Listen to Kendrick Lamar team up with Jhené Aiko on new song ‘So Good’

Jhené Aiko has teamed up with Kendrick Lamar on a collaborative new song – listen to ‘So Good’ below.

READ MORE: Kendrick Lamar – ‘GNX’ review: turning hatred into a teachable moment The reflective track appears on R&B singer Aiko’s fourth studio album, ‘Westside Whimsy’, which was released today (Friday September 11).

“ I can’t let a messy bitch get in my way/ I’m way too grown plus I’m top rank ,” Aiko sings, with the artist swapping verses with Lamar.

“ Who was popping it ’til they got spanked/ West side, everything/ Pipe, pipe, pipe it up/ Ghetto intellectual, swerving through the jet fuel, breaking down the decimals ,” she adds.

Lamar raps: “ Beauty and the brains aye, what we doin’?/ Money out here, baby what we, I say/ Face all stupid/ Body, stupid/ Got me, stupid/ Hottie, stupid .” Lamar is credited as a co-writer on the cut.

The rapper previously joined forces with Aiko on his 2010 mixtape ‘Overly Dedicated’.

He then contributed a verse to ‘Stay Ready (What A Life)’ from Aiko’s debut EP, 2013’s ‘Sail Out’.

The 20-track ‘Westside Whimsy’ also boasts team-ups with Larry June, Ab-Soul, Tyga and Ohma.

Lamar surprise-released his sixth and latest studio album, ‘GNX’ , in late 2024.

In a glowing, five-star review , NME wrote: “After a year full of scathing diss tracks and unfiltered loathing, Lamar converts that energy into the purest emotion of all – love – while carrying the West Coast on his back.” The star headlined the Super Bowl Halftime Show last year , with the performance later becoming the most-watched Super Bowl gig ever .

Lamar won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction for his Halftime Show.

Last summer, Lamar featured on Clipse ’s ‘Chains & Whips’, and joined the duo on stage in Los Angeles .

The track won the award for Best Rap Performance at the Grammys 2026 , where Lamar picked up five trophies in total.

The rapper collaborated with Baby Keem on the song ‘Good Flirts’ earlier this year.