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Kendrick Lamar Best Posts: To p---- A Butterfly: Decoded

  1. Mike Tyson
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    To p---- A Butterfly     is a dense narrative, shrouded with various political and social context, and pulling from a vibrant palette of g-funk, neo-soul, and jazz. Despite being framed as a sharp left turn, Kendrick Lamar's follow up to 2012's critically acclaimed good kid, m.A.A.d city may actually fit into the prophetic MC's discography even more snuggly than his major label debut—To p---- A Butterfly's sound is much more an extension of 2011's section.80 than it is of good kid, m.A.A.d city. Even though it sported an almost Pulp Fiction-esque narrative structure, good kid, m.A.A.d city was more accessible and streamlined relative to Butterfly or section.80. The former has magnificent, visceral centerpieces like "m.A.A.d city" that are rooted in a concrete sense of reality, while the latter two consolidate poignant snapshots of the Compton rapper's life in a much more freeform structure. With good kid, you oftentimes got what you expected (not that it stopped the project from being mesmerizing) and that's how it was meant to be (most of the time -- see: "Swimming Pools"), whereas To p---- A Butterfly is designed to be a more layered and complex listen. At least, enough so that we've decided to try and connect the dots, not only for our benefit, but hopefully for the enjoyment of all fans of this increasingly enigmatic and mystic artist.


    Credit goes to Narsh, BigCountry and Blaza for the write up and ODB for the presentation. I did the graphics.

     
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    my ultimate goal with this site is still to interview karrueche tran and then see where things go from there :fif:

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    Wow @ODB killed it with that layout/presentation
     
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    Dope!!
     
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    Ima try and see if we can find the files, i'll upload it if we can.
     
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    this isn't gonna stop the @Writers from unionizing ya know :work:


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    I'd like to read that.
     
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    So I just registered because of this article. Amazing job.

    I enjoyed reading it.
     
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    Everything about this is beautifully done tbh. Layout is simple and nice to look at, write ups are so well written. :whew:
    Section80 shittin on the competition
     
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    i will release them all in a track by track cover set in about a week.
     
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    Holy s--- I love this
     
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    Nice write up guys..really enjoy reading stuff like this..I like the simplicity of the way the article read out as well..this site by far the best music forum I've ever been a part of
     
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    I got tinashe :lupe1:
     
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    shout out to @Narsh for taking the lead on this project btw in regards to write ups.
     
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    can't help by reiterate whats already been said and shout out ODB and Hasman for the design and graphics. That's really the most essential part as far as getting the audience and exposure we want

    and them n----s are killing it rn

    but yeah, beyond that, would love any feedback or thoughts on the ideas/themes discussed throughout or the write ups themselves :emoji_thumbsup:

    so happy with how this turned out :allears:
     
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    out farting the competition
     
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    :hovcry::hovcry: @ODB killed it with that layout. too ill. @Narsh @BigCountry killed it with the write-ups too. great job y'all. @Mike Tyson :whew:
     
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