Kendrick Lamar's 'HUMBLE.' Beat Was Meant For Gucci Mane

Kendrick Lamar's 'HUMBLE.' is the number one hit in the land.

The Mike Will Made It produced track is a stark departure from the jazzy live instrumentation Kendrick used on his last album To Pimp A Butterfly.

In fact, it was initially meant for an entirely different type of rapper.

"I made that beat when Gucci Mane was getting out of jail; I made it with him in mind. I was just thinking, damn, Gucci's about to come home; it's got to be something urgent that's just going to take over the radio. And I felt like that beat was that. I ended up not doing it with Gucci and I let Kendrick hear it. I was thinking, if Dot gets on this it'll be his first time being heard on some[thing] like this," Will told NPR. And he heard the beat and he liked it. But he was about to give me "HUMBLE." for [my album] 'Ransom 2'. I love that song so I was like, 'Man, hell yeah.' Then he told me that his team was saying he should keep it. And I told him, 'Bruh, you definitely should keep it, and you should use it as your single.'"

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