Kendrick Lamar stopped by Houston’s 93.7 The Beat to chop it up with Devi Dev. Unlike many of his other interviews, Kendrick seemed to get really comfortable and enjoy this conversation. Dev, who is obviously a true fan, asked Kendrick about his influence on the community, broke down some of his lyrics and even talked about his good kid, m.A.A.d city cover.

In more current news, Dev asked Kendrick Lamar if his album would be released in 2015 and he brought some joy to the world be saying that we may get it before the end of the year.  But one thing Kendrick did say is that he can’t pull a Beyoncé and just surprise the world with his album out of nowhere.

“I can’t do a Beyoncé,” he said. “Beyoncé killed that. Genius! I can’t compete with that.”

Kendrick went on to pay homage to Beyoncé by speaking about the effect seeing her perform had on him.

“I actually went to her show and that took my mind to a whole ‘nother place as far as performing,” he said. “We don’t do enough on that stage. She sings, she’s dancing, she’s great winded. That’s a whole form of lifestyle being on that stage and every artist should know that.”

Kendrick went on to speak on everything from battling depression, breaking the cycle of gang violence and retaliation and how he’d like to play Prince in a movie someday.

Check out the full interview below.