West Coast hip-hop elders like Snoop and Dre have virtually anointed KENDRICK LAMAR to carry on the legacy of gangsta rap. 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. violence and monogamy vs. lust. 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. City feat. 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. These snippets pepper the album providing an anthropological glimpse into his life in Compton.
Disc1
01. Sherane a.k.a Master Splinter’s Daughter
02. Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe
03. Backseat Freestyle
04. The Art of Peer Pressure
05. Money Trees
06. Poetic Justice
07. good kid
08. m.A.A.d city
09. Swimming Pools (Drank)
10. Sing About Me, I’m Dying Of Thirst
11. Real
12. Compton
Disc2
01. The Recipe
02. Black Boy Fly
03. Now Or Never
04. Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe
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