To Pimp A Butterfly

Take A Rip of This!!!!!!

To Pimp A Butterfly is Kendrick Lamar's sophomore album and it totally broke the internet the other night. Released a week early by Interscope for reasons unknown, ( there are talks that Kendrick Lamar is trying to sue Interscope for releasing the album so early), this definitely a must hear album because of the music and funk of it but even more so the controversial topics discussed throughout the album's lyrics. One of the most interesting takes on the album features the interlude of a older white man singing about every nigga being a star. This part stood out to me because, i understood what Kendrick Lamar is now trying to do, which is basically turn the music industry against itself. Because artist who promote degrading and derogatory themes usually are the ones who are pushed by the label the hardest. With This album Kendrick is basically trying to uplift his people and give people so good music to listen to rather then further make music to degenerate his people. This is what makes his album the best piece of work to drop in almost 20 years because of how true to self it is. This album was also a smack in the face to labels who have been pimping artist since the 80s, as we are now living a social market where artist can now connect directly to the consumer, Kendrick is taking it a step further and are aiming specifically and black listeners.