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Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (M/M) – 2xLP, US 2012
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Good Kid, M.A.A.D City is an LP by Kendrick Lamar from 2012 released on the Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records, Top Dawg Entertainment label.
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Good Kid, M.A.A.D City is Kendrick Lamar’s breakthrough album and one of the defining hip-hop records of the 2010s. Released in 2012, it turns a coming-of-age story in Compton into a tightly sequenced concept album, balancing vivid storytelling with sharp social observation and major-label ambition. Songs such as Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe, Money Trees, Swimming Pools (Drank) and Sing About Me, I’m Dying Of Thirst helped establish Lamar as a generational voice, while the album’s cinematic flow and crisp, layered production broadened the reach of conscious rap. Its critical acclaim and lasting influence made it a modern classic.
Genre: Hip Hop & RnB
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AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:Artist: Kendrick LamarLabel: Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records, Top Dawg Entertainment – B0017695-01Format: LP, Album, Deluxe EditionUnits: 2Country: USReleased: 2012Genre: Hip Hop & RnBStyle: ConsciousA1 Sherane A.K.A Master Splinter'S Daughter
A2 Bitch, Don'T Kill My Vibe
A3 Backseat Freestyle
A4 The Art Of Peer Pressure
B1 Money Trees
B2 Poetic Justice
B3 Good Kid
B4 M.A.A.D City
C1 Swimming Pools (Drank) (Extended Version)
C2 Sing About Me, I'M Dying Of Thirst
C3 Real
D1 Compton
D2 The Recipe
D3 Black Boy Fly
D4 Now Or Never