
Today is The Stacks Book Club day and we’re discussing The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America by Marcus J. Moore. To help us dissect this book we’ve brought back Cole Cuchna, host of the podcast Dissect. We talk about the importance of creative communities, the complexity of Kendrick Lamar, and so much more.
There are no spoilers on this episode.
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Everything we talk about on today’s episode can be found below in the show notes and on Bookshop.org and Amazon.
- The Butterfly Effect by Marcus J. Moore
- “Ep. 136 Dissecting with Cole Cuchna” (The Stacks)
- “Ep. 138 Celebrating Black Artists with Marcus J. Moore” (The Stacks)
- The Stacks Retail
- The Stacks on Instagram
- Dissect (Spotify)
- Kendrick Lamar
- To Pimp a Butterly (Kendrick Lamar, 2015)

- DAMN. (Kendrick Lamar, 2017)
- The Pulitzer Prize
- good kid, m.A.A.d. city (Kendrick Lamar, 2012)
- GOD. by Kendrick Lamar
- Black Panther The Album Music From And Inspired By (Kendrick Lamar, 2018)
- Black Panther (Ryan Coogler, 2018)
- LOYALTY. FT. RIHANNA by Kendrick Lamar
- Rihanna
- Alright by Kendrick Lamar
- King Kunta by Kendrick Lamar
- “King Kunta by Kendrick Lamar” (Dissect, Spotify)
- “Hollywood Swinging Part 1” (Martin, 2.11)
- Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
- “Alright” (Kendrick Lamar)
- Kendrick Lamar Talks Ferguson: ‘What Happened Should’ve Never Happened’Kendrick Lamar Talks Ferguson: ‘What Happened Should’ve Never Happened’ (Joe Lynch, Billboard)
- “Kendrick Lamar has strong words for his ‘Blacker the Berry’ Critics” (Rob Markman, MTV)
- HUMBLE. by Kendrick Lamar
- Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe by Kendrick Lamar
- Kendirck Lamar Performance at the Grammys (2016)
- Kanye West
- Beyonce
- Tyler the Creator
- Frank Ocean
- GarageBand
- Mortal Man by Kendrick Lamar
- 2Pac
- Black Parade by Beyonce
- Anthony Tiffith
- Top Dawg Entertainment
- Titi Shodiya
- i by Kendrick Lamar
- Lemonade by Beyonce
- Childish Gambino
- Lauryn Hill
- Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
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