Sample Breakdown: Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city (full album)

[@tracklib]

Get a collection of records to sample inspired by good kid maad city 📼 tracklib.com/gkmc

[@Vedad_712]

You have the best editing skill's ever, keep doing it and we viewes belive in your skill!

[@Jay-ov8oz]

THAT POWERPUFF GIRLS SAMPLE WAS HARD ASF

[@d.stokes9532]

bro stg that shit caught me off guard 😭

[@blackline8]

how the fuck did they know

[@iWassaGuy]

@@blackline8 they’re tracklib, they have to know

[@crispychungus]

@@iWassaGuy who would win nardwuar or tracklib

[@najeewilson8942]

@@crispychungus this would be a hilarious interview.

[@gnarlyweinstein8155]

Will never understand why some people discredit sampling when art like this exists.

[@moresnqp]

because they're ignorant and have pre-existing biases

[@Bati_]

Because they are narrow-minded and they let their minds to wither and die

[@Realscience1922]

Because in the 1980s sampling was not a highly studied and dissected science like it is so musicians thought it was a form of copy and paste of their original music.

[@RM-wp7df]

"bEcAuSe It'S nOt OrIgInAl"🤡🤡🤡 screw them, sampling is insane

[@Bati_]

@@Realscience1922 I think it should always stay as a street art rather than becoming a part of the stagnant world of academia and their curriculum...

[@prodbytwade]

that transition between sing about me and i’m dying of thirst was just beautiful

[@ProdCuzzo]

Called it a classic back in 2012 I’ll call it a classic now

[@blackline8]

on god

[@enzothepalekid]

bro facts.

[@badusername765]

Too bad it’s ruined by an ad break

[@andrei400tmx]

i cried.

[@sl0umaa]

the way that Powerpuff girls sample was flipped had me speechless

[@ysc8586]

shit had me shook, I was like ain’t no way

[@RJR677]

Fr

[@phenomenonnarutokun]

Jaw dropped because I had no idea how’d they use it

[@kosekompisthesnowprince]

Hit-Boy!

[@0v3rgr0wn]

Kendrick Lamar is who got me into Beach House. From there I discovered dream pop, shoegaze, and other alternative genres. GKMC is a legendary album.

[@jakedude1832]

Holy incel post

[@sarcasmenul]

i never realized he sampled BH, my jaw dropped when they reversed it. Lamar's taste is immaculate.

[@LeBeautiful]

*A masterpiece of an album.* Still after a decade later, it ranks well within the top 200 on the billboard. Kenny is KING.

[@jeen-yuhs4556]

i love you LeBeautiful

[@timonriehl8707]

LeEVERYWHERE

[@gavvdw]

LeBeatiful is a KZbin Legend

[@iamwhatieat9639]

@@gavvdw he was also on Worldstar too, back when Q was alive. LeBeautiful, do you still go on there?

[@iamwhatieat9639]

Facts

[@NOAH-oq3xb]

That way that Janet Jackson song was chopped for Poetic Justice is legitimately mind-blowing. Literal art

[@KoiAndDope]

I read that as "liberal art" 💀

[@yungjoemighty879]

*Backseat Freestyle is actually crazy.* The depth and breadth of cultural and historical research combined with musical imagination that it takes to find and use those samples is incredible.

[@TheSonamuTree]

Madlib the best producer ever dont argue with me

[@goobet1091]

​@@TheSonamuTreeno one said anything abt madlib?

[@Eeter26]

Bruh it takes historical research to find powerpuff clips on yt?

[@goobet1091]

@@Eeter26 no its because no one thinks of that shit anyone can do anything its the creativity that counts

[@luisortegast]

Agree

[@synrgi]

This album should be studied in schools...masterful lyricism, an overarching story...and not least of all, fantastic samples

[@bennyceca]

LOL, teach rap music in schools! Because that's going to invent you the technology that is making all this music possible, and the sciences to advance humanity! You got priorities wrong buddy!

[@Jahvdjybejhehdvhdzxuduwiksjd]

@@bennyceca old head😂

[@smartstuf1026]

@@bennyceca even if you were right, which watching even a few seconds of this video will tell you you’re not, your argument wouldn’t apply to lyrics

[@bennyceca]

@@smartstuf1026 lol, what a lame and nonsensical argument, did your mummy help you with that?! If you want lyrics, just read poems, plenty of them, a lot more meaningful, but still, they're not going to change your life!

[@bennyceca]

@@Jahvdjybejhehdvhdzxuduwiksjd More like real! The guy talks about teaching rap music in schools, no music is creating the tech to produce that music, the world needs more scientists and engineers, not rappers!

[@matttheking1655]

1:40 that beach house reserve sampling is dope ....

[@thebeast-or7ls]

Yeah i find reverse samples to be the most spectacular kind of samples, since you never expect something to sound so good when reversed. Best reverse sample i heard to this day is the sample for moby-porcelain though

[@Broski-Brodski]

Genuinely gives me chills bro

[@solomonmillermusic]

@@thebeast-or7lsI totally agree, I don’t really like most of mobys music but that sample is literally genius

[@Liam-yq3tv]

@@thebeast-or7lswhat song?

[@nickfergusxn]

How the hell did they figure out that powerpuff girl sample. Tracklib is undefeated.

[@ashtro1763]

Hit boy mentioned in an interview that they sampled power puffs girls for this song I think. That’s when people started searching

[@casita.override]

Not only they retain the aesthetic vibe of reverse title and promo message for "Money Tree" part...even the intro is different than the one normally seen. This is simply beautiful.

[@sanzhartenizbaev]

just realized the intro text font is in the style of an album cover

[@BohdiBohdi]

Pretty sure that cover font is schoolboy’s handwriting which is so tight

[@casita.override]

@@BohdiBohdi So it's a homage...a blissful homage, indeed. 😄

[@kcinrolyat3049]

600th like

[@greed1262]

Who tf sits in the studio and is like "I finna sample sum powerpuff girls today" 💀

[@najeewilson8942]

A genius.

[@arturoromero951]

I mean a South African DJ decided to make a song out of _Alice in Wonderland_ samples, so…

[@najeewilson8942]

@@arturoromero951 do you know his name?

[@arturoromero951]

@@najeewilson8942 Pogo, why?

[@najeewilson8942]

@@arturoromero951 ah ok. I just wanted to know who you were talking about

[@ayekaloji]

Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst is still one of the most powerful tracks I’ve ever heard. what a song, dude.

[@ChokyoDK]

This album is currently number 24 on the top 200 billboards album list. It's been on there for 523 weeks

[@Therealmikebobaguard]

and now is the longest charting rap album of all time. GOAT shit

[@pinguplays1]

it just hit 600 weeks. classic

[@solicoli]

@@Therealmikebobaguard but curtain call?

[@meta___]

​@@solicolithat's greatest hits not an album so it doesn't really count

[@solicoli]

@@meta___ true

[@kevinmartina3700]

“Somebody said dominoes?”

[@shinuba]

ARINKINKIN ARINKINKIN ARINKINKIN-

[@ratwithafork]

AW, MARTIN HAD A DREEEAAAAM

[@quov96]

​@@ratwithafork MARTIN HAD A DREEAAMMM

[@ratwithafork]

@@quov96 KENDRICK HAVE A DREEEEEAAAAM

[@fruroo9723]

Backseat freestyle is lowkey one of the most impressive ones i’ve seen, using rly obscure samples used in kind of a cool way to make a relatively simple but cool sounding beat

[@snakesharkz]

that's literally the point of sampling

[@isaiahromero9861]

​@@snakesharkznot to most producers, most would rather just layer a break and a chorus sample from an old hit song or something

[@Seenmikal]

@@isaiahromero9861 case and point, Pink Friday 2 😂

[@JF-qo7ws]

yea bro sometimes producers just can get real lazy with some samples where it's not even sampling anymore it's stealing case and point BBL drizzy I like the beat but it's just same beat but with trap drums over it

[@Whodnl]

tracklib always posting bangers

[@deepaparakkal4241]

The Any Time, Any Place sample is a masterpiece

[@ABJWiseAndStrong]

Bro the Details of the chops make it so Crazy 🔥 Sampling is an art form, don’t care what any of the haters say

[@hellbenthades]

@@ABJWiseAndStrong art is subjective and that's the beauty of it. It's multifaceted like a diamond

[@Thezb]

There is no way the bass on "Swimming Pools" is a sample. It's just sound so clean.

[@soundtorial4567]

I Always thought its a Reese bass. Not a Sample for the Same reason of sounding way to Clean

[@Thezb]

@@soundtorial4567 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bp7UYoZspa-ilZY Even the guy who remade the beat used a sub bass. Also why would T-Minus record all the different sounds in the song by himself, but use a pitched down sample for the bass? It doesn't make sense to me.

[@odinhonour2170]

It's probably the sample layered with a synth patch

[@noir269]

seriously. i was so shocked

[@vaudevilledylan3466]

right ?!?

[@michaelchen2718]

1:30 aint no way my boy sampled the powerpuff girls!

[@gekinatracksuit9710]

producers are a different breed who watched power puff girls and is like "that would make a great sample for a song that would be played millions of times" I love producers but I could never be that creative

[@miharu4k]

when i was in school, my english teacher had us listen to good kid off of the good kid, maad city album, and he had us break it down the best way we possibly could without context from the previous tracks. that was when i was put onto Kendrick. and til this day, I'm forever thankful.

[@peterpop-off]

what a sick class 🔥

[@JF-qo7ws]

W teacher

[@paulmitu6410]

"The Recipe" beat is amazing, underrated gem

[@barvin1185]

Will go down in history as one of the Greatest Rap Albums of all time. Everything about this album is nearly flawless, Kendrick's cadence, the instrumentals, Kendrick's wordplay, the theme of the album, the features. Everything.

[@farraribeats]

Thank you Grant Green for blessing us with that "Sing about me" sample.

[@2005louisu]

5:04 is definitely the best part. Grant Green 💚

[@330thcube]

One of the best jazz guitarists, but struggled with heroin problems and passed away in 1979. His song "Idle Moments" is one of my favorite jazz tunes. RIP 🙏

[@gabrielperez82204]

You think of GOOD KID MAD CITY as such a lyrical masterpiece you begin to underrate how insane the production is . This really opened my eyes thank you!

[@csorare]

the Money trees editing was insane

[@mikroBene]

jaw dropped when I first heard in in reverse

[@rx6399]

I love how the transitions between the songs / samples in this video become more intense and less smooth to reflect the pacing of the album and to show it becoming more serious. It’s the smaller things, we love you Tracklib ❤

[@AB3L30NE]

FUN FACT: 4:10 is actually another sample on an ice cube song called bird in the hand and Kendrick saying “fresh outta school cuz I was a high school grad” is referencing to ice cube, who said that same line in the song.

[@blandling]

that’s more of a lyrical reference not a sample though

[@AB3L30NE]

@@blandlingit’s an interpolation

[@joeboyle8987]

They use the same sample in both songs Kendrick referenced cube both ways with that beat and that line

[@pinkfedoras]

Words cannot describe how revolutionary this album was.

[@reenafm]

ong this made me reconsider my life as a whole, world changing 😵

[@pinkfedoras]

@@reenafm you mfer, coming out of nowhere like that hahaa

[@righteous2089]

@@pinkfedoras?

[@jobro7463]

The intro to dying of thirst gave me chills wow. Great job!!

[@granmiembro47]

theres an alternate version here at yt that its sick. its like the transition. check it out

[@XBR4Da]

1:40 goosebumps. Well done Tracklib. I love all your videos but you outdid yourself here. GKMC my favorite album of all time.

[@tookuh]

The sample for The Recipe was amazing

[@prodlajos]

For me it's annoying now cuz of that stupid ass song from YT Shorts

[@KarltonFranz]

The money trees sample will be my fav forever

[@hxrprxt]

Thanks for not leaving out “The Recipe” that’s such a great track. And sampling was really good on that one!

[@Kj16V]

I'm not a huge hip hop fan, so I never really took any notice of Kendrick Lamar until now. These sample breakdowns make me feel like I've really been missing out!

[@adz.4000]

You should check out to pimp a butterfly

[@heskerterrer9724]

@@adz.4000the first ever kendrick album i’ve listened to 12/10 way to good

[@nodiet8660]

Everyone who worked on GKMC is awesome and also deserve to be remembered as much as K-Dot

[@Therealmikebobaguard]

sad that since casual rap listeners make up the majority they wont know who produced the bangers they hear

[@karlh]

good kid, m.A.A.d city has aged like fine wine. After so many listens I'm still amazed by the quality of its beats and Kendrick's rapping and direction

[@zvngetsu.]

We should might as well call this a classic ⭐️

[@5679_]

It is a classic

[@artur0210]

It’s more than a classic.. it’s a mf masterpiece!

[@vene9707]

we can now since he said its gotta be atleast 10 years old to be considered a classic

[@Nah-f]

Genuinely, money trees was soooo creative. And cmon the way you flipped the words was just perfect

[@Arizonapinky]

That transition for Sing about me and I’m dying of thirst deadass made me shed a tear wtf

[@isaiahsims__]

Hip Hop is literally buns without samples. I don’t care what anyone says! This is history

[@ojvic7297]

Samples is the soul of hiphop...

[@azi9_ity]

@@ojvic7297 yessir

[@arielly_2008]

I agree

[@Adambenhmida0000]

Samples is how hiphop was made

[@pradabears]

Very true

[@--REGULAR--REGULAR]

This album saved hip hop and was the first album that gave the well respected rap goats a run for their legacies. The older generation of hip hop heads were forced to take the blog era more seriously after this album dropped. Drake, rocky, miller, krit, meek, cole, wiz, nicki, wale, tyler, jay elect, and big sean owe a lot to kendrick for elevating the rap game and making his era more solidified with a super classic album .

[@wordlifejohn1122]

There's always something about soul samples, they always hit hard.

[@SergeantSkeleton]

Well soul is singing about sorrow, usually on the surface about love but I’m sure for a lot of black soul singers they were pleading not only for love but their freedom in the 60s and 70s. Really fits the same mood as Sing About Me or Maad City

[@Sk8ting_Meatbone]

It's so simple yet so complex at the same time that it's bizarre to me that people can actually transform even the smallest of a sample into an actual masterpiece.

[@claysoggyfries]

There's nothing more beautiful than the sample for Sing About Me 😭😭

[@themonomineestation5815]

4:42 I can't believe of how badass this sounds!

[@captainnachoz2111]

Album with no skips

[@non-expertguy9805]

Literally

[@icantafford_azii3502]

maybe sherane tho? i mean, like 40% of the entire song is just talking. but i do agree still

[@Ohenryyy]

​@@icantafford_azii3502 I really like this track, I think it's very good, despite having a lot of lines at the end

[@HarrisonHUMAN]

Only skip in the deluxe version. That Jay z remix is hurtin

[@Roronoa79]

"A message from the Sultan: 'The lion roars! KDOT will speak again.'"

[@smokebomb8361]

imagine if money trees actually started out like how the sample is slowly converted in this video

[@yassine8240]

Cannot wait for this one

[@chrisbartlett7817]

This breakdown is insane man! 100% do "To Pimp a Butterfly" if possible

[@Amangiechsin]

i never realized how much chopping was involved in this album. The producers really brought their A Game when it came to this album

[@prodbyselase]

One of the most impactful albums in my life. Can't believe it's been a decade.

[@VSNarain]

The way these samples are visualized... wow. Learned a lot today.

[@sl_50]

8:56 tracklib you’re a genius at editing, this beat drop was insane

[@Caprico98]

The range of genre sampled 🔥🔥🔥

[@ABJWiseAndStrong]

That’s Hip-Hop for you! I love all genres of music because of Hip-Hop

[@djangelwingz]

Never in my life would I expect a powerpuff girls sample to pop up in a album like this 🔥 HAPPY 10th

[@gsisemore]

The way the Any Time, Any Place was sampled on Poetic Justice was nothing short of genius. The whole album is so thought out and a masterpiece that can never be replicated.

[@devoncraigjohnson]

I'm still in awe at how powerful these breakdowns are.

[@harry.t.radio95237]

I think both “Backseat Freestyle” and “Sing about Me” are the 2 most creative tracks in the album.

[@Frej1]

All of these videos are just so well put together

[@greekfreak384]

Best sample video I’ve ever seen on KZbin. The way you broke it down so we knew exactly where it went was golden. You Definitely gained a sub in me.

[@MatchaCutie14]

I can't believe yall found that PPG sample. Wow. Amazing work 👏

[@adrienveidt419]

Personally, this is one of the most defining albums of my life. I was 13 years old when this came out, in the beginning of my teenage years, and this songs accompanied me through that age. When I recall any memorie of that time, I always have one of this songs like if it were a "soundtrack" of my life in those years.

[@miloproduces2]

Legendary! That Janet Jackson sample is so good

[@MescudiBarton]

This is absolutely unreal. I'm always amazed by how these are created and these videos show it perfectly.

[@indy1530]

Was literally thinking about how tracklib should make a sample breakdown for gkmc last night. Dream come true

[@kamesprods]

Poetic justice sample flipping is crazy🔥

[@cbf2thinkaname]

That Money Trees sample absolutely blew my mind! One of the best albums of all time!

[@lobster747]

The way that the first sample started slow and sped up was amazing

[@rizz5822]

Damn man you really appreciate the craftsmanship after breaking down classics like this, should be taught in schools, Hip-Hop Classic.

[@kxkaru]

This is one of the greatest Channels on youtube 100%

[@Nigos0735]

God bless Tracklib, this format is hella fire.

[@DarrienRobinson1]

i’m watching this while my wife is giving birth 😅

[@JC20XX]

Congrats!

[@frederikgjernrosenberg868]

Priorities

[@Kez444]

Update?

[@isaacsolomon1791]

Yeah what happened?

[@DarrienRobinson1]

@@Kez444healthy baby boy ❤️

[@tylerlevibald420]

The Recipe sample was amazing. Never thought to look it up ❤

[@pianosopher]

To add to this the guitar noise going through the background of M.A.A.D City is sampled from the end of Reset by Outkast

[@ManOnTheMoonD]

That Swimming Pool’s Sample is a masterpiece

[@ABJWiseAndStrong]

10 YEARS and I NEVER KNEW that was a sample. Mind Blown 🤯

[@nephil_]

discovered today and i keep watching your videos i can't stop myself, compliments for the format idea

[@GuyInBlackClothes]

Swimming Pools was probably one of the tracks that got me to appreciate Rap music. 2000-10s rap was so damn great.

[@TYP.EWRITER_]

Can we appreciate tracklib and their ability to find every bit of the samples?? Like how?

[@QuantPhilosopher89]

Man super high quality video. That's the best sampling video I've ever seen.

[@davidthepangolin]

One of my favorite albums ever, Kendrick 🐐 here's to the next 10!

[@qwali4142]

The song, which was sampled for b don't kill my wibe is so beautiful

[@jxohnny]

I swear hearing Kendrick always makes me wanna play GTA again 😂

[@SkateMouse74]

One of the most beautiful things i've found on the whole internet. Just left me speechless... Thank you!!!

[@buulu6477]

the money trees sample when you reversed it like that just hit different

[@Xavieeerrrr]

the way they chopped that janet sample is crazy, one day id hope to see the process of making that beat if that was ever recorded

[@MarvinSuave]

i love these type of shi 😮‍💨😮‍💨real music lovers just hits dif

[@cachalotreal]

amen

[@soulsparkmusic]

“Marvelous beat selecters” ! This is timeless music. Just an amazing work of art

[@saimonbarcelon1469]

Noooo wayyy thats the sample for swimming pools! This is genius!

[@Ohenryyy]

DAMN THIS CHANNEL IS SO, I DON'T HAVE WORDS TO DESCRIBE BUT IS DIVINE

[@freal]

The chops on The Recipe are the greatest thing in the world.

[@uNhlanhlakaSithole]

Sing About Me sample is still the best chopping ever. Best beat ever.

[@godzilla1315]

I remember listeaning to this album back when it released and the samples were magical, i heard the originals and i was like, "damn, this guy is smart to find certain sounds and make a dope track"

[@queensolsticespeaks9684]

This is mind blowing, my God!

[@lukhanyomandubu1]

As a producer & rapper myself, I'll tell you this, sampling is art 😤😤

[@sunnysails]

This is gonna be so good! This album will always be a masterpiece 👏💙

[@IceKoldKilla]

Wtf I assumed Dr. Dre produced the track he was featured on. The drums hit so fucking hard. Scoop once again?! Surprised me with Poetic Justice and then this. I learn new things every day from older music. It's dope. Thank you.

[@lamart7820]

I Think Dre Went Over The Album & Added His Touch