It could have easily served as a complementary piece to TPAB’s “These Walls” and “Complexion (A Zulu Love).” “Untitled 05” is a thicket of hi-hat percussion and saxophone, a piano glissando from Robert Glasper, a vocal from Anna Wise and guest raps from Jay Rock and Lamar’s TDE manager Punch. Recorded on September 6th, 2014, “Untitled 06” has a smooth and infectious jazz-funk groove marked by xylophone and flute, and a lush chorus from Cee-Lo. has plenty of material that sounds polished. 4': 'It Was Absolute Pandemonium'ĭespite its modest title, untitled unmastered. 'Silence of the Lambs': 'It Broke All the Rules'īlack Sabbath on the Making of 'Vol. “What did the Asian say?” shouts out longtime backing vocalist Anna Wise. “My hood going crazy/Where did we go wrong?” “Untitled 03” is an audacious call-and-response where Lamar uses ethnic groups to illustrate the universality of our dreams and desires. “Get God on the phone,” he begins on “Untitled 02,” echoing earlier raps like “The Blacker the Berry” that found him frustrated by the black community’s lack of unity. These tracks demonstrate how TPAB‘s primary themes gestated during nearly two years of recording sessions. But even as a collection of supplementary material to the instant classic that was TPAB, these demos and unreleased songs are casually brilliant.
The eight-track, 35-minute release consists of demo material from recording sessions that led to his 2015 landmark, To Pimp a Butterfly, with songs dated according to when they were recorded. Last night around 9 p.m., Kendrick Lamar dropped untitled unmastered.on iTunes as well as streaming services.