Untitled Unmastered was released to digital retailers and streaming services on March 4. In an interview with Spin, vocalist Anna Wise, while recalling the demos that appear on Untitled Unmastered, claims she knew of the compilation album's existence for an undisclosed amount of time, and was asked to keep it a secret until its release. Later that day, Lamar confirmed that the tracks were unfinished demos from To Pimp a Butterfly.
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It spans 34 minutes and features eight untitled tracks, each dated. The project was officially released on the iTunes Store later that day. Following his acclaimed performance at the 2016's Grammy Awards, which included aspects of another new untitled track, Lamar revealed the existence of a collection of tracks that did not make it onto Butterfly: "I got a chamber of material from the album that I was in love where sample clearances or something as simple as a deadline kept it off the album." įollowing hints of a new release from Lamar's label Top Dawg Entertainment, and allegedly aided by NBA player LeBron James's public request to TDE head Anthony Tiffith that Lamar's untitled work be released, Untitled Unmastered first surfaced on Spotify on Macontaining eight untitled tracks but without an apparent release date. In January 2016, he performed another untitled song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. In December 2014, while preparing for the release of his third album To Pimp a Butterfly (2015), Lamar performed an unreleased, untitled track as a musical guest on the final episode of The Colbert Report. Retrieved March 15, 2016.Thundercat, who appears on six of the album's tracks, was unaware of Untitled Unmastered until "maybe a day before" its release. ^ "Kendrick Lamar – Chart History: Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs".^ " Kendrick Lamar – Untitled 08 – " (in Dutch).^ "Ultratop.be – Kendrick Lamar – Untitled 08 – " (in French).^ "Kendrick Lamar Unveils Powerful New Song 'Untitled 2' on 'Fallon' "."Kendrick Lamar Flaunts Casual Brilliance on 'Untitled Unmastered' ". "Kendrick Lamar's 'untitled unmastered': A track-by-track review". Jones, Patrick Ryan and Maeve McDermott (March 5, 2016). "Kendrick Lamar's 'untitled unmastered.' – Track By Track First Listen". ^ "Kendrick Lamar Debuts New Song "Untitled II" On The Tonight Show".US Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles ( Billboard)
The song was performed for the public for the first time on January 7, 2016, on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Both stories dissolve into his own, as he ends the album questioning what exactly we're owed by the universe for existing, and how hard we need to fight for what we're not." Musically, critics compared the song with " King Kunta", for its hydraulic-pumping synthesized bass thump and Lamar's slangy flow. USA Today described the narrative: "one of a young woman struggling with her come-up, the other an impoverished voice lashing out at Kendrick’s own accounts of his struggles. The lyrics show little optimism, though Lamar cushions his anger and disappointment with "irresistibly" feel-good vibes, suggesting there may be hope after all. Lyrically, the track discusses the futility of hopelessness in the face of adversity (mashed up with 'untitled 2' for Kendrick's Fallon performance in January).
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