I was a volunteer staff writer for the school paper then. It was on a rainy October 22 night that my life changed after leaving the student publication building, deflated after an editorial disagreement with a student editor. 80" (2011), a scene-stealing interlude on Drake's sophomore opus "Take Care," called "Buried Alive", and his inclusion on XXL's 2011 Freshman Class cover. In 2012, "GKMC" was one of the most anticipated albums that year after Lamar rode high from the universal praise for his stellar indie debut "Section. Kendrick Lamar's major label debut "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" was my entry point into music criticism as a young, ambitious student journalist at Jackson State University. Insider is looking back on the last decade of musical greats with a series of opinion essays.
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