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As swagrport detailed in last week's “Hip-Hop’s Modern American Dream”, October 2012's ‘good kid, m.A.A.d city’ let the world know that Compton has a story to tell: a story best told through 16 bars, 808’s and a commercially successful album. While Kendrick sheds light on the troubling experience of youth in Compton, it seems that Bompton…I mean Compton has another story to tell.

I don’t think the game knew what to expect when YG dropped ‘My Krazy Life’ on March 18th of this year. And who could have? YG’s career was certainly a question mark after a stint in the hole and little more than the catchy single “Toot it and Boot it” featuring Ty Dolla $ign. But a partnership with Jeezy and a Def Jam cosign later and we have another narrative masterpiece coming straight out of Compton.

In case you missed the storyline, below is swagrport’s literary review of YG’s ‘My Krazy Life’