To Pimp a Butterfly

Tracklist

• 12" Vinyl 1
• 1
  Wesley’s Theory

  Kendrick Lamar ft. George Clinton & Thundercat
  4:47
  4.4 ★
• 2
  For Free? (interlude)
  2:10
  3.5 ★
• 3
  King Kunta
  3:54
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Institutionalized

  Kendrick Lamar ft. Bilal, Anna Wise, & Snoop Dogg
  4:31
  4.1 ★
• 5
  These Walls

  Kendrick Lamar ft. Bilal, Anna Wise, & Thundercat
  5:00
  4.1 ★
• 6
  u
  4:28
  3.9 ★
• 7
  Alright
  3:39
  4.3 ★
• 8
  For Sale? (interlude)
  4:51
  3.9 ★
• 9
  Momma
  4:43
  3.7 ★
• 12" Vinyl 2
• 1
  Hood Politics
  4:52
  3.8 ★
• 2
  How Much a Dollar Cost

  Kendrick Lamar ft. James Fauntleroy & Ronald Isley
  4:21
  4.1 ★
• 3
  Complexion (A Zulu Love)

  Kendrick Lamar ft. Rapsody
  4:23
  3.9 ★
• 4
  The Blacker the Berry
  5:28
  4.3 ★
• 5
  You Ain’t Gotta Lie (Momma Said)
  4:01
  3.6 ★
• 6
  i
  5:36
  4.1 ★
• 7
  Mortal Man
  12:07
  4.2 ★

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Release credits

• Adam Turchan
  baritone saxophone [6]
• Ambrose Akinmusire
  trumpet [7]
• Anna Wise
  background vocals [1.1-2, 2.1]
• Ash Riser
  background vocals [1]
• Bilal
  background vocals [2.1, 1.6, 1.8-9]
• Boi‐1da
  producer [4]
• Brandon Owens
  bass [2]
• Candace Wakefield
  background vocals [1.7, 2.6]
• Chris Smith
  bass [6]
• Craig Brockman
  organ [2]
• Darlene Tibbs
  background vocals [2]
• Dave Free
  background vocals [6]
• Derek Ali
  mix, recording [1.1-6, 1.8-9, 2.1-7]
• Devon Downing
  background vocals [6]
• Dion Friley
  background vocals [1, 6]
• Dr. Dre
  background vocals [1]
• Edwin Orellana
  background vocals [6]
• Flippa
  producer [1]
• Flying Lotus
  producer [1]
• Gabriel Noel
  cello [4]
• Greg Moore
  guitar [5]
• JaVonté
  background vocals [3, 5, 7]
• James Fauntleroy
  background vocals [7]
• James Hunt
  assistant [6], recording [1.1-5, 1.7, 1.9, 2.1-2, 2.4-7]
• Jessica Vielmas
  background vocals [6]
• Josef Leimberg
  background vocals [1], trumpet [1.1, 1.5, 1.8, 2.2-3, 2.5, 2.7]
• Junius Bervine
  keyboard [7]
• Kamasi Washington
  tenor saxophone [6]
• Katalyst
  additional [4], drums (drum set) [4]
• Keith Askey
  guitar [6]
• Kendall Lewis
  drums (drum set) [6]
• Knxwledge
  producer [9]
• Lalah Hathaway
  background vocals [1.9, 2.3-4]
• Larrance Dopson
  keyboard [5], percussion [2.2-5, 1.5], producer [5]
• LoveDragon
  producer [2, 5]
• Marlon Williams
  additional [3], guitar [2.2, 2.5, 2.7, 1.2-3, 1.5-6]
• Matt Schaeffer
  additional [3], assistant [6], guitar [3], recording [1.3, 1.6, 2.2-7]
• Paul Cartwright
  violin [2.7, 1.4]
• Pedro Castro
  clarinet [4]
• Pete Rock
  background vocals [3], turntable [3]
• Pharrell Williams
  background vocals [7], producer [7]
• Preston Harris
  background vocals [1.8, 2.1, 2.5]
• Rahki
  percussion [6], producer [1.4, 2.6]
• Robert Glasper
  keyboard [1.5, 2.3-4, 2.7], piano [2]
• Robert Searight
  drums (drum set) [2], keyboard [1]
• Ronald Bruner, Jr.
  drums (drum set) [4]
• Ronald Isley
  additional [6]
• SZA
  background vocals [6, 8]
• Sam Barsh
  keyboard [1.4, 2.6]
• Sounwave
  additional [1, 5-6, 8], keyboard [5], producer [2.1, 2.3, 2.7, 1.3, 1.7]
• Stephen Kozmeniuk
  producer [4]
• Tae Beast
  producer [1]
• Talkbox Monte
  background vocals [3]
• Taz Arnold
  background vocals [1.4, 1.8, 2.6], producer [6, 8-9]
• Terrace Martin
  additional [1.3, 1.8, 2.3-4], alto saxophone [2.2-5, 2.7, 1.1-2, 1.5-9], horn [1], keyboard [2.1-3, 2.5, 1.5-6, 1.8-9], producer [2, 5], vocoder [1.9, 2.5]
• The Antydote
  additional [3]
• Thundercat
  additional [1, 5], background vocals [1.7, 2.3, 2.5], bass [2.4, 2.6-7, 1.3, 1.5], producer [1, 3]
• Tommy Black
  producer [4]
• Whitney Alford
  background vocals [1, 3]
• Whoarei
  producer [6]
• William Sweat
  background vocals [6]
• Wyann Vaughn
  background vocals [5]
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