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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