GKMC is an unfiltered work of genius. Section 80 was a warm up, a very very GOOD warm up, but GKMC takes every ounce of creative potential Kendrick possesses and leaves it all on the track. This album reminds me of Illmatic in the strictest sense that it feels like it comes from the most introspective depths of the artist's soul. I get the same feeling hearing Sing for Me/I'm Dying Of Thirst, Real, and the Art Of Peer Pressure that I do listening to NY State Of Mind, Life's A bytch and Memory Lane. It's as if Kendrick stabbed himself with a quill and wrote this album with his own blood. The brutal honesty, uncompromising viewpoint, and exceptional lyricism is just such a complex blending of emotion and art that its truly a wonderful listening experience.
GKMC is THE best debut Hip Hop album since Food & Liquor, and with all respects to Lupe, he suffered a leak which compromised a lot of what the OG f&L would've offered, so in effect, this might just be the best Hip Hop debut since the College Dropout. It IS THAT good...