Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly

To Pimp A Butterfly has been awarded by magazines and award shows as the album of the year and personally I agree that it was the greatest album of 2015. Coming off an album that is said to be one of the best hip hop of all time, Good Kid Mad City, Kendrick really had to up his game. Good Kid Mad City changed the rap and TPAB had the same effect on the hip hop community. Kendrick did come with a different approach on this album. He is spreading a message rather then telling a cinematic story as he did with his previous album. This is whole is album jazz on top of more jazz. The track "For free?" is just a jazz band then Kendrick doing a spoke word style of rap over it. Lyrically I had to listen to every word carefully because every word he says is important. I hung to every single word that he said. The main message of this album is racism in America. None of the songs are really mainstream songs that can be played on the radio because once it is played once it doesn't need to be played. Kendrick speaks of the struggle of being an African American man in society. It was very clear what the point of this album as it was stated in every song and the cover art. The album as a whole was produced magnificently. It flowed very well between songs and none of the beats were boring. All of the features on the album were fantastic. Snoop Dogg sounded great even though it has been awhile since he release any real hip hop. This was definitely the album of the year. If there is a hip hop fan who hasn't heard the whole album you need to listen. If there is non-hip hop artist who hasn't heard the whole album you also need to listen. Kendrick Lamar is a lyrical genius who deserves to be called the rapper of this generation.

A Principle to Keep

       A principle to keep is that everyone is society should treat others the way they would like to be treated. Even in apocalyptic times we shouldn't harm others for the greater good of ourselves. Though this can also change depending on the situation. If a person were trying to harm a father and his family the father would obviously try to defend him and his family because the person is not treating them like they would treat themselves. In this situation the father would have to break the principle in order for him and his family to survive. Since people live in a society where this is very unlikely to we should all uphold this principle. Also we shouldn't step on other people in order to better ourselves. Treating others the way you would like to be treated also ties in with the principle of selflessness.
      The principle of selflessness means willing to put the needs or wishes of others before one's own. For example, if a person were to walk down the road, see a homeless person begging for money, and will most likely continue on with their life. Now flip the roles, that person is now homeless and he also wants the same thing as the previous homeless person but he is does not receive because the person just walks past. This example ties in with both principles of being selfless and treating others the way you would like to be treated. A way of being selfless is by giving back, that way all of society can see if they were to live by these principles, people would benefit from their good doing. When a person lives these principles there thought process flips from "ME" to "WE".