To Pimp a Butterfly To Pimp a Butterfly was a huge cultural moment during the height of the black lives matter movement. The album depicts how the rhythm and the songs highlights and emphasizes the meaning and importance of the what each represents. This album has become known as the Black Lives Matter Movement in the form of music and emotions. The rhythm language shows social engagement and importance as it explicitly and implicitly describes stories and lives that have been affected. It also shows how people are affected by sec and money between gender politics. The harmony and tones compared to the lyrics and the style of the music clash against each other symbolizing the constant battle. It is stated that, "Music does what thinking cannot do; it emanates from the products, the accretions, of projective identification in reverse" (Blum 142). It shows another perspective and something you have never seen. The articles mention a lot of the rhythm of the songs and how it holds meaning to not only Lamar, but also to everyone else. Hip hop allows for an experience of rhythm, in an …show more content…
To Pimp a Butterfly might very well be one of the most complex albums in rap history. Each song is characterized by its own distinctive concept and, on a larger scale, all the songs are interconnected by a wider narrative that revolves around Kendrick becoming a celebrity in a system. This works because, "where silenced was, rhythm becomes. Where meaning collapses, rhythm keeps going" (145). Blum proves his claim that there is the impossible choice between speaking unspeakable suffering and receiving incommunicable communication throughout the struggles society faces brought to light by Kendrick's album To Pimp a Butterfly