Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly - Album Review 

Exactly, it was a side of Kendrick that I'm was not used to hearing and the beat switch up was dope as hell, I really can't understand why people are hating on this album.

Hopeton Smith I didn't like most of the album found some songs rather boring even though they had a message they're boring. Like complexion where the girl rapper was not that good, Institutionalized intro not that good, the music shift is great but the song is just boring. Then U is a terrible song, I mean that accent and that screaming like WTF?!? This is what eminem would be doing, both songs with the word momma on them were boring

Damn... I thought that the album was a fantastic experience but I appreciate u giving your opinion

Hopeton Smith My favorite TPAB song. Probably my favorite Kendrick song too. Lyrics are very dark and powerful.

Hopeton Smith u is the best song in the album, and to pimp a butterfly is the best album IVE ever heard

Honestly it's an overrated song. Yeah it's good artistically and in the context of the album the song is good, but if I'm not listening to the full album I'll probably skip "u"

+Jay Be Da Beast that doesn't mean it's overrated. A lot.of these songs are better when you are listening to the album, not many you can just pick out of no where. That's why I usually just listen to the whole thing, I love it (i understand why others wouldn't tho)

Francisco Hernandez u is incredible and one of his best songs

@@Jerome-Boateng LLLLL

@@Jerome-Boateng u are using “overrated” for the wrong album

Me too

that XD was pointless

I think his best songs were based on the individual music quality rather than the concept of the album

Desphinx me too

Buttmenunite true

Buttmenunite damn. 9/10

Section 80 8/10 GKMC 9/10 TPAB 10/10 DAMN 8/10

Section 80- 9.7/10 Gkmc-9.9/10 Tpab-10/10 Damn-9.6/10

Imagine if he tops it again with his next album -___________- the hiphop community will go crazy

+kobron1559 haha if only

***** im certain now

+Evilution Not even close...

I'd say anything over a ten is an instant classic/10

***** what makes it shit? Are you the type who likes "bangers" and nothing but trap music?

+Jkope54 Young Thug is black as fuck and I don't support him because he's trash (I'm black). And that's just ONE example so try again!

***** I think this album is for everybody. People just need to have an open mind about it.

***** lmao you're a dumbass, stick with your contemporary pop music.

***** This album is for people dude... not for just black people.

a 9/10 from mark is a 10/10 from anthony.

"this DiCkkKkKkK AIN'TTTTT Frrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"

You ain't gotta lie to kick it my niggaaaaaaa!!!!!

domfonce At first i did love you...

dark as the midnight hour or bright as the morning sun

I been A1 since day one

yea he made me like the album even more lol

TG Because what if someone one-ups it? It's a paradox to call something the best when it's entirely feasible to do better, said as a brute fact not as some opinion. In that regard, nothing is 10/10 since nothing is perfect.

+Harley Mitchelly Except it might not be possible to top this album in rap music today

+Joseph Okori what albums?

+hakc97again So you attack the album on a HOOK on the WORST SONG ON THE ALBUM. Listen to Blacker The Berry and King Kunta and dig into the lyrics. And the story and poems at the end of each song is just beautiful.

+Coldclough so one chorus means he gets a 5? great logic. And btw did you even understand that song and the chorus?

For some reason, I feel Kendrick listened to B4.DA.$$ when he was in the studio. They have themes that intertwine a lot. It's a bunch of little things that could be coincidences, but at the same it could've been inspired. Save The Children, Belly Of The Beast... I don't know. Joey and Kendrick could deff collab on conscious track right now, I think. Joey's subject matter was on point in B4.DA.$$ fit the first half of the project.

tony tapia whoa whoa whoa Joey Steez's lyrics is a bit of a stretch because he sounds nothing like him and all the pro's have been into speaking upon enlightenment just like the rest of the Beastcoast your way off base and as far as Nas lyrics nice try Joey maybe my Favorite MC now but Nas is Nas no one can sound like him its a bit disrespectful to even mentioned him with Joey since he just got started

tony tapia a sheep really that's where your going with this there's plagiarism involved within the Pro Era camp that would seem inauthentic to the public each one of the Pros have there own distinct sound from one another and as far as the teachings of "Knowledge of self" because that's what that is Issa Gold was the one that put Steez on ( proof is in the comment section "Herb shuttles" video where Issa responds. But the point is why are you dividing Joey and Steez They are were brothers you nor I have any right judge someone authenticity when it comes to rhyming there the artist at the end of the day. Now that I know where u stand imma delete your comments because negativity isn't allowed on my post which wasn't about this matter if your bitter about Steez then I'm sorry but he can't be brought back and he wouldn't want any divide within Fans of his and of Pro Era overall.

ay we all have opinion , you can never know the truth , you think what you think i think what i think , may sound ignorant but shit man we all have different views , not hating on you just saying what i think may not be the smartest reply

im drunk so i tend to write shit

Eminem is better but Kendrick is good

pussycafe69 Eminem is legend no one can argue with that. But we talking about a full package. Lyrica, beat.. etc.. kendrick got it.. Eminem is not the Eminem we used to know on his first EP. In todays generation no one is on Kendricks level by far. All others either they have a good beats or a good lyrics but if we want the full package.. king kendrick got it. Peace

pussycafe69 lmao Eminem is white

DatOneGuy oh yeah i forgot being white means your whack.. lol fuck outta here eminem is one of the greats and kendrick himself knows that

Dom776 Agreed. I actually think Kendrick borrows from Eminem a little bit when using his voice. Eminem was able to create characters using his voice in his songs to help keep his music interesting. On this album Kendrick switches up his voice constantly and I love it.

Because it's his opinion...

Daniel Cazcarro That's a bad bad comparison between both Especially since they both have different styles GKMC is more like Illmatic Then TPAB just stands on its own

Morgan Freeman I was talking about how GKMC is similar to section .80, and TPAB being somewhat similar and vastly different from GKMC. Just like how ATLiens is is similar to southernplayalisticadillacmuzi, and Aquemini being somewhat similar and vastly different from ATLiens. This is just my opinion, though.

Daniel Cazcarro i can see where ur coming from. Because at this point if there's any artist who can relate Kendrick's artistic progression to then its outkast. But the comparison is just baseless. Look at spcm and then listen to ATLiens (personal fav kast record). ATLiens is completely different. Its chilled out abstract mellow spacy and more vibier than spcm which for most of its part had a good chunk of inspiration from ghetto boys and even west coast g funk. On ATLiens they fuckin changed the game. They made something that South could've called theirs. On Aquemini they shifted the sound again more into soul vibes but this time with some really deep hard-hitting beats cause thats how andre progressed in his life. Now when u look at Kendricks disco change from s80 to gkmc is pretty easily understandable but on gkmc he didnt reinvent himself. he just stepped his album making quality more superior than his past record. Now TPAB is a real sound change. Jazz beats old funk vibes n all but again its kendricks poetry that matured so much on this album is what u can take from all of this. ATLiens v Aquemini is a choice because they're completely different than each other as standalone classics of hip hop. Whereas GKMC to TPAB is an change of an artist who left past his old ideologies to shape an album full of content for everyone to seek. im not downplaying gkmc here tho as i say it cause i like it more than tpab for some reasons. but the comparison nah. just not there.

Mine are Clint Eastwood - Gorrilaz Runaway - Kanye west Hips don't lie - Shakira Real slim shady - Eminem Tonight,tonight - smashing pumpkins

Yes short for lucifer, the devil's biblical name.

It's becoming competitive again.

you know you're the greatest rapper alive when people have to compare your new albums to your old albums instead of other people's music 🙏🙏

This album is better than GKMC

Cole Lawlor "The Good Son" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds "White Mansions" (forgot who made it) "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" by Iron Maiden And two albums he reviewed after this one: "Southern Family" by Dave Cobb and Various Artists "Skeleton Tree" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

lyrics are incredible but the production for some isn't the best. I think it fits it perfectly but it's not exactly something you can just pick out of the album to listen to. thats probably why

HPF Mav the song only is good when you listen to the whole lp thou

chris zanotti How else could you listen to it? There's no point in not listening to the whole album

He literally calls it an instant classic, that exceeded his increadibly high expectations. He does have valid reasons to not quite being able to give it a 10, but he even says that it's an incredibly close to it.

Ryan Haile I know, but I understand it. In 14 years if he/we listen to it, we're finding out it's much better, but it have to grow on people.

What’s your others

I would assume he loved the lyrics. The worst song on this album to be sure, is a great song.

he's not. He's signed to Interscope. (aftermath is a label that is also from Interscope, but Kendrick isn't signed to it)

+marco bazan he is signed to aftermath buy interscope distributes release from aftermath that's why Kendricks on the Compton album so much because that album is combined of aftermath artist

DJKARMATV I'm gonna do my research. And I thought it was TDE who distributes release his stuff.

+marco bazan it was till 2012 then dre signed him so he also got signed to interscope and jimmy just signed schoolboy q that's why in good kid Maad city he says this is brought to by dre because dre signed him and executive producer his 2 and 3 album

DJKARMATV I just looked in Wikipedia (ya I know) and ya you're right lol. But why does it matter anyways if he is or isn't