When I spent my weekday nights clustered inside a steamed up Vauxhall Corsa, I was happy with a scruffily rolled stick of the devil’s lettuce and a trip to Tesco. Except instead of Woody Allen encapsulating all the neurotic aspects of my personality into five minutes, Kendrick sets up the story of him and Sherane.
It’s like the opening scene in Annie Hall. In terms of narrative, though, this isn’t the beginning. GKMC opens with “Sherane a.k.a Master Splinter’s Daughter”. The story isn’t completely chronological, as we’re told stories from K.Dot’s perspective, with a few Kendrick tracks peppering the storyline throughout. GKMC’s narrative focuses on K.Dot's transition to Kendrick Lamar as he tries to break free from Compton. This is the internet and unfortunately, it’s illegal to superglue our interns to laptops to search through every miniscule rap blog for a mention of Kendrick Lamar.įor everyone else, let’s start at the beginning….īut first – TL:DR – The story starts at the end. In between wondering if Kendrick’s father ever satisfied his want to sink ships of over-priced pizza crust into seas of garlic and herb sauce, I wondered if anyone had ever compiled the narrative bastion of GKMC into an easily digestible guide. As I listened, I no longer found myself on the coffee machine jockey’s convoy to the coast instead, I was riding through South Central Los Angeles tarnished with sympathy for Kendrick’s dad and his Dominos. The other day, while passively hating on the rest of the commuting public for using the same transport as myself, I found myself listening to Kendrick’s masterpiece.
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