Listen to Kendrick Lamar's surprise new album untitled unmastered

Kendrick Lamar drops new album.
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Kendrick Lamar has released eight untitled tracks as a follow-up to his critically acclaimed 2015 album, To Pimp a Butterfly. The new "album," untitled unmastered, appears to be a sort of "stop-gap release," according to The Wall Street Journal, which goes on to speculate that the collection is aimed at pleasing fans and maintaining the rapper's impressive momentum.

The tracks on untitled unmastered, all of which are untitled, were reportedly made between 2013 and 2016.

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.