Valle and Marlon Williams, live string arrangement composed and performed by Charly and Margaux, additional violin performed by Mary Keating, background vocals performed by Anna Wise, and additional vocals performed by JMSN. Track 2 features guitar performed by J.Track 1 features live bass guitar performed by Demonterious Lawrence.' Swimming Pools (Drank) 'īergman, Bergman, Duckworth, Hutchins, Jones, Stevenson Master Splinter's Daughter'ĭuckworth, Garance, Legrand, McKinzie, Natche, Scallyĭuckworth, Graham, Harris, Jackson, Lewis, Molina It has been certified platinum by the RIAA and has sold 1,226,000 copies as of March 2014. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 242,000 copies in its first week - earning the highest first-week hip hop album sales of 2012 from a male artist, along with the best-selling debut from a male artist of the year. Upon its release, good kid, m.A.A.d city received rave reviews from music critics, who praised its thematic scope and Lamar's lyrics. It earned Lamar four Grammy Award nominations at the 56th Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year. Lamar went on a world tour between May and August 2013, which also featured Lamar's fellow members of Black Hippy. All five singles received varied chart success. Dre, ' Swimming Pools (Drank)', ' Backseat Freestyle', ' Poetic Justice' featuring Drake, and a remix of ' Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe' featuring Jay-Z. The album's release was supported by five singles - ' The Recipe' featuring Dr. Dre, Just Blaze, Pharrell Williams, Hit-Boy, Scoop DeVille, and T-Minus, among others. It was recorded mostly at studios in California with producers such as Dr. The album is pieced together by several skits that deal with Lamar's experiences over the course of a day, presented in a non-chronological order with the story beginning with Lamar taking his parents' van on the album closer 'Compton'. Billed as 'a short film by Kendrick Lamar' on the album cover, the concept album follows the story of Lamar's teenage experiences in the drug-infested streets and gang lifestyle of his native California, Compton. The album serves as Lamar's major label debut, after his signing to Aftermath and Interscope in early 2012. Good kid, m.A.A.d city is the second studio album by American rapper Kendrick Lamar, released in 2012 on Top Dawg Entertainment and Aftermath Entertainment and distributed by Interscope Records. Dre (exec.), DJ Dahi, Hit-Boy, Just Blaze, Like, Terrace Martin, Scoop DeVille, Skyhe Hutch, Sounwave, T-Minus, Tabu, THC, Anthony 'Top Dawg' Tiffith (exec.), Pharrell Williams 2011-2012 at At My Mama's House Studio (Los Angeles, California), Encore Studios (Burbank, California), PatchWerk Recording Studios (Atlanta, Georgia) and TDE Red Room (Carson, California)

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