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.