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Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (2014). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2. The album earned Lamar four Grammy Award nominations at the 2014 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year. The album was also named to many end-of-the-year lists, often topping them. It was later certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In 2020, the album was ranked 115th on Rolling Stone 's updated list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and in 2022, the publication named it the greatest concept album of all time. Your brother was a brother to me / And your sister’s situation was the one that pulled me in a direction to speak of something that’s realer than the TV screen….. Her personal life, I was like “it need to be told” / Cursing the life of 20 generations after her soul / Exactly what’d happen if I ain’t continued rapping.” Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2021". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 2, 2021 . Retrieved December 3, 2021.ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2021 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved February 6, 2022. Good Kid, M.A.A.D City appeared on several year-end top albums lists by music critics. It was named the best album of 2012 by BBC, Complex, Fact, New York and Pitchfork. The album was also ranked number two by Billboard, the Chicago Tribune, MTV, Spin and Time, number four by Filter, Jon Pareles of The New York Times and Ann Powers of NPR, number five by The Guardian, number six by Rolling Stone and number eight by Entertainment Weekly. [86] In December 2012, Complex also named Good Kid, M.A.A.D City one of the 25 classic hip hop albums of the previous 10 years. [87] Complex also ranked its album cover as the best of 2012, [88] while Pitchfork included it on its list of the 20 best album covers of the year. [89] In April 2013, Vibe placed the album at number 19 on its "The Greatest 50 Albums Since '93" list. [90] The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. [91] Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst" features additional vocals by JMSN, Anna Wise and Camille "ill Camille" Davis The breakout. A more traditional take on hip hop but done extremely well, gaining the attention of hip hop heads everywhere. ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2021". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on January 12, 2022 . Retrieved January 13, 2022.

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On Sep. 16, 2019, the album became the longest- charting hip-hop studio album in Billboard 200 history, passing The Eminem Show. As of Sep. 16, 2019, it has charted every week since its release except the chart dated Dec. 6, 2014. The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far (2010-2014)". Pitchfork. August 2014. Archived from the original on October 3, 2014. On March 10, 2015, Lamar unexpectedly released the song "County Building Blues" to iTunes as a promotional single. [59] Marketing and sales [ edit ]

GRAMMYs Preview: Album of the Year". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 31, 2016 . Retrieved August 19, 2016. The Best of 2012: The Year in Music". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 4, 2015 . Retrieved November 3, 2013. It's hard to tell why hipsters love some mainstream albums and despise others, similar in scope and style. So this sort of inexplicable inconsistency left us with albums like this or 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' (or how that hideous Kanye West album's name really was?) at the tops not only of 2000s hip-hop charts but taking the reigning position of the RYM's yearly charts. So this phenomena needs a proper analysis which I can't offer as I rarely listen to hip-hop and surely can't be an expert in it. Yet nevertheless it certainly puzzles me why all the GY!BE fans go drooling with this album.