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Kendrick Lamar's 2015 masterpiece 'To Pimp a Butterfly' will be explored in the new season of Spotify's 'The Big Hit Show,' featuring an exclusive interview with Kendrick himself.

To Pimp a Butterfly remains one of the most important rap albums of the last decade. Released in March 2015, the densely-layered, jazz and funk-infused effort was an immediate critical and commercial smash, debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 while topping countless year-end lists. More importantly, perhaps, the album became the soundtrack to a cultural movement as the uplifting chorus from Alright rang out in streets across the United States(and around the world) as Black Lives Matter protests continued the long fight against racial oppression and injustice. Seven years and a Pulitzer Prize-winning follow-uplater, To Pimp a Butterfly is being explored in the upcoming season of Spotifys The Big Hit Show podcast, complete with an exclusive interview from King Kendrick himself. Produced by Barack and Michelle Obamas Higher Ground Productions, season two of The Big Hit Show aims to give listeners an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the making of the universally acclaimed album, as well as the highly decorated artist behind it. Host and The New York Times contributor Alex Pappademas speaks to several To Pimp a Butterfly collaborators, as well as a number of Kendricks childhood friends and grade school teachers. Of course, he also picks K. Dots brain about the album and its tremendous impact. The newly-released trailer, which can be heard above, provides a sneak peak at that conversation. You know, in Hip Hop, we got this thing, the sophomore jinx, Kendrick says. I took it upon myself I need to do something that inspires me. Read more