Lamar was the most nominated artist of the evening with 11 nods, but despite his album’s daring approach of breaking rap conventions and universal acclaim, it lost the night’s biggest honor - album of the year - to Taylor Swift. “Untitled Unmastered” arrives weeks after Lamar’s riveting, emotionally charged performance at the 58th Grammy Awards, where he rapped about police brutality and the shooting of Trayvon Martin in the most politically minded performance of the night - a medley of “Butterfly” tracks “The Blacker the Berry” and “Alright,” as well as the latest entry in his “Untitled” series of verses. The possible Spotify mishap felt like a nod to the surprise release of “To Pimp a Butterfly,” which was dropped a full week before its scheduled date in March (although the release initially appeared to be an accidental leak, major-label distributor Interscope later confirmed that the early drop was indeed intentional). But I think probably close to 10 songs that I’m in love with that I’ll still play and still perform that didn’t make the cut.” “I got a chamber of material from the album that I was in love where sample clearances or something as simple as a deadline kept it off the album. “You see all these performances on these late-night shows,” he said. In an interview with hip-hop site 2 Dope Boyz, the rapper said the untitled tracks he’s been performing on television are records that couldn’t make the album for whatever reason.
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