
At the time, the label had four signed artists: Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul, ScHoolboy Q and Jay Rock. The immediate success of good kid, m.A.A.d city, which sold 242k first week copies and has since been certified Platinum, also brought a bevy of mainstream attention to Kendrick’s homegrown label, the ever-growing powerhouse that is Top Dawg Entertainment. The intro, "Sherane a.k.a Master Splinter’s Daughter,” is Storytelling 101 as Kendrick paints a vivid picture of the pursuit of a girl from around the way, which leads to a precarious and dangerous situation, and, ultimately, sets the scene for the rest of the album. Songs like “The Art of Peer Pressure” and “Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst” displayed Kendrick’s vulnerability and attention to detail in his writing, forcing fans not only to empathize but to connect with his story. Kendrick, over the course of 12 tracks, had raised the hip-hop album bar.ĭespite Kendrick’s story being centered around his growing up in Compton, a life riddled with the temptation of gangbanging and constant danger, he made it easy for the listener outside that upbringing to understand and relate to his plight. Please make sure your Lua implementation supports non-null terminated strings.")end local SynapseXen_IllIiI=SynapseXen_IillliliillIiliIor SynapseXen_iliiiIlIliiliif SynapseXen_IllIiI then SynapseXen_IIiiilI=SynapseXen_IllIiI SynapseXen_IiliIiiliIlilliII=SynapseXen_IiliIiiliIlilliII+1 SynapseXen_iliiiIlIliili,SynapseXen_lIiilliIiiI,SynapseXen_IlIIiI=SynapseXen_IiliiIlIiililIlil(SynapseXen_lIllIlllIi.SynapseXen_llIIIiIilllIliIiliil(SynapseXen_IllIiI,1,1),SynapseXen_iliiiIlIliili,SynapseXen_lIiilliIiiI,SynapseXen_IlIIiI)else local SynapseXen_iiIiliIiiiIlIIIIili=SynapseXen_lIllIlllIi.From the album cover to the production to the lyrical content, it was immediately clear that GKMC was a project that rap fans would be talking about for a very long time. Local SynapseXen_liIlillIlIIllIi=select local SynapseXen_IliIl=te local SynapseXen_llIIIiIilllIliIiliil=string.sub local SynapseXen_iilIIiIIIl=string.char local SynapseXen_iIIllii=type local SynapseXen_llliI=ncat local unpack=unpack local setmetatable=setmetatable local pcall=pcall local SynapseXen_IIliiilliIlliIi,SynapseXen_lIIIIIlililliIillIl,SynapseXen_IiilIiiIiIll,SynapseXen_IiiiIiliIlIIlIillll if bit and bit.bxor then SynapseXen_IIliiilliIlliIi=bit.bxor SynapseXen_lIIIIIlililliIillIl=function(SynapseXen_iIilii,SynapseXen_lilIli)local SynapseXen_IiliIiiliIlilliII=SynapseXen_IIliiilliIlliIi(SynapseXen_iIilii,SynapseXen_lilIli)if SynapseXen_IiliIiiliIlilliII=SynapseXen_IiIli end local SynapseXen_lIIlIlIlliIll=0 for SynapseXen_lliiiliiiiI=0,31 do SynapseXen_lIIlIlIlliIll=SynapseXen_lIIlIlIlliIll+(SynapseXen_lIliIIIIliIi(SynapseXen_iIilii,2^SynapseXen_lliiiliiiiI)~=SynapseXen_lIliIIIIliIi(SynapseXen_lilIli,2^SynapseXen_lliiiliiiiI)and 2^SynapseXen_lliiiliiiiI or 0)end return SynapseXen_lIIlIlIlliIll end SynapseXen_lIIIIIlililliIillIl=SynapseXen_IIliiilliIlliIi end SynapseXen_IiilIiiIiIll=function(SynapseXen_IliIIlliIilIlIIilil,SynapseXen_lIIlllIiIlIIllIIlii,SynapseXen_lIIIlIlIIliIllIll)return(SynapseXen_IliIIlliIilIlIIilil+SynapseXen_lIIlllIiIlIIllIIlii)%SynapseXen_lIIIlIlIIliIllIll end SynapseXen_IiiiIiliIlIIlIillll=function(SynapseXen_IliIIlliIilIlIIilil,SynapseXen_lIIlllIiIlIIllIIlii,SynapseXen_lIIIlIlIIliIllIll)return(SynapseXen_IliIIlliIilIlIIilil-SynapseXen_lIIlllIiIlIIllIIlii)%SynapseXen_lIIIlIlIIliIllIll end local function SynapseXen_llIlIlIlIl(SynapseXen_IiliIiiliIlilliII)if SynapseXen_IiliIiiliIlilliII=256 then SynapseXen_lIiilliIiiI,SynapseXen_IlIIiI=0,SynapseXen_IlIIiI+1 if SynapseXen_IlIIiI>=256 then SynapseXen_iliiiIlIliili=local SynapseXen_IiliIiiliIlilliII=1 local SynapseXen_lllllliiill=SynapseXen_llIIIiIilllIliIiliil(SynapseXen_liiIiIiIIliIIil,1,2)SynapseXen_IIiiilI=SynapseXen_IillliliillIiliIor SynapseXen_iliiiIlIliiliSynapseXen_IiliIiiliIlilliII=SynapseXen_IiliIiiliIlilliII+1 for SynapseXen_lliiiliiiiI=3,SynapseXen_iIiiiIIlilI,2 do local SynapseXen_lIiIiIiIIiiiiIllllIl=SynapseXen_llIIIiIilllIliIiliil(SynapseXen_liiIiIiIIliIIil,SynapseXen_lliiiliiiiI,SynapseXen_lliiiliiiiI+1)local SynapseXen_lIllIlllIi=SynapseXen_IillliliillIiliIor SynapseXen_iliiiIlIliiliif not SynapseXen_lIllIlllIi then error("Synapse Xen - Failed to verify bytecode. =True = height is lowered alot but reset is required=. =False = height is kinda high above the ground (No Reset Required)=.
