LeBron James Is Playing Kendrick Lamar's 'DAMN' on Instagram

The NBA star has found the perfect pregame soundtrack for his Cleveland Cavaliers

BY Calum SlingerlandPublished Apr 13, 2017

We're only hours away from the arrival of Kendrick Lamar's new LP DAMN, but if you're itching to get some snippets of the rap icon's new sounds in your ears ahead of time, NBA star LeBron James can help you out.

Ahead of the album's release tomorrow (April 14), James has decided to get pumped up for the Cleveland Cavaliers' upcoming playoff run by playing the album on his Instagram story. You can watch LeBron vibe out to album tracks over 14 different clips, and if his emoji choice is any indicator, DAMN will truly bring the heat.

In order to hear the snippets through LeBron's Instagram story, you'll have to hop on your mobile device and find his profile here.

Of course, James has demonstrated his pull with Lamar's Top Dawg Entertainment camp before, with a tweet he sent to the label president resulting in the arrival of the rapper's untitled unmastered. last year.

As previously reported, DAMN features 14 new tracks from the hip-hop icon that include collaborations with Rihanna ("Loyalty") and U2 ("XXX"). Other names tied to the project include TDE mainstays DJ Dahi and Sounwave, Atlanta beatsmith Mike WiLL Made-It, BADBADNOTGOOD, the Alchemist, Cardo, 9th Wonder and "J. Blake."

DAMN marks the rapper's first full-length release since last year's untitled unmastered. collection. That followed Lamar's 2015 album To Pimp a Butterfly.
 

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