"Element" (stylized as "ELEMENT.") is a song by American rapper Kendrick Lamar, from his fourth studio album Damn, released on April 14, 2017. The fourth track on the album (eleventh on the Collector's Edition of Damn), the song was written by Lamar, Mark Spears, a.k.a. Sounwave, James Blake, and Ricci Riera and produced by Sounwave, Blake, and Riera, with additional production by Tae Beast and Bēkon.

The song was first introduced by basketball player LeBron James on his Instagram story when he filmed himself dancing to the song prior to Damn's release.

The track opens with a skit from DJ Kid Capri, who refers to Lamar as "Kung Fu Kenny" and repeats the phrase "I don't give a fuck" in a cadence.

Some sources have interpreted the song as a diss track on American rappers Big Sean and Drake. However, Andres Tardio of Rap-Up has stated the song's hook as a possible diss on Drake, Big Sean, or American recording artist Jay Electronica.

The second verse of the song has been described to have a resemblance to Lamar's "The Heart Part 4", a song also theorized to have contained lyrics that diss Drake and Big Sean. The second verse as follows:

The song features production from musician and producer James Blake, who before "Element" appeared as a featured vocalist on American singer Beyoncé's song "Forward" from her sixth studio album Lemonade and as a producer on singer Frank Ocean's second studio album Blonde. Ricci Riera, who previously worked as a producer on the Lamar-Schoolboy Q collaboration "Collard Greens", also worked as producer for the song.

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