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@@Pianokeys-ee5of Because they need simple content. Nothing wrong with that. It's the gist of Kendrick vs Drake. No shade on Drake for making high fructose corn syrup in the form of music, some folks love that stuff.
@@Pianokeys-ee5of because people wasn't ready for it. Aubrey had such a choke hold on the music scene he was buys making shein/mcd music that people had got use to short catchy tik tok music. Yea there were amazing artist out there but we have to actively go and look for them. So kdot had taken a break got mentally and physically well and his new headsapce was reflected in the music and and it came from left field. I think a lot didn't see Mr moral as the natural move forward for Kendricks music hes not that 20 year old kid any more his music had evolved
@@deedeedussard Agreed and also it's coz many people refuse to do self reflection and sit with their own bullshit as well as the consequences of the traumas they have faced/are facing so much so that distractions is the way they numb. Mr. Morale calls you to go in and sit with yourself, reflect, asses and come to terms with your actual truth, that's hard AF to do. So instead they choose to call it "trash" as a way to deflect their discomfort. Personally, that album is still helping me in my therapy. ❤
My favorite Kendrick song ever... I remember in grade 10 blasting this in my cheap headphones blocking out my teachers and other students 😂 Kdot got me through high school no joke
Every right and so do we, hip hop and rap was born to display what’s real and where we go from the very unique experience that only foundational black Americans and indigenous tirtlenislanders have, it’s the sound of the spirit of an experience and any poser is a poser
Yeses bro I was so broke when he came last year 😂...he really loves 🇿🇦 the world doesn't know To pimp a butterfly was inspired by us ..How much a dollar cost was about a phara he met in Cape Town 😂😂 he flipped into God speaking through the Phara. Apparently they've got a place called Skid row in LA were the same issue of homelessness/begging/addiction is rife...crazy artistry from Mr Duckworth 🎉
The man is very cool when he visits he mingles with the people I remember him playing football in the streets of Ghana. Shout out to Anthony Anderson too he does the same when he comes to SA he is a vibe.
Section.80 and before I thought that he was damn good, yet wasn’t convinced that he would be consistent with it. This song is when all doubt was removed, knew after hearing it that this man had a brilliant future ahead of him. And he’s proven that since then. Consistent flawless victories.
Right. I feel like drake collaborates with everybody and no lie there are a lotta hits. Although he has a lot of songs, that Doesn't mean anything compared to the art that kendrick puts into his songs.
Dope reaction professor. Me and K-Dot grew up together in Compton and everything he says is pure fax. I remember him picking up the mic and saying I'm going to carry on Tupac's legacy, not a dry eye in the room. K-Dot is not only the Goat of this generation but also the most important and influential. 💪🔥🔥
Also when gunplay says he ain’t seen the back of his eyelids for the past 72hrs. Thats part of the grind to come up out of poverty but also the result of his conscience and paranoia due to the way he trying to get money or just as a result of being in that dangerous environment. This song is so layered which really plays back to the reality that a lot of inner city people live day to day. My mom worked hard to get us out of that environment and I’m working hard to stay out of it and it isn’t easy. No one wants to depend on the county nor do we want to stay in that messed up condition. That type of hunger/drive to get out isn’t something that can be cosplayed. It’s different. That’s why Kendrick is a different kind of beast.
Idk what kind of spell this song had on me but when I first heard it, I had it on repeat for a few hours a day for a good month and I'll still listen to it now
@KnoxHill Are we glossing over the idea that "he" is 2PAC, "she" is Hip-Hop, and "Sandbox" is the culture? He was raised in the hip-hop culture "next" to pac when pac was representing the violence in the culture, while the culture gave birth to the next generation of emcees inspired by all of that. Makes sense given that 2PAC is the one on the news when he mentions "seen you on the news", and along with most the other bars that made reference to the father figure. Doubly makes sense when we know Kendrick sees himself as the second coming of PAC, and so imagining himself as the "son" makes sense artistically with the religious parallels to christ.
Youch. Heavy, heavy take. I'm not smart enough to even fathom how deep what you said was. It tracks right down to the soul, though, and it makes me appreciate Kendrick and his fans who understand on an atom-like level. Thank you.
This is an old song but one of my all times favorite Kendrick tracks. I have this in my all time favorite tracks playlist. So dope and ahead of its time Kendrick was in full form here.
So I just discovered Kendrick Lamar when “Not Like Us” premiered. (I know-where have I been?)😂 But I fell in love with, “Not Like Us”. Then I went down the rabbit hole. I have been listening to everything he’s ever written . Wow! Talk about Genius! I was there when Rap came out but after Tupac was murdered, I stopped listening because The Industry began to ruin it. But Kendrick has revived my love of Rap. It was always about the message in the music. Kendrick is The Man! I love the way you guys analyze the lyrics and style.❤
BTW, This was, supposedly, planned to be the 2nd GKMC Song, but the sample wasnt cleared. He ended up creating bitch dont kill my vibe and slotting it instead in the album
"Don't kill my vibe" was the very first song I ever heard from Kendrick when it first came out. I absolutely love that song, one of my favorite songs ever. But also that song put me on to Kendrick music as well. Been a fan since
I find it wildly fascinating to hear you break down a song I've listened to for over a decade and I am STILL learning new things about it. The layers are insane. Kendrick Lamar's music can convey many meanings to different people. Thanks for the breakdown.
PLEASE react to Kendrick's "You Ain't Gotta Lie". Even if it wasn't meant to be about Drake, I feel like the lyrics reflect the current state of the beef so well.
When he says, “I run it” it’s giving the perception that he is the leader of all of the Wiley Coyotes. And it’s ironic because he was a kid who watched cartoons and ate cereal, he wasn’t in the streets but now he runs/heads/leads the streets.
@KnoxHill this is first song I heard of Kendrick on a mixtape I got for $7 it was over from then on ! He has so many great songs & so many that make u really have to listen to every line but this song right here is something special! Thanks for doin this Knox 💪
Finally the best Kendrick song also want to add this video was a fan video that was so popular for so long Kendrick himself calls it the official music video
first line too when he says he was raised in a sandbox like an what you used to contain viruses on a computer and test them to fix them. He could be talking about how compton is a sandbox for dangerous living and he was the test subject being contained.
The best part about this song is honestly the story about the music video... Go back and read the description. It makes me smile every time that Kendrick kick started this guys whole career pretty much.
Gunplay so underrated man... really wished he got his just due. He's better than most of these dudes from this generation that everybody glorifying. And Dot is Dot... GOATED.
Is the sandbox not a reference to a trap house? Sand fools you to think its safe until u step in it and u realize it's quick sand pulling u further into danger.
@knoxhill PLEASE react to Kendrick Lamar - Cloud10 Prod. Nosaj Thing! It's extremely rare and is up there with Cartoons & Cereal as a personal favorite. Protect that song at all costs!
The fact that you can break this down being a first reaction , hell even if it wasn't and you listened to this 2 or 3x still worthy of applause, with the rhythm layers, complex things going on you can get lost in it. I never decoded the lyrics and have listened to it for years
People who are Prince fans will appreciate how he layers vocals (male and female), typically him singing high, low and mid with included effects on his voice. He is such a Prince fan. So much of Kendrick’s music takes cues from Prince. Rest in power.
Kendrick is the voice of hip hop.Nobody was rocking with Drake or J Fold telling us who the big 3 is. Fans decide who the top 3 is not Drake or J Fold.
One strips/strike and you a Zebra look a like is a prision bar, black and white prision clothes it's in how he pronouced it opposed to having 3 strikes before getting locked up
This is one of those insane songs I also use to test headphones for imaging, soundstage and mids. I still pick up new layers and references every time.
It's so dope seeing people go back to things i use to thump in my head phones, if you knew these tracks back in the day, you knew Kdot was a real problem
I always took that sound of the woman in the background during the chorus being something like pulsating trauma sounds while you go in and out of consciousness, being entranced into the TV because your mom or a baby was screaming in desperation in the background. Then when the adlibed gun sounds shoots, before Gunplay’s verse, it was coming from either domestic violence or outside gunshots. Idk seemed poetic in a sense to me.
My favorite Kdot song.. Use to have this on repeat in high-school. It’s bringing back a certain memory that I can’t really grasp onto. Every time it shows itself in my mind I try to focus on it & can’t hold on.. smh But I believe this is definitely his best song that I’ve ever heard💯.. YEAH THIS ME, NO 🎙️, NO 📸, NO 💡, JUST PAIN !!😩, MAMA! HOW! MUCH TRAMA! CAN I SUSTAIN!!??🗣️🗣️🗣️ 🖤
Listen to "Black Friday" with Kendrick and J Cole. Basically, Kendrick and J Cole switched beats from eachothers albums to see who could body the others beat harder. They both snapped but Kendrick was definitely up!
