**Update, To Pimp A Butterfly is back on iTunes!!
Kendrick Lamar released To Pimp A Butterfly yesterday, earlier than expected! There has been some beef between Top Dawg and Interscope about the early release but I am unsure if this is a media scheme or not. In a day where almost every album is being released as a ‘surprise’ (check Beyonce…Drake…and supposedly Kanye’s next album) it would not surprise me that they did this on purpose. The hype started when Kendricks album was uploaded to iTunes with an all black cover and unnamed tracks a few weeks ago with a March 23rd release date. Then a few weeks later Rolling Stones dropped an article with a little more information and the correct title/cover. So the ‘surprise’ element has been slowly building throughout this process, but is the week early release (and a day after Tupac’s Me Against The World 20th anniversary) planned or not?
Who cares! The album is out and I think everyone in Hip-hop is utterly stoked about it! Go grab ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’ iTunes now and join the on going conversation on social media on your thoughts and opinions on Kendrick Lamar’s ‘To Pimp A Butterfly.’
First we had the feel good music video, Kendrick Lamar – i (Music Video)
Then we had the social issue charged Kendrick Lamar – Blacker The Berry
One of my favorite things about the project is that Kendrick said when he went to clear a few samples Ron Isley not only gave him permission but helped work on the records.
“To Pimp a Butterfly” tracklist
1. Wesley’s Theory (feat. George Clinton & Thundercat)
2. For Free? (Interlude)
3. King Kunta
4. Institutionalized (feat. Bilal, Anna Wise & Snoop Dogg)
5. These Walls (feat. Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat)
6. U
7. Alright
8. For Sale? (Interlude)
9. Momma
10. Hood Politics
11. How Much a Dollar Cost (feat. James Fauntleroy & Ronald Isley)
12. Complexion (A Zulu Love) [feat. Rapsody]
13. The Blacker the Berry
14. You Ain’t Gotta Lie (Momma Said)
15. i
16. Mortal Man
