The problem with Kendrick’s good kid, m.A.A.d city

[@DvdHly]

Please stop saying "we can all agree" before naming a banger as the worst song on every album

[@Somewhere_Bagel]

i hate that he prob only does that so we comment, and i hate myself more for falling for it but i cant help it

[@hippittyhopp2379]

That’s just a testament to how good the album really is. There’s not any song on GKMC that you could call trash

[@anch1madda]

Real is the worst, though.

[@chrome6803]

He usually wrong but real gotta be the worst he right here

[@anch1madda]

@@chrome6803 it’s just not as fully formed as the others and I personally don’t find the vocals very intriguing…. But worst out of the best album, so 🤷‍♀️

[@izzymagizzyable]

Saying Real is the worst song is such a bad take

[@izzymagizzyable]

@Nathanael I feel you I just feel differently, album still a complete playthrough and feel the song is completely necessary to the story of the album

[@mlgdigimon]

@@izzymagizzyable then what’s the worst song

[@forkrunner2208]

What the hell else would it be

[@izzymagizzyable]

@@mlgdigimon I'd argue real is a better outro to the story than Sherane is as an intro but that's my opinion bruv

[@Prodbyjah464]

Is it? I mean I can’t think of anything else that would replace it besides maybe a bonus track

[@KRIV614]

Man says "We can all agree' and gives the most awful take

[@whatifyoucouldntchangename7091]

i wouldn’t say it’s the worst take, sadly many people think it’s the worst song on the album.

[@KRIV614]

@@whatifyoucouldntchangename7091 PERSONALLY I think Backseat Freestyle is by-far the worst song of the album. It sounds awful and the rhyming is really not up to the par compared to the rest of the album.

[@whatifyoucouldntchangename7091]

@@KRIV614 nahhh ain’t no way backseat freestyle is the worst to each their own of course but cmon we really gon ignore poetic justice?

[@KRIV614]

@@whatifyoucouldntchangename7091 Ain't no way you're trying to say that Poetic Justice is the worst off Good Kid, m.A.A.d City. That's easily one of the best! It has no special meaning like really any other song off the album, but at least it sounds fantastic! Backseat Freestyle is one of Kendricks worst song because it sounds absolutely awful! The beat is ugly, and the rhyming is not up to par! It reminds me of Freestyle 4 on TLOP. Awful song on a great album.

[@whatifyoucouldntchangename7091]

@@KRIV614 while i can kind of see where you’re coming from, ill have to disagree on backseat freestyle. regardless we both agree that real is NOT the worst song on gkmc yeah?

[@WillyBoss567]

We can all agree, someone needs to rock yo shit. Real is a certified banger

[@kraken6940]

Its still the worst

[@norte8318]

@@kraken6940yea it’s the worst for YOU. Because u can’t relate to it or understand it you nerd 😂😂

[@raveno.]

Easily the worst on the album without a doubt

[@imgonnatellmom3245]

He's not wrong. Yall hating for no reason. Saying real is the worst song on the album is not a bad take.

[@babo118]

real is one of the best on the album yall tripping soo hard

[@austinmeghu]

"and if I die before your album drops-💥💥💥💥💥"

[@gabrflyan6364]

Absolutely haunting. Not to mention “I’ll never fade away, I’ll never fade away” as “she” literally fades away.

[@DarianSidney]

Promise that you will sing about me.

[@kingkoopa654]

“There is no hope”

[@shitzngiggles6942]

Or right before the switch with the background before it cuts

[@teddyhart2913]

That part gives me literal goosebumps to this day

[@user-ud5hb1go6x]

"It wasn't easy to pick but it's sing about me" it's really easy to pick, like REALLY easy

[@bigdawg12z]

@@hahaveryfunnyindeed2543 it's nowhere near his second best

[@FOR_DA_W1Nters]

@@hahaveryfunnyindeed2543duck worth and fear are better an the are of peer pressure imo

[@The_sun_triade]

​@@hahaveryfunnyindeed2543m.a.a.d. city, feel, heart part v, the heart part l, rigamortaus and hiiipower are better.

[@nonnegaard]

can we just say that all of the songs mentioned in this thread are bangers and close it like Kendrick is the goat and that's that

[@daburak2559]

​@@nonnegaardnah the only goat i know is messi this guy is goat at cottons

[@humimi]

real goes hard fym

[@kaioneil-bp5rr]

im a kendrick stan but the chorus on real sounds so bad i cant play it out loud

[@shinyjay.]

did someone say… FUKUMEAN????

[@fw.mbappestan47]

​@@kaioneil-bp5rrkendrick is literally my life I nut to him ill die for him and I can say that real is wayyy better than swimming pools

[@kraken6940]

Only the verses

[@BarneyDaDino228]

@@kaioneil-bp5rrwhat part about it is bad

[@Datguy931]

Real is amazing

[@mlgdigimon]

It’s mid

[@ladong644]

​@MLGdigimon you really don't know what mid means

[@mlgdigimon]

@@ladong644 its not good but it isnt a bad song

[@Datguy931]

@@mlgdigimon amazing song

[@mlgdigimon]

@@Datguy931 no its really not that good, its a mid song at best. not comparable to the rest of the album. stop the d riding

[@sinanhofer2439]

Good kid. Fucking underrated. Crazy lyrics. Crazy composition and producing/mastering

[@rell4474]

Good kid is my fave off the album

[@RecruitedAndrew]

W. It gets overshadowed by Maad city

[@skyrrmish6207]

Fr the production is cool, gives me some dystopian vibe idk

[@superidol238]

@@skyrrmish6207 sounded like pink floyd

[@TrifOnYoutube_]

Fr

[@underratedgamer9506]

The recipe is the most underrated

[@tallish4727]

One of the best bonus tracks oat

[@boopyeatslotion193]

It has 70 mill views lol. But to you I guess it’s underrated

[@anonymousdonkey.]

70 million views is the lowest amount of views on a music video for good kid maad city. Do you even check these things or just pull things from your ass?

[@nonnegaard]

@@boopyeatslotion193 it is underrated, 60m of them were me alone

[@toxpov3612]

it has more plays than compton

[@Unknown.Guy69]

Now Or Never Stay's Underrated It's The Most Underrated Song From The Album. The Singing And Rapping Is Beautiful

[@HUNGRYFLOWER98]

INSPIRATIONAL AF!!! U took the words right outta my mouth

[@johndavenport6391]

Personally my favorite

[@Kol-xb6mv]

Not on the actual album i guess (i guess it might as well be since mfs dont listen to anythong outside of spotify these days smh👴🏻)

[@emanuelmartinez7267]

@@Kol-xb6mv yeah and it doesn't fit the narrative of the album to be honest. Makes sense why such a good song wasn't included in the original

[@Strawberryfearsforever]

Maybe because it's a bonus. You are so right about how beautiful NoN is though. Even more beautiful because this was the album that all of those dreams actually came into fruition. I can see why it was a bonus track though, because the sound doesn't fit.

[@madalenegravina4249]

who ever said real was the worst???!?!?!

[@kraken6940]

Me

[@Morn__]

Me 100% I don’t even understand why is it a controversial thing to say. The chorus is annoying af

[@dementionalpotato]

Some clown

[@luannguyen9931]

If not real then what, backseat freestyle? It’s he never said it’s bad, it’s just the weakest. Its easy to just say that an album has no bad songs?

[@fiftyakaMighty]

​@@luannguyen9931 Probably Backseat Freestyle is the worst one. Real and SAMIDOT are the best ones

[@heronico]

"real's chorus feels underwritten" meanwhile compton's chorus: "COMPTON, COMPTON AIN'T NO CITY QUITE LIKE MINE" that's it

[@toxpov3612]

that line alone is way better than real's chorus lmao. plus real's chorus is a huge portion of the song

[@arynnette]

good kid is the most underrated imo

[@MENTAL2011]

facts

[@sofiazz]

YES

[@merojo]

ong

[@blawg77]

Overshadowed by maad city

[@RecruitedAndrew]

W.

[@Chandiwila999]

Bro is joking with that real take 😭real is top 3

[@kaioneil-bp5rr]

im a kendrick stan but the chorus on real sounds so bad i cant play it out loud

[@tiemi4282]

idk what the fuck you smoked but i wanna try it

[@kraken6940]

Nah, its a good song at best

[@DonceBeats]

​@@kaioneil-bp5rryou're a Stan yet you go call other d riders. Bruh

[@Ivana_Jirkmenov]

Top 3? You must of hit that shenanigans.

[@sorensmith8403]

Real>>>poetic justice

[@panjaul7354]

Real is def not the worst on rhe album but this is a stretch

[@sorensmith8403]

@@panjaul7354 explain

[@sorensmith8403]

@@panjaul7354 I'm still waiting for my explanation

[@BarneyDaDino228]

I love both but real is just above poetic justice

[@royku0477]

Hell nah

[@sevdge5]

Real is easily the most underappreciated track of the album

[@Coolsomeone234]

real

[@rangoonlazy2776]

Good kid is the most underrated

[@ari.t_it8]

period

[@Damonfree_]

Real is the best. “What love gotta do with it when you don’t love yourself”😔

[@tshegofatsozety7308]

😢🙏🏽

[@ryclemo4942]

good kid is so underrated that it's not even chosen as underrated

[@IolZ555]

Saying Compton is the most underrated is such a W, nobody talks about that track even though it’s a banger.

[@cthre]

Imo compton doesn't fit the album that well. Also even if it's a good song, it's still one of my least favorite on the albums. Good Kid mAAd city is just near flawless

[@igerw8519]

@@cthre finally someone shares my opinion. compton feels out of place in comparison with the rest of the album to me

[@cthre]

@@igerw8519 ikr, it shouldve been for the beginning of the album because he had to borrow the van for 15 minutes, a good interlude to sherane. but it is so out of place for the end of the album when real should be the last song. idk if kendrick was trying to loop the album in a way (like how igor loops by the story and the last and first note), but said loop just makes compton feel out of place tone wise, and story wise.

[@igerw8519]

@@cthre yes!! i've always thought that Real should've closed the album. and yeah i guess Kendrick was trying to loop the whole thing together. honestly i think GKMC would've been better without Compton. Like you said, it doesn't really fit at all. Tone wise especially. it doesn't even feel like the same album imo.

[@spector1892]

​@@cthrenah man compton is such a triumphant and Inspiring end to the album. the contrast is intentional and what makes it such a great closer

[@theworldofrandomflags]

I really like mAAd city honestly

[@FCSANTI08]

Fuck no everyone knows it’s good.

[@FCSANTI08]

It’s a perfect song once you deeply look into it

[@FCSANTI08]

Eithwr that or aopp

[@hikolikescoco]

maad city is the best song i ve ever heard

[@FCSANTI08]

@@hikolikescoco how much a dollar coat

[@alanwilliams4862]

Sing of me/ dying of thirst has always been my favorite song in this album. When this dropped my cousin had just passed n this song helped me out so much

[@fitnessgrampacertestmoment]

the art of peer pressure is clearly the best one

[@scottybrowning2331]

Banger but sing about me got way more depth

[@JaceCrow11]

In my opinion backseat freestyle is the most underrated

[@jackismname]

Maybe. I love it and I thought everyone else also thought it was like 2nd best after maad city, but I can’t find ithers who love it as much as I do. Now its my favorite.

[@marklevchenko17]

there is no worst song, the whole album is great and part of story

[@deepfriedfishsticks8547]

There’s in fact is a worst song because every single track is unique from one another with production and lyrics but doesn’t mean the song is still bad overall

[@RecruitedAndrew]

Worst doesn’t mean bad, just means there are better songs.

[@chronomian4080]

Idk bout yall but backseat freestyle is unplayable for me

[@roli._.5309]

Saying Real is the worst is a hot take my man

[@TUDCF]

The Art Of Pressure is the most under appreciated, it barely even gets mentioned when people talk about the album. It’s like a stripped down SAMIDOT

[@toxpov3612]

it has like 120 million plays and most would put it in their top 5 off the album

[@TUDCF]

@@toxpov3612 Yeah u prob right, thanks.

[@purplebackground]

I used to play real when I was in my feels dawg ngl this was emotional damage you hurt my feelings🤧

[@shampoo2123]

Personally I think the art of peer pressure is one of the best

[@noahg23]

fav album of all time

[@AarKing21]

the fact that real is considered the worst song and still is a good song is only proving kdot's greatness

[@mayo6009]

Good kid underrated as fuck

[@boombot3604]

Real is literally one of my favorites on this album…SO underrated

[@user-ud5hb1go6x]

Worst: Real Underrated: Good Kid Best: Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst

[@SABDBL]

Good kid is maad city level

[@boopyeatslotion193]

LLLLLLL

[@ladong644]

swap worst and underrated

[@aquantasy_]

@@ladong644 you def gotta listen to good kid again, one of the best songs on the album

[@ladong644]

@SolidFailure it's good, really like the Pharrell beat but I don't think it's as great as most other songs except some of bonus ones

[@ericpruchnicki8685]

Good kid is easily the most underrated track on GKMC

[@coolenderman99]

he didnt even mention swimming pools but used clips from it 😭😭😭😭

[@noritsukenji]

Swimming Pools is a great song but GKMC has so many amazing songs that its overshadowed

[@shoty_x1693]

This was similar to Gigguk goin _"We can all agree that slavery is bad...... _*_but"_*

[@osakakasuga2442]

The real hate is sad

[@slomo6054]

what else would be the worst song on the album? people have reached a point where they can’t fathom a kendrick song being called the worst on its album because every song has to he worshipped. this album is a classic. worst doesn’t necessarily mean bad

[@osakakasuga2442]

@@slomo6054 I’m about to get killed for this but the worst song off of Good kid MAAD city is (imo) the art of peer pressure, I understand why you can consider it better, but I really like real, not more than songs like MAAD city or poetic justice but it’s really good

[@fiftyakaMighty]

​@@slomo6054Its the best on the album on a level of Sing about me. I wont take any more hate towards Real. This shit made me cry

[@TylerTheTyler]

@@fiftyakaMightyif your crying over a take I think you need therapy also what would the worse song be and it’s def not backseat freestyle

[@fiftyakaMighty]

@@TylerTheTyler of course not but annoys me the disrespect over this track

[@pilarrleigh]

If pirus and crips all got along

[@detitheyeti5882]

They’d probably gun me down by the end of this song

[@judithforever9494]

@@detitheyeti5882seems like the whole city going against me

[@Morn__]

Every time I’m in the streets I hear

[@RecruitedAndrew]

Yawk! Yawk! Yawk! Yawk!

[@doctorduncan]

Man down, where you from, fella?

[@calebhay8863]

Best album ever

[@yungsizz1221]

saying real is the worst while i’m playin that shi rn🤣 its a great piece 🔥🔥

[@phersonp4885]

Sing about me is so deep, it makes me want to do my best so one day someone can view me as a good role model.

[@alguiencualquiera6217]

Best: SAMIDOT Worst: Real (not really just the weakest of the album) Underrated: Good kid Deluxe: Best: The Recipe Worst: Black Boy Fly Underrated: Collect Calls

[@frboi3581]

Black boy fly being the worst song is insane💀

[@underwatertank2744]

BBF is top 3 songs on the album

[@ryanneilands3291]

Real is my favourite song from the album

[@mkmaster2256]

Not gon lie, the most underrated song on the album is good kid imo, compton is a fuckin BANGER, but good kid is just so beatifully composed and the lyrics dont even have a bad word in it. Good kid always gives me goosebumps when i listen to it

[@kaison12205]

Bro if you think real is the worst song on the album you’re tripping Or you aren’t it which says more about you as a person That song right after sing about me I’m dying of thirst is like perfect It’s literally a call to action for all people with a lofty ambition or a desire to be great who struggle with self love and acceptance. Like I remember really listening to that recently cause I’m a little older now and it finally hit me The line where Kendrick explains that he has the same eyes as the listener gave me chills bro And that hook plus the skit in the two thirds point “Realness dies” It’s incredible

[@cardwarsking2927]

Real is beautiful

[@nicholashavery]

Yeah I agree. Money trees could be considered the best though.❤😊

[@user-ud5hb1go6x]

it's amazing but sing about is one of the greatest hiphop songs ever

[@nicholashavery]

Yeah🎉

[@noahpopal3058]

Never let bro cook again

[@D1aM0nD999]

art of peer pressure underrated asf

[@laurenhelena2006]

No we can not agree that Real is the worst track on the album 😭

[@cthre]

Worst: Good Kid (BARELY) Underrated: Peer Pressure Best: SAMIDOT Including Deluxe/Songs that didnt make it: Worst: Black Boy Fly Underrated: Cartoons and Cereal Best: Between SAMIDOT and Cartoons and Cereal

[@SABDBL]

Good kid? Worst? Nah you fr trippin

[@cthre]

@@SABDBL Yeah Ik, but the whole album is full of bangers. I wasn't going to say real is the worst song, since its catchy af and the verses are good. Compton was the only other "weak" song on the album. I should've voted it out but I went with good kid

[@boopyeatslotion193]

Cartoon and cereal?? R u high?? That song isn’t even on that album

[@cthre]

@@boopyeatslotion193 its a song that didnt make the album because of sampling issues

[@toxpov3612]

​@@cthre yeah so it's not on the album lol.

[@TomPlugge]

Real is one of my favorite Kendrick songs 🤫

[@skars6644]

COMPTON COMPTON AINT NO CITY QUITE LIKE MINE 🗣️🗣️‼️‼️🔥🔥

[@juanjosoler336]

🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@blakecollins1010]

NOW OR NEVER IS THE MOST UNDERRATED SONG!!!!!!

[@ronellredd1159]

Real has a great message and strong flow and vibe to it. Fr fr I found so much clarity listening to this song… definitely not the worst on the album

[@SeamanTheGreat]

I wish everyone would stop saying he has the worst takes like it’s just his opinion 💀

[@ibrochillin]

This man said Real was the worst song on the album. Bro from the bottom of my heart f you.

[@soguyswedidit9001]

Saying real is easily the worst is such an awful take, top 5 on the album

[@ladong644]

spit yo shit 🔥

[@KamFromPK]

Real was more than a song to critique if you didn’t listen to the words you wouldn’t get the message. The message was that as a member of the black community you should still value yourself as an individual and had a take on the masculine, feminine view and his own personal grasp on it. I just listened to that song before seeing this video and it hit more when I’m older than it did when I was a teenager hearing it for the first time. 💯 If you grew up remotely in the struggle or around gang culture you would definitely be able to feel somewhat where he was coming from but actually living a good bit of the narrative hits harder than listening to it. I can relate to his sentiment looking at the effect of todays music on the black community. If we had love for the one in the mirror we wouldn’t do half the things we do.

[@kaythekillerboy6642]

Most popular song: Swimming Pools (5× Plat) Worst song: non Underrated song: the art of peer pressure Best song: sing about me, I'm dying of thirst

[@kanenikpalj5016]

My personal favourite is good kid, love the beat with the trumpets as well as the story of someone dealing with withdrawals, police brutality and other issues

[@hellbus80]

My favorite was always "good kid". Super underrated. His flow on that track is the best on the album

[@jackismname]

Backstreet freestyle… is so timeless… I listen to it again after all these years and its still fascinating. All the other tracks have lost their lush to me.

[@soepbert]

No song on the album is more a vibe than real. Great song

[@Reelshortvidz]

Real is the best one ... songs put tears in my eyes ... yall have no clue, what its feels to be in the middle of that.. and the outro....

[@travissmith1251]

Honestly I loved this album and swimming pools is the most popular ft fr

[@ZayZaz]

This man forgot about Backseat Freestyle and Poetic Justice. Those are bangers

[@buckdaheat9181]

I said the same thing about Compton the other day, underrated for real

[@Pr1nce999]

My boy never disappoints when it comes to ranking🔥🔥🔥

[@Shoobyboo]

now or never is very underrated too

[@jeixs]

Yes absolutely yes that song just makes you sink into its story people might look into it weird when taken out of context it places you in the sad reality that goes through the whole album

[@Ozisaking]

Sing about me was always my favorite!

[@K_Huss]

me when im in a bad takes competition and my opponent is whatsthebuzz

[@elnahelp6403]

Sing about me, I’m dying of thirst is my favorite Kendrick song currently

[@elembeats6383]

the art of peer pressure is the worst, real is a banger

[@christopherg.8591]

wtf, its the best one

[@toxpov3612]

crazy take

[@biggiescoops046]

You did not just do the art of peer pressure like that

[@Charlie2Wild]

Money trees just feels good. Easy listen amd good vibes.

[@kingkoopa654]

Actually Sing About Me, I’m dying of thirst is the most underrated & the best song on the album. It’s actually a weird combo but it’s true. The story telling, the perspectives, the wordplay, production, storytelling is next level.

[@LUMAFR]

Black Boy Fly is underrated, I never see anyone talk about that track. i know it's a bonus track but still underrated

[@chase1bandz]

I used to be jealous of Aaron affalo he was the one to follow

[@SlowcartZ]

Bruh reals the best song on the album for me

[@DmizzMOB]

Real is hella relatable I think that songg is underrated it’s a banger ima listen to it to it right now.

[@robertodelgado6387]

One of my fav albuns of all time

[@user-mb8kr2kj4z]

*when the lights shut off, and its my turn* *there's only one main concern;* promise that you *WILL SING ABOUT ME* honestly a fat W

[@2600_Josh]

The best vibes has to go to swimming pools you can play it at any party and everybody would love it

[@pharezisrael6536]

Black boy fly is the most underrated in the eyes of black men who were boys at that time

[@arxticnerobot]

I've been listening to Compton almost daily def underrated

[@UNRAYGAMESPRO]

Real one of the Best song on the album

[@gamingpikachu8984]

This album is an unskippabble classic boiiiiii lol

[@Lxscious..Lala.aa30]

Real is actually the most underrated and one of the most beautifully crafted songs on the album.. “we can all agree” is a false statement

[@slydoesnotknow393]

Poetic justice does exist man

[@mrfit1374]

Remember having"sing about me" on repeat summer 2014 almost every night i went to bed My homie put me on to his album and that same homie passed away in a vehicle accident the next year 😢😢 one day I'll sing about my bro!!

[@taserqrus2935]

real one of the best songs

[@deltagotgroceries8155]

« compton is easily the most underra- » good kid in the corner :

[@glitchxcult7917]

Sing about me, I'm dying of thirst 💯 the best one

[@TalMaIka]

Sing about me, definitely the best one.

[@joshuaroberts6855]

"Real" is one of my favorites off the album though... 😢

[@CarlosGarcia-xu2cy]

Real is my favorite song on the album 🔥

[@Zack-lt4dx]

Real is pretty much my favorite song in that album. This man don’t know how to gauge music lol

[@user-vg6jp5hi1g]

Real is one of the best songs on the album 💯