Kendrick Lamar's new album, To Pimp a Butterfly, appears online 1 week early
Rapper's follow-up to good kid, m.A.A.d city made available on iTunes and Spotify on Sunday
Kendrick Lamar's highly-anticipated third studio album, To Pimp a Butterfly, was briefly released on iTunes and Spotify Sunday night, one week ahead of schedule.
But by late Monday morning, both the clean and explicit versions of the new record were only available by pre-order on Apple's entertainment site. Only the album's first single The Blacker the Berry remained available for download.
Spotify subscribers, however, were still able to stream the album, which is Lamar's follow-up to his 2012 critically acclaimed good kid, m.A.A.d city.
Lamar had originally planned to release the album on March 23, so its early availability caught his representatives by surprise.
"I WOULD LIKE 2 PERSONALLY THANK @Interscope FOR F--KING UP OUR RELEASE," Tiffith tweeted, "SOMEBODY GOTS 2 PAY 4 THIS MISTAKE !!!! #TOP"
But Lamar, 27, appeared to take the surprise in stride. "Keep calm. All is well," tweeted the Compton, Calif.-born artist.
Keep calm. All is well.
—@kendricklamarThe 16-track record opens with the song Wesley's Theory featuring Parliament and Funkadelic mastermind George Clinton and multi-instrumentalist Thundercat.
Bilal, Snoop Dogg, James Fauntleroy and Anna Wise also appear on the record.