

That album was almost unanimously heralded among the year's best albums, so a surprise encore feels more than welcome. "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," Lamar revealed earlier in the year. It's a set of demos and asides associated with last year's sprawling To Pimp a Butterfly. Untitled unmastered seized the Internet by surprise on Friday with its minimalist cover art and free-jazzy grooves, but it is not an album of new material. This shouldn't be surprising, because it's Kendrick, but it's strange, considering this is a bunch of leftovers. Retrieved June 7, 2018.Kendrick Lamar's untitled unmastered is better and more daring than most of the hip-hop albums that have been released this year. Recording Industry Association of America.


"Kendrick Lamar Surprises Fans With 'Damn.' Collector's Edition".

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. New Zealand Heatseekers ( Recorded Music NZ) Ĭzech Republic ( Singles Digitál Top 100) Critical reception Īccording to, the song is enough for one to say "DAMN." (a play on the title of the album), and begs the listener to "further analyze the flawed system dissects." Credits and personnel Ĭredits adapted from the official Damn digital booklet. Lamar would later call out Rivera and Fox News on the album's third track, " Yah". The track contains an excerpt from Fox News' The Five members Eric Bolling, Kimberly Guilfoyle, and Geraldo Rivera criticizing Lamar's performance of " Alright" at the 2015 BET Awards. Lamar himself has stated the intro as a struggle between wickedness and weakness, essentially the battle between good and evil. The intro is followed by audio of Fox News' reporters criticizing Lamar. According to Genius, the woman represents the consequences that leads to Damnation from the Book of Deuteronomy. The track consists of Lamar telling a story in which he is shot by a blind woman he's trying to help.
