To Pimp A Butterfly | E2: Bigger Than Compton

After leaving Compton for South Africa, Kendrick comes back a changed man—and reimagines the sound and message of his next album. Transcript: HERE CREDITS Host, Writer: Alex Pappademas Showrunner: Colin McNulty Producers: Taylor Jones and Sabrina Fang Production Assistant: Stella Hartmann Composer, Sound Designer, Mix Engineer: Alex MacInnis Theme Song: Dan Leone Fact Checker: Savannah Wright Archival Audio Provider - Jürgen and Claudia Schadeberg Executive Producer for Western Sound: Ben Adair Executive Producers for Higher Ground: Dan Fierman, Anna Holmes, Mukta Mohan, Janae Marable  Editorial Assistant for Higher Ground: Jenna Levin Executive Producers for Spotify: Daniel Ek, Dawn Ostroff, Julie McNamara and Corinne Gilliard  Special Thanks: Joe Paulsen and Eric Spiegelman This episode includes discussion of suicide. Please keep this in mind when deciding if, how and when you’ll listen. For resources on these topics, visit spotify.com/resources. “On Your Own” by Lalah Hathaway  Written by Lalah Hathaway; Rex Rideout, Rahsaan N Patterson Published by Cisum Naashar Uncle Buddie’s Music, Inc, Hath A Way Courtesy of Craft Recordings, a Division of Concord  “Ruff Ryder’s Anthem” by DMX Written by Earl Simmons and Kasseem Dean Published by Dead Game Publishing. All rights on behalf of Dead Game Publishing administered by WC Music Corp.; Universal Music Corp. on behalf of itself, Boomer X Publishing, Inc. and Swizz Beatz Courtesy of Dem Jam Recordings under license from Universal Music Enterprises Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.