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the recipe was never going to be the single... it's a typical west coast sound, it couldn't work since msot radios don't play regional songs anymore.

Kendrick still wanted to release a video for that bonus song but fans asked a video for swimming pool instead


This.

And Kendrick said it was just a bonus song 2 days after its release.

he even added some old unreleased songs on Itunes. TDE added an unreleased song from 2009 on itunes a few months ago and these idiots thought it was the new single of his sophomore album :camby:
 

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everybody thinks everything is a single when the first songs off an album leak... people even thought West Side Right on time was an album cut when it was a free song :beli:

It didn't get a great response from radio initially so Interscope pulled back on the song... they actually had a date set to shoot the video it happens more often then people think... they didn't want to take a chance on Kendrick because they spent too much time & money building him up so they released "Swimming Pools" because T-Minus was hot at the time...

Artists & Labels always save face from unsuccessful songs by calling them "unofficial" Singles & "street" Singles ala "Guap" ("Fluap" :mjpls: ) by Big Sean...
 

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It didn't get a great response from radio initially so Interscope pulled back on the song... they actually had a date set to shoot the video it happens more often then people think... they didn't want to take a chance on Kendrick because they spent too much time & money building him up so they released "Swimming Pools" because T-Minus was hot at the time...

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Interscope explained they couldn't release is as a single for THAT reason: http://www.thecoli.com/threads/ebro-hot-97-says-no-to-regional-sounding-hiphop.118986/

 

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What about that unreleased track (2009) that TDE added on itunes a few months ago ? it's a single too ? :camby:

what about Now Or Never ? it was availalbe on itunes for 5 months ? is it a single ? :camby:

:dwillhuh: First off it says on iTunes, in the song title, "The Recipe - Single". Secondly I googled Now or Never iTunes and didn't get anything so I don't know what you're talking about.
 

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they made it clear when they previewed the song that it wasn't for the album

just saying :manny:


they just wanted more hype :manny:
 

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all of yall are wrong.

none of these songs were supposed to be on GKMC... GKMC was already done when kendrick signed to aftermath. kendrick said several times before releasing them joints that they weren't for the album

Actually, money trees was supposed to be the first single, PJ the second, BDKMV the third and MAAD City was the 4th single... you can even find leaked pics of the money trees video (director director: TAJ_TPK) but fans loved swimming poll and it became the lead single.
 
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