![]() ![]() ![]() However, in the context of the entire album, the songs paint a larger picture - a story of personal growth from an immature teenager to a seasoned adult. On their own, some of the songs appear to be nothing more than the cookie-cutter rap formula: lyrics featuring anger, swagger, bravado, violence, drugs, alcohol, sex and sometimes misogyny over a beat that makes people go nuts in a club. Lamar masterfully paints the picture of what it means to be a young man living in a lower-income neighborhood in this case, the notorious neighborhood of Compton. “good kid, m.A.A.d city” is, quite simply, a work of art. What makes an album great? Is it simply whether the number of good songs outweighs the number of bad songs? Is it whether the album fits coherently together? Is it how the album tells a story and communicates with the listener exactly what the artist intended? Kendrick Lamar’s “ good kid, m.A.A.d city” not only meets the above criteria - it surpasses them. ![]()
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