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When he announced the album's title and release date, Lamar indicated that the "correct" rendering of the title is lowercase except for the two vowels in " m. Hot single ‘Swimming Pools (Drank)’ serves as a good taster to the album, alongside the previously released warm-up single ‘The Recipe’ ft. 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.

Before and after the album's October 2012 release, Lamar toured as a supporting act alongside Drake and Steve Aoki. d] "The Art of Peer Pressure" contains a sample of "Helt Alene", written by Rune Rask, as performed by Suspekt.In its second week, it sold 63,000 copies in the US, [73] and 176,000 more copies over the next four weeks, bringing its total sales to 481,000 by November 25.

D City has a low-key, [13] downbeat production, [14] with atmospheric beats and subtle, indistinct hooks. The album was supported by five singles – " The Recipe", " Swimming Pools (Drank)", " Backseat Freestyle", " Poetic Justice", and " Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe". We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love. Lamar also went on a world tour between May and August 2013, featuring the other members of the hip hop collective, Black Hippy. The album was nominated for Top Rap Album at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards and the 2013 American Music Awards, [98] [99] and won the award for Album of the Year at the 2013 BET Hip Hop Awards.The music video for the original version of the single was released on May 13, with comedian Mike Epps making a cameo appearance. 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.

The album earned Lamar four Grammy Award nominations at the 2014 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year. 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".D City features a child Lamar, two of his uncles, and his grandfather, with the adults' eyes censored, possibly for privacy reasons. Hailed as the new face of West Coast Rap, the 24 yr-old Compton-native has already been making his mark on the music scene, first with his sought-after mixtapes - ‘Training Day’ and ‘C4’. The songs address issues such as economic disenfranchisement, retributive gang violence [25] and downtrodden women, [26] while analyzing their residual effects on individuals and families.

Lamar introduces various characters and internal conflicts, [26] including the contrast of his homesickness and love for Compton with the city's plagued condition. 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.f] "Poetic Justice" contains excerpts from " Any Time, Any Place", written by James Harris, Janet Jackson and Terry Lewis, as performed by Janet Jackson. Complex also ranked its album cover as the best of 2012, [88] while Pitchfork included it on its list of the 20 best album covers of the year. Dre, Just Blaze, Pharrell Williams, Hit-Boy, Scoop DeVille, Jack Splash, and T-Minus, among others, contributing to the album. With the weight and backing of Dr Dre (the two recently had a joint xxl cover), Kendrick is ready to release his highly-anticipated major label album Good Kid, Maad City Album through top dawg entertainment / aftermath entertainment / Interscope records. It eschews contemporary hip hop tastes [15] and generally features tight bass measures, subtle background vocals, and light piano.

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