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Dre, and the "biggest debut since Illmatic" stuff starts to flow, but Good Kid, M.A.A.D. Top it off with a pre-release XXL Magazine cover that he shared with his label boss and all-around legend Dr.

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. This is the story of a good kid in a mad city.Hip-hop debuts don't come much more "highly anticipated" than Kendrick Lamar's. This is the story of angels on angel dust, the story of the dysfunctional bastards of the Ronald Reagan era.

So grab a 40, ignore your voicemails, and borrow your mother’s van if you have to, because we’re going to take a ride down the wicked streets of Compton with King Kendrick Lamar.

When an album this significant drops, it’s only right that Complex document its creation. If you think those comparisons are lofty, consider the fact that the people involved in the making of this album compared Kendrick to everyone from Bob Dylan to John Coltrane (no, seriously). The album will surely catapult Kendrick into the upper echelons of rap, where his debut will have to be compared to the likes of Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, and Nas. good kid, m.A.A.d city follows a day in the life of a teenage Kendrick riding around the streets of Compton as he hooks up with a girl, does a house lick, and goes through numerous other misadventures. The artist formerly known as K-Dot has done something that didn’t seem possible in this day and age: He's made an album without any artistic or commercial concessions, an album that speaks for a generation, an album that’s worthy of being called a classic.Īnd it’s not just a collection of masterful records, it’s a conceptual album-a "short film," as the subtitle puts it. And it’s every bit as good we all hoped it would be-and then some. Kendrick Lamar’s major label debut, good kid, m.A.A.d.