good kid, m.A.A.d.city: Concept Rap

Kendrick Lamar’s Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City is probably the most widely beloved and respected debut from 2010s hip-hop, and which Kendrick album is his best is a Discourse deserving of the capital letter. Matt doesn’t wade into that, rather he considers GK, MC for the autobiographical origin story that it is, Kendrick’s concept album about the creation of Kendrick Lamar. Danny Brown’s Old and Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool go toe-to-toe in this episode about Concept Rap albums with a bent towards self-creation.