Prince Was So Close to Singing on Kendrick Lamar's 'To Pimp a Butterfly'

FUSE TV - Prince Was So Close to Singing on Kendrick Lamar's 'To Pimp a Butterfly'

Imagine an alternate reality, one where Kendrick Lamar's sterling To Pimp a Butterfly didn't just feature George Clinton and Snoop Dogg and a Tupac interview but also Prince. Now imagine that reality being a hair's width away from our own, because it is.

In a new, head-scratchingly brief oral history of Butterfly at the GRAMMYs' website, Kendrick explains how Prince was in the studio while they made "Complexion (A Zulu Love)," the standout song featuring Rapsody, but didn't end up laying down vocals.

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