“I am a sinner who's probably gonna
sin again” raps Kendrick Lamar on the second track from his album
good kid, m.A.A.d city. It’s a line that sets the tone for
Lamar’s second full-length record; a record that details the life,
troubles and guilt Lamar experienced growing up in Compton,
California.
With the release of his
critically-acclaimed independent record Section.80 last year –
a concept album inspired by the works of Tupac Shakur – Lamar set
the foundation for his sound on good. Now on his first major
label release, Lamar creates a motion picture with music, an
autobiography of the things he’s witnessed and seen in the life
he’s built leading up to the release of the record.
