The Recipe (Kendrick Lamar song)

"The Recipe"
Single by Kendrick Lamar featuring Dr. Dre
from the album good kid, m.A.A.d city (Deluxe Edition)
Released	April 3, 2012 (2012-04-03)
Recorded	2012
Genre	West Coast hip hop
Length	5:52
Label	Top Dawg Aftermath Interscope
Songwriter(s)	Kendrick Duckworth Andre Young Elijah Molina Gabe D'Amico Eric Cardona Andrea Estella Udbhav Gupta Bryan Ujueta
Producer(s)	Scoop DeVille
Kendrick Lamar singles chronology
"Hood Gone Love It" (2011) "The Recipe" (2012) "Swimming Pools (Drank)" (2012)
Dr. Dre singles chronology
"I Need a Doctor" (2011) "The Recipe" (2012) "New Day" (2012)
Music video
"The Recipe" on YouTube

"The Recipe" is a song by American rapper Kendrick Lamar. It was released on April 3, 2012, as the first single from his major label debut Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (2012). The song, however, only made the deluxe edition of the album.

The song, produced by West Coast record producer Scoop DeVille, features a guest appearance from Lamar's mentor, record producer and rapper Dr. Dre, who also mixed the record alongside TDE's engineer MixedByAli.^[1][2]