Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmasteredKendrick Lamar has released a surprise eight track album, Untitled Unmastered, comprising outtakes from the Grammy winning To Pimp A Butterfly. Filled with jazz solos and politically charged lyrics, it appers to be a companion piece to Butterfly, rather than a standalone record. All of the tracks are untitled, save for the date they were recorded.

“Sweet Georgia Brown

The line is delivered with a knowingness that transcends its surface critiques of late-stage capitalism

who worked at Toho Studios under the legendary Fumio Hayasaka

Hot on the heels of the incredible success of Workingman’s Dead that summer

the frustrated craving for acceptance is echoed elsewhere

and the trio's infectious rapping style

later known as Ronnie Spector

nods to the January 6th Capitol Riot

åÊStrumming MusicåÊcan be heard as a sculptural tour de force

processed beats and a chunky bass line

Donuts was made on a hospital bed and in a home studio

tear-jerking