Thinking about the title, untitled unmastered is kind of an interesting choice - are these supposedly rough mixes, or is it a black consciousness statement, I have no title and no master?
― MatthewK, Saturday, 5 March 2016 12:58 (eight years ago) link
I mean, with the whole Kunta Kinte reference on TPAB's breakout track.
it's very deliberate
http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/6898260/tde-punch-kendrick-lamar-untitled-unmastered-interview
The second part of the project’s name, though, isn't just a label for the raw recordings. "Everything that we do is deliberate so if you hear something that says Unmastered, we absolutely did that on purpose,” Punch explained. “There’s more than one meaning behind that.
"We’re definitely trying to break chains musically and socially," he continues. "The whole thing to me just represents breaking the chains, whatever those chains might be, whatever chains society puts on you. We’re trying to break those and be free.”
― some dude, Saturday, 5 March 2016 13:14 (eight years ago) link
ah, makes sense, I'm definitely too thick to have picked up on that myself
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Saturday, 5 March 2016 14:34 (eight years ago) link
yeah, that's there too.i like hearing cee-lo's voice on something i enjoy that was released in 2016
― ulysses, Saturday, 5 March 2016 17:39 (eight years ago) link
https://twitter.com/Yoonginese/status/708464990022463488?s=09
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 12 March 2016 03:21 (eight years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/03/10/magazine/25-songs-that-tell-us-where-music-is-going.html?_r=1#/kendrick-lamar-the-blacker-the-berry
best thing i've read about "The Blacker The Berry"
― ODD FUTURE WOLFGANG VAN HALEN ON BASS (some dude), Saturday, 12 March 2016 12:51 (eight years ago) link
Best writer in the world
― robbie ca$hflo (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 12 March 2016 15:29 (eight years ago) link
Wow that piece is outstanding
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Saturday, 12 March 2016 17:53 (eight years ago) link
yeah
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 12 March 2016 18:03 (eight years ago) link
Brief History of Seven Killings is the best book I've read in years
― robbie ca$hflo (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 12 March 2016 18:19 (eight years ago) link
When shit hit the fan, is you still a fan?
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Monday, 26 December 2016 19:34 (seven years ago) link
http://www.thefader.com/2017/03/23/kendrick-lamar-a-cryptic-iv-on-instagram
― Number None, Thursday, 23 March 2017 20:08 (seven years ago) link
It would be cool if whatever he does next made him into more of a pop presence, beyond showing up for guest verses on certain hits.
Not necessary for his music to be great, just think it'd be a cool extra
― nova, Friday, 24 March 2017 03:15 (seven years ago) link
Kendrick never seems content to do the same thing twice, so I imagine album four—out April 7, if his insinuations are to be trusted—won't sound like either GKMC or TPAB. As someone who enjoyed the former more than the latter, I would welcome a poppier album. But I'm sure it will be good either way.
That new song, though! Too many Drake disses to count! Unlike Drake (except on "Back to Back" and "Charged Up"), Kendrick doesn't hide behind subliminals; the only way he could've been more direct is if he called out Drake by name. My favorite aspect is how he interpolates Drake lines—a common move by the 6 God—into song, like "Tables turned, lesson learned" and "This is in forever." As far as promo for album four, it can't get much better.
The best part is that Drake will be physically unable to sit on his hands. He's probably already preparing something.
― Handsome Bookor, Friday, 24 March 2017 13:06 (seven years ago) link
the only way he could've been more direct is if he called out Drake by name
Or he could have stopped dissing Big Sean and dissed Drake instead
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Friday, 24 March 2017 13:51 (seven years ago) link
I'm not expecting an album that soon Buti would love to be wrong
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 24 March 2017 13:52 (seven years ago) link
The Big Sean disses are just as plentiful, too, I just focused on Drake because there's more history, has a bigger profile, and you know he'll feel the need to respond.
― Handsome Bookor, Friday, 24 March 2017 14:08 (seven years ago) link
I was trawling through discography info to clarify which releases were considered albums and which were considered mixtapes and stumbled across the factoid that every Kendrick album since Good Kid, m.A.A.d City has appeared on Billboard's year-end album list every year since its release.
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Friday, 24 March 2017 14:26 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvTRZJ-4EyI
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 30 March 2017 23:10 (seven years ago) link
banger
― neva missa lost, wednesday nights on abc (voodoo chili), Thursday, 30 March 2017 23:48 (seven years ago) link
maybe we should start a thread for the new record
― maura, Thursday, 30 March 2017 23:49 (seven years ago) link
Definitely.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 30 March 2017 23:50 (seven years ago) link
WE GET TURNT UP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsucJR9pk6A
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 30 March 2017 23:50 (seven years ago) link
I'm not goon enough to start a new thread but someone really should
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 31 March 2017 00:08 (seven years ago) link
Kendrick Lamar - 2017 Album (Rumored for April 7th)
― neva missa lost, wednesday nights on abc (voodoo chili), Friday, 31 March 2017 00:15 (seven years ago) link
just wanted to note that the original single version of "i" fucking rules really hard
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Monday, 24 August 2020 15:59 (three years ago) link
Still kind of bummed that the live version ended up on the album.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 24 August 2020 16:08 (three years ago) link
the single version was a little too incongruously sunny for the album but I know what you mean
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Monday, 24 August 2020 16:18 (three years ago) link
Yes! So damn good
― brimstead, Monday, 24 August 2020 16:28 (three years ago) link
Man, this album is so fucking good
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 15:25 (three years ago) link
yeah, it's evergreen
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 16:59 (three years ago) link
any word on his new album? seemed some talk that it was coming out in 2020 but haven't seen much lately
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 17:33 (three years ago) link
so fucking great
― brimstead, Wednesday, 14 October 2020 17:37 (three years ago) link
This went way leftOn some Andy kellman core lolI think I like it but not what I expected― deej loaf (D-40), Monday, March 16, 2015 4:10 AM (five years ago) bookmarkflaglink
On some Andy kellman core lol
I think I like it but not what I expected
― deej loaf (D-40), Monday, March 16, 2015 4:10 AM (five years ago) bookmarkflaglink
What's that? #latepass
― Andy K, Monday, 26 October 2020 01:55 (three years ago) link
This album is easily top ten of the last decade for me, so stacked with good songs that it's remarkably easy to sleep on some of them. I don't know how many listens it took me to realize that "Complexion" was actually great, even if it's only like the tenth best song on the album
DAMN hasn't held up as well, but I still eagerly await the next album
― Vinnie, Monday, 26 October 2020 10:11 (three years ago) link
Jesus christ, what a transcendental work. I casually threw this on for the first time in a while but couldn't stay casual for long.Hope he'll have something to share with us soon. Every couple months he trends on twitter and I get my hopes up that he dropped something but it's always just people using his name for clout. Curious to hear how fatherhood has influenced him.
― Fetchboy, Saturday, 6 February 2021 07:33 (three years ago) link