This is a song that will get stuck in your head for days, have you singing, “I can explain,” from the bridge. He meshes well with Kendrick’s own singing voice, as well as his rapping. The sixth track features CeeLo Green, which gives it a distinct sound. Also, Jay Rock makes an appearance, which can always improve something. What makes the track great is the intertwining of Wise’s vocals, Kendrick’s rap, and the bass guitar. The instrumentals continue on as they started, and Kendrick bursts out onto the track with some great bars. Track five brings in Anna Wise, who ushers you into the track with smooth vocals. Īnother beautiful mastery of drums, bass, piano and sax. And if you can explain the recurring lyric, “head is the answer, head is the future,” that has everyone baffled, please write in. It’s a short track, only running 1:49, but it’s one you’ll want to play on repeat just to get that feeling evoked from you again, and again, and again. Kendrick combines his voice with that of SZA to create a beautiful intro that comments on the corruption of government. The fourth track is another powerful, beautiful song. Telling me that he selling me just for $10.99 untitled 04 |. That’s what the white man wanted when I rhyme He speaks on lessons he has learned from other cultures – Asian, Indian – and his own, that of the black man. In the lyrics, Kendrick includes perspectives from different minorities. The second track is followed up by a real upbeat, jazzy song that was performed on “The Colbert Report” in December 2014. He almost sounds bored as he runs through his bars, yet it still gives you chills. The real magic, however, comes from verse 2 when Kendrick lowers his tone and speeds up his tempo. You find yourself yelling, “Get God on the phone!” the first bar from the hook that truly makes you alive. Add in a powerful bass, and you can’t help moving your body to this track. Kendrick does what we all love, playing with his voice to create different effects and tones in his music. The breakout track of this album, untitled 02 is the one to bump. The track ends on a slow-paced outro that pulls you right back to the days of listening to TPAB on repeat. His tempo is strong and fast, with a sound reminiscent of verse three from King Kunta. The voice of Bilal over smooth bass and drums welcomes you, reminding you of TPAB in a way that gets you ready to enjoy ‘untitled unmastered.’ In his long verse between the intro and outro, Kendrick talks about the sins in our world. The first track is the best way to open the album. Let’s look at the tracks one by one: untitled 01 |. It’s as though TPAB is finally concluded, with a product that stands alone by his own genius. But once released, we were thankful to have what we were missing in our lives, whether we knew it or not. Fans didn’t know these tracks existed, granted. The album includes tracks originally intended to go on his 2015 release, To Pimp a Butterfly (henceforth referred to as TPAB).
“untitled unmastered” is the newest album dropped by Kendrick Lamar, a surprise to the nation as it was released onto Spotify and iTunes on March 4 with nearly no notice from Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE), his record label. These were the few comments I read on, but the consensus was clear: King Kendrick is back. “Nah, more like Kendrick just extended Black History Month to Black History: Past, Present and Future,” user ImaSamara countered. “Kendrick just extended Black History Month for another 28 days,” user ReeceD said in response to untitled 01.