To Pimp A Butterfly [V2]

Kendrick sat over "Alright" for about six months before the song was actually complete. This version presumably features Pharrell's original production present on Fabolous' tune and includes an open verse as Kendrick was looking for the right lyrics. Stated by Kendrick himself for GQ Style's holliday issue.

A remix of Tame Impala's "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" made for Divergent.

Released as a single on March 10, 2014 onto Blue, The Misfit's Bandcamp.

Released onto Terrace Martin's Soundcloud on Dec. 15, 2015, before being removed from the platform. Jazz rendition of "Alright" by Terrace Martin with missing verses and additional adlibs by Pharrell as well early production that shares almost the same instrumental as Fabolous' tune on "Awwright", as the song was originally his. Entitled "Alright (11)" in honor of To Pimp A Butterfly being nominated for 11 grammys.

OG Filename: Bingo (TDE) Very short instrumental track from the To Pimp A Butterfly era.

Track 7 off of SZA's EP 'Z'.

A remix of the song, released as a part of 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' Soundtrack.

OG Filename (Metadata): Kendrick Lamar Black Ambiton b2b 1.0 Conway 11.2.14 KL REF Kendrick's extremely unfinished version of Pusha T's unreleased song. Dated November 2nd, 2014. Likely recorded around the same time as ScHoolboy Q's "Groceries".

Released as a single.

The original verse by Rapsody was cut down to make for a better transition into "The Blacker The Berry", confirmed by Rapsody herself on August 16, 2024.

Released as a single on June 22nd, 2014 by Insider Productionz.

Kendrick recorded for "Cuatro" according to Gamma.

Track 9 off of Ab-Soul's album "These Days". A direct sequel to "Ab-Soul's Outro" from Kendrick Lamar's Section.80. Features additional vocals from JaVonté. Written by Terrace Martin, Ab-Soul and Kendrick Lamar. Interpolates "Dollaz + Sense" by DJ Quik and "Life Is A Traffic Jam" by 2Pac & Eight Mile Road, and also has interpolations from "Fuck Your Ethnicity" and "Ab-Soul's Outro" by Kendrick Lamar.

OG Filename: digi east (TDE) Riff idea made during the To Pimp A Butterfly sessions.

Released as a single.

Uses the same instrumental as "Falsehood" and was offered as a bonus for a group buy. Unknown if it features Kendrick.

Released as a single, later appeared on 'X'.

One of the two TPAB throwaways snippets leaked on 12/7/22 for a bundle. Leaked in full 12/10/22. It includes the scrapped second verse that Kendrick once shared in an interview to Power 106 FM and reuses lyrics from "i (Album Version)", which means that it would most likely scrapped very late. The first two verses were featured from a freestyle on BigBoyTV called Real 92.3 Freestyle. Recorded on January 4th, 2015 according to its metadata. Sold for 1.5K. Interpolates "The Light" by Common and "Golden" by Jill Scott.

OG Filename: Funk2 Thundercat The beat for "Blue Faces" was originally created on To Pimp A Butterfly sessions, entitled simply as "Funk", as it was the idea on reflecting funk inspired sounds for the album.

Released as the lead single for "To Pimp A Butterfly"; an alternate version is featured as track 15 on the album.