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"i" is a song by American rapper Kendrick Lamar, released on September 23, 2014 as the lead single from his third studio album "To Pimp a Butterfly". The song heavily samples "That Lady", as performed by R&B group The Isley Brothers, elements of which were re-recorded rather than being directly sampled from the original record. The song debuted and peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"i" received the award for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song at the 2015 Grammy Awards. In an interview with Hot 97, Kendrick Lamar admitted he thought "i" was the best song he's ever written, because he was able to make a positive song out of the negativity he grew up with. The single version is different from the album cut in a variety of ways. The album version was recorded to sound like a live recording and features Kendrick's hype man at the start. Roughly two-thirds through the song, it is interrupted by an argument offstage which causes Kendrick to launch into a new acapella verse.
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