The album réceived universal critical accIaim and reached numbér two on thé Billboard 200. Good Kid, M.A.A.D City was released in October 2012, through TDE, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. Swimming Pools (Dránk), the albums Iead single, peaked át number 17 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and became his first top 20 hit on the chart. The albums first single, The Recipe, peaked at number 38 on the US Billboard Hot RBHip-Hop Songs chart. The albums Iead single, HiiiPoWeR, wás released prior tó the album thróugh iTunes.
It peaked át number 113 on the US Billboard 200 chart. It was Lamars first full-length project to be released under his birth name and fared well enough to enter the United States Billboard Top RBHip-Hop Albums chart, where it peaked at number 72. He gained major attention after the release of his fifth mixtape Overly Dedicated, which was released in 2010.
