Good Kid M.A.A.D City // Kendrick Lamar

Going on with the theme of the work, I decided to listen to GKMC because this is by far my favourite Kendrick album. When I was listening to the Spotify playlists that I mentioned in yesterdays post Kendrick was also an artist whose name kept popping back up. I decided to look into his music after hearing him go in on Rigamortis, I listened to both Section.80 and GKMC and I thought GKMC was the better of the two.

Kendrick represented a whole other side of rap to me because at the time the only rap I thought was good was a song that had good production and a good flow. Kendrick changed that up because most of his songs had both but with his flow he wasn't just talking about money and women, he used his skill to portray a story.

Listening through the album once more I spent time to clear my mind and actually think about what I was listening to and even compared to what I listen to today, a lot of the songs on GKMC hold up. Too much of the rap scene of today is solely based on good production, while a lot of the tracks on this album do the opposite and go fairly light on the production and it works!

These songs aren't dependant on a catchy hook or heavy production, the core of each of these songs are the story Kendrick is trying to share. I recommend this album if you're looking to listen to music with meaning and good storytelling.