This album is one that I have loved since the day it came out. Maybe a few tracks were and there needed more time to be broken down but this album is truly a masterpiece. I have listened to, studied, and regurgitated this album from front to back and in every other direction, one can imagine. I went through 3 weeks of listening to this album, watching interviews, and like Kendrick on the project, I began to put;l my material and resources from various people around the world who of course-related back to TPAB. The purpose of this work is to just give another perspective on how this album is so impactful and to continue teaching the youth and future generations how important it is to develop the type of thinking and knowledge that Kendrick Lamar and the rest of his camp display on this project, especially from artforms like Blues & Jazz which are incredibly commercialized and have been made a mockery of while being taken over by the “white man”. These artists and influential people are the types we should be looking towards. The themes of Black struggle, injustice, poverty, institutionalization, and colorism are throughout this project which ties directly back to the same themes which created Blues & Jazz. Throughout this project, I saw this album from a whole new perspective, a much amateur one at that, and I’ve learned way more dissecting and even podcasting skills which can help with future projects. Enjoy!