KendrickвЂ™s singsong-y coda at the end of вЂњuntitled 01вЂќ elucidates the purpose of his own use of contradictions within the song and the ephemeral nature of virtue in humans: In his mind, the human race has reached a point of no salvation, thus explaining his existential anxiety throughout the project. The repetition of вЂњItвЂ™s happeningвЂќ feeds into the foreboding sense of doom that weaves its way through practically all of KendrickвЂ™s lyrics on the album. (ItвЂ™s happening) no more bad bitches and real niggasвЂќ (ItвЂ™s happening) no more discriminating the poor вЂњ(ItвЂ™s happening) no more running from world wars The only thing that King Kenny is sure of on this album is that вЂњItвЂ™s happening.вЂќ The cut sets the album up to be one built on pure dissonance: an album that provides more questions than answers. I guess IвЂ™m running in place trying to make it to churchвЂќ

Some of us never did wrong but still went to hell вЂ¦ДЄll man, child, woman, life completely went in reverse вЂњIn disbeliefs our beliefs the reason for all this вЂ¦Д«ackpedaling Christians settling for forgiveness вЂ¦ Through these obfuscating lines he is able to aptly capture the contradictory way in which humans live their lives in accordance to their God, or more generally, their values, as well as provide a heinous atmosphere for the song to exist in: Yet what is most striking about KendrickвЂ™s descriptions is that many of them are filled with conflicting, non-continuous ideas. The smell is disgusting, the heat is unbearableвЂќ With a baby, daisies, and other flowers burning in destruction The ground is shaking, swallowing young woman вЂњThe tallest building plummet, cracking, and crumbling To start, the projectвЂ™s opening track is filled with archetypical apocalyptic imagery, which is accompanied by a cascading beat that makes the track sonically spin downwards into the abyss that is вЂњuntitled unmastered.вЂќ: IвЂ™ll take this time now to apologize for my excessive framing of the album, but itвЂ™s necessary as вЂњuntitled unmastered.вЂќ has practically no context for us. The smoky, 1950s, jazz club meets DJ Khalil aesthetic brings the listener into a part of LamarвЂ™s conscious that is both unmastered and insatiable. вЂњuntitled unmastered.вЂќ provides the listener with one of the more unique listening experiences of 2016. ItвЂ™s frightening that Lamar is putting these tracks out for public consumption as songs that didnвЂ™t even make it on what was widely regarded as the best album in all of popular music last year. While it would be incredibly easy to write off вЂњuntitled unmastered.вЂќ as, solely, K-DotвЂ™s вЂњTo Pimp a ButterflyвЂќ B-sides, as I did upon first hearing about the albumвЂ™s release, вЂњuntitled unmastered.вЂќ comes together as an apocalyptic, anxious and theistic plea for answers. LamarвЂ™s new compilation of unreleased, untitled and unrestricted songs cannot be summarized for so many reasons, yet one of these reasons is not the collectionвЂ™s lack of cogency.

While not entirely evident in this quotation, BrooksвЂ™ essential argument is that a piece of art вЂ“ a poem specifically вЂ“ cannot be synopsized as this synopsis would omit the essential elements of the work, which often contrast and are antagonistic to one another. It is a pattern of resolutions and balances and harmonizations, developed through a temporal schemeвЂќ. At the risk of sounding like a total asshole, know-it-all college student, Kendrick LamarвЂ™s surprise release вЂњuntitled unmastered.вЂќ can be understood best in the context of Cleanth BrooksвЂ™ seminal essay, вЂњThe Heresy of the ParaphraseвЂќ: вЂњIt is a pattern of resolved stressesвЂ¦ the structure of a poem resembles that of a ballet or musical composition.

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