Mar 16, 2015

Edit: highest rated hip hop album of all time: http://www.djbooth.net/index/news/entry/2015-03-25-kendrick-lamar-scores-metacritic-top-rated-album


Post all official reviews for Kendrick Lamar's To p---- A Butterfly in this thread. I will update the OP with each rating.


NY Daily News - 5/5

The Guardian - 4/5

GQ - Very Favorable

Sputnik (STAFF) - 4.7/5

Cleveland - A-

AXS - Favorable

Billboard - 9/10

Chicago Tribune - 4/4

Rap Reviews - 9/10

Complex - 4.5/5

HipHopDX - 5/5

Pop Matters - 9/10

The Needle Drop - 10/10

AV Club - A-

Pretty Much Amazing - 10/10

Now Magazine - 5/5

HipHopDX - 5/5

NY Times - 4/5

NME - 8/10

LA Times - 4/5

Pitchfork Media - 9.3/10

Allhiphop - 9.5/10

Rollingstone - 4.5/5

Slant Magazine - 4.5/5

Spin Magazine - 10/10

HotNewHipHop - 97/100

Exclaim - 9/10

The Observer (UK): 5/5

Tinymixtape: 5/5

Consequence OF Sound; A+

thefourohfive.com: 5/5


http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/kendrick-lamar-p-----butterfly-instant-classic-article-1.2150923

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/mar/16/kendrick-lamar-to-p-----a-butterfly-first-listen-review

http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2015-03/16/kendrick-lamar-to-p-----a-butterfly-review

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/66390/Kendrick-Lamar-To-p-----a-Butterfly/

http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/03/kendrick_lamars_to_pimp_a_butt.html

http://www.axs.com/news/album-review-to-p-----a-butterfly-by-kendrick-lamar-44402

http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/6502318/kendrick-lamar-to-p-----a-butterfly-album-review

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-kendrick-lamar-album-review-to-p-----a-butterfly-reviewed-20150316-column.html

http://www.rapreviews.com/feature.html

http://www.complex.com/music/2015/03/album-review-kendrick-lamar-to-p-----a-butterfly

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/album-reviews/id.2443/title.kendrick-lamar-to-p-----a-butterfly

http://www.popmatters.com/review/191502-kendrick-lamar-to-p-----a-butterfly/

http://www.examiner.com/review/kendrick-lamar-flexes-with-jazzy-black-power-to-p-----a-butterfly

http://www.avclub.com/review/kendrick-lamar-emgood-kid-maad-cityem-87911

http://prettymuchamazing.com/reviews/kendrick-lamar-to-p-----a-butterfly

https://nowtoronto.com/music/album-reviews/album-of-the-week-kendrick-lamar/

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/album-reviews/id.2443/title.kendrick-lamar-to-p-----a-butterfly

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/18/arts/music/kendrick-lamar-emboldened-but-burdened-by-success.html?_r=0

http://www.nme.com/reviews/kendrick-lamar/15989

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-kendrick-lamars-to-p-----a-butterfly-dense-difficult-and-grandoise-20150316-column.html#page=1

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20390-to-p-----a-butterfly/

http://allhiphop.com/2015/03/17/ahh-album-review-kendrick-lamar-to-p-----a-butterfly/

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/kendrick-lamar-to-p-----a-butterfly-20150319

http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/kendrick-lamar-to-p-----a-butterfly

http://www.spin.com/reviews/kendrick-lamar-to-p-----a-butterfly/

http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/kendrick_lamar-to_pimp_butterfly

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/22/kendrick-lamar-to-p-----butterfly-review-fearless-in-scope

http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/kendrick-lamar-to-p-----a-butterfly

http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/03/album-review-kendrick-lamar-to-p-----a-butterfly/

thefourohfive.com:

 

Mar 16, 2015

when is @BigCountry review comin

 

Mar 16, 2015

@Besky please keep this alive...really interested in all reviews

 

Mar 16, 2015

If I write something for Huffington Post, can we add it here

 

Mar 16, 2015

The Guardian sadly only given this a 4/5.

 

Mar 16, 2015

well they're a bunch of fucktards

 

Mar 16, 2015

http://noisey.vice.com/blog/kendrick-lamar-to-p-----a-butterfly-review

"OMG, CLASSIC!: ALL WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW IS APPRECIATE THE GENIUS OF KENDRICK LAMAR'S 'TO p---- A BUTTERFLY'"

 

Mar 16, 2015

USA Today: Like Kanye West's monumental Yeezus in 2013, Lamar has made something that feels truly genre-shattering with Butterfly

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2015/03/16/kendrick-lamar-to-p-----a-butterfly/24847853/

 

Mar 16, 2015

f--- pitchfork.

 

Mar 16, 2015

Flacko review coming soon.

 

Mar 16, 2015

The album is definitely something new.
There is a lot of classics on this.
Still not 100% sure on what the concept is. need to give it a week or two before It sinks in but I'm sure it's a classic

 

Mar 16, 2015

-Billboard: 9/10
http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/6502318/kendrick-lamar-to-p-----a-butterfly-album-review

 

Mar 17, 2015

First listen though. And if it's a 4/5 first listen, it will definitely bump up to a 5 with further listens.

 

Mar 17, 2015

 

Mar 17, 2015

http://ca.complex.com/music/2015/03/album-review-kendrick-lamar-to-p-----a-butterfly

4.5/5

 

Mar 17, 2015

Cant wait for it to get that official classic certification when it gets its 10/10 on pitchfork

 

Mar 17, 2015

TIME: http://time.com/3747392/kendrick-lamar-to-p-----a-butterfly-review/
Very Postitive

 

Mar 17, 2015

http://www.examiner.com/review/kend...utdone-previous-album-with-sophomore-effort-1

5/5

 

Mar 18, 2015

-GQ magazine: contender for Album of the decade

-Cleveland: A-

-AXS: masterpiece

-Anthony Fantano: 10/10 (tweet deleted) but hes still going crazy over -Kendrick's groove & the new version of "i"

-Sputnik: 5/5 (classic)

-NY Daily News: Instant classic, 5/5

-former writers for The Source & XXL want the album to have the perfect score

-The Guardian (1st listnen): 4/5

-Noisey: Classic

-USA Today: Like Kanye West's monumental Yeezus in 2013, Lamar has made something that feels truly genre-shattering with Butterfly
-Billboard: 9/10
http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/6502318/kendrick-lamar-to-p-----a-butterfly-album-review

-hiphopdx: 5/5
-popmatter: 9/10
-The Observer: "not one track wastes a moment of its one-hour-and-20-minute runtime"
http://www.examiner.com/review/kend...utdone-previous-album-with-sophomore-effort-1

Examiner: 5/5

-King Kunta gets the Best New Music by Pitchfork

-The Blacker The Berry gets Best New Track by Pitchfork

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