Prior to the album's release, Kendrick Lamar released various mixtapes under the K.Dot moniker. In April 2017, it was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album debuted at number 113 on the US Billboard 200 and as of February 2014, it has sold 130,000 copies domestically. Section.80 received generally positive reviews from critics upon its release. The album features guest appearances from GLC, Colin Munroe, Ashtrobot, BJ the Chicago Kid, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul and vocals from late singer-songwriter Alori Joh. A concept album, it features lyrical themes delivered by Lamar such as the 1980s crack epidemic, racism and the medication tolerance of Generation Y. The production of Section.80 was mainly handled by TDE in-house producers from production group Digi+Phonics, as well as THC, Tommy Black, Wyldfyer, Terrace Martin and J. Shortly after its release, he began working on Section.80. In 2010, Lamar released Overly Dedicated, his fourth solo mixtape. In the years leading up to its release, Lamar previously produced various mixtapes under the moniker K.Dot. It was released on July 2, 2011, by Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE). We don’t need to tell him.Section.80 is the debut studio album by American rapper Kendrick Lamar. As the song builds its way into a heaving peak, Lamar says what he's really thinking: “I am the one/Yes I’m the one.” We are watching a historic artist operating at his peak, trusting his instincts and trusting us to follow. Lamar is setting up camp in a world so unique, so wholly his own that it’s hard to know who could even compete with him on these terms. The music, meanwhile, pushes determinedly further into jazz and away from commercial rap. Success, fast money, lost time, God, drank, women, self-love-the images chase themselves through “Untitled 2” with dream logic.
“Untitled 2” feels of a piece with To Pimp a Butterfly: It exists in the same interior world, where the lights are low and we can’t always tell up from down. He understands that he is dictating the terms. He has just held the rap world hostage by performing a six-minute, hook-free jazz-rap suite with no names and multiple sections. “You ain’t gotta tell me I’m the one.” Look in Kendrick Lamar’s eyes, the mic still crackling hot, after performing “Untitled 2” on Fallon.
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