Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered. (Stream + Discussion Thread)

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NoHalfWay said:
This nikka got AOTY so far off throwaways :mjcry:

That new Elzhi right around the corner tho :mjpls:
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crazy to think kdot will be a contender for aoty with throwaways :wow:

He was definitely one of the highlight rappers of the first half of this decade and he's starting the second half with more fire :wow:
 
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Pitchfork names Track 5 best new music


When Kendrick debuted fragments of “untitled 5” during his performance at this year's Grammys, it was as an epilogue to his raucous, survivalist anthem “Alright.” And it was also the exclamation point capping a series of live performances featuring unreleased songs. “See I'm living with anxiety, ducking sobriety/ fukking up the system, I ain't fukking with society/ Justice ain't free, therefore justice ain't me,” he barked at a Staples Center crowd, shackled and surrounded by black men in prison jumpsuits.

Following “Alright,” it read like a glimpse of momentary doubt, a little concession to the overwhelming odds faced. Why do you want to see a good man with a broken heart? Maybe we won’t be alright after all. His dead-eyed stare and his snarling raps sold this dark alternative. “Once upon a time I used to go to church and talk to God/ Now I'm thinkin' to myself, hollow tips is all I got,” he spit. Maybe there’s really only one way out.

The complete “untitled 5” is found on untitled unmastered., a collection of To Pimp A Butterfly demos released just last night. This version is untethered to the hopeful exuberance of “Alright.” It fully explores how power disparities create street violence, and how that violence impacts the psyche, shaping one's sense of normality. It grapples with sanity in the context of a human framework that doesn’t make sense. It wonders if the prerequisites for lucidity are skewed in the hood, if it’s even possible to think rationally trapped in a loaded reality. Kendrick, along with TDE cohorts Punch and Jay Rock, tackle how classism feeds the prison-industrial complex, and in turn, commodifies black violence.

“untitled 5” is driven by this internal conversation, and Kendrick jackhammers through, as a lurching bass line swells around him. He and Rock rap in tandem—just before an eight-second Eric Dolphy sample closes “5” out—voicing the impact of prisons, both literal and figurative: “Professional dream killers reason why I'm awake,” he says. The same cycle that ravages black communities across America pushed Kendrick Lamar to speak for them.

Kendrick Lamar: "untitled 05 | 09.21.2014"
 
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Kendrick has the potential to be the actual GOAT,dude has that major label budget with the musical sensibilities of an indie artist, creative control and artistic integrity is paramount to the evolution of an musician. Most of the supposed GOATS had none of those, dudes came out the hardest on their debut then commerialized and watered down their music shortly after to double those dollars, which is why a dude like Jay Z can release juvenile weedplates like Magna Carta 20 years into his career with his debut ironically being his most mature work. Then you got Wayne aimless looking like a sad clown releasing desperation projects with 2chainz despite being full of potential early in his career, wasted talent
 
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Stainzz said:
Pitchfork names Track 5 best new music


When Kendrick debuted fragments of “untitled 5” during his performance at this year's Grammys, it was as an epilogue to his raucous, survivalist anthem “Alright.” And it was also the exclamation point capping a series of live performances featuring unreleased songs. “See I'm living with anxiety, ducking sobriety/ fukking up the system, I ain't fukking with society/ Justice ain't free, therefore justice ain't me,” he barked at a Staples Center crowd, shackled and surrounded by black men in prison jumpsuits.

Following “Alright,” it read like a glimpse of momentary doubt, a little concession to the overwhelming odds faced. Why do you want to see a good man with a broken heart? Maybe we won’t be alright after all. His dead-eyed stare and his snarling raps sold this dark alternative. “Once upon a time I used to go to church and talk to God/ Now I'm thinkin' to myself, hollow tips is all I got,” he spit. Maybe there’s really only one way out.

The complete “untitled 5” is found on untitled unmastered., a collection of To Pimp A Butterfly demos released just last night. This version is untethered to the hopeful exuberance of “Alright.” It fully explores how power disparities create street violence, and how that violence impacts the psyche, shaping one's sense of normality. It grapples with sanity in the context of a human framework that doesn’t make sense. It wonders if the prerequisites for lucidity are skewed in the hood, if it’s even possible to think rationally trapped in a loaded reality. Kendrick, along with TDE cohorts Punch and Jay Rock, tackle how classism feeds the prison-industrial complex, and in turn, commodifies black violence.

“untitled 5” is driven by this internal conversation, and Kendrick jackhammers through, as a lurching bass line swells around him. He and Rock rap in tandem—just before an eight-second Eric Dolphy sample closes “5” out—voicing the impact of prisons, both literal and figurative: “Professional dream killers reason why I'm awake,” he says. The same cycle that ravages black communities across America pushed Kendrick Lamar to speak for them.

Kendrick Lamar: "untitled 05 | 09.21.2014"
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This is my review :salute:
 
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