Who knew the NBA star had such a hold on the music industry?!
Fresh off his Grammys win, Kendrick Lamar decided to pull a Beyoncé and dropped a surprise album on Friday!
The brand new album untitled unmastered features previously unreleased songs that didn’t make the cut for his Grammy-winning To Pimp A Butterfly.
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The eight-track album was released on iTunes, Google Play, Tidal, and Spotify. K.Dot shared the news on his Twitter, writing:
And according to Top Dawg Entertainment head Anthony Tiffith, fans can thank none other thank LeBron James for the release of the tracks!
It all started a few weeks ago, when the Cleveland Cavaliers player asked Tiffith for the release of Kendrick’s tracks after watching his powerful performance at the Grammys:
And right before untitled unmastered dropped, the music exec told fans to thank the athlete for the album’s release, sharing on his Instagram:
AH-Mazing!
Thanks, LeBron! Now if only you can coax Frank Ocean to release his long-overdue album, we’d be all set!
What do YOU think of Kendrick’s untitled unmastered?
[Image via CBS/Instagram.]