To Pimp A Butterfly

The concept album features a spoken poem that is repeated after every few songs each time revealing more lines before the entire poem is read in the final song mortal man.

To pimp a butterfly. To pimp a butterfly is the third studio album by american rapper kendrick lamar. It was released on march 15 2015 via top dawg entertainment aftermath entertainment and. This article contains explicit lyrics. 01 wesley s theory 02 for free.

To pimp a butterfly blends various elements from traditional african american music including rap funk jazz soul and spoken word poetry. Underneath the tragedy and adversity to pimp a butterfly is a celebration of the audacity to wake up each morning to try to be better knowing it could all end in a second for no reason at all. It was released on march 15 2015 by top dawg entertainment distributed by aftermath entertainment and interscope records. Kendrick lamar s album to pimp a butterfly is meant to be listened to from beginning to end.

A worthy follow up to its platinum selling predecessor to pimp a butterfly stands as a fearless and uncompromising manifestation of lamar s desire to push the culture of rap forwards a crusade that s as much in his blood as the city of compton. To pimp a butterfly is a 10 10 album. To pimp a butterfly is kendrick lamar s second major label studio album and third full length project. Kendrick lamar masterfully combines hip hop and jazz to tell a compelling story of finding oneself and using that finding to address bigger societal issues in this case relating to the issues facing african americans today.

03 king kunta 04 institutionalized 05 these walls 06 u 07 alright 08 for sale interlude 09 momma 10 hood politics 11 how much a dollar cost 12 complexion zulu love 13 the blacker the berry.