Or worse.” Kendrick Lamar’s album has obviously aspects to it, which are connected to the listener’s personal world view. The first one I can think of top is taking something or my celebrity and doing good with it. This frequent question of the title’s implication was clarified by Kendrick Lamar in a Hot 97 interview like this: “There is several meanings actually. Whether it is being trapped by a prejudiced mindset someone puts forward towards a certain community or being locked in a deprived area which is overshadowed by social, legal and economic pressure. It can be interpreted as if a free mind (=butterfly) is being caved in the harsh reality of its surrounding (=pimp).
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This album is full of substance and hidden links, challenging one to identify significant details gradually to the whole body of work – not ending with this review.ĭue to the album title’s “To Pimp a Butterfly” heavy meaning, the first association one comes up with is its literal, unfiltered essence, as in the intention to enslave someone. Kendrick Lamar’s third album is conceptual throughout, multifaceted and too sophisticated for people to have gained a comprehensive picture from having listened to it only once or twice.
Therefore, sometimes an album urges us to let it breathe before we judge on it. Although the enthusiasm for Kendrick Lamar’s newest, utmost hyped longplayer “To Pimp a Butterfly” is beneficial for the development of a diversified, broader image of hip hop as a whole it is also accompanied by overhasty judgements right after the release.
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