[1] The album features guest appearances from Skeme, Krondon, Ty Dolla Sign, Nipsey Hussle and TeeFLii.

For people interested in Hip Hop and Rap music, I feel like they’ll be proud to say that, “You need to listen to this; this is a great body of work.” It represents something bigger than just $10 or just one person.

Material things like that become smaller; relationships, dedication, sacrifices and leaving a real legacy become more important.

If the first time you heard of Dom Kennedy was Get Home Safely, and then I never did another CD after that, you’d probably think I was the greatest person that ever happened [laughs].

[4] On December 28, 2013, Dom Kennedy announced that the Get Home Safely Tour would begin on January 23, 2014 and run through the end of February 2014.

Rapper Skeme joined Kennedy for the duration of the North American leg of the tour as the supporting act.

Steven Goldstein of HipHopDX gave the album three out of five stars, saying "Dom Kennedy is the genre’s ambassador for not trying too hard, and Get Home Safely stands out in 2013 for refusing to force anything.

It also doesn’t challenge itself much, and the album’s potential is stunted by casualness eventually blending with complacency over the course of 16 songs.

"[13] Max Weinstein of Vibe gave the album a positive review, saying "That’s just the thing about Get Home Safely—look too deep and you might get what you wished for, which isn’t a whole lot.

Instead, the songs feel like casual slices of life, painting a picture of Kennedy's world in a way that's relatable and engaging.

At its core, this is an ordinary hip-hop record; Dom reflects on the perils and pleasures of his past while boasting about the current exploits of a cool kid from urban America.

While this tried-and-true formula should have been safe, the record gets tied up in its pretentiousness, as Dom doles out shout-outs and speeches on interludes, suggesting some sort of triumph — a bold façade to dress up this shallow, misdirected collection.

That diversity and efficiency is reflected in the lyrical content as well: the frequency of thought provoking songs not-related to women is at an all-time high for him.

DK and the OPM crew may not have the major label engine behind the movement, but he has proven with Get Home Safely that he’s one of the ambassadors of the New West.

They elaborated saying, "Dom Kennedy’s Get Home Safely continued to solidify his place in the rap game with feel-good anthems that transport you to the sunny streets of L.A. Entailing features from Ty Dolla $ign and Nipsey Hu$$le, the sophomore album made waves in the hip-hop community.

They commented saying, "He isn't attempting to wow anyone with rhyme schemes, instead opting to use his skills to tell the story of the L.A. neighborhood that he holds dear to his heart.

"[17] The album debuted at number 23 on the Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 10,000 copies in the United States.