The Many Contradictions of Kendrick Lamar 

He waited until everyone was at their most braggadocios, pulled up, smacked them and said prove it lol

Thank you Drake. Because of you I am now relistening to all of Kendrick's catalog

wtf is that thumbnail lmaooo

If Kendrick is 'lost and confused', I question your location and clarity.

He’s smoking on your top 5 🙏🏾

Why is a professional channel mad about kendrick dissing🤣

So because Kendrick is doing better in his personal life and chooses to share his life journey on his own projects he’s “lost and confused” for boasting his rap skills? Dude never said he was done with rap beefs. His whole point was that he couldn’t save the world like he thought he could when he left Compton. So he’s going to prioritize saving himself instead of the world with his art. It has nothing to do with disses.

The Drake Fangirls are doing their best at Damage Control while he doesnt respond....

You guys like to confuse an individual's self-identity with their rap persona. What Kendrick says about himself in terms of his everyday life should not be confused with the things he says on a rap song. When it comes to emceeing, he knows he's the best and he comes hard with his words and delivery every single time. Especially when it comes to the art form of battling.

Saying he's lost and confused is a bold title. IMHO after Mr. Morale and the big steppers he's gone back to having fun. You can't tell me the recent tracks with keem weren't just him having a blast. The most recent diss was aggressive in a lot of ways, but just like in sports, when you're the top of your game, you shit talk, and no one comes at you even though they know they might lose is boring. The only real response was j cole and he apologized. Cole acted out of emotion and it showed. It feels like Kendrick is looking to spice the game up again and no one wants to even attempt a back and forth.

This video is weird cuz "I chose me I'm sorry" has nothing to do with stepping away from the competitiveness of dissing rappers. It's about him letting go of the weight of trying to be the "savior" of hip-hop and a supposed leader of black ppl. It's about him accepting that's he just another person. A person with his on flaws, personality and tendencies.

He told yah he an old school gemini 🤷🏾‍♂️

What happened back in 2013 and what's going on now is NOT the Same thing. AT ALL

I don’t think that Kendrick Lamar is confused, I just think that he’s just bringing the sport of rap competition back

Disagree, Kendrick ain’t lost and confused more like he’s ahead and on top of the game.

No Drake is lost and confused

Kendrick said say my name and u see candyman. Cole was the first to actually say it. Then look what happened.

I think folks confused Kendrick saying “I choose me” to mean I’m done with music/rap/competition. I interpreted it as Kendrick giving up the idea of having to be perfect as the leader of the culture (hence the heart part 5). That doesn’t mean he won’t still make music and speak his mind, especially if he perceives some real disrespect

Kendrick is not confused. He’s in a league of his own. He refuses to water down his lyrics andversus for u to understand.

It’s not confusing. He pops out see who wants what,nobody says anything,Kendrick goes do something else,then repeats the process……

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Bro change the tittle yes I watched the full video and the only conclusion is Kendrick is a human who also knows he’s a better rapper than the other two and tired of all the subliminal dissing he and the others been doing so he called them out not lost and confused you can be a Gangster and activist yall just confuse what a gangster is standing on your word that’s it

Damn. Kendrick exposing the moist side of hip hop😂😂😂😂

What I got from this is that Kendrick was right, it really is just big him

I just think that's the life of an artist. Anyone who creates for a living is usually conflicted, constantly shifting their viewpoints based on their experiences and translating it to the canvas. Most artists are usually unfocused, not clear in what they want to convey, but it makes for some of the best art.

The thumbnail too crazy😂

I’m honestly not confused by Kendrick’s apparent duality, which this video does a great job of proving. I actually think it’s perfect, because it further highlights the point of Mr. Moral and The Big Steppers: when he says he’s not your saviour, one of the reasons he acknowledges this is because of this very duality, or inconsistency. For example, in ‘family ties’, he acknowledges that Kanye changed his own life by finding God, in a seemingly admirable manner (as though he’d like that for himself) but quickly admits that he’s still a old school gemini (that he is still prone to choosing violence, despite his best efforts to retain peace). That, to me, is perfect because he may be confused, but he’s no liar. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Bro Kendrick is just having fun! He can do whatever he wants but bro said he's lost and confused 😭

Let’s be real : For Kendrick to disappear for 5 years, make MMBS, then randomly hop on a Future track to diss Drake is pretty confusing.

Wow… this is the most inaccurate, Drake glazing I’ve seen in a LOOOOONG time

Im glad kendrick is just having fun and is eager to find out who he is when calling out his peers or so called the best ever which these rappers claim every song.

Here after "Not Like Us" and can confirmed Drake DID get COOKED 🤣

Found yet another unoriginal Drake glazer.

OVHOEEEEEE

this feels like a drake payroll vid like what are you even talking about ?

you are way off bro.

lol you’ve been deleting comments

Kendrick is the Boogie Man of Hip-hop. He ain't lost... He is sniping

I loved Mr. Morale. Drake has never moved the needle for me. I have no idea why they’re even viewed as anything close to the same level.

>Drake winning >being passive aggressive Can't be both

Mr Morale and the Big Steppers might be my favorite Kendrick album. It just hit at a really unique time in my life personally

Kendrick is in the wrong era of hip hop. He drops like a rapper that actually writes his raps. Drake drops so much because everyone on OVO writes for drake. Kendrick drops on his time. He doesnt chase the algorithm

You're overthinking. But if you wanna look that deep into it- Kendrick said at the end of Mr. Moral that he chooses to be himself. So he's going to make music about every & anything- no more savior complex.

Couldn’t wait for you to make a video on this!! 💪🏾

Wth kinda title is this... Lmao Aint even notice till i finish it...

You better apologize before King Kendrick turns you into a song...

Unpopular opinion, but Kendrick peaked at Good Kid, M.A.A.D City.

Good take. I don't think he confused though. It's been a lot of low-key lyrical hits being thrown throughout the years, be surprised most things are just the response but because someone maybe so big it seems like otherwise and indefinitely causes he didn't take the full subliminal course.

found the drake & cole glazer

Long hair Kendrick got me moaning. I like that. Awww

I don’t think Kendrick is contradicting himself. I think he just adjust to new information. Talked about not taking shots, but when he hears shots, he’s like bet…

Kendrick is a Gemini, that explains everything lol

Shout out to Kendrik, he made bro upload after almost a month 😅 glad to see u back, Cole apologised tho, what's your take on that unexpected turn of events.

Bro Drake isn't top 3 for bars he's just a pop rapper

Drake is about run as hard as he can because K-Dot is coming for Drake , I don't think K-Dot is going to hold back

The fact that he gave us 4 albums in 12 years and he is top 1 wow😂

this thumbnail.... yall should hope he dont drop this next track on yall next lmbo

Ngl this the only nuance take I have seen on the internet

Saying drake ain’t tried to beef with anybody besides Meg and Ice spice since pusha t is nasty man 😂 I see the narratives

Stop trying to cope 😂

I can say that Kendrick wanted to take his ego out of the way but the expectations of the masses made it difficult form him, the public put him on a pedestal so high that it made him puke and his own insecurities, lies and traumas just put him in a mental spiral, so thats why Mr.Moral was dropped everything there, is addressed and he can finally be the artist he always wanted to be.

Now J cole has to apologize for this wild thumbnail again 💀

They made "kendrick" look like SID from ice age in the.....THUMBNAIL LOL 🔥💸😂🎯💯🤣

How does any of Kendricks verses start? 😂

Kendrick ain't confused that much. His fans are.

DAYLYT

missed opportunity for title being Kendrick Lamar is conflicted

I think you spelled J.Cole wrong

It’s so obvious this channel wants to be seen as “on drakes good side” 😂

In mirror he wasn't stepping away from the petty stuff such as beef. . . He was stepping away from the God complex people gave. . . (Mr. moral) people looking to him for answers in times of need specifically in the black community. . . His song alright became a symbol of hope during those dark times and since he was the creator of this symbol people had high expectations of him and how he'd adress the every day problems black people go through forgetting he is now far Removed from those daily struggles. The only thing he has left in common with the community he left behind is his skin tone In Damn this is what he was questioning is it wickedness or weakness. . . The continuous theme throughout the album was: Was what he was striving for wicked or weak? Was him returning home trying to maintain old relationships with people stuck in their own ways and not broadening their horizon stagnating him or growing him like they use to while he was growing up considering the success he has achieved? With all this said. . . Whenever tensions rose in music/rap shit he was always ready for the smoke, but the people around him probably convinced him that he was above that petty shit. . . Even tho the truth is that he wanted to engage in it. . . To genuinely put himself out there and wage war against any MC that dared to step to him. . . He was human, he is human. . . A little lost and confused maybe, but it's part of the human experience. This is just a space where he can finally engage in some bullshit and no one is in his ear saying, "You ain't gotta do that"

Great take. Drake was deep in a battle with Pusha T before Kendrick decided he wanted smoke. The details matter!👑

Most clickbait title I’ve ever seen

lol 10yrs later… we still talk about Control

It's so funny that Drakes idea of longevity in art is his songs still being played "this summer or next year"

the people who allow a man to come up with 1 verse every 2 years are mad at Drake for not responding instantly

My man is bipolar, he said it myself in Like That lol

I just hate how many people think they suddenly can create entire definitions and criteria for people and their work just because there is a discourse... "hip hop is a competitive sport, this is REAL hip hop, you cant be a REAL rapper if you aren't hungry, it was just friendly beef it doesn't mean anything, ect." like for one since when did people gain the ability to continuously change definitions of already existing things HIP HOP: a style of popular music of African American and Hispanic origin, featuring rap with an electronic backing. MUSIC: vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion. like ITS LITERTALLY JUST ART!! hip hop is music, music is a medium of art, art is human expression of emotion. "hip hop" is not its own thing separate from music with its own rules, trying to make it its own thing with its own rules is nothing more than creating a hole to shove pigeons into. it is not and never has been a sport. And for two, the amount of people that are sucking off and agreeing with a corrupt company just because they perpetuated the drama is CRAZY! (literally the entire world 3 months ago) "SPOTIFY SUCKS they take all the money, they create toxic environments for their artists, Spotify is evil!" (spotify) "hip hop is a competitive sport" (the entire world when Spotify sees a conflict that they can capitalize off of and create drama) "OMFG YES YES YES FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT... what no im not a bad person, i dont get enjoyment out of peoples downfall, I dont incite drama, its all friendly, YOURE the weird one for having morals and thinking people should treat art like its art" Like im not a J. Cole, Kendrick, or Drake fan so I really dont hold a bias towards them but I 110% do hold a bias towards being a pathetic adult (regardless of whether you portray yourself as conscious or not, being conscious isnt a magical trait of the top 1%, its the bare minimum to have good morals) and all 3 of them as well as all of their meat riders are as pathetic as it gets imagine youre an artist, and you make good art, but thats just not enough for you, you cant compete with yesterdays self, you cant compare yourself to your last work. NO you just HAVE to tear other people down AND gas up your own work WHILE making good art because you're too insecure and you care about the greater opinion, you want the masses to point towards you as "#1" not as "someone who makes good art" cause you're a selfish bastard thats addicted to external validation. Again, this applies to ANY and EVERYONE over the age of 18, but when you see people like Kendrick and J. Cole portraying themselves as "conscious" or "moral" just to be the EXACT opposite, its pathetic. "but its a character, its entertainment, its friendly" that doesnt change the fact that its pathetic behavior, that doesnt change the outcome we're left with in the objective reality, that only changes how YOU perceive whats going on, that "motive" exists solely within YOUR head it isnt real. its just an excuse "its not an excuse they are fr just pretending bro" even if they are, its still an excuse for pathetic behavior. Excuses don't have to be false, and motives dont change outcomes, the outcome is still pathetic no matter how you spin it. TLDR: 99% of rappers and rap fans are philistines without morals that think they have a say over what is and isn't art, and shouldn't be allowed to form opinions let alone spread them and pretend they're fact.🤷‍♂🤷‍♂

Unfortunately he's just going to dissappear for another 5 years and we'll all be disappointed again.

kendrick is definitely not confused in my opinion. He’s always been hungry and he’s just playing the sport of hip hop

Here to hear Spencer out

I wonder if his response is going to be 🔥? We never heard Kendrick beef like this.

Saying he needs to put disses on his albums or he’s been disingenuous or holding back is itself very disingenuous. I would save that for mixtape, a single or a feature, I ain’t making what supposed to be my music , about someone else . Albums are supposed to define the artist.

LMAO Why are you so pressed brotha? None of his peers are touching him, yall really got me out here defending a 5'4 Leprechaun nicknamed Kung Fu Kenny. He's really got all the right people teary eyed.

Nahhhh there’s no confusion… even if you grow… you gotta remind em that you are about that life.

Drake is gona send jack harlow at Kendrick next hahahahhaahhaah

Gemini Doing Gemini Things❤

what happened in 2013 stays in 2013

It’s like people don’t listen to the words this guy says; how many times has he just alluded to being a guy from Compton that shouldn’t be put on a pedestal? People then put him on a pedestal and end up making videos like this when their idea of who he is does not conform with the real person. It’s always so binary, like he HAS to be one thing or the other instead of a normal person dealing with many different things. Even Pac and Nas got similar criticisms

Said he isn’t your savior. He isn’t perfect. Let him test your favorite rapper & show they aren’t “rappers”

I think the Drake response Is a little more interesting in this context

Ya'll saying this man a drake fangirl when the fact is. Kendricks words dont align with his actions.

He is lost and confused? I think this channel is K dot the goat

Kendrick can be healing himself, trying to stop letting his ego get the best of him, and still want hip hop to return to its competitive roots. I don't think there's anything contradictory about what he did on Like That and his journey over the last 5-7 years. Still a great video though, love to see y'all drop new content

I think he’s more clear headed than ever.

That’s that Gemini ♊️

The comment section is a bit disappointing. I guess Kendrick fans aren't much better than Drake fans 😅 I found this nuanced perspective refreshing, good job guys

lol who’s here after Taylor Made 😂😂😂

That was an insightful video….made me appreciate Kendrick a lot more

"He is not my savior"

Bro literally said “Celebrity do not mean integrity, you fool..”