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Erykah Badu, The Weeknd, A$AP Rocky + More Made Roots Picnic 2015 The Epic-est Yet [Photos + Recap]
Roots Picnic 2015: Bishop Nehru, demonstrating why he is hiphop's golden child. Photo by Seher Sikandar

Bishop Nehru Gets Busy On A Heady Flip Of Kendrick Lamar's "For Sale"

Erykah Badu, The Weeknd, A$AP Rocky + More Made Roots Picnic 2015 The Epic-est Yet [Photos + Recap]

Throughout much of his still young career, Bishop Nehru has proven to be acutely-familiar with the sounds of his big brothers and sisters in the game. He's flipped Erykah Badu, Little Dragon, Drake and Future, all too surprisingly enjoyable results. But what might the New Rochelle rapper do to a track from an album as unanimously-praised To Pimp A Butterfly? Look no further, good people. Bishy's got you covered.

Today he's shared the heady new treatment "Want You," flipping Kendrick Lamar's mid-album breather into something breezy and playful, at times even lustful, with a ferociously-swung sound-scape provided by producer, AbnormalAnd while we can't say for sure when the next full project from Nehru will arrive, this should certainly hold you over until then, or at least until we receive another one of these scrumptious reworks . Hear the latest from Bishop Nehru down below and if it's good to ya, download a copy today for free ninety-nine. If you're looking for even more from Bishop, jump back to his summer release, The Nehruvian, for a full dose of razor-sharp verbiage from one of the brightest talents in the game.