Good Kid: M.A.A.D City

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The tour consisted of 23 headlining shows, 22 international music festivals, and 15 United States music festivals. It was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in June; for combined sales, streaming and track-sale equivalents of three million units in the US.

Back to the neighborhood and [going] back in that same space where we used to be, got [me] inspired. i] "The Recipe" contains elements of "Meet the Frownies", written by Eric Cardona, Gabe D'Amico, Dev Gupta, Andrea Hernandez and Bryan Ujueta; and a sample of "Meet the Frownies", as performed by Twin Sister. The music video for the song, " Backseat Freestyle", was released on January 2, 2013, which included Lamar's father in a cameo appearance. On the week ending October 29, 2022, the album had spent a total of 10 years (520 weeks) on the Billboard 200, making Good Kid, M. 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).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. Robert Christgau from MSN Music felt that its "commitment to drama has musical drawbacks", but stated, "the atmospheric beats Dr. He explained that the reason why he had not censored his own eyes was that the album's story was told through his eyes, and is based around his experiences. It was released on October 22, 2012, by Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records.

We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love. One week before the standard edition's release (October 22, 2012), snippets of the album leaked online. The songs address issues such as economic disenfranchisement, retributive gang violence [25] and downtrodden women, [26] while analyzing their residual effects on individuals and families. He also expressed interest in directing the short film, as well as suggesting that Tristan Wilds, Taraji P. In its second week, it sold 63,000 copies in the US, [73] and 176,000 more copies over the next four weeks, bringing its total sales to 481,000 by November 25.The album was supported by five singles – " The Recipe", " Swimming Pools (Drank)", " Backseat Freestyle", " Poetic Justice", and " Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe". D is an acronym with two meanings: " My Angry Adolescence Divided" and " My Angel's on Angel Dust", with Lamar stating: "That was me, [and it's] the reason why I don't smoke. Lamar introduces various characters and internal conflicts, [26] including the contrast of his homesickness and love for Compton with the city's plagued condition. 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".

Pitchfork 's Jayson Greene wrote that "the miracle of this album is how it ties straightforward rap thrills" to its "weighty material" and narrative, [29] while David Amidon from PopMatters believed the album was simultaneously accessible and substantial, capable of appealing to both underground and mainstream hip hop listeners. Dre, Just Blaze, Pharrell Williams, Hit-Boy, Scoop DeVille, Jack Splash, and T-Minus, among others, contributing to the album. On November 8, Gaga released the version she was featured on, which had her singing the chorus and a verse. Lamar expressed he was surprised and happy that Gaga released her version of the song, as it displayed confidence in their work together. In 2022, it was ranked number one on Rolling Stone 's "50 Greatest Concept Albums of All Time" list.

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. Poetic Justice" was released as the third single in North America, and the fourth single overall, featuring Drake. f] "Poetic Justice" contains excerpts from " Any Time, Any Place", written by James Harris, Janet Jackson and Terry Lewis, as performed by Janet Jackson.

Besides all the great ideas and life, this journey through the concrete jungle of Compton is worth taking because of the artistic richness, plus the attraction of a whip-smart rapper flying high during his rookie season. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 91, based on 36 reviews. He would later reference Shyne on the song "The Jig Is Up", stating: "I pray to God this beat good enough for Shyne".Recording sessions for the album took place at PatchWerk Recording Studios in Atlanta, Encore Studios in Burbank, TDE Red Room in Carson, and "At My Mama's Studio" in Los Angeles. D City was being studied as a text in the freshman composition class of Georgia Regents University professor Adam Diehl, alongside other coming of age works such as the James Joyce novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Gwendolyn Brooks' Selected Poems, James Baldwin's short story " Going to Meet the Man", and the John Singleton film Boyz n the Hood. Add it all up and subtract the hype, and this one is still potent enough to rise to the top of the pile. The album's second single, " Swimming Pools (Drank)", was released on July 31, 2012, while the music video premiered on August 3, 2012. Hailed as the new face of west coast rap, the 24 yr-old Compton-native has already been making his mark on the music scene.