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Kendrick Lamar
To Pimp A Butterfly

Album US 2015 on Top Dawg Entertainment label
Hip-Hop/Rap (Conscious, Jazzy Hip-Hop)

℗ © 2015 Aftermath/Interscope Records Publishers & track info: 1 - WB Music Corp., TDE Music, Hard Working Black Folks Publishing (ASCAP), Westbury Music Ltd. (ASCAP)/Roynet. Contains elements of "Every Nigger is a Star" written by B. Gardiner, Westbury Music Ltd. (ASCAP)/Roynet, as performed by Boris Gardiner. Used courtesy of Jazzman Records Ltd. 2 - WB Music Corp., TDE Music, Hard Working Black Folks Publishing (ASCAP), Rosemac Music (ASCAP), Blessed Seeds Of God (ASCAP) 3 - WB Music Corp., TDE Music, Hard Working Black Folks Publishing (ASCAP), Sounwave TDE Productions/Sony/ATV Songs LLC (BMI), Ahmad Music/Universal Music Corp. (ASCAP), EMI Full Keel Music (BMI), Music Of Windswept/BMG Music (BMI) Contains interpolations of "Get Nekkid" written by J. Burns, D. Blake, published by Laneway Publishing (ASCAP), Q Baby Music (ASCAP). Contains resung lyrics from "Smooth Criminal" written by M. Jackson, and published by Mijac Music/Sony/ATV Songs LLC (BMI). Contains elements of "The Payback" (J. Brown/F.Wesley/J.Starks) Dynatone Publishing Company (BMI). All rights administered by Unichappell Music Inc. (BMI). Contains elements from "We Want The Funk" written by A. Lewis, S. Gordy, published by Ahmad Music/Universal music Corp. (ASCAP), EMI Full Keel Music (BMI), Music Of WIndswept/BMG Music (BMI). 4 - WB Music Corp., TDE Music, Hard Working Black Folks Publishing (ASCAP), Almo Music Corp./Producer Pizza (ASCAP), Tommy Black (STIM) 5 - WB Music Corp., TDE Music, Hard Working Black Folks Publishing (ASCAP), Rosemac Music (ASCAP), Blue Nike Publishing (BMG), Fauntleroy Music/Almo Music (ASCAP), Blessed Seeds Of God (ASCAP) 6 - WB Music Corp., TDE Music, Hard Working Black Folks Publishing (ASCAP), Big Yacht Music (ASCAP) 7 - WB Music Corp., TDE Music, Hard Working Black Folks Publishing (ASCAP), EMI April Music, Inc. o/b/o itself & More Water From Nazareth (ASCAP), Sounwave TDE Productions/Sony ATV (ASCAP) 8 - WB Music Corp., TDE Music, Hard Working Black Folks Publishing (ASCAP), Big Yacht Music (ASCAP) 9 - WB Music Corp., TDE Music, Hard Working Black Folks Publishing (ASCAP), Kanpai Music (BMI), Big Yacht Music (ASCAP), Mijac Music/SONY ATV Music Publishing (BMI), Queen Of The Planet Productions (ASCAP) Cisum Naashar Publishing (ASCAP), Uncle Buddies Music Inc. c/o Music Of Windswept Contains elements of "Wishful thinkin" written by S. Stewart and published by Mijac Music/Sony ATV Music Publishing (BMI), as performed by Sly & the Family Stone. Used courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment. Contains elements of "On Your Own" written by L. Hathaway, R. Patterson, R. Rideout, and published by Queen Of The Planet Productions (ASCAP), Cisum Naashar Publishing (ASCAP), uncle Buddies Music Inc. c/o Music Of Windswept/BMG Rights Mngt. (ASCAP). "Momma" contains samples from "On Your Own" performed by Lalah Hathaway from the album "Self Portrait" (STXCD-30308). Courtesy of Concord Music Group, Inc. 10 - WB Music Corp., TDE Music, Hard Working Black Folks Publishing (ASCAP), Donte Lamar Perkins (BMI), Sounwave TDE Productions/Sony ATV/ (ASCAP), Just Isn't Music Ltd (ASCAP), New Jerusalem Music (ASCAP), Black Bull Music Inc. (ASCAP), Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP)/Sony ATV Music Publishing (ASCAP) Verses recorded at Downtown Studios in New York, New York. Includes sample of "All For Myself" © 2010 Sufjan Stevens, admin. New Jerusalem Music, courtesy of Sufjan Stevens and Asthmatic kitty Records. © 2010 Asthmatic Kitty Records 11 - WB Music Corp., TDE Music, Hard Working Black Folks Publishing (ASCAP), Rosemac Music (ASCAP), Josef Leimberg Music (ASCAP), Blessed Seeds Of God (ASCAP), Fauntleroy Music/Almo Music (ASCAP) Ronald Isley verse recorded at Notifi Studios in St. Louis, Missouri. 12 - WB Music Corp., TDE Music, Hard Working Black Folks Publishing (ASCAP), Just Isn't Music Ltd (ASCAP), Sounwave TDE Productions/Sony ATV/(ASCAP) Rapsody's verse recorded at House Studios in Washington, D.C. 13 - Produced for 1da Boi Productions WB Music Corp., TDE Music, Hard Working Black Folks Publishing (ASCAP), 1damentional Publishing LLC/Sony ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP), Stephen 1daniable Publishing (ASCAP), Kenobi Songs Publishing/BMG Rights Management (BMI), Whiskey Valentine Publishing/BMG Rights Management (BMI), Tenyor Music (BMI), Alexander Izquierdo BMG Gold Songs/AIX Publishing (ASCAP), all rights administered by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC, Zale Epstein (SOCAN) 14 - WB Music Corp., TDE Music, Hard Working Black Folks Publishing (ASCAP), Rosemac Music (ASCAP), Blessed Seeds Of God (ASCAP), Josef Leimberg Music (ASCAP), Sounwave TDE Productions/Sony ATV/(ASCAP) 15 - WB Music Corp., TDE Music, Hard Working Black Folks Publishing (ASCAP), Almo Music Corp./Producer Pizza (ASCAP), EMI April Music Inc. o/b/o itself and Bovina Music Inc. (ASCAP) Ronald Isley recorded at Notifi Studios in St. Louis, Missouri. Contains portions of "That Lady" by Ronald Isley, Christopher Jasper, O'Kelly Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, and Rudolph Isley, published by EMI April Music Inc. o/b/o itself and Bovina Music Inc. (ASCAP) 16 - WB Music Corp., TDE Music, Hard Working Black Folks Publishing (ASCAP), Sounwave TDE Productions/Sony ATV/(ASCAP), Just Isn't Music Ltd (ASCAP), EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP), BMG Gold Songs (ASCAP), BMG Ruby Songs (ASCAP) Contains elements of "I No Get Eye For Back" written by F. Anikulapo, and published by EMI April Music, Inc. (ASCAP), BMG Gold Songs (ASCAP), BMG Ruby Songs (ASCAP). "Mortal Man" contains excerpts from "I No Get Eye For Back" as performed by houston Person, used courtesy of Ume. Featuring parts from the music journalist Mats Nileskar's Tupac Shakur interview in New York, November 1984 for P3 Soul, Broadcasting Corporation. String recordings (at) Chalice Recording Studios in Hollywood, CA. Mixed and recorded (at) No Excuses Studio, Santa Monica, CA. Mastered (at) Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA.

Musicians

	Kendrick Lamar key, *1987 US a&r, top dawg, art direction, album by
	Sounwave , US a&r, top dawg, arranged by, string arrangements, keyboards
	Kamasi Washington ts, *1981 US arranged by, string arrangements, tenor saxophone
	Terrace Martin syn, US arranged by, string arrangements, horns, alto saxophone, written by, keyboards, alto saxophone, keyboards, alto saxophone, keyboards, vocoder, alto saxophone, vocoder
	Dave Free , art direction, management, top dawg, producer, associate producer
	Jason Kawejsza legal, interscope records
	Todd Douglas , legal, interscope records
	Joshua P. Binder, Esq. legal, top dawg
	Moosa management, top dawg
	Punch , management, top dawg
	Ret One , US management, top dawg
	TDE Marketing other, marketing - top dawg
	George Clinton voc, *1941 US featuring, written by
	Thundercat b, *1984 US featuring
	Josef Leimberg tr, tb, trumpet, written by
	Brandon Owens b, bass
	Robert "Sput" Searight dr, US drums, keyboards
	Marlon Williams , guitar, guitar, additional guitar
	Craig Brockman org, US organ
	Robert Glasper ep, p, *1978 US piano, keyboards
	Stephen Bruner b, bass, bass, additional bass, written by
	Matt Schaeffer , guitar, additional guitar
	Gabriel Noel b, cello
	Pedro Castro , clarinet
	Anna Wise , featuring
	Bilal syn, *1979 US featuring
	Snoop Dogg voc, bvoc, *1971 US featuring
	Sam Barsh ep, p, org, *1981 US keyboards
	Paul Cartwright vn, violin
	Greg Moore g, voc, US guitar
	Larrance Dopson g, p, dr, perc, keyboards, percussion, written by
	Adam Turchin , baritone saxophone
	James Fauntleroy II voc, featuring, written by
	Ronald Isley voc, *1941 US featuring, written by, vocals, additional vocals
	Thomas Burns , recorded by, ronald isley verse
	Pete Rock voc, ttbl, *1970 JM backing vocals, scratches
	Rapsody , *1983 US featuring
	9th Wonder , *1975 US recorded by, rapsody's verse
	Ronald Bruner Jr. dr, US drums
	Chris Smith b, bass
	Kendall Lewis dr, drums
	Keith Askey g, guitar
	Rahki , percussion
	Junius Bervine , keyboards
	Ambrose Akinmusire tr, *1982 US trumpet

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