Tu Pimp A Caterpillar [V1]

Released as a single, later appeared on 'Long. Live. ASAP'.

OG Filename (Metadata): Burn ROUGH A throwaway from February 2013, during the early sessions for To Pimp a Butterfly.

Loose single released on TDE's SoundCloud a week after 'good kid, m.A.A.d city' dropped (October 30, 2012). Released as a thank-you for the support of the album. Meant to be released on the Kendrick/J.Cole project.

OG Filename (Metadata): Crooked ROUGH A throwaway from February 2013, during the early sessions for To Pimp a Butterfly. Kendrick's verse on this track was later reworked with some different lyrics and reused on Thundercat's 2017 song "Walk On By".

Released as a single, later appeared on 'Girl Who Got Away'.

OG Filename (Metadata): It's Alive ROUGH From a commercial promoting Beats by Dre. This song is solo Kendrick, and there are no Dr. Dre vocals or drums. There is, however, a voice at some points of the song talking about "the doctor". Made in 2013.

OG Filename: Kendrick - Mind Over Matter HOOK A rough demo that was made in 2013 which only contains the hook of the song. Lines were later reused on Blue, The Misfit's "DRUGS ON THE SCHOOLYARD". Leaked as a bonus for a Kanye group buy.

"Somebody That I Used To Know" remix provided by Tapemasters Inc. on December 22nd, 2012. Track 1 on Slight Work 5 mixtape. Kendrick's verse later ended up on "Memories Back Then" by T.I.

Released as a single.

Voice memo of Kendrick singing the song's hook for Chantal Kreviazuk and telling her how it should sound.

Early instrumental of "DUCKWORTH." made in 2014 with slight production changes.

Track 9 on 'Long.Live.A$AP'.

In a now deleted tweet from May 20, 2013, Q-Tip says: "@kendricklamar can I let this record we did go my brotha? People need to hear it". Possibly played at the second GKMC listening party in September 2012, but it could be a different song.

Released as a single, later appeared on 'The Wack Album'.

Released as a single.

Kendrick had an idea to record an entire album on 2-Inch tape. Unknown if anything was recorded for it.

Released as a single.

MixedByAli says that Kendrick scrapped two to three albums worth of music leading up to TPAB. A now removed interview with Complex also reports that Kendrick recorded 30 to 40 songs prior to July 2014.

Released as a single.

Kendrick is asked about working with Freddie Gibbs in an interview to DrozDailySteezin and he tells "Freddie Gibbs just sent me some stuff now. And soon I get back to the States [he was in Denmark at the time] I gotta touch that up.".