#115 Kendrick Lamar, 'good kid, m.A.A.d city' (2012)

Lamar’s second album and major label debut, ‘good kid, m.A.A.d city,’ was my first exposure to the artist. At the time he didn’t quite grab me like he would on his defining follow up record. But that’s the great thing about recorded music, it’s always there for you to go back and rediscover. The album is a concept record chronicling Lamar’s teenage experiences on the streets of Compton; gang infested and drug riddled.