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| Length = | Label = | Producer = | Last album = ''Section.80'' (2011) | This album = ''Good Kid, M.A.A.D City'' (2012) | Next album = ''To Pimp a Butterfly'' (2015) | Misc = 〕 }} }} ''Good Kid, M.A.A.D City'' (stylized as ''good kid, m.A.A.d city'') is the second studio album by American rapper Kendrick Lamar. The album was released on October 22, 2012, by Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment, and was distributed by Interscope Records. The album serves as Lamar's major label debut, after his signing to Aftermath and Interscope in early 2012. It was preceded by the release of Kendrick's debut studio album ''Section.80'' (2011), released exclusively through the iTunes Store independently. The album was recorded mostly at several studios in California with producers such as Dr. Dre, Just Blaze, Pharrell Williams, Hit-Boy, Scoop DeVille, Jack Splash and T-Minus, among others. 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 Compton, California. Upon its release, ''Good Kid, M.A.A.D City'' received widespread acclaim from music critics, who praised its thematic scope and Lamar's lyrics. ''Good Kid M.A.A.D City'' earned Lamar four Grammy Award nominations at the 56th Grammy Awards including Album of the Year. 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. It became Lamar's first album to enter the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number 16, and entering the UK R&B Albums Chart at number two. The album was also named to many end-of-the-year lists, often topping them. It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and, by January 2015, the album had sold 1,400,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The album's release was supported by five singles – "The Recipe" featuring Dr. Dre, "Swimming Pools (Drank)", "Backseat Freestyle", "Poetic Justice" featuring Drake and "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe". All five singles received varied chart success. Lamar also went on a world tour between May and August 2013, featuring the other members of the hip hop collective Black Hippy. == Background == After the release and success of his debut studio album ''Section.80'' (2011), Lamar signed a major label record deal with Interscope and Dr. Dre's Aftermath. He told ''HipHopDX'' that he did not want to work with high-profile producers, but with those he had established himself with, mainly producers from Top Dawg's in-house production team Digi+Phonics.〔 In an interview for ''XXL'', Lamar said that the album would not sound like ''Section.80'', but will return to his Compton, California roots: "I couldn’t tell you what type of sound or where I’ma be in the next five years as far as music ... 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.” Lamar also said that the album will showcase the influence of his hometown: "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". Before the album's title was officially revealed, fans had already been calling Lamar's major label debut ''Good Kid, Mad City'' or ''Good Kid in a Mad City'', as it was a nickname of some sort that Lamar had given himself. The album's title mainly refers to Lamar's childhood innocence and how the notorious city of Compton, California affected that and his life. After keeping the album title's acronym concealed, Lamar later revealed ''M.A.A.D'' is an acronym with two meanings: "''My Angry Adolescence Divided''" and more importantly "''My Angels on Angel Dust''", with Lamar stating: "That was me. I got laced. The reason why I don't smoke, and it's in the album. It's in the story. It was just me getting my hands on the wrong thing at the wrong time, being oblivious to it." The cover artwork for ''Good Kid, M.A.A.D City'' fits to the concept of the album. The album cover features Kendrick Lamar, two of his uncles, and his grandfather, with the elders' eyes censored. Though there is no confirmed explanation for why Kendrick chose to do this, he explained that the reason why he had not censored his own eyes was that the story was told through his eyes, and the story is based around his experiences. The uncle who is holding Lamar also is displaying the Crips gang sign with his hand, which also fits the story of the album, and how Kendrick was stuck in a lifestyle of gangs and drugs. The poster above the head of Kendrick features him and his father. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Good Kid, M.A.A.D City」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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