“Untitled 03 ” shows a J Dilla appreciation from Lamar, with a Philly inspired beat, produced by Astronote. This opening track ends with a whole new but familiar sound that we will get to know well in To Pimp A Butterfly, an experiment for the later album perhaps? Listening to this helps you vision Kendrick Lamar in the studio, showing off that he is a master at shaping, searching and constructing music, experimenting with ideas but also having a strong vision on the horizon. The record opens up with something along the lines of an Alice Coltrane dreamy sequence, quickly cutting into what only reminds me of RZA and Wu Tang’s signature sound.
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If that isn’t obvious enough, it is clear that these tracks are from sessions and demos for his full length album To Pimp A Butterfly (2015). Safe to say for a lot of people worldwide, Untitled Unmastered is definitely going to have ear drums closely tuned in. This is the perfect time for Lamar to release something new, especially whilst his flag is flying high. Kendrick Lamar is owning the rap game right now, with a brilliant show stealing performance at the Grammy Awards, 11 nods (second only to Michael Jackson) and 2015’s To Pimp A Butterfly being nothing short of a masterpiece, Kendrick Lamar’s ship is at full speed. Surprised by the minimal artwork and title tracks, I started to wonder what’s in store. untitled unmastered. goes to show: Kendrick Lamar is the king of hip-hop.What is a better wake up call than finding out K-Dot a.k.a Kendrick Lamar has dropped a new record. Even this collection of unfinished songs have more substance than a great deal of hip-hop music. Kendrick always has a way with formulating thought-provoking statements that are infectious, controversial, and agreeable all at once with every effort he has. The thick beats are complimented by a thicker bassline in ‘ untitled 04′, accompanied by piercing staccato guitars. ‘ untitled 06′ brings Kendrick back to his underground vibes and classic sound. These saxophones find their way into ‘untitled 05′, too, in the same manner, while tracks like ‘ untitled 08′ use them in a funky manner.
Where the album’s lyrics may not be the shining point of each track, the instrumentals take over. ‘ untitled 02′ has an eerie instrumental, comparable to David Bowie’s creepy ‘ Blackstar’ released in January - it definitely has the frantic saxophones in there that lend it to that comparison. There are many epic lyrical moments like the fire of the first track ‘ untitled 03′ slams the music industry - which, is an interesting thing, since Kendrick’s powerful statement at the 2016 Grammy Awards seem to have helped him to spread the message, even considering the track was written three years ago - and ‘ untitled 05′, a brutal track of multiple sections that covered abuse to success. ‘ untitled 07′ is also a track of multiple parts, but is somewhat more left-field perhaps it’s due to the fact that the song is dated as being written through 2014 to 2016 - that’s a lot of growth and different ideas to be had. ‘ untitled 01′ starts off pretty unsettlingly, with someone speaking sensually into you air, but as soon as Kendrick kicks in, the track explodes into a fury of powerful lines and a thick instrumental. That being said, each track does have a cohesiveness to them that does play to that factor. It provides an inside look into some unfinished tracks Lamar has recorded over the last few years, all keying into his tendency to dish out some powerful messages.Īs the title suggests, a lot of tracks have a strong unfinished vibe to them, as if their mixing and mastering stages hadn’t been reached yet. untitled unmastered. was dropped out of thin air onto Spotify a few weeks ago, and fans everywhere have been wallowing it up. There’s no hip-hop act out there that has a surprise factor quite like Kendrick Lamar.
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