Complex recently compiled a list of the 25 best Kendrick Lamar songs.
Sure, the Compton, California rapper may have only completed three studio albums, but the ranking takes into account the possibility that Kendrick hasn’t even made his best song yet.
Still, the Complex staff sifted through K. Dot’s mixtapes, features and albums to craft a list of his top 25 songs.
Four songs off Lamar’s major label debut album, good kid, m.A.A.d. city, rank in the Top 10. Three tracks are from his latest offering, To Pimp A Butterfly, and two songs are off his breakthrough project, Section.80.
Kendrick’s top song, according to Complex, is “m.A.A.d. city” featuring MC Eiht.
Complex’s Associate Editor, Insanul Ahmed, penned Kendrick’s 2014 Complex cover story. He also described why the publication chose “m.A.A.d city” as K. Dot’s #1 song.
“’m.A.A.d city’ is easily the most lyrical and most cinematic song ever recorded by one of rap’s latest, greatest storytellers,” he wrote. “Running nearly six minutes long, it’s carefully detailed to feature just about every hallmark of Kendrick’s music; spitfire rapping, a song that turns into another song, autobiographical details splintered across a larger narrative, nods to West Coast OGs like MC Eiht and Ice Cube, and vocal effects courtesy of TDE’s go-to engineer, MixedByAli.”
Check out the top 10 below and visit Complex for the full top 25 ranking.
10. “HiiiPower”
9. “u”
8. “Alright”
7. “A.D.H.D.”
6. “Backseat Freestyle”
5. “The Blacker the Berry”
4. “Money Trees” featuring Jay Rock
3. “Sing About Me/Dying of Thirst”
2. “Cartoon & Cereal” featuring Gunplay
1. “m.A.A.d city” featuring MC Eiht
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“Bitch don’t kill my vibe” not in the Top 10, LMAO at this list.
#FACTS
Im a Kendrick lamar fan and I do not agree with this list.
I AM FAN AND I DONT AGREE)))) F THAT ISH > KEND RICK LA MAR IZ THA ISH N LONG BEACH N N WE IN THIS BIAATCH
Hiii Power is the best song he’s ever done…..easily #1
Average Joe by Kendrick Lamar should be on the list.
hiipower should be number 1
1. HiiiPoWeR
2. Sing About Me
3. Keisha’s Song
4. A.D.H.D
5. Money Trees
6. Mortal Man
7. The Blacker The Berry
8. U
9. m.A.A.d City
10. i
Lmaooooo cartoon and cereal number two? Just lost respect for Complex
Ignorance is bliss and The Heart part 2. should be in this list.
Sing About Me I’m Dying of Thirst is the best Kendrick Lamar song
HOW CAN DONT KILL MY VIBE NOT BE ON HERE, IS THIS A JOKE!
This nikka hella overrated, white media iz crazy about him but he fukkin SUCKS.
rigamortis, keishas song , hiiii power and spiteful chant my top 4 not in that order, then id maybe pick a few from gkmc and king kunta from that new garbage album hes brought out
How is “Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe” not on this list? And the remix with JAY Z may be even better than the original! That record is timeless
Sing about me, keishas song, momma, Ignorance is bliss, Reagan era
How much a dollar cost is one of his best
I vouch for that!
Ronald Reagan Era?
seems like they just threw this list together…
No Black Boy Fly?? How???
Seriously> That list is missing some major ones…
1) Look out for Detox
2) Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst
3) Mortal Man
4) Ronald Reagan Era
5) Ab-Soul’s Outro
6) Black Boy Fly
7) Rigamortis
8) Poe Mans Dreams
9) Keisha’s Song
10) m.A.A.d city
My favorite features:
1) Game ft Kendrick Lamar “The City”
2) Big Sean ft Kendrick “Control” (cliche but can’t deny he killed it)
3) Jay Rock ft. Kendrick Lamar “Pay for It”
4) Game ft Kendrick Lamar “See No Evil”
No Mortal Man?Lol
Spiteful Chant should have broke a top 25 list.
Should definitely include “Poe Man’s Dreams”, “Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe” and “Cloud 10”.
1. m.A.A.d. city
2. Sing About Me/Dying of Thirst
3. HiiiPower
4. Mortal Man
5. Money Trees
6. Cartoons and Cereal
7. Blacker The Berry
8. Ronald Reagan Era
9. Wesley’s Theory or Black Boy Fly
10. Ignorance Is Bliss
Great list. I have no problems with the songs, although I would have a slightly different order. I’d switch Money Trees and m.A.A.d city, and maybe switch A.D.H.D or HiiiPower with Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe or Rigamortus (which is ridiculously underrated)
Great list. I have no
problems with the
songs, although I
would have a slightly
different order. I’d
switch Money Trees and m.A.A.d city, and
maybe switch
A.D.H.D or HiiiPower
with Bitch, Don’t Kill
My Vibe or
Rigamortus (which is ridiculously
underrated)