Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly | (Discussion Thread) *Stream*

[AAKing23]

That album cover tho brehs Most beautiful shyt I've seen in a minute, Such a powerful image, Got a breh thinking what could be

 

[Arithmetic]

Gone off that dub of sour homies. gotta class in the mornin and I'm feeling good as fukk. about to replay king kunta and call it a night homies

 

[FuckAllY'all77]

After 1 listen it didn't grab me like his other albums did, didn't know what to think

On 3rd listen now, and I'm starting to get into it....that track with Snoop is crazy

 

[old soul]

This is great so far. The album title, musical soundscape, and wordplay seem to reference old school black power/blaxploitation stuff.

This sounds great. All of his albums have a story to em, this one is no different.

 

[The Ruler 09]

This is sounding better upon 2nd listen with the speakers turned up properly. Like the beats.

 

[FKEMINEM]

I always liked I but man this live version

 

[onelastdeath]

if after this, yall can't see the clear distance between him and Drizzy, I have no hope for you all.

I'm not even doing Drake vs Kendrick arguments anymore. This just said all anyone will ever need to.

This is Kendricks time man. He just has it.

I've only listened once, but I was amazed. As anyone with functioning ears should be.

Peace.

 

[The Jewnited States]

Man i just can't get into this dude. The beats are nice but his voice sucks

And some.of the wordplay comes off as forced

 

[AAKing23]

Mortal man just has me in a mixture of and @ how smooth and cold this shyt is


Good Lord

 

[swerve]

King Kunta is so fukking funky

At first I was like but now when I bump the whole shyt back and forth its

 

[TheLostArtz]

bumped the album twice and my fav shyt on here is the 2nd part of "U" haha smooth jazzy steez overall album is good !!!

 

[riddlerap]

i bought GKMC, only bought like 3 or 4 albums the past 3 years.. but im not feeling this. "Alright" is the first thing im really feeling so far. "U" is okay, but not something i could throw on repeat. i wish Kendrick would drop mixtapes filled with street songs like "mAAd city" if this is the direction his albums are gonna go. i want that "Best Rapper Alive" or "Ronald Reagan Era" KDot.

 

[spliz]

What I will say is Mortal Man had one of the most touching endings to an album I remember in recent history...shyt damn near brought a tear to my eye I can't front...

 

[Mike Otherz]

still going through it but this shyt sounds like sign of the times in places damn....kendrick is lapping the field....

 

[CarltonJunior]

What I will say is Mortal Man had one of the most touching endings to an album I remember in recent history...shyt damn near brought a tear to my eye I can't front...

It is

I didn't realize when Pac was talking about how we done playing, and that it's gon be murder, that was what's being represented on the cover art.

edit: furthermore, it also plays on "To Kill a Mockingbird", which exposed the legal system white America has created.