' as the song Kendrick performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon back in January. Untitled unmastered. spans eight tracks total. As it turned out, this was the surprise project that he was referring to, and Kendrick unleashed it to the delight of his fans.

popped up on Spotify under Kendrick Lamar's name. Earlier tonight however, a project called untitled unmastered. Many suspected it would be from SZA or Isaiah Rashad, as Top Dawg recently noted that their albums were nearing completion. The Midnight Hour is sophisticated hip hop that fans will enjoy, capturing their jazz rhythm section, and a full orchestra, to analog tape.Earlier this week, TDE's CEO Top Dawg announced that one of the label's artists would be dropping a project sometime this week as a surprise. The Midnight Hour is a soul/jazz/hip hop album which continues the conversations started by yesterday’s jazz and funk pioneers those that created the bedrock of samples for hip hop producers in the 80s/90s. Adrian and Ali began working on this album back in 2013, but put the project aside as they would score the hit Netflix series Marvel’s Luke Cage (the two even perform in an episode of the upcoming second season). The album has features from CeeLo Green, Raphael Saadiq, Masha Ambrosius, Bilal, Eryn Allen Kane, Karolina and more.

As Linear Labs put it best: The Midnight Hour is comprised of Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge, alongside a tight rhythm section and a full orchestra.

The Midnight Hour, a soul/jazz/hip-hop album of the highest order and featuring a track that was sampled by Kendrick Lamar for a highlight piece within his 2016 compilation Untitled Unmastered. Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad present the instrumentals of recent album The Midnight Hour.

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