He's shamelessly bold about the allure of the trap, contrasting the sickness of his city with the universal feeling of getting homesick, and carrying a Springsteen-sized love for the home team. It is what makes this kid so "good" as he navigates his "mad" city (Compton) with experience and wisdom beyond his years (25). Here, Kendrick is living his life like status and cash were extra credit. Dre, and MC Eiht) and attractive production (from Pharrell, Just Blaze, Tabu, and others).
City would be a milestone even without the back-story, offering cool and compelling lyrics, great guests (Drake, Dr. Dre, and the "biggest debut since Illmatic" stuff starts to flow, but Good Kid, M.A.A.D. Top it off with a pre-release XXL Magazine cover that he shared with his label boss and all-around legend Dr.
A series of killer mixtapes displayed his talent for thought-provoking street lyrics delivered with an attention-grabbing flow, and then there was his membership in the Black Hippy crew with his brethren Ab-Soul, Schoolboy Q, and Jay Rock all issuing solo releases that pleased the "true hip-hop" set, setting the stage for a massive fourth and final. Hip-hop debuts don't come much more "highly anticipated" than Kendrick Lamar's.
(featuring Bilal, Anna Wise and Thundercat)Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs. Singles As lead artist List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name Release: September 14, 2010 ( ) (US) ĮPs List of extended plays, with selected details.Mixtapes List of mixtapes, with selected chart positions and sales figures Soundtrack albums List of soundtrack albums, with selected chart positions "-" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.Ĭompilation albums List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions 7.1.1 Kendrick Lamar and various artists - Black Panther: The AlbumĪlbums Studio albums List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications.The album spawned the singles " Humble", " Loyalty" and " Love", which all reached the top 15 of the US Billboard Hot 100, with "Humble" becoming his first number-one single in the United States as a lead artist. On April 14, 2017, his fourth studio album, Damn, was released and reached number one on the Billboard 200, and has since been certified 3× Platinum. The compilation album gave Lamar his second chart-topping set in less than a year. On March 4, 2016, Lamar released Untitled Unmastered, a compilation album containing previously unreleased demos that originated during the recording of To Pimp a Butterfly. To Pimp a Butterfly received universal critical acclaim upon release, much like its predecessor, and had global charting success, debuting at number one on the overall albums charts in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, as well as topping the US Billboard 200. The album was preceded by two singles, " i" and " The Blacker the Berry", which charted at numbers 39 and 66 on the US Billboard Hot 100, respectively. On March 16, 2015, Lamar released his third studio album, To Pimp a Butterfly. The album received universal critical acclaim and reached number two on the Billboard 200. Good Kid, M.A.A.D City was released in October 2012, through TDE, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. " Swimming Pools (Drank)", the album's lead single, peaked at number 17 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and became his first top 20 hit on the chart.
The album's first single, " The Recipe", peaked at number 38 on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. In mid-2012, Lamar began promoting his second studio album and major label debut, Good Kid, M.A.A.D City. The album's lead single, " HiiiPoWeR", was released prior to the album through iTunes. It peaked at number 113 on the US Billboard 200 chart. Lamar's debut studio album Section.80, was released on July 2, 2011, and issued on independent record label Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE). It was Lamar's first full-length project to be released under his birth name and fared well enough to enter the United States Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, where it peaked at number 72. He gained major attention after the release of his fourth mixtape Overly Dedicated, which was released in 2010.
(Hub City Threat: Minor of the Year) (2004), Training Day (2005), and C4 (2009). Lamar initially performed under the stage name K-Dot, releasing three mixtapes under that moniker: Y.H.N.I.C. American rapper Kendrick Lamar has released four studio albums, one compilation album, one extended play (EP), five mixtapes, 65 singles (including 44 as a featured artist), three promotional singles, and 55 music videos.