Training Day

Hip-Hop · 2005 · 24 tracks · 1h 9m

Training Day

A raw, 24-track window into an 18-year-old K-Dot. Dusty mid-2000s mixtape aesthetics, industry instrumentals, and a young prodigy proving his technical skill.

2005

A gritty, tape-hissed urgency drives this mixtape, where the eighteen-year-old lyricist tests his endurance against classic instrumentals. The delivery is dense and highly competitive, trading polished arrangements for the raw friction of a budget microphone and dusty vinyl loops.

Tracklist · 24 Tracks · 1h 9m

01

One Shot Kill

3:10

02

Blame God

3:18

03

Who Shot Ya (Freestyle)

2:49

04

Good Morning America

4:05

05

Blow Them Horns

4:00

06

G'z and Hustlerz

3:43

07

I Feel It (Freestyle)

2:47

08

Interview With DJ Dave, Part 1

0:14

09

Imma G (Freestyle)

2:12

10

Interview With DJ Dave, Part 2

1:27

11

Man of the Hour

3:02

12

Interview With DJ Dave, Part 3

0:23

13

Never Die

3:34

14

Hypnotiq

1:41

15

J Dilla (Freestyle)

4:01

16

Interview With DJ Dave, Part 4

0:52

17

Get Throwed

3:13

18

Bloody Sport (Freestyle)

4:04

19

Hard Body

3:59

20

Grammy Fam (Freestyle)

3:25

21

A Song 4 Buffy (Freestyle)

3:08

22

Interview With DJ Dave, Part 5

1:20

23

Dreams

4:56

24

The Best Rapper Alive

4:01

Moments Worth Listening For

03Who Shot Ya (Freestyle)The relentless vocal delivery on 'Who Shot Ya (Freestyle)' runs continuously over the classic boom-bap loop without a hook to break the tension.

Where This Album Departs

How does Training Day sound next to the rest of Kendrick Lamar's catalogue?

Lo Fi+1.3σ

The production is pushed notably harder into lo fi than this artist usually allows.

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