good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)

Subtitled A Short Film by Kendrick Lamar, the album follows a teenage Kendrick through a day in Compton. Skits, including voicemails from his parents, stitch the songs into scenes, so The Art of Peer Pressure plays very differently in sequence than alone. Swimming Pools (Drank) gains a darker edge once you know what surrounds it. Expect explicit language and violence.