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Kendrick Lamar is the prime example of this, but Anderson .Paak I think is also a great example of rapping like a drummer, although he is a drummer.

You can tell Pharrell was on Alright from his signature “4 count” at the VERY beginning of the tune. Love this vid!

That Little Simz shout out speaks volumes for your credibility with me as a lone random viewer. She is absolutely the truth and I'm glad you know her.

"He's making music because it's kept him alive." Wow. What a profound thing to say about Kendrick Lamar

Woowww I was expecting this to be regular musicians analyzing these songs but jeezus, these are accomplished musicians 👏 working with some of my favorite artists, this is just amazing.

I think Biggie was one of the first times I had noticed a rapper flowing like a drummer, and this is supposedly down to his Jazz background, inherited from a teacher of his.

Sounwave is so under-appreciated, throughout Kendrick's career his production is enique and top notch.

BLACK THOUGHTS literally a living breathing drum kit.. ur fav rapper fav rapper and his penmanship BRAZZYYYY!! Y’all dissected KDots and Kanye song sooooooo perfectly and appreciate y’all love for music. It shows y’all are amazing

THIS IS HOW I DESCRIBED RAP TO HIP HOP HEADS AND THEY LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS A Toddler DESCRIBING ALGEBRA! To me, a great rap is like a drum solo and the greatest do it like a jazz drum solo. So glad I found this. I feel so vindicated after all these years. Yesus!

this man even beatboxes to explain something. amazing musicians

I've always been frustrated with myself that I couldn't give rap the respect it deserved precisely because of the density of lyrics (it's hard for me to catch everything), but Alright is indeed an amazing piece. I wonder how much of this was composed intentionally vs. "by feel"...and yeah, the presence of Thundercat is also pretty obvious from the outset of the groove :-)

Yes Anderson paak is a good example. "come down" "your prime" and "bubblin" are great examples off the top of my head. PLEASE check those out

Always nice to see Kendrick Lamar get love! That man is a genuis his attention to detail is inhumane

I appreciate musicians that appreciate hip hop. It is music. It does take talent and skill.

I knew this album was a classic the first time I heard it but it amazes me how its still being analyzed and studied years later. This album came at the perfect time and represented an important moment in time.

10:26 you KNOW a song is perfect when drummers are making the jazz stank face to a beat, I love this video so much!

Alright > Jacob collier’s discography

Kendrick is a genius love that you did “Alright” could easily hear an episode where you did 3 or hell, all of the tracks of one album. Don’t change the name,,,that’s my vote.

for me, this is the greatest album to be recorded in... 22 years let's say Here in argentina we have an annalysis of this entire album from a guy called tomas lynch. it's awesome, but it goes more from the lyrics. please, do more of this genius that is kendrick!

Satisfying to hear people talk about music like this. You’re breaking down and explaining things in a way I just don’t have the vocabulary/knowledge to do so myself - also really appreciate the pop ups with definitions and cutaways to explain certain points. Subscribed!

Could you do an episode, where you react to horn sections? I'd love to hear something about the magic they can add to a song

DK!!!! Been a fan of his since 2004 when Mutemath released their first EP. This man is so underappreciated and a rhythmic Genius. As a professional drummer, I wouldn't be who I am without being inspired by Darren's drumming mastery. Cheers DK. To Ryan & Jack : thank you so much for this channel.

The chorus on JPEGMAFIA’s SICK, NERVOUS & BROKE is so percussive and corresponds with the drums so nicely that I still react to it the same way the 100th time hearing it than the first time. Insanely talented.

Not that many people listen to J.I.D. but he was a snare drummer in high school, his flow is rudimental at times and any drummer out there might enjoy listening to it

DK is still my all-time favorite drummer. I loved all of the times I got to see Muthmath live. This was a video I didn't know I needed until it popped up in my subscriptions.

NO! Don't change your name! I think it's perfectly fine the way it is! Thanks again for another informative video where I learn more about music! Keep it up!

That Little Simz recommendation is fucking fire! So dope

DK is my drumming hero! He's so inspiring and energetic on drums. Love Mutemath so much, and was terribly sad when they broke up.

OMG! When I was a young drummer I used to try to play along to entire Mutemath records to practice endurance! I can still feel the ache in my arms from playing Electrify lol

I would love for you guys to tap into more hiphop. There's plenty of eccentric rappers with weird flows and crazy wordplay to match the production. Jid, El-P, MF DOOM, early Eminem, etc. Possibly going into how sampling works would be a great episode

I always knew Kendrick’s music was unique but now after watching this video I will listen to rap in a whole new way I never that possible

This video makes me love Kendrick even more

No way! You can't change the name now, it's already too big and too polished. This is literally the best show on you tube right now, if you like music. Its funny, its sooo informative and it gets you in close and personal with the musicians. Own that name! Be proud of what you've created. P.s. what about an episode on protest songs, and what makes Rage against the Machine's 'Killing in the name of' so timeless. It keeps coming back more than a christmas song man! The Leland Sklar and Paulette McWilliams episodes were sublime, you dont even get that kind of quality on tv. Love it man keep it up!

14:47 "Wait, why were you invited to the studio!?" That was hilarious

This was a fun one. Loved hearing Darren's stories.

What ive learned from playing by ear over the years is that the voice is an instrument and you can apply words with the proper ammount of syllables to match the pocket of specific instruments. For example three six mafia/memphis flows are identical to high hats on trap beats depending on the tempo. Same with chopper rappers like twisted insane. His rhyme scheme is like a rapid High Hat from a high energied scarlxrd track. So every type of vocalist is rhyming a pattern that falls in line with an instrument. Oh an smino said he raps like a High hat an plays drums. Basically if you rap an play drums you can be a flow god

You have combined my 2 favorite things, hiphop and Darren King. Found him underrated ever since his days of Mutemath. Thanks so much, love you guys :)

The talk about the steady hihat is exactly what makes Meshuggah a god-tier band. Amidst all the chaos, the steady 4/4 hihat keeps everything on track

when a rhythms accents are landing in a different areas of the bar is called syncopation. (this is for the Kendrick song)

You can tell the guy on the drums loves Kendrick 🔅❤️

Don't change the channel name. I like the professional insight of music, and for googling that I found you guys. Let it be like it is now. Greetings from Cali, Colombia.

You guys are doing some of the best content on RU-vid, absolute hidden gem!!!!

Wow darren king is a legend and such an inspiration to my drumming! Your choice of guests is so damn good and thank you for bumping up the length of these videos I can't get enough!

I LOVE how nerdy and thorough this is, subscribed!

33:08 Dude, Earthsuit was so good. It's a shame their style didn't take off like it should have, because it was so unique and special. Christian hiphop jazz reggae fusion? Yes please lol. I loved how they just did their own thing. Truly creative stuff. Thanks for shouting them out.

you fully were like "hey, check out my mix tape" to KANYE. lololololololololol

I like professionals musicians react. That is what I know you guys as. You kept it for this long, no need to change it. It already is ingrained in our heads. fellow producer/composer here. peace from Japan. 🍣

Earthsuit and Mutemath! Absolutely! If memory serves I saw Earthsuit live a million years ago. So good Great episode gents!

I’d love to hear you analyze Mitch Mitchell, the drummer for Jimi Hendrix, specifically on the album Axis: Bold As Love.

One of the best channels I've ever came acrossed!!! Learning so much. Thank you👌🏾

Middle guy has FUNK in him. BEAUTIFUL

Darren King is so underrated, it’s cool you guys had the soft-spoken monster and music mind - his whole “thesis statement” & the break/breath bit to punctuate was so good. Love this series, keep it up guys!

Darren King is one of my biggest inspirations. What a legend.

That was dope, y'all. DK is a monster on the kit and such a wizard's creative mind. Love it. And the name, though I'm way late to the party makes a lot of sense and tells me exactly what I'm in for.

They def had a live band in the studio for this album. Honestly this might be my favorite album of all time, and It's a required full playthrough from start to finish when you listen to it. There really isn't anything quite like it. From the music itself, to the lyrics, the content, the emotions captured. This album and the message in it meant so much to him that he didn't want to go on tour because he didn't want to commercialize or make money off of it.

Just Brilliant!! Loving this!

Holy Hell Jack, what a production, you guys are really refining this show, and we love to see it

Stumbled upon this channel and am so glad I did. So many amazing discussions about music and I have learned so much Bravo! 👏👏👏

So happy to have found your guys' channel. This video was absolutely fantastic, and hopefully there are more hip hop reactions to come!

As an Afropop singer and producer, I'm excited to see you guys reacting to one of our Afrobeat's album! You guys can start from mine 😅😏The Afropop version of Kanye ahaha!!! Love this channel 🤩 more blessings🙏🏾

Thanks for another great one guys

Love the "September" episode but this my fav now. Wicked break down. Thanks fallas

Wow, it's dope to see Mutemath on this

Y’all gave great info on music in general, thanks 🙏🏽

Keep DK regularly part of the show. Thanks.

This is amazing! Love your perspective on Kendrick’s artistic expression. Subscribed!

Excellent content. Appreciate you all.

Loved the episode, so much content and incredibles recommendations! I love the channel name btw, seems really open to music to me. Love u guys!

1:45 funny when he said that question I was also thinking of Little simz

Loved this… More please.

This was highly entertaining!! I did not expect that!

i could listen to Darren King talk about music for days.

This video is amazing! A musical gem

Regarding the “ ghost notes” discussion at 11:20 I’m not sure how those can be characterized as ghost notes. Given their volume and clear, staccato articulation relative to the accented notes played on the backbeat it seems more accurate to my mind to just call them notes.

Love this! Also, gutted about the last video being down 😢

THESE VIDEOS ARE STRAIGHT AMAZING

Loved this whole discussion learnt alot

This was great. Thank you

First video of y’all’s I’ve seen and I really enjoyed it. Hope to see more hip hop songs from yall

YOOO DARREN!!!! my favorite drummer of all time, my biggest drumming inspo. Got a snare head signed by him in like 2006/2007. I clicked for Kendrick bars and was so surprised seeing Darren and learning that he's been producing hip hop records?? Awesome.

Little sims is absolutely amazing

Boy do I love this channel.. especially with a rogue DK appearance. Good stuff.

Outstanding channel lads, keep it up!!!

I would love to hear you talk about Burial

Awesome and inspiring breakdown. Thank you!

I love the honesty period of this commentary

Instant subscribe! Love Scary Pockets, and Pomplamoose, but I didn't know you also had this awesome breakdown channel! That Kung Fu Kenny album TPAB rhythmically is unreal! P.S: gonna have to check out Mute Math, the drummer seems like a cool fkn guy!

Now i get why this was recommend, I subscribed.. This is my new favorite show on YT.

Love listening to artists talking about other artists. You have a new subscriber ;)

Loved the video

This is so fascinating to me as a person who know little about music. This channel thought me so much and gave me a new found respect for artists. Like wow there soooo much that goes into a single track. I now understand why artists take years to come out with an album. Just wow

Mais um programa impecável. Amo vocês!

[12:12 - 12:24] This is exactly what drew me to Kendrick from the first moment. When I first came into contact with his music, I immediately thought "This guy is an artist. He breathes art and it seems to me that the reason for his life is to translate his human experience and create works that change people's lives." His mind doesn't stop, his attention to detail is dazzling, but not only in a purely musical analysis, to call it that, but he is quite a perfectionist when it comes to the semiotics of things, how everything interacts with each other. How the rhythm, the melody and melodic motifs, the ambience and harmonic rhythm and the lyrics fit together in such an effective way of conveying messages and emotions... You can extend this to albums, as they have this book-like aspect where each song is a chapter in a larger story and it's a completely different experience to hear a loose song versus a song in the context of the album. Sometimes I miss musicians analyzing the entirety of the work and how the dialogue between the musical elements and the poetic/literary elements makes up a beautiful thing. Music is art and we have to treat it as such! I didn't know about this channel but I have the feeling I'm going to binge it Isso é exatamente o que me atraiu no Kendrick desde o primeiro momento. No primeiro contato que eu tive com suas músicas eu pensei na hora "Esse cara é um artista. Ele respira arte e me parece que o motivo da vida dele é traduzir sua experiência humana e fazer obras que mudem a vida das pessoas". A mente dele não para, a atenção aos detalhes é deslumbrante mas não só na análise puramente musical, pra chamar assim, mas ele é bem perfeccionista no que diz respeito a semiótica da coisa, como tudo se dialoga. Como o ritmo, a melodia e motivos melódicos, a ambientação e rítmica harmônica e a letra se encaixam de uma maneira tão eficaz de passar mensagens e emoções... Você pode estender isso aos álbuns, como eles têm esse aspecto de livro onde cada música é um capítulo de uma história maior e é uma experiência completamente diferente ouvir uma música solta e uma música no contexto do álbum. Às vezes eu sinto falta de músicos analisarem a totalidade da obra e como o diálogo entre os elementos musicais e os elementos poéticos/literários compõe uma coisa linda. Música é arte e a gente tem que tratar assim! Eu não conhecia esse canal mas eu tenho a impressão de que vou maratonar

I love Mutemath so much!

love these vids

Change the name? YES! I had no idea it was such a great channel, thinking it was just… reacts videos. Glad I finally watched. (It was the Vince Guaraldi video that caught me.)

this channel is so great!! the name is not cheesy, its real cause you guys are professional...cuts right to the chase! Thankyou!! :)

i never knew i needed this channel.

Just the room you guys are in sounds incredible.

This is so incredible. I'm speechless😳