Kendrick Lamar Spits Unheard "i" Verse A Cappella In Compton, Announces Reebok Partnership
The build continues. Kendrick Lamar has set another piece of his new LP's puzzle into place, unveiling the full tracklist to To Pimp A Butterfly just 11 days before its scheduled release. All told, 16 tracks (including two interludes) will comprise the record, which will most definitely include Lamar's recent singles "i" and "The Blacker The Berry." Other titles, including "King Kunta," "Institutionalized," "Hood Politics" and "Mortal Man" seem to signify that Lamar will indeed be offering up a politically-charged piece of work and homing in on struggles for justice (or, some cases, life itself).
In a preview of Kendrick's upcoming Rolling Stone cover story, the world recently learned that "King Kunta" packs enough funk to warrant 70's blaxploitation status, and is Kendrick "expressing how he's feeling at the moment," producer Mark "Sounwave" Spears said. That feeling, the article notes, is of real anger.
It's also been said that To Pimp A Butterfly is a wildly inventive album, bringing together "funk, spoken-word poetry, and free-jazz, augmented by lots of live playing." From all of these disparate details, we're becoming more and more certain that Lamar is ready to drop a monumental piece of work, and you can bet that we're counting down the days to March 23rd.
To Pimp A Butterfly Tracklist:
Wesley’s Theory
For Free? (Interlude)
King Kunta
Institutionalized
These Walls
U
Alright
For Sale? (Interlude)
Momma
Hood Politics
How Much A Dollar Cost
Complexion
The Blacker The Berry
You Ain’t Gotta Lie (Momma Said)
I
Mortal Man
