Best albums of 2012, No 5: Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, MAAD City

The hip-hop album of the year was the tale of a journey from sin to repentance among the temptations of CaliforniaHyperbolic statements are hardly rare in hip-hop, thanks to its culture of ego and oneupmanship. So it was little surprise this year saw Rick Ross and A$AP Rocky claiming to have made history. But the hip-hop album of the year came from an unexpected quarter: Kendrick Lamar.This extraordinary coming-of-age album – following last year's Section 80 mixtape – tracked his growth from...

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