Good Kid: M.A.A.D City

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Back to the neighborhood and [going] back in that same space where we used to be, got [me] inspired. 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. The album was also ranked number two by Billboard, the Chicago Tribune, MTV, Spin and Time, number four by Filter, Jon Pareles of The New York Times and Ann Powers of NPR, number five by The Guardian, number six by Rolling Stone and number eight by Entertainment Weekly. He would later reference Shyne on the song "The Jig Is Up", stating: "I pray to God this beat good enough for Shyne".

Eventually, it was confirmed that Lady Gaga would not be featured on the album due to timing issues and creative differences. f] "Poetic Justice" contains excerpts from " Any Time, Any Place", written by James Harris, Janet Jackson and Terry Lewis, as performed by Janet Jackson. The tour consisted of 23 headlining shows, 22 international music festivals, and 15 United States music festivals.Hot single ‘Swimming Pools (Drank)’ serves as a good taster to the album, alongside the previously released warm-up single ‘The Recipe’ ft. 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.

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. 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.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. When he announced the album's title and release date, Lamar indicated that the "correct" rendering of the title is lowercase except for the two vowels in " m.

Before and after the album's October 2012 release, Lamar toured as a supporting act alongside Drake and Steve Aoki. 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.

In 2020, the album was ranked 115th on Rolling Stone 's updated list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and in 2022, the publication named it the greatest concept album of all time. Nobody is heroic here, including Lamar—from Christian strivers to default sociopaths, all the players are confused, weary, bored, ill-informed. while Alex Macpherson of The Guardian found "Lamar's depiction of downtrodden women" to be "unnecessarily prurient and unconvincing".