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The message of To Pimp a Butterfly is evident in the opening couplet of the Flying Lotus-produced opener “Wesley’s Theory” that attacks the way black artists are pimped out in the entertainment ...
Billboard’s Kris Ex gives it four-and-a-half stars out of five.“To Pimp a Butterfly is every bit as forward-thinking, perhaps more so, than its predecessor. It’s definitely more timely ...
On “To Pimp A Butterfly” highlight ‘The Blacker The Berry,’ which stitches together the tics of Public Enemy’s Bomb Squad and N.W.A.’s Dr. Dre, Lamar, who calls himself “the biggest ...
Lamar’s 2012 growing-up-in-Compton coming-of-age concept album, “good kid, m.A.A.d. city,” set a new standard for contemporary hip-hop, and “To Pimp a Butterfly” does not shy from those ...
Kendrick Lamar does not need an Album of the Year Grammy win — let’s start with that. The Grammys, however, need to give him the award. For Lamar, who has a near record-tying 11 nominations for his ...
To Pimp a Butterfly is the best album of the 21st century, the best hip-hop album since Notorious B.I.G.’s Ready to Die and Nas’ Illmatic in 1994, and it cements Kendrick Lamar’s spot as an ...
To Pimp a Butterfly follows two and a half years of anticipation stoked by Kendrick Lamar's breakthrough LP, good kid, m.A.A.d. city. Christian San Jose/Courtesy of the artist hide caption ...
How Kendrick Lamar Transformed Into ‘The John Coltrane of Hip-Hop’ on ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’ Billboard speaks with Kamasi Washington, Ambrose Akinmusire, Robert Glasper and Terrace Martin ...
Lamar spends To Pimp a Butterfly’s 80 minutes sharing almost all of his thoughts, and what he has to say is fascinating, a little schizophrenic and scattered, and incredibly smart. The combination of ...
Kendrick Lamar’s third album, To Pimp A Butterfly, was a big change in direction from his 2012 sophomore album, Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City. ... Kendrick dove into how he made it work.
Kendrick Lamar created a masterpiece with To Pimp a Butterfly, now Gucci has helped turn it into a luxury item. The Grammy Award-winning album is being given a second life in Interscope Records ...