Bad Kid Chill City

Hip-Hop · 2018 · 15 tracks · 49m

Bad Kid Chill City

A shadowy, unpolished collection of leaked demos and reference tracks. Dusty, skeletal beats meet raw, intimate vocal takes in the dead of night.

It's like sitting in the studio corner while Kendrick works out his roughest, most intimate ideas in the dark.

A quiet, late-night vulnerability stripped of all commercial armor and studio polish.

Bad Kid Chill City · vs · Kendrick Lamar

Low Energy-2.6σ

It runs markedly cooler and more held-back than this artist's baseline.

Tracklist · 15 Tracks · 49m

01

Gang Member

4:12

02

The Only Nigga

3:06

03

Want in Life

3:19

04

Loved Ones

4:12

05

Own This City

3:58

06

Heroin

4:00

07

Look Over Your Shoulders

5:22

08

Swimming Pools (extended)

4:23

09

All the Stars (SZA Reference)

3:53

10

Chopstix

4:37

11

Computer Love

2:16

12

ELEMENT. (original version)

1:25

13

Lack of Better Word

1:52

14

Real One Idea

1:03

15

Talk to Me

1:26

Moments Worth Waiting For

The skeletal, unfinished beat of Heroin where the vocals feel uncomfortably close and raw.

The dusty, nostalgic soul sample on Look Over Your Shoulders that provides a warm but melancholic backdrop for the verses.

The stark contrast of the SZA reference track on All the Stars, revealing the bare-bones architecture of a massive pop hit.

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