S1E5 – King Kunta by Kendrick Lamar

Dissect continues its season long examination of Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly with the album’s third track “King Kunta.”

“King Kunta” is perhaps the album’s most unabashed tribute to the pervading funk influences throughout To Pimp A Butterfly. On its surface, King Kunta is boastful, heroic, prideful, and at times, vain. Upon further examination, however, we’ll realize there’s a deeper, contrasting message to the song’s calculated, overtly valiant air. We’ll also discover that “King Kunta” is the pinnacle of the album’s first act, which we’ve named Pimped by Consumption.

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