Key lyrics: “ No more running from world wars/No more discriminating the poor“ 2. Once the impending doom of ‘untitled 01’ strikes, Kendrick seems to say, there will be permanent, world-bettering change – but will everyone make the grade on Judgement Day? If the dates on these tracks are their completion dates, then this track is from the same nightmarish sessions that produced the whispered creepiness of ‘untitled 04’. Here’s a taster: “ The smell is disgusting, the heat is unbearable/Preachers touching on boys run for cover, they paranoid/Rapists and murderers hurdle alleys/Valleys and high places turn into dust“. It’s an unashamedly apocalyptic opening to ‘untitled unmastered’, with references to the Book of Revelation and its Judgement Day trumpets. ‘untitled unmastered.’ is a shorter, more uneven release than ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’ – and some of it is even darker than its predecessor – but it gives fans a fascinating insight into Kendrick’s creative process. Egypt, the 5-year-old son of Alicia Keys and SwiZz Beatz, has allegedly produced part of one track, there’s an appearance by singer Cee Lo Green, plus help from some of Kendrick’s frequent collaborators, including Thundercat and Anna Wise.

Kendrick did the unexpected last night (March 3) and dropped an entire album of cuts taken from his ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’ sessions from 20 – although one of the tracks, the eight-minute ‘untitled 07 2014-2016’, has been in the works for three years, and other parts of the album have since been recycled for Kendrick’s recent one-off TV performances.

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