Did Kendrick Lamar’s “Ken & Friends” Concert Meet Expectations? 

seeing black hippy on stage healed something in me

Son in the teal shorts is wildin 😂

The Dog Pound is on tour. I was not expecting them to pop out. Also the Game not being there is expected, he is a wild card and burnt bridges. Also it was not just a moment for LA but for Hip Hop and the world. This was broadcast around the world! Nothing like this has ever happened.

“Putting on” and getting a “look” aren’t the same. Thank you Wayno for breaking that down.

Dre introducing Not Like Us was Legendary 🔥

Whoever gassed Drake to beef with Kendrick is a traitor. Everyone who know Kendrick knew this would only end in one way.

Rick Ross played the internet games. He was Kendrick's digital street team.

Honestly - the lack of choreography was what made this show so perfect. I've seen him on Mr Morale - fantastic. But I didn't even NOTICE the minimalism because the energy was so hyped! And I was watching on TV as an east coast born and bred. This wasn't about surprises - this was about celebrating the new, the old, and the current. Like, this wasn't a tour this was marinating in west coast blackness. That's IT.

Schoolboy Q didn’t walk like a normal MFer at any point once he showed up

I didn’t expect to see a lot of “friends” because this was a short noticed project and other artists likely had other commitments.

Drake didn’t put Kendrick on. At that time, Drake was a big artist, but he was still young money cash money the brand. A Drake feature didn’t push your career to new heights at the time. A Wayne feature would’ve at the time. Personally, I found out about Kendrick from the 2011 BET cypher, his verse stood out to me, so I went into his discography and been a fan since. A lot of my friends didn’t find out about Kendrick until The recipe or GKMC that buried alive feature didn’t do much for notoriety.

Homie on the left had some horrendous takes

I almost cut it off when wayno said there was no way Drake could've won. Im tired of this narrative, cuz neither drake or his fans thought this before kendrick responded. but now seeing what kendrick did now they say no matter what drake was losing. NO...your excuses are proving even YOU know Kendrick OUTRAPPED Drake and won. It wasn't just "tea, gossip, and lies" or "bots". Kendrick barred him up and he lost lyrically. Family matters was drakes best performance of the beef, but nowhere near top 2. It's 5 at best and that's only if we're adding "Like That" to the conversation.

To open wit “Euphoria” is insanity and extreme levels of pettiness!😭🤝🏽🐐🔥

Sir in the turquoise shorts please respectfully exit this conversation. This is above your level.

I hate when people say they fans of both and it’s clear that they love one and occasionally like the other. Trav needs to stop the cap he sounded damn near like Akademiks

Once I saw Dj Hed and Mustard…I knew this was a west coast only vibe and I respect it Period!

Trav sounded nuts damn near the whole 59 minutes 😂

I heard Not Like Us , at least 6 times on street. In England 😅 Its a real hit record, with bots or without them.

Bruh tripping, Drake ain’t put Dot on. section 80 was already out, OD was already out. It was a big look but we were already in tune.. him and Cole was already moving, hi-power, black hippy. we got to stop

As a dude born and raised in Los Angeles, I'm walking around with my chest out like never before. The west is really up right now. Kendrick with the win, Q and Vince with quite possibly the two best rap albums this year, then we get this amazing show. He not from LA, but if Nitty beats Lux, won't nobody be able to say shit to west coast niggas for YEARS lmao. I'm gonna be living off this shit like Al Bundy and his 4 TDs at Polk High 😂😂😂

I a NY dude, and i TOTALLY disagree with Travis take on the show. While we had expectations and hopes of who would show up, as Hip-Hop heads, the show is exactly what it should have been. The west doesnt get looks like that often, so it was beautiful and intelligent to promote artists of the new west, as well as the unity that can be had. It was 🔥 outside of seeing Snoop & OT get their walk on, I wouldn't change a thing

I think Kendrick did amazing given he had less than a month to prepare for a show, during concert season and during Paris Fashion Week.

You known Snoop,The Dogg Pound, and Xzibit were probably on tour, So maybe they couldn't be there. Plus I like that newer talent was on the stage.

Yall should’ve had somebody else on beside dude on the left.

Put you on is crazy. Snoop/Dre anointed him as the King of the West in 2011 before Take Care

I was lucky enough to be there, Kendrick is really the great unifier and should be Recognize as one of the greats if not the greatest #onewest

That Trav guy being there was not needed lol

Snoop and the Dogg Pound were on tour. DJ Quik too. They were all in Canada funny enough.

So proud of my lil bro DOT! WEST COAST!!! Wish Neighborhood Nip could’ve been with us.

Rob and wayno together 🔥🔥🔥

Rob, Wayno, Trav dope context 🔥🔥🔥

Black Hippy on stage was something else

Lmao my mans in the teal shorts going out bad. wtf is he talking about. 😭😭

we need a recap by yourself too, please big bro

why are we acting like drake "Gave" kendrick anything? like it wasn't a mutually beneficial relationship. acting like drake gave kendrick poetic justice as a kind gesture? or a spot on his tour just because he's a nice guy? no. Drake knows it's a good look for him too. he didn't put kendrick on at all. GKMC was happening and blowing up with or without drake. had nothing to do with drakes tour or a few singles.

Rob Markman never fails!! Respect ✊🏾

One of many reviews I’ve been waiting on

Guy in teal shorts really hurt the show/pod/convo. There were so many unique lanes to take in this conversation, & there was a good 10-15 mins of wasted time. Dude sounded like a lay hip hop listener. Wayno & Rob could've just picked a random person to sot with them.

Having seen the set list, E40 doing the narration, Tommy The Clown! It makes complete sense that Cole wasn't there, it was a West Coast set. You called it Rob. Cape Town is really like the West Coast of South Africa(its actually on the west coast and the gang culture here is wild, the scenery is like LA) so Tommy The Clown and that Rize documentary was huge when I was on high school it sparked the Krump scene over here. Fully understand why those types of things were such huge moments for LA.

Yo Rob... Wayne, cool beans! Your other mans, was killing this whole vibe. Loud and contrary for no reason... Friends off camera is one thing, but on camera, this was a tough watch.

He wanted it to be LA California West Coast on that stage only

Teal shorts fam, bruh come on fam. Asking for way too much. The show was actually called KEN &FRIENDS POP OUT.

Give Pac's ring back, and I might give you a lil respect! 🔥 🐐 🔥

This whole pop out show feels like a reflective moment on this whole beef which prompts me to say thank u Rob for your thoughtful and frankly one of a kind coverage of hip hop!! 💐💐

They was an elite conversation. You can tell y'all all respect one another, apologizing for cutting each off, attempting to address everyone's points in order, trying to stay on topic, conceding when necessary. Beautiful dialogue

I'm happy I found your channel in the midst of the beef. I'm here to stay. That being said, this was so good! But homie saying Kendrick was put on is crazzzy. I was getting so frustrated. 😅😅😅

Love the show, Mark. Don’t want to see your friend in the green hoochie daddy shorts ever again.

Please stop calling Wah Gwan Delilah an inside Toronto joke. We didn't get it and we don't play it. That's a Drake thing. He mocks us too.

Trav sounded goofy as hell. The problem with these "Discussions" or commentary is that we as consumers cant dictate what his intentions were when planning this. You can want all you want but there are times you gotta just shut up and consume not just come up with goofy ass expectations no one is even thinking about.

Him not bringing on people not from the West Coast was the point. This was more of a West victory lap that it was a bashing Aubrey concert. Drake : I get more love in the city that you're from Kenny : ayo hold my chamomile tea real quick. I gotta show this weirdo something.

this was fire, y'all need to do more of thesse!

Man this was a fun podcast. I like hearing from old heads who dont just shit on the new school. Yall should pod more together

Rob never have the guy on the left on your show again. He has TERRIBLE takes.

I do not know many people who know Kendrick because of buried alive, no one I know says "yo, when Kendrick did that buried alive shit I went to his shit". Sorry but Drake did not put Kendrick on, gave him a glow but NEVER made him Putting someone on is closer to doing what Kendrick did for Baby Keem (gave him industry connections, wrote songs for him and featured on his biggest song as a GREAT already). Get rid of DJ Akademics he is looking compromised

Feel like yall don’t even know lil Wayne was the first person to co-sign Kendrick, and let him cover the entire Carter album for C4 lol Drake got put on to Kendrick music from Wayne’s co sign

Ngl u should do episodes like this every now and then I like how you get to be a bit less unbiased and have debates in this format

Trav straight out wildin 😅

Love seeing you and Wayno collaborating 🙏🏾🙏🏾

I recently got intune with your channel and I've loved the authentic journalism of hip hop you put out into the world. We need people like you but Trav needs to just be greatful, this wasn't done for him. This was for us West coast people, he bugging with some statements but I appreciate all voices in hip hop even the wild ones lol. I appreciate you Rob, keep the true hip hop culture thriving brotha! 🙌🏾

Yall need a podcast foreal! We need more of these type joints🙏🏾. Trav is outta pocket 🤦🏾‍♂️. I’m glad you and Wayno were able to balance out his nut shit smh. The dynamics make for good TV though so everybody played they part. Salute 🫡

Rob came thru with another banger. Salute bruh!

I think lost in the Drake Stimulus Package conversation is the fact that there was a discussion initially around whether or not Drake needed to sign to a major at all. He was the canadian zack morris, had 50 million people in canada already as a base and there were a lot of independent successes rising at that time. Ultimately he did sign for what I believe to be is because he needed the cosigns to truly break big. He needed co-signs. He needed cultural cache. So the idea that he put Kendrick by putting him on the album and on tour is half the story. It was an exchange. He put kendrick on his album and in return he got west coast cache. Putting rock on tour was an exchange, he received additional cache. It's part of how he's always moved throughout his career and continues to do so.

Teal shorts is a delusional Stan.. Drake fans are weirdos fr 💀

Snoop and Quik are touring

Teal shorts is obnoxious. Please, don't have him back.

I love Wayno. Wished him and Ak show was still on.

the dude with green short is don't have to be here

Streaming numbers are a lot less impressive than physical album sales- back in the day you had to have the cash and actually go somewhere to buy a record. Now you pay a monthly fee (if you got premium) and just press play. So there really the numbers conversation gets weaker every year.

Good talk. Aint heard from Wayno in a minute. Subscribed to his channel now. Job Well Done, yes, to Trav as well. 👏 👏 👏 👏 😂

Snoop is on tour. He was in Edmonton.

This was fire Rob ! Need more wit Waynooo

I know these your friends Rob but nahhhhh… we didn’t sign up for this. You gonna have to run this back solo on that ass.

Great Job Rob. I put a like as soon as I saw this was going to be a curated conversation.

Teal shorts should’ve been edited out

You and Wayno need a show.

Kind of looks like a podcast haha 🫡🔥

The Trav guy never again 😂

Burnt out on moments? There hasn't been anything like this in forever. Hip Hop has been starving for sumn like this, Y'all trippin.

BEST SHOW I'VE EVER SEEN K DOT🐐💯🙏🏾🎤❤️🎨📚🖼👑🥳 DIFFERENT LA DIFFERENT 😤🥶🔥😎

Maybe some people started to listen to Kendrick after those drake collabs, but, GKMC made him a superstar. The work, the album. A lot of rappers have the opportunity and they fail, even when theyre backed by drake or Dre. Kendrick didnt fail, cause of THE WORK.

I didn't realize initially how much of a spotlight they would give new/unknown acts.

Absolutely!

I need the same panel again some time , Wayno is a favourite

But imma just say I wasn’t a huge fan of the first hour but then it got better and better! Tyler barely getting two songs was disappointing. But black hippy reunion and Kendrick’s performance was definitely worth it

Nah Rob at this point it’s kinda a podcast 😂

Bro from GA all over the place with these takes.

That special moment of 6:16 in LA with Ab-Soul is not being talked about enough. I loved it! Dot sounded just like the track!

Seeing Wayno get this heated brought me back to Everyday Struggle *kendrick voice* hold up

I like these group discussions. Hearing Rob swear and get realer than he already is , is a fresh listen

Next time please have some west coast folks to talk about west coast things. The show was in the Forum on Juneteenth. The same place where the Lakers won chips. It was for LA, not the masses. Also, Snoop is from Long Beach. Long Beach is NOT LA. Long Beach is not Compton. His presence would have been cool but that wasn’t what it was about. Appreciate the conversation but it’s missing a lot of nuance that only someone from the coast could provide.

THE HEART PT. 3 hits even harder now. “when the whole world see you as Pac reincarnated, that’s enough pressure to live your whole life sedated…i never screamed out the NEW WEST i didn’t believe it, they brung each other down, i was planning out my achievements” you was there for that session, Rob. the man is really like that.

All the content has been fire rob 🔥

Bruh on the left was loud and wrong for 90% of this video, but one thing I do agree with is the fact that Hov is DEFINITELY throwing a couple bars at Cole for those Roc Nation bars on Might Delete Later 😂

This was one for the books! 🔥🙌🏾

4 min in and I’m exiting

Cant wait for your solo thoughts on the Pop Out show.

This was a great show in my opinion. I had different expectations as a fan , but realizing in the moment what that was meant to be.. it was crazy . There was a few missing pieces but I don’t think it took anything away from the show

You need to do more sets wit these two

It’s funny because even aside from not like us being the hot topic… Meet the Grahams is something that will be a precedent for all diss tracks in the future, he went harder conceptually than any rapper has before.