WATCH: Kendrick Lamar releases new promo

He made one of the outstanding albums of 2012 and now Kendrick Lamar is offering up a video for one of good kid, m.A.A.d city's prime cuts.

The black and white clip for 'Backseat Freestyle' finds Lamar wandering around Compton and Paris singing, and was directed by the man himself with Jerome D and Dave Free.

The star comes to Dublin soon, playing Vicar Street on January 14. Tickets, as you can imagine, are long since snapped up.