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No. 19Rolling Stone’s 500 greatest albums2015
To Pimp a Butterfly album coverNo. 19

To Pimp a Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

To Pimp a Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar is No. 19 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time (2020 edition). It came out in 2015, has 16 tracks and runs 79 minutes. It sits between Kid A (No. 20) and Highway 61 Revisited (No. 18).

2015 · 16 tracks · No. 19 of 500

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Track list

  1. Wesley's Theory (feat. George Clinton & Thundercat)
  2. For Free? (Interlude)
  3. King Kunta
  4. Institutionalized (feat. Bilal, Anna Wise & Snoop Dogg)
  5. These Walls (feat. Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat)
  6. u
  7. Alright
  8. For Sale? (Interlude)
  9. Momma
  10. Hood Politics
  11. How Much a Dollar Cost (feat. James Fauntleroy & Ronald Isley)
  12. Complexion (A Zulu Love) [feat. Rapsody]
  13. The Blacker the Berry
  14. You Ain't Gotta Lie (Momma Said)
  15. i
  16. Mortal Man

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