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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music)

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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music)	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })To Pimp a Butterfly is the third studio album by Alternative Hip Hop artist Kendrick Lamar, released on March 15, 2015.Following in the footsteps of his previous work, good kid, m.A.A.d city, and in contrast to Lamar’s previous projects, To Pimp a Butterfly took more heavily from jazz, avant-garde, soul, and funk influences, with such contributors as Thundercat, Terrace Martin, Kamasi Washington, and Flying Lotus providing instrumentation and production. Other noteworthy credits include vocals from Anna Wise, Bilal, George Clinton, James Fauntleroy, Rapsody, Ronald Isley of the The Isley Brothers, Snoop Dogg, and a posthumous appearance from 2Pac.This album’s concept explores themes of self-love and hate, fame, depression, violence, race, and politics through a spoken-word poem that interweaves between songs, leading up to a climax in the album's final track, "Mortal Man".Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The album was heavily inspired by a trip Lamar took to South Africa in 2014, where he visited historical sites such as Nelson Mandela’s jail cell, birthing recurring motifs like Apartheid, distinctions between African and American culture, or institutionalization, among many others. As a result, Kendrick creates many allegorical comparisons between Compton and South Africa in the album's lyrics, especially on the song "Momma."The album was an influence on David Bowie's final studio album, ★. As its producer Tony Visconti recalled, he and Bowie were "listening to a lot of Kendrick Lamar [...] we loved the fact Kendrick was so open-minded and he didn't do a straight-up hip-hop record. He threw everything on there, and that's exactly what we wanted to do."
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_12ceb248	comment	Old Beggar Test: In "How Much A Dollar Cost".
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_141a6acb	type	Madness Mantra
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_141a6acb	comment	Madness Mantra: In "u", the hook consists of the phrase "loving you is complicated" ten times with huge jumps in volume and pitch to heighten how unstable Kendrick's self-hatred is making him, culminating in a bridge where he can't even finish the phrase "loving you."
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_14beeefd	type	Darker and Edgier
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_14beeefd	comment	Darker and Edgier: Much darker and more introspective than good kid, m.A.A.d city, as it explores a variety of political and personal themes related to race, culture, and discrimination.
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_22093e9b	type	New Sound Album
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_22093e9b	comment	New Sound Album: While it is still considered rap, the album is also heavily influenced from jazz, avant-garde, soul, and funk.
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_2439b588	type	As the Good Book Says...
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_2439b588	comment	As the Good Book Says...: The old man in "How Much a Dollar Cost" cites Exodus 14 to remind Kendrick about the value of humility. In addition to foreshadowing that the old man is God, mentioning Exodus 14 implicitly compares Kendrick to the opulent Pharaoh, who was killed in an action of divine justice.
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_2bf54826	type	Longest Song Goes Last
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_2bf54826	comment	Longest Song Goes Last: The 12:07 album closer "Mortal Man". Worth nothing, though, that only the first 5 minutes are music, while the rest of it features Kendrick talking to no other than 2Pac in regards to political awareness.
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_34f6774c	type	Concept Album
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_34f6774c	comment	Concept Album: While not a story like GKMC, it still has a unified concept, as it follows Kendrick after he becomes successful and starts dealing with depression, institutional racial inequality, and the various facets of black culture in America.
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_45a01289	type	Angel Unaware
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_45a01289	comment	Angel Unaware: The old beggar Kendrick insults in "How Much a Dollar Cost" reveals at the end of the song that He is the son of Jehovah, the Holy Spirit, the higher power, or most simply, God. Kendrick's greed and lack of humility has cost him his spot in Heaven, all for a single dollar.
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_4e7c4536	type	Wham Line
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_4e7c4536	comment	Wham Line: The Reveal of the identity of the old man in "How Much a Dollar Cost" changes the entirety of the song before it. In "The Blacker the Berry," Kendrick repeatedly tells the listener that he's "the biggest hypocrite of 2015" and hints that "once [he] finish[es] this," it will be clear to the listener why he saying this. The song ends with the following lines: At the end of "Mortal Man";
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_6b2b3b59	type	The Reveal
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_6b2b3b59	comment	The Reveal of the identity of the old man in "How Much a Dollar Cost" changes the entirety of the song before it.
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_7374ab13	type	Once More, with Clarity
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_7374ab13	comment	Once More, with Clarity!: Throughout the album, Kendrick progressively recites more and more of a poem, adding lines after the end of each song. The album concludes with The Reveal that the whole poem is being recited to Tupac Shakur.
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_7464705c	type	Arc Words
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_7464705c	comment	Arc Words: Every song from "King Kunta" onwards on the album ends with an expanding monologue that begins with "I remember you was conflicted, misusing your influence."
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_7815ba15	type	N-Word Privileges
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_7815ba15	comment	N-Word Privileges: Discussed at the end of "i".
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_7d89315b	type	"The Reason You Suck" Speech
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_7d89315b	comment	"The Reason You Suck" Speech: "u" is a self-directed diatribe by Kendrick denying that he's ever done anything worthwhile in his life. His music, his fame, and his compassion are all called into question until the final verse climaxes as Kendrick admits his money can't overcome his "suicidal weakness."
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_7fbb2a3	type	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_7fbb2a3	comment	"How Much a Dollar Cost" ends with the old man who keeps asking Kendrick for a dollar (only for Kendrick to refuse to help each time) revealing that he is God, and Kendrick's greed has cost him his spot in heaven.
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_89434320	type	Protagonist-Centered Morality
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_89434320	comment	Protagonist-Centered Morality: Averting this trope was the point of "The Blacker the Berry".
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_9e0c3153	type	Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_9e0c3153	comment	Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: From the "For Free? (Interlude)": "THIS. DICK. AIN'T. FREEEEEEEE!"
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_a672255e	type	Doing It for the Art
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_a672255e	comment	Doing It for the Art: invoked Explicitly spelled out in "King Kunta":
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_a6a6de9a	type	Humble Hero
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_a6a6de9a	comment	Humble Hero: In "Mortal Man", Kendrick describes himself as such:
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_b4918533	type	Self-Empowerment Anthem
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_b4918533	comment	Self-Empowerment Anthem: "i", which is especially powerful considering its heavy contrast with "u".
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_b53077b3	type	Take That!
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_b53077b3	comment	Take That!: "King Kunta" takes shots at rappers who use ghostwriters, rappers who didn't actually earn their success and just hopped on the latest trend, and people who blindly follow the next big thing (i.e., Kendrick) just because they're popular.
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_bef696dd	type	Mind Screw
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_bef696dd	comment	Mind Screw: It's definitely about something, but nobody's quite sure what. There's a general message about black violence in there, but it doesn't seem to be the only one.
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_c25c7890	type	Fun with Acronyms
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_c25c7890	comment	Fun with Acronyms: A working title for the album was To Pimp A Caterpillar, because if you change "to" into "2", then initialize the rest, you get 2PAC.
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_d028ca10	type	Deliberately Monochrome
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_d028ca10	comment	Deliberately Monochrome: The album cover, and the music video for "Alright".
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_d139ffaf	type	Genre Throwback
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_d139ffaf	comment	Genre Throwback: The video for "King Kunta", to classic West Coast hip-hop videos, right down to the aspect ratio.
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_d39e327f	type	What the Hell, Hero?
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_d39e327f	comment	What the Hell, Hero?: "How Much a Dollar Cost" is essentially God sending this message to Kendrick in the midst of his fame-induced greed.
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_dbc664dd	type	Album Title Drop
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_dbc664dd	comment	Album Title Drop: The page quote, which is from the opening track "Wesley's Theory".
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_e532b865	type	Jazz Rap
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_e532b865	comment	Jazz Rap: Thanks to the experimental production of the album, jazz rap has a significant influence on many of the tracks.
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_ea2e9f2d	type	No Ending
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_ea2e9f2d	comment	No Ending: To Pimp a Butterfly ends rather darkly with Kendrick reciting a secondary poem to Tupac Shakur that relates to how the Butterfly and Caterpillar are not so different and when asking for Pac's perspective, he gets no reply, tying to the theme of breaking the cycle, with Tupac unable to do so due to his death.
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_f3cf057b	type	Fading into the Next Song
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_f3cf057b	comment	Fading into the Next Song: The whole album.
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_f8cbda13	type	Textless Album Cover
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_f8cbda13	comment	Textless Album Cover: The album's title is nowhere to be found.
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_f91d1d4f	type	Darkest Hour
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_f91d1d4f	comment	Darkest Hour: "u" is this for To Pimp a Butterfly, as it's a song that deals with depression and aggressive self-hatred.
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To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_feaf12e8	type	Survivor Guilt
To Pimp a Butterfly (Music) / int_feaf12e8	comment	Survivor Guilt: As detailed in "u", Kendrick went through a depression that was onset by personal guilt from making it out of Compton and seemingly abandoning his roots, and watching a lot of his Compton friends get killed.
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