Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly (2015)

Given the features, "These Walls" miiight be the Colbert track.

part of me was hoping "i" was just a throwaway track lol

It's track 15 on a 16 track album. It may as well be.

Bilal!

the album version of "i" is nearly 2 minutes longer than the one previously released, and considering that the outro is everyone's favorite part of the song, i could really see them making an effort to kinda redeem public opinion of the song with an extended version.

I bet the "I" in the album tracklisting is different from the "i" single that we all know of.

I might be overthinking this, but:

1. The single was lowercase. The "I" above is the capital letter, which would go along with the "U" title.
2. Usually, with iTunes, when there's a single/previously released song that corresponds with an album, the single/previously released song can be bought as a stand-alone song in the album tracklisting but with "I", no.

And yeah, different track lengths.

It's the same song, Kendrick has said as much. Likely (as sd suggested) with an extended outro.

also, it's grown on me a lot, and it's complemented/contrasted nicely by the other tracks we've heard so far.

I'm excited for the George Clinton feature, love it when growls all over a hip-hop track

for yo sorrows>>>>

it's cool that between "King Kunta" and the Clinton feature he seems to be embracing funk with this record -- if he'd done it on the last album it might've seemed kind of obvious like oh west coast rapper signs with Dre and brings back G-funk, but it seems to be happening now as a more as a personal choice he came around to organically.

Not to mention the Isleys sample on "i"

Guess that's not "funk" per se

I wouldn't look too much into the difference between "i" and "I". Could just be an iTunes thing.

the snippets on itunes and the songs are the same. "u" and "i" are both lowercase

clean version appears to be downloadable on itunes, normal version remains MIA

That is certainly one release strategy.

maybe this is the normal version and kendrick has forsaken swear words, so the explicit version just has schoolboy q intermittently yelling "fuck" over the album.

I could definitely see that happening a few more LPs down the line.

"these walls" !

Explicit is now up, apparently.

https://play.spotify.com/album/7ycBtnsMtyVbbwTfJwRjSP

the album version of "i" is nearly 2 minutes longer than the one previously released, and considering that the outro is everyone's favorite part of the song, i could really see them making an effort to kinda redeem public opinion of the song with an extended version

wait i thought everyone loved "i"

like, it won 2 grammys...?

wesley's theory is great

that sound you just heard is the entire world unchecking the second track on itunes

not so sure about the "this dick ain't free" interstitial but the vibe he's going for here is pretty wow

heh, yep.

"i" was pretty divisive with rap fans. it missed the top 10 of rap/R&B radio when his last album had three top 10s, a lot of people that loved all his other stuff vocally disliked it.

goddamn, the guy wanted to make a parliament album

vocal hooks on this album are totally my shit

"these walls" !

yup

https://twitter.com/flyinglotus/status/577329338946719744

hey remember when people were worried the album would be wall-to-wall hoarse, shouty Kendrick

love all the clustering harmonies

alt i truthers otm

plus also i need some kind of map for this record

So...did Interscope do this inadvertently and then own the mistake and release it on all platforms or did they really just pull the rug out from under Kendrick and his team on purpose?

Listening now. It's awesome. Glad it's out today. But...

hoarse kendrick on "u" is excellent
this album is fuckin' DENSE on first contact
looking forward to marinating

lotta outkast impact

sorry to liveblog but shit, this is really quite good! "alright", alright!

"For Sale? (Interlude)" thankfully much better than the other one

looking forward to marinating

the abundance of it - so long, so sprawling, so many change-ups in single songs -
like it will be a whole other record when i know it

it's an album, even moreso that good kid/bad city
brace yourself for a zillion thoughtpieces

even more of a movie than gkmc too

just so self-assured
really seems in full control of what he's trying to say and how he wants to say it

lol "i" sounds so fucking great at the end of this?

wow, "momma"
wow this album

i can absolutely see how "i" in context works here