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Section.80 is the debut studio album by 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.
His debut studio album, Section.80 (2011), peaked at 113 on the Billboard 200, with minimal mainstream promotion. Lamar's popularity surged with his second album, Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (2012), making it his first record under a joint recording contract with Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records.
The album explored conscious and alternative hip hop styles and experimented with "stripped-down" jazz production. [55] [56] Ogden Payne of Forbes considers it to be "the genesis to [Lamar] successfully balancing social commentary with mass appeal." [57] Section.80 marked Lamar's first appearance on the Billboard 200 chart
[5] [8] The lyrics reference Snoop Dogg's debut studio album, Doggystyle, as well as P Diddy and long-time collaborator Dr. Dre. [5] The song is known by fans and critics to be a track recorded during Lamar's sessions for the 2011 debut studio album, Section.80; the song had been leaked in previous years online. [9] [10] [11]
Although it was well received by music critics, Lamar's debut studio album Section.80 (2011) failed to produce any commercially successful singles. His first showing on international record and radio airplay charts came with his succeeding efforts, Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (2012) and To Pimp a Butterfly (2015).
Section.80: Tommy Black: 2011 [3] "Chapter Ten" Kendrick Duckworth Ricci Riera Axel Morgan Section.80: THC Iman Omari 2011 [3] "Complexion (A Zulu Love)" (featuring Rapsody) Kendrick Duckworth Stephen Bruner Mark Spears Marlanna Evans: To Pimp a Butterfly: Stephen Bruner Sounwave Terrace Martin The Antydote 2015 [10] "Compton" (featuring Dr ...
"HiiiPower" (also stylised as "HiiiPoWeR") is the debut single by American rapper Kendrick Lamar which released on April 12, 2011. The conscious hip hop song also serves as the lead single from his independently released debut album, Section.80 (2011).
Writing for Vice, Robert Christgau gave Overly Dedicated an "A−" and found it to be as good as Lamar's first official album Section.80 (2011): "Only three classics: the besotted "Alien Girl," the merely sexed-up "P&P 1.5," and "Average Joe," a position paper for the gangsta realism to follow.