Welcome to Dissect, Long Form Musical Analysis, broken into short digestible episodes.

I'm your host Cole Kusho. Today we continue our serialized examination of Tupip Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar.

On our last episode, we reached a dramatic narrative conclusion of Tupipip Butterfly

with a live performance of the song I in Kendrick's hometown of Compton.

In a full circle moment, Kendrick embodied the leadership role he was so reluctant to embrace.

In E. G. U.S.

Say it with me or say no more Black stars can come and get me take it from

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need k us a lie through the power of music the spoken, and a message of self-love and acceptance, Kendrick

ended a fight in the crowd, a metaphor for black-on-black violence and gang conflict in inner cities

like Compton.

If I were the last track of Tippa Butterfly, the album's narrative would remain intact.

It's a conclusion to Kendrick's journey from naive newly successful rapper who pimps his talent for influence in selfish returns to

fully mature artist and leader who pimps his talent and influence for the betterment of his

community in the world.

People don't like to look themselves in the mirror.

That's the hardest thing to do.

You know, it's to critique yourself rather than point a figure,

you know, and everybody hates change. So to actually do that and say I'm wrong in a lot of areas.

I look at myself in the mirror and I'm saying I'm wrong in a lot of areas.

That takes a lot of willpower. You know I'm saying so it start with self first

Thus far into pipa butterfly Kendrick has held a mirror to himself

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