We’ll probably be debating it by the end of the year (and for many more to come), and I’m likely to change my attitude on it various times in the coming months. almost feels counterproductive much like with Butterfly, it feels like putting a period on something in need of an ellipsis. The new record doesn’t capture the same energy of the live “untitled” performances Lamar has given on television over the past year and change, but it does have an unruly, rugged charm that’s engrossing and benefits from not being overproduced or bogged down with interconnected skits and superfluous metaphors. His career continues to be a deeper, darker, and further-maddening dive into his own head he’s fighting against the Faustian bargain of celebrity and success by drowning himself in Bitches Brew -style jazz, West Coast G-funk, and Harlem Renaissance-like poetry, and is rewarded with more celebrity and success.Īlso Read Governors Ball Heads to Flushing Meadows Corona Park With Lizzo, Odesza, Kendrick Lamar , I’m once again reminded that he probably shouldn’t be able to make such messy, sprawling, and undeniably black records while keeping his mainstream success and cultural cache so sturdily intact.
With Kendrick Lamar’s latest project, the eight-track untitled unmastered. Israel Daramola: The gift of a truly great, once-in-a-lifetime rapper is that they can take and pull off any number of chances. That Song He Played on Colbert) dissuades that notion pretty quickly - but just that it’s gratifying to hear a version of Kendrick that’s not too concerned with following up one of the greatest albums of his generation to make a pass at your mother over bluesy lo-fi guitar noodling. Which isn’t to say that untitled unmastered. doesn’t have much on its mind - the on-record debut of the eviscerating “untitled 03 |. The charm of untitled unmastered.‘s mere unlikely existence is such that asking for any kind of coherence or consistency of quality from it feels greedy, but sure enough, Kendrick’s new “project” settles into a groove narcotic enough for the MC to have ranted about its evils somewhere towards the end of Butterfly. As such, SPIN staffers and contributors offer their first impressions below.Īndrew Unterberger: Why yes, I would like to hear eight new Kendrick Lamar songs that sound like side three of To Pimp a Butterfly - the meditative, mid-tempo corner - extended to a 35-minute mini-album, released with no expectation of expectations.
Despite its brevity (the collection features just eight tracks) and in-progress aesthetic (the songs are, according to Lamar, unfinished demos from his To Pimp a Butterfly sessions), any new music from K-Dot is worth poring over.
Kendrick Lamar surprise-released ( well, almost) a new project on Thursday night called untitled unmastered.
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