Kendrick Lamar claimed his own hour-long Austin City Limits episode Jan. 9, his first appearance on the PBS show, and his entire set has now been made available online.
Lamar’s influential set spanned his career, with standout tracks from his recent album, To Pimp A Butterfly , and 2013’s good kid, m.a.a.d. city hitting home with the audience, which wa singing along wildly with the rapper.
According to Rolling Stone, the episode was taped Oct. 30 at Austin’s Moody Theater while Lamar was on his Kunta’s Groove Session tour accompanied by the Wesley Theory, who also served as his backing band for the ACL set.
Some specific track highlights from the set included “m.a.a.d. city,” “U” and “These Walls." When the rapper broke out with “i,” the crowd went nuts. "Money Trees,” as well as his latest and arguably most popular single “Alright" also turned out to be some of his best live performances.
On a side note, Lamar debuted a powerful new song dubbed “Untitled 2” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon the other night, and although there’s been no official word on a To Pimp A Butterfly follow-up, the icon does not appear to be slowing down anytime soon.
Last week’s episode of Austin City Limits featured blues rock luminaries Alabama Shakes, who delivered a rousing set during a joint episode shared with Vintage Trouble. Next week, Ryan Adams and Shakey Graves will share an episode on Saturday, Jan. 16, prior to Angelique Kidjo claiming her own episode the following week.
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