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The 'mad city' is his hometown of Compton, California. The cover shows a photograph of him as a child, setting the tone for a record that took us through his life.

This extraordinary coming-of-age album – following last year's Section 80 mixtape – tracked his growth from teenage gangsta-in-the-making to clean-living penitent. But the hip-hop album of the year came from an unexpected quarter: Kendrick Lamar. So it was little surprise this year saw Rick Ross and A$AP Rocky claiming to have made history.

Hyperbolic statements are hardly rare in hip-hop, thanks to its culture of ego and oneupmanship.
