- hip hop, west coast hip hop, conscious hip hop, political
- 60 min
- 16 tracks
- Top Dawg Entertainment
Section.80 is the debut studio album by the American rapper Kendrick Lamar. It was released on July 2, 2011, by Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE). In the years leading up to its release, Lamar produced various mixtapes under the moniker K.Dot. In 2010, Lamar released Overly Dedicated, his fourth solo mixtape. Shortly after its release, he began working on Section.80.
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Grave, contemporary, earnest and character-led.
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
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Metacritic 80/100
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Beats Per Minute90%
- Entertainment WeeklyB
- HipHopDX4/5
- MSN Music (Expert Witness)B+
- Pitchfork8/10
- PopMatters8/10
- RapReviews8/10
- Tom Hull – on the WebB+ ()
- XXL4/5
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Tracks
- 1Fuck Your Ethnicity3:44
- 2Hol’ Up2:53
- 3A.D.H.D3:35
- 4No Makeup (Her Vice)3:55
- 5Tammy’s Song (Her Evils)2:41
- 6Chapter Six2:41
- 7Ronald Reagan Era (His Evils)3:36
- 8Poe Mans Dream (His Vice)4:21
- 9The Spiteful Chant5:21
- 10Chapter Ten1:15
- 11Keisha’s Song (Her Pain)3:47
- 12Rigamortis2:48
- 13Kush & Corinthians (His Pain)5:04
- 14Blow My High (Members Only)3:35
- 15Ab‐Soul’s Outro5:50
- 16HiiiPoWeR4:39
16 tracks, 60 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Kendrick Lamar
- Label
- Top Dawg Entertainment
- Released
- 2011
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XW
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