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[CreeperBlocks]

This EP Thou.

There's alot of this album I like. It feels like TPAB 0.5. There's some songs that could've fit on To Pimp a Butterfly.

 

[Heavy Iron Industries]

fam

 

[EloquentM]

This EP Thou.

There's alot of this album I like. It feels like TPAB 0.5. There's some songs that could've fit on To Pimp a Butterfly.

I would hope so these are obvious cuts from that album.

 

[213372bu]

5 sounds so much like Flying Lotus.

 

[hughesta]

okay 2 3 4 5 6 the first half of 7 and 8 are amazing

hm well according to my calculations that means this EP averages out to "real good"

 

[Bruce Springsteen]

track 2 is incredible

track 6, Cee Lo kills it, should have been on album

track 8 is groovy

 

[Japanmanx3]

Make a TPAB Directors Cut ver.

 

[Zeusy]

track 2 is soooooo GOOD!!

 

[richardhawk]

Can this dude fuck off with the Jazz bullshit already. I just want GKMC part 2.

 

[CreeperBlocks]

Make a TPAB Directors Cut ver.

Id buy that.

 

[LionPride]

Can this dude fuck off with the Jazz bullshit already. I just want GKMC part 2.

Good for you, this "Jazz bullshit" is some of his best stuff

 

[SonnyBoy]

As the son of a jazz musician, I appreciate and love the change of pace. Good shit.

 

[Servbot24]

Can this dude fuck off with the Jazz bullshit already. I just want GKMC part 2.

Love jazz but kind of agree. Well, jazz is fine, but this has too much fill. I want teeth.

 

[[Agent]ZeroNine]

Woke up, seen the album on the Google Play store

Got home, album is gone.


Did I miss something?

 

[Kreed]

Only thing missing is that track from the Alright video :[

Yeah I was hoping he'd release that too.

 

[overcast]

Yeah Kendrick straight said these are "Demos from TPAB" on his Instagram.

Love the fact that we were able to get this.

 

[FZZ]

Can this dude fuck off with the Jazz bullshit already. I just want GKMC part 2.

Next project will be To Trap A Butterfly

Have faith

 

[phanphare]

Jazz bullshit

scust

 

[Uno Venova]

Can this dude fuck off with the Jazz bullshit already. I just want GKMC part 2.

Nope, he has the best sound in hip-hop.

 

[Anth0ny]

Can this dude fuck off with the Jazz bullshit already. I just want GKMC part 2.

Agreed. GKMC is second only to MBDTF for my album of the decade. TPAB was a massive disappointment for me. The jazzy shit just doesn't sound right to me, and I consider myself a fan of jazz.

But lots of people really LOVE this new sound from Kendrick, so I can see it continuing.

 

[taa0098]

Count me as someone who really, really fucking loves jazzy kendrick. TPAB is my favorite album of his, and I'm already really liking this. That's not to say I don't love gkmc or section 80, but jazzy hip hop is my shit.

 

[Catvoca]

I'm really glad he put these out, even if I don't like them too much. I'm glad none of these were on TPAB though, the album's better for it.

 

[Effnine]

Can this dude fuck off with the Jazz bullshit already. I just want GKMC part 2.

I normally can't stand Jazz either, but I think Kendrick can get away with it. Lovin this EP.

 

[FeenixRising]

Can this dude fuck off with the Jazz bullshit already. I just want GKMC part 2.

I love the jazzy hip-hop sound, some of Gang Starr's best records used jazz samples.

 

[brianjones]

Can this dude fuck off with the Jazz bullshit already. I just want GKMC part 2.

find myself agreeing with this

its nothing against jazz its cool but I'm getting bored of that sound

I love the jazzy hip-hop sound, some of Gang Starr's best records used jazz samples.

i don't remember that so much .. i thought it was more guru who was into the jazz

 

[overcast]

Kendrick will come with a different style on the next album. I think that's what's so encouraging about TPAB. Shows that he's willing to change up his style and take risks.

This EP is a sidekick to TPAB for sure. It's great for that.

Gonna be interesting to see how the (heavily rumored) J. Cole collab turns out. Don't think we get another Kendrick solo till '18, maybe late 2017.

 

[reKon]

New Bas album out too?

what a time...

 

[taa0098]

Untitled 6 and 8 are king. Especially 8, oh my god that funk

 

[BIG_V-G-V]

Excellent ep! Enjoy every track but 2,3 and 8 are probably my standouts

 

[j-wood]

Dunno if you guys saw the tweet or not, but there is a reason this sounds like TPAB.

Kendrick Lamar ‏@kendricklamar 4h4 hours ago
Demos from To Pimp A Butterfly. In Raw Form. Unfinished. Untitled. Unmastered.

 

[Bowlie]

♫ head is the answer

heaaaad is the futuree ♫

 

[Psychological Intellect]

Levitatelevitatelevitatelevitate

 

[Trey]

I'm positive untitled 2 is a suffix to 'u' that they just lopped off when they shipped TPAB.

 

[Myriadis]

Just listening through it and I'm already loving it. Just reminds me why Jazz Rap is my favorite subgenre. The sound is obviously much more TPAB but it feels as direct as his 'Overly Dedicated' album which is also more on the jazzy/melodic side.

Shame that the alright piece isn't there, I'd so love to hear some full version of it.

Edit: Listened through it. #5 my favorite.

Can this dude fuck off with the Jazz bullshit already. I just want GKMC part 2.

When I listened to "Sing about me, I'm dying of thirst" I wanted more of that and TPAB is more of that. I take "Sing about Me" over "Backseat Freestyle" or "Poetic Justice" any day. In fact when I listened through GKMC again I had a few songs I didn't like but TPAB has none I dislike. Different strokes for different folks, I guess. I love it that he went into that direction.

 

[Spinluck]

Can this dude fuck off with the Jazz bullshit already. I just want GKMC part 2.

No

 

[Daria]

we already heard 3/8 of the songs before release, of course we knew they were going to be leftovers. lol.

Untitled 2 & 5 are absolutely great. That flow would've been so nice over a solid TPAB instrumental. This EP has knocked TLOP out of main rotation for the time being.

 

[LiquidSword]

Not sure how I feel about this album. A lot of good songs but it doesn't feel like a cohesive whole like his others (it probably isn't supposed to given the untitled nature of it.) Also have to agree with everyone that untitled 3 is way better live. So much energy building up in the live version, I just wanted it to keep building up and Kendrick shouting "we don't die! We multiply!" But the album version is just too toned down.

 

[Catvoca]

Not sure how I feel about this album. A lot of good songs but it doesn't feel like a cohesive whole like his others (it probably isn't supposed to given the untitled nature of it.) Also have to agree with everyone that untitled 3 is way better live. So much energy building up in the live version, I just wanted it to keep building up and Kendrick shouting "we don't die! We multiply!" But the album version is just too toned down.

Well it's not an album, it's an EP of stuff that didn't make TPAB and the live stuff he played, so of course it's not going to feel as cohesive.

 

[Myriadis]

They need to master it and maybe add more songs on it (I'm sure he has way more leftovers there) and release it physical. Would love it to have it on Vinyl.

 

[pablito]

Can this dude fuck off with the Jazz bullshit already. I just want GKMC part 2.

Lol he makes 1 album and gives us the unreleased songs and we get these shit comments.

I just want him to do what inspires him. If that's GKMC 2 down the road, cool. If not, cool.

 

[Kelsdesu]

I love the jazzy hip-hop sound, some of Gang Starr's best records used jazz samples.

Gangstarr's and the Root's execution of that sound is far better than Kendricks. Which is part of the reason I am not liking it.

 

[Bruce Springsteen]

Can this dude fuck off with the Jazz bullshit already. I just want GKMC part 2.

hahaha


I prefer TPAB over GKMC but I know a lot of people who really don't like TPAB and wish he went back to that GKMC clean modern sound

 

[Yaphett Kotto]

LEVITATE LEVITATE LEVITATE LEVITATE

Glad I wasn't the only one that thought of this exact scene.

02 is fucking music porn, btw.

 

[ShooterMcGavin]

Haven't been able to listen yet. Any GKMC-esque tracks?

 

[Fried Food]

Track 6 is great. I want more music like the instrumental.

 

[GWX]

Haven't been able to listen yet. Any GKMC-esque tracks?

I guess I could classify 2 and 7 as GKMC-esque. Not quite, though, but different from the TPAB signature jassy sound.

 

[fader]

I really, really want to see the day where Kendrick goes at somebody and ends them. I don't know if he's the kind of guy who would do it, but I'd die to see it.

no one is dumb enough to try him... Maybe someone dumb like stitches

 

[TheMortarion]

Has anyone found any cool alternate artwork? I cannot stand the crushed brown/green velvet look of the cover. Clashes so hard with how my synesthesia hears the colors of the music. Thanks

 

[solarus]

This EP is something else while high, wow.

 

[Hypemaster]

This EP is something else while high, wow.

Yep always. Too lit rn.