Kendrick Lamar by the Numbers: The Catalog, Measured
By Dan Cohen · Published 2026-06-24
We measured all 64 Kendrick Lamar songs in our library — tempo, dynamic range, texture, how abruptly each song shifts, how hard the vocal pushes — and rolled it into a single intensity score from 0 to 100. No other site scores a catalog this way. Here is Kendrick Lamar by the numbers: muscular in the middle — neither sleepy nor relentless, with room at both ends.
The catalog at a glance
- Average intensity: 56/100
- Average dynamic range: 6.9/10
- Average tempo: 101 BPM across 64 timed songs
- One of the widest emotional ranges we've measured for any single artist — a 85-point gap from calmest to most intense.
The calmest Kendrick Lamar songs
- Die Hard — intensity 13/100, 90 BPM, dynamic range 3/10
- 6:16 in LA — intensity 15/100, 73 BPM, dynamic range 4/10
- PRIDE. — intensity 21/100, 70 BPM, dynamic range 4/10
The most intense
- The Blacker the Berry — intensity 98/100, 120 BPM, dynamic range 9/10
- DNA. — intensity 88/100, 133 BPM, dynamic range 9/10
- m.A.A.d city — intensity 84/100, 130 BPM, dynamic range 8/10
The biggest quiet-to-loud swings
- Euphoria — dynamic range 9/10
- Mother I Sober — dynamic range 9/10
- Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst — dynamic range 9/10
Tempo extremes: slowest is Mother I Sober (60 BPM), fastest is Compton (140 BPM).
Every song here has its own measured profile — tempo, dynamics, sonic twins, what it's good for — on its page. Start from the Kendrick Lamar artist page.
Computed from Music I Want's own measurements of 64 Kendrick Lamar songs as of 2026-06-24. The intensity score combines dynamic range, tempo, texture, sudden changes, vocal force, and predictability. Figures update as the catalog is refined.