To Pimp A Butterfly

I like his voice, and I *really* like the variety of stuff he’s doing in this

I am shocked by how much I was impressed by and enjoyed this album, as hip-hop is really not a genre I tend to like listening to. This is one of those albums that makes you understand why they are called musical artists - it was definitely a work of art. The flow, the variety in the musical and lyrical styles, the cadence changes and poetry. It's not something I'll likely go back to, but I'm glad I listened to it

One of the best rap albums of the 2010s and arguably of all time. even tho not one of my personal favourites, I still respect Kendrick for his artistic approach to fuze jazz and hip-hop in a such a beautiful way to convey a powerful message to the listener.

I get why people love this album I don't like rap but it is some good music on this album

Kendrick fart-guy

Baanger

favourite song: how much a dollar cost least favourite song: institutionalized really really great album just not quite a 5/5 for me.

*listened before* I can’t remember if I listened to this once or twice before, but I just can’t get into it like everyone else. I’m not denying that it’s great, because it is, but I just don’t hear what everyone else does. Maybe that’s because I overhyped it for myself though. Anyway, my score can only go up from here, and I’ll definitely listen again. Favorites: Wesley’s Theory(incredible opener), King Kunta, i Disliked: - Album cover: 5/5 iconic

Stops short of amazing for me, but it is really good.

Kendrick seals his reputation as the most essential artist of the 2010s.

Very intresting and thought provoking

Very melodic and complex. Not sure how I feel about this yet, but I think I like it. Modern jazz. The more I listen, the more I really like this.

Moderne hiphop, beetje gangster maar ook wel wat klassiekere (jazz?) invloeden. Snap dat dit populair is. Maar sommige nummers net ietsje te gangster.

Great 90's south central hip-hop feel.

First time properly listening to Kendrick Lamar, loved it. Nothing particularly stood out musically, but very good to chill to. Lyrics could be just poems, really fucking good!!!

Amazing songs with thundercat

great album. One of the best rappers in a long time.

Loved the blend of hip-hop and acid jazz. I think I'll like it even more the second time round.

A fantastic blend of jazz and hip hop. Some outstanding tracks

👍🏼👍🏼 Video for Alright should be watched too

Very good album!

I've only listened to a few songs by Kendrick Lamar and the album "Damn." and I always thought that he's OK but nothing more than that. To Pimp A Butterfly changed my view on Kendrick. The production is great, he got big name guests and the flow and lyrics are good. It doesn't quite reach to the top for me but it's a very good album.

Enjoy it alot! Great album, but to me it's not as good as people say it is. 4 Made it to "i" and it took on the show. Love the energy on that song. Justified the 4/5

Mature but unrefined at the same time. Serious and fun. Glad I listened to it.

Talented Artist and poet.

listened to again masterful and thoughtful

I always have a really hard time reviewing the hip hop albums on this list. I can't relate to the content, and I always get put off if it's the excessive guns, drugs, women, money type of bravado. I can appreciate black culture and so I always try to keep that lens in mind when listening. So far, 243 albums deep into this journey I've had a lot of hip hop albums and I'll say To Pimp a Butterfly would be among the best that I've heard. I still struggle with some of the lyrical content but Kendrick puts so much energy into his performance, and the production is stellar. There is a lot going on, many musical influences throughout, and the musicality of it all is excellent. The political message hasn't changed, still covering the same topics because sadly things haven't changed. Overall enjoyed listening, though don't know that I'd go out of my way to listen again.

This is the first album on here I've really felt like one listen isn't enough to really grasp it - there's clearly a lot going on underneath the surface. View this 4 stars as entirely provisional.

Hard to listen to, but not to say I don't like it, I do. A lot of it is just really difficult material. Lyrically dramatic, musically brilliant. I almost never choose to listen to rap, but I have chosen Kendrick Lamar the most in the last several years… just not without headphones.

4.1 - Solid album, amazing experimentation and lyrics, but a bit dense for regular listening.

This is good. I am not the biggest fan of this style of hip hop, but it's certainly good music.

Jazz, funk, soul, electronic and hip-hop, in an electrifying concept album mix. Listening to this I realise what I've missed when I stopped listening to hiphop due to the insane amount of dribble that kept flooding the market. I'm glad to know things like this exist. One of the better hiphop albums I've heard in my life

One of the best Kendrick albums!

this is an album where you know every second was so expertly planned and crafted. every song has a purpose. nothing is filler. kendrick lamar has a lot to talk about and he spends his 1 hr 18 min runtime wisely and productive. i mean, this whole album is pure art! i cannot fathom the amount of relentless work and creative energy that went into this. the album as a whole is so beautiful and thought provoking. what stands out is that this album is unapologetically created for black people. the songs that lamar chooses to sample. the interview with tupac at the end of "mortal man". the contemporary and historic artists lamar features in his songs, including george clinton of parliament funkadelic and ronald isley of the isley brothers (!). the spoken word poetry in "i". and of course all of the topics that he covers within his lyrics. also: king kunta must be one of the best songs in the universe. i will fight you on this.

This hip-hop album is rapper Kendrick Lamar's third. Kendrick Lamar is a lyrical genius and he used this album to discuss political themes about black culture, racial inequality, discrimination, and depression. The album debuted at number one on charts in US, UK, & Australia, won Best Rap Album at the 2016 Grammy's, and was certified platinum in 2017. To Pimp A Butterfly has garnered widespread critical acclaim from all around the world. It appeared on many top ten album lists for 2015, and has been rated highly by most music publications. The album did a good job of expressing its messages while also being fun to listen to. I respect Kendrick Lamar and love his rapping skills, so this album is great for this reason alone. Although some of the spoken word / skits on this album get in the way of the great musical flow he had going, but this is just my opinion. Still one of the best Kendrick Lamar albums out there today.

It's lit

So many layers. I love it!

I usually turn away from rap music pretty quickly. The few that do manage to engage me need to have either interesting lyrics (and not the same old gangsta tropes) or a sick beat. Fortunately this had both

This is a sprawling album that covers a lot of ground sometimes within the same song. It is put into the hip-hop rap genre but at times feels more like an avant garde jazz album. You also hear soul, funk and gospel influences. Some songs songs have a Parliament-Funkadelic, 90's Oukast, Chic and the Isley Brothers feel to them. If you listened to this album for a week, you would probably come up with more. One of the reasons has to be all the producers and musicians he worked with recording in multiple locations. Contributors include Flying Lotus, Kamasi Washington, Terrace Martin. Thundercat, Snoop Dogg, Dre, George Clinton, Bilal, Anna Wise, James Fauntleroy, Ronald Isley, Rapsody and more. Kendrick toured South Africa including Nelson Mandela's prison cell which apparently had a huge influence on the songs and album. As previously mention this album covers a lot of ground with song contents addressing racial inequality, discrimation even within the black community, culture, anxiety and depession. Song highlights for me included "Wesley's Theory" with Thundercat and George Clinton, "Complexion (A Zulu Love)" sounding like 90's Outkast, "The Blacker The Berry" a more aggressive song about race inequality and "i" which samples The Isley Brother's "That Lady" and is probably the song with the best dance beat. The last song "Mortal Man" spends a good two minutes on the meaning of To Pimp a Butterfly which I found quite interesting. This album is big at 78 minutes but quite an achievement.

I do think there's some filler here, but overall this album is bursting with incredible arrangements and complex harmonic structures.

Decent. Socially conscious rap.

Delving even deeper into the vein that 'M.A.A.D City' opened, this album is a genuine and vulnerable telling of one man's struggle in a violent and oppressive world. What stands out on the surface may sound like bravado and avarice, but lying just underneath that facade is fear, self-doubt, and despair. In sharing that story, Kendrick has lent his voice to the telling of many people's stories. The list of examples is nearly as long as the entire album, but I'd point to 'Institutionalized', 'These Walls', 'Alright', and 'How Much A Dollar Cost' as prime examples of what I'm talking about. The tracks themselves are filled with the life and a diversity of numerous artists and musical elements from a wide array of genres. Check out 'For Free?' (spoken word), 'These Walls (R&B), 'u' (jazz), and 'Alright' (hip-hop) to get a sense of just how dynamic this album is. I think the statement from the Wikipedia article which says the album is, 'supremely "cinematic" production qualities but [with] "the freedom of a mixtape",' summarizes it perfectly. The rhymes and rap techniques are simply on another level. The internet has covered this thoroughly, so check that out if you don't hear it for yourself. My absolute favorite flow is on the tail end of the track 'i' and I only wish that it could carry on, instead of being broken up by the fight in the crowd. Please. Take the time to listen past the language and the talk about pussy and bitches! This album has so much to offer on every level, and it would be a shame to misjudge this book by it's cover.

I can see the craft that's gone into this - it's not something I'd normally listen to but I did really like it.

Dense and interesting - feels like I need to listen to it a few more times. But also feel like I'm not really the audience for this.

King Kunta, Alright i How much a dollar cost Très bon quand même!

Não é meu estilo preferido, mas é Kendrick Lamar!

Wasn’t feeling this after the first two tracks but from King Kunta it turned a hard corner and kept building through the end. Went back and listened to the first two again after finishing and had a different perspective. Not sure of the backstories of Lucy/rival beef/abusing power dynamics but enjoyed the theme building with reveals after each song. Great hooks and lyrics, good classics r/b samples, beats, social commentary etc. Shit don’t change till you wash yo ass. 4.1

Sprawling, inventive, fun.

Poweful album! Love the funk & fucking love King Kunta! If you can listen to that song w/o moving your body we can't be friends.

Tricky. Full. Good fun production. 4/5 for impact -

cool, assez chill

I love many of the tunes, the jazzy vibe of this one is great, I remember all the fuzz and all the respect Kendrick got with this one, but to me this one is a too long, I don’t care that much about the snippets and I get it, they was conflicted lol. Funny thing is that to me GKMC is his master pieces and that one is long and all that. It’s a 4/5 to me. Is that a Radiohead sample in How Much A Dollar Cost?

Is it hip-hop? Is it jazz? Is it funk? Is it ALL of them in some kind of gritty dinner party album? Excellent work of art.

Rhymes and good flow coupled with talking about difficult social issues

Wesley's Theory prod is fucking groovy and feels 90s I love it. For Free? ending is nice. King Kunta very groovy as well. Don't like Institutionalized. These Walls: Kendrick's flow is great in the verses, a little bit less fan of the chorus though. u prod is nutty so far. The break was unexpected. The beat switch was really nice and lead to two great verses. I need to relisten to this song and truly focus on the lyrics. Alright: This song is insane For Sale? better than the first interlude, need to read the lyrics properly to enjoy the song at its fullest I think Momma: I loved the first part because of the way he raps and the flow of his constant delivery. Then we got to the second part of the song and I can't believe this guy raps like this, he's insane. Hood Politics: perf, it's great he raps well. fav part "Critics want to mention that they miss when hip-hop was rappin' Motherfucker, if you did, then Killer Mike'd be platinum" Is it me or does he complete his poem at the end of each track? How Much a Dollar Cost: very interesting storytelling in this one Complexion: Not a fan of the song but Rapsody's verse was great. The Blacker the Berry: I love his aggressive flow. His verses are great and the writing is excellent. You Ain’t Gotta Lie: I don't like the chorus. The third verse is great, sigh. He's too good i: This song is insane, starts as a great song to vibe and ends on a powerful message with the N word and the word 'Negus' Mortal Man: Damn. I didn't really get into the first part of the song, but I love that he finished his poem and the interview part was legit passionating.

Pimpin

Wow, I had no idea.

"These Walls" reminds me of Prince's "If I Was Your Girlfriend" sonically for some reason. From a music standpoint, this album is a marvel. I love The Isley Brothers influence and hearing "That Lady" during "i". Bringing elements of The Isley Brothers, one of my all-time favorite groups, into this was a huge plus. But my God, this album is just a bit too long. I found myself wishing Kendrick would tighten up this thing to come in under an hour. Admittedly this genre is not in my wheelhouse, but this album brings me in better than most.

This is a great album. A critical moment in the 2010s was its release and influence on music and a revival of conscious rap, which is the only hip hop I could ever truly enjoy. Great production, blending a mix of genres, which creates a classic sound, mixed with Lamar’s technical genius and storytelling.

Fantastic rap album. Slightly prefer good kid mad city, but still a great album, with many good songs (Alright, Momma, How Much A Dollar Cost)

Сложно слушать реп в таком количестве. Все-таки, это органически не моя музыка, несмотря на ее талантливость. Это музыка 21 века, музыка настоящего момента, она переполнена информацией, в каждый трек интегрирован наш мини-мир. Кроме избытка информации, в ней много ежесекундных изменений, много голосов, она полифонична, это музыка общества, музыка масс. Но когда я слушаю музыку, я хочу быть одна, наедине с ней. А реп погружает меня в социальный контекст. Это не музыка эскапизма, она транслирует другое, она направлена на другие ощущения. А я пока не нуждаюсь в этом.

Smooth rhythm. Nice collaborations. Couldn't always relate.

Real shit in a positive way.

This is a very specific experience. I know this album and I loved it the first time I listened to it some years ago, but re-listen to it now made me note how much Kendrick Lamar was "raw" and inexperienced when it was launched. His work as so much better now that even this album being a classic for modern hip-hop, it's easy to note the fails and drawbacks. An awesome album that, for me, was overcome by the new albums, but it's still a great work.

Strong 4 stars. So many interesting styles and it feels like a solid cohesive story throughout.

Classic. One I was actually already familiar with.

Uitstekende hip hop

Good album. Sara's favorite rapper.

Technically good rapper, good beats, but I find that he is sometimes just too serious and I lose the sense of fun when listening to this album.

Pretty Decent, DNF

In a time where beats have come to rule hip hop at the expense of lyrics Kendrick Lamar pushed back.

Listened to this constantly for about a year when it first came out. Love it.

Deece

G - Influential, Explores Black History and shines a light on the atrocities and institutional racism that has been prevalent in America since the beginning of time. ☆☆☆☆ B - an album with a very important message and highlights the history of a culture and music. While it isn't my type of music, I'm glad that I listened to it ☆☆☆

It was interesting to wait until after we got 50 Cent to go back and rate Kendrick Lamar. Both benefited from the guidance and executive production of Dr. Dre but they could not be more different. Where 50 Cent was very one note (just pure aggression), Kendrick Lamar was all over the place, exploring different themes and musical styles. Not all of it works for me but it was captivating.

For Free? (Interlude) is a nicely strange, jazzy, improvisation. I don’t think I’ve heard anything like that on a hip hop album before. King Kunta has a nice flow. The funk is most definitely within me after having heard this track. A couple tracks lost my interest, like: Institutionalized and Hood Politics. Overall this is a nice discovery. I’ve been meaning to explore hip hop more and this was a good place to start. I will be seeking other Kendrick Lamar albums.

So many genre influences, I was really impressed!

Groovin', smart, emotional, super dense with references and guests. This one will be listened to for decades at least.

So many clear influences all wonderfully blended together to make an album that is worldly and rich in its sound.

This album is great great great. This album was like an oasis in 2015. Love this one.

it didn't hold up like i thought but i still loved it

Yay! Intro..... spicy ALRIGHT So far it's a journey. I feel like I'm going somewhere with this. This album cover is iconic. A bit long I need more listens

Монументальная работа. Одного прослушивания явно недостаточно. Охватываемые темы мне не настолько близки, как сам подход к раскрытию материала. Буду стараться разобраться в его творчестве сильнее.

Yeah, I fuck with this. It's a great balance between socially engaged, conscious, and conceptual hip-hop & the hard, raw sound with its roots in Compton. Sometimes, the metaphorical and conceptual stuff seems to think it is cleverer than it is, and the album gets a bit loose and sprawling at times. But it still combines most of the stuff I love in hip-hop. Shame I'm not into his other material so much. Solid 4 for this.

Nice

Got a lot of media coverage on release, but I think its justified. Only criticism is it has some weak tracks and drags on a little in places. Fav tracks: first two and these walls

Very interesting

Hello

Liked the third song; King Konta and Alright, the rest is not rlly my jam.

A Good album that cemented Kendrick Lamar as a truly mainstream rapper despite producing an original and often obscure contribution to the genre. Definitely over played but I guess that is just the sign of a great album although not my personal favourite.

My least favorite of his, but still a classic.

Liked it a lot. Thought it was very insightful

Rap actual, mola. Bases soul/jazz

Good! Cool musical bits and I liked the lyrics. Loses a point for being long. 7

A lot more experimental than I expected - enjoyed it. How much a dollar cost, with the Radiohead sample, was a highlight.

Lotta good tracks, and a lot of fun to listen to through and through

(already heard this a bunch before, will just rate it, 4.5)

good. listened to it during war with brandon derek MJ. alright slaps. as Matthew said "Kendrick goes hard"

Definitely an important and impressive album incorporating all the jazz but it still drags in places for me

7/10. Not really my style, but it does feel very well put together as an album, and was lyrically interesting enough to make me at least want to keep listening. There were only a few songs that I enjoyed listening to in their own right, and I still didn't quite love the sound, but overall a positive experience.

Brilliant. Although there are some tracks that I don't LOVE, everything flows together perfectly. Special mentions to 'For Free ?' and 'i'.

Not bad.

really liked it

Didn't listen to it because I used to listen to it A LOT a while back. Excellent!

Tyler the creator esque imo. Or maybe Tyler’s Kendrick esque😦

Re-listening for the generator. A beautiful storm. Kendrick always delivers. 8/10

Really solid, on repeat listens I bet it’ll grow on me even more. This dick ain’t free

Wow. A rap album I actually really enjoyed. It’s a miracle.

Not really my thing, but it was good. King Kunta was my favorite song.

Maybe a 3

Pleasantly surprised to see something so recent on here. Good album, a bit long and rambly for me though and I like some of his other albums more. King Kunta is a hell of a song.

Always enjoy this album

1. Intro beat SLAPS, great flow. Type of song to hit your body moving in some way - funky. 2. THIS DICK AINT FREE 3. Bop 4. Strange but a tuneee 5. Classic 6. SUch a good fucking song 7. classic 8. Smooth, fun interlude 9. momma bars good fucking album

Hard for me to rate, since hip-hop is typically not my jam. In terms of genre it's prob 4-5, but there is a lot going on here that I could dive deeper into, but not my cup of tea really. Definitely some interesting things here, so 3.5 up to 4.

Has a feel somewhere between "in the zone and focused" and "walking around". Really cool mix of musical styles. Compelling parallel narratives of personal struggle and Black historical struggle.

First listen. Very good.

Powerful album with some stellar tracks

That was really good. I knew Kendrick Lamar but not well and I didn't know that album. But it was a goodun.

Just a really amazing album all around, like a discordant beautiful Miles Davis album, but with a lot of lyrical content which to me, is what Jazz is really missing. Blacker the Berry is fantastic, as is King Kunta but the b-sides aren't bad or forgettable, it flows nice and it's a great listen.

Cool to listen to once but I don't think I will come back to listen to again.

This reminds me how much we consume media so fast. This albulm is 5 years old which is wild to me cause it feels like it just came out. BUT anyways enjoyed again..Mortal man kind of shooked me cause like look where we are now. Blacker the Berry is also a vibe.

iconic... educational.. a good time.

Always heard a ton of good things about this album but had never listened to it until recently. Overall, I was really impressed - such a unique blend of musical styles, it comes across as so much more than just a rap album, reminiscent of West's "Dark Twisted Fantasy"

Excellent.

Great for either having in the background while working or actively listening to. I find myself bobbing my head to the beats.

Its drags a bit, and I prefer good kid, but its still an amazing album. I love the variety of musical styles. Closer to a 4.5

I admire the ambition of this album, but it is really not for me. I think I'm just not a massive fan of hip-hop.

a few good songs but just felt like a lot of filler around 2 pretty good songs. Not consistent enough for me

Wesley’s Theory: I like production. Feels experimental which is good. I like the beat. After a while it just gets painful to continue listening to. 3/5 For free?- interlude: I LOVE saxophone. Strong start with that choir. I like talking feel. Maybe it’s just not my style but I really didn’t enjoy it as it went on. 3/5 King kunta: another strong start. I like the beat. I like Annie r u ok reference. Was more bearable as it went on than others but it didn’t have anything super exciting like others. 4/5 Institutionalized:

Often heralded as one of the greatest achievements in modern hip-hop, Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly didn't shock me when it popped up as my album for the day. As someone whose rap tastes are mostly old school (Wu-Tang Clan, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, and NWA) or experimental (Death Grips, Run the Jewels, Clipping, and ho99o9), I'd never even heard a single Kendrick Lamar song before today. Musically the album feels revolutionary. It's an absolutely stunning record to hear and the headphone experience is immersive. Unfortunately I did not enjoy Lamar's vocals, though his flow is impeccable. I'm also not a slow jam fan and there were far too many. I can usually deal with one...any more and I'm not really there for it. Same with interludes, which I hate regardless of genre. As such this full take has probably turned into a hot take, but it is what it is.

A good start.

No puedo explicar la 0 fe que le tenía. Ya que dure 1 hora y 20 minutos me hacía no querer escucharlo. La verdad que me cerró el orto, estuvo bueno.

It's good. I see why it's popular. Not always in the mood. Definitely some jams, King Kunta and Momma.

Not my thing. Interesting

I listened to most of this. It just didn’t grab me. I can appreciate the artistry to an extent but I didn’t connect with either the lyrics or the beats.

Idk it’s fine; not bad but I feel like Kendrick is put on a pedestal/people act like he’s god

I often consider the matrix of Good/Not good vs Liked it/didn't like it for an album like this. It's objectively good, but I don't like it, and how do you rate something like that? There's an appreciation, but I don't want to listen to the album again.

not my type

Nice beats

Whoooop couple great tracks on here

"It insists upon itself" Theater Kid Hip-Hop

I can see why this might be a great album, but I have no in and am finding it a bit dull, notwithstanding some of the choons do peak your interest

Really puts the poetry in Rhythm-Assisted Poetry. It was nice overall and has some of my favorite Kendrick songs on there, but the album as a whole feels more like a story/series of poems rather than just songs if that makes sense. This album did big things big for the culture and rap, but it's not going to be on constant rotation for me.

Seemed very intereting in the beggining, a lot of tunes I liked, but got kind of borring to listen to in a while

I am lead to understand that this is one of the all time greats. I can see how this is big-A-Art, but it's not particularly enjoyable to listen to. Although better than most other hip-hop albums I am being fed here. I'm feeling a 3 as a compromise. Clearly this should be on the list, but I also spent a lot of time want to shut it off.

I do like a handful of tracks on this one and musically it's pretty great. It's his voice that ruins it for me...boo boo.

Maybe I'm just not in the mood for this today, but I'm not vibing with this album. It's odd because I got "good kid, M.A.A.D city" earlier this year and it blew me away; I gave it an easy 5 stars. 3 stars that I feel could be higher on a different day with me in a different mood.

Rap and Hip Hop are really not the genres of music that I listen to on a daily basis. So, I really can’t judge this album. Apart from a couple of one liners, the album just didn’t resonate with me.

Pleasantly surprised!

So much amazing music and lyric, I can't put it together to have it make sense. I studied his work on the Super Bowl, but I don't think I'm ready to analyze the whole album like Dante. Top notch art, but not my deal. 3/5

3.5 - this is a complicated one for me. I love Kendrick, and I appreciate the scope and effort of what he did here. But as an actual listening experience, it just never clicked for me. The bangers are amazing, but that’s like 5 songs. All the jazz and spoken word stuff just makes the project so bloated to me. Loving you is complicated, loving you is complicated. Sorry K Dot.

You know... it's not unlistenable. But after awhile the foulness of it all just wears on me. That's saying a lot considering I can listen Cannibal Corpse for hours on end. I'm calling this 2.5/5 for a round up to 3.

I dig the production, and I enjoyed DAMN, but something about his voice and the effects on it just… doesn’t work for me. Especially over a whole hour+ album.

Jazz doesn't impress me much

First time I knowingly listened to Kendrick Lamar is when the famous Drake diss track first came out (had a neighbour give me all the tea so I was curious)... I thought it was a joke song. I thought the delivery was silly and the song in general very amateurish and had no hook. Now it's one of the biggest rap hits ever released so just goes to show what I know about rap music. After that I decided to investigate further and I listened to this album and was pleasantly surprised it's got some funk! And some real musicians! Still totally not my thing but I respect it.

Yknow, if you're gonna sell me on an album, it doesnt hurt to get Thundercat and George Clinton on the first track. That said, I think I would like Kendrick more if I didn't feel like I was missing something. This has a lot of really solid beat making, but it's the dichotomy of Pulitzer Prize vs. “This Dick Ain't Free” and “Shit don't change until you get up and wash your ass”. I really want to hear the former. I'm so so bored of the latter. But again. Smart production across the board, lusher than his other work, smart features (anyone bringing Rapsody on board knows something about something). And like, I do get some of the storytelling aspects here, the repeated refrain (Matana Roberts’ Coin Coin series does similar, repeated motifs evoking oral traditions). But yeah. This, as an album, isn't made for me. Which is fine. But I wish this connected more. It's not something I particularly want to feel on the outside of. The best thing here is “The Blacker the Berry,” which feels like a cinematic hip-hop epic. I could absolutely get behind an album that sounds like that, that has lyrics like that, that tells that story across two platters. That's what the k.dot hype makes me crave, and to be fair that final side continues strong, even despite Lamar's whooping every few syllables during “I”. Imagine this album with more “Mortal Man” and less calling everything “boo boo”. That's an album that makes sense for the praise it gets, and I think that there's a 1-LP version of this that gets there, though I'm not sure how I'd structure it. I think a 2-LP album that feels like those last tracks would be the opus it arguably deserves to be. But the hype makes me want more, and I think too much of this doesnt get there. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

3,4 Highlights: King Kunta, Alright

Pues es muy kendrick, pero no está tan raper, tiene mucho sonido experimental, no me gustó casi, solo como 3 canciones.

First time carefully listening to Kendrick Lamar. I get the hype now.

Obviously a great album. I can't relate to it as much, which is understandable, but because of that, it's one I don't revisit often.

I was looking forward to this but I didn’t love it as much as I expected. I liked it more in the second half though, and I LOVED ‘i’ and thoroughly enjoyed ‘Mortal Man’. I hope more Kendrick comes up as I suspect there’s probably more of his discography that I’ll get on better with.

OOOO Kendrick Lamar >:D, I think I remember watching a video explaining the album but it’s been a long time. I heard you was conflicted, well I heard that to many times. That scream from the song u at the start been seeing it in many online content.

Very good record. 3,5

Standouts Alright

I’ve got a lot of respect for this album, and I know how well-regarded it is but I still think I need more time for it because it just doesn’t hit for me. I don’t think many of the songs are meant to be enjoyed as much as they are to be experienced, and maybe that’s what trips me up. I struggled listened through during my first listen and for this listen now. There parts here and there that are great, but on a personal level, it doesn’t connect to me compared to most other people.

I’ve listened to this many times and it still has not stuck. I think I can hear the goodness in there but as of yet not for me.

It’s alright.

Могу ли я поставить 3? Могу.

The first 5-6 tracks are heavenly, the rest were pretty forgettable. Overall, an album i get but its not for me. 3/5

I like king kunta and these walls a bit

Isley Bro collab was a highlight.

Старый стильный дед. При прослушивании постоянно сравниваешь этот альбом с предшественником - m.a.a.d city (MC), что может и не совсем объективно, но довольно сразу даёт определенность - этот альбом слабее. Он слабее в целом как альбом, а не в каких-то отдельных моментах. Каждый почти трек только местами вызывает то ощущение от прослушивания которое почти ни разу не покидало при прослушивании MC. Что же не так ? Все составляющие остались на месте прекрасный флоу, приглашенные гости, одни из самых лучших битов в рэпе впринципе, но чего-то не хватает. Скорее всего я скажу что излишняя абсолютно в этот раз неоправданная затянутость почти каждого трека. Очень много разговорных вставок (что никак например не мешало предшественнику) клонят в скуку. В целом я взял пару реально изумительных треков из этого альбома, но не сказал бы что он как-то откликнулся у меня. Это просто хороший альбом. 5,5/10.

Smooth on the ear, incredible record from a production point of view. Great funky bass in some songs, and loads of lyrics. Easier on the ear than some similar artists.

Fav song: King Kunta

There are some great highs, but also some track I don’t particularly care for. i is an absolute banger.

I hadn't heard a full Kendrick album before but I enjoyed this even with that limited context. It's overlong and kind of lost me in the middle, but it's eclectic, clever, and dense with detail. My favourites were King Kunta, The Blacker the Berry, and i. Not really my scene but I'm glad I heard it!

Absolutely bursting with ideas, this record is a long, intense listen. The vocals are toooo much but the instrumentation is so interesting throughout. It gets better as it goes on, ‘How Much a Dollar Cost’ and ‘The Blacker the Berry’ are my favourites. Also, I don’t think any album should be longer than 60 minutes!

Certainly not the target audience.

Actually liked it which I didn't expect

It's not the kind of music I usually listen to, I'm not a Kendrick Lamar fan but the album wasn't bad.

Jeg ved godt at man skal forestille at elske det her album, og jeg synes også det er lækkert produceret, og han er bestemt en dygtig rapper + at der faktisk er lagt noget tanke i projektet (hvilket altid er et plus ved rap albums), men synes simpelthen det bliver lidt kedeligt i længden og der er kun et par numre som stikker ud for mig

it’s very good music but it’s so far from what i listen to that it was really hard to get through it was also long af

Good album, madd it’s not better.

Got better the further in you go.

Meh.

I like that he's been doing 'themed' albums for so long (the through line of 'I remember you was conficted' etc). 'For Free?' ain't great. 'u' is highly annoying. Hood Politics is grating. Always loved Wesley's Theory, King Kunta and The Blacker the Berry. Institutionalized, Alright and For Sale were better than I remembered. How Much A Dollar Cost has a great expansive sound.

Clearly high effort but can't say I want to listen to it often. Kendricks voice can be grating even if the message is great... some bangers, some annoying ass interludes

Not too shabbby

Nice, chill, long, vibes.

Eh not a rap guy

Some catchy arrangements and interesting lyrics.

Wesley's Theory Alright These Walls i You Ain't Gotta Lie (Momma Said) Mortal Man Complexion (A Zulu Love) How Much a Dollar Cost Momma Institutionalized u Hood Politics The Blacker the Berry King Kunta

I’m sure it was good just not my thing

Not my style of music, but I actually like it. I forgot that I had heard it before.

Not like I remembered it. I don’t know if this is holding up. I love this guy, but I don’t know. It’s just a shame like maybe I’m just not feeling good. I don’t know.

Pretty good for the genre, but the message is not my message.

Achei interessante, talvez escute mais

Absolutely not what I expected. Kendrick Lamar is very talented. Way better than I thought it would be.

Kendrick has a couple modes and dense to the point of redundancy showed up here for the first time. Butterfly is a completely cohesive, thought-through album in a way that prog rockers could only dream of. It’s also impenetrable for me. Very much in the class of admire and like but not love, whereas Good Kid and DAMN meet me halfway.

I didn’t really understand when Northernlion said that your favorite thing should be what inspires your soul the most and it’s sad that nowadays people think your favorite thing should be the one that makes the most sense... until I listened to this album. I heard a lot of good things about this album but I just do not care for it. Even if it is crazy conceptually, since everyone seems to love what the album is “saying,” it’s still music. If you can’t make it sound good just go write a book man.

Kendrick Lamar is perhaps one of the more popular rappers of my generation. This is one of the rare chances I get to analyze the soundtrack of high school for many of my fellow students(not so much myself). It's incredibly political, arguably more so than many of its forebears from the 1990s. It takes the politically charged rap of Public Enemy and crosses it with a healthy dose of gangster rap(sadly). The production and arrangement values are miles ahead of most rap albums from the genre's early era and the gangster era. However, the lyrics have a tendency to be off-putting, and the songcraft is often worse than older albums. There is definitely some artistry here, but it just doesn't feel as likable as the great 1990s-era rap albums. I find the album to be hit-or-miss, just like the broader rap genre in general.

I’ve listened to this album a couple times before, but it’s been a few years so it was nice to listen again. I think it took a couple times listening to fully digest the album and the story being told. I really liked the different characters being introduced throughout it, different points of views, and how the outros on each song built onto each other after each song.

I’ve listened to this album a couple times before, but it’s been a few years. This is the first time I really understood it in a deeper level. Everything from his personal feelings and battles, talks between Kendrick, God and the devil, American materialism, all leading to him turning around to be the positive leader for his community. I really enjoyed every part of it. One of my favorite parts is how the outro builds after each song and reveals more of the story being told. In my experience, it’s an album you have to listen to a couple times with the lyrics to fully digest it, but it’s very much worth it to hear and understand his entire perspective shift throughout the album.

real good i just would not listen in full again

I've never knowingly heard anything by Kendrick Lamar, and when I caught sight of the Rap/Hop-hop tag, I nearly didn't bother with it - I just assumed I wouldn't like it. I was in no mood for 'gangsta rap' which in my ignorance, I assumed it would be. The Rap/Hip-hop genre really, REALLY, is not for me, but on a whim, I pressed play and... well, it hooked me in within moments, and really stood out to me as something pretty different. This is an unusual record - the music and production are great - that jazzy, funky sound is really compelling - but the disjointedness of it all really, struck me. I love an awkward time signature and this record seems to be subtly full of them. It's a melting pot of influences and it feels genuinely adventurous and experimental. I can't say I paid particularly close attention to the lyrics (swearing doesn’t offend me but it’s overuse gets boring very quickly) but they didn't seem to be quite as loaded with the guns, drugs and misogyny that taint so many records in this genre. I listened to the whole thing. I'm over 250 albums into this list and this is without doubt the most surprising record I've encountered. I might even listen again.

Album was inescapable for months when it was released, most of my enjoyment now is the nostalgia for that period

Bold and concept-heavy, but not an easy spin. Its ambition is undeniable, though the dense themes and jazz-infused sound make it feel more like something to study than replay casually.

I was able to get into the headspace of the narrative a bit, which is more than I can say for most modern rap. It did not need to be 80 minutes long.

This was so close to a two - it's more performance piece than an album.

DNF. really good music, i’m just not going to listen to an album where every single song is explicit.

Still can’t personally get behind all the hype of this album Just not for me really 2.5/5 Favorites: king kunta, mortal man, i

Ok

Not 100% sure. Liked it but I also think a second or third listen would make me like it even more.

Pimp

english rap, deshalb 6/10, aber für rap in general 9/10

Better than I was imagining. I liked some of the songs and there were some great beats that I even went back and relistened to.

Surely good, but I don’t connect in the way i’d wish to

Um grande salto. Um álbum que tem características fortes de som de Jazz junto com algo orgânico e claro, com o Rap presente, maaas achei arriscado. Pesquisei sobre e tem muito rolo por trás, mas basicamente ele visitou a África do Sul e teve uma grande inspiração pra fazer essa obra, tendo uma grande conexão com sua raizes e inspirando assim para o nome da mesma. Usa bastante de poemas tanto que, uma das minhas músicas favoritas tem um poema de uma personalidade importante. Além da capa que por si só, que trás a mensagem que quer passar sem antes mesmo escutar. Disse que achei arriscado pois não me agradou muito em algumas partes, fiquei boiando e curti apenas alguns momentos, mas nada de interessante pra destacar, pra mim foi apenas um álbum orgânico que, adentra em suas raizes com letras importantes e mostra o que quer passar, mas nada além disso. As minhas favoritas foram "King Kunta", "Alright" e "Mortal Man" (Com um poema de Tupac Shakur e utilização de trechos de uma entrevista dele, o que da uma impressão de conversa entre os dois). To Pimp A Butterfly cumpre o que propõe, mas se mostra difícil quando a intenção é atiçar o interesse por ele.

A very heavy work of art, not really FOR me, but I get the hype. I like that he brings a lot of jazz and funk into the grooves. Kind of "next generation" rap. A bit long and pretty sad.

Anstrengend aber auch mausig

3.5 stars

There were some good tracks on there but there were also some experimental ones that I wasn’t ready for

I know this dude is great. But man this is a lot to get through.

3/5, mid.

lo amo kendrick aura nashe

no me gustó tanto pero porque no se inglés entonces no entiendo el mensaje, me gusta la música ma a melódica pero kendrick es muy buen artista.

I understand and can appreciate why this is such a highly respected and regarded album, but it just is not for me. There are a ton of Kendrick songs I really like, from his first album and his new album, but nothing on here was so good to me. Alright is a hit, but otherwise just okay.

A lot more jazz than this than I was expecting. The vocals are raw at times as is the sentiment toward the end, but they feel like sage observations someone who's seen too much. Musically all over the place but with real talent to pull it all together.

Would say 3.5. I liked this album, but part of my enjoyment of music is the ability to sing along and this is not the album for that.

King Kunta and i, not surprisingly, were my top tracks. Absolutely killer grooves, although the latter snags its riff from the Isley Brothers "Who's That Lady." Multi-tasking for much of the album, but other tracks did not grab me that much. I missed the joke and commentary, because I am old and white, but is it original to offer lyrics in two songs, at least, about your dick? One day I will listen with a lyric sheet, which might help me get the album's classic status.

I acknowledge and understand why this album is important, historically significant, and well deserving of its critical acclaim. That being said, I find it more artful than listenable and it is not my favorite, which I say from the perspective of someone who does enjoy other 21st-century hip-hop and R&B very much!

I know this is supposed to be legendary.

Interesting and inventive schemes and rhythms. Not as good as some other albums, but very solid. 3+

Was advised I wouldn't enjoy, and suspect for that reason I did. It all felt experimental.

Not matched with my current mood tbh. But the album is a masterpiece. Those seamless changes between tracks are great. Kendrick's storytelling amazing as well. It's more like a talking picture for me. The way he mixed jazz and rap is really really good with all the smooth chords and especially those sax adlibs.

Un disco que está bien para poner de fondo en la nochecita de jueves o viernes cuando necesitas algo que tenga un golpe energético pero tranquilo. Luces indirectas y un vinito, como para charlar y crear un ambiente cool.

It was ok, sounds a bit experimental, not my genre of music but it was a nice experience

The trio of songs (the blacker the berry, how much a dollar cost, and alright) are certified "bangers" and would sit alongside peak 80s and 90s rap songs. The rest is a bit hit and miss. However for those 3 songs alone this is a worthwhile listen

No me di la oportunidad de escucharlo a profundidad entonces no puedo hablar mucho sobre las letras y significados de los temas pero por arriba, el 80% de las canciones me gustaron. Como no es mi tipo de musica me sentí un poco fuera de confort, pero al final del día para eso estoy usando esta web así que suma puntos. Dentro de todo Wesley´s Theory, Alright e Institutionalized se llevan mi top 3 ya que fueron las que más se asimilaron a mi estilo de música que realmente disfruto. Me gusta bastante Kendrick Lamar pero no creo que considere este mi album favorito de él

Honestly, I kind of struggled to get through this one. It's just not my generally preferred type of music and I was having a hard time feeling it. I recognize that it is good and culturally important though, which is why it's getting three stars instead of fewer.

Not my style but i only liked one song. I’ll rated as 3.5.

Pretty good. 3.5/5

First time listening to this album - I liked it, just not as much as I hoped to.

Avant-garde conscious art hip-hop, cool beats, great cast of collaborators. There were a lot of artists that contributed to the project. Has a cool funk jazz sound, sometimes almost free form. The music and beats are the star here, great vibe. The lyrics are a bit weak in some parts. It is long, could have been trimmed by 30 minutes. I hate the 5 star rating system, this is better than average but not great so it's a 3.5 from me

Not that same as it hit when I was young

More underground rap just is in my vibe, but I respect Kendrick’s hustle

It's an impressive work. A ton of different styles and influences. Was not in the mood today so it was a bit of a slog.

Sorrrrrry

I don't like rap(

Uuuuuh, dunno what the fuss is. It was decent

I'm definitely not talking shit about a Kendrick album

Another solid album by Kendrick, really enjoy the mix of styles. Less a fan of the skits, but appreciate the social/political themes throughout.

Much better than that mad city album musically. Even the constant rapping was bearable

Decent, I've got to be in the mood for hip hop and it normally takes something special to keep my attention, some great highlights on this but all in all didn't do it for me. Like the genre bending though

Ambitious album that has a lot to say. Lots of different sounds brought together in a tribute to black america (ofc there's more that Lamar has to say there). Mortified by the 1 star reviews. I don't even like hip hop that much and I think this is a worthy addition to the list.

Maybe I need to listen to this a few more times, or maybe it’s just not my style, but I fail to see this as the masterpiece so many have described it to be.

RYM 2.5

Toplyrics: I know everything, I know history I know the universe works mentally I know the perks of bullshit isn't meant for me Musikalisch und vom Style abwechslungsreich, besonders die Beats und Hooks haben mir echt sehr gefallen. Hab vorher noch nie mehr als einen Track am Stück gehört und das ist schon ein echt gutes Album und zurecht gehyped. Textlich kann ich vieles nicht unbedingt verstehen, zum Teil akustisch, zum Teil inhaltlich. Ist am Ende nicht meins, aber ich spüre das es gut ist und nur ein paar kleine Turns im eigenen Leben entfernt dass ich es richtig feiern würde. 3,5.

I hated the previous Kendrick Lamar album so my hopes were not particularly high for this. However, I was pleasantly surprised - and I’m under no illusions that it’s because of the vast array of guest artists and collaborators on this album that increased my enjoyment. Having the likes of Thundercat, Ronald Isley, and George Clinton on an album is a sure way to peak my interest, and that it certainly did. I can still take or leave Kendrick’s rapping and lyrics.

Am I missing something? People seem to say this is one of the best hip hop albums ever and it’s just average to me. It sounds more like a dance album than true rap. It’s more Kanye than Eminem.

Interesting listen. A lot going on here - hip hop, jazz, funk, soul, social commentary. This is some deep, thoughtful music. I did not understand or appreciate rap and hip hop when they first appeared because I wasn't paying attention. My loss. Kendrick Lamar is an extremely talented musician and I will go back and listen to his catalog.

I usually don't listen to lots of rap, but Kendrick really does it for me. The transitions inbetween songs are genius, the flow is great Really good album even though it isn't my usual choice of music. My favorites: "King Kunta", "Alright" and "i"

Rap fan here however this isn’t my favorite Kendrick album

lots of different influences, a little jazzy, funky, soulful, has some more classic rap and hip-hop there too. always heard that this is one of the greatest hip-hop records ever but never really gave it a listen. and now that i've listened to it, i think i can agree that this is at least pretty good. but it's not something i'll listen to ever again, most likely.

I just get bored listening to this. Stand-outs - Wesley's Theory - King Kunta

Usually don't like this kind of hip hop, but this is clever, musical and diverse

EInwenig von alles kann es nicht einordnen, Hört sich ok an

Big fan of King Kunta, but the rest didn't hold up.

The best thing about this was how the choice segued into some Frank Oceans whom I had forgotten all about !

Ik this album’s good and all but there were a couple of veery bad ones and ik voiceovers are Kendrick’s thing but u really get tired of them at some point. That being said i never thought this was his best.

7/10

Out of all of the hip hop albums I've rated so far, To Pimp a Butterfly has been the one I've enjoyed the most, likely because of how rooted it is in jazz and funk. I really enjoyed this album's sound the music goes along well withe the hip hop beats, and comes together nicely. Lamar's rapping is also much better than some of the other albums I've listened to, and the overall album is very conscious, which I much prefer over the 90's gangsta style I've heard in so many other albums. I really liked the music of "Complexion (A Zulu Love)", it sounds very nice. While I doubt I'll come back to the album, I still enjoyed my time with it. Favorite Song: "Complexion (A Zulu Love)

Good 7/10

didn’t love it

Here we go, this is way more creative than I would have expected! Some cool stuff, I'm sure lyrically its going hard but I can't listen to the words of songs. Couple I recognize for sure, fav might've been These Walls. 3/5.

Just like with Kanye I knew I had to bite the bullet, despite my undefined repugnance toward Mr. Lamar, and give 'Butterfly Pimp' a go. I'm pretty sure I never even accidentally heard anything from him, not even from the 2025 Superb Owl. Yet I must have been biased by the reported social media mania over the drawn-out Drake vs. Lamar diss track feud. So, as with Ye, I was expecting utter slop, yet confounded with the smooth jazz/funk/soul musicianship and the studio engineering marvel. Some heavy socio-political topics probably, but mostly proclaiming one's own phallic obsession, I guess.

Definitely one of the better hip-hop albums on the list. It sounds modern but retains that old-school organic sound I prefer because it uses real instrumentation. Lamar's flows are great and the lyrics can be pretty insightful too, although I could do without the excess profanity, as in all rap music. But alas, low art has got to have its place too, I guess. Key tracks: Wesley's Theory King Kunta These Walls Alright The Blacker the Berry i

some parts were good others boring

Not something i’d ever listen to without the motivation of the generator. Pretty good. I can appreciate it the musical flow and lyrical weight. Wouldnt turn it off if it popped up on the feed.

3.5

Don't usually listen to rap, so this is difficult to rate. I liked the second half of the album better than the first. Some interesting samples - quite confident I heard Pyramid Song by Radiohead in there.

rating purely on enjoyment.. sorry.....

A bunch of great songs, but overall not my most favorite Kendrick album I think. I do respect his production, and use of real instruments. It definitely sets him apart and makes him unique in the world of hip hop. He's worthy of all those awards.

Second time listening to it, i think it will take a few listens to truly understand, but enjoyed the instrumentals - the jazz funk influences.

Yaaaa enjoyed this.

Kendrick Lamar two days in a row was a little challenging, but he's pretty good. Happy Black History Month!

I don’t think this was quite might thing even if I could appreciate the production values and craft that has gone into this. The album is rather long, and that seems par for the genre, but it perhaps didn’t feel as long as its 1 hour 20 minute run time suggested it would.

Finally an album from my prime. Love Kendrick, but this is my least favorite of his albums aside from the most recent one. Admittedly haven’t listened all the way through since around when it came out so def room for improvement. Slow fade in for Wesley’s theory is how every album should start. Sample on this song is really cool. Really good production. The bass line is really weird tho. Don’t think I like it. As is with every Kendrick song, it’s Extremly well written. Love the music on for free. Greta piano, great horns. Lyrics are eh, the hook is dumb. King kunta is one of the best songs of the 2010s. So catchy. Incredible production. Could listen 1000 times in a row and not get sick of it. And then Great fade into institutionalized. I hate the weird voice Kendrick randomly uses. I wish he would just rap normal on all of his songs, they’re always so much better when he does. Production is really good again tho. Once he stops using the dumb voice at abt a minute it’s a really good song. These walls is another banger. This is just a classic Kendrick song. Love the guitar on it. Chorus is super catchy. I don’t like “u”. It’s over produced and he’s doing the dumb voice again. Mid song. It just never picks up when it seems like it wants to the whole time. Followed by alright which is the complete opposite. Great song end to end, all components. No notes. Love the production on the for sale interlude. Good lyrics to. This song is really good too. Verses and production on momma are really good, if it had a catchy chorus it would be a great song but it doesn’t. Good not great. Hood politics is a banger. What a beat. This is the closest to a GKMC song so far. Classic Kendrick. How much a dollar cost is not as good but still a good song. Best writing of any song I’d say. Love the story telling, that’s when kdot is at his best. Complexion is fine, nothing special. I like the piano. I like rapsodys verse. Blacker the berry is the most underrated song on the album. Should have the commercial play of alright or king kunta but it doesn’t for some reason. Production is sososo good. Lyrics too as always. You ain’t gotta lie is fine, again nothing special. I like how this one at least has a real chorus. “I” is another classic. Production is the best in any song of the album. This song will last the test of time. Wis it ended with this one. With that being said I am a sucker for a 10+ min outro so can’t really complain. The super long songs are my favorite on all 3 of his other albums, this one is not as good as those 3 (sing about me, fear, mother I sober) but it another really good long songs doesn’t feel like 11 mins at all. He just goes and goes and goes, these songs are always the best written. Wish the beat kept going in the middle poem section, could’ve made it real quiet and I think it would’ve added a lot, as seen by when they come back in with the piano and it adds a good bit . Really good message. As a whole, my opinion on the album hasn’t changed much which I’m honestly shocked abt. I still don’t think it’s one of his three best albums. There are some really good songs, but also some songs I’ll never listen to again which I would not say abt any of his other albums. This album is more abt the message than the music IMO. But I’m rating purely off music. 3.4 stars.

This was alright, I think some songs are certainly stronger than others, I preferred those where he was singing/rapping in a more 'normal' voice for want of a better word where I could hear the lyrics. On the subject the lyrics, they varied in quality, sometimes they felt very strong, especially those relating to racial inequality and the black experience, others were less interesting. I've said this in my other review and I'll say again that, without being a prude, I'm not really a fan of the more sexual songs that seem to objectify women, I understand this tends to be a theme with rap but still doesn't sit right with me. How Much A Dollar Cost was one of the better songs alongside institutionalized. Mortal Man was interesting, I enjoyed listening to it but it was less of a song and more a conversation with music, either way nice to listen to. I don't know how this compares to Good Kid M.A.A.D city, I think it may be marginally better, and I know this is the more renowned album but there's not much in it for me. I can see why people like Kendrick either way. 66/100 (perhaps)

meio q me lembrou racionais vibes

Couple bangers

Not bad

You can tell that Kendrick Lamar put a lot of thought and care into this album, and he draws from a wide range of musical influences. I like this album, but I’m not crazy about it like most music nerds seem to be.

2026.02.03.

So much to enjoy. So much to hate. It's all over the place. And that's kind of a good thing? A ton of work must have gone in to combining all the sounds and styles on this album. It pulls your attention all over the place. Over indulgent? Probably. It's ruined by some of the words and language used, which is a shame. Can I get a version without the profanity and N-words? I liked it when Snoop Dogg popped up like he had just walked through the room. I can understand why rap and hip-hop fans consider this an important album, can't be many other like it in this genre. I can't give yet another 3/5 can I?

pas mon préféré de kendrick mais vraiment inspirant

I’m gonna have to revisit this & actually read the lyrics cuz my dumbass can’t keep up/its all over my head.

What a ride. Some really very different music on this. Emphasized when my player finished and went back to the start. Like two (or three, four, five) different albums in one.

This only gets a 3 because the instrumentals are pretty cool.

Some songs were awsome. There's a lot about black people