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Review by David Jeffries

Hip-hop debuts don't come much more 'highly anticipated' than Kendrick Lamar's. A series of killer mixtapes displayed his talent for thought-provoking street lyrics delivered with an attention-grabbing flow, and then there was his membership in the Black Hippy crew with his brethren Ab-Soul, Schoolboy Q, and Jay Rock all issuing solo releases that pleased the 'true hip-hop' set, setting the stage for a massive fourth and final. Top it off with a pre-release XXL Magazine cover that he shared with his label boss and all-around legend Dr. Dre, and the 'biggest debut since Illmatic' stuff starts to flow, but Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City would be a milestone even without the back-story, offering cool and compelling lyrics, great guests (Drake, Dr. Dre, and MC Eiht) and attractive production (from Pharrell, Just Blaze, Tabu, and others). Here, Kendrick is living his life like status and cash were extra credit. It is what makes this kid so 'good' as he navigates his 'mad' city (Compton) with experience and wisdom beyond his years (25). He's shamelessly bold about the allure of the trap, contrasting the sickness of his city with the universal feeling of getting homesick, and carrying a Springsteen-sized love for the home team. Course, in his gang-ruled city, N.W.A. was the home team, but as the truly beautiful, steeped-in-soul, biographic key track 'The Art of Peer Pressure' finds a reluctant young Kendrick and his friends feeding off the life-force of Young Jeezy's debut album, it's something Clash, Public Enemy, and all other rebel music fans can relate to. Still, when he realizes that hero Jeezy must have risen above the game -- because the real playas are damned and never show their faces -- it spawns a kind of elevated gangsta rap that's as pimp-connectable as the most vicious Eazy-E, and yet poignant enough to blow the dust off any cracked soul. Equally heavy is the cautionary tale of drank dubbed 'Swimming Pools,' yet that highlight is as hooky and hallucinatory as most Houston drank anthems, and breaks off into one of the chilling, cassette-quality interludes that connect the album, adding to the documentary or eavesdropping quality of it all. Soul children will experience déjà vu when 'Poetic Justice' slides by with its Janet Jackson sample -- sounding like it came off his Aunt's VHS copy of the movie it's named after -- while the closing 'Compton' is an anthem sure to make the Game jealous, featuring Dre in beast mode, acting pre-Chronic and pre-Death Row. This journey through the concrete jungle of Compton is worth taking because of the artistic richness within, plus the attraction of a whip-smart rapper flying high during his rookie season. Any hesitation about the horror of it all is quickly wiped away by Kendrick's mix of true talk, open heart, open mind, and extended hand. Add it all up and even without the hype, this one is still potent and smart enough to rise to the top of the pile. [A Deluxe Edition added a second album with three bonus tracks.]

good kid, m.A.A.d city is the sophomore album by Kendrick Lamar, released on October 22, 2012 through Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records.

Subtitled “A Short Film by Kendrick Lamar,” this concept album depicts a day in the life of a 17-year-old Lamar as he rides around Compton in his Momma’s (Paula Oliver) minivan. Click here to view an in-depth breakdown of the story.

Kendrick revealed the meaning of the title in an interview with L.A. Navionics android apk cracked. Leakers, saying:

It’s two, two meanings. The first is ‘my angry adolescence divided,’ and the basic standout meaning is ‘my angel’s on angel dust.’ That’s the reason why I don’t smoke,” he said. “That was me. I got laced. The reason I don’t smoke, and it’s in the album. It’s in the story. It was just me getting my hands on the wrong thing at the wrong time, being oblivious to it.

Kendrick summed up his thoughts on the album during an interview with Rap Genius.

The first 12 tracks make up the standard edition of the album, and there are a variety of different deluxe editions including various bonus tracks. The album was re-released on March 19, 2013 with a bonus remix of “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe” featuring JAY-Z.

GKMC was met with universal acclaim by music critics. Some of the reviews include the following:
- Dead End Hip Hop: Very Positive
- The Needle Drop: 9/10
- Pitchfork: 9.5/10
- XXL: 5/5
- HipHopDX: 4.5/5

San francisco coffee atlanta wifi. On April 3rd, 2012, Kendrick released the lead single for the album, “The Recipe”.

On July 31st, 2012, he released the second single, “Swimming Pools (Drank)”.

On August 2nd, 2012, Kendrick commented on the album’s sound, saying:

I couldn’t tell you what type of sound or where I’ma be in the next five years as far as music. It’s a big difference from the next project compared to the last. And that’s what happened with this album. Going back to the neighbourhood and going to different spots, chilling with my homeboys, put me back in that same space where we used to be, bringing back them thoughts, reminiscing how I was feeling. I got myself right back in that mode and I got inspired by that. So this album won’t sound like Section.80. Completely nothing like it.

On August 15th, 2012, Lady Gaga tweeted that she was a feature on the album, on a song called “Partynauseous”. However, soon after, on August 23rd she tweeted, saying the song was delayed. Eventually, the song was completely cancelled. In an interview with Complex, Kendrick said:

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Lady GaGa was going to be on the song. We had a date, but we had to meet the deadline for the pre-order date. That’s just the business side coming through and messing things up. But you know it’s God’s plan. I’m not really too tight about it because I know we have something special.

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The song became the album’s second track, titled “Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe”. On November 8th, Lady Gaga decided to release the version of the song featuring her. Regarding this, in an interview with XXL, Kendrick said:

I didn’t even know she was gonna put that out. That was a surprise. I thought she was gonna hold that in the can. I was cool with it. It showed people we wasn’t playin’ with it; we was actually in the studio vibing out when we recorded. For her to put it out even undone, that says a lot. That says she’s confident not only about her work, but my work.