While he might incorporate a wealth of citations, Kendrick has put together a brand new story. Like all great sociopolitical commentary, To Pimp A Butterfly is saved by storytelling. Too many footnotes for a generation looking for pull-quotes and hashtags. By referencing so many figures and texts from far and wide, Kendrick ran the risk of being lost in the conversation. Others are more explicit like the rise and fall of Wesley Snipes being brought in as an exemplar of the timeline of black success. Some are subtle, like his reference to Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man smelling the “yams” on King Kunta. There is a veritable cast of cultural references on show throughout To Pimp A Butterfly.
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