Hey everyone! Just as a heads up, I do know that Kunta Kinte is a character from the novel Roots. I just realized some of my phrasing may have made it seem like I was saying he was a 100% real person. I always heard that the character was based on a relative of the author, Alex Haley. So I think my feelings of horror come from me thinking about the fictional character, but also the real life the person he was based on. We must remember things like this, so that we never allow these things to happen again.
White people in this present day an age, especially young people, should not feel guilty of the errors of their forefathers...nobody wants to bare the burden of a fucked up history...what white people need to realize is that the blueprint of race relations left by past generations is fundamentally wrong and no part of it should be replicated or used as a basis, unfortunately this is what a lot of white people around the globe are doing...the pattern of behavior of a majority of white people in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, South Africa, South America towards black people and/or people of color shows that at the core they are very reluctant to change the way things in a major way...Don't get me wrong I'm not trying to bash white people...without righteous white people slavery, apartheid and colonialism would not have ended...black people and/or people of color also have a major role to play for things to change in a significant way...crying about racism and discrimination doesn't not and will never help in anyway...education, hard-work, political representation, community building around industries and business', respect for others and most importantly abiding by the laws are the pillars that will help elevate minorities around the world. White people around the world have built an extremely efficient system that allows them to thrive in whatever they do, black people and/or people of color, especially those in Africa should consider taking notes and eventually to the same.
The "I was gonna kill a couple rappers rappers but the did it to themselves," part is a quote from Jay-Z's song "Thank You" and the flow that follows after mirrors it. I've caught Kendrick quoting/referencing Jay more than any other rapper.
One of the things I love about this track from a production standpoint - the wee two-note clean guitar part that comes in during the second chorus/hook, or to be more specific, how that part's played. As it moves into the 'the yam brought it out of Richard Pryor' bit, the guitar part falls waaaaaaay behind the beat, to the point where it's almost an entire 16th note behind the pulse at points, but that 'sloppiness' adds massively to the feel of it all. They absolutely could've fixed it so it was on the grid, but that would've sucked all the life out of the part. Not everything needs to be perfect, and music is more often than not better when you have a bit of imperfection in there.
I'm a big hip-hop guy, and it's great that you were able to pick up on what you did listening for the first time. Most if not all of the "forever hip-hop" is like that ❤️❤️
Keep doing what you're doing I love it!!! If you get the time could you please react to the song Stimulate by Eminem 😊 Also with KendrickI think you may like the song - DNA
Enjoying the K.Dot content, you should make a point to check out some songs off of Section 80 and Good Kid Mad City. No recommendations specifically; as I don't think you can go wrong.
A lot of people miss it but he says someone's messing with a Ghost writer a sword he wouldn't tell technically it's a shot at Drake who use Ghost writers for his music
