Not only do the tracks lack titles, but the features are masked as well, creating an almost communal feel.
The contrast between the tragic characterisation and the upbeat, jazzy instrumentation perfectly coincides with what we are used to from Kendrick - easily digestible melodies that allow his hard dose of reality resonate. He puts the spotlight on mainstream stereotyping by examining specific ethnic groups, with the most pitiful depiction reserved for African Americans. This same platter of topical themes presents itself again in 'Untitled 03' as he balances racial concerns with both gravity and hilarity as 'For Free? (Interlude)' from TPAB. Within seconds he is seemingly desperate for spiritual salvation, then stoically unaffected by his plight, and finally, animated and rebellious. Kendrick wastes no time revisiting religious concerns in the ensuing track, 'Untitled 02', as he pleads to an anonymous source to “ Get God on the phone!” A cog in the Kendrick machine is his ability to affect different sensations with his alternating vocal pitches. His captivating vocals convey the authenticity and terror in his vision, and there is not a shred of optimism by the verse’s finale: “ I guess I’m running in place trying to make it to church.” Kendrick paints a bleak picture of a world unraveled by the apocalypse, where any sense of spiritual or ethical morality has vanished. The interplay between sexuality and oppression - a main thematic current of TPAB - is executed with the commencement track, 'Untitled 01'. He spends the entirety of the record fusing seemingly disparate parts and wafting between snippets of ideas. Kendrick’s experimental hankering is constantly in flux.
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The free jazz ambience is amplified throughout, but not solely in the instrumentals.
And yet, for all of its discordance, there is both the degree of palpable cohesion belying To Pimp A Butterfly and the unorthodox narrative of GKMC that lures the listener close. However, most likely owing to its status as an 'unmastered' release, this album is bereft of the same fastidious sonic rendezvous as we are used to hearing.
The longer one peers at the portrait of the artist as a young man, the more facets reveal themselves in ingenious, kaleidoscopic fashion. Kendrick’s thoroughly nuanced poetics are such a steep departure from the norm that it's impossible to claim complete assimilation without exhaustive listening sessions, but even then the significance becomes even more indiscriminate. We even inspect the curvature of the numbers in a track titled 'untitled 03- ' in hopes of unlocking Mayan-style codes. We ponder whether or buried beneath Kendrick’s dreadlocks are prosperous musings about climate change, Donald Trump, ISIS, and Super PAC funding. We rummage in the airspace between his lyrical escapades so as not to miss camouflaged philosophies. city, and To Pimp A Butterfly is scrutinised devoutly. We ask a lot of our musical heroes, and the same artist who exhaled entire tomes of humanity set to drums like Section.80, good kid, m.A.A.d.
The Compton native’s appeal can be spliced in illimitable categories, but the conclusion is always his art's untamed, almost psychotic brilliance. Kendrick’s roguish decision to release untitled, unmastered the outtakes of his venerated To Pimp A Butterfly arrived in the form of a tweet, consequently altering more than a few weekend plans, and setting social media circuitry ablaze. The California wordsmith is unprecedented, and his meteoric rise over the last few years has brought about an utter metamorphosis for the hip hop genre. "I know for sure who you are/ You're the goddess of the odd" he says, before resigning, "I am yours.It didn’t take the California State Senate to honour Kendrick Lamar as a cultural icon for the world to take notice. In the end, Lamar reassures his love interest that none of those misgivings matter. Themes of duality in general pervade the song the chorus, sung by CeeLo, sees lines like "Both sides of me are evenly odd" and "Am I mortal man or make believe?"ĭuality is also demonstrated in the song's structure toward the end of the song, focus on Kendrick's insecurities shifts to the perceived insecurity that his love interest might have of her humble upbringing. "Look how you think that my mystique is a round of applause." "Look at my flaws, look at my flaws/ Look at my imperfections and all," Kendrick says in his second verse. The song can be interpreted as Lamar, the suitor pleading with a love interest while reconciling his insecurities. The reference to Lamar being a Gemini, born on June 17, is salient as the song focuses on personality traits that seemingly compete against one another.
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