To Pimp a Butterfly is the third studio album by American hip hop recording artist Kendrick Lamar. The album was released on March 15, 2015, by Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment, and distributed by Interscope Records.
Upon its release, To Pimp a Butterfly received rave reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from music critics, the album has received an average score of 94, indicating "universal acclaim", based on 8 reviews.