Kendrick Lamar’s good child, m.A.A.d metropolis turns into longest-running hip-hop album on Billboard charts
King Kendrick Lamar has added one other feather to his crown. The Compton rapper’s good child, m.A.A.d metropolis simply made music historical past because the longest-running hip-hop album on the Billboard 200 charts.
In taking the title, Kendrick’s 2012 breakout album surpasses Eminem and his Eminem Present LP from 2002. good child has spent a record-breaking complete of 358 weeks on the charts in comparison with Slim Shady’s 357.
.@kendricklamar’s ‘good child, m.A.A.d metropolis’ is now the longest charting hip-hop studio album in Billboard 200 historical past, passing ‘The Eminem Present’.
— chart knowledge (@chartdata) September 16, 2019
As XXL factors out, Em’s Curtain Name has been on Billboard the longest. Nevertheless, the 2005 launch is technically a biggest hits assortment and never a correct studio effort of recent materials.
Kendrick was poised to overhaul Eminem after making vital strides to catch as much as the Detroit MC over the summer season.
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Kung Fu Kenny’s second full-length general, good child boasts basic singles “Swimming Swimming pools (Drank)” and “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe”. It obtained 4 Grammy nominations upon launch, together with a nod for Album of the 12 months.
In fact, this achievement is only one of many for Kendrick. The Prime Dawg is also a Pulitzer Prize and Grammy winner, holder of a key to Compton, and certainly one of Barack Obama’s favourite rappers. His final masterpiece, DAMN., dropped in 2017 and gained the Grammy for Greatest Rap Album the next 12 months. Not too long ago, Kendrick and fiancée Whitney Alford welcomed their first youngster.
Pour up (drank) and revisit good child beneath.