"I WAS KENDRICK BEFORE KENDRICK"| Rapper Reacts to Ice Cube - It's My Ego (FIRST REACTION)

[@KnoxHill]

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[@Jaziel_Berumen]

Residente Calle 13 La Guerra, Querido FBI

[@tylersmith859]

Need an old school music from the golden era, could make a series educating the youngin's on the OG's, there's youngsters out there thinking cube is only a actor

[@mgkandmeganforever]

please react to After Glow by donavns

[@ajadams3297]

38 spesh and Loyd banks had it coming

[@thedrake342134]

Chris Webby Mischief Night

[@awakennow1841]

I agree it wasn't a diss to KDot. That sweet West Coast Vibe passed from Cube to Dot!

[@LunatiqHigh]

Definitely just a reference and not a diss. Cube's all about that Westsiiiiiide pride.

[@youreadood]

OH WOW! MY *it was a good day* IS *EVOLVING* ...it's an... *Alright*

[@st0n3rrrr]

Ice Cube basically says Kendrick is king now and he (Cube) was a king before. it's huge shoutout from one of the goats to another goat from next generation, one could say he's passing the torch to kenny. Also the song is literally called "It's my ego" and i think it fits the theme perfectly ;d

[@Thesnakerox]

KDot continues to carry the torch, but Cube gave it some fresh fuel with that line!

[@TheJackie2006-b2k]

That’s Cube being Cube, no diss to K-Dot, just the truth, it’s his ego and I love it❤❤

[@robertmoseley75]

Hello everyone. Have a blessed day. Ice cube was my first concert back in the early nineties

[@melaniemccoy8761]

Just finding ways to throw support out there when i can. I hope the family is doing well. Thanks for all you do.

[@DnAmsc]

Ice cube is an amazing lyricist, his first three albums alone is full of great punchlines and wordplay

[@MilkDove9654]

It's Kendric who got him in the studio again gave that man his props bro.

[@chelseahaley8350]

I love seeing all of the OGs coming out with new music! Makes my 90s teenage heart so damn happy! 🥰

[@DonnyB23-u7z]

As someone who grew up with Cube and NWA, listening to this shit makes me smile ear to ear. NGL my old ass got up and C-walked first time I heard this lol. Anyone that has listened to AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, especially when it came out in the early 90s knows how true it is that he was Kendrick before Kendrick. No Vaseline is still one of the very best diss tracks ever. So good to hear the OGs coming out with new stuff.

[@tashashort7357]

N V is the best diss track of all time, not Hit’m Up or any of the others. I too am a South Central LA native….nothing tops that. I recall hearing an Eazy E song for the first time at 15 y/o….and I thought 😮😮😮-- Can they say that??

[@jordanfranklin9141]

"Love and Happiness" by Al Green is one of my favorite songs of all time! I knew I recognized it from early on, especially when he stated "happiness" in the first minute of the song! Love your breakdowns as always!

[@brytmorning4369]

Great reaction as always Knox. Cube also made the remix to this with Busta and Killer Mike called Ego Maniacs and the bars on that one too is chefs kiss.

[@BlessZB7]

I was Kendrick before Kendrick. Cube was drop No Vaseline before Not like Us. West Coast r'hr bby💥

[@sykosithlord2509]

This felt like Classic Cube. Love it! When I 1st saw this, I immediately went back to my favorite Cube track. It was a Good Day.

[@endlessthespokesperson6876]

🇿🇦"I was Kendrick before Kendrick" is a reference to "No Vaseline" diss track 👍🏾💯

[@0110011010]

100

[@WEST_THA_RAIDER]

How do you know? Maybe he's talking about the lyrical monster yelling out straight outta Compton.. Smh stay in ya lane

[@endlessthespokesperson6876]

@WEST_THA_RAIDER 🇿🇦Who asked you to comment??? I'm not those lean drinking niggas you can just bully around I know my Hip-Hop well enough. This is my lane. SMFH🤦🏽‍♂️

[@Georgegotkeys]

Hayi wena

[@Cthulhu92]

​​​ 3:10 Knox says the same thing that the dude you're telling to stay in their own lane said. You telling someone on a reaction video to a song on the internet to stay in their lane is moronic. Are people not allowed to have an opinion on why lyrics in a song were used? If anything, I think YOU should stay in your lane, bruh. You must be a joy to be around.

[@HeatherBenedix-y6r]

I appreciate every reaction you do, you have a beautiful mind!!!

[@sabinemeurer2972]

Same! ❤

[@milkypickle9654]

cube also dropped a remix to this last night with killer mike and busta

[@nickshepley2566]

Oh I was waiting for this! Didn’t think I was getting it

[@nicotonix7380]

why did i go 2 weeks without realizing this banger came out. goddamn i wish i was around in the 90s to witness these god tier artists at their peak

[@fourplayee]

Cube was Cube before Kendrick was Kendrick. Two different entities

[@IvIidnight]

Props to Cube for not taking the lazy way out of rhyming "Trigger."

[@betthatonegaming6683]

11:20 he has a song called “Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It” and he starts a verse off by saying “I’m the grand wizard, warlord, vocal cords so viscous”

[@samanyusharma4034]

And I don't need to show riches to pull up pull off with sum bad....

[@y3tti627]

I was about to comment same it's both connected to the biggot bar and my fav cube track like you said

[@markcarey67]

Pyroclastic flows

[@samanyusharma4034]

@@markcarey67 it's R A W, R A W

[@Thesnakerox]

Cube: "I was Kendrick before Kendrick" Me before Knox's breakdown: "AYO WAIT is Cube saying he wants some smoke too???" Me after Knox's breakdown: "NAH he's just giving the torch more fuel as Dot continues to carry it!"

[@angel-bs5yo]

Dot knows better then to diss cube he wouldn't make a response even if it was a diss

[@danacarter4793]

BEST YEAR FOR RAP since the 90's ,I was 21 in 91 and I feel like this years been a flashback, I'm so for it ❤❤❤

[@yolapeyana6333]

"Long live the idols may they never be your rivals" 🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥

[@KINGDOM3600-l6o]

I was waiting for this reaction since the song came out

[@coolbone11]

XG - HOWLING Crazy Bars! Insane Video! Go!!!!!!!!!!

[@denisebutcher7717]

Ice Cube is a great actor and rapper 😂😂😂❤❤❤

[@idacrow7694]

The best thing for cube was leaving NWA

[@LordVader66]

Nah Cube has always called himself the Grand Wizard or The Don MEGA throughout his solo career.

[@mobsterwow]

plus the west coast war lord

[@nqobanizikhali]

Ice Cube, you finally made it You are Knox Hill Certified

[@melaniemccoy8761]

I love all these og's showing how its done in 2024. Eminem, LL cool j, snoop, now ice!!! Lovin it.

[@pank0835]

Xzibit too

[@TSP616]

Thank you I've been waiting for you to do this song🎉❤

[@于谨-s6m]

Cube called himself Grand Wizard in older songs as well. I don't know if this specific usage is related to any bars. But you could be right.

[@mobsterwow]

yes he did. it would say it just a reference to his other alter egos like west coast war lord and the don mega

[@Fleezy81]

Cube is "Living in a new world, with an old soul."

[@azagoren235]

The plaid shirt and sunglasses with this beat, no one has more West Coast swag than Cube. Actually looking forward to his new album, Snoop’s too

[@Eldrowen]

When is cubes album release?

[@jonanderson70]

This song is a fucking vibe. I love it!

[@ZombieSlayerKN44]

hey knox I wrote this Within The Veil Ghostly echos bounce off the walls in my mind projecting false emotions onto my heart wrapping my attention around their words solidifying a temporary existence through my clouded eyes fueling my insecurities with actions from my past experience I sift through the rubble of my broken heart searching for a peaceful memory only to find fragments of a smile laced with the venom of false happiness killing my bouquet of hope rotting my scent of confidence as the petals begin to fall and burn around me leaving behind a dehydrated stem I rise from the corner feeling the midnight blue veil caress me with energies of agony and joy flashing alternate outcomes through my eyes flushing the mist from my vision illuminating different sections of the garden filling my my nostrils with different aromas while unmasking the entities before each path exposing the intentions of each individual

[@plagasvon2399]

Yes knox I've been requesting this one next up snoops single off the new album

[@renegadewarz1074]

The best in the back just brings back the old school feeling 😊 absolutely love it

[@unclebito61715]

2:59 also Kendrick raps on social issues a good hood story so many layers to that but definitely not a diss! Good connection brah 🫡🫡 feel like people are reaching n beef thirsty .. simply put just a homage line!

[@lynnewilson4605]

Yaaaas bring it onnnnnn ❤🎉

[@nurajchanuka001]

Listen hit em up

[@betthatonegaming6683]

I was fr wondering when this was coming!! So excited to watch it!

[@Kronicdice23]

Knox your hip hop history knowledge is top-tier man…Impressive

[@KICKGhostey]

Definitely not a shot at Dot. He’s basically just saying “I was the top dog before Kendrick was the top dog”. It’s definitely respect.

[@kariannecrysler640]

I was thinking a nod to the next generation. Bringing the truth is a never ending struggle & it’s important to pay respects to the younger generations.

[@MattyGeneric]

I love Ice Cube, I even did a song from a song of his.

[@Itzway2much]

Love you!

[@scarecrowr6]

10:00 thats mike epps from the Friday movies another easter egg/cameo

[@KingJoshuaOfficial]

thank you knox🙏🏿

[@MP-wf3gj]

GJ KH!

[@FYSITL]

Cube still has it after years of Hip-Hop.

[@PeytonGerodo]

i saw ice cube back in april, definitely an experience, especially for a first concert. got barricade and some finger points. definitely a goat.

[@K.A.2575]

I do wonder why Ice Cube said he was Kendrick before Kendrick. Because there's nothing similar about their music at all. But then again, it's been awhile since I've listened to any of Ice Cube's music.

[@emmanueltolulope9926]

I think it about how they both drop a top level diss track in different decades NO VASELINE AND NOT LIKE US

[@jaredhicks1370]

Kendrick: known for politically charged music. Ice Cube: Also known for politically charged music. (Plz re listen to the first three solo albums) Yeah man I couldn't say why Cube would say that. No idea at all. Not even the foggiest of ideas.

[@MattyGeneric]

Dude, Ice Cube inspired me to sing that i even did a "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It" song in Spanish. True West Coast Legend...On gang. G-27 J-80👍🏻👎🏻🚩📿🩸🇵🇷

[@itsyaboylucky]

been waiting on this reaction 😂

[@fuelmixer947]

Knox, i love your videos and appreciate you breaking down the lyrics. theres always a ton of stuff you find that other people dont and i really appreciate it!

[@TerryHolmes-ud2lc]

He needs stuff. Kendrick Lamar is the goat. Kendrick is from Compton. Kendrick Lamar is not going nowhere.

[@amandahall615]

I have loved Ice Cube since NWA. As expected, he never disappoints!!!!

[@ShawnWing-t1o]

So glad he made a new song. That shit made my dayv

[@stevebrown8163]

Thank you Knox

[@SithMaster26]

Been waiting for this!

[@k90dude94]

Kendrick Lamar Said it himself at the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony by NWA Ice Cube was his blueprint for his debut album Everything that Kendrick does or raps about, Cube already did in the 90s, this was not a diss but a clarification from the Triple OG Ice MF Cube

[@10SecondZ06]

Ice Cube 💪🔥

[@SweetsThaQueen]

The line wasn’t a diss but it had a “I was here first, respect it” energy 😂😂💯

[@aymxn02_]

Bro finally took my suggestion! 🔥🔥🔥

[@nilesrodriguez4343]

Whoever thinks this is a KDot diss is not from the West Coast. We do not claim you.

[@lisapearlman]

Very catchy - great beat! And great bars! Love that iceCube is back!!!

[@LukeWonderlich-un5ng]

The lizard reptile line comes right after the igloo bit, they cold blooded

[@kevinadamson3828]

The remix with Killer Mike and Busta Rhymes is fire too.

[@hebrewhammer9068]

Its 2024 and we got new music from Cube, Redman, Busta...OGs coming out to play. 🔥

[@leverite6127]

Ice cold, literally and figuratively

[@Finn.Parzival.from-the-future]

He is a legend!

[@jessicacastro7824]

Happy Saturday everyone

[@nitab5734]

🔥🔥🔥🔥this reminds me of the 90’s Cube💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾

[@ellc.6143]

That beat is soooo Cali, smooth shit!!

[@Zeke_O3773]

It was not a dis. Trust me, you know when Cube is dissing you. He just meant what we older folks have always said-Kendrick is a throwback to good Rap-rap that says something and means something.

[@DnAmsc]

FINALLY you react to ice cube

[@HOLLARGIRL]

New sub love like u way u break down the bars here in ARKANSAS ❤❤❤

[@bubba4491]

Yeehaw cub is back on it

[@nexxfizura8988]

'Check my verse, in reverse' ... He really shows he's got an intelligence to his lyrics. His verse in reverse, is just as powerful as the first time you hear it!

[@joatagewin]

Ice Cube and Ice-t (Bodycount) albums both coming out on the same day! I don't know which I'm more excited for. I've definitely had this song on heavy rotation.

[@puertoricanguy8570]

You are missing out on these 70 year old rappers Pete & Bas -Bish Bash Bosh

[@badgirlmelreacts4201]

Love my ice cube

[@LaceyGrissom-ul8gu]

The beat was sample from love and happiness by al green

[@AllTheHandlesTaken]

Yeah. It's a song about his ego, so if anything, that's an acknowledgement of Kendrick being huge.

[@joker4g63tt4]

If you have seen any of his interviews from the past year you will know where this songs is coming from. And the guy c walking and throwing west coast signs is W.C. Cube is my #1 pick

[@I.D.A-sw]

Love this mv 😂😂😂

[@VerityJ692]

Got it. Ego. He spittiin 🔥.

[@7472wayne]

Cubes legacy to the west coast is underrated and understated

[@arisreign]

that fact that some people actually thought that he dissed dot with that line 😭 they really made him have to explain it in an interview lol jsjsj

[@isisatlantis3168]

The true G.O.A.T, West Coast Don Mega, O.G. Ghostwriter Cube

[@mattblatchley2061]

nice S/O to the Rev. Al!!! I'm GenX so Cube will always be in my top5...Mike Epps in there!!!

[@Fall2Caine]

I didn't catch it at first but he said "check these verses in reverse" when he was talking about being the OG kdot. This could very well be him telling kendrick to sit down before someone kills him

[@SaitoLogan]

Yo, Ice Cube just released the new version with Killer Mike and Busta! 🎉🎉🎉

[@Dovakinskywalker]

Imagine how deranged you would need to be to think that was a Kendrick diss.

[@igap7707]

I've been waiting for that reaction since the single release! Thank you! Please Xzibit next! You can see and feel how much fun Ice Cube had making this video and song.

[@lynnbell91]

Shout out to Mike Epps since he wasn’t mentioned ❤

[@BiggieSmokes]

Ik you never saw my comment but I'm glad you reacted to this. Hope you react to Ego Maniacs as well. It was a remix of this song w/ Busta

[@specialbreedsb78]

This is it...we finally coming full circle with it

[@deltadash5403]

lol man it's so kool that all the old school rappers coming out. LL Ice cube, even melle mel, They giving us something so we don't have to be smothered by the new school.