UNLOCKED

about this album

UNLOCKED is the first collaborative project between friends Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats, released on February 7, 2020, by PH Recordings and Loma Vista Recordings, and the follow-up to their first collaboration on the twelfth and final episode of the first season of Kenny’s series "The Cave", released in August 2019. The project is divided into two sides of four songs each. The collaborative album was announced the day before its official release on February 7, 2020, with the release of a 20-minute animated film titled "UNLOCKED". Throughout the comic film, the two friends embark on a digital adventure to retrieve the various files of a leaked project, revealing a total of eight songs during each stage of their quest. While Denzel Curry was touring for his 2018 album, TA13OO, his manager, Mark Maturah, expressed interest in pairing Curry in a recording booth with Kenny Beats. Over a few sessions, the two made 2 to 4 songs, but none of the material stood out to Curry or Beats. Curry recalled that "We had a song called 'Spade' that was hard but it wasn’t breaking any boundaries or setting any trends." The two had a feud over one of these beats being used by another artist as it was supposed to be used on Curry's 2019 album ZUU, causing Curry to hate Kenny for "months". After some time, people reached out to Curry to have him watch Freddie Gibbs' appearance on The Cave, a bi-weekly freestyle series hosted by and uploaded onto YouTube by Beats. Curry had a positive reaction to

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