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Kendrick Lamar untitled unmastered. EP

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Man fuck this
It's on Spotify tho
 
Already liking this more than To Pimp a Butterfly mainly because it doesn't have all the extraneous "story" that he stuffs his albums with. I just want some music man.
 
What does this even mean?

The dude lives for chart hits.Drake said it himself* he thinks Kendrick isnt in his lane because he doesnt do comparable numbers. Drake is a fuckboi of the worst kind, but his factory of music producers and writers put out great stuff that hes smart enough to curate and put his signature on.
*(in the Rolling Stone mag he got pissed off about because deceased Phillip Seymour Hoffman got the cover and not him)
 
After listening to it twice last night, I'm digging it a lot more than TPaB. It marries jazz with some modern production a lot better than some of the other songs on the album, and the bars are great on this. This is a phenomenal EP.
 
Untitled 01: Good stuff. Like a jazz rap take on a 90s RZA beat
Untitled 02: Sooooooooo good. Sounds like 6God Drake. The beat is kinda reminiscent of the "new Toronto" sound as well, even with the jazz layer on top of it.
Untitled 03: Not as good as the live version, but still bouncy as hell, and that panning flute or whatever sounds great.
Untitled 04: It's cool. Even short EPs like this one need to breathe a bit
Untitled 05: Thick, nighttime driving jazz rap. Busy production and all sorts of vocal styles on this one.
Untitled 06: 60s/70s lounge feel. Unexpected twist on Kendrick recent sound, but it works, and Cee Lo fits right in.
Untitled 07: Whewwww. That first section is infectious and I wish it was longer. We need more YAWK YAWK Kendrick. I'm definitely going to cut the last section out to make an alternate version of this, but it fits with the "riffing session" vibe of the EP.
Untitled 08: WE WANT THE FUNK!

Pretty good project.

02 is my favorite.

Guys. I dont' know what to do with my weekend.

House of Cards...Kendrick......or be with friends?
 
As someone else in the thread said I need Untitled 7 The Album. Just like I wanted M.a.a.d City The Album. The first 2 minutes are just orgasmic trap.
 
Bummer that Untitled 3 is missing the ending it had on Colbert. I really like the CDQ but without the ending i'd rather just listen to the live version.

Maybe I'm in the minority here, but I adored TPAB and I'm really not too crazy about this EP. 05, 07 and 08 are pretty cool, but there's nothing here I love. Glad we got more K.dot but I hope his next album is not gonna be like this.
 
The EP is okay. I don't think too much of it, and this is coming from someone who found GKMC great and TPAB my album of the year. That said I understand this is mostly just unfinished b-side material.

Untitled 8 though, I really wish that was longer.
 
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