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Dissect

S1E4 – For Free? by Kendrick Lamar

Dissect

Cole Cuchna

Music, Arts, Society & Culture

4.910.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2016

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

We continue our serialized analysis of Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly by dissecting "For Free?" Follow Dissect on social media @dissectpodcast. Purchase Dissect merch at dissectpodcast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Spark your creativity with the Sims. Sometimes you might feel like you're not creative

0:07.0

and you have to go in search of your creative spark again. Maybe this is catching up with creative

0:11.9

friends, experimenting with a new look or trying out a new recipe.

0:16.0

And thanks to The Sims, inspiration is just one game and one spark away.

0:21.0

Ready to spark something? Download the Sims 4 and play for free.

0:27.0

Welcome to Dissect. Long form musical Analysis Broken Into Short Digestible Episodes.

0:35.0

I'm your host Cole Kishna. Today we continue our analysis of Kendrick Lamar's to Pimp a Butterfly.

0:51.0

In our last episode, we explored the album's opening track Wesley's

0:54.7

series. We were introduced to the album's protagonist, a young version of

0:58.8

Kendrick Labare, a Compton native who has recently vaulted into a world of fame and fortune through rap music.

1:05.2

We also met the album's antagonist, Uncle Sam, who represents the American dream and looks

1:10.1

to Pimp Young Kendrick for profit.

1:12.4

Today we dissect the album's next track for free.

1:15.2

This Dick ain't free. You looking at me like it in the receipt like I never made his

1:19.7

meat eating your leftovers and raw meat. This dick ain't free.

1:24.0

Liberty captivity raised my cap salad.

1:26.0

For free is an explosive, expressively potent interlude that envelopes free jazz, spoken

1:30.8

word, and slam-style poetry in a raucous

1:33.3

unapologetic critique of American capitalism and its tarnished roots.

1:37.5

Produced by Terrace Martin, the track features Martin himself on Alto Sachs,

1:41.6

Robert Glassper on piano, and Robert Sput Seawright on drums.

1:46.1

The track begins with a rising solo saxophone ascending from silence like a midnight

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