Quick Listen: Kendrick Lamar’s Untitled Unmastered is an Untitled Un-Masterpiece

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Pimp-pimp hooray!

The now reigning “king” of hip-hop Kendrick Lamar continues to share his excellent music with the masses with a new EP titled untitled unmastered. Disclaimer: it features 8 untitled and unmastered tracks but despite the raw nature of the album, it sounds so skillfully created that what is meant to sound incomplete is more complete than any newly released music this year.

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Kendrick Lamar infuses jazz, spoken word and hip hop, much like he did on his Grammy Award Winning LP To Pimp A Butterfly. However, this album is unique due to it’s bare-bones presentation mimicking a behind the scenes look at a inner city poetry jam session — and once again, Lamar may have another Grammy waiting for him down the road.

Songs and lyrics from his untitled performances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and of course his captivating Grammy performance, appear on the album along with a Cee-Lo Green soulful jam, and some trap hip hop influenced songs for the mainstream music lovers to audible devour.

So who do we have to thank for this unmastered masterpiece? Cleveland Cavaliers forward and king in his own right LeBron James.

All of this talk of Kendrick Lamar and LeBron James does not overshadow a 5 year old boy manifesting his goal. Yes, that 5 year old kid who has a producing credit on Kendrick Lamar’s new EP is Swizz Beatz son, Egypt. Kendrick has proven time and time again to be unmastered by the music industry, and untitled in masterpieces.