- Wesley's Theory
- For Free? [Interlude]
- King Kunta
- Institutionalized
- These Walls
- u
- Alright
- For Sale? [Interlude]
- Momma
- Hood Politics
- How Much a Dollar Cost
- Complexion (A Zulu Love)
- The Blacker the Berry
- You Ain't Gotta Lie (Momma Said)
- i
- Mortal Man
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0602547270917
Snoop Dogg Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Bilal Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Anna Wise Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background),Vocals
Rapsody Primary Artist,Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
James Fauntleroy Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background),Vocals
Ronald Isley Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Assassin Featured Artist,Vocals
Miles Mosley Bass,Double Bass
Robert "Sput" Searight Drums,Keyboards
Kamasi Washington Sax (Tenor)
Dr. Dre Vocals (Background)
Adrienne Woods Cello
Ryan Porter Trombone
Rickey Washington Flute
Trevor Lawrence Drums
Sam Barsh Keyboards
Craig Brockman Organ
Lalah Hathaway Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Ginger Murphy Cello
Pharrell Williams Vocals (Background)
Robert Glasper Piano,Keyboards
Terrace Martin Sax (Alto),Horn,Vocoder,Keyboards
Amy Sanchez French Horn
Thundercat Bass,Vocals,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
The Rapsody Featured Artist
Rahki Percussion
Dion Friley Vocals (Background)
Neel Hammond Violin
Pete Rock Scratching,Vocals (Background)
Gabriel Noel Cello,Double Bass
Jessica Williams Vocals (Background)
Junius Bervine Keyboards
Taz Arnold Vocals (Background)
Ronald Bruner, Jr. Drums
Katalyst Drums
George Clinton Vocals,Featured Artist
Paul Cartwright Violin
Adam Turchin Sax (Baritone)
Marlon Williams Guitar
Talkbox Monte Vocals (Background)
Z Most Vocals (Background)
William Sweat Vocals (Background)
Whitney Alford Vocals (Background)
Shava'sha Dickerson Vocals (Background)
Pedro Castro Clarinet
Edwin Orellana Vocals (Background)
Devon Downing Vocals (Background)
Darlene Tibbs Vocals (Background)
Ambrose Akinmusire Trumpet
Andrea Whitt Viola
Larrance Dopson Keyboards,Percussion
Ash Riser Vocals (Background)
Gregory Moore Guitar
Bilal Oliver Featured Artist
Wyann Vaughn Vocals (Background)
Josef Leimberg Trumpet,Vocals (Background)
Kendall Lewis Drums
Brandon Owens Bass
Tylana Enomoto Violin
Molly Rogers Viola
Chris Smith Bass
Dave Free Vocals (Background)
Sounwave Keyboards
Keith Askey Guitar
JaVonte Vocals (Background)
SZA Vocals (Background)
Matt Schaeffer Guitar
Preston Harris Vocals (Background)
Candace Wakefield Vocals (Background)
Jen Simone Violin
C. Smith Composer
Flying Lotus Producer
Sylvester Stewart Composer
James Hunt Engineer,Recording,Mixing Assistant
Kenneth Lewis Composer
Stephen Bruner Composer
Chris Jasper Composer
D. Blake Composer
Dr. Dre Producer
M. Evans Composer
Jeffrey Campbell Composer
1500 or Nothin' Producer
Andrew Coleman Engineer
Sam Barsh Composer
Boris Gardiner Composer
J. Burns Composer
J. Campbell Composer
D. Perkins Composer
Lalah Hathaway Composer
Fela Kuti Composer
Ernie Isley Composer
Tupac Shakur Composer
Pharrell Williams Producer,Composer
S. Stevens Composer
Terrace Martin Additional Production,Composer,Producer
Marco a. Izquierdo Composer
Thundercat Producer,Additional Production
Matthew Samuels Composer
Rahki Producer
Stephen Kozmeniuk Composer,Producer
Derek "MixedByAli" Ali Mixing,Engineer,Recording
Kendrick Lamar Composer,Performer
Sounwave Additional Production,Producer
Tommy Black Producer
David Friley Composer
Kendrick Duckworth Composer
Ronald Isley Composer
Rahsaan Patterson Composer
Rudolph Isley Composer
Marvin Isley Composer
Taz Arnold Composer,Producer
Marlanna Evans Composer
O'Kelly Isley Composer
Boi-1da Producer
Rex Rideout Composer
Michael Jackson Composer
Katalyst Engineer,Programming,Drum Programming
George Clinton Composer
A. Lewis Composer
Sufjan Stevens Composer
Whoarei Producer
Rose McKinney Composer
Columbus Smith Composer
Johnny Burns Composer
Glen Boothe Composer
LoveDragon Producer
The Antydote Additional Production
Pop Wansel Producer
Koz Producer
Ahmad Lewis Composer
James Fauntleroy Composer
Larrance Dopson Composer,Producer
B. Gardiner Composer
R. McKinney Composer
Ken Lewis Composer,Composer
Greg Boothe Composer
Stefan Gordy Composer
Josef Leimberg Composer
Hart Gunther Engineer
Brent Kolatalo Composer
Steven Ellison Composer
Mike Larson Engineer
Knxwledge Producer
Ronald Colson Composer
Alexander Izquierdo Composer
R. Colson Composer
Ronald "Flippa" Colson Composer,Producer
L. Dopson Composer
David Blake Composer
Z. Epstein Composer
Zale Epstein Composer
Mark Spears Composer
Fredrik Halldin Composer,Producer
Thomas Burns Recording
Matt Schaeffer Engineer,Recording,Mixing Assistant
Tae Beast Producer
Donte Perkins Composer
Michael Brown Composer
Anna Wise Composer
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Overview
Becoming an adult ultimately means accepting one's imperfections, unimportance, and mortality, but that doesn't mean we stop striving for the ideal, a search that's so at the center of our very being that our greatest works of art celebrate it, and often amplify it. Anguish and despair rightfully earn more Grammys, Emmys, Tonys, and Pulitzer Prizes than sweetness and light ever do, but West Coast rapper Kendrick Lamar is already on elevated masterwork number two, so expect his version of the sobering truth to sound like a party at points. He's aware, as Bilal sings here, that "Shit don't change 'til you get up and wash your ass," and don't it feel good? The sentiment is universal, but the viewpoint on his second LP is inner-city and African-American, as radio regulars like the Isley Brothers (sampled to perfection during the key track "I"), George Clinton (who helps make "Wesley's Theory" a cross between "Atomic Dog" and Dante's Inferno), and Dr. Dre (who literally phones his appearance in) put the listener in Lamar's era of Compton, just as well as Lou Reed took us to New York and Brecht took us to Weimar Republic Berlin. These G-funky moments are incredibly seductive, which helps usher the listener through the album's 80-minute runtime, plus its constant mutating (Pharrell productions, spoken word, soul power anthems, and sound collages all fly by, with few tracks ending as they began), much of it influenced, and sometimes assisted by, producer Flying Lotus and his frequent collaborator Thundercat. "u" sounds like an MP3 collection deteriorating, while the broken beat of the brilliant "Momma" will challenge the listener's balance, and yet, Lamar is such a prodigiously talented and seductive artist, his wit, wisdom, and wordplay knock all these stray molecules into place. Survivor's guilt, realizing one's destiny, and a Snoop Dogg performance of Doggystyle caliber are woven among it all; plus, highlights offer that Parliament-Funkadelic-styled subversion, as "The Blacker the Berry" ("The sweeter the juice") offers revolutionary slogans and dips for the hip. Free your mind, and your ass will follow, and at the end of this beautiful black berry, there's a miraculous "talk" between Kendrick and the legendary 2Pac, as the brutalist trailblazer mentors this profound populist. To Pimp a Butterfly is as dark, intense, complicated, and violent as Picasso's Guernica, and should hold the same importance for its genre and the same beauty for its intended audience. ~ David Jeffries
Product Details
Release Date: | 03/16/2015 |
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Label: | Aftermath |
UPC: | 0602547270917 |
Rank: | 1102 |
Tracks
Album Credits
Performance Credits
Kendrick Lamar Primary Artist,Lead VocalsSnoop Dogg Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Bilal Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Anna Wise Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background),Vocals
Rapsody Primary Artist,Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
James Fauntleroy Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background),Vocals
Ronald Isley Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Assassin Featured Artist,Vocals
Miles Mosley Bass,Double Bass
Robert "Sput" Searight Drums,Keyboards
Kamasi Washington Sax (Tenor)
Dr. Dre Vocals (Background)
Adrienne Woods Cello
Ryan Porter Trombone
Rickey Washington Flute
Trevor Lawrence Drums
Sam Barsh Keyboards
Craig Brockman Organ
Lalah Hathaway Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Ginger Murphy Cello
Pharrell Williams Vocals (Background)
Robert Glasper Piano,Keyboards
Terrace Martin Sax (Alto),Horn,Vocoder,Keyboards
Amy Sanchez French Horn
Thundercat Bass,Vocals,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
The Rapsody Featured Artist
Rahki Percussion
Dion Friley Vocals (Background)
Neel Hammond Violin
Pete Rock Scratching,Vocals (Background)
Gabriel Noel Cello,Double Bass
Jessica Williams Vocals (Background)
Junius Bervine Keyboards
Taz Arnold Vocals (Background)
Ronald Bruner, Jr. Drums
Katalyst Drums
George Clinton Vocals,Featured Artist
Paul Cartwright Violin
Adam Turchin Sax (Baritone)
Marlon Williams Guitar
Talkbox Monte Vocals (Background)
Z Most Vocals (Background)
William Sweat Vocals (Background)
Whitney Alford Vocals (Background)
Shava'sha Dickerson Vocals (Background)
Pedro Castro Clarinet
Edwin Orellana Vocals (Background)
Devon Downing Vocals (Background)
Darlene Tibbs Vocals (Background)
Ambrose Akinmusire Trumpet
Andrea Whitt Viola
Larrance Dopson Keyboards,Percussion
Ash Riser Vocals (Background)
Gregory Moore Guitar
Bilal Oliver Featured Artist
Wyann Vaughn Vocals (Background)
Josef Leimberg Trumpet,Vocals (Background)
Kendall Lewis Drums
Brandon Owens Bass
Tylana Enomoto Violin
Molly Rogers Viola
Chris Smith Bass
Dave Free Vocals (Background)
Sounwave Keyboards
Keith Askey Guitar
JaVonte Vocals (Background)
SZA Vocals (Background)
Matt Schaeffer Guitar
Preston Harris Vocals (Background)
Candace Wakefield Vocals (Background)
Jen Simone Violin
Technical Credits
Fehintola Anikulapo Kuti ComposerC. Smith Composer
Flying Lotus Producer
Sylvester Stewart Composer
James Hunt Engineer,Recording,Mixing Assistant
Kenneth Lewis Composer
Stephen Bruner Composer
Chris Jasper Composer
D. Blake Composer
Dr. Dre Producer
M. Evans Composer
Jeffrey Campbell Composer
1500 or Nothin' Producer
Andrew Coleman Engineer
Sam Barsh Composer
Boris Gardiner Composer
J. Burns Composer
J. Campbell Composer
D. Perkins Composer
Lalah Hathaway Composer
Fela Kuti Composer
Ernie Isley Composer
Tupac Shakur Composer
Pharrell Williams Producer,Composer
S. Stevens Composer
Terrace Martin Additional Production,Composer,Producer
Marco a. Izquierdo Composer
Thundercat Producer,Additional Production
Matthew Samuels Composer
Rahki Producer
Stephen Kozmeniuk Composer,Producer
Derek "MixedByAli" Ali Mixing,Engineer,Recording
Kendrick Lamar Composer,Performer
Sounwave Additional Production,Producer
Tommy Black Producer
David Friley Composer
Kendrick Duckworth Composer
Ronald Isley Composer
Rahsaan Patterson Composer
Rudolph Isley Composer
Marvin Isley Composer
Taz Arnold Composer,Producer
Marlanna Evans Composer
O'Kelly Isley Composer
Boi-1da Producer
Rex Rideout Composer
Michael Jackson Composer
Katalyst Engineer,Programming,Drum Programming
George Clinton Composer
A. Lewis Composer
Sufjan Stevens Composer
Whoarei Producer
Rose McKinney Composer
Columbus Smith Composer
Johnny Burns Composer
Glen Boothe Composer
LoveDragon Producer
The Antydote Additional Production
Pop Wansel Producer
Koz Producer
Ahmad Lewis Composer
James Fauntleroy Composer
Larrance Dopson Composer,Producer
B. Gardiner Composer
R. McKinney Composer
Ken Lewis Composer,Composer
Greg Boothe Composer
Stefan Gordy Composer
Josef Leimberg Composer
Hart Gunther Engineer
Brent Kolatalo Composer
Steven Ellison Composer
Mike Larson Engineer
Knxwledge Producer
Ronald Colson Composer
Alexander Izquierdo Composer
R. Colson Composer
Ronald "Flippa" Colson Composer,Producer
L. Dopson Composer
David Blake Composer
Z. Epstein Composer
Zale Epstein Composer
Mark Spears Composer
Fredrik Halldin Composer,Producer
Thomas Burns Recording
Matt Schaeffer Engineer,Recording,Mixing Assistant
Tae Beast Producer
Donte Perkins Composer
Michael Brown Composer
Anna Wise Composer
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