EDITORS’ NOTES 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. 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.
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. The deluxe version of good kid, m.A.A.d. City features five bonus tracks.
ALBUM: Kendrick Lamar – Bad Kid Chill City (Zip Download) Eight new leaked download tracks from Kendrick Lamar. One of which features the late Michael Jackson, from his original track “I’ll Be There”. Supposedly the sample was never cleared in time for the release. Listen to free mixtapes and download free mixtapes, hip hop music, videos, underground. Kendrick Lamar in the magazine. Media Round-Up / Thursday 8th October 2015. Indiscretions, secrets, readings, revelations, and news: our Round-Up highlights the most important musical stories of the week.