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Lyrics to M.A.A.D CityIf Pirus and Crips all got along
They'd probably gun me down by the end of this song
Seem like the whole city go against me
Every time I'm in the street I hear
'YAWK! YAWK! YAWK! YAWK!'
'Man down
Where you from, n*gga?'
'F*ck who you know, where you from my n*gga?'
'Where your grandma stay, huh, my n*gga?'
This m.A.A.d city I run, my n*gga
Brace yourself, I'll take you on a trip down memory lane
This is not a rap on how I'm slingin' crack or move cocaine
This is cul-de-sac and plenty Cognac and major pain
Not the drill sergeant, but the stress that weighing (Wayan) on your brain
It was me, O-Boog, and Yaya, YG Lucky ride down Rosecrans
It got ugly, waving your hand out the window, check yoself
Uh, warriors and Conans
Hope euphoria can slow dance with society
The driver seat the first one to get killed
Seen a light-skinned n*gga with his brains blown out
At the same burger stand, where --- hang out
Now this is not a tape recorder saying that he did it
But ever since that day, I was lookin' at him different
That was back when I was nine, Joey packed the nine
Pakistan on every porch is fine
We adapt to crime, pack a van with four guns at a time
With the sliding door, f*ck is up?
F*ck you shootin' for if you ain't walkin' up, you f*ckin punk',
Pickin' up the f*ckin' pump,
Pickin' off you suckers, suck a d*ck or die or sucker punch
Or warn the bullets comin' from
AK's, AR's, 'Aye y'all. Duck.'
That's what momma said when we was eatin' the free lunch
Aw man, God damn, all hell broke loose
You killed my cousin back in '94 - f*ck yo truce
Now crawl yo head in that noose, you wind up dead on the news
Ain't no peace treaty, just pieces, BG's up to pre-approve,
Bodies on top of bodies, IV's on top of IV's
Obviously the coroner between the sheets like the Isleys
When you hop on that trolley
Make sure your colors correct
Make sure you're cornbread, or they'll be calling your mother collect
They say the governor collect, all of our taxes except
When we in traffic and tragic happens, that sh*t ain't no threat
You movin' backwards if you suggest that you sleep wit a Tec
Go buy a chopper and have a doctor on speed dial, I guess
M.A.A.d city
'Man down
Where you from, n*gga?'
'F*ck who you know, where you from my n*gga?'
'Where your grandma stay, huh, my n*gga?'
This m.A.A.d city like, 'Run, my n*gga.'
If Pirus and Crips all got along
They'd probably gun me down by the end of this song
Seem like the whole city go against me
Every time I'm in the street I hear
'YAWK! YAWK! YAWK!'
Wake yo punk ass up!
It ain't nothin' but a Compton thang
Chyea
Real simple and plain
I'ma teach you some lessons about the street
It ain't nothin' but a Compton thang
Chyea
How we do
Fresh outta school cause I was a high school grad
Sleeping in the living room in my momma's pad
Reality struck I seen the white car crash
Hit the light pole two n*ggas hopped out on foot and dashed
My Pops said I needed a job, I thought I believed him
Security guard for a month and ended up leaving
In fact I got fired cause I was inspired by all of my friends
To stage a robbery the third Saturday I clocked in
Projects tore up, gang signs get thrown up
Cocaine laced in marijuana
And they wonder why I rarely smoke now
Imagine if your first blunt had you foaming at the mouth
I was straight tweaking the next weekend we broke even
I made a legion then made a promise to see you bleeding
You know the reasons but still won't ever know my life
Kendrick AKA Compton's human sacrifice
Cocaine, weed
N*ggas been mixing sh*t since the 80's loc
Sherm sticks, butt nakeds
Make a n*gga flip
Cluck heads all up and down the block and sh*t
One time's crooked and sh*t
Block a n*gga in
Alondra, Rosecrans, Bullis
I'm still in the hood
Loc yeah that's cool
The hood took me under so I follow the rules
But yeah that's like me, I grew up in the hood where they bang
And n*ggas that rep colors is doing the same thing
Pass it to the left so I can smoke on me
A couple drive-bys in the hood lately
Couple of IV's with the f*cking spraycan
Shots in the crowd then everybody ran
Crew I'm finna slay, the street life I crave
Shots hit the enemy, harsh turn brave
Mount up regulators in the whip
Down the boulevard with the pistol grip
Trip, we in the hood still
So loc, grab a strap cause yeah, it's so real
Deal with the outcome, a strap in the hand
And a bird and 10 grand's where motherf*ckers stand
If I told you I killed a n*gga at 16, would you believe me?
Or see me to be innocent Kendrick that you seen in the street
With a basketball and some Now and Laters to eat
If I mentioned all of my skeletons, would you jump in the seat?
Would you say my intelligence now is great relief?
And it's safe to say that our next generation maybe can sleep
With dreams of being a lawyer or doctor, instead of boy with a chopper
That hold the cul-de-sac hostage, kill 'em all if they gossip
The Children of the Corn, they vandalizing
The option of living a lie, drown their body with toxins
Constantly drinking and drive, hit the powder then watch this flame
That arrive in his eye, listen coward, the concept is aim
And they bang it and slide out that bitch with deposits
A price on his head, the tithes probably go to the projects
I live inside the belly of the rough
Compton, U.S.A. made Me an Angel on Angel Dust, what
Nigga, pass Dot the bottle, damn! You ain't the one that got fucked up, what you holding it for?
Niggas always acting unsensitive and shit
Nigga, that ain't no word
Nigga, Shut up! Hey, Dot, you good, my nigga? Don't even trip, just lay back and drink that
Songwriters: LAMAR, KENDRICK / RIERA, RICCI / MORGAN, AXEL / SPEARS, MARK
Publisher: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 22, 2012
Studio
  • At My Mama's Studio (Los Angeles, California)
  • Body Music (Miami, Florida)
  • Encore (Burbank, California)
  • PatchWerk (Atlanta, Georgia)
  • TDE Red Room (Carson, California)
Genre
  • West Coast hip hop[1]
  • gangsta rap[2]
Length68:23
Label
Producer
  • Anthony 'Top Dawg' Tiffith (exec.)
  • Dr. Dre (exec.)
  • Skhye Hutch
  • Tabu
  • THC
Kendrick Lamar chronology
Section.80
(2011)		Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
(2012)		To Pimp a Butterfly
(2015)
Deluxe edition cover
Singles from Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
  1. 'The Recipe'
    Released: April 3, 2012
  2. 'Swimming Pools (Drank)'
    Released: July 31, 2012
  3. 'Backseat Freestyle'
    Released: January 7, 2013
  4. 'Poetic Justice'
    Released: January 15, 2013
  5. 'Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe'
    Released: March 18, 2013

Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (stylized as good kid, m.A.A.d city) is the second studio album by American rapper Kendrick Lamar. It was released on October 22, 2012, by Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records, and Top Dawg Entertainment. The album is Lamar's major label debut, after his independently released first album Section.80 in 2011 and his signing to Aftermath and Interscope the following year.

Good Kid, M.A.A.D City was recorded mostly at several studios in California, with producers such as Dr. Dre, Just Blaze, Pharrell Williams, Hit-Boy, Scoop DeVille, Jack Splash and T-Minus, among others, contributing to the album. Billed as a 'short film by Kendrick Lamar' on the album cover, the concept album follows the story of Lamar's teenage experiences in the drug-infested streets and gang lifestyle of his native Compton. The album received widespread acclaim from critics, who praised its thematic scope and Lamar's lyrics. It earned Lamar four Grammy Award nominations at the 56th Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year.

The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200, selling 242,000 copies in its first week – earning the highest first-week hip hop album sales of 2012 from a male artist, along with the best-selling debut from a male artist of the year. It became Lamar's first album to enter the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number 16, and entering the UK R&B Albums Chart at number two. The album was also named to many end-of-the-year lists, often topping them. It was later certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in June 2018. By April 2018, the album had sold 1.7 million copies domestically.

The album's release was supported by five singles – 'The Recipe', 'Swimming Pools (Drank)', 'Backseat Freestyle', 'Poetic Justice' and 'Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe'. All five singles achieved chart success, of varying degrees. Lamar also went on a world tour between May and August 2013, featuring the other members of the hip hop collective, Black Hippy.

  • 6Critical reception
  • 9Charts

Background[edit]

Lamar wanted to discuss life in his native Compton, California, on the album.

After the release and success of his debut studio album Section.80 (2011), Lamar signed a major label record deal with Interscope Records and Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment. He told HipHopDX that he did not want to work with high-profile producers, but with those he had established himself with, mainly producers from Top Dawg's in-house production team, Digi+Phonics.[3]

In an interview for XXL, Lamar said that the album would not sound like Section.80, but will return to his Compton roots: 'I couldn't tell you what type of sound or where I [will] be in the next five years as far as music... Back to the neighbourhood and [going] back in that same space where we used to be, got [me] inspired. So this album won't sound like Section.80.'[4]

Lamar also said that the album will showcase the influence of his hometown: 'The kid that's trying to escape that influence, trying his best to escape that influence, has always been pulled back in because of circumstances that be'.[3] Before the album's title was officially revealed, fans had already been calling Lamar's major label debut Good Kid, Mad City or Good Kid in a Mad City, as it was a nickname Lamar had given himself. The album's title mainly refers to Lamar's childhood innocence, and how Compton affected his life. After keeping the album title's acronym concealed, Lamar later revealed M.A.A.D is an acronym with two meanings: 'My Angry Adolescence Divided' and 'My Angels on Angel Dust', with Lamar stating: 'That was me, [and it's] the reason why I don't smoke. It was just me getting my hands on the wrong thing at the wrong time [and] being oblivious to it.'[5]

The cover artwork for Good Kid, M.A.A.D City features a baby Lamar, two of his uncles, and his grandfather, with the adults' eyes censored. Though there is no confirmed explanation for why Lamar chose to do this, 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 uncle who is holding Lamar also is displaying the Crips gang sign with his hand, and the poster above the head of the uncle features Lamar and his father.[6]

Recording and production[edit]

Aftermath Entertainment founder Dr. Dre executive produced the album.

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.[7] The first song that Lamar recorded for the album was 'Compton', which featured Dr. Dre. The track serves as the twelfth track on the album, and acts as the standard edition's closing track.[8]

On August 15, 2012, Lady Gaga announced via Twitter, that she had collaborated with Lamar on a song called 'Partynauseous', for the album, and would be released on September 6. However, on August 23, Gaga announced that the song was no longer being released on that date and apologized to fans for the delay.[9][10] Eventually, it was confirmed that Lady Gaga would not be featured on the album due to timing issues and creative differences.[11] The song was later revealed to be re-titled 'Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe'. On November 8, Gaga released the version she was featured on, which had her singing the chorus and a verse.[12] Lamar expressed he was surprised and happy that Gaga released her version of the song, as it displayed confidence in their work together.[13]

Music and lyrics[edit]

'The accuracy of its intimate autobiographical details is irrelevant—what matters is that this album helps you feel the internal struggles of a good kid who may not be good enough as he risks derailing his life by succumbing to the kneejerk loyalty, petty criminality, and gang warfare of the hood he calls home. Nobody is heroic here, including Lamar—from Christian strivers to default sociopaths, all the players are confused, weary, bored, ill-informed.'

—Robert Christgau[14]

Good Kid, M.A.A.D City has a low-key,[15] downbeat production,[16] with atmospheric beats and subtle, indistinct hooks.[14] It eschews contemporary hip hop tastes[17] and generally features tight bass measures, subtle background vocals, and light piano.[18] Writers draw comparisons of the music to Outkast's 1998 album Aquemini.[19][20][21] Andrew Nosnitsky of Spin cites the music's 'closest point of reference' as 'the cold spaciousness of ATLiens-era Outkast, but as the record progresses, that sound sinks slowly into the fusionist mud of those sprawling and solemn mid-2000s Roots albums.'[22]Sasha Frere-Jones of The New Yorker finds its use of 'smooth' music as a backdrop for 'rough' scenarios to be analogous to Dr. Dre's G-funk during the early 1990s, but adds that 'Lamar often sounds like Drake ... whose various dreamy styles have very little to do with the legacy of the West.'[23]Okayplayer's Marcus Moore writes that its 'expansive and brooding' instrumentals eschew 'California's glossy West Coast funk' for a 'Dungeon Family aesthetic.'[24]

Lyrically, the album chronicles Lamar's experiences in his native Compton and its harsh realities,[25] in a nonlinear narrative.[26] The songs address issues such as economic disenfranchisement, retributive gang violence[27] and downtrodden women,[28] while analyzing their residual effects on individuals and families.[27] Lamar introduces various characters and internal conflicts,[28] including the contrast of his homesickness and love for Compton with the city's plagued condition.[2] Del F. Cowie of Exclaim! observes a 'transformation' by Lamar's character 'from a boisterous, impressionable, girl-craving teenager to more spiritual, hard-fought adulthood, irrevocably shaped by the neighbourhood and familial bonds of his precarious environment.'[16]Slant Magazine's Mark Collett writes that Lamar executes the character's transition by 'tempering the hedonistic urges of West Coast hip hop with the self-reflective impulses of the East Coast.'[29] David Amidon of PopMatters views that the album provides a 'sort of semi-autobiographical character arc',[30] while MSN Music's Robert Christgau writes that Lamar 'softspokenly' enacts a 'rap-versus-real dichotomy'.[14]

The album features naturalistic, vérité-like skits that dramatize the characters' limitations.[14] Jon Caramanica of The New York Times finds them to be a part of the album's 'narrative strategy', with 'prayers and conversations and different voices and recollections and interludes, all in service of one overarching story: Mr. Lamar's tale of ducking Compton's rougher corners to find himself artistically.'[17]Pitchfork's Jayson Greene feels that they reinforce the album's theme of 'the grounding power of family', interpreting 'family and faith' to be 'the fraying tethers holding Lamar back from the chasm of gang violence that threatens to consume him.'[31]

Lamar exhibits a tempered delivery on the album[17] and raps with dense narratives, internal rhyme,[32]double and triple time flow[33] and multiple voices for different characters.[26] Music journalist Jody Rosen characterizes him as 'a storyteller, not a braggart or punch-line rapper, setting spiritual yearnings and moral dilemmas against a backdrop of gang violence and police brutality.'[32]

Singles[edit]

The album's first single, 'The Recipe', was released on April 3, 2012.[34] The song featured Lamar's mentor, Dr. Dre, and was produced by Scoop DeVille. It peaked at number 38 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.[35] Lamar and Dr. Dre shot a video for the song at a mansion in Los Angeles in May, although it was never released.[36] The album's second single, 'Swimming Pools (Drank)', was released on July 31, 2012, while the music video premiered on August 3, 2012.[37][38] The song became a hit, peaking at number 17 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[39] 'Swimming Pools (Drank)' was also certified gold in the United States by the RIAA.[40]

The music video for the song, 'Backseat Freestyle', was released on January 2, 2013, which included Lamar's father in a cameo appearance.[41] It was later revealed to be released as the third single in the United Kingdom on January 7.[42] The song peaked at number 29 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.[35]

'Poetic Justice' was released third single in North America, featuring Drake. The song was serviced to American rhythmic contemporary radio on January 15, 2013,[43] and peaked at number 26 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[39] It was also soon certified gold in the United States by the RIAA.[44]

On March 9, 2013, Kendrick told Rap-Up that his next single off the album would be 'Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe'.[45] On March 13, Young Guru premiered a snippet of the song's official remix, which featured Jay-Z.[46] Lamar would later describe the remix as an 'accomplishment to have [worked] with Jay-Z'.[47] Shortly after the remix premiered, Lamar confirmed 'Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe' would be the next single from the album.[48] The full version of the remix was premiered by Funkmaster Flex on March 18.[49][50] The remix was released as the album's fourth single to rhythmic contemporary radio on April 9.[51] The song has since peaked at number 32 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[39] The music video for the original version of the single was released on May 13, with comedian Mike Epps making a cameo appearance.[52] The same day, an extended version of the music video was released. It featured a cameo from Juicy J, and a bonus clip of a new song by Schoolboy Q from his own respective major label debut album, Oxymoron (2014).[53]

On March 10, 2015, Lamar unexpectedly released the song 'County Building Blues' to iTunes as a promotional single.[54]

Release and promotion[edit]

Before and after the album's October 2012 release, Lamar toured as a supporting act alongside Drake and Steve Aoki.[55][56] On May 5, 2013, he begun his first headlining tour with the Good Kid, M.A.A.D City World Tour, in West Palm Beach, Florida. The tour consisted of 23 headlining shows, 22 international music festivals, and 15 United States music festivals. The tour ran through August 24, and featured other members of Black Hippy on all US dates.[57]

After subtitling the album 'a short film by Kendrick Lamar', Lamar would state in an interview with GQ that 'he plans on doing a short film to bring his story to life.' He also expressed interest in directing the short film, as well as suggesting that Tristan Wilds, Taraji P. Henson and Rihanna as potential names he'd want to cast in the film.[58] On December 23, 2013, the music video for 'Sing About Me', was released, and was directed by Darren Romanelli.[59]

In the album's first week of release, it debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 and sold 242,000 copies in the United States.[60][61] The album also entered the UK Albums Chart at number 16 on October 28,[62] as well as entering at number two on the UK R&B Albums Chart.[63] The album also peaked in the top ten of the album sales charts in Canada,[64] New Zealand,[65] and the Netherlands.[66] In its second week, it sold 63,000 copies in the US,[67] and 176,000 more copies over the next four weeks, bringing its total sales to 481,000 by November 25.[68] On November 24, the album peaked at number three on the US Vinyl Albums.[69] By April 2018, the album had sold 1,720,000 copies.[70] It was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in June; for combined sales, streaming and track-sale equivalents of three million units in the US.[71]

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.6/10[72]
Metacritic91/100[73]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[74]
The Guardian[28]
The Irish Times[75]
Los Angeles Times[27]
MSN Music (Expert Witness)A−[14]
Pitchfork9.5/10[31]
Rolling Stone[32]
Spin8/10[22]
USA Today[76]

Good Kid, M.A.A.D City was met with widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 91, based on 36 reviews.[73] It was widely praised by reviewers for Lamar's lyrical ability and narratives.[77]

Reviewing the album for Rolling Stone, Jody Rosen said it 'warrants a place in that storied lineage' of 'Seventies blaxploitation soundtracks and Nineties gangsta rap blaxploitation revivals'.[32] In the Chicago Tribune, Greg Kot applauded Lamar for giving 'gangsta tropes ... a twist, or sometimes upend[ing] them completely' on a record that 'brims with comedy, complexity and the many voices in Kendrick Lamar's head.'[15]Pitchfork's Jayson Greene wrote that 'the miracle of this album is how it ties straightforward rap thrills' to its 'weighty material' and narrative,[31] while David Amidon from PopMatters believed the album was simultaneously accessible and substantial, capable of appealing to both underground and mainstream hip hop listeners.[30]Fact journalist Joseph Morpurgo called it an autobiographical 'triumph of breadth' and a 'wide-ranging, far-reaching success'.[26] Jaeki Cho of XXL hailed Good Kid, M.A.A.D City as 'one of the most cohesive bodies of work in recent rap memory' and wrote that each song sounded 'both complexly arranged and sonically fitting, foregrounding Kendrick's vivid lyricism and amazing control of cadence'.[33] 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.[75] In the opinion of AllMusic editor David Jeffries, the album was 'some kind of elevated gangsta rap'; he wrote of its subject matter:

Besides all the great ideas and life, this journey through the concrete jungle of Compton is worth taking because of the artistic richness, plus the attraction of a whip-smart rapper flying high during his rookie season. 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. Add it all up and subtract the hype, and this one is still potent enough to rise to the top of the pile.[2]

Some reviewers were less enthusiastic. Hazel Sheffield of NME believed the album 'might lack the raw appeal of' Section.80,[78] while Alex Macpherson of The Guardian found 'Lamar's depiction of downtrodden women' to be 'unnecessarily prurient and unconvincing'.[28]Robert Christgau from MSN Music felt that its 'commitment to drama has musical drawbacks', but stated, 'the atmospheric beats Dr. Dre and his hirelings lay under the raps and choruses establish a musical continuity that shores up a nervous flow that's just what Lamar's rhymes need.'[14]

Accolades[edit]

Good Kid, M.A.A.D City appeared on several year-end top albums lists by music critics. It was named the best album of 2012 by BBC, Complex, Fact, New York and Pitchfork. 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.[79] In December 2012, Complex also named Good Kid, M.A.A.D City one of the 25 classic hip hop albums of the previous 10 years.[80]Complex also ranked its album cover as the best of 2012,[81] while Pitchfork included it on its list of the 20 best album covers of the year.[82] In April 2013, Vibe placed the album at number 19 on its 'The Greatest 50 Albums Since '93' list.[83] The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[84]

In October 2013, Complex named it the second best hip hop album of the last five years.[85] Also in 2013, Rolling Stone placed the album at 86 on its 'The 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time' list.[86] The album was ranked number two of 'The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far (2010-2014)', a list published by Pitchfork in August 2014[87] and number five of 'The 20 Best Albums of the 2010s (so far)', a list published by Billboard in January 2015.[88] According to Acclaimed Music, a site which aggregates hundreds of critics' lists from around the world into all-time rankings, the album is the most acclaimed of 2012, the third-most acclaimed of the 2010s, and the 141st most acclaimed album of all time.[89]

The album was nominated for Top Rap Album at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards and the 2013 American Music Awards,[90][91] and won the award for Album of the Year at the 2013 BET Hip Hop Awards.[92]Good Kid M.A.A.D City earned Lamar five Grammy Award nominations at the 56th Grammy Awards, for Album of The Year, Best Rap Album, Best New Artist, Best Rap/Sung Performance for 'Now or Never' with Mary J. Blige, and Best Rap Performance for 'Swimming Pools (Drank)'.[93]

Response from Shyne[edit]

On October 23, 2012, after receiving much critical acclaim from the hip hop community, rapper Shyne took to Twitter to disparage the album, calling it 'trash' and the production horrible.[94]West Coast rappers Nipsey Hussle, Schoolboy Q and The Game quickly took offense to this, with The Game defending Lamar due to his 'non-confrontational nature'.[95][96][97] Lamar would later respond to Shyne's comments on October 26, saying that he is not a sensitive person and was unfazed by his comments. In addition he said Good Kid, M.A.A.D City was not necessarily a 'classic' as some have called it, but 'classic worthy' if enough time would pass.[98] He would later reference Shyne on the song 'The Jig Is Up', stating: 'I pray to God this beat good enough for Shyne'.[99] After Shyne stood by his comments, The Game responded with a freestyle calling out Shyne, entitled 'Cough Up a Lung'.[100][101] Shyne would later respond with his own diss track in retaliation, titled 'Psalms 68 (Guns & Moses)'.[102]

Academic reception[edit]

In 2014, it was reported that Good Kid, M.A.A.D City was being studied as a text in the freshman composition class of Georgia Regents University professor Adam Diehl, alongside other coming of age works such as the James Joyce novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Gwendolyn Brooks' Selected Poems, James Baldwin's short story Going to Meet the Man, and the John Singleton film Boyz n the Hood. The theme of the class was meant to 'inspire students to find an outlet to bring some sanity to our own mad city–Augusta', Diehl told HipHopDX. '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.'[77]

Track listing[edit]

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[103]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1.'Sherane a.k.a Master Splinter's Daughter'Tha Bizness4:33
2.'Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe'
  • Duckworth
  • Vindahl Friis
  • Lykke Schmidt
Sounwave5:10
3.'Backseat Freestyle'Hit-Boy3:32
4.'The Art of Peer Pressure'
  • Duckworth
  • Jonas Vestergaard
Tabu5:24
5.'Money Trees' (featuring Jay Rock)
  • Duckworth
  • Alex Scally
DJ Dahi6:26
6.'Poetic Justice' (featuring Drake)
  • Duckworth
Scoop DeVille5:00
7.'Good Kid'Williams3:34
8.'M.A.A.D City' (featuring MC Eiht)
  • Duckworth
  • Spears
  • Axel 'AxlFolie' Morgan
5:50
9.'Swimming Pools (Drank)' (Extended Version)
  • Duckworth
T-Minus5:13
10.'Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst'
  • Duckworth
  • Gabe Stevenson
  • Derrick Hutchins
12:03
11.'Real' (featuring Anna Wise)
  • Duckworth
  • Martin
Martin7:23
12.'Compton' (featuring Dr. Dre)
  • Duckworth
  • Charles Richard Cason
  • Sly Jordan
Just Blaze4:08
Total length:68:23
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13.'The Recipe' (featuring Dr. Dre)
  • Duckworth
  • Molina
Scoop DeVille5:52
14.'Black Boy Fly'
  • Parker[a]
4:38
15.'Now or Never' (featuring Mary J. Blige)Splash4:17
Total length:87:41
iTunes Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
16.'Collect Calls' (featuring Kent Jamz)
  • Duckworth
  • Riera
  • Morgan
  • Khalil Muhammad
THC3:57
17.'Swimming Pools (Drank)' (Single Version)T-Minus4:07
Total length:95:45
Target Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
16.'County Building Blues'
  • Duckworth
  • Khalil Abdul-Rahman
  • D. Winslow
DJ Khalil4:18
17.'Swimming Pools (Drank) (Black Hippy Remix)' (featuring Black Hippy)
  • Duckworth
  • McKinzie, Jr.
  • T. Williams
T-Minus5:14
Spotify Deluxe edition bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
16.'The Recipe (Black Hippy Remix)' (featuring Black Hippy)
  • Duckworth
  • Molina
  • Cardona
  • D'Amico
  • Gupta
  • Estella
  • Ujueta
  • Stevens IV
  • McKinzie, Jr.
  • Hanley
Scoop DeVille4:21
UK Deluxe edition bonus disc
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13.'The Recipe' (featuring Dr. Dre)
  • Duckworth
  • Young
  • Molina
  • Cardona
  • D'Amico
  • Gupta
  • Hernandez
  • Ujueta
Scoop DeVille5:52
14.'Black Boy Fly'
  • Rahki
  • Parker[a]
4:38
15.'Now or Never' (featuring Mary J. Blige)Splash4:17
16.'County Building Blues'
  • Duckworth
  • Rahman
  • Winslow
DJ Khalil4:18
17.'Swimming Pools (Drank) (Black Hippy Remix)' (featuring Black Hippy)T-Minus5:14
2013 re-issue bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13.'Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe (Remix)' (featuring Jay-Z)
  • Duckworth
  • Spears
  • Braun
  • Friis
  • Schmidt
Sounwave4:39
2013 re-issue international bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13.'Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe (Remix)' (featuring Jay-Z)Sounwave4:39
14.'Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe (International Remix)' (featuring Emeli Sandé)
  • Duckworth
  • Spears
  • Braun
  • Friis
  • Schmidt
Sounwave5:06

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer
  • ^[b] signifies an additional producer
  • 'Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe' features background vocals by Anna Wise and additional vocals by JMSN
  • 'Money Trees' features background vocals by Anna Wise
  • 'Good Kid' features additional vocals by Chad Hugo
  • 'Good Kid' is stylized as 'good kid'
  • 'M.A.A.D City' features uncredited vocals from Schoolboy Q[104]
  • 'M.A.A.D City' is stylized as 'm.A.A.d city'
  • 'Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst' features additional vocals by JMSN, Anna Wise and Camille 'ill Camille' Davis
  • 'Real' features background vocals by JMSN

Sample credits

  • 'Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe' contains a sample of 'Tiden Flyver', as performed by Boom Clap Bachelors.[105]
  • 'Backseat Freestyle' contains a sample of 'Yo Soy Cubano', as performed by The Chakachas.[106]
  • 'The Art of Peer Pressure' contains a sample of 'Helt Alene', as performed by Suspekt.[107]
  • 'Money Trees' contains a sample of 'Silver Soul', as performed by Beach House.[105]
  • 'Poetic Justice' contains a sample of 'Any Time, Any Place', as performed by Janet Jackson.[108]
  • 'm.A.A.d city' contains samples of 'Don't Change Your Love', as performed by The Five Stairsteps; 'Funky Worm', as performed by Ohio Players; and 'A Bird In The Hand', as performed by Ice Cube.[105]
  • 'Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst' contains samples of 'Maybe Tomorrow', as performed by Grant Green; 'I'm Glad You're Mine', as performed by Al Green; and 'Use Me', as performed by Bill Withers.
  • 'Compton' contains a sample of 'What's This World Coming To', as performed by Formula IV.[105]
  • 'The Recipe' contains a sample of 'Meet the Frownies', as performed by Twin Sister.[105]

Personnel[edit]

Credits for Good Kid, M.A.A.D City adapted from AllMusic.[109]

  • Kendrick Lamar – art direction, primary artist
  • Dr. Dre – executive producer, featured artist, mixing
  • Anthony 'Top Dawg' Tiffith – executive producer
  • Derek 'MixedByAli' Ali – engineer, mixing
  • Dave Free – associate producer, co-ordination
  • Larry Chatman – production co-ordination
  • Andrew Van Meter – production co-ordination
  • Ashley Palmer – co-ordination
  • Mike Bozzi – mastering
  • Brian 'Big Bass' Gardner – mastering
  • Dee Brown – engineer
  • Mike Larson – engineer
  • James Hunt – engineer
  • Mauricio Iragorri – engineer
  • Jared Scott – engineer, mixing[110]
  • Jack Splash – producer
  • Hit-Boy – producer
  • Scoop DeVille – producer
  • DJ Dahi – producer
  • Skhye Hutch – producer
  • Just Blaze – producer
  • Tha Bizness – producer
  • T-Minus – producer
  • Pharrell Williams – producer
  • Terrace Martin – additional production
  • Sounwave – additional production
  • Kirdis Postelle – associate producer
  • Terrence Henderson – associate producer
  • Drake – featured artist
  • MC Eiht – featured artist
  • Jay Rock – featured artist
  • Kent Jamz – featured artist
  • Anna Wise – featured artist, background vocals
  • Camille 'Ill Camille' Davis – vocals
  • Chad Hugo – vocals
  • JMSN – background vocals
  • Amari Parnell – hooks and samples singer
  • Mary Keating – violin
  • Marlon Williams – guitar, bass guitar
  • Charly & Margaux – violin, viola
  • Gabriel Stevenson – piano
  • Willie Long – grooming
  • Kitti Fontaine – stylist
  • Dan Monick – photography
  • Paula Oliver – photo courtesy
  • Dwane LaFleur – photo courtesy
  • Danny Smith – photo courtesy
  • Schoolboy Q – handwriting on cover, background vocals

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (2012–16)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[111]23
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[112]46
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[113]130
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[64]2
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[114]20
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[66]45
French Albums (SNEP)[115]57
Ireland (IRMA)[116]36
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[65]7
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[117]26
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[118]44
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[119]38
UK Albums (OCC)[62]16
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[63]2
US Billboard 200[120]2
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[121]1
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[122]1
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[123]1
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard)[69]3

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (2012)Position
US Billboard 200[124]80
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[125]16
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[126]10
Chart (2013)Position
US Billboard 200[127]24
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[128]7
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[129]5
Chart (2014)Position
US Billboard 200[130]69
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[131]27
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[132]14
Chart (2015)Position
US Billboard 200[133]72
Chart (2016)Position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[134]85
US Billboard 200[135]74
Chart (2017)Position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[136]100
US Billboard 200[137]60
Chart (2018)Position
US Billboard 200[138]89

Certifications[edit]

RegionCertificationCertified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)[139]Gold40,000^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[140]Platinum20,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[141]Platinum15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[143]Gold193,000[142]
United States (RIAA)[71]3× Platinum1,720,000[70]

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history[edit]

RegionDateVersionFormatLabelRef.
CanadaOctober 22, 2012
  • CD
  • digital download
  • LP[144]
[145][146]
United KingdomStandard[147]
United States
  • Standard
  • deluxe
[148][149]
United KingdomDecember 3, 2012Deluxe[150]

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Further reading[edit]

  • Christgau, Robert (February 28, 2013). 'Respect yourself: Kendrick Lamar's standing-room only Roseland show'. MSN Music. Archived from the original on March 23, 2013.
  • Weiss, Jeff (January 16, 2013). 'Pazz & Jop: Kendrick Lamar, Finally Compton's Most Wanted'. The Village Voice. New York. Archived from the original on May 3, 2013.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)

External links[edit]

  • Good Kid, M.A.A.D City at Discogs (list of releases)
  • 'good kid, m.A.A.d city'. at AnyDecentMusic?
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