Kendrick Lamar’s ‘GKMC’ Continues To Stand Test Of Time As It Sets New Chart Record

Kendrick
Lamar‘s

good
kid,
m.A.A.d
city
continues
to
endure
as
it
has
hit
yet
another
major
chart
milestone.

The
Compton
rapper’s
major
label
debut
album
has
now
spent
600
consecutive
weeks
on
the
Billboard
200
since
its
release
in
October
2012,

Billboard
reported
on
Monday
(April
29).

It
is
the
first
Hip
Hop
studio
album
to
achieve
this
feat.

good
kid,
m.A.A.d
city
has
also
extended
its
lead
as
the
longest
running
non-greatest
hits
Hip
Hop
album
on
the
chart,
ahead
of

Drake‘s

Take
Care,

J.
Cole‘s

2014
Forest
Hills
Drive
and

Kanye
West‘s

Graduation,
among
others.

.@kendricklamar‘s ‘good
kid,
m.A.A.d
city’
has
now
spent
600
total
weeks
on
the

#Billboard200
(No.
63
this
week).

It’s
the
first
rap
studio
album
in
history
to
reach
the
milestone.

—
billboard
charts
(@billboardcharts)

April
29,
2024

Eminem‘s
2004
compilation

Curtain
Call:
The
Hits
remains
the
longest
charting
Hip
Hop
project,
period,
having
spent
over
681
weeks
and
counting
on
the
Billboard
200.

Overall,
the
album
to
have
spent
the
most
weeks
on
the
Billboard
200
is
Pink
Floyd’s
1973
LP

Dark
Side
of
the
Moon,
which
passed
1,000
weeks
in
September
2023.

good
kid,
m.A.A.d
city
previously
surpassed
Eminem’s

The
Eminem
Show
in
2019
to
become
the
longest
charting
studio
album
by
a
rapper
on
the
chart.

Em
himself
praised
the
project,
saying:
“When
I
first
heard
Kendrick’s
debut
on
Aftermath,
I
couldn’t
believe
it.
The
fact
that
it
was
his
first
real
album
and
he
was
able
to
make
it
a
story
which
intertwines
with
the
skits
like
that
was
genius.”

He
added:
“That
hasn’t
really
been
done
that
many
times,
let
alone
on
someone’s
first
time
up.
The
level
of
wordplay,
the
deliveries,
the
beats
—
it’s
just
a
masterpiece.”

Released
on
October
22,
2012
via
Top
Dawg
Entertainment,
Interscope
and
Aftermath,

good
kid,
m.A.A.d
city
made
a
huge
splash
upon
its
arrival
and
received
large
critical
acclaim.

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29,
2024

Home
to
hits
like
“Swimming
Pools
(Drank),”
“Bitch,
Don’t
Kill
My
Vibe”
and
“Backseat
Freestyle,”
the
coming-of-age
album
debuted
at
No.
2
on
the
Billboard
200
after
selling
242,000
copies
in
its
first
week.

It
also
yielded
multiple
nominations
at
the
2014
Grammy
Awards,
where
it controversially
lost
out
to
Macklemore
&
Ryan
Lewis’ The
Heist in
the
Best
Rap
Album
category.

Macklemore
later
infamously
apologized
to
Lamar
for
winning
the
award
over
him.

On
the
10th
anniversary
of

good
kid,
m.A.A.d
city,

TDE
president
Terrence
“Punch”
Henderson
revealed
that
Kendrick
was
still
tinkering
with
the
album
at
the
last
minute.

He
revealed
on
social
media
that
K.
Dot
added
the
menacing
hook
on
standout
song
“m.A.A.d
city”
just
hours
before
the
project
was
due
to
be
submitted
for
completion.

“Man
it’s
so
much
to
say
about
that
album.
We
all
put
everything
into
it.
GKMC
was
the
start.
We
made
our
mark
in
Hip
Hop
and
music
in
general
with
that
album.
I’m
forever
grateful
to
have
played
a
part
in
it,”
the
record
executive
wrote.

When
a
fan
asked
him
about
his
favorite
memory
of
making
the
album,
Punch
replied:
“Can’t
think
of
a
favorite.
But
one
memory
is
Kdot
adding
the
hook
part
on
madd
city
literally
hours
before
mastering.
I
think
he
actually
had
to
send
the
hook
cause
[MixedByAli]
had
left
to
get
it
mastered
already.
So
that
song
was
just
one
verse
at
first.”