“Wesley's Theory” by Kendrick Lamar

"Wesley's Theory" belongs to To Pimp a Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar's third album, released in March 2015 through Top Dawg, Aftermath and Interscope, the record where he pulled jazz, funk and soul into the middle of his rap. Flying Lotus produced the track with Flippa, with extra production from Sounwave and Thundercat, and the writing credit runs from Lamar and Thundercat to Steven Ellison, Ronald "Flip" Colson, George Clinton and Boris Gardiner.

Horns cut through it, Josef Leimberg on trumpet and Terrace Martin on alto sax, and the backing voices include Dr. Dre, Anna Wise, Whitney Alford, Ash Riser and Leimberg himself. Derek Ali recorded it with James Hunt and mixed it.

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