendrick-lamar-talks-section80-new-album-and-upcoming-videos">interview with </a>Billboard.</li><li>Ogden Payne’s <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/ogdenpayne/2016/07/02/how-kendrick-lamars-section-80-catapulted-him-into-hip-hop-royalty/#6313aa015b4d">revisit of the album</a> in 2016 for Forbes.</li></ul>More on Kris Bowers<ul><li>Kris on NPR’s “<a href="https://www.npr.org/2012/02/09/145515268/kris-bowers-on-piano-jazz-rising-stars">Piano Jazz: Rising Stars</a>.”</li><li>NY Times on Kris winning the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/14/arts/music/thelonious-monk-international-jazz-piano-competition.html">Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Prize.</a></li><li><a href="http://www.krisbowers.com/">Website</a> | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/krisbowers">Soundcloud</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/krisbowersmusic?lang=en">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/krisbowersmusic/">Facebook</a></li></ul>Show Tracklisting (all songs from Section.80 unless indicated otherwise):<ul><li>Hol' Up</li><li>A.D.H.D</li><li>Kris Bowers: Forget-er</li><li>Kris Bowers: Rigamortis</li><li>Rigamortis</li><li>Murs: Everything </li><li>Chapter Six</li><li>Keisha's Song (Her Pain)</li><li>Kendrick Lamar: Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst</li><li>Ab-Souls Outro</li><li>Poe Mans Dreams (His Vice)</li><li>F*ck Your Ethnicity</li><li>Kush & Corinthians</li><li>Rigamortis</li><li>Kris Bowers: Rigamortis</li><li>Willie Jones III: The Thorn</li><li>Rigamortis</li><li>Blow My High (Members Only)</li><li>HiiiPower</li><li>Ab-Souls Outro</li></ul>Here is the <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5wOegD2yCtmIw7kGZz2OVi?si=ba0a06adac644de7">Spotify playlist</a> of as many songs as we can find on thereIf you’re not already subscribed to Heat Rocks in Apple Podcasts, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/heat-rocks/id1290971833?mt=2">do it here!</a>

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