| "Heart Pt. 6" | |
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| Song byKendrick Lamar | |
| from the albumGNX | |
| Released | November 22, 2024 (2024-11-22) |
| Recorded | 2024 |
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| Length | 4:52 |
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| "heart pt. 6" onYouTube | |
"Heart Pt. 6" (stylized inlowercase)[1] is a song recorded by American rapperKendrick Lamar. It was surprise-released underPGLang andInterscope Records as the tenth track from his sixth studio album,GNX, on November 22, 2024. It serves as the sixth installment in "The Heart" song series, following "The Heart Part 5", and is the first to not be a promotional single released prior to a project. The song was produced bySounwave andJack Antonoff, with additional production by Matthew "M-Tech" Bernard and Julian "Juju the Fool" Nievez-Mays. The song features uncredited vocals fromR&B trioSWV, sampled from their track "Use Your Heart", written and produced byChad Hugo andPharrell Williams, asthe Neptunes.[2] The track also features additional background vocals from American singerSam Dew.
"The Heart" is the title of a series of songs by Kendrick Lamar, starting with "The Heart Part 1" in 2010. "The Heart Part 5" was released in 2022. In May 2024, duringthe public feud between Lamar and Canadian rapperDrake, Drake released adiss track against Lamar titled "The Heart Part 6";Billboard magazine wrote this was Drake using Lamar's own song titles against him. Lamar released his own song titled "Heart Pt. 6" on his albumGNX later that year, whichBillboard viewed as him reclaiming the song title, while not acknowledging Drake's song by subtly changing the title.[2]
The song begins with a 12-second soft guitar solo, before later progressing into slow R&B-styled production. Thelyrics contain Kendrick Lamar reminiscing on his experiences with his initial labelTop Dawg Entertainment (TDE), and creating music along with. In the second verse, he then expands on the idea called "TDE", and mentioning peers such asDave Free, record producerSounwave (who is one of the producers of the song), mixing engineerDerek Ali, Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith, who is the founder of Top Dawg Entertainment, and former label-matesPunch,Jay Rock,Schoolboy Q andAb-Soul, later explaining in the third verse, as to why the supergroupBlack Hippy didn't work out,[3] rapping
“Now it's about Kendrick, I wanna evolve, place my skillset as a black exec / I jog my memory, knowing Black Hippy didn't work 'cause of me / Creatively, I moved on, with new concepts in reach”
whilst also explaining his departure from TDE altogether. He ends the song off by giving advice to people younger than him.
| Chart (2024) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[4] | 35 |
| Australia Hip Hop/R&B (ARIA)[5] | 9 |
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[6] | 30 |
| Global 200 (Billboard)[7] | 16 |
| Lithuania (AGATA)[8] | 25 |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[9] | 22 |
| South Africa (TOSAC)[10] | 12 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[11] | 87 |
| UK Streaming (OCC)[12] | 49 |
| UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[13] | 40 |
| USBillboard Hot 100[14] | 14 |
| USHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[15] | 10 |