Here’s Everything We Know About Kendrick Lamar’s New Album DAMN.

Kendrick Lamar’s new album, DAMN., is out on Friday. It’s his first extended release since last year’s demos collection untitled unmastered, and his first formal record since 2015’s To Pimp a Butterfly. Ahead of its release, here is everything we know about the new record.

There are only two three announced guest stars: U2, Rihanna, and Zacari

Unless Kendrick is planning a last-minute reveal, this would be the first record of his to not include another rapper. On its surface, it would also be the least collaborative record of his career—make room for your “Kendrick went platinum with two features” jokes—though it’s hard to tell precisely without knowing the exact slate of producers. Given his murky beef with Drake, the presence of Rihanna—who probably, definitely dated Aubrey, though neither of them really want to talk about it—on a song called “LOYALTY.” is bound to get some attention. And while U2 haven’t made a consensus great record in nearly two decades, they’re still one of the biggest rock bands in the world; apart from whatever creative fruit borne by the collaboration, their inclusion is a status thing. If there was any doubt Kendrick is big, he’s now got enough clout to snag the studio time of guys who lunch with popes and presidents.

Update (3:18 p.m. Eastern, 4/12): The preorder now lists a third guest star—Los Angeles singer Zacari, who confirmed his involvement in a series of tweets. He’ll appear on the 10th track, “LOVE.”

LeBron James is a big fan

On Thursday, LeBron livestreamed snippets of songs like “”ELEMENT.,” “LOVE.,” and “FEEL.,” from his Instagram feed. More than a true preview of the record, it was entertainment viewing—the best basketball player alive having a great time as he rapped along to songs that 99.99% of people on the planet haven’t yet heard. However, we did hear enough to tell what those songs might sound like, along with some lines like this scorcher from “ELEMENT.”: “Last LP I tried to uplift the black artists / But there’s a difference between black artists and wack artists.”

Mike Will Made-It produced three songs.

Specifically, the single “HUMBLE.,” “DNA.,” and the U2-featuring “XXX.” Kendrick and Mike Will have collaborated before (Kendrick appears along with Rae Sremmurd and Gucci Mane on Mike Will’s recently released “Perfect Pint”), but this is the first time the in-demand producer’s work has appeared on one of Kendrick’s solo albums.

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