The best Kendrick Lamar songs
The top 3 according to 333 votes from people: Not Like Us · Alright · Money Trees (feat. Jay Rock). (Updated Jul 31, 2026.)
Kendrick Lamar's best songs according to Billboard, XXL, Complex and The Guardian, from good kid, m.A.A.d city to GNX.
Top 12
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1
Not Like Us
2024. The Drake diss track; Billboard's number one rap song of 2024 and five Grammys.
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2
Alright
To Pimp a Butterfly, 2015. Adopted as an anthem by the Black Lives Matter movement.
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3
Money Trees (feat. Jay Rock)
good kid, m.A.A.d city, 2012. Fifth in Complex's ranking and sixth in The Guardian's.
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4
The Blacker the Berry
To Pimp a Butterfly, 2015. One of his angriest songs, about racism and hypocrisy.
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5
King Kunta
To Pimp a Butterfly, 2015. Funk and the image of Kunta Kinte.
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6
HUMBLE.
DAMN., 2017. His first solo number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
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7
Swimming Pools (Drank)
good kid, m.A.A.d city, 2012. A party hit that is really about alcoholism.
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8
DNA.
DAMN., 2017. Aggressive bars and a famous video with Don Cheadle.
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9
Backseat Freestyle
good kid, m.A.A.d city, 2012. Sixth in Billboard's ranking of his 20 best songs.
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10
Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst
good kid, m.A.A.d city, 2012. Twelve minutes in two parts about violence and redemption.
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11
luther (with SZA)
GNX, 2024. A romantic duet that topped the Billboard Hot 100.
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12
m.A.A.d city (feat. MC Eiht)
good kid, m.A.A.d city, 2012. Compton seen from the inside, in two halves.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (5)
Alright at #1 is right, it became an anthem.
Where's 'i'?
Sing About Me is his best song and it's not close
Not Like Us at the Super Bowl halftime show, iconic.
Money Trees, the perfect song