To Pimp a Butterfly

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To Pimp a Butterfly is a critically acclaimed 2015 hip-hop album by Kendrick Lamar that blends jazz, funk, and socially conscious lyricism to explore themes of race, identity, and systemic oppression.

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instanceOf hip hop album
studio album
artist Kendrick Lamar
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Rap Album
Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance
Grammy Award for Best Rap Song
countryOfOrigin United States
coverArtDesigner Vlad Sepetov
criticalReception universal acclaim
featuresArtist Anna Wise
Bilal
George Clinton
James Fauntleroy
Rapsody
Ronald Isley
Snoop Dogg
Thundercat
followedBy DAMN.
follows good kid, m.A.A.d city
genre conscious hip hop
funk
hip hop
jazz rap
neo soul
hasInfluenceOn contemporary hip hop
hasNarrativeElement recurring poem to Tupac Shakur
hasPart Alright
Complexion (A Zulu Love)
For Free? (Interlude)
For Sale? (Interlude)
Hood Politics
How Much a Dollar Cost
Institutionalized
King Kunta
Momma
Mortal Man
The Blacker the Berry
These Walls
Wesley's Theory
You Ain't Gotta Lie (Momma Said)
i
u
language English
length 78:51
listedIn Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
mainSubject African-American identity
depression
fame
institutional racism
police brutality
racism
self-identity
survivor's guilt
systemic oppression
metacriticScore 96
nominatedFor Grammy Award for Album of the Year
Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance
Grammy Award for Best Rap Song
Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
numberOfTracks 16
performer Kendrick Lamar
producer Boi-1da
Dr. Dre
Flying Lotus
Knxwledge
LoveDragon
Pharrell Williams
Rahki
Soundwave
Sounwave
Tae Beast
Terrace Martin
Thundercat
recordedIn Burbank
linked to: Burbank, California

Los Angeles
New York City
recordingPeriod 2012–2015
recordLabel Aftermath Entertainment
Interscope Records
Top Dawg Entertainment
releaseDate 2015-03-15
single Alright
King Kunta
The Blacker the Berry
These Walls
i
themes black empowerment
identity
race
social justice
systemic oppression

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