Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar – vocals; art direction
George Clinton – vocals (track 1)
Thundercat – vocals (tracks 1, 5); background vocals (tracks 7, 12, 14); bass (tracks 3, 13, 15, 16); additional bass (track 5); producer (tracks 10, 12); additional production (track 1)
Anna Wise – vocals (tracks 4, 5); backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 10)
Bilal – vocals (tracks 4, 5); backing vocals (6, 8–10)
Snoop Dogg – vocals (track 4)
James Fauntleroy – vocals (track 11); background vocals (track 16)
Ronald Isley – vocals (track 11); additional vocals (track 15)
Rapsody – vocals (track 12)
Flying Lotus – producer (track 1)
Ronald "Flippa" Colson – producer (track 1)
Sounwave – producer (tracks 3, 7, 10, 12, 16); additional production (tracks 1, 5, 6, 8, 10); keyboards (track 14); string arrangements
Terrace Martin – alto saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 6–9, 11, 13, 14, 16); horns (track 1); keyboards (tracks 5, 6, 8–12); producer (tracks 2, 5); additional production (tracks 3, 8, 12, 13); vocoder (tracks 9, 14); string arrangements
Rahki – producer (tracks 4, 15); percussion (track 15)
Fredrik "Tommy Black" Halldin – producer (track 4)
Larrance Dopson – percussion (tracks 5, 11–14); keyboards, producer (track 5)
Taz Arnold aka Tisa – background vocals (tracks 4, 8, 9, 15); producer (tracks 6, 8)
Whoarei – producer (track 6)
Pharrell Williams – producer, vocals (track 7)
Knxwledge – producer (track 9)
Tae Beast – producer (track 10)
Lovedragon – producer (tracks 11, 14)
Boi-1da – producer (track 13)
KOZ – producer (track 13)
Dr. Dre – executive producer; background vocals (track 1)
James Hunt – engineer (tracks 1–7, 13–16); mix assistant
Derek "MixedByAli" Ali – engineer (tracks 1–6, 8–16), mixer
Katalyst – additional drum programming, additional engineering (track 13)
Mike Bozzi – mastering engineer
Ash Riser – background vocals (track 1)
Josef Leimberg – trumpet (tracks 1, 5, 8, 11, 12, 14, 16), vocals (track 1)
Whitney Alford – background vocals (tracks 1, 3)
Robert Sput Searight – drums (track 2); keyboards (track 10)
Robert Glasper – piano (track 2); keyboards (tracks 5, 12, 13, 16)
Brandon Owens – bass (tracks 2, 16)
Craig Brockman – organ (track 2)
Marlon Williams – guitar (tracks 2, 5, 6, 11, 14, 16); additional guitar (track 3)
Darlene Tibbs – background vocals (track 2)
Matt Schaeffer – additional guitar (track 3); engineer (tracks 3, 6, 11–16)
Sam Barsh – keyboards (tracks 4, 15)
Pedro Castro – clarinet (track 4)
Gabriel Noel – cello (track 4), upright bass (track 11)
Paul Cartwright – violin (tracks 4, 11, 16)
Gregory Moore – guitar (track 5)
Kamasi Washington – tenor saxophone (track 6); string arrangements
Adam Turchan – baritone saxophone (track 6)
Jessica Vielmas – background vocals (track 6)
SZA – background vocals (tracks 6, 8)
Candace Wakefield – background vocals (tracks 7, 15)
Preston Harris – background vocals (tracks 8, 10, 14)
Lalah Hathaway – background vocals (tracks 9, 12, 13)
Dion Friley – background vocals (tracks 10, 15)
Talkbox Monte – background vocals (track 12)
JaVonté – background vocals (tracks 12, 14, 16)
Pete Rock – background vocals/scratches (track 12)
Ronald Bruner Jr. – drums (track 13)
Wyann Vaughn – background vocals (track 14)
Keith Askey – guitar (track 15)
Kendall Lewis – drums (track 15)
Chris Smith – bass (track 15)
William Sweat – background vocals (track 15)
Devon Downing – background vocals (track 15)
Edwin Orellana – background vocals (track 15)
Dave Free – background vocals (track 15)
Junius Bervine – keyboards (track 16)
Ambrose Akinmusire – trumpet (track 16)
