In celebration of its five year anniversary, VIBE dissected Kendrick Lamar’s iconic debut and highlighted 20 of the most captivating and impactful lyrics that good kid, m.A.A.d city has to offer. From carefree rhyme spills (“Backseat Freestyle,” “Money Trees”) to reflective moments of introspect (“Good Kid, Bi**h, Don’t Kill My Vibe”) and vivid accounts of his youth “(Art of Peer Pressure,” “Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst”), good kid, m.A.A.d city gives a look inside the sprawling psyche of Kendrick Lamar and gives listeners a slice of his life and times. When all was said and done, Kendrick would not only live up to the hype, but exceed expectations, delivering an album that was hailed as an instant classic and reinvigorated rap fans hungry for a messiah with all of the tools to become one of the greatest of all-time. Dre, who inked him to a contract with Aftermath Records through Top Dawg Entertainment, Kendrick had the weight of the world on his shoulders heading into the release of good kid, m.A.A.d city.
His profile among tastemakers would increase with the release of 2010’s Overly.Dedicated, but it wasn’t until Section 80 arrived in 2011 that his status as the savior of the West Coast would become apparent. After scrapping his original rap name, K-Dot, and adopting his government name as his rap moniker, Kendrick Lamar unleashed his self-tiled EP on the eve of 2010, which would receive critical acclaim but fly under the radar. Released on October 22, 2012, g ood kid, m.A.A.d city may have been Kendrick’s introduction to casual rap fans and the mainstream music world at large, but it was also the culmination of a nearly three-year period of him building himself from a relative unknown into the most coveted prospect in rap. The female vocals on the song are instead performed by Anna Wise.One of the more recent additions to that list is Kendrick Lamar, rap’s current preeminent lyricist and resident poet laureate. Gaga was also supposed to work on Kendrick on the song “Partynauseous,” but that was never released either. That’s just the business side coming through and messing things up.” “We had to meet the deadline for the pre-order date. Kendrick explained to Complex why Gaga didn’t make the album saying: After the song was officially released, Gaga posted the original version on Twitter. Originally this song was supposed to feature Lady Gaga.
This song samples Danish electronic group Boom Clap Bachelors’ 2008 tune “Tiden Flyver.” If you listen to some of the words, it’s real intricate, but it makes sense. That’s really one big subliminal at everybody getting mixed in a situation where everyone wants to have creative control. Kendrick explained this song in an interview with Complex saying: He also discusses his career so far and how it has changed his life, for better or worse. It is told from the perspective of present-day Kendrick Lamar, who isn’t happy with the state of rap music, and strives to be different by maintaining his vision. The content of this song doesn’t advance the narrative of the album.
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