Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly

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Label:	Interscope Records – B0023464-01
Format:	2 x Vinyl , LP, Album , Capitol Mastering Pressing
Country:	US
Released:	2015
Genre:	Funk / Soul
Style:	G-Funk

Tracklist

A1		Wesley's Theory Backing Vocals – Whitney Alford Featuring – Thundercat Horns, Alto Saxophone – Terrace Martin Producer – Flying Lotus Producer [Additional Production] – Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner* Recorded By – James "The White Black Man" Hunt* Trumpet – Josef Leimberg Written-By – K. Duckworth* Backing Vocals – Whitney Alford Featuring – Thundercat Horns, Alto Saxophone – Terrace Martin Producer – Flying Lotus Producer [Additional Production] – Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner* Recorded By – James "The White Black Man" Hunt* Trumpet – Josef Leimberg Written-By – K. Duckworth*
A2		For Free? (Interlude) Alto Saxophone – Terrace Martin Backing Vocals – Darlene Tibbs Bass – Brandon Owens* Drums – Robert Sput Searight* Guitar – Marlon Williams (3) Organ – Craig Brockman Piano – Robert Glasper Producer – Terrace Martin Recorded By – James "The White Black Man" Hunt* Written-By – T. Martin* Alto Saxophone – Terrace Martin Backing Vocals – Darlene Tibbs Bass – Brandon Owens* Drums – Robert Sput Searight* Guitar – Marlon Williams (3) Organ – Craig Brockman Piano – Robert Glasper Producer – Terrace Martin Recorded By – James "The White Black Man" Hunt* Written-By – T. Martin*
A3		King Kunta Backing Vocals – Whitney Alford Bass – Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner* Cello – Ginger Murphy Guitar [Additional Guitar] – Matt Schaeffer Producer – Sounwave Producer [Additional Production] – Terrace Martin Recorded By – Matt Schaeffer Trombone – Ryan Porter Viola – Molly Rogers Violin – Tylana Enomoto* Written-By – T. Lane (2) Backing Vocals – Whitney Alford Bass – Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner* Cello – Ginger Murphy Guitar [Additional Guitar] – Matt Schaeffer Producer – Sounwave Producer [Additional Production] – Terrace Martin Recorded By – Matt Schaeffer Trombone – Ryan Porter Viola – Molly Rogers Violin – Tylana Enomoto* Written-By – T. Lane (2)
A4		Institutionalized Backing Vocals – Taz Arnold AKA Ti$a* Cello – Gabriel Noel Clarinet – Pedro Castro (4) Featuring – Snoop Dogg Keyboards – Sam Barsh Producer – Rahki Recorded By – James "The White Black Man" Hunt* Violin – Paul Cartwright Written-By – S. Barsh* Backing Vocals – Taz Arnold AKA Ti$a* Cello – Gabriel Noel Clarinet – Pedro Castro (4) Featuring – Snoop Dogg Keyboards – Sam Barsh Producer – Rahki Recorded By – James "The White Black Man" Hunt* Violin – Paul Cartwright Written-By – S. Barsh*
A5		These Walls Alto Saxophone – Terrace Martin Bass [Additional Bass] – Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner* Cello – Ginger Murphy Double Bass [Upright Bass] – Miles Mosley Featuring – Thundercat Guitar – Marlon Williams (3) Keyboards – Terrace Martin Percussion – Larrance Dopson Producer – Terrace Martin Producer [Additional Production] – Sounwave Recorded By – James "The White Black Man" Hunt* Trombone – Ryan Porter Trumpet – Josef Leimberg Viola – Molly Rogers Violin – Tylana Enomoto* Written-By – T. Martin* Alto Saxophone – Terrace Martin Bass [Additional Bass] – Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner* Cello – Ginger Murphy Double Bass [Upright Bass] – Miles Mosley Featuring – Thundercat Guitar – Marlon Williams (3) Keyboards – Terrace Martin Percussion – Larrance Dopson Producer – Terrace Martin Producer [Additional Production] – Sounwave Recorded By – James "The White Black Man" Hunt* Trombone – Ryan Porter Trumpet – Josef Leimberg Viola – Molly Rogers Violin – Tylana Enomoto* Written-By – T. Martin*
B1		U Alto Saxophone, Keyboards – Terrace Martin Backing Vocals – Whoarei Baritone Saxophone – Adam Turchan* Guitar – Marlon Williams (3) Producer – Whoarei Producer [Additional Production] – Sounwave Recorded By – Matt Schaeffer Tenor Saxophone – Kamasi Washington Written-By – T. Arnold* Alto Saxophone, Keyboards – Terrace Martin Backing Vocals – Whoarei Baritone Saxophone – Adam Turchan* Guitar – Marlon Williams (3) Producer – Whoarei Producer [Additional Production] – Sounwave Recorded By – Matt Schaeffer Tenor Saxophone – Kamasi Washington Written-By – T. Arnold*
B2		Alright Alto Saxophone – Terrace Martin Backing Vocals – Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner* Engineer [Additional Engineering] – Mike Larson (4) Producer – Pharrell Williams Producer [Additional Production] – Sounwave Recorded By – James "The White Black Man" Hunt* Written-By – P. Williams* Alto Saxophone – Terrace Martin Backing Vocals – Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner* Engineer [Additional Engineering] – Mike Larson (4) Producer – Pharrell Williams Producer [Additional Production] – Sounwave Recorded By – James "The White Black Man" Hunt* Written-By – P. Williams*
B3		For Sale? (Interlude) Alto Saxophone, Keyboards – Terrace Martin Backing Vocals – Taz Arnold AKA Ti$h* Producer – Taz Arnold AKA Ti$h* Producer [Additional Production] – Terrace Martin Recorded By – Derek "MixedByAli" Ali Trumpet – Josef Leimberg Written-By – T. Arnold* Alto Saxophone, Keyboards – Terrace Martin Backing Vocals – Taz Arnold AKA Ti$h* Producer – Taz Arnold AKA Ti$h* Producer [Additional Production] – Terrace Martin Recorded By – Derek "MixedByAli" Ali Trumpet – Josef Leimberg Written-By – T. Arnold*
B4		Momma Alto Saxophone, Keyboards, Vocoder – Terrace Martin Backing Vocals – Taz Arnold AKA Ti$h* Producer – Taz Arnold AKA Ti$h* Recorded By – James "The White Black Man" Hunt* Written-By – T. Arnold* Alto Saxophone, Keyboards, Vocoder – Terrace Martin Backing Vocals – Taz Arnold AKA Ti$h* Producer – Taz Arnold AKA Ti$h* Recorded By – James "The White Black Man" Hunt* Written-By – T. Arnold*
C1		Hood Politics Backing Vocals – Preston Harris Keyboards – Terrace Martin Producer – Thundercat Recorded By – James "The White Black Man" Hunt* Written-By – S. Stevens* Backing Vocals – Preston Harris Keyboards – Terrace Martin Producer – Thundercat Recorded By – James "The White Black Man" Hunt* Written-By – S. Stevens*
C2		How Much A Dollar Cost Alto Saxophone, Keyboards – Terrace Martin Cello – Ginger Murphy Double Bass [Upright Bass] – Miles Mosley Featuring – Ronald Isley Flute – Rickey Washington French Horn – Amy Sanchez Guitar – Marlon Williams (3) Percussion – Larrance Dopson Producer – LoveDragon Recorded By – Matt Schaeffer Recorded By [Ronald Isley Verse] – Thomas Burns (3) Trombone – Ryan Porter Trumpet – Josef Leimberg Viola – Molly Rogers Violin – Tylana Enomoto* Written-By – T. Martin* Alto Saxophone, Keyboards – Terrace Martin Cello – Ginger Murphy Double Bass [Upright Bass] – Miles Mosley Featuring – Ronald Isley Flute – Rickey Washington French Horn – Amy Sanchez Guitar – Marlon Williams (3) Percussion – Larrance Dopson Producer – LoveDragon Recorded By – Matt Schaeffer Recorded By [Ronald Isley Verse] – Thomas Burns (3) Trombone – Ryan Porter Trumpet – Josef Leimberg Viola – Molly Rogers Violin – Tylana Enomoto* Written-By – T. Martin*
C3		Complexion (A Zulu Love) Backing Vocals – Talkbox Monte Featuring – Rapsody (2) Keyboards – Terrace Martin Percussion – Larrance Dopson Producer – Thundercat Producer [Additional Production] – Antydote* Recorded By – Matt Schaeffer Recorded By [Rapsody's Verse] – 9th Wonder Scratches – Pete Rock Trumpet – Josef Leimberg Written-By – S. Bruner* Backing Vocals – Talkbox Monte Featuring – Rapsody (2) Keyboards – Terrace Martin Percussion – Larrance Dopson Producer – Thundercat Producer [Additional Production] – Antydote* Recorded By – Matt Schaeffer Recorded By [Rapsody's Verse] – 9th Wonder Scratches – Pete Rock Trumpet – Josef Leimberg Written-By – S. Bruner*
C4		The Blacker The Berry Alto Saxophone – Terrace Martin Backing Vocals – Wyann Vaughn Bass – Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner* Drum Programming [Additional Drum Programming], Engineer [Additional Engineering] – Katalyst (9) Drums – Ronald Bruner Jr. Featuring – Lalah Hathaway Keyboards – Robert Glasper Percussion – Larrance Dopson Producer – Koz* Producer [Additional Production] – Terrace Martin Recorded By – Matt Schaeffer Written-By – Z. Epstein* Alto Saxophone – Terrace Martin Backing Vocals – Wyann Vaughn Bass – Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner* Drum Programming [Additional Drum Programming], Engineer [Additional Engineering] – Katalyst (9) Drums – Ronald Bruner Jr. Featuring – Lalah Hathaway Keyboards – Robert Glasper Percussion – Larrance Dopson Producer – Koz* Producer [Additional Production] – Terrace Martin Recorded By – Matt Schaeffer Written-By – Z. Epstein*
D1		You Ain't Gotta Lie (Momma Said) Alto Saxophone, Vocoder – Terrace Martin Backing Vocals – Wyann Vaughn Guitar – Marlon Williams (3) Keyboards – Terrace Martin Percussion – Larrance Dopson Producer – LoveDragon Recorded By – Matt Schaeffer Trumpet – Josef Leimberg Written-By – T. Martin* Alto Saxophone, Vocoder – Terrace Martin Backing Vocals – Wyann Vaughn Guitar – Marlon Williams (3) Keyboards – Terrace Martin Percussion – Larrance Dopson Producer – LoveDragon Recorded By – Matt Schaeffer Trumpet – Josef Leimberg Written-By – T. Martin*
D2		I Backing Vocals – Z Most Bass – Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner* Drums – Kendall Lewis Guitar – Keith Askey Keyboards – Sam Barsh Percussion – Rahki Producer – Rahki Recorded By – Matt Schaeffer Recorded By [Ronald Isley] – Thomas Burns (3) Vocals [Additional Vocals] – Ronald Isley Written-By – R. Isley* Backing Vocals – Z Most Bass – Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner* Drums – Kendall Lewis Guitar – Keith Askey Keyboards – Sam Barsh Percussion – Rahki Producer – Rahki Recorded By – Matt Schaeffer Recorded By [Ronald Isley] – Thomas Burns (3) Vocals [Additional Vocals] – Ronald Isley Written-By – R. Isley*
D3		Mortal Man Alto Saxophone, Horns – Terrace Martin Backing Vocals – Wyann Vaughn Bass – Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner* Cello – Ginger Murphy Drums – Trevor Lawrence* Flute – Rickey Washington French Horn – Amy Sanchez Guitar – Marlon Williams (3) Keyboards – Robert Glasper Producer – Sounwave Recorded By – Matt Schaeffer Trombone – Ryan Porter Trumpet – Josef Leimberg Viola – Molly Rogers Violin – Tylana Enomoto* Written-By – S. Bruner* Alto Saxophone, Horns – Terrace Martin Backing Vocals – Wyann Vaughn Bass – Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner* Cello – Ginger Murphy Drums – Trevor Lawrence* Flute – Rickey Washington French Horn – Amy Sanchez Guitar – Marlon Williams (3) Keyboards – Robert Glasper Producer – Sounwave Recorded By – Matt Schaeffer Trombone – Ryan Porter Trumpet – Josef Leimberg Viola – Molly Rogers Violin – Tylana Enomoto* Written-By – S. Bruner*

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Aftermath Entertainment
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Interscope Records
Copyright © – Aftermath Entertainment
Copyright © – Interscope Records
Record Company – Jazzman Records Ltd.
Manufactured By – Universal Music Distribution
Distributed By – Universal Music Distribution
Recorded At – Downtown Music Studios
Recorded At – Notifi Studios
Recorded At – House Studios, Washington, D.C.
Recorded At – Chalice Recording Studios
Recorded At – No Excuses Studios
Mixed At – No Excuses Studios
Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering
Lacquer Cut At – Capitol Mastering
Pressed By – Quality Record Pressings

Credits

A&R [Interscope Records - A&R istration] – Alicia Graham*
A&R [Interscope Records - Top's Homies] – Steve Berman (3)
A&R [Interscope Records] – Manny Smith (2)
A&R [Top Dawg Entertainment] – Sounwave
Arranged By [String Arrangements] – Terrace Martin
Art Direction – Vlad Sepetov
Coordinator [Interscope Records - A&R Coordinator] – Chelsea Blythe
Executive-Producer – Dr. Dre
Lacquer Cut By – IS*
Legal [Interscope Records] – Todd Douglas
Legal [Top Dawg Entertainment] – Joshua P. Binder, Esq.
Management [Aftermath Entertainment - General Manager] – Ashley Palmer
Management [Top Dawg Entertainment - Digital] – Ashley Outrageous
Management [Top Dawg Entertainment] – Retone*
Marketing [Interscope Records] – Archie Davis
Marketing [Top Dawg Entertainment] – TDE Marketing
Mastered By [Mastering] – Mike Bozzi
Mixed By – Derek "MixedByAli" Ali
Mixed By [Mix Assistant] – Matt Schaeffer
Photography By [Additional Photography] – Roberto "Retone" Reyes*
Photography By [Cover Photography] – Denis Rouvre
Photography By [White House Photography] – Diego Cambiaso
Producer [Associate Producer] – Dave "miyatola" Free*
Public Relations [Interscope Records - Publicity] – Ray Alba
Public Relations [Interscope Records - Sales] – Gary Kelly (3)
Recorded By [String Recordings] – Thomas Cullison

Notes

Capitol Mastering pressing with lacquers cut by Ian Sefchick. Can be primarily identified by the MASTERED BY CAPITOL stamping in the runouts in each disc. Pressed at QRP confirmed on the Acoustic Sounds website.

Packaged in a gatefold sleeve.
The inner gatefold incorrectly swaps the titles for Momma and Hood Politics.

℗ © 2015 Aftermath / Interscope Records

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Scanned): 602547311009
Barcode (Printed): 6 02547 31100 9
Rights Society: ASCAP
Rights Society: BMI
Rights Society: GMR
Rights Society: SESAC
Rights Society: SOCAN
Rights Society: STIM
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): B0023464-01-A RE1 IS MASTERED BY CAPITOL
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): B0023464-01-B IS
Matrix / Runout (Runout side C): B0023464-01-C IS MASTERED BY CAPITOL
Matrix / Runout (Runout side D): B0023464-01-D RE1² IS

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	To Pimp A Butterfly (16×File, AAC, Album, 256 kbps )	Interscope Records	none	Worldwide	2015
Recently Edited	To Pimp A Butterfly (CD, Album)	Interscope Records	AFTMB002295802CD	US	2015
	To Pimp A Butterfly (CD, Album)	Interscope Records	0602547270917	Europe	2015
New Submission	To Pimp A Butterfly (CD, Album)	Interscope Records	B0022958-02	Canada	2015
New Submission	To Pimp A Butterfly (CD, Album)	Interscope Records	DS31203	South Korea	2015

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Reviews

jamesburns181 May 7, 2024
Sound quality is excellent as others have stated, much more smooth than a copy of the SS cut of the album which had some nasty high end distortion throughout. One complaint I do have is the front cover image is really lo res and soft, but it might just be how the source image is.
lhead09 Mar 19, 2023
Edited 10 months ago

This is the copy to grab if you can find one. They randomly pop up.
mgwooley Aug 6, 2022
Incredible pressing of an all-time masterpiece. If you haven’t experienced this on vinyl, do it!
rperkins65 Feb 16, 2022
Edited 3 years ago

Picked this up at Barnes n Noble this week, feels like 180g its flat, clean and sounds great -no issues , solid press of an all time top album!

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