Can you sing All the Stars by Kendrick Lamar?

All the Stars is two songs sharing one track: rapped verses that live entirely in speech rhythm, and a sung hook that floats in long, even lines. The researched G3 to D5 range belongs almost entirely to that hook, which is where anyone covering this Kendrick Lamar collaboration wins or loses. The hook melody moves in wide, calm intervals and sustains at the top of the staff, and it has to sound weightless while doing it.

The deciding moment is the sustained climb inside the hook, where the line parks on high notes for full bars over a pulsing beat. The technique is straight-tone sustain: minimal vibrato, perfectly steady air, letting the production shimmer around a still voice. Altos fit the entire range as stored, which makes this a genuine alto showcase. Mezzos miss only two semitones at the bottom, easily covered by lightening the low phrases. Tenors face five semitones of ceiling; with no stored key, think directionally, five semitones down brings the peak to A4 at the cost of the hook's floating quality.

Practice cue: hold a single note for eight slow counts at the hook's top pitch, no vibrato, no swell. Steadiness is the entire effect.

Written from this song's researched range on file, G3 to D5 (19 semitones). July 2026.