A picture of this van is also featured on the deluxe version of the record. The skit after “Sherane a.k.a Master Splinter’s Daughter” has Kendrick’s mother and father wanting him to bring her van back to the house. They’re what pull the story completely together. The skits following the songs are concise but actually feature Kendrick’s friends and mother and father. It’s filled with fits and starts, twists and turns. K-Dot, is meeting with a girl named “Sherane” and much like in a Tarantino film, the story doesn’t exactly follow one thread. In this song, you step into the mindset of Lamar’s persona, K Dot, who’s the protagonist of the story. They don’t necessarily push the story forward but they create the world that you’re about to step into.
Picture the beginning of Reservoir Dogs and the now infamous Madonna and “No Tipping” monologues. The first track, “Sherane aka Master Splinter’s Daughter” isn’t really the beginning of the story but rather sets the stage. It’s a day in the life of the protagonist, K Dot, as he becomes Kendrick Lamar and in it, hooks up with his girl, robs a house, and goes through misadventures, which makes him question hood politics. Good Kid, mAAd City is cinematic and tells a gripping specific narrative. The title on the cover also reads: “a short film by Kendrick Lamar.” This is not an accident. You don’t see nobody else’s eyes, but you see my eyes are innocent, and tryna figure out what is goin’ on.” Speaking on the cover art, Lamar says, “That photo says so much about my life, and about how I was raised in Compton, and the things I’ve seen, just through them innocent eyes. In the background is a picture on the wall featuring Kendrick and his father.
There is a baby bottle, a 40-oz bottle and one uncle is flashing a gang sign. This is the story of a good kid in a mad city.The Good Kid, mAAd City cover art features a childhood Polaroid of Kendrick with his uncles and grandfather. This is the story of angels on angel dust, the story of the dysfunctional bastards of the Ronald Reagan era. So grab a 40, ignore your voicemails, and borrow your mother’s van if you have to, because we’re going to take a ride down the wicked streets of Compton with King Kendrick Lamar. When an album this significant drops, it’s only right that Complex document its creation. If you think those comparisons are lofty, consider the fact that the people involved in the making of this album compared Kendrick to everyone from Bob Dylan to John Coltrane (no, seriously). The album will surely catapult Kendrick into the upper echelons of rap, where his debut will have to be compared to the likes of Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, and Nas. good kid, m.A.A.d city follows a day in the life of a teenage Kendrick riding around the streets of Compton as he hooks up with a girl, does a house lick, and goes through numerous other misadventures. The artist formerly known as K-Dot has done something that didn’t seem possible in this day and age: He's made an album without any artistic or commercial concessions, an album that speaks for a generation, an album that’s worthy of being called a classic.Īnd it’s not just a collection of masterful records, it’s a conceptual album-a "short film," as the subtitle puts it. And it’s every bit as good we all hoped it would be-and then some.
Kendrick Lamar’s major label debut, good kid, m.A.A.d.
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