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Outside of the frenzied critical circle, which is probably just recovering from the fanfare, To Pimp a Butterfly seemed to face backlash from casual hip-hop heads and was dismissed as a bloated, occasionally messy album, one that’s even been labeled as being “boring.” But perhaps untitled unmastered.’s demo format and raw, seemingly unkempt stylistic trappings will please those very same naysayers. Never released to the public until now, this was Lamar’s sonic therapy, jamming off-the-cuff and losing himself in the simple enjoyment of making music. Where Butterfly found Lamar being informed by a thousand old jazz, funk, and soul records, these eight demo tracks look to exact intimate details from Lamar’s ripe, post-trip headspace. draws heavily upon design elements sourced from the rich traditions of the African diaspora, with a narrative that touches on spiritual and cultural experiences. Similarly to its conceptual predecessor, untitled unmastered. The utopian vision of Afrofuturism, which exists plainly throughout the project’s sprawling 34 minutes, is ostensibly based around black identity, while the possibility of a much bleaker dystopian society also props up, threatening to undermine The Artist for a mere profit ( “A piece of mine’s/ That’s what the white man wanted when I rhyme/ Telling me that he selling me just for $10.99”). On “untitled 03,” the loose concept of Afrofuturism, which he briefly explored on his last album, collides head-on with Eastern philosophies and contemporary inner-city living. Whether rhythmically bustling or meditative, these eight previously unreleased demos from the Butterfly sessions seethe with Lamar’s still-startling visions and artistic ambitions. This latest release acts not only as an extended universe for To Pimp a Butterfly, but also as a portal for the drastic changes in the rapper’s persona and musical style between his last two full-lengths. For example, what would “i,” Lamar’s self-love anthem, have sounded like had the rapper never utilized the recording studio as his own personal temple? Better yet, exactly what does meditation sound like for the 28-year-old Compton native?
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Surely Lamar’s imaginings of Africa is significant in helping us to better understand the album, but it’s not entirely necessary, because evidently, from the surprise release of untitled unmastered., there’s always been a missing piece to that puzzle. “For me, that’s when the album really started.” Whether it was to broaden his worldview or perhaps better understand Nelson Mandela’s fight to end apartheid, the trip was nonetheless significant for Lamar and ultimately helped fuel the freewheeling creative process for what would eventually become one of hip-hop’s most exalted albums in recent history. “I remember he took a trip to Africa and something in his mind just clicked,” collaborator and producer Sounwav says. Frankly, no one truly knows why Kendrick Lamar embarked on an impromptu trip to South Africa in between the success of 2012’s good kid, m.A.A.d city and the recording of To Pimp a Butterfly.