The heavy use of trumpet and saxophone which characterised a large part of To Pimp a Butterfly, is also very much a key element of this album. This fantastic fusion of sounds is pretty much evident on all eight of the tracks on the album, with 'untitled 03' and 'untitled 05' containing particularly noteworthy jazz solos. Just like To Pimp a Butterfly, untitled unmastered blends west coast hip hop, jazz and spoken word poetry. This is largely down to the fact that untitled unmastered has a very consistent sound from start to finish. It's particularly ironic when you consider that this non-linear compilation of songs functions as far more of a cohesive album than controversial rapper Kanye West's latest studio album The Life of Pablo, which whilst being undoubtedly high in quality, is very incohesive, disjointed and borderline schizophrenic.
Greed is referenced on 'untitled 02' when Kendrick raps, "I just got a raise, Spent it all on me, Diamonds all appraised". The seven deadly sins of Catholicism are a common thread running through this album. Incredibly for a release seemingly thrown-together from off-cuts, there seems to an interesting, hidden thematic component. With a statement like this is it any wonder untitled unmastered is another great musical offering? Like the material on To Pimp a Butterfly the themes of race relations, poverty and depression flow through untitled unmastered. Prior to the album's release Kendrick had performed several of these untitled songs on various shows, stating that many of them didn't make it on the final version of To Pimp a Butterfly simply because he didn't have time to clear the samples or to finish them, not because of any concerns about quality. This welcome gift is comprised of previously recorded material which didn't make the final cut of Kendrick's universally-acclaimed To Pimp a Butterfly for one reason or another. ★★ ★★☆ Not a huge amount of after dropping, arguably, the best album of 2015 Kendrick Lamar gave the world a surprise album/mixtape at the end of last week. Idiots often win elections in the US, especially if the person they’re running against gets indicted. And if you aren’t too worried about that, or if you think he can’t win, know this: you’re fooling yourself. We very well could nominate a bonafide fascist as a presidential candidate. Far-right politicians are gaining support all over the world, but most troublingly in western Europe and the US.Īs for the United States (ugh!) we are an honest-to-God embarrassment to ourselves.
The European Union seems to be teetering on the brink of collapse as well, and after a decade of recession and austerity this has put NATO into similar peril. China’s economy is perilously close to collapse, meanwhile, North Korea is acting more aggressively toward the west than it has in decades. The entire middle east, from Libya to Syria to Lebanon is rapidly descending into chaos, it’s causing one of the worst refugee crises since World War II. Thing is (and I’m not trying to bum you out, but): But more than anything this is an album about being scared as fuck because, you know, the impending apocalypse. To be honest, this will be dismissed by some as a collection of B-sides and hailed by others as a minor masterpiece.
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Kendrick’s schmaltziest tendencies (as in, “Pimp! Pimp! Hooray!”) are on full display but so too is some of his fiercest rapping to date. What then do we make of, untitled unmastered, which Lamar gave us by surprise last Friday.