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

[jamaicaiwonder1993]

breh days ago when they first said the "to pimp a butterfly" title on numerous websites like reddit and hiphopdx.....they were bringing up that pretentious thing...and remember this was before we got the cover...

now last night cover is released and the say the same thing....wouldn't we both agree this type of cover is the most non pretentious you can think of?

but these same dudes don't use the same word for kanye someone who is the definition of pretentious at the moment and was talking about how groundbreaking his yeezus cover was because it had no cover...

if i'm not mistaken kendrick is still a blood and has not left that life...i would not say that is pretentious...and no i'm not condoning being in in gangs...just saying kdot is not the type that fits the pretentious moniker

He's not blood he says it all the time in his music. he grew up in a piru hood so he was guilty by association because his older cousin and friends were all westside pirus

 

[CASHAPP]

"Sonically, Lamar’s new album is adventurous, incorporating elements of funk, spoken-word poetry, and free-jazz, augmented by lots of live playing. (Lamar says he was listening to a lot of Miles Davis and Parliament while making it.) “It’s a unique sound,” says Sounwave."

I know its a lil too early to ask this but what do you think the direction of the next solo will or should be like

 

[NaijaProdigy Redux]

Here's a hi-res version of the supposed cover.

This nikka is about to bless us

 

[Starski]

I know its a lil too early to ask this but what do you think the direction of the next solo will or should be like

Think it's going to be a funk/soul based w/ hard hitting drums

Feel like sonically we are going to get something new... maybe funk influenced or deep house... idk man....

 

[Apollo Creed]

I`m buying this just on the cover alone. This and the jodeci album are copped.

 

[THE 101]

Man that album title oozes pretentiousness

Yeah I'd prefer if it was called something like "I'm Back"

I ain't buying no fukking album with butterfly in the title

 

[TEKBEATZ]

to pimp a butterfly?

Got you thinking huh

 

[ArmchairCritic]

Iceberg Slim's 'Pimp', Chapter 9: Butterfly.

 

[JulesWinfield]

Iceberg Slim's 'Pimp', Chapter 9: Butterfly.

I still gotta finish that book. Picked it up years ago but never finished it.

 

[jwinfield]

Iceberg Slim's 'Pimp', Chapter 9: Butterfly.

http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-pimp-iceberg-slim/chapanal009.html

Only a partial summary

 

[Osmosis]

Best cover i've ever seen

 

[Bawon Samedi]

Want a poster of that cover album...

 

[HARLEM AL]

I love that album cover. I guess that's him in the right hand corner.Album title sounds cool. I mean nikkas would complain if it was a Vol. 2.

That pic he had with his uncles with 40s was brought so many memories with me and my uncles.

 

[JulesWinfield]

I love that album cover. I guess that's him in the right hand corner.Album title sounds cool. I mean nikkas would complain if it was a Vol. 2.

That pic he had with his uncles with 40s was brought so many memories with me and my uncles.

Nah he's the one holding the baby near the middle.

 

[FemiO]

I love the title more than the cover if anything. Sounds very poetic, and could be meaningful if he's going with it where I think he's goin