№ 28 of 100
To Pimp a Butterfly
To Pimp a Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar (2015), № 28 in The Lead-In’s 100 greatest albums. Hip-hop's first jazz record on its own terms. Kamasi Washington blows horn for forty-six minutes; the album doesn't apologize for it.
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