There Is A Rich World In Kendrick Lamar's 'To Pimp A Butterfly' Fresh Air music critic Ken Tucker says the rapper's second album has an excitingly adventurous sound.

There Is A Rich World In Kendrick Lamar's 'To Pimp A Butterfly'

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There Is A Rich World In Kendrick Lamar's 'To Pimp A Butterfly' 7:36

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There Is A Rich World In Kendrick Lamar's 'To Pimp A Butterfly'

April 9, 20153:27 PM ET

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Ken Tucker

There Is A Rich World In Kendrick Lamar's 'To Pimp A Butterfly'

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Kendrick Lamar made a big impact for his storytelling skills on his 2012 major-label debut Good Kid, M.a.a.d City, and won two Grammys in February for the song "i." That song appears in Lamar's latest album, To Pimp A Butterfly, which Fresh Air music critic Ken Tucker says has an excitingly adventurous sound.