He also didn’t have to do this thing, exactly: an eight-song, 34-minute miniature more substantial than just a handful of outtakes, but also in execution not as complete or united as his album-ass albums (starting with 2011’s Section.80). But where city at least tread traditional hip-hop tropes and the old narrative of young kid, bad influences, and the internal struggle between them all, everything since has seen Kendrick pulled in about a hundred different directions as opposed to one or two.

Not even a year has passed since he released his grand statement, To Pimp a Butterfly, an intimidating epic that was a consensus pick as Album of the Year - critical unanimity unseen since, well, his last album, 2012’s good kid, m.A.A.d city. Is the belief that this “B-side record is better than other artists’ A-sides” still hold up?ĭo these tracks act as a direct prelude to DAMN.Kendrick Lamar didn’t have to do this. What are your favourite tracks on this record? But what do you think? Let me know your thoughts!

Anna Wise, Jay Rock & Punchįor me personally, this was one of the better records in a already competitive year that was 2016. Terrace Martin, Bilal, Thundercat & Anna Wise This compilation record sees guest features from fellow TDE natives such as SZA, Punch and Jay Rock, as well as production credits from Swizz Beats’ then-5 year old son on “untitled 07” (later named “levitate”) The release of this album was allegedly prompted by LeBron James, who tweeted at Top Dawg asking the label to officially release the tracks, some of which he had been performing at shows (notably untitled 02 and untitled 08). Just under a year after his critically acclaimed LP “To Pimp a Butterfly”, Kendrick surprised (some) fans with a 34 minute compilation record composed of loose B-side tracks made during and after the making of his second album.

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