"King Kunta" was placed at number seven on Rolling Stone's "50 Best Songs of 2015" list, with the editors commenting, "The fiercest and most funkadelic track on To Pimp a Butterfly takes aim at everything from Lamar's haters to "the power that be." We already knew Kendrick was a great lyricist; turns out he's kind of a badass, too."[6] Additionally, Pitchfork ranked the song at number four on its "The 100 Best Tracks of 2015" list.[7] Village Voice named "King Kunta" the second-best single released in 2015 on their annual year-end critics' poll, Pazz & Jop.[8] It came in 2nd on the annual Triple J Hottest 100 for 2015.[9]