Section 80 Album
Section 80 lamar s new album arrives on a wave of blog based buzz but beyond a couple of ill advised choruses it doesn t make much attempt to present lamar to major label a rs or to a wider.
Section 80 album. The album features guest appearances from glc colin munroe ashtro bot bj the chicago kid schoolboy q ab soul and vocals from late singer songwriter alori joh. A portion of section 80 is linked by recurring narrative threads including a tragic story about a young woman sexually abused as a child and later slain as a sex worker. Kendrick lamar duckworth s proper debut album followed mixtapes dating back to 2003 when the compton rapper was a teenager known as k dot.
Being that kendrick is one of the best rappers dead or alive this cd is a must have for any rap fan. The album features guest appearances from glc colin munroe ashtrobot bj the chicago kid schoolboy q ab soul and vocals from late singer songwriter alori joh. This is such a conscious rap cd it s nothing but that really it has its own soul.
It was released on july 2 2011 through top dawg entertainment. Section 80 is kendrick lamar s debut studio album released on july 2 2011 through top dawg entertainment although the project was marketed and distributed like a studio album lamar has. Section 80 proves is that its author s brain is neither lost nor useless as he weaves together carefully constructed thoughts before spewing raps on each of the project s 16 tracks ensuring nothing is disposable or without purpose.
Section 80 is the debut studio album by american hip hop recording artist kendrick lamar released exclusively through the itunes store on july 2 2011 under top dawg entertainment. This is the 1st official studio album by kendrick with 16 songs at 59 44 minutes long. Section 80 is a loose concept record narrated at times by a guy that reminds listeners of lawrence fishburne in boyz n da hood and epilogue d by fellow black hippy ab soul in a way that attempts to tie the concepts of songs like tammy keisha a d h d ronald reagan era and poe man s dream together beyond mere adherence to social consciousness.
This album was released in july 2011. All this publication s reviews. But the maverick was on the threshold of something even bigger.
Section 80 is the debut studio album by american rapper kendrick lamar.