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Kendrick Lamar's 'Money Trees' Is A Time Machine

Kendrick Lamar in 2013. "Money Trees," from Lamar's 2012 album, good kid, m.A.A.d city, is a song "that consumes the oxygen and alters the ultra-violet," writes Jeff Weiss. Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty Images hide caption

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The Formula: Season 1

Kendrick Lamar's 'Money Trees' Is A Time Machine

April 18, 2020 • A song from the rapper's landmark album good kid, m.A.A.d city, produced by DJ Dahi, is built around an atmospheric sample. For one writer, it's a portal back to a night out in L.A. in 2015.

DJ Dahi Unpacks His Spiritual Samples for Pusha T and Kendrick Lamar

Spinning records backwards was once condemned as satanic. But when DJ Dahi reverses samples — or alters his voice — to produce hits for the likes of Pusha T, Kendrick Lamar or Childish Gambino, it's a ministry of texture and sound. NPR hide caption

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The Formula: Season 1

DJ Dahi Unpacks His Spiritual Samples for Pusha T and Kendrick Lamar

April 18, 2020 • When DJ Dahi reverses samples — or alters his voice — to produce hits for the likes of Pusha T, Kendrick Lamar or Childish Gambino, it's a ministry of texture and sound.