Good Kid: M.A.A.D City

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Reviewing the album for Rolling Stone, Jody Rosen said it "warrants a place in that storied lineage" of "Seventies blaxploitation soundtracks and Nineties gangsta rap blaxploitation revivals".

a twist, or sometimes upend[ing] them completely" on a record that "brims with comedy, complexity and the many voices in Kendrick Lamar's head. Jon Caramanica of The New York Times finds them to be a part of the album's "narrative strategy", with "prayers and conversations and different voices and recollections and interludes, all in service of one overarching story: Mr. Back to the neighborhood and [going] back in that same space where we used to be, got [me] inspired.

Hot single ‘Swimming Pools (Drank)’ serves as a good taster to the album, alongside the previously released warm-up single ‘The Recipe’ ft. observes a "transformation" by Lamar's character "from a boisterous, impressionable, girl-craving teenager to more spiritual, hard-fought adulthood, irrevocably shaped by the neighbourhood and familial bonds of his precarious environment. With the weight and backing of Dr Dre (the two recently had a joint xxl cover), Kendrick is ready to release his highly-anticipated major label album Good Kid, Maad City Album through top dawg entertainment / aftermath entertainment / Interscope records. In the album's first week of release, it debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 and sold 242,000 copies in the United States. The song was serviced to American rhythmic contemporary radio on January 15, 2013, [48] and peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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. The album also peaked in the top ten of the album sales charts in Canada, [70] New Zealand, [71] and the Netherlands.Before and after the album's October 2012 release, Lamar toured as a supporting act alongside Drake and Steve Aoki. Andrew Nosnitsky of Spin cites the music's "closest point of reference" as "the cold spaciousness of ATLiens-era Outkast, but as the record progresses, that sound sinks slowly into the fusionist mud of those sprawling and solemn mid-2000s Roots albums. Backseat Freestyle" contains an uncredited sample of "Yo Soy Cubano", as performed by The Chakachas; [114] and an uncredited sample from the Powerpuff Girls episode "Beat Your Greens". The album's second single, " Swimming Pools (Drank)", was released on July 31, 2012, while the music video premiered on August 3, 2012.

Billed as a “short film by Kendrick Lamar” on the album cover, the concept album follows the story of Lamar’s teenage experiences in the drug-infested streets and gang lifestyle of his native Compton. In The Irish Times, Jim Carroll viewed it as an entertaining and forward-thinking that nonetheless echoed the past era of West Coast hip hop. One week before the standard edition's release (October 22, 2012), snippets of the album leaked online. Every so often an artist comes along who changes the musical landscape, an artist who brings something different to the game. It was released on October 22, 2012, by Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records.D City has a low-key, [13] downbeat production, [14] with atmospheric beats and subtle, indistinct hooks. Featuring the introspective woozy lead single "Swimming Pools (Drank)", produced by T Minus and mixed by Ali. He also expressed interest in directing the short film, as well as suggesting that Tristan Wilds, Taraji P. It featured a cameo from Juicy J, and a bonus clip of a new song by Schoolboy Q from his own respective major label debut album, Oxymoron (2014). The music video for the song, " Backseat Freestyle", was released on January 2, 2013, which included Lamar's father in a cameo appearance.