american rapper kendrick lamar made the album to pimp a butterfly.
who made the album to pimp a butterfly?
american rapper kendrick lamar
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to pimp a butterfly is the third studio album by american rapper kendrick lamar. it was released on march 15, 2015, by aftermath entertainment, interscope records and top dawg entertainment.
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the album explores a variety of political and personal themes related to race, culture, and discrimination. critic neil kulkarni said it appraises "the broken promises and bloody pathways in and out of america's heartland malaise", while "billboard" categorized it as a "politically-charged" conscious rap album, jay caspian kang observed elements of critical race theory, respectability politics, theology, and meta-analysis examining lamar’s success and revered status in the hip hop community. it was compared by california state university, fullerton professor natalie graham to the 1977 television miniseries "roots". while ""roots" compresses and simplifies" black history, graham said "to pimp a butterfly" "radically disrupt[s] meanings of black respectability, heroic morality, trauma, and memory." in the "toronto journal of theology", james d. mcleod jr. drew parallels between lamar's examination of death's domineering significance in the african-american experience and the works of christian theologian paul tillich, with mcleod calling "to pimp a butterfly" an original example of "existentialist hip hop." meanwhile, adam blum discerned connections between "to pimp a butterfly" and the writings of psychoanalysts such as wilfred bion, nicolas abraham, and sigmund freud. in an essay published in "the lancet psychiatry", university of cambridge professors akeem sule and becky inkster described lamar as the "street poet of mental health," noting how "to pimp a butterfly" (as well as its predecessor, "good kid, m.a.a.d city") explore topics such as addiction, anxiety, depression, and resilience.
to pimp a butterfly