Kendrick Lamar is the eponymous debut extended play (EP) by American hip hop recording artist Kendrick Lamar, released as a free digital download on December 31, 2009, by Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE). The EP features guest appearances from Angela McCluskey, Ab-Soul, JaVonte, Jay Rock, BJ the Chicago Kid, Punch, Schoolboy Q and Big Pooh. The EP's production was handled by Sounwave, Black Milk, Jake One, Q-Tip, R A H K and Wyldfyer, among others. The free-download EP premiered exclusively on online mixtape distribution platform DatPiff and has since then been downloaded over 100,000 times on the website earning a gold certification status.

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