This week Kendrick Lamar released one of the most highly anticipated Hip-Hop albums of 2015, the attentively titled “To Pimp A Butterfly” and It takes phonic cues from 70’s funk (strong guitar riffs and bass lines), Neo soul (incorporating "organic" elements of classic soul music with the use of live instrumentation, in contrast to the more single-oriented, hip hop-based, and producer-driven sampling approach of contemporary R&B in the late 1980’s), Zapp inspired early 1980’s electronic funk and art rock.
DJ Run P digs up the original songs that lay the foundation for ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’ auditory sensation by Boris Gardiner (“Every Nigger is a Star”), James Brown (“The Payback”), Ahmad (“We Want The Funk”), Lalah Hathaway (“On Your Own”), Michael Jackson (“Smooth Criminal”), Zapp & Roger (“Computer Love”), The Isley Brothers (“That Lady”), and Fela Kuti’s “I No Get Eye for Back”
To Pimp A Butterfly tracklist with samples:
01. Wesley’s Theory (samples Boris Gardiner’s “Every Nigger is a Star”)
02. For Free? (Interlude)
03. King Kunta (samples James Brown’s “The Payback” and Ahmad’s “We Want the Funk”, resung lyrics from Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal”)
04. Institutionalized
05. These Walls
06. U
07. Alright
08. For Sale? (Interlude)
09. Momma (samples Lalah Hathaway’s “On Your Own” and Zapp & Roger’s “Computer Love”)
10. Hood Politics (samples Sufjan Stevens’ “All for Myself”)
11. How Much A Dollar Cost
12. Complexion
13. The Blacker The Berry
14. You Ain’t Gotta Lie (Momma Said)
15. i (samples The Isley Brothers’ “That Lady”)
16. Mortal Man (samples Fela Kuti’s “I No Get Eye for Back” and an interview with Tupac from 1994).
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