Kendrick Lamar: Why DAMN is a Contradiction 

thank you so much! It’s the responses like this that honestly mean the most to me and keep me motivated 🙏🏾🙏🏾 I’m definitely gonna try to top this one with my next video and so on. Thanks for supporting 🔥

@@RealSpacial keep it up man! I’m definitely gonna be watching your future videos when I’m on break. Your work is very much appreciated!

Facts man

exactly that

I couldn't agree more, he might have just cracked the art of story telling

You can definitely look at that album that way too! Most people actually do.. But i wanted to share my alternative perspective of how Ive always seen it

Yeah I defo see that and pretty sure he said it was intentional, like when you listen to it normally it goes from pride to humble, lust to love, fear to god. But when you hear it backwards it’s god to fear, love to lust, humble to pride. Damns super ambiguous which I think works well

As becken said, you decide

It isn’t that deep lil bro

@@Prodbyjah464don’t forget that it goes from Fear God, to Fear XXX/USA

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Thank you 🙏🏾 I’m just gonna keep doing what I love and i’m sure the right people will gravitate to me 🔥

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this is a great perspective! thanks for sharing bro appreciate the love 🔥

I'm an upcoming rapper from Mississippi

Nice. Get out. I live at the grand canyon. If you have anything to say, come visit and get a different perspective. It's kinda weird how you're perspective is without you recognizing.

@@zacharyberry2534soon as August 6th 2027 hit im outta here

I completely agree with this!

DAMN. -> Fear of judgment by FATHER God, Deuteronomy as a curse on Black people which can only be broken by obedience to God, heavy religious themes (LUST/PRIDE are deadly sins, YAH/GOD are both names for God)...also the album revolves around his real father and Top Dawg, two men who's choices heavily influenced Kendricks path. Mr. Morale -> focus on self-improvement and a clear turn away from Christianity, Kendrick says he "transformed, praying to trees God has taken shape", a more pantheistic/natural oriented philosophy..."The moment I chose humanity over religion, the family got closer it was all forgiven"! Also Mr. Morale unlike DAMN. focuses heavy on the women in Kendricks life. His mom, grandmother, aunt, wife. These women gave him the powers "I thought I lacked"...also back to the nature focused theme of the album, it's MOTHER nature in contrast to FATHER God On United In Grief he says "Feel like there's only one answer to everything I don't where it is", I take this as him saying the answer his cousin Carl gave him on DAMN. (Black people are in a bad place because of disobedience to God) isn't a proper answer for the issues Kendrick sees in himself and his community. Instead he chose a path of therapy, true healing and a more spiritual pathway. "I live my life in nature, only thing relieves me". This self improvement broke the generational curse, not some kind of adherence to Biblical scripture like his uncle proposed.

@Avery Tavon I think Kendrick saw the flaws in his uncles message and needed to turn away from that message to actually improve his life.

@Avery Tavon yeah that makes sense too, maybe that's why he has the Crown on his head

K-dot is known for this on good kid maad city,the songs are linked he has created a cinematic universe

Wow thank you so much! Im surprised because dont even know how you saw this video.. i'm a big fan of your video essays as well so this means a lot to me 🔥

thank you! more coming v soon 🔥

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​@@RealSpacial congrats my man

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thank you man! More to come for sure.. you might like my video i did on MF DOOM

I'd recommend you also check out Dissect Podcast's analysis of DAMN - it's extremely in depth, looking into the bible imagery and religious themes that weren't discussed much/at all in this video.

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its one of those things you just have to say f it and embody it fully

Im glad you enjoyed my video man, more to come V soon my channel is relatively new so Im not too upset about my subscriber count. Im just making videos about the music I love and people like you get to enjoy it🔥

glad i could help!

thank you for your kind words! a lot of time and thought goes into my videos so i'm glad you enjoyed🔥

Thank you man!

thank you bro i hope so too

thank you bro and honestly i could do a video on every song on this album, i just gave summaries of them all

bro i’m glad you were able to complete your arc 😭 more to come

I agree!

I don't think that's accurate. This album is highly praised by many.

@@7sneves I think it grew with people over time for sure, but from my experince I remember when it came out while I was in High School and NOBODY liked it for some reason

@@RealSpacial facts this dropped my 10th grade year and nobody was really feeling it at first since it was so different from tpab

@@RealSpacial I'm guilty of that too.

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Thanks! Will do!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Bro I appreciate your words so much... I put a lot of time into this so im glad your appreciate it from the perspective as an artist... Just listened to that song on your youtube Enemy of the State and its such a vibee it kinda gives me Denzel Curry vibes super fire

@@RealSpacial appreciate you bro! We're gonna be tuned it with you. Hopefully we can collab in the future. Godspeed homie

i honestly appreciate your words 🙏🏾

All it takes is perspective ;)

Thanks man we growing tho!

thank you!

ahhh thank you my friend!

thank you for noticing that 🔥

and it may change later on

lmaoooo Thank you bro

thank you!

I will never forget you

TPAB definitely on the list!

thank you! So much more to come soon 🤝🏾

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Thank you man

Great suggestion!

i’m glad you like it bro🔥

😂😂😂 nah i didn’t even catch that

Thank you! A man can only dream he gets 1 million views haha

MM&TBS deserves at least an hour long video minimum

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Thank you so much!

I tried my best lol

thats why im here

I def will!

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YESSS im glad somebody noticed the the song!

discovered them last year and they've been in constant rotation for me

Thank you for watching man! && Thank you for the feedback on the audio, thats something I was actually wondering about so i'll pay more attention to the levels in the future for sure. 🙏

Thanks Im glad you like it! More to come

So does this comment!!!

Wow, thank you!

@@RealSpacial no problem!

thank you bro

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@@RealSpacial autocorrect but i just meant to practically say you and this album really change how i think. thank you

Thank you man! What other Kendrick albums would you want to hear about?

@@RealSpacial I always have this question. Why kdot uses Jesus so much in his music. so many hidden spiritual messages in his albums.

@@jamesduckworth9642 Off the top of my head I feel like theres a couple of reasons, Kendrick usually ties a connection between his personal struggles and those faced by being black in America. I feel like he views Christianity as a source of strength and resilience in the face of these challenges. He also uses religious imagery and symbolism to address themes like faith, morality, redemption, and struggle.. But now that i'm typing this maybe I should make a video on this topic

@@RealSpacial that’s right 🙌🏿 .. yeah please take your time you’ll definitely come up with great facts and analogies. 👍🏿

Thank you I sure will!

aye man Im glad you liked it! More videos coming very soon

damn man i’m glad you liked it! There’s so much that i didn’t even go into with the album so i’m sure you’ll have a lot to look into! Thanks for the sub 🔥

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Thank you! and i'm fixing the audio in my next upcoming videos

Thank you! More on the way

thank you 🙏🏾

I hope so!

Do you have a podcast?

@@highlarryus yea i do! we’re in the middle of revamping rn but i’ll send a link in this thread when we drop our new episode 🙏🏾

I sure hope so

always bro 💪🏾💪🏾 i appreciate you supporting my art 🔥🔥 you’re goated

thank you for watching bro, honestly

new content indeed

hahaha lets hope so

Im glad you like it man!

THANK YOUU

Thank you! Whats your favorite Kendrick Album?

@@RealSpacial that would have to be TPAB. I just love the jazzy style, and just how the whole album flows so well from track to track all the way to the end. And as always with Kendrick, I love the deeper meaning and layers, that it has to offer

Im glad! Its one of my personal favorites

thank you 🔥🔥 more to come soon

facts bro and thank you

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thank you bro 🔥 more videos very soon

i made this video for people like you bro

Glad to hear it!

I'll most likely do all of his albums eventually

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Wow, thank you!

Thank you bro

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Will do!

Welcome aboard!