Kendrick DESTROYS The Charts With GNX

[@erica_em]

Kendrick did no promo, had 12 tracks, and has a tour with something like 22 dates that went on sale the day after it was announced. He's trying to tell ya'll he actually doesn't care about the numbers. He is making money, he is making good music, he's giving people a chance to see him real quick, and then he's spending the rest of the year with his family... being the guy he says he is. I'm happy for him, not because of the numbers, but because he is doing exactly what he wants to do and letting everyone else sweat the numbers.

[@mistermay7986]

10 out of 21 dates already sold out. On the first day of sales

[@SwagSurf-od3vx]

The promo was the battle, the songs released, and not like us running the game

[@mneytimetv1849]

@mistermay7986 And all of them are stadiums 🏟 💰 💰 💰

[@kcidd12]

thats CAP what you failed to mention is he did no promo, had 12 tracks, and has a tour with like 22 dates that went on sale the day it was announced. He’s trying to tell yall that he doesn’t care about the numbers. How did you miss that???

[@OrlenNSophia]

🫶🏾

[@RedVelvet714]

All I’ve gotta say is Quality over Quantity

[@emilynixon5437]

the most important comment on here! drake can crow all day about how a "large body of work" is better than a moment, but i would rather have 20 timeless bangers that make you really think in my catalogue than 100s of lazy, low-effort comfort food.

[@RedVelvet714]

@ 💯💯💯💯💯

[@RedVelvet714]

@ thank you and I agree 💯 fast food is good and definitely gets the job done but having a home cooked meal is deeply satisfying 😅

[@thelakerfannexxdoor7751]

GNX is soooooo good. Gets better with each listen actually

[@Dovah_Jay]

It really is. It's the first album in a long time where I did totally gel with it at first(I liked half the songs), but with each listen it just gets better and better. It's such a good tight album.

[@Hellismary]

Aside from Damn Kendrick was never a numbers artist, he just has a true impact on hiphop, and that is what really carries him

[@gloriasdaughter940]

I dont listen to Drake no matter who he collabs with. I hate his voice

[@OVHOEAubreythePedophileKing]

@@gloriasdaughter940 Gloria sounds like the name of my future mother-in-law 😏

[@Aprylbaby]

I hate his voice, his face, his existence 😅

[@Numnutsthe1]

YOOOO I had this same thought today. And I listen to Drake

[@samanthaday5490]

he’s so boring

[@mizutommy]

I hate the way that he walks

[@Numnutsthe1]

GNX is a 5 star project

[@SuiteVII]

🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤

[@wgba_dre]

Talk yo shi my guy 🎤

[@ThatBean3r]

The big thing ur forgetting in this video is that the ONLY promotion gnx had was ONE tweet 1 hour before it was released

[@CraigPark]

And the teaser was a song that wasn’t even on the album!

[@nils3031]

People also keep forgetting that the GNX sales ONLY are streams and digital sales, it's not even including physical sales which historically have been a huge part of Kendricks sales, it could've sold like 600k if Dot wanted

[@OrlenNSophia]

Luther, is taking me places.

[@1Dager3]

@@OrlenNSophia the back & forth 🔥🔥🔥

[@Tuncapoo]

The song has become the backtrack to my daily life, so I really felt your comment

[@ProjectFallenLeaf]

Gnx is such a perfect album it's sweet and short makes you want more

[@clarenegracey]

Fool No kdot album should make you hungry Homie ain't selling sprite

[@868_timeless]

​@@clarenegracey Calm down Clarence don't pull out the nine

[@OVHOEAubreythePedophileKing]

​@@868_timelessI bet he lives at home with both parents

[@liltombstonee]

@@OVHOEAubreythePedophileKingI bet his parents have a real good marriage

[@ozon3Easy]

@@OVHOEAubreythePedophileKingI bet his parents have a real good marriage 😂😂

[@MsTwilightSpeaks]

Reincarnated gives me life...

[@dorothyrobbins6190]

Drake is a pop artist, not Hip-Hop!

[@etzahi16]

Peekaboo is slowly becoming my favorite song on the album. Its creeping up on “Hey Now” 😮

[@misterragnar2521]

Hey now is so good with the breakdown

[@etzahi16]

@ “Heavy with the parmesan everyday Tax Season” “Need a fee just to breathe bitch i can’t talk to you” And then Dody6 w/ a fire 3rd verse 🔥

[@Kret_OT]

Why you acting tough on IG live?

[@irsyadnaufal5020]

If Kendrick did the rollout for GNX like what he did with DAMN., y'all not gonna believe the numbers that he will got

[@BeautifulEarthJa]

2:45 we need to stop linking quality to sales

[@shortycruz4232]

You lost me at "jcole deserves an apology" for what he called Kendrick out and went on to delete his diss track he deserves nothing. As for Kendrick "he deserves it all!"

[@nowyouknow83]

Facts 💯

[@tex2636]

U kendrick meat riders have to be stopped. J cole doesnt really gaf abt what yall say he said it in port antonio

[@HeirWallace]

Two things, 1, offseason was DEF promoted… we knew when it was coming and everything so no, you shouldn’t compare it that is wack. 2, its CRAZY to give Drake ANY credit to Kendrick’s success when he’s been dropping all year too and hasn’t came close.

[@caljrsrt4]

K Dot should send some complimentary tickets to Adonis so he can invite his dad for an early Father’s Day gift 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@Esoteric_Mind420]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I want this to happen so bad. The Boogieman reminding Drake he's a better father/rapper/person🫠 Lawbrey is gonna find another reason to sue😭💀

[@caljrsrt4]

@ that shyt would destroy every part of Drake lmao

[@keia9136]

That would honestly be diabolical

[@caljrsrt4]

@@keia9136 at this point I don’t put it past him lol

[@wgba_dre]

​@Esoteric_Mid420 lawbrey got me rofl ctfu 😂I'm done with this guy🏴‍☠️weak

[@redhood1377]

I think you're overlooking that The Off Season was anticipated as part of "The Fall Off" era for at least a year. Also, I don't think Kendrick fully capitalized off the battle by surprise dropping an album 6 months later and not including Not Like Us .

[@Mr_turner-m1s]

Drake fans will say Kendrick owes it to Drake for the sales, so he did the right thing and released it unfavourably to show if he did want to capitalize he could

[@vikingdemusique6805]

O.O Aubrey getting another lawsuit ready

[@LalaAnimeOtaku]

Kung foo Kenny 🐐

[@xpachester416]

Cap flop

[@noname-hu7rn]

Luther just does something to me I love when sza and Kendrick collab it’s unmatched vibes

[@weller1016]

J Cole gonna apologize again...

[@justinwright7769]

Saying JCole had no hype for the offseason is such a lie. Everyone was waiting for him to respond Kendrick so of course the numbers ran up. This was right before the peak of the beef.

[@liquidsunshine697]

yeah the undertone of this video is defending JCole heavy like its this guys favortie rapper

[@_NoHandle_]

@@liquidsunshine697 Yup, they try to come off an non-bias but it's still there. LOL

[@rush5235]

I could never be his number one fan, his first number ones Rihanna put them in his hands LOL the irony

[@whyisthomyorke]

Kendrick deserves it all :P

[@f.prince6642]

Dude vip tickets in LA are going for 5k-7k this dude is a god

[@SuiteVII]

I know 😩 My heart broke looking at the pre-sale 😅

[@richieave55]

You can't compare "GNX" with Drake's last project .. you have to compare "GNX" with Drake's next solo project .. and you have to keep in mind .. as much hype as Dot had this year .. he still released an album with NO PROMO and still sold over 300,000 copies .. so your comparison to Cole's "Off Season" is still invalid .. Everyone knew "The Off Season" was coming because Cole announced it so it built anticipation ... that's makes a huge difference homie lol

[@moneybagz7700]

J Cole was coming off of Kendrick’s Like That verse… World was waiting…

[@sayadre]

Getting roasted by Billboard is crazy.

[@SalamanderLights]

4:26 Kendrick left Not Like Us off the album. If he put it on the album, it alone with account for over 600,000 album equivalents by itself. At least I think that's how it works. Streams of singles count toward first week album sales even if the single is months old, right? Kendrick can't debut a 4th song at #1 because the songs all debuted this week. He'd need a whole other song to pick up a new #1 debut

[@kir3167]

it used to be this way, i thought the same thing. i think now they only get a certain percentage of the stream to count. could be wrong, but they def changed it from counting fully

[@rapaholicz]

Good question - the album-equivalent sales from Not Like Us wouldn't count towards the first week, but instead simply the album's total sales. So from May until now - let's say Not Like Us was streamed 1 billion times, thats over 600,000 equivalent albums. It wouldn't mean Kendrick sold an extra 600k first week, but when you look at the total album sales, that 600k would be added towards it. You're right he can't debut another #1 song - but, he would beat Drake's record (that he's currently tied) for having more than 3 #1 billboard hits in 1 year

[@liquidsunshine697]

I really liked J cole but after everything this year hes just corny to me too.

[@artarealmblazer]

Even Billboard is dragging Drake 😂

[@bdr113080]

Yeah, you’re right about the Mr. morale album. I did think it was weird that TDE didn’t do much promo work for that album at all. Aftermath actually did more to promote the album than TDE album. Eminem, who almost never post anything on Twitter, actually tweeted out to Dr. Dre that he really loved that Kendrick album.

[@dor4376]

Kendrick added third date in LA and second date IN TORONTO😂

[@basedcommentor]

Big 3 is Kendrick, J Cole, and Tyler. Cole didn't fall off the Big 3. Drake did.

[@jfraz1992]

Tyler isn’t part of the big 3

[@Tuncapoo]

J Cole isn't big 3 if we're talking global tbh

[@king_onion5]

The fact you said the off season is better than gnx, tells me all I need to know about you. You're not hip hop dude

[@jfraz1992]

Lyrically it is

[@7zzzzzzz7]

Tv off won’t hit number one because Mariah Carey rules December but squabble up and tv off will perform well along wit Gloria and Luther imo

[@teamnolimit1lifestyle281]

Gloria is my favorite track it's 🔥

[@UnwantedTruth0]

in my opinion, the top 3 rn are 1. Kendrick 2. Tyler 3. Travis scott

[@murkYuri]

DMX also had an amazing year in 1998

[@admiralaokiji7889]

biggest years in history are 1. eminem 2002 2. drake 2018 after that u can make multiple cases like 50 cent in 2003, kanye in 2007 or lil wayne in 2008. kendrick's year this year can maybe be come in right after tho.

[@Tuncapoo]

Nah, 2018 goes to Travis Scott, SICKO MODE was on a different level. Not to mention XXX had a great year too. I'm in the UK, and that's what was hitting globally. It's different if you're only looking at the US

[@admiralaokiji7889]

@@Tuncapoo go look at the charts and global stats as well man. drake had more than 50% of the hot 100 charts. His spotify (which is global) numbers where out of this planet and nearly doubled astroworld first week. You mention how big sicko mode was but drake WAS THE REASON LOL. The stimulate package was in full effect and everything drake touched turned into gold this year. Any feature basically went top 5 and it didn't matter who the artist was. Bad Bunny way before his peak, Meek Mill, BLOC BOY JB. Dude was handing out billboard top 5s. And that's only music. He dominated the culture too by breaking into gaming playing with ninja which broke twitch record, pushpa beef and the resulting podcast with lebron, in my feelings challenge. Frankly its not even close. Travis had a massive year and X? He had a good year but was still an up and comer and his death was the biggest thing that year for him. Which people were even connecting to drake for no reason which shows how he was the cultural zeitgeist. Drake simply had a michael jackson thriller esque year and it's not even close in the US or Globally. And this is coming from a drake hater who's drake musical dislike STARTED in said year.

[@Celestial.Virgo888]

Man at the garden is my fav… because I deserve it all!

[@murkYuri]

AYE BRUH I thought you said you were gonna glaze Kendrick??? You been glazing J Cole for 5 mins. I’m taking my Like back

[@BrolySolos]

i guess bro just wasn’t “Like That” 💀

[@bdr113080]

I forget which Uber brought it up, but they made a very good point because a lot of the feminine Drake fans are jumping up and down and screaming that Drake is the most successful rapper when you go by the numbers, but he kind of had a cheat code well, two of them actually. Number one you’re exactly right about the number of songs I think that’s why Ice Cube just released an album with 19 songs. So there was a lot of albums like that of drakes that were pushing the single limit. But the other point that he made that was really good is that yes Drake does have millions of diehard fans but he also has millions of casual fans and I’m noticing a lot with younger fans they don’t really love music like older generations did. If they hear a song, they like they just add it to their Spotify playlist . I don’t think nearly as impressive as what artist like 50 Cent, Eminem, Nelly, Jay Z, DMX and other artist did because they got their numbers by making people get off the couch and drive to the store and physically buy the album. Benefited a lot by all you have to do is unlock your phone and hit three buttons and his whole catalog right right there. I think if streaming never became a thing and we are still having to drive to the store and physically buy the albums I don’t think Drake does the Numbers that 50 Cent was doing in 2003 or Eminem or Nelly were doing in the early 2000s. Those guys have diamonds they got 10 million Americans to get off the couch and go buy a physical copy. Drake has not done that. I do think he did something right as an artist. I think it’s important to get a strong loyal fan base. There are legends in music today that without their loyal fans that’s the only reason that they’re really going gold in platinum. I think we’ve seen the end of monster, but I think his next album will go platinum, but I think the days of Drake going five times platinum or six times platinum are done, but he’s got enough psychopathic fans that they’ll make sure his album goes platinum. there was one guy that made a video about how he was staying up for three days straight without sleeping because he was trying to find dirt on Kendrick Lamar so he could get it in someone’s hands hoping that Drake would see it. That same fan also made it a point to say that he constantly streams drakes music 24 seven so he’s doing his part to keep the album up. He showed his Spotify end of the year list for 2023 and the whole list was he did not listen to one other artist besides Drake. And that guy is a complete psychopath and I wouldn’t want him as a neighbor that’s kind of what you want from your fans.

[@TheVegPie]

Did this mf says kendrick has 25% less albums than drake Bruh its way Higher than that

[@brandonbarton3200]

This video turned into a yikes reaaallll quick

[@SnowTiger-z8f]

The promotion for Cole’s record relied on his reply to Kendrick’s diss, 7 Minute Drill. It gained traction, but he pulled it after the first week of sales

[@LighthouseJaye]

10:00 "Gloria" was what?! "GNX" least rated?? This is why I don't trust this *generation* they don't *get it.* 2025 they'll be Top 10 and stay for minimum 2 weeks max 3 months. Especially after Superbowl unless.... ... he Kamikaze's us with another project.

[@jovanreid6782]

Bro, the correct pronunciation is day-b-you, not dee-b-you, and the t in debut is silent, thus the past tense is day-b-you-d, not day-b-yoot-ed.

[@emilynixon5437]

honestly, its rare in life for men to apologize and take accountability for their actions, and i appreciate j cole for doing it, tbh. he pretty much said he got caught up in the hype but at the end his heart wasn't in it and i respect him for backing out tbh.

[@huntermusiq]

subscribe so that i can glaze kendrick got me 🤣0:28

[@Erass36]

I guess Dot will get more hate because he really took the throne. Only hip hop heads like Kendrick. To the rest. F yall go listen to pop or country. We don't care about your corny opinion just wait for Drake to drop then glaze him

[@LiveWithZih]

Debut = "Day-Bew"

[@leviasyn]

i love that his songs are topping eachother as #1. i say luther gets it #1 spot before tv off but we’ll see. (rn 12/5 luther has the most plays on Spotify)

[@jorgemota4338]

Hot line bling 10 times per day on every radio station was torture , the thought alone torments me.

[@jatom6996]

Bro the “t” is silent in “debut” stop saying “debutted” it’s “debuted” (day-bu’d)

[@rapaholicz]

@@jatom6996 sorry 😂

[@Le_Petomane]

nah man. you don't "directly get it".

[@skeptical.rebekah]

Fyi, you don’t pronounce the “t” in “debut.” It’s French, like day-byu.

[@thefirsttrillionaire2925]

Drake: “Numbers wise I’m outta here you NOT f*cking creepin up” Kendrick: “What they talkin’ ‘bout? They ain’t talkin’ ’bout nothin’ What they talkin’ ‘bout? They ain’t talkin’ ’bout nothin’ What they talkin’ ‘bout? They ain’t talkin’ ’bout nothin’”

[@view6250]

7:55 And Aubrey Never been A Hip Hop Artist 🙄👏🏽💯

[@Dats_dope]

Before the disses had dropped I had not listen to drake because he dropped like 4 albums n a 3 year span and the best song for me was knife talk with project pat. Kendrick I’ll listen to like the recipe with Dre because that’s a good workout song.

[@Los4rmdagang4]

Hey now should be a top 3 hit man lol shit so fire

[@basti.9022]

Bruh. He looks extra zesty on that thumbnail.

[@TheGr8tPlays]

Kendrick has if not all of California By It Self then half representing him and his work🙌🏾💯💯the bar drake was at was passed at Not Like Us🤷🏽‍♂️

[@SterlingSanders]

The level of cope is crazy here.

[@JohnLewisPavel]

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[@Bayyyro]

you say "debuted" weird

[@oneway6040]

"Hey now" is my favorite too.

[@eltonkinki4818]

Love the album

[@michellecgb]

Billboard was sassy AF with that explanation 😂😂😂😂😂

[@pinkeyes1200]

It’s wild how you believe that JC and KL did less or more numbers and blah blah when they were both in the spotlight in the rap battle. Yes JC backed out and KL kept going but even with the album of JC he still responded and his numbers were lower then KL. I love them both but it’s just you trying to separate them like they all weren’t put in the spotlight is weird.

[@Floridafred77]

I’m a fan of this guy. I watch every thing he drops

[@KaylaMarieQ]

Why are you pronouncing debut like that? 8:40 this cant be because tv already debuted at number 2.

[@wgba_dre]

I remember the vevo days 😂but after reading some of the comments, it seems like I am the only one who does lol smh

[@LighthouseJaye]

15:04 Kendrick ft. Drake - Back To Backseat Freestyle 5minutes of bars, no hook just random interjections from the other person every 32 Bars until the beat finishes and they keep going acapella until it fades😂 (produced by Metro Mustard & 40 ofcourse🚶🏾‍♂️)

[@theaccountant5846]

Bro was in diapers dancing to word of mouf by ludacris 😂😂 good album tho, not hating

[@rapaholicz]

@@theaccountant5846 I was crawling in diapers til I heard Luda’s joint ‘Stand Up’

[@theaccountant5846]

@rapaholicz 🤣🤣🤣

[@00shivani]

But it’s not about the numbers.. so saying big three but making it about numbers.. its not always like that otherwise drake would be 1

[@MsTwilightSpeaks]

Glaze my baby Kendrick ❤

[@yingkouzen]

Mariah Carey 🎄 will shade you 🙄 if you say Kendrick will retain the number 1 spot given that she is the queen 👸 of Christmas 🎄 $3m in royalties each year

[@curtisjackson4090]

Anton Daniels needs to watch the beginning of this to learn about how exactly the album sales numbers are calculated with streams

[@Celestial.Virgo888]

Tell them payso did it! That song is hella catchy too

[@mazeeblanco]

You gonna sleep on Tyler, The Creator, album just for drake right

[@touayaaj84]

Jcole cannot be considered a goat after running away. At least Drake had the balls to stay. 😂

[@basedcommentor]

11:00 Bots doing crazy work for Drake

[@turtle4llama]

Kendrick is having his 1996.

[@opmallmoneyin]

Wasn’t 2021 the year Cole had the feature run ?

[@jdbb3gotskills]

I have a feeling Luther will also be a number 1 song.

[@soo_zee_q]

Drake is all auto-tune. Kendrick is not. I already have my K. Dot tickets for Toronto!

[@gb5222]

Number and music = toxic relationship. I wish there was an objective way to rate success

[@Supersylar8]

Drake is not indeed the most commercial successful rapper.....He may have the most successful TOP hit singles but commercial Succesful Belong to Eminem...Due to his longevity Till this day he still riding the wave from 2000-2002..

[@patchacuti7338]

Nah I think tyler deserves the no. 2 spot his music is so consistently good j cole has been dropping nothing but mid since 2023. just my opinion but I really think cole has peaked, tyler is still growing.

[@jordyjo1093]

GNX added 5 years to my life span

[@LighthouseJaye]

13:27 ...phuck. say what you want to say that is *insane* I'd have guessed completely wrong if you asked me and didn't show the stats. Not "Drake streamed more than Kendrick in November" (even though that sentence is insane). But "Drake streamed more than everyone else"...?! Nuts...

[@kc89485]

Drake voice makes me 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@jfraz1992]

GNX had nothing to do with drake or for all the dogs, yall can’t mention Kendrick without drake atp

[@kayongofwoloshi693]

Oh but it did

[@mahtababir719]

Funny part is gnx by kendricks standards is his worst album😂😂

[@NardBrown-d5i]

Excuses, there was promo all year

[@EarthTraveler3087]

A pop star has more reach. If you are played in stores when you buy egg plant. You get more streams. To perform other people songs is cool too. Drake made a lot of money like Britney Spears.

[@0SirBrain0]

Kanye is a bigger popstar than Drake any day

[@sihd225]

its "dey-biew" debut