“So now I’m down Rosecrans in a Caravan/Passin’ Alameda, my gas meter in need of a pump, I got enough to get me through the traffic jam/At least I hope ’cause my pockets broke as a promise, man/I’m thinkin’ about that sex/Thinkin’ about her thighs or maybe kissin’ on her neck, or maybe what position’s next/Sent a picture of her titties blowin’ up my texts/I looked at ’em and almost ran my front bumper into Corvette” 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. 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. One of the more recent additions to that list is Kendrick Lamar, rap’s current preeminent lyricist and resident poet laureate.
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