KENDRICK LAMAR – BACKSEAT FREESTYLE
2013-01-07Backseat Freestyle drops from Good Kid, M.A.A.D City the second studio album by Kendrick. The concept album follows the story of a young Lamar growing up in Compton, California, while including skits at the end of several tracks that relate to the story of the album. It is referred to as a “short film by Kendrick Lamar” on the album cover. The album’s concept narrates a teenage Kendrick borrowing his mother’s van to visit a girl named Sherane and experiencing the Compton gang lifestyle with his friends, then entering reality after the death of a friend during a shoot-out.