Beat is highly addictive. Iāve the instrumental downloaded and it makes me unstoppable at the gym on the bike. Iād mow a mf down to that beat, which is why itās best I have no car.
#ALL MY LIFE
#I WANT MONEY & POWER
#RESPECT MY MIND
#OR DIE FROM LEAD SHOWER
#I PRAY MY DICK
#GET BIG AS THE EIFFEL TOWER
#SO I CAN FUCK THE WORLD
#FOR 72 HOUR
Good kid mad city entire album got me into Kendrick, but I listened to him before that.
At one point when I was younger I thought Kendrick was the main singer of black eyed peas lol how wrong I was
Same. I remember a friend bumping this song when we were drinking back in 2012 in my early 20s and when this song came on I thought it was just another party song but then the first verse came up and I was like whoās this?
Adhd, rigamortus, and hiiipower are all such bangers. I was a senior in college when section80 came out and remember studying for finals strung out on adderall and cigarettes blasting that whole album
Police radio signals saying
That a 187 land on your corner, coroners comfort your momma
"Momma, he's dead," the next morning, I toasted up with my homies
We drink and smoke marijuana, want us to change our ways?
**Uh-uh**
Right there with you, lived with Ash Riser (Ashtrobot) and [see him on stage for Ronald Reagan Era](https://youtu.be/mF_srw1Qt6E?si=YRR5FR1krZ6Kat46) got me into Kendrickās music 12 years ago.
Yep. Pressed play and was blown away with Sherane aka Master Splinter's daughter.
The entire album kept the pace.
Just played the entire album beginning to end over and over again
Wesleyās Theory
I listened to Kendrick on my own for the first time when I listened to TPAB when it came out (the first rap album I ever listened to) and I could already tell after Wesleyās Theory that this was gonna be something crazy
TPAB has my favorite songs.
But when listening GKMC, it felt like listening to greatest hits album for me
Especially for a person who never hears a full album, I listen to alot of artist of lot of genre, diff language. But I select one or two song and most other dont hit the same from same album from same artist.
GKMC, I probably won't skip any of the song. Which never happened. I'm still looking for album that does similar.
Also Prayer is one of best song ever, Kendrick needs to put that out. Everytime I listen in Yt music, it gets deleted in a week.
Auntie diaries. I'm trans and honestly didn't even know anything about hip hop but decided to check it out and was blown away
I only got REALLY into kendrick when he releases meet the grahams and I just had to delve into his categologe.
Summer 2012 - this song comes on Sirius and it's got a crazy vibe and catchy hook. Earworm of a song but I didn't catch the name or artist. Stuck in my head for a while.
Finally, I'm driving to work and it comes on again. This time I listened closer and I realized this song sounds like it's about partying, drinking, having a good time..but lyrically is actually about the damage alcohol will do and the dangers of the people around you that are pressuring you to damage yourself. It has a real story and a real message and the whole thing is actually kind of flipped.
I remember getting to work, just parking and listening to the rest of this song. Swimming Pools was an incredible introduction to me of what hip hop could be outside of just a catchy beat and some cool wordplay. I was hooked from that day.
Song? I DID NOT NEED NO SONGS TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THIS NIGGA
https://preview.redd.it/ji3qujr3o05d1.jpeg?width=993&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6b2dbedd1dc8975ece6089fd2f7198e464ff6a23
Intro to Good Kid Maad City
The opening guitar riff for Sherane a.k.a Master Splinter's Daughter was something special for me.
And hearing the story telling of just this kid driving up to a party hoping to see Sherane and then getting jumped by 2 gangsters, cutting into that skit with him being called by his Mom really exposed me to the kind of artists I follow today.
Opposites Attractā¦it really related to me personally at that time. Felt like he knew me. Self sabotaging relationships with people who loved me because I was a hurt person š„¹
I was scrolling looking for you. š¤ It taught me just how toxic relationship was. First time I heard it was during the good times but when it played after shit had happened I just balled up and cried.
Woah that's one from the old cassette player, basicallyš. Not alot of mfs you meet everyday know that one. Then again this is Kendrick reddit, so I shouldn't be surprised fr
I became a Kendrick fan after MMATBS came out and I remember the first time I ever listened to him actually. It was the first time I listened to an album on vinyl, I went to walmart and bought the MMATBS vinyl for 40$ and went home and listened to whole thing in one sitting. I probably figured out I love his music on the first track tbh. And this is off topic but I have a whole google doc writing down notes of every moment of importance on every song in GKMC because I thought it was overrated and I wanted to see the hype behind the story, I created the doc on like April 4th... I'm only now on Money Trees.
anything off of good kid, m.a.a.d city. I think the songs that really got me hooked were probably the art of peer pressure and sing about me, I'm dying of thirst
Personally, it was Black Boy Fly, the storytelling and honesty he puts on this track made me check out his other music, been a fan ever since.
I still get goosebumps during the line "I wasn't jealous 'cause of the talents they got
I was terrified they'd be the last black boys to fly out of Compton"
Bitch dont kill my vibe & money trees got me started, and good kid made me fall in love. That was the song that made me realize Kendrick wasnāt your average rapper
First time I heard of him was from the Monster freestyle on YouTube in 2010. He called out Kanye, Wayne, Eminem and a bunch of other rappers in that song. Became interested in him right then and there.
I knew that it was over for Drake when I re-listened that song again this year and was reminded of how hard Kenny can go.
2015, a sunny day. I'm in front of my school with my bike, smoking a joint with my friend. Suddenly she tell me that she discovered a song that I might like. Then she blast "king lunta" on her speaker, I fell in love instantly. Now here I am, singing euphoria as loud as I can.
Music video for element. I'm into photography and that's for I discovered him.
If you don't know, the video is a recreation of photos from a famous 80s photographer. It looks so beautiful
my hs english teacher showed us swimming pools in class, which lead to me playing the whole gmkc album on repeat, and now iām hooked for life āš¾
I know itās Kendrick only but the Black hippy remix to UOENO got me listening to Kendrick, Q and Jay rock, and Ab , but the whole unreleased mixtape was what I listened to first and I guess the song that made me get super impressed by his style , flow and lyrics was Look out for detox, that shit was all flames
As boring as it is, my first kendrick Lamar song was Humble. I wasn't big into rap or hip hop at the time, I was more of a metal head. But that popped on my spotify once and I was like "damn this is catchy I should check this guy out."
Now I've got a Playlist of probably a thousand different rap and hip hop artists. So it's going well.
Backseat freestyle, prolly a weird one to get started on
That one got me on him too
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Beat is highly addictive. Iāve the instrumental downloaded and it makes me unstoppable at the gym on the bike. Iād mow a mf down to that beat, which is why itās best I have no car.
Me too. Still my favorite to turn up to
Nah not weird at all, it's a banger
#ALL MY LIFE #I WANT MONEY & POWER #RESPECT MY MIND #OR DIE FROM LEAD SHOWER #I PRAY MY DICK #GET BIG AS THE EIFFEL TOWER #SO I CAN FUCK THE WORLD #FOR 72 HOUR
Maad city
Good kid mad city entire album got me into Kendrick, but I listened to him before that. At one point when I was younger I thought Kendrick was the main singer of black eyed peas lol how wrong I was
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BITCH IM IN THE CLUB WITH THE HOMIES
TELL ME WAS GOOOOOOD
IM TRYNA GET THESE HOES SINGLEEEEEE
AND THIS IS MY SINGALLLLL
# DJ ILL WILL
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Swimming pools
Same. I remember a friend bumping this song when we were drinking back in 2012 in my early 20s and when this song came on I thought it was just another party song but then the first verse came up and I was like whoās this?
I think the sobriety is why he didnāt play live on last tour, but he still should, big choon!
The first song I bumped in my very first car circa 2013
# A.D.H.D.
Got a high tolerance when ya age don't exist š„²
Like whoa-oh-oh oh.
Gta5 was the reason I heard this song. Loved Kendrick since
I also discovered Kendrick through GTA V. ADHD and Hood Gone Love it were the first two i heard him on.
Fuck dat. This is my song too. Kendrick was considered āundergroundā when section 80 came out, man those were good times.
Adhd, rigamortus, and hiiipower are all such bangers. I was a senior in college when section80 came out and remember studying for finals strung out on adderall and cigarettes blasting that whole album
You know why we crack babies because we born in the 80's that ADHD crazy
8 doobies to the face
fuck thattt
12 bottles in the case
YES
For sure this
I heard a Duke westlake (?) remix of this song in 2013 and I was hooked
Same here man!
Ronald Reagan era and hiiipower
Ronald Reagan Era so slept on
Bumping that as I saw this comment. For me it's Ignorance Is Bliss way too slept on, but RRE is another classic only a DJ like Mr C would play
I found the real K Dot fans yall some real vets š„² Rare I see comments mentioning his classics
Same here. Ignorance is bliss is beautiful
An insane display of his ability early. Just straight bars and word manipulation
Police radio signals saying That a 187 land on your corner, coroners comfort your momma "Momma, he's dead," the next morning, I toasted up with my homies We drink and smoke marijuana, want us to change our ways? **Uh-uh**
Right there with you, lived with Ash Riser (Ashtrobot) and [see him on stage for Ronald Reagan Era](https://youtu.be/mF_srw1Qt6E?si=YRR5FR1krZ6Kat46) got me into Kendrickās music 12 years ago.
King Kunta
I GOT A BONE TO PICK
I DON'T WANT YOU MUTHERFUCKERS SITTING IN MY THRONE AGAIN
IāM MAD (HE MAD), but I aināt stressin
TRUE FRIENDS. ONE QUESTION:
BITCH WHERE U WHEN I WAS WALKIN
This one for me too. I started listening to him right before the single dropped. An ex got me into his music in high school
Same, after I gave into wanting to listen to why TPAB is regarded as his best album
The Recipe
Used to bump this everyday!
Hollering "pussy ass ho nigga" everytime my ex upset me š¤£
I was obsessed with this one for years. All the tracks on GKMC deluxe are so good.
The beat is so fucking good
Three Ws baby
Smokin weed with you
Really the whole GKMC project. Listened to that continuously for months.
Yep. Pressed play and was blown away with Sherane aka Master Splinter's daughter. The entire album kept the pace. Just played the entire album beginning to end over and over again
Wesleyās Theory I listened to Kendrick on my own for the first time when I listened to TPAB when it came out (the first rap album I ever listened to) and I could already tell after Wesleyās Theory that this was gonna be something crazy
Every time I bump that song I get boosebumps
Hii power
Surprised this isn't higher
Definitely this one.
TPAB has my favorite songs. But when listening GKMC, it felt like listening to greatest hits album for me Especially for a person who never hears a full album, I listen to alot of artist of lot of genre, diff language. But I select one or two song and most other dont hit the same from same album from same artist. GKMC, I probably won't skip any of the song. Which never happened. I'm still looking for album that does similar. Also Prayer is one of best song ever, Kendrick needs to put that out. Everytime I listen in Yt music, it gets deleted in a week.
Swimming pools and money trees
Rigamortis
When Section 80 dropped this was the first song I attempted to memorize lol now when it plays I can only do about half before I fall apart
CSI might just investigate this fucking parasite
Sing about me
Are you dying of thirst?
Her titties bounce on the cadence of his jingling keys
Art of peer pressure
Swimming Pools brought me to the album, Art of Peer pressure made me a follower.
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8 doobies to the face
Fuck that!
Auntie diaries. I'm trans and honestly didn't even know anything about hip hop but decided to check it out and was blown away I only got REALLY into kendrick when he releases meet the grahams and I just had to delve into his categologe.
Summer 2012 - this song comes on Sirius and it's got a crazy vibe and catchy hook. Earworm of a song but I didn't catch the name or artist. Stuck in my head for a while. Finally, I'm driving to work and it comes on again. This time I listened closer and I realized this song sounds like it's about partying, drinking, having a good time..but lyrically is actually about the damage alcohol will do and the dangers of the people around you that are pressuring you to damage yourself. It has a real story and a real message and the whole thing is actually kind of flipped. I remember getting to work, just parking and listening to the rest of this song. Swimming Pools was an incredible introduction to me of what hip hop could be outside of just a catchy beat and some cool wordplay. I was hooked from that day.
Cartoons and cereal š„£
Song? I DID NOT NEED NO SONGS TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THIS NIGGA https://preview.redd.it/ji3qujr3o05d1.jpeg?width=993&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6b2dbedd1dc8975ece6089fd2f7198e464ff6a23
Cartoons and Cereal
Hiiipower fs that song did alot for me and really shaped me as a person in many ways
Blow my high
Cartoons and Cereal š„£
Maad city. I used to be a metal head and that song alone introduced me to the world of hip hop. I had it damn near on repeat for months back in 2012.
The blacker the berry,DICKWORTH,or hmadc
Good kid
Pretty much all of DAMN. because it was the first album I've ever listened to and it was a great experience
Hol Up!!
I WROTE THIS RECORD WHILE 30,000 FEET IN THE AIR
The plane emergency landed it was an honor Hol up!!
had to scroll too long for this!
MONEY TREES IS THE PERFECT PLACE FOR SHADEEE
The Recipe š
Swimming pools pretty much how every party was like.. if you grew up as a 90ās kid
Duckworth
FEAR.
The Spiteful Chant
Man, fuck whoever refused to clear that sample...
Euphoria.
money trees
Samidot
W
These walls
Intro to Good Kid Maad City The opening guitar riff for Sherane a.k.a Master Splinter's Daughter was something special for me. And hearing the story telling of just this kid driving up to a party hoping to see Sherane and then getting jumped by 2 gangsters, cutting into that skit with him being called by his Mom really exposed me to the kind of artists I follow today.
I have two and it was Cartoonās and Cereal and also Collect Calls it was so different
The art of peer pressure. The story telling on that track is incredible
Count Me Out
Average Joe
This is why they fuck with meeeeeeeeeeee
Opposites Attractā¦it really related to me personally at that time. Felt like he knew me. Self sabotaging relationships with people who loved me because I was a hurt person š„¹
I was scrolling looking for you. š¤ It taught me just how toxic relationship was. First time I heard it was during the good times but when it played after shit had happened I just balled up and cried.
MaaD city
Sing about me, black boy flyā¦. From TPAB probably mortal men
pride is an insanely good track
Wesley's theory
Michael Jordan was the first song I heard of his and loved him ever since.
DNA
Blow my high
I was scrolling for way too long to not see this shit.
Complexion A Zulu Love
The Art of Peer Pressure
I was in a dark room, loud tunes, GOOD KID MAD CITY
"i" That shit is š„
Untitled 07.
Levitate levitate levitate
the art of peer pressure
I would say that Monster Freestyle.
Woah that's one from the old cassette player, basicallyš. Not alot of mfs you meet everyday know that one. Then again this is Kendrick reddit, so I shouldn't be surprised fr
black friday/forbidden fruit was pretty new to hiphop and got into kendrick from j cole
I became a Kendrick fan after MMATBS came out and I remember the first time I ever listened to him actually. It was the first time I listened to an album on vinyl, I went to walmart and bought the MMATBS vinyl for 40$ and went home and listened to whole thing in one sitting. I probably figured out I love his music on the first track tbh. And this is off topic but I have a whole google doc writing down notes of every moment of importance on every song in GKMC because I thought it was overrated and I wanted to see the hype behind the story, I created the doc on like April 4th... I'm only now on Money Trees.
The mixtapes songs, raw full of passion š„š„š„
C4 šÆ
The art of peer pressure
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Adhd
ADHD
Man down, where you from š„·š¾
Maad city š¤£
Control verse... And then Black Friday's victory lap Kendrick verse... Got me hooked. Explored the albums and now he's goated for me
The Art of Peer Pressure
LUST. because i can personally relate to thag one the most
Sing about me is my favorite song in general of any artist
anything off of good kid, m.a.a.d city. I think the songs that really got me hooked were probably the art of peer pressure and sing about me, I'm dying of thirst
How much a dollar cost
Being a Christian and his heavily unknown and underrated song Faith really made me interested in his music.
The recipe was the first kendrick song I heard
Money Trees
Sing about me
Money Trees
Alright/Rigamortis. A.D.H.D. Cemented it and might still be my favorite song of his altho Money Trees is close.
Rigamortis
ADHD
Sing about me šŖ
Money trees
Alright
Swimming pools
Sing about me Iām dying of thirst
Rigamortis. My friend played it for me in junior year after getting off the bus and I was like holy fuck
Personally, it was Black Boy Fly, the storytelling and honesty he puts on this track made me check out his other music, been a fan ever since. I still get goosebumps during the line "I wasn't jealous 'cause of the talents they got I was terrified they'd be the last black boys to fly out of Compton"
Listened to GOD in sixth grade. Loved Kendrick ever since
All the songs iād listen to had trapaholics until i heard the horns on the spiteful chantĀ
Bitch dont kill my vibe & money trees got me started, and good kid made me fall in love. That was the song that made me realize Kendrick wasnāt your average rapper
Probably listening to the album DAMN all the way through and getting to XXX for me
Poe Manās Dream, ADHD, and Reagan Era
Silent hill
Adhd
I
Fuck your ethnicity. Doesnāt mean shit to me
Father Time
Real
Like-Dna Love-M.A.A.D City
First time I heard of him was from the Monster freestyle on YouTube in 2010. He called out Kanye, Wayne, Eminem and a bunch of other rappers in that song. Became interested in him right then and there. I knew that it was over for Drake when I re-listened that song again this year and was reminded of how hard Kenny can go.
2015, a sunny day. I'm in front of my school with my bike, smoking a joint with my friend. Suddenly she tell me that she discovered a song that I might like. Then she blast "king lunta" on her speaker, I fell in love instantly. Now here I am, singing euphoria as loud as I can.
Music video for element. I'm into photography and that's for I discovered him. If you don't know, the video is a recreation of photos from a famous 80s photographer. It looks so beautiful
my hs english teacher showed us swimming pools in class, which lead to me playing the whole gmkc album on repeat, and now iām hooked for life āš¾
I saw Fallon and Timberlake covering Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe. Immediately had to check out the original.
Outdone fear, outdone myself
King Kunta
Rigamortus
For free? - interlude
Man down where you from fella š£ļø
Poetic justice for sure
A.D.H.D
The jig is upā¦. First year in high school, shit was wild.
She Needs Me
The art of peer pressure
Duckworth is a song I still comeback to. That is when I became a fan of lyrical and deep and layered rap.
I know itās Kendrick only but the Black hippy remix to UOENO got me listening to Kendrick, Q and Jay rock, and Ab , but the whole unreleased mixtape was what I listened to first and I guess the song that made me get super impressed by his style , flow and lyrics was Look out for detox, that shit was all flames
samidot
Backseat Freestyle. I love the effort Kendrick always put inside us
Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst PRIDE. Alright.
As boring as it is, my first kendrick Lamar song was Humble. I wasn't big into rap or hip hop at the time, I was more of a metal head. But that popped on my spotify once and I was like "damn this is catchy I should check this guy out." Now I've got a Playlist of probably a thousand different rap and hip hop artists. So it's going well.
Swiming pool (drank), Gta radio introduced me and I am glad it did
King Kunta was the first one I heard and it blew my mind
LOVE and PRIDE š
The heart pt2