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| Last album = ''Good Kid, M.A.A.D City'' (2012) | This album = ''To Pimp a Butterfly'' (2015) | Next album = | Misc = }} ''To Pimp a Butterfly'' is the third studio album by American rapper Kendrick Lamar. It was released on March 15, 2015, by Top Dawg Entertainment and Aftermath Entertainment, and distributed by Interscope Records. The album was recorded in studios throughout the United States, with executive production from Dr. Dre and Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith. Boi-1da, Flying Lotus, Terrace Martin, Pharrell Williams, Knxwledge, Sounwave, Thundercat and several other hip hop producers also contributed. Its music was influenced by aspects of funk, jazz and spoken word. Due to an error on the part of Interscope, ''To Pimp a Butterfly'' was released to the iTunes Store and Spotify a week earlier than scheduled. It debuted atop the ''Billboard'' 200 and received widespread acclaim from critics, who praised its musical scope and the social relevance of Lamar's lyrics. By July 2015, the album had sold 642,000 copies in the United States. ==Background== On February 28, 2014, Kendrick Lamar first revealed plans for releasing a follow-up to his second studio album, ''good kid, m.A.A.d city'' (2012), during an interview with ''Billboard''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Top Dawg's Kendrick Lamar & ScHoolboy Q Cover Story: Enter the House of Pain )〕 In an interview with ''Rolling Stone'' magazine, he was quoted as saying, "Just putting the word 'pimp' next to 'butterfly'… It's a trip. That's something that will be a phrase forever. It'll be taught in college courses — I truly believe that."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=It is No Longer Untitled – Kendrick Lamar's New Album: Everything We Know )〕 In an interview with MTV, Lamar said: "''To Pimp a Caterpillar'' was the original name and they caught it because the abbreviation was Tupac, Tu-P-A-C. Me changing it to Butterfly, I just really wanted to show the brightness of life and the word 'pimp' has so much aggression, and that represents several things. For me, it represents using my celebrity for good. Another reason is, not being pimped by the industry through my celebrity." The album was at one point believed by many to be called ''Return of Enoch''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kendrick Lamar's Latest Album Wasn't Always Called 'To Pimp a Butterfly' )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kendrick Lamar Reveals To Pimp A Butterfly‘s Original Title And Its Tupac Connection )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kendrick Lamar – "Return Of Enoch" Anticipation x Discussion Thread )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="Return of Enoch" new kendrick Album name )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「To Pimp a Butterfly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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