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    Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
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    good kid, m.A.A.d city
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    (2012)
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    by Kendrick Lamar
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    Following in the footsteps of forbearers Snoop Dogg, Eminem and Rick Ross, this year Kendrick Lamar became the latest of Dr Dre’s protégés to deliver the goods. Thematically, Good Kid, M.A.A.D City plundered the light and shade of his upbringing on the streets of Compton, and those extremes were mirrored in the music. From the laid-back swing of ‘Money Trees’, to the murky, T-Minus-produced ‘Swimming Pools (Drank)’ – where the 25 year old’s rapid-fire flow was redolent of vintage André 3000 – it was astonishing listening.

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    Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE (Explicit Version)
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    channel ORANGE
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    (2012)
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    by Frank Ocean
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    Tyler, The Creator might have hogged the limelight in 2011, but it was his Odd Future-compandre Frank Ocean who made the biggest, er, splash in 2012. From the Stevie Wonder-esque swing of ‘Sweet Life’ to the string-laden, tear-stained R&B of ‘Bad Religion’, via an almighty, nine-minute-plus, digital-funk opus named ‘Pyramids’, Channel Orange confirmed what mixtape Ultra/Nostalgia implied: Frank Ocean is one of the finest songwriting talents of our times.

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