Good Kid, M.A.A.D City

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good kid, m.A.A.d city is the upcoming major label debut studio album by American hip hop recording artist Kendrick Lamar, set to be released on October 22, 2012, under Top Dawg, Aftermath and Interscope Records.

Background

good kid, m.A.A.d city is Kendrick's first official studio album. He told HiphopDX he didn't feel the need to work with new producers. He said he wanted to prove himself and so he's working on the album with the producers he has previously worked with. Kendrick Lamar expresses that the highly anticipated studio debut album will discuss his life in the infamous city of Compton. "The kid that’s trying to escape that influence, trying his best to escape that influence, has always been pulled back in because of circumstances that be.” he said.

Singles

The lead single of the album was released on April 3, 2012, called "The Recipe", which featured record producer and fellow rapper Dr. Dre. It peaked at #38 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and at #3 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles. Kendrick shot a video for it featuring Dr. Dre at a mansion in Los Angeles in May 2012. He also claimed the video will have a feel of 2Pac's California Love clip.

The second single was "Swimming Pools (Drank)", produced by T-Minus and mixed by Dr. Dre and TDE's Ali. The single released on July 31, 2012, as digital download, had the music video premiered on August 3, 2012 at 106 and Park. The album version of the single is present on track 9, while the single version is available as track 17 while purchasing the Deluxe Edition.

The twelfth track, "Compton", was released as a promotional single - featuring his mentor and American rapper Dr. Dre, who collaborated with him on the first single of the album. The track was produced by Just Blaze and was released on October 2, 2012, along with the pre-order of the album.

The album was leaked online on October 17, 2012, 5 days prior to it's release date of October 22, 2012.

Recording and production

Lamar stated good kid, m.A.A.d city will sound “nothing” like Section.80. “I couldn’t tell you what type of sound or where I’ma be in the next five years as far as music,” he said. “It’s a big difference from the next project compared to the last. And that’s what happened with this album. Going back to the neighborhood and going to different spots, chilling with my homeboys, put me back in that same space where we used to be, bringing back them thoughts, reminiscing how I was feeling. I got myself right back in that mode and I got inspired by that. So this album won’t sound like Section.80. Completely nothing like it,” he told to XXL.

On August 15, 2012, Lady Gaga announced via Twitter that she had collaborated with Kendrick on a song titled "Partynauseous" for his upcoming album, and that it would be released on September 6, 2012. However, on August 23, 2012, Gaga announced that the song was no longer being released on that date and apologized to fans for the delay. Eventually, it was confirmed that Lady Gaga would not be featured on the album. "Partynauseous" was removed from the final tracklist and will be released on a different project.

For the project, Lamar enlisted TDE labelmate Jay Rock, Drake, MC Eiht, Pharrell, Anna Wise and mentor Dr. Dre, as well as Mary J. Blige who features on the deluxe edition.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Sherane a.k.a. Master Splinter’s Daughter"		Tha Bizness	4:33
2.	"Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe"		Sounwave	5:10
3.	"Backseat Freestyle"		Hit-Boy	3:32
4.	"The Art of Peer Pressure"		Tabu	5:24
5.	"Money Trees" (featuring Jay Rock)		DJ Dahi	6:26
6.	"Poetic Justice" (featuring Drake)		Scoop DeVille	5:00
7.	"good kid"		Pharrell Williams	3:34
8.	"m.A.A.d city" (featuring MC Eiht)		Sounwave, THC, Terrace Martin (add.)	5:50
9.	"Swimming Pools (Drank)" (Extended Version)	Kendrick Duckworth, Tyler Williams	T-Minus	5:13
10.	"Sing About Me / I’m Dying of Thirst"		'Sing About Me' produced by Skhye Hutch, Sounwave (add.) 'I’m Dying of Thirst' produced by Like of Pac Div	12:03
11.	"Real" (featuring Anna Wise)		Terrace Martin	7:23
12.	"Compton" (featuring Dr. Dre)	Duckworth, Justin Smith, Charles Cason	Just Blaze	4:08
Total length:				68:16

Deluxe edition disc

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"The Recipe" (featuring Dr. Dre)	Duckworth, Elijah Molina, Eric Cardona, Gabe D'Amico, Dev Gupta, Andrea Estella, Bryan Ujueta	Scoop DeVille	5:52
14.	"Black Boy Fly"		Rahki, Dawaun Parker (co.)	4:38
15.	"Now or Never" (featuring Mary J. Blige)		Jack Splash	4:17
Total length:				83:03

iTunes Deluxe edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
16.	"Collect Calls"		THC	3:57
17.	"Swimming Pools (Drank)"	Duckworth, Williams	T-Minus	4:07
Total length:				91:07

Notes

• Track list confirmed on October 2, 2012. Production credits were announced on October 14, 2012.

Samples

• "The Art of Peer Pressure" samples the instrumental from the song "Helt Alene" from Suspekt's album "Elektra".
• "Backseat Freestyle" samples "Good Fucking Night" by Roscoe Dash
• "Poetic Justice" samples "Anytime, Anyplace" by Janet Jackson and is named after a movie she starred in, Poetic Justice

Release history

Date	Region	Format(s)	Label	Edition(s)
October 22, 2012	Canada	CD, digital download	Aftermath, Interscope	Standard
				Deluxe
	United Kingdom			Standard
	United States			Standard
				Deluxe