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Kendrick Lamar - Compton
Artist: Kendrick Lamar
Featuring: Dr. Dre
Producer: Just Blaze
Album: good kid, m.A.A.d city
Label: TDE/Aftermath/Interscope
The Recipe and Swimming Pools (Drank) were singles; Kendrick Lamar‘s latest, on the other hand, feels like an event. The latest release off the Top Dawg fast-riser’s highly-anticipated debut set is a musical passing-of-the-torch set amidst the gritty, yet familiar (to the artists involved as well as to gangster-rap fans everywhere) streets of Compton, California. Just Blaze‘s majestic brass fanfare sets the mood as Lamar and mentor Dr. Dre pay homage to their mutual hometown, peppering their verses with geographical references for the locals and musical name-drops for the rest of us. And just in case you didn’t realize this cut is meant to be the new California Love, a Roger Troutman sound-alike busts out the talk-box on the record’s outro. Sure to leave fans in the West and beyond more amped than ever for Lamar’s debut set, Compton is but one of many bangers to be found on good kid, m.A.A.d city, due out October 22, via Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope Records.
This song first appeared on the
Top Hip Hop / R&B Chart
on October 15, 2012
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 9283 |
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Wow...
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| Posted on Oct 02, 2012 |
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| Posted on Oct 02, 2012 |
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Yeah... This is a CLASSIC... Dr Dre and Kendrick RIPPED this... Sick beat by Just Blaze... I don't give many 5-star ratings, but this is one of them...
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| Posted on Oct 02, 2012 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 93 |
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 Soundz old school yeah
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| Posted on Oct 02, 2012 |
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It serves as a great if not fantastic album closer, which it is if you see the track-listing.
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| Posted on Oct 02, 2012 |
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This. Is. Rap.
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| Posted on Oct 03, 2012 |
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| Posted on Oct 03, 2012 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 639 |
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West coast!!!!
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| Posted on Oct 03, 2012 |
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| Posted on Oct 03, 2012 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 74 |
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Man, shit just got REAL! good kid, m.A.A.d city...
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| Posted on Oct 03, 2012 |
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| Posted on Oct 03, 2012 |
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Often times a star studded line up comes up short it seems. With the hype of various talented people collabing on a track expectations will start high. Kendrick x Dre x JB.. This song lives up to its expectations
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| Posted on Oct 03, 2012 |
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| Posted on Oct 04, 2012 |
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this is very dope dr dre killed this damn,some of his best lyrics since the watcher part 2.kendrick went in as well but i feel like he deliberately allowed the doctor to out shine him,great suff i cant wait for the lp
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| Posted on Oct 06, 2012 |
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| Posted on Oct 07, 2012 |
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My name is Justin aka Jade Truthbtold. I'm a young poet and artist out of Maryland and in College in PA just trying to let my voice be heard.
I don't think twice or hold any punches when expressing how I feel about a matter. I speak the truth from my experiences and understanding of this thing that we call life.There is depth within my music so please listen in between the lines. Soundcloud.com/jadetruthbtold |
| Posted on Oct 08, 2012 |
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| Posted on Oct 09, 2012 |
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DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 23 |
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Much stronger showing for the pair the second time around, with no hate on the first attempt.
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| Posted on Oct 10, 2012 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 904 |
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Good track, but its not as epic as I wanted to be. Still a solid track.
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| Posted on Oct 12, 2012 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 604 |
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Dope, like the rest of the album. K. Dot seems to really have rejuvenated Dre, he's been coming with the heat lately..just wish we could have some more beats!
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| Posted on Oct 18, 2012 |
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This is fire!!
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| Posted on Oct 29, 2012 |
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Just Blaze, you sick for this one! Now this eargasm-inducing gem right here is one of the best joints about (to?) Compton that I've ever heard. And there is like a million of them. Oh, and that Kendrick with deeper voice is actually Dr. Dre.
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| Posted on Nov 02, 2012 |
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DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 6 |
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Pure dopeness
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| Posted on Nov 07, 2012 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 128 |
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Haven't been on Booth in a while, so this was nice to be welcomed back with. This is golden!
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| Posted on Nov 07, 2012 |
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HOT! Just Blaze did his thing
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| Posted on Nov 08, 2012 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 194 |
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Hip Hop Banger!
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| Posted on Jan 02, 2013 |
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Kendrick is a machine.
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