Topics ranging from dealing with first love, the youth’s exposure to alcohol/drugs, their exposure to violence, self worth, self love, peer pressure and really, just the culture that is breeded within our cities and as a result our youth. The content of the album is more than surface deep lyrics, instead the album’s concept and Kendrick’s commentary on said concept is a psychological dive into the minds of anyone growing up in an American city. About his experiences growing up, how they influenced him, confused him and brought the best and worst out of the Compton born artist. Unlike most hip-hop albums GKMC is a concept album, and in many ways serves as a conversation between K.Dot and whoever listens about his life. It can bring us back to a place that made the music so enjoyable in the first place, a place that transcends just about everything except our humanity. Luckily K.Dot not only didn’t dissapoint, but made an album that if supported by us could really change the whole culture in hip-hop.
I said that because I felt if this album couldn’t bring honesty and integrity back into the art form known as hip-hop then no album (moreso no artist) could either. I was talking to someone about this album a few weeks ago, and they asked me, “well what if it’s not good?” and I told them if it wasn’t then I would give up hope for hip-hop as a genre. I won’t go track by track, since it hasn’t come out yet but you’ll get the gist of it. But not to fear, because I will certainly be purchasing a copy come Monday and you should too. Since today is Friday the 19th, that means, yes I downloaded the leak.
On Monday the 22nd, the debut studio album for Kendrick Lamar good kid m.A.A.d city is set to drop. Granted, the title of this article is a bit ambitious but it’s for good reason.
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