King Kunta (explicit)

~ Recording by Kendrick Lamar

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.3King Kunta3:55Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a ButterflyKendrick LamarAlbum
  • XW2015-03-15
Aftermath Entertainment (US rap), Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.), Top Dawg Entertainment[none]
1.3King Kunta3:55Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a ButterflyKendrick LamarAlbum
  • XW2015-03-15
Aftermath Entertainment (US rap), Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.), Top Dawg Entertainment[none]
1.3King Kunta3:55Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a ButterflyKendrick LamarAlbum
  • US2015-03-15
Aftermath Entertainment (US rap), Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.), Top Dawg EntertainmentB0022958-02
1.3King Kunta3:55Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a ButterflyKendrick LamarAlbum
  • XW2015-03-19
Aftermath Entertainment (US rap), Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.), Top Dawg Entertainment[none]
1.3King Kunta3:55Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a ButterflyKendrick LamarAlbum
  • NZ2015-03-20
Aftermath Entertainment (US rap), Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.), Top Dawg Entertainment4727091
1.3King Kunta3:55Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a ButterflyKendrick LamarAlbum
  • AU2015-03-20
Aftermath Entertainment (US rap), Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.), Top Dawg Entertainment4727091
1.3King Kunta3:55Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a ButterflyKendrick LamarAlbum
  • US2015-03-23
Aftermath Entertainment (US rap), Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.), Top Dawg EntertainmentB0022958-02
1.3King Kunta3:55Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a ButterflyKendrick LamarAlbum
  • KR2015-03-23
Aftermath Entertainment (US rap), Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.), Top Dawg EntertainmentDS31203
1.3King Kunta3:55Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a ButterflyKendrick LamarAlbum
  • CA2015-03-23
Aftermath Entertainment (US rap), Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.), Top Dawg EntertainmentB002295802
1.3King Kunta3:55Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a ButterflyKendrick LamarAlbum
  • XE2015-03-23
Aftermath Entertainment (US rap), Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.), Top Dawg Entertainment0602547270917
1.3King Kunta3:55Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a ButterflyKendrick LamarAlbum
  • XE2015-04-03
Aftermath Entertainment (US rap), Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.), Top Dawg Entertainment0602547300683
1.3King Kunta3:55Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a ButterflyKendrick LamarAlbum
  • JP2015-05-20
Aftermath Entertainment (US rap), Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.), Top Dawg EntertainmentUICS-1287
1.3King Kunta3:55Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a ButterflyKendrick LamarAlbum
  • XE2015-09-25
Aftermath Entertainment (US rap), Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.), Top Dawg Entertainment0602547311009
1.3King Kunta3:55Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a ButterflyKendrick LamarAlbum
  • US2015-10-23
Aftermath Entertainment (US rap), Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.), Top Dawg EntertainmentB0023464-01
1.3King Kunta3:54Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a Butterfly (180g)Kendrick LamarAlbum
  • US2015-10-23
Aftermath Entertainment (US rap), Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.), Top Dawg EntertainmentB0023464-01
1.8King Kunta3:55Kendrick LamarSweet Harmony Compilation 28Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2016-02-23
Sweet Harmony CompilationSHC28 2016
1.3King Kunta3:54Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a Butterfly (Metallic Blends, 10th Anniversary edition, 2LP)Kendrick LamarAlbum
  • XE2025-05-30
Aftermath Entertainment (US rap), Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.), Top Dawg Entertainment00602478100871
1.3King Kunta3:54Kendrick LamarTo Pimp A Butterfly (2LP graphite vinyl, 10 year anniversary edition)Kendrick LamarAlbum
  • US2025-05-30
Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment (US rap), Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.)0060247809066, 00602478090660
Bootleg
1.3King Kunta3:55Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a Butterfly (pink/white marble)Kendrick LamarAlbum
  • AU2015-04-08
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)AFTMB002295802LP
1.3King Kunta3:55Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a Butterfly (clear)Kendrick LamarAlbum
  • AU2015-04-08
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)AFTMB002295802LP

Relationships

recording engineer:Derek “MixedByAli” Ali (MixedByAli, TDE mixing engineer)
James “The White Black Man” Hunt (engineer)
Matt Schaeffer
additional producer:Terrace Martin
producer:Sounwave
mixer:Derek “MixedByAli” Ali (MixedByAli, TDE mixing engineer)
additional guitar:Matt Schaeffer
Marlon Williams (LA-based US songwriter & session guitarist, aka Mar Dawg)
bass:Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner (US singer-songwriter & bassist)
background vocals:Whitney Alford
sampled by:Blow My Speakers Up by duuzu (GilvaSunner contributor)
samples:Get Nekkid by Mausberg featuring DJ Quik (West Coast US rapper & producer)
Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”) (lead vocals [lyrics])
The Payback by James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) (lead vocals [lyrics])
mash-ups:Death by V‐FUN
edits:King Kunta (clean)
music videos:King Kunta
part of:Stereogum Readers’ 10 Best Songs of 2015 (number: 8) (order: 8)
Stereogum: The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s (number: 55) (order: 56)
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/0N3W5peJUQtI4eyR6GJT5O [info]
streaming page:https://tidal.com/track/43732751 [info]
recording of:King Kunta

Related works

King Kunta

writer:Ahmad Lewis (US rapper Ahmad Ali Lewis)
Johnny Burns (rapper Mausberg)
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
Kendrick Duckworth
Stefan Gordy
Stephen Bruner (US singer-songwriter & bassist)