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 ...

Kendrick Lamar’s ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’: What the Critics Are Saying. The followup to 'good kid, m.A.A.d city' was mysteriously released on Sunday night, with the clean and explicit versions ...

Kendrick Lamar to Dissect To Pimp a Butterfly on Podcast The Big Hit Show Abby Jones. Season 2 of Alex Pappademas' podcast will feature K-Dot himself discussing his 2015 magnum opus.

To Pimp a Butterfly is steeped in a mix of genres that helped defined Black music during the ’70s and ’80s, with many listeners associating the album with jazz and funk, in particular.

Kendrick Lamar's "To Pimp a Butterfly" may not be as accessible as its predecessor. ... The same goes for "Institutionalized," a laid-back West Coast jam tailor made for its Snoop Dogg's cameo.

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 ...

Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly (all parts of it) has been think-pieced to death, so that’s not what’s going to happen here. Plus, I probably already did that and am too lazy to look it up.

Before Kendrick, the highest charting album with “pimp” in the title was Pimp C’s 2006 Pimpalation album, which debuted at no. 3. Too Short also cracked the top 10 back in 1992 with his ...

Kendrick Lamar released his sophomore studio album To Pimp A Butterfly back in March, and though he's played a number of shows and festivals in the intervening time, we haven't heard or seen many ...

To Pimp A Butterfly. "Mom, I'm finna use the van real quick. Be back in 15 minutes" Familiar to anyone who had Kendrick Lamar's now seminal 2012 album good kid, m.A.A.d city in heavy rotation ...

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 ...

Kendrick Lamar’s new album, “To Pimp a Butterfly,” arrived Sunday night, a week before its scheduled release date on March 23. Although the release initially appeared to be an accidental ...