March 16, 2015
Flying Lotus' production is practically the first thing you hear on Kendrick Lamar's new album, To Pimp A Butterfly—pretty big look for the West Coast producer, who's worked with Kenny on tracks previously. Last night, when the album dropped, the FADER cover star took to Twitter to tell his own story regarding what inspired Kendrick's new LP:
Was helping out with @kendricklamar live visual show when he did the yeezus tour...
— FLYLO (@flyinglotus) March 16, 2015
I was really surprised how he gave zero fucks about the media circus surrounding the tour. Was real low key trying to create, the whole time
— FLYLO (@flyinglotus) March 16, 2015
I played him a folder of beats that I was keeping close for my next @xCaptainMurphyx project. Gave him all the beats like fuxk it.
— FLYLO (@flyinglotus) March 16, 2015
Later that night he told me he had the concept for the album.
— FLYLO (@flyinglotus) March 16, 2015
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