To Pimp A Butterfly
by Kendrick Lamar
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To Pimp A Butterfly is ranked as the best album by Kendrick Lamar.
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To Pimp A Butterfly track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 89 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 28 hours ago | phh | 140 | 77/100 |
| ! | 4 days ago | jhoe1994 | 41 | 86/100 |
| ! | 5 days ago | Robert_fripp | 81 | 86/100 |
| ! | 01/16/2026 15:21 | Ruaras | 2 | 100/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 23:30 | This_is_handsome | 769 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 89.2/100, a mean average of 86.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.8.
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AAL2014 08/09/2025 14:22 | #310490
@solunastra.. tell me you don’t understand the meanings of melody and harmony without saying you don’t understand the meanings of melody and harmony.
Worst album of 2015... absolutely overrated: no melody, no harmony, dirty lyrics... rap is not music!
snny 05/10/2025 22:52 | #308932
an overrated mess.
One of the most beautiful album ive ever seen, the writing is so powerfull. It is written like a magnificient book, it is amazing
Should be higher
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Although Good Kid MAAD City truly hits home for me personally, this is a landmark contemporary record, and absolutely one of the most important hip hop records ever made.
its just perfect, theres not much else to be said. i could talk about this album for hours but saying its perfect just pretty much sums up everything that could be said about it. 10/10
Amazing jazz infused beats with next level rapping.
A fantastic hip hop album that smoothly incorporates other genres into the music which creates a unique experience. The fusion of hip hop with jazz, funk and soul works beautifully on here with Kendrick creating a rich soundscape with loads for us to explore. He accomplishes this by utilising a variety of diverse instrumentation which suit the style he is going for brilliantly. The production is very strong as well with the music flowing so smoothly and everything sounds so clean and modern. Kendrick's delivery is also enjoyable to listen to with his ability to demonstrate his emotion through his voice being extremely impressive. The main selling point of this album is the lyrics with Kendrick exploring hard hitting themes such as depression, racism and discrimination. His words are best showcased on The Blacker The Berry which captures his feelings and thoughts in an intelligent and engaging way that makes you listen to everything he has to say. The rest of the album follows suit in relation to quality of lyrics but Kendrick is at his best on that song. Overall, one of the most enjoyable and thought provoking hip hop albums of all time and it deserves its title of being a modern phenomenon.
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