DEEP DISCOG DIVE: Kendrick Lamar 

if all Kendrick did was drop his verse on Vince Staples’ “Yeah Right” and that’s it, he’d still be one of the best rappers out there right now.

The streets need an MF DOOM Deep Discog Dive EDIT: the streets are pleased

the phrase Large Sean shouldn't be that funny, and yet

I see I'm still standing as the only one who thinks PRIDE is one of his best songs

Damn, your voice is awesome. I'm starting to think you went to music school or something.

(cw suicide and hospital mention) I first heard Kendrick's music when I was 16 and in the child's psych ward after trying to hang myself. My family never let us listen to music, especially secular music, so even though I secretly listened to music once I had internet and radio access, I had no entry way into rap - even though my mom let us listen to a little Christian rap, my dad was sensitive to it for racist reasons, and so I was more unfamiliar with rap than other music. My 3 weeks in the hospital were one of the most draining experiences in my life. Everything I'd previously used to will myself to live was not given to us - good food, fresh air, sunshine, colour, the internet, human connection - but not being allowed to have music was the most painful. We had a TV in the common area though, and I'd keep it on our MTV equivalent after hearing a snippet of 'i'. It rarely got air time, but when it did, I was glued to the screen. I owe my acceptance of my brown skin, the challenging of my views on justice, my love of hip hop, the hope found in realising my parents were wrong and people in the real world would accept me, and so many other things to that moment. I would be an entirely different person without that, and it's crazy to think such a small thing made that level of impact on me.

DAMN. was the album that made me realize: yes rap is good, i like rap. it also birthed my appreciation for albums as a body of work rather than a collection of songs

“Large Sean” In all seriousness, much props for even going past Overly Dedicated, most people barely even mention Overly Dedicated. This is a true Deep Discog Dive

April the 7th is a date in April

Rock-Influenced, you say? Kendrick Sees Ghosts coming fall 2021

I’d like to present Beach House, Death Cab for Cutie, and Charli XCX as candidates for a DDD. Love these videos. Keep up the great work!

I got so hyped seeing this in the sub box lmao

yo I could barely tell that the vocals at the beginning were re recorded holy hell

RIP Mic The Snare, he was shot today by an old blind lady, may his DDD love long in memory

Pride is literally one of the most poetic songs in his whole discog. I understand not liking god but shit man

Getting👏🏼to 👏🏼hear👏🏼 Nick's 👏🏼singing👏🏼 voice👏🏼AFTER👏🏼SO👏🏼 LONG👏🏼

"DEEP DISCOG DIVE: clipping." has a nice ring to it...

My favourite Kendrick Lamar songs: 10. How Much a Dollar Cost 9. These Walls 8. PRIDE. 7. LUST. 6. Mortal Man 5. Alright 4. u 3. Untitled 05 2. The Blacker the Berry 1. Wesley's Theory

November is 100% Spoon.

Ahhh, rookie error, forgetting Kendrick's best song: B***H I'M IN THE CLUUUBBBBB WITH THE HOMIESSSS Also holy heck those vocals at the beginning were excellent.

Incredibly small point: I'm grateful you wrote "little a" instead of "a little", so many people get that wrong.

I know this vid is 2 years old but you mentioned that DAMN was Kendrick’s most personal album yet….. just wait my man you’re in for a treat cuz his next album Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers will get REAL personal

I wake up most days just hoping his new album has been secretly dropped out of nowhere

I love that someone is finally discussing those Colbert performances. They Killed!!! Some are superior to the Untitled Unmastered performances. And they have been continuously deleted and reuploaded to RU-vid so not everyone got to watch all of them. And those girls that sung the harmonies sung so so well.

“Kendrick did the unthinkable.....he got into comic books” I should not have laughed as hard as I did for that one....

While Bad Blood was okay, it also made me hungry for more of Lamar-Swift. They're both great at lyricism, and crafting melodies. I have been waiting for a full-fledged collaboration between the two. Even just an EP would suffice. With Taylor Swift's new alt-rock/folk route, it would make for a very interesting collab. Folk-Rap or Alt-rap fusion from the two would be great!

That opening though... I didn't realize how musical you are!

That Grammys performance was truly insane! Even if I've grown to hate the majority of Imagine Dragons' musical output since then, I can still admit that that collab was absolutely killer.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers the imagine dragons x Kendrick Lamar Grammy performance. That was beyond insane.

0:00: Intro 1:10: Prologue 1:54: The Kendrick Lamar EP 2:41: Overly Dedicated 3:18: SECTION.80 4:22: good kid m.A.A.d city 6:47: To Pimp A Butterfly 9:17: untitled. unmastered. 10:23: DAMN. 12:36: Black Panther: The Album 13:59: Conclusion

I figure this could be a nice top 10 songs of Kendrick's discography: 10. Hol' Up 9. DNA. 8. Swimming Pools (Drank) 7. u 6. A.D.H.D 5. Keisha's Song 4. Alright 3. m.A.A.d city 2. King Kunta 1. The Blacker the Berry

new kendrick album is so good

You didn’t have to go off in the intro like that 🤧🔥. Your tone is dope

Good kid, maad city is my favourite Kendrick Lamar record, Swimming Pools and Bitch don't kill my vibe are stellar P.S I would love to see more pop options for the poll like Robyn or Charli XCX

amongst the big names in rap especially in our current era I can only nominate Kendrick as the real GOAT Not only because within his discography the highs are the best in modern hip hop but his lows are still strides above many of his contemporaries

WE'RE ABOUT TO GET NEW KENDRICK THIS WEEK, Y'ALL!!!!!!!

The music at the beginning was pretty cool, good interpretation of the DAMN. intro.

i do recommend to anyone who is voting in the poll to maybe not vote for your favorite artists that you know about. vote for the names you’ve never heard, ones you know little about, or artists you want to know more about. that way you can get something new out of it rather than having the same knowledge you already possess get thrown at you. that being said, voting popular artists like Kendrick isn’t totally bad, as maybe there are things you may not know about them that can help, and it also attracts a larger audience than an artist no one knows, i suppose. depends on what kind of fan you are.

I think all the individual tracks on TPAB stand really well on their own. Maybe not Mortal Man, Maybe not the album version of I, but I think the rest of the tracks work really well on their own. One song that always turns up a party that you'd never expect to is For Free?, but it got a catchy-ass hook everyone can sing along to.

Do prince or David Bowie next it’s gonna be 3 hour video 😂🤣

This is the epic.

I highly recommend Dissect Podcast he did an brilliant analysis on Kendrick Lamar's DAMN. He breaks down the concept and lyrics behind the album and he breaks down the backwards album concept of DAMN. and how it relates to the Bible. He also did an brilliant analysis on To Pimp A Butterfly. 1. DAMN. 10/10 (classic) 2. To Pimp A Butterfly 10/10 (classic) 3. good kid, m.A.A.d city 10/10 (classic) 4. Section.80 9/10 (cult classic) 5. Untitled Unmastered 8.5/10 6. Overly Dedicated 8.5/10 7. Kendrick Lamar EP 7/10

The bit introducing DAMN. is expertly written omg how you are so great

Let’s go!!! My favorite RU-vidr talking about one of my favorite artists!

That intro was just heavenly. Outstanding work Mic

slowly but surely becoming one of my favorite music analysis/review channels

Watching this videos is one of the best informative and fun experiences for me. The quality of the analysis only gets better: a delightful mix between data and humor. Great job!

i just wanted to say i found your channel a little while ago, & i really love your videos - they’re a rlly great mixture of informative, chill, & humorous 💫

Good Kid saved my life. I'm glad you did a deep dive of this man, keep up the good work!!

2 classic albums and 2 great albums. Enough said.

would love your opinion on Lady Gaga's discography, I voted for her on the poll, also for future polls: Arctic Monkeys, The Weeknd, Ariana Grande, Lana Del Rey, and if you ever wanted to get into Kpop I can recommend EXO's discography (and every other artist under SM tbh)

I'm new to the channel, and I'm so glad I found it. Keep it up G

absolutely loved your review. i love section.80 and good kid m.a.a.d city, it's time to give a listen to the later albums

you know this guys good when he can make me watch every deep discog dive when ive only ever listened to 3 of the artists hes covered

Thank you for bringing up the control verse, that’s what got me into Kendrick

u is my favorite song from to pimp a butterfly. The repetition of "Loving you is complicated" and the break in the middle to next part of the song just full of pain and anger. Just yesss. I love his feature in siR's song Hair Down and gosh King's Dead off the Black Panther album along with Humble and DNA are the get hype jams. Kendrick is so brilliant.

you deserve way more views, like seriously I look forward to your dive ins in albums and artists.

good lord mr snare those vocals were fantastic, as well as the video. didn’t know very much about the beginning of his career, thank you for filling in some blanks i didn’t realize existed.

As always, good Deep Discog Dive. Personally, when I think about my favorite Kendrick tracks, "Swimming Pools (Drank)", "Poetic Justice", "Kesha (Her Pain)", "Complexion (A Zulu Love)", "King Kunta", "FEEL." and this one with the "Levitate, levitate, levitate..." verse comes at first. Oh, and I would like to suggest the Pixies to add to the DDDP, because super-good and super-influent alternative rock band.

Was so happy to see this in my sub feed!

Maybe now we'll get a Radiohead DDD, since they seem to always get second place

Excited for spoon deep discog dive in November, king

The singing in the opening was really good. You did it justice.

the intro is amazing!!

dang i wish i could appreciate music the way that you do

Every video just gets better and better. Nick, you deserve more subs than Felix.

Oooh I'm early! Just wanna say I've really been enjoying the content. You're a likeable guy and all your videos have a nice laid back vibe to them. Your presentation is very clean as well. Good stuff

Another great DDD, definetly have been interested in Kendrick's music but not yet checked it out, these usually impulses me to check out more. As for artists I'd wanna see, please do New Order (maybe along with Joy Division at the beginning)

DAMM still works for me 5 years later. I could write essays on it. It’s such a dope way conceptually to follow up such a highly regarded & acclaimed album like TPAB.

3:17 - Section.80 4:22 - good kid, m.A.A.d city 6:47 - To Pimp A Butterfly 9:17 - untitled. unmastered.

Bro niceee content keep it that way

Kendrick’s best song will always be the blacker the berry and nobody can change my mind.

NOVEMBER SPOON DDD BABYYYYYYY

cant wait for the spoon discog dive!

Love these dives! I’d love to see a DDD on paramore sometime, their music is so diverse I’d love to hear your take

You do not know how happy I was to see this 🤩

DAMN! beats To Pimp a Butterfly in my books. How it tells a story from beginning to end and the production are exquisite.

Can’t wait for Crazy Frog discog dive in November!

Beach Boys and Brian Wilson. Both of them

Please add paramore to the DDD poll, love these kinds of videos

Awesome work as always! I hope Radiohead finally gets it’s DDD soon 😂 (and Spoon ofc)

imo, Wesley's Theory is one of the best songs of all time, and TPAB is simply the best album ever made, no contest.

I just recently discovered your channel,your content looks good! I’m gonna sub.

This was a good video to see in my subscriptions

Hell yeah, I voted for this one! But, since I don't see my suggestion on the poll, I'm obligated ti suggest again: we need a Neil Cicireiga/Lemon Demon DDD!

These videos are always great! And I'd like to suggest the arctic monkeys and the black keys for the poll

I was ready for you to speak dem facts on DAMN. but you didn’t go harsh enough!!!

that intro is amazing

“Large Sean” gave me a chuckle

Hopeful Animal Collective gets voted up eventually, a long and varied discog that would be great to see you talk about!

Love the intro ❤❤❤❤😊💃

That Amnesiac point is what I always said about Kendrick, I feel like he has the Radiohead career. If you look at their albums and his, they have a similar trajectory tbh. So I'm ready for this next album to be his "In Rainbows" 😶😶😶

I’ve seen most yt music reviewers say God and Pride were bad songs on DAMN, but I really enjoyed those two. I prob played those two and Love on repeat the most

Ooo this would be a JOURNEY but the entire (non-release / expanded edition) discography of Prince would be amazing to do one day. It would be like an hourlong episode b/c of literally ALL the material he released independently, but I think ultimately it would be well worth the endeavor.

LOVE that intro

Inb4 60k subscribers About time you did a DDD for Kendrick

Incroyable video as always mate! Get such a rush of joy when one of your vids pops into my subscription box :) Also i would kill, KILL, for a deep discog dive on Imogen Heap.

There isnt a day that i dont bop These Walls

hey idk if you've already done this or if it's a bit out of your "field" so to speak, but it would be interesting if you did a video on eurovision and its history in music, or maybe a video about how it has become its own genre (no matter what genre a song it i always recognize it as a eurovision song, and so do many others). would be interesting to see your deep dive into eurovision

Xxx is so good because i love that lil U2 intro that blended so well