"This Is The Kendrick Lamar Experience: The Beginning Of The Story Of The Good Kid, That Just Wants To Rap. " The eponymous debut extended play by American hip hop recording artist Kendrick Lamar, released as a free digital download on December 31, 2009, by Top Dawg Entertainment. The EP features guest appearances from Angela McCluskey, Ab-Soul, JaVonte, Jay Rock, BJ the Chicago Kid, Punch, Schoolboy Q and Big Pooh. The EP's production was handled by Sounwave, Black Milk, Jake One, Q-Tip and Wyldfyer, among others. The free-download EP premiered exclusively on online mixtape distribution platform DatPiff and has since then been downloaded 201,412 times on the website earning a gold certification status. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.