TDE’s co-president Punch details that Kendrick Lamar’s latest unexpected album “untitled unmastered.“, was actually inspired by Prince and some previous work that he’s done comparing the two to “freedom”. Every artist’s dream. Hit the jump.
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Punch discussed with Billboard the influence of Kendrick’s latest project:
“As far as untitled, me and Kendrick always talked about doing a sort of Black Album, like how Prince did back in the day. There was no album cover, no song titles, no anything – just tracks he threw out.”
“To me, it just means freedom. [Kendrick’s] first album [good kid, m.A.A.d. city] doesn’t sound anything like the second album [To Pimp A Butterfly], so it opened him up to where he can do anything he wants. There are no bounds to what he can do creatively. Most artists have a certain lane they have to stay in, but for him to put out songs [from To Pimp a Butterfly sessions] along with stuff that he performed on the late night shows, it just shows you that he can do whatever he wants.”
“It’s different styles on there. You can’t pigeonhole him at all. He’s got everything. I don’t see a weakness in his whole thing. If he wants to do storytelling, that’s cool. If he wants straight bars, that’s cool.”
