Features George Clinton, Flying Lotus, Snoop Dogg, Thundercat, Bilal, Anna Wise (Sonnymoon), Dr Dre, Rapsody, Ron Isley, Lalah Hathaway, Robert Glasper, Pete Rock, Terrace Martin and James Fauntleroy.

Over its 40 years in business, PIAS has grown to be one of the largest independently-owned music groups in the world, carving out its own in-house recorded music division PIAS [Recordings]. To Pimp a Butterfly is not just a rap album, it's a jazz and blues album, and all 3 genres of music work so well together. A routinely great artist, much of Sufjan's universal appeal comes from his skills as a gifted narrator, pairing personal musings on love and devotion with commentary on American culture, whilst welding folk and electronica, the ambient and existential. And this album is filled with these songs that can give you emotional or conscientious whiplash, such as “How Much a Dollar Cost” where we find Kendrick getting into an argument with a homeless guy about the cost of a dollar and the argument ending in a painful twist that really throws you for a loop. One of my new favorite hiphop albums So recently, I've been getting more into hiphop music, and Kendrick Lamar being one of those rappers I really like.If you've never heard this album before you're almost committing a fucking crime, an absolute must hear for any human being with the capacity to feel emotion. it was the second album that i listened fully, and it was an odd experience to think this simple album was top 1 on a site like rym.

There really isn’t a low point in this album or in its tracklist, as I think everything holds up together masterfully.Over the last few months he has disarmed packed rooms of rowdy concert goers, leaving them silent as they hold fast to every syllable sung. I get having to split it, they pushed as much as they could on Side A, but how in the hell did they manage to so badly fuck that up? With us learning at the end of the album in “Mortal Man” that Kendrick Lamar had been reading out this poem to 2Pac during this interview that includes pieces of interviews he had taken before, but splicing together with Kendrick’s interview to convey that Kendrick Lamar is actually talking to the late 2Pac, and it's done rather seamlessly.

Layers upon layers open up, revealing little bits a pieces filling out the atmosphere you might otherwise miss. An absolute fucking masterpiece, this is without a doubt contender for greatest album ever made, of all time, ever. Brand new issue of this inspired and inspiring album, 'To Pimp A Butterfly' is an adventurous, challenging album, and one that can be added to your essential Hip Hop list.I get ultimately that's not a deal breaker, it's small potatoes in the long run but damn man, that's such a simple thing not to fuck up so it sticks out. not because its bad, but because it was overrated and i didnt understand what people saw in this thing and therefore ive been hating on this album for like a year.