There were hints that something was in the works earlier this week already, starting with a not-so-mysterious Instagram post on Wednesday from Anthony Tiffith - the CEO of Lamar’s label, Top Dawg Entertainment - which Lamar promptly retweeted.Īll of the signs in untitled unmastered. And the sprawling, eight-minute “untitled 07” is partly a reworking - or rough, improvised version - of material that appears earlier on untitled unmastered. It’s a strategy that nods to the lifting-the-veil feel behind Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo.Ī lot of this material will be familiar to attentive listeners as NME points out, Lamar has already performed certain passages from this project quite publicly already, including on TV performances on shows like The Colbert Report and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. The project’s title suggests a certain fluidity and work-in-progress liminality, and its cover is an unadorned, almost industrial green field. When this music made its way online last night, some news outlets breathlessly hailed it as the leak of a “surprise new album” featuring “ eight new songs.” was available across many music platforms, including Spotify, iTunes and Tidal. If those dates (most of which fall between 20) are correct, it means they were recorded during the same period as Lamar’s masterful To Pimp A Butterfly.Īs of this morning, untitled unmastered. Each of untitled unmastered.‘s eight tracks is - as the album’s name headlines - untitled, followed by a date.
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