Overall: 9.4
Top Tracks: 'Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe', 'Backseat Freestyle', 'Swimming Pools (Drank)'
Amazing, epic narrative structure with great lyrics, incredible beats, and catchy beats to make it all easier to swallow.

Standouts: Swimming Pools (Drank) [Extended Version], Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe, M.a.a.d City (Feat. MC Eiht)
Least favorites: Real (Feat. Anna Wise), Backseat Freestyle, Compton (Feat. Dr. Dre)

Amazing album that tells us about Kendrick’s life in the hood. A must listen for all hip hop fans!

I'll be honest, I don't love all the tracks in terms of their actual arrangement but the vibes of the whole experience can't be denied. It's such a down to earth and real feeling. Money Trees is undeniably incredible. I haven't seen the film, but nevertheless, it's a work of art.

I always thought the best movies I've ever seen was the ones that tell the story of one person, from their childhood to their death. I feel like this album is that, there is a clear strory being told from 'Sherane' to 'Sing About Me/I'm Dying of Thrist', the climax finale.
I mean, If wasn't for the last two tracks, this were destined to be the undisputable most perfect album out there. Every single one of these tracks tells a story, and It feels so honest, so legitimate. Kendrick knew just like Sufjan Stevens in his album 'Carrie & Lowell' How to transform his memories, his grief, his pain, into pure art.

This is my favorite Kendrick album, because he talks about his life and just makes music that is there to enjoy. Too much tracks on 2PAB and DAMN. that focus so much on the message that he almost forgets to make it a song. But not on this album: it’s consistent and honest.

This album will suck you in, Turn you into an African-American living in the ghetto, SHOW you the vicissitudes of your African-American Life and then spit you back out.Not at one moment will the content feel unrelatable to you even if your'e a teenage Indian boy just setting his foot into Rap like I was when i first listened to what is probably the Greatest concept album of 2010s. You'll feel the ecstasy of conversing with a girl at a houseparty and texting her back and forth over the summer, You'll feel the rush of evading the Police with your 'Homies', You'll feel the agony witnessing the last breath of your friend in your arms just like you'll feel the persistent nagging of Kendrick's mom like she was your own. This is not an album, it's a movie and that too a good one, a masterpiece infact.

I listened to this album for the first time in the fall of 2013 and I really did not like it. Five years later, I think it's the masterpiece of this decade and its most revolutionary album...

Some songs on here I dont really like but the other songs on here perfect! This album is a masterpiece!

This is the perfect studio debut for a talented artist like Kendrick Lamar. It contains great stories like Sing about Me and radio friendly songs like swimming pools and great beats like Money Trees and Maad city.