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Kendrick Lamar’s ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’: The Pride of Compton Avoids the Sophomore Slump

LEGACY IN JEOPARDY

The rap virtuoso’s sophomore album, To Pimp a Butterfly, dropped by surprise one week ahead of schedule. Does it live up to the promise of his stellar debut good kid m.A.A.d. city?

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