Kendrick lamar pimp a butterfly poem9/23/2023 A man caught somewhere between old and new, between caterpillar and butterfly. At the heart of the Lamar presented in the picture and on To Pimp A Butterfly is someone more conflicted: a man with tremendous commercial and critical success and yet, fraught with the resentments and temptations of who he’s become. He sits solitary on a crate in sweatpants with untied Reebok sneakers and a bottle of liquor in one hand, his tranquil eyes looking right at the camera. Lamar’s picture strikes a different chord though. ![]() Pictures like this are a common and maybe tired rap trope, typically appearing in magazine spreads and liner notes, rife with allegories of success and the spoils of excess that come with it. ![]() Inside the liner notes of Kendrick Lamar’s new album, To Pimp A Butterfly, is a picture of Lamar (shown above) sitting in a room with assorted dollar bills scattered around him on the floor.
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