Kendrick Lamar shines on ‘good kid’

 West Coast rapper Kendrick Lamar brings back old sound in debut album after fan anticipation.
After releasing ”Section-80″ independently two years ago, he headed back into the studio, to release his major label debut album, “good kid, m.A.A.d city” Monday.
If you are a fan of real hip-hop, looking for something new to listen to, or if you’re tired of hearing the same old typical rap music that you hear every day on the radio, then you need to stop everything you are doing and give this album a spin.
This is the first hip-hop album that has came out as a ‘concept album’ since Tyler the Creator dropped “Goblin” back in 2011.
Lamar tells the story of his life growing up in Compton, Calif.
Each song is tied together, either through concepts or outros that occur right after the song fades away.
The story starts off with Sherane aka Master Splinter’s Daughter where K.Dot, the main character of ”good kid, m.A.A.d city” as well as a younger Kendrick Lamar.
He meets a girl, Sherane at a party and gets her number. The song speaks from the view of K.dot about a month after he has met her.
He explains how they had got to know each other and despite her family history of gangs it didn’t stop him from wanting to hook up with her.
At the end of the song, he drives up in his moms van to meet up with Sherane only to find her standing outside of her house with two dudes in black hoodies, whose identities are not confirmed.
Different characters emerge and make their lyrical appearance in the album such as, Lamar’s parents, his friend Dave, Demetrius, Sherane’s favorite cousin, Uncle Tony, Sherane’s grandmother, etc.  
They all played a role towards building and sustaining the plot and storyline of the album.  
Songs; “The Art of Peer Pressure”, ”Poetic Justice”, ”Money Trees”, ”Real”, ”Singing About Me”, and ”Dying of Thirst” all paint pictures and give pieces of the problems and situations in the story.
Some listeners may not grasp and follow the album, because of the complexity of the lyrics and stories.
This is one of those albums where you just cannot say that’s it’s an alright album, the stories recounted are personal and took place within a 24 hour time period.
You can either love this album or you can hate this album, which is hard since there aren’t too many reasons to hate it, unless Lamar’s music just isn’t your cup of tea.
Lamar’s album is debatably the Hip-Hop for this generation of Hip-Hop fans.
After consistently working hard on his music, the debut has not disappointed.
It’s only the beginning for Kendrick Lamar.