Well, now it's there and you can not say that Kendrick is linked to his first album. The sound is the predominant part of jazz, funk and soul elements and sounds sometimes not so after today's Hip Hop sound. But that's not alone the reason why this album is so great. Again, it creates Kendrick Lamar to convince lyrical and technically and brings political and social criticism in his songs. The song "i" for example, is a song for the children out there who feel like an outsider, and he wants to show that it is good to be different. The guest list fits the sound of the album and therefore the album of great artists like Bilal, James Fauntleroy or Ronald Isley is refined. For the Sound include Sounwave, Pharrell, Terrace Martin and BOY-1DA been responsible and have very strong work done.
I can not imagine that this album is celebrated the same way as his first album to me. To be honest I find it also difficult to recommend a specific track to a listen time. Most likely I would recommend because "How Much A dollar cost" or "You Is not Gotta Lie", but in this album it's more of a disadvantage to listen to individual tracks, you have to listen to the album completely to get an idea , I can only say that I have never heard such a strong musical Rap Album and find this album (the latest now is the "No" button destroyed) better than his first album. That is why I can give here only 5 stars!