Every Sample From Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly

Bandstand has gathered all the samples from one of his favortite album of all time and breaking them down for you, To Pimp a Butterfly.
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Tracklisting & Producers
1. Wesley's Theory
2. For Free? (Interlude
3. King Kunta
4. Institutionalized
5. These Walls
6. u
7. Alright
8. For Sale? (Interlude)
9. Momma
10. Hood Politics
11. How Much a Dollar Cost ft. James Fauntleroy and Ronald Isley
12. Complexion (A Zulu Love) ft.Rapsody
13. The Blacker the Berry
14. You Ain' Gotta Lie (Momma Said)
15. i
16. Mortal Man
1. Flying Lotus, Flippa, Sounwave, Thundercat
2. Martin
3. Sounwave, Martin
4. Rahki, Tommy Black
5. Martin, Dopson, Sounwave
6. Arnold, Whoarei, Sounwave
7. Pharrell, Sounwave
8. Arnold, Sounwave, Martin
9. Knxwledge, Arnold
10. Tae Beast, Sounwave, Thundercat
11. LoveDragon
12. Thundercat, Sounwave, Martin, The Antydote
13. Boi-1da, KOZ, Martin
14. LoveDragon
15. Rahki
16. Sounwave
Family Friendly PG Educational
Every Sample Breakdown Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly
Hot Hip Hop Rap Samples

[@Pixova]

Kendrick samplin shit from 2016 on a 2015 record

[@vengeancecreed217]

I don't even lol he's from the future

[@adianrossmarlar9128]

it was probly unreleased when tpab came out

[@kamikv]

Wow Kendrick is such a god he now has the power to go to the future

[@iamboomer.4673]

Maybe THEY sampled him

[@Flealfy45]

It just wasn't released yet. For instance Jimi Hendrix's Hey Joe is a cover of Tim Rose, Rose just said that Hendrix's version was better and should be released before his.

[@japanezecheeze5551]

5:28 so we jus gon ignore the fact kendrick out here samplin the future?

[@santiagopinzon1429]

Japaneze Cheeze lol if only that was the case

[@dominokos]

Bandstand For real though, what happened there?

[@santiagopinzon1429]

domino2515 Terrace Martin recorded that song before the album's release and Kendrick decided to use a snippet of it for The Blacker The Berry, then Terrace released the full version of the recorded song in his album Velvet Portraits a year later

[@mohammedomar7911]

Duckworth? same drum line

[@colorblindmusic1]

Terrace Martin was actually a producer on TPAB, so he probably wrote that beat for Kendrick and then turned it into his own song. Or he wrote it as his own song and then used it on TPAB before he released his album

[@jessealordiah]

so we just gon ignore how wonderfully edited this video is?????

[@sumairb9978]

Fr the transitions are so smooth

[@em.5941]

He did a rlly good job w/ this!

[@TorEtCetera]

for REAL. so smooth

[@sicckko]

this his best edited video kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2mQiZl6bquphLc

[@thecabillonaire]

Amazing how Kendrick sampled "Loving You Ain't Complicated" on u, where he emotionally belts out "loving you IS complicated". Poetic.

[@kwanjaisa]

Fuck ya feelings that's not the point he's trying to make stfu

[@erboch7124]

@@MrEman-yp3dv Yeah but he still made the lyric.... He obviously has a say in his production process its his album

[@itzrobbyyt7118]

@@erboch7124 hes there when producing, he makes a lot of decision, he has to be there for every snare

[@erboch7124]

@@itzrobbyyt7118 That's what I'm saying

[@rawmakers]

@@MrEman-yp3dv HiS pRoduCErs SamPLedD iT NoT hIM

[@saoirsepup]

hell yeah everybody do the macarena

[@nast8219]

1k likes and no replies

[@fish5215]

NastBeats 1k likes and two replies.

[@drewsmith3130]

Fish 1k likes and 3 replies

[@moisesrivera4255]

Carlton Banks 1k likes and 4 replies

[@Benimbabyb]

1k likes and 5 replies

[@thecabillonaire]

Once again, Kendrick the type of dude to sample himself

[@jessepollak2321]

Both of you are tripping. So many people do this. Nas did it in the 90’s. And a bunch of others too

[@moisessantos1714]

he was gonna sample a couple rappers but he did it to himself

[@greentaigo2552]

He also sampled the heart 4 on loyalty

[@__skillz]

@@greentaigo2552 The beginning of heart 4 is also the beginning of Pride.

[@marvelousegbo7048]

@@__skillz *fear

[@TasteTh3Rambo]

You know you're the GOAT when you sample one of your own songs and also sample a song that wasn't even out yet lol

[@hyunseoklee4027]

I mean anybody can do that Kendrick is da 🐐 because he made them work so well !!

[@MacBack123]

@@hyunseoklee4027 what about a song that wasnt out yet

[@hyunseoklee4027]

@@MacBack123 fr nobody can do that

[@MacBack123]

@@hyunseoklee4027 except kendrick somehow

[@martinwalters8677]

​@@MacBack123Atleast give credit to his producers. They did the sampling

[@aR0ttenBANANA]

The day Kanye produces an album for K.Dot is the day music ends and we ascend to a new plane.

[@AKA-wq4lm]

aR0ttenBANANA96 Or Madlib

[@tristenrodriguez5636]

Nah instead of Kanye, J Dilla. But sadly that day will never come... may he Rest In Peace

[@helendelisle8914]

Breaking news: Mozart rises from the dead and announces music 2.

[@maximilianohuezo6292]

This and also a full length album with MF Doom

[@andrewalford999]

Fuck kanye

[@curingthenaivete1642]

5:22 this mf kendrick a time traveler

[@matthewallen1834]

W.Price That portion of Blacker the Berry was produced and composed by Terrace Martin. He wound up using it for his own album a year later.

[@Martin2Nyce]

Wakeem Price lmao

[@thisismydorkylife]

i screamed

[@theekaleeb6268]

@@matthewallen1834 I thought so I was assuming it to be something like that but the thought of that would be cool 🤔😄

[@coltongates7397]

On some Tenet shit

[@awesomeboytripleeight]

He sampled his own song...genius

[@anonymousdonkey.]

That’s not uncommon many artists sample their own songs…

[@shoreZ]

That ain't a sample he's been doing that "you" adlib his whole career

[@mateoparedes9586]

Sampling his own song is not genius

[@habratss]

@@shoreZ ANOTHER DEATH GRIPS FAN???? WE NOIDED

[@RM-wp7df]

@@shoreZ wait, doesn't he say "pew" ?? I lived in a lie 😮

[@morgancarvalho4408]

Imagine madlib or the alchemist producing an album with Kendrick. It would be so weird or the best thing ever

[@JordanHypocrite]

Prolly both

[@rigobertorosales3547]

he has the nmpil with kanye and madlib & fear and the heart pt 4 with the alchemist

[@cartifan2024]

alchemist produced FEAR. which is as close we've gotten

[@flyingisland7583]

Madlib was contacted to be on 2 pimp a butterfly but he was in a period where he was not answering the phone. He said it in an interview. It's incredible

[@zoom7676]

@@cartifan2024 and now he produced We Cry Together

[@aust24]

I never realised how much music actually gets sampled, I like your content btw

[@glory2god303]

KING ACE same here.

[@matthewwilkie2184]

KING ACE Vsb

[@tornadotrance]

Honestly a lot of these were just sample drums so a lot of music is sampled but less than it seems here

[@jaidrius]

That’s how hiphop was conceptualized

[@theYear_project]

@@jaidrius exactly

[@WestsidePiFF]

One of the greatest hip hop albums. Period.

[@thereallegend4lyfe]

One of the greatest albums. Period.

[@deadagent03]

The greatest album. Period.

[@kriznan97]

That escalated slowly

[@ivansime9127]

You know it’s good when I’m into rock/alt music and don’t really listen to hip hop and I had to buy the physical copy of this album it’s so good

[@gangsteroldguy3965]

Nah bro the greatest

[@MrBlueSoup6]

madvillain sample collection would be like 20+ minutes

[@jojomidley8557]

skygrump Factssss

[@nguyenlouis2754]

Check the avalanches 😬

[@eddiecampos]

Any Madlib produced project would be a 25+ minute vid

[@anagh9313]

R.I.P MF DOOM

[@zillah9105]

R.I.P MF DOOM

[@elvisshelton6534]

Momma is top 10 beats of all time. Nice video

[@johnharris5595]

knxwledge is heavily underrated

[@jamisonwoodson8548]

Facts

[@champlookid1804]

@@johnharris5595 thank you, someone, understands that Kendrick sample knowledge, not lala Hathway

[@xylan9543]

@@champlookid1804 i meannn knxwledge sampled lala hathway then kendrick used knxwledge beat

[@jetrivera-DiscipleOfChrist]

He also produced Killuminati by Joey Bada$$ and Cap STEEZ. Record is fire

[@LeBeautiful]

Why didn't this win album of the year at the Grammy's again? #TPAB 🦋 Real beauty. Bandstand >

[@Bandstand]

Are you fucking high. Taylor Swift's 1989 is so relevant and forward thinking. That album is going to be cherished for another 50 years....smh

[@cainethemane7757]

Oh wait.

[@yonatanharris1539]

cant tell if this is sarcastic

[@DaFrawzy]

it is

[@MrCabrerajr]

Bandstand Facts bro TAY TAY is the GOAT

[@dyldragon1]

Momma and Wesley's Theory easily my favorite beats on the album

[@Bandstand]

Wesley's Theory to me is more like soup. 2 years later. I still can't wrap my head around it. Amazing production.

[@mikeoxbig1710]

dyldragon1 momma and these walls for me

[@Psychoma99]

For me Complexion, Alright, and These Walls. But I like the whole album so it's hard

[@40riko_raf]

For me Alright is the Best track of this album. Not only the lyrics but the video clip is awesome too

[@nikolasselimis202]

How is no one talking about the King Kunta? This thing slaps and get's better as the track proggresses.

[@JJ-zd9vs]

It’s incredible that most of the instrumentals weren’t sampled

[@nar233]

Especially the main one in wesley's theory

[@chunkycrusader]

God bless Thundercat

[@oxxyymoron]

The production on these videos tho keep this up man they're so damn good

[@michaelcountryman8015]

Luis Moreno *so DAMN. good

[@SwaggiBaggi]

What's up, twin.

[@droneofthefurture]

Anyone else think its friggin cool that on "u" Kendrick's hook is "loving you is complicated," yet the track that he sampled is from "Loving You Ain't Complicated?" Kung Fu Kenny always hitting us with that gemini duality, and sometimes we can't even tell.

[@nolanquiring5898]

droneofthefurture crazy

[@leilehua5230]

Had me till you brought up zodiac signs

[@korbennn1469]

Lehua Nani kenny always refers to himself as a gemini and being two sided because of it

[@ethangamer1600]

that sample on alright is unbelievably perfect, i feel that shit in my soul every time

[@TheEpicImpaler]

CLASSIC/10

[@xaviermckillop2765]

Perfect 10

[@wintercat294]

💯

[@floatflowernani]

@@xaviermckillop2765 masterpiece/10

[@thegreatphantus9568]

Interesting stuff, but many of these are lyrical references, not samples. There's a difference.

[@tjnt4268]

THANK YOU

[@apurvashanker]

THANK YOU (1)

[@majik7828]

THANK YOU (2)

[@tleeg3620]

THANK YOU (4)

[@tleeg3620]

Joseph Ancion u were supposed to yay THANK YOU (5)

[@zvngetsu.]

TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY SAMPLES: Wesley’s Theory - 0:22 King Kunta - 0:42 Institutionalized - 1:57 u - 2:08 Alright - 2:21 Momma - 2:42 Hood Politics - 3:41 Complexion (A Zulu Love) - 4:05 The Blacker The Berry - 4:38 You Ain’t Gotta Lie - 5:41 i - 6:12 Mortal Man - 6:32

[@The305skater]

I immediately clicked on the video once I saw it was you. The production is unbeatable

[@TumimuT]

The Terrace Martin outro on blacker the berry fixes my life everytime

[@TitanMakesBeats]

go listen to Valdez On Crenshaw and thank me later

[@alexg-cl6ef]

i was today years old when i found out sufjan stevens was sampled on this album

[@dauvone.5772]

When u start sampling ur own songs cuz their so good

[@zachlee5588]

Can't believe it took KZbin 2 years to put this in my reccomended

[@erboch7124]

Facts lmao

[@MarkusWhereYouBeen]

Zach Lee 3*

[@gretchen4443]

4!!

[@djb1ge]

Woah. "These Walls" is completely original? Nice!

[@danielnatzke6733]

That's cool how Blacker the Berry is named after a Tupac quote, a few tracks before Kendrick goes back in time and interviews Pac himself.

[@bornfrompain-rp2bd]

Best Kendrick album period

[@xaviermckillop2765]

No question

[@alekai0574]

One of the best rap albums period

[@tykovain]

💯

[@henochdesouza4874]

every of his album is it own masterpiece i dont know

[@sebastianwiton2907]

Best album of all time

[@tmage23]

Two thoughts: 1) A lot of those are interpolations, not samples 2) I'm impressed by just how much live instrumentation is used on the album

[@GopherXxX]

could be considered a jazz rap album

[@FoxinTaiwan]

@@GopherXxX could but that's stretching it too much.

[@eyjo3094]

Somebody: *breathes Person that made this video: KENDRICK WAS BREATHING ON THE ALBUM THAT 'S SAMPLE

[@Bandstand]

Eyjo Looking back on this one I included some silly “samples” lol

[@crisv3283]

My fucking favorite rap album. Thankssssssssss. U the GOAT

[@hobosdominecraft1]

4:56 so Kendrick really out here sampling HIMSELF and making it even better...🤯

[@varl3t]

i dunno if you knew but kendrick got robert isley of the isley brothers to re-record ‘that lady’ for the album version of ‘i’

[@jpeg204]

Kendrick is such a fucking legend bro

[@emittl]

Thumbnail game on point

[@___NIL]

Watching this at 3 am remembering how much I loved this album. Now I gotta listen to it 100 times again and make some beats. Bandstand you the goat

[@EMMALEEMC]

really appreciate you not just highlighting the instrumental samples but the vocal and lyrical as well SALUTE #ForTheCulture

[@DezDav4]

Every sample is a star

[@energizr2816]

Producer: ''So Kendrick, how many samples you'd like to use in King Kunta?'' Kendrick: ''YES''

[@banmba]

you know you good when you sample stuff from the future

[@tothfanni7262]

Sufjan and Kendrick?? my two worlds colliding

[@ieznoo481]

Nah you’re a demon for cutting it off right at the beat drop in Wesley’s theory

[@joedinkens]

Kendrick so good he sampled himself

[@patoon55]

Man this is the best. Great job as always.

[@AVONELITE]

Best album of all time, no joke

[@davidphilipkarlsson]

Not of all time, but it's up there

[@davidphilipkarlsson]

illmatic, Life after death , All eyez on me and college drop out are SOME of the greatest albums ever and TPAB is up there

[@benjaminburk3603]

@@davidphilipkarlsson TPAB is by far the best rap album ever, but not the best ever of any genre

[@morganstokes1930]

Best rap album of all time, probably. But of every genre? Not even close.

[@niggato23]

@@benjaminburk3603 nah nigga Illmatic is way way way better than TPAB hell Illmatic is the greatest hip hop album of all genres

[@connorherron8607]

4:40 Wait a second... that's the drum sample Kanye West's "POWER" is based on!

[@rayraybeatz480]

That’s what I thought 😂

[@mackr1940]

There's a lot of songs with drum breaks that get sampled a lot, that song's one of them

[@quietcommotion69]

Sufjan Stevens is one of my favorite artists of all time, so hearing that All For Myself sample in hood politics freaked me the fuck out (in the best way possible tho)

[@TheMainStreamFilms]

Lol the clips of Lalah Hathaway with Snarky Puppy for family dinner 😍🔥

[@elianbarajas]

Man, 4 years later and this album is still the best and most influential album I’ve heard in my entire life. #TPAB

[@AaminMahdi]

the transition at 0:41 👀

[@luckysandleni6446]

Lalah Hathaway basically gave life to "Momma" all-round. 🙌🏽🔥

[@flygerian121]

Lookin at this stuff just makes you appreciate his art even more even to this day in 2017

[@wsp6968]

U know your the GOAT when u sample your own song

[@papasheev5252]

I don’t think it’s really sampling. It’s just an ad lib Kendrick does

[@j-sse]

Death grips

[@felipequixtiano8979]

Best album of the decade

[@derrickmcfail1455]

Nothin but facts

[@spugg713]

die lit

[@xaviermckillop2765]

@@spugg713 love die lit but that's disrespectful to tpab

[@charliegarvin517]

the sample for Momma was nuts

[@locke8826]

That lalah hathaway flip by KNX on MOMMA still gives me chills to this day and is my favorite beat of all time. Fuckin' a

[@tysonking3750]

is bandstand God?

[@Bandstand]

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH-------HAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@andrewheaton5320]

bless you

[@kanyeluvr5002]

@@Bandstand wise words

[@templarexemplar35]

Momma is the greatest beat ever. Knxwledge is a genius

[@orewayasuke888]

I just made TPAB but it's just my voice so seeing this video makes ne appreciate the actual album even more

[@508ctk]

Kendrick Lamar is fucking goated.

[@christenrolli4976]

this breakdown makes me fall in love with a project i have never sat down and actually listened to

[@noahlandsberg925]

It's even better when you know the songs

[@dynomendoza]

2:30 Damn!! That transition was awesome!!!

[@tisharadoby9828]

I melted on the Momma sample! My favorite song on TPAB

[@mikea.8252]

TPAB changed how I viewed today hip hop era, the album is a landmark masterpieces the history of the genre

[@noeltamere]

fuck now I gotta listen to this album again

[@ronkb]

Whoa, Kendrick sampled a song a year before it was released? 5:23

[@Jay-uv5xg]

rowanaj he also sampled an unreleased thundercat song. These are people that were in his inner circle.

[@otavioquilici7048]

6 Years Ago Today !!! Keep the amazing work coming Kendrick

[@oreofeoyenuga1049]

Production value on this is so good. I always assumed Bandstand was a massive company

[@mikecraig2062]

do run the jewels 3

[@totalignoranceinc]

Mike Craig do all the jewels bandstand

[@buck_mar2319]

PLEASE

[@OlavRH]

On Institutionalized, he covered Busta Rhymes’ Cocaina with the "Shiiiiet" and "Oh shit, flow so sick"

[@vayunlohani441]

Best rap album ever

[@odawjiks8266]

WOOW. Amazing editing. 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@troytheone2921]

Best Album Of The 21st Century

[@rahanlol]

Troy The One mbdtf?

[@fowlae4414]

Rahanlol is a close second

[@thewayback1633]

Fowlae nah mbdtf #1 imo but I love this album def can see where ur coming from

[@user_8982]

MBDTF

[@jacksonpatrick138]

Troy The One best album of all time*

[@leooptimist]

when you sample from yourself

[@49erman2]

Thank you for this. As somebody trying to figure this information out myself, it's a great help. I hope you continue to make more of these videos

[@ObeyAmmalol]

Thank you so much for these your hard work does not go unnoticed

[@jk-wm3py]

Him just sampling himself is the biggest flex ever

[@ryanschabert2515]

Kanye did it too on good life lol

[@GhostRecon876]

honestly i like this album over DAMN

[@1997wayz]

A 2016 sample on a 2015 album he was definitely ahead of his time

[@footlettucebk2168]

This is one of the reasons why this is my favorite album

[@user-gg4nl9ns3t]

Momma is so underrated!!!!!!!

[@AI-tc8fv]

Damn nigga sampled a lot, brought so many facets of music together, I think its a ways his best album

[@sidekick8211]

You deserve so many subscribers holy fuck this channel is a gem

[@sidekick8211]

Agreed

[@SlowedandReverbCEO]

Bro stellar editing and transitions! You did this album and its samples justice

[@jamesscott8705]

There's a difference between a sample and just a reference with a few lyrics or a couple bars referencing some other song or movie line.

[@Bandstand]

100%. you’re watching a terrible 5 year old video

[@sittinonthegodamcornerdoindope]

@@Bandstand respect 😂😂 y’all have gotten better over the years

[@Yikkoofficial]

As much as I love Kendrick- let’s give some credit to his producers too!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@Amir-ft7vg]

This Channel just changed my life and brought my art to a whole other level

[@yeetmeintotheabyss2893]

This isn't just samples, this is inspirations and references as well, the thundercat thing isn't a sampled, he just helped producing the album and played that.

[@Bandstand]

Yeet Me Into The Abyss this video is 3 years old. Go easy on it

[@XXavv]

And people have the NERVE to call TPAB boring?? 😅😅

[@TchTooka]

Crazy that people think that. (Eminem glazers)

[@ShotbySykez]

Greatest album…I fucking love hip hop man. Momma is my favorite track then Wesley’s Theory 🤘🏽🔥

[@chiefsauce641]

I keep saying mfs be sleeping on momma

[@ShotbySykez]

@@chiefsauce641 it’s literally a poetic masterpiece, that song hits inner home!

[@realhumanbean89]

The visuals in this are so fucking pretty + the editing is great.

[@virael3801]

3:41 what an insane sample holy fuck

[@myncraft1]

alright. you got me. subscribed

[@FearDoe]

one of the greatest hip hop albums ever

[@amorejohnson4647]

Sampling done right ❤