To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
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US$7.99
- Release Date 06 April 2015
- In Stock
- Product code
- 4730068
- Format
- CD Album
- Label
- Interscope
With Lamar's previous album, 'Good Kid M.A.A.d City', lauded as one of this fledgling Century's best, the level of expectation on its follow up was sky-high. How do you proceed after such a triple A-rated straight-up hip hop smash? Get afflicted by the (P)funk, that's how. Channelling the psychedelic stew of Parliament / Funkadelic, 'To Pimp A Butterfly' positions Lamar along the higher branches of rap's genre-busting evolution (see also The Roots’ 'Phrenology', Common’s 'Electric Circus', Q-Tip’s 'Kamaal the Abstract', André 3000’s 'The Love Below'). The expansive scope of Lamar's vision also runs to a live studio band featuring Robert Glasper, Flying Lotus' fretless bass maestro Thundercat and producer /sax player Terrace Martin, who add free jazz backing, pulling the music in another direction.
Lyrically the album walks in the footsteps of the socio-political commentary of Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye, but in the post-Ferguson era of continued police brutality towards African-Americans, Lamar's anger burns bright. Less 'What's Going On', more ' The Predator'. He offers a thoughtful and thought-provoking exploration of what it means to be a black man in America today, often introspective, but never naval-gazing.
Inspired and inspiring, 'To Pimp A Butterfly' is an adventurous and challenging album, and one that can be added to the essential hip hop list.
Tracks | ||
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1 | Wesley's Theory Feat. George Clinton And Thundercat | |
2 | For Free? (Interlude) | |
3 | King Kunta | |
4 | Institutionalized Feat. Bilal, Anna Wise, And Snoop Dogg | |
5 | These Walls Feat. Bilal, Anna Wise, And Thundercat | |
6 | U | |
7 | Alright | |
8 | For Sale? (Interlude) | |
9 | Momma | |
10 | Hood Politics | |
11 | How Much A Dollar Cost Feat. James Fauntleroy And Ronald Isley | |
12 | Complexion Feat. Rapsody | |
13 | The Blacker The Berry Feat. Assassin | |
14 | You Ain't Gotta Lie (Momma Said) | |
15 | I | |
16 | Mortal Man |
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