Good Kid: M.A.A.D City

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One week before the standard edition's release (October 22, 2012), snippets of the album leaked online. The music video for the song, " Backseat Freestyle", was released on January 2, 2013, which included Lamar's father in a cameo appearance. Lamar is the James Joyce of hip-hop", he said, "in the complexity of his storytelling, in his knowledge of the canon, and in his continuing focus on the city of his upbringing—Compton.

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 album was ranked number two of "The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far (2010-2014)", a list published by Pitchfork in August 2014 [94] and number five of "The 20 Best Albums of the 2010s (so far)", a list published by Billboard in January 2015.As well as scene stealing features alongside The Game, Drake, Rick Ross and others - Kendrick is poised to be the first artist in a long time to not only change how the country views West Coast hip hop, but how the world sees Hip Hop as a whole. 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.

Dre, Just Blaze, Pharrell Williams, Hit-Boy, Scoop DeVille, Jack Splash, and T-Minus, among others, contributing to the album.Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers. 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. 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.

D City has a low-key, [13] downbeat production, [14] with atmospheric beats and subtle, indistinct hooks. The tour consisted of 23 headlining shows, 22 international music festivals, and 15 United States music festivals. After subtitling the album "a short film by Kendrick Lamar", Lamar would state in an interview with GQ that "he plans on doing a short film to bring his story to life. 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. 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.h] "Compton" contains excerpts from "What's This World Coming To", written by Charles Richard Cason, as performed by Formula IV.