These snippets pepper the album providing an anthropological glimpse into his life in Compton.
KENDRICK LAMAR GOOD KID MAAD CITY CD SERIES
A series of killer mixtapes displayed his talent for. MC Eiht.” Like prog rock, Lamar’s tracks have songs within songs-sudden tempo changes with alter egos and embedded interludes, such as unscripted recordings of his parents asking for their car back and neighborhood homies planning their latest conquest. Hip-hop debuts dont come much more highly anticipated than Kendrick Lamars. Verbally nimble, Lamar experiments with a variety of different lyrical styles, from the Bone Thugz-type of delivery on “Swimming Pools (Drank)” to the more straightforward orthodox G-funk flow on “m.A.A.d. His second studio album good kid, M.A.A.d city, conceptual enough to be a rock opera, certainly uplifts the genre with its near-biblical themes: religion vs. West Coast hip-hop elders like Snoop and Dre have virtually anointed Kendrick Lamar to carry on the legacy of gangsta rap. MC Eiht.” Like prog rock, Lamar’s tracks have songs within songs-sudden tempo changes with alter egos and embedded interludes, such as unscripted recordings of his parents asking for their car back and neighborhood homies planning their latest conquest. That is, indeed, what makes it Kendrick Lamar's greatest rap album.
West Coast hip-hop elders like Snoop and Dre have virtually anointed Kendrick Lamar to carry on the legacy of gangsta rap. But good kid, m.A.A.d city has something for everyone- and that's what makes it great.
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