Cartoon + Cereal

by Kendrick Lamar

Cartoon + Cereal cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: 15 February 2012
  • Label: TDE
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 6:48
  • Community rating: 4.1/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Originally intended for 'good kid, m.A.A.d city' but notoriously left off due to sample clearance issues, this track leaked online and quickly became a cult classic. Featuring an uncredited, hypnotic guest verse from Gunplay, the song juxtaposes the innocence of Saturday morning cartoons with the grim reality of gang violence. The production is incredibly dense and ominous, highlighted by its shifting, surreal beat.

Genres

Descriptors: crime, conscious, violence

Tracklist

  1. Cartoons & Cereal (6:48)

Credits

  • Kendrick Lamar - primary artist
  • Gunplay - featuring
  • J. LBS - co-producer
  • THC - producer

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