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“i” the album’s first single, was released last fall. The song trails off, and in the silence during a moment of introspection he says, “I remember you was conflicted, misusing your influence.” This reflection is carried throughout the album, each time he recites it, adding another phrase expressing doubt, fear and rage after the word “influence.”
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Lamar’s voice is filled with grit and bravado as he proudly holds the hip-hop torch. “King Kunta,” a funk-driven groove, speaks to the irony that descendants of slaves are pivotal players in directing pop culture. In one song called, “You Ain’t Gotta Lie (Momma Said)” Lamar raps, “And the world don’t respect you, and the culture don’t accept you, but you think it’s all love.” The song sets up Lamar’s belief that the entertainment industry capitalizes off of black culture, heightening his thoughts on misappropriation and feeling undervalued. The first song, “Wesley’s Theory,” is a nod to actor Wesley Snipes who was sentenced to three years in prison in 2010 for failing to file his federal taxes. Throughout the album, Lamar speaks as a man of influence who has experienced tremendous loss and success. Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly (2015) Posted by On March - 16 - 2015. He’s no longer an angst-ridden teenager driving his mother’s minivan down Rosecrans Avenue in Compton recalling blues tales of poverty and gangs, aspiring to fame and fortune. city ” leaves off, but the rapper is more assured as he threads in and out of a first person/third person narrative. “To Pimp a Butterfly” picks up where Lamar’s “good kid, m.A.A.d.