"good kid, m.A.A.d. city" - Kendrick Lamar (Oct. 22nd, 2012)

[King Lance]

I'll do it =p I suppose you're going to sleep ?

glad I don't have to go to my lessons tomorrow eheh, no trains in my country tomorrow

[Man1x]

I'll do it =p I suppose you're going to sleep ?

glad I don't have to go to my lessons tomorrow eheh, no trains in my country tomorrow

Haha, yeah. I'm hitting the sack. Been a good day for K. Dot news fam

[King Lance]

ahaha have a good night then =p

btw, this is still " go on" on nbc, that means its around between 9:00 pm and 9:30 pm, and the Jimmy Fallon's show starts at 12:37AM

we'll have it in 3 or 3.5 hours.

I now know why they called the show "LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON"

[Man1x]

I wonder what the extended version of Swimming Pools (Drank) has to offer. Maybe it's kind of like what Kanye did with Runaway or maybe it's just another verse, or both!

[ujenetot]

Last verse by Kendrick on Compton sounds awesome to my ears, especially that part:

Now we can all celebrate
We can all harvest the rap artists of NWA
America target our rap market, it's controversy and hate
Harsh realities we in made our music translate
To the coke dealers, the hood rich, and the broke niggas that play
With them gorillas that know killers that know where you stay
Roll that kush, crack that case, ten bottles of rozay

Now, obviously, english is not my 1st language, but am i right, when i think that Kendrick is the only newcomer, to whom everybody are listening to because of his flow? Not the production or twitter beafs, or the choruses (though, he make em quite good), no, just the way he make his verses sound - they are all so well-crafted and user-friendly to the ears, i'am like, maaan, SSLP quality in terms of flow

[King Lance]

one of his best performances tbh, no weird voices on this show !!!

[Man1x]

As industry stiffs fought past rain-soaked fans into Chung King studios in Manhattan last night for a Kendrick Lamar listening party, speculation flew as quickly as over-enthusiastic daps and business cards. "This better be the rap equivalent of Thriller," one attendee muttered, demonstrating the due praise and comical hyperbole that have shadowed the Compton, California, native throughout his slow and steady rise.

In a climate where rap's most buzzed about stars shoot across the sky with the tap of a trackpad, Lamar's decade-long climb seems almost implausible. How exactly does one craft a "debut" after releasing four mixtapes, an EP and an independent album? One damn good song at a time, it seemed, as the tracks previewed from Good Kid, M.A.A.D. city depicted the best of the rapper and the worst of his hometown, side-stepping all expectations and sounding at once warmly familiar and brand-spanking new.

Lamar and his Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope affiliates shuffled through tracks from behind soundproof glass, giving the session the air of a market research test. But the handful of journalists taking notes huddled near a speaker were no match for the cocktail party/family cookout vibe that dominated the rest of the floor, as caterers served cheeseburger sliders and chicken fingers, and cute bartenders let the Ketel One flow freely ("They ran out of cups," one attendee whispered to a friend just before the album started, "so hold onto yours to get refills"). At the start, a TDE soldier briefed the room: "The man don't fuck around with his music. We've got people in here dressed regular. If we see you with cameras or phones recording, you'll be escorted out and we keeping your shit!"

They've got a right to be stingey: GKMC feels precious. The production alone sniffs at classic status: a tight, cohesive blending of Dre's chunky, hi-gloss ridah music and the woozy, futuristic boom-bap that Lamar fans have come to love. Beats swayed between down-tempo sparse thumpers and fierce drumbreak loops that screw your face up for you – one particularly vicious cut featured the infamous Funky Worm synth that defined Nineties West Coast rap, and it gained an even sharper edge when MC Eiht showed up to spit some straight-up menace. Other features were just as unpredictable: there was Drake rhyming about flying his natural-haired East African chick back to the motherland (Israel?), Fred the Godson bringing the Bronx River Deli to the Compton Swap Meet and Lady Gaga doing something that landed between rapping and singing but didn't really feel like either. Lamar's Black Hippy cohorts Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul and Jay Rock weren't present on these songs, but they posted up at his sides during the session, ensuring the crew was solid as ever.

And then there was Kendrick. It's all here: the growls and snarls, the nasal deadpan, the loopy hooks, the cadence flips, the double-time barrages of syllables. His stories are just as vivid this go round, clocking in four full narratives within the six songs he previewed. His lyrics have always felt hyper personal, but these verses feel white-knuckle real: "If I told you I shot a man at 16, would you believe me?" he asks without blinking. One person's name literally gets bleeped out of a verse describing a robbery, but he doesn't omit it when rapping to himself from behind the control board. He narrates the rise and fall of a high school ball player (with the brilliant chorus "now watch that black boy fly"), and confesses to being jealous of ballers and rhymers in his hood that appeared to have a better shot at making it out. "Every neighborhood is an obstacle" in the world Lamar depicts, where he's often both suspect and spectator – deep in the cave, hopelessly punching at the walls.

"October 22nd, you'll get that whole package," Lamar promised at the close of the session. With little mention of mentor Dr. Dre and more than a month until the release date, we can be sure to expect more surprises leading up to the release. There were no titles given and tracks were presented in no order – after each, he'd ask "Y'all like that song? OK, cool." When Lamar announced he'd only play one or two more, the crowd jeered and rap media mainstay Elliott Wilson shouted "three!" into the mic. "Can't do that," Kendrick quipped. "We'd be giving y'all the whole album." If the night was any indication, it'll be worth the wait.

[Man1x]

It always bothers me when people don't put their groups on their albums.

Jay Rock on it, and there's speculation of Ab-Soul & Schoolboy Q being on hidden tracks and what not. If they not on there then I guess they didn't make the best song possible for the album. Kendrick will always rep Black Hippy though so it doesn't bother me.

[Man1x]

It always bothers me when people don't put their groups on their albums.

Jay Rock on it, and there's speculation of Ab-Soul & Schoolboy Q being on hidden tracks and what not. If they not on there then I guess they didn't make the best song possible for the album.

Hope they make it. I dunno, it just bothers me.

Jay Rock wasn't on Section.80. Didn't bother me because he didn't fit the overall sound of the album :/

[King Lance]

surprised man1x didn't update the post with this song

Alien Enlightened - Privaledge and Kendrick Lamar

http://soundcloud.com/privaledgebeats/a ... ge/s-gm9dz

I have no information about the track, it's not on kendrick's album but still good to listen since the song was uploaded on the net 2 hours ago.
Kdot at 2:52 + outro

[ImANoob]

im gonnna keep saying it...this album will be a classic

[KendrickLamar]

http://www.amazon.de/Good-Kid-M-d-City/ ... 272&sr=8-2
If this is legit, album releases in Europe Oct 9.

[King Lance]

not sure, but yep we have it earlier.

A friend of mine working in a shop, they'll sell the album on October 19nd.
oct 9 sounds too early but amazon was legit for the tracklist so who knows !!!!!

[KendrickLamar]

not sure, but yep we have it earlier.

A friend of mine working in a shop, they'll sell the album on October 19nd.
oct 9 sounds too early but amazon was legit for the tracklist so who knows !!!!!

U gotta ask him for a copy when they get it on Oct 9

[ImANoob]

wait, isnt the 22nd a monday? this type of stuff usually comes out on a tuesday. (sorry if im late noticing this)