Despite mostly being a bundle of songs from the ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’ sessions, the album went straight to the top of the US Billboard 200. What has Kendrick Lamar been doing since ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’?Ģ016 saw the release of ‘untitled unmastered.’ a collection of rough-edged tracks and loose ideas named only by the date they were recorded on. I wanna put all the paint on the wall and see where it goes. “I have ideas and I have a certain approach, but I wanna see what it manifests to. Everything will make a little more sense.”īack in October 2016, legendary producer Rick Rubin asked Kendrick what his next step would sound like, in conversation with GQ. Pre the US election and groundbreaking events that could have inspired this LP, he told The Guardian midway through touring his third album: “I know exactly what I want to say next.” He added: “Everything is going to make sense – not only to myself but to anybody who wants to understand life and music. Nobody speaks on it because it’s almost in conflict with what’s going on in the world when you talk about politics and government and the system.” We’re in a time where we exclude one major component out of this whole thing called life: God. I’m in a space now where I’m not addressing the problem anymore. “‘To Pimp a Butterfly’ was addressing the problem. “I think now, how wayward things have gone within the past few months, my focus is ultimately going back to my community and the other communities around the world where they’re doing the groundwork,” he expanded. In a revealing March 2017 interview with New York Times, Kendrick claimed his next work would sound “very urgent”, perhaps in line with politically-motivated times. What’s the new Kendrick Lamar album called? Interim release ‘untitled unmastered.’ came completely out of the blue. Last time round, four months spanned between the unveiling of lead single ‘i’ and the eventual release of ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’, but don’t rule out a surprise release / streaming exclusive. We didn’t have any mad scientists on speed dial, but it doesn’t take a genius to work out “IV” = LP4. And accounting for 2011 debut ‘Section.80’, a new release would be his fourth full-length. Erasing everything from his Instagram account, Radiohead-style, he then posted a cryptic image with the Roman numerals “IV”. On March 23, Kendrick gave the first hint that a big new release was imminent. The Trump-dissing song, which may or may not end up on an eventual full-length, finishes with the line: “ Y’all got till April the 7th to get ya’ll shit together.” If comeback track ‘ The Heart Part 4‘ is gospel, then Kendrick’s new album is coming out on April 7.
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