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Kendrick Lamar's Section.80 (our #45 Best Album of 2011) fell in some strange modern limbo between mixtape and proper studio album, as far as release avenues go. The rapper recently told The Source that he's nearly finished with what he considers his true debut, a studio album called Good Kid in a Mad City. No word on when the record will be released, but he says, "[It's] something I've been working on my whole life. It's ready right now."
Watch Lamar's interview with The Source, below.