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The Pop Out is a collaborative compilation album by American rapper Kendrick Lamar and record label Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE), released on September 30, 2024, by the label itself, pgLang and Interscope Records.
The album serves as a "back-in-time" return by Lamar to TDE, following his other creative projects with pgLang and music projects with Interscope Records, to work on Drake disses, and serves as a "peace follow-up" to his publicized feud with the rapper (2024), as well his fifth studio album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022). The "Pop Out" collective is composed of Lamar himself, pgLang signee Baby Keem, and TDE flagship artists (except Punch) Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, SZA, Isaiah Rashad, Lance Skiiiwalker, SiR, Zacari, Ray Vaughn, and Doechii. Guest appearances on the album include Swae Lee, Lorde, Rosalía, Tommy Richman, Brent Faiyaz, Khalid, Travis Scott, Nav, Snoop Dogg, A$AP Rocky, ¥$, Future, Dom Kennedy, Roddy Ricch, Steve Lacy, former TDE artist Reason, Chris Brown, Mozzy, Vince Staples, Kodak Black, Anna Wise, Big Sean, Tyga, Ellie Goulding, Sam Dew, Miguel, Alicia Keys, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Blxst, Ghostface Killah, Jhené Aiko, Summer Walker, Pharrell Williams, Thundercat, former pgLang artist Tanna Leone, YG, Pusha T, Tyler, the Creator, and Sampha. Production on the album was handled by many producers, including Lamar (under the pseudonym "OKLama"), Baby Keem, ¥$, Lacy, Williams, Thundercat, and Tyler, the Creator themselves, alongside Willie B, Kal Banx, Sounwave, Tae Beast, Mustard, Max Martin, Ilya, Shellback, J.Lbs, DJ Dahi, Bēkon, Ludwig Göransson, Mike Will Made It, Ricci Riera, James Blake, BadBadNotGood, Greg Kurstin, The Alchemist, Terrace Martin, Taz Arnold, Thundercat, Rahki, LoveDragon, Flying Lotus, KXVI, Pharrell Williams, FnZ, Knxwledge, Metro Boomin, Cardo, and Jack Antonoff, among many others. The album was partially recorded from May to September 2024, on multiple locations, as well a "tour(ish) visit" to the SoFi Stadium by Lamar, while he was recording a beat following his The Pop Out: Ken & Friends residency. The hit single "Not Like Us" appears on the album, alongside an "album Megamix" as a bonus track.
The album received positive critical reviews and debuted atop the Billboard 200, and sold 108,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, purchasing ¥$' Vultures 2. It also debuted at the number two and the top 10 on several countries. It was certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album was also nominated at the 68th Grammy Awards at the Best Rap Album and Album of the Year categories, while "Not Like Us" won Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song, Record of the Year, and Best Music Video categories.