Kendrick Lamar Just Started Round 2

if you saw my first attempt at making this video... no you didnt

[@KingBenny]

Yall do know kendrick can critique the culture and critique drake at he same time right? Just like how 1985 is technically about nobody but it is considered to be a diss at people like Pump and Yachty. This is kendricks 1985 and its aimed at drake. I will not convinced elsewise. No other rapper has had as much influence over the culture that kendrick hates as much as drake has. Yall dont need to be obtuse

[@vnoapvblo2832]

Nobody being obtuse bro but it’s pretty clear that this isn’t a diss towards drake at all, I wouldn’t even say it’s about “the culture” (as much as THP5 was.) it’s fully about society. The only reference to drake was “walking him down to do everybody a solid.” He just summarized the beef and made Drake a scapegoat for what he feels about society, there’s no round 2 or drake disses left

[@jasonnn247]

You think Kendrick would just say no round 2s and not mean it?

[@KingBenny]

@jasonnn247 I think ppl's mind change drastically yes. And I also think that another disstrack isn't the same as a "round 2" necessarily

[@Antwannnn]

@@vnoapvblo2832 drake and the culture are entangled bruh. Drake being a sort of mascot to its downhill trajectory. "I make music that electrify them, you make music that pacify them" Pacify them to the point where kissing a 17 year old, being a grown man, texting teenage girls like a gay bsf when you pushing 30 has mostly been glossed over by people like Kai Cenat. Who ironically enough cut ties with his cameraman for texting a 17 year old even tho he was like 20 or 21 3 years ago. But he still listen to Drake and will react to new music even tho Drake was 23 and didn't stop the weird behavior with minors post that era. Bro was even caught on KICK a month or so ago collabing with a woman who gets girls/minors to flash the cam to creeps. There's so many breadcrumbs and CLEAR evidence being ignored, similar to R Kelly. Promoting and participating in gang violence while also condemning it "I hate when a rapper talk about guns, then somebody die, they turn into nuns, then hop online like "Pray for my city," he fakin' for likes and digital hugs"

[@KarlNova]

This is not a diss track. You mean with all the tracks Kendrick has dropped during this beef you can’t tell when something is a direct diss and when it isn’t? Come on now. It is a commentary, a critique. A harsh one? Yes! A diss track? No. Kendrick has already said “No round 2s” Just say you WANT it to be a diss track lol

[@ThisIs30-o4o]

NO ROUND 2s. Damnit, how clear can a man get !?

[@alivestilldaniel]

😂bruhh

[@DrainTube]

Ongg, makes me want to dislike the video just for the title and intro of the video

[@spvc4696]

@@DrainTube Factz for real

[@hamarabhai78]

This was more of a commentary on the culture than a direct diss track imo

[@KingBenny]

@hamarabhai78 yes. But I also believe that the culture he's critiquing is the one that Drake influenced heavily. Like to make it simple. You can't critique a culture, a tribe or a village and not critique its leader in doing so.

[@xKrikket]

@@KingBenny He already attacked the "leader" in the rap beef, he's going after the whole industry now.

[@kismkasm3178]

5% will comprehend - 95% always lost.

[@ribspice1238]

I don’t rlly think this is a diss track to Drake, I think he references the beef in a few bars but overall this song is more of a reflection over period and what he’s gonna do moving forward.

[@mrshalet]

This song is about getting rid of the current status of hip hop and building a new one- I suspect that the "party" that is referenced is actually alluding to rappers rn

[@liathompson2332]

People think this is about Drake bc Drake fits the fuckboi spectrum that Kendrick is decrying in this song. This isn't a diss. This is a wake-up call

[@truthtorpedo4068]

THIS COMMENT IS A W!

[@amateur-madman3047]

Kendrick: “No round 2” This mf: “Round 2” 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@nathansilva9501]

it wasnt a drake diss

[@spvc4696]

SMH , 5% will comprehend - 95% always lost.

[@tegestmakura3971]

Drake needs to embrace his Canadian side and just apologize at this point 😂

[@nameisamine]

It’s cultural commentary. Bigger than just Drake. The lyrics here sometimes lean biblical. I think the people who don’t care for him find Kendrick preachy, and pious. They want music to _entertain_ them, not _lecture_ them. Kendrick doesn’t care. He knows they won’t like what he’s saying, and he doesn’t care.

[@nonickl6436]

Nahh, it’s not round 2, boy is just doing victory laps

[@lilbigmedium4578]

As you said Kendrick seems to be implying that there needs to be some cleaning up to do in hip hop and the industry that stood behind Drake, which seems to be the next step in Kendrick’s career, to change the status quo. That does not mean that he started round 2 he is very clearly using this to bridge the gap between the beef and his next mission in hip hop

[@NChapaWI9436]

This song had a few Drake shots but it was mostly aimed at the culture that Drake created

[@luvahmoonii]

Not that Drake created, that the industry created. They just propped him up knowing how he was behind the scenes cause that’s how they are behind the scenes

[@KoriKoi-po4rj]

"NO ROUND 2's" he talkin bout everyone in the industry and how he wants these artist to be better overall Kendrick is moving on

[@KingBenny]

Who built a career and influenced a lot of the people in said culture? Who was using the influencers Kendrick hates as chess pieces during the beef? Who throughout his whole career made dirty macking a habbit?

[@MrHuniorTheG100]

This could be the start of kendrick's roll out for a new album

[@ghosty_sa]

I'm praying that this is the rollout, if he keeps this Boogeyman black air force energy for the album that would be perfect

[@Benji_Jokjo]

the real heart pt6 lol

[@ReebsHutcherson]

Kendrick the type to have an ad-lib saying “it’s not just a party, but a diddy party!”

[@Hellismary]

It’s more a reflection on the battle overall and the start of a new chapter

[@blaquehealer5484]

Drake is the representation of what is wrong with the current state of Hip Hop!

[@alonzosmith1544]

It’s no Rd 2… he already took the industry lackey out… he’s going at the final boss now and the goofys that help push trash… “The industry’s cooked as he picks the carcass apart”

[@KingBenny]

But who's the guy pushing the part of the industry Kendrick hates? Who's career is full of dirty macking? Who was using influencers as chess pieces throughout the beef? Kendrick can be critiquing the culture yes. But when you critique a culture, you're also critiquing the people that parttake in said culture, and especially critiquing the guy spearheading that culture

[@alonzosmith1544]

@@KingBenny there’s definitely Drake shots in there but it’s not a Drake diss like Euphoria etc… it’s bigger than that now… AK.. Adam 22 and all these other goofys… cam… Mase etc are pushing propaganda we know what he meant… he basically letting them know it’s a wrap for the goofy shit it’s time to burn it down and rebuild… he’s gonna pick the carcass up until the Super Bowl and at the Super Bowl will be the grand finale

[@TheCarpentersApprentice]

@@KingBennydeep deep deep

[@RedeemTeam-fj8nk]

"sleeping schedule" 😂 very important

[@gweedodarezzo8271]

no he didnt this song is about the culture.....

[@KingBenny]

Well yes but if you don't think that some of this is directed at Drake idk what to say

[@sakhile5914]

@@KingBenny there's nothing to say cause it's not directed to Drake😂😂😂 weren't you listening?

[@deboboomin5989]

@@sakhile5914facts bro those KZbinrs just be creating anything and he dead wrong. This is the biggest reason a lot of them will get to a point and completely stop growing. It’s about building credibility but yet they releasing videos and being wrong.

[@slavdog3180]

@@sakhile5914smartest Drake fan

[@KingBenny]

@deboboomin5989 first off... it's art. It's meant to be dissected. How I take this song to be is a diss or a critique of the culture Drake has continually pushed for a decade and a half. What rapper is known for dirty macking? What rapper used influencers as chess pieces during the beef? What rapper culture vultures different regions of hip hop to stay relevant? When you critique a culture you're critiquing it's leader as well because that's the reason the culture is what it is. Am I wrong?

[@hitman.morie_sa]

Who would buy such shoes on Ebay, shit is wild man

[@mahmedohishy2747]

Y'all don't understand the point. It's not a round 2 announcement.

[@chrishipop5]

This seems like an epilogue from the war.

[@girlsnotblue3804]

well black forces ain't for swag, they're for when u bout to do some shit iykyk

[@kaelthunderhoof5619]

So, it's worn when you take a poop?

[@ivrxr8693]

@@kaelthunderhoof5619if the poop is on someone’s grave then yes

[@caasquinhaa]

@@ivrxr8693😭😭😭😭😭

[@anmolsays333]

I'm rooting for you to hit 50 thousand subscribers before November rolls around!

[@KingBenny]

I can only hope

[@Gorilla_Alex]

Round 2 or not im still excited for more Kendrick *pause*

[@javianjohnson8746]

HOW is this a Round 2 diss track when this song had nothing to do with Drake?

[@samarrni]

6:46 Ahhh yes Benny, you are part of the problem 🙂

[@mr.landon4556]

00:54 bro forgot about Dre🤦

[@desireeeeam]

Have a good day at school; thank you for your hard work ❤

[@xgrell1]

Love your videos ☺️

[@sebastien-loikntsangou-kan5264]

Felt more like an epilogue to the beef than anything.

[@KaizThePoet]

Not a drake diss. 🤦‍♂️ If he'll catch flight he'll be direct

[@ギッタラックル]

One chance to win the championship

[@MediumDon]

I think this is more about his motivations for getting involved in the beef and his intentions going forward

[@ganaed]

I think parts of it are about Drake but not aimed at Drake

[@KingBenny]

Which is what I said in the video

[@ganaed]

@@KingBenny nope. You said there was shots AIMED at Drake lol. You said he was starting game 2. I just see it as Kendrick reflections of the beef and the circus that came with it, sort of like a summary but also a preview of what's to come.

[@KingBenny]

@@ganaed I mean... it could be the start of a round 2 yes? Like if Drake responds now it would be the start of a round 2.... but regardless that's just semantics. As the video continues I clearly state what I said in this comment. I don't know everything but I will not be convinced that this isn't an indirect diss at drake and the influence of his actions over the culture. Which was a big part of the beef

[@chalittafranks9943]

Not a diss track it's a call to action, he's telling the industry it is about to get a wake up call, it's up. He's about to burn it all down, pick a side you are either for the culture and give back to it or you're an opp and will be handled accordingly.

[@joshualebobman1780]

look at my bro posting at 1 am, bro grinding

[@Nevoyryderr]

im not ready 4 round 2

[@bradenswanson2653]

Praying for you man!

[@blaquehealer5484]

Journalism requires a degree on how journal-documenting the story without BIAS.

[@carlos_sniper]

I mean I don't think Kendrick could have dropped new music after the beef and NOT address the elephant in the room which was the beef itself...so I think he was just speaking on what he had to do to bring change to the game. But yes he's definitely referencing Drake in some bars.

[@PedroCastilho-n1i]

Man you trippin. No round 2, championship over

[@pandapagoda3273]

looks like someone didnt watch the announcemeeeent

[@Bigbean2999]

Gonna keep it a buck Benny I'm just happy we got another song

[@GenWBlack]

Kendrick dissed Ak with verse in there directly AND indirectly every other glazer in one flow, then proceeeded to dismiss the internet glazer fanbases both his own and Drakes outright, yea he scolded his own glazers and glazing culture as a whole there. This isnt a diss track though per se, this is his closing remarks, and they are aimed more at music culture nowadays as a whole rather than one single person specifically. He is reprimanding them and praying for better days, while also simply choosing to move on and past the beef. Cause enough been done, no round 2's, its time to focus on him, and dismiss glazers, a b.s. wanna be glory culture, and the hype for more drama altogether. Yea real ones know, this the vibe, the beef is done, time to focus and tell everyone asking for more to keep waiting if they want, this aint what the culture is about. Righteous fr. Having said this, round 2 will only happen when Kendrick calls it, he don't want to be pressured by the internet, and honestly is choosing not to be now. So again, respect.

[@slugssnipin]

He is literally talking about the state of hip hop How its a giant party & it needs to die & on the opposite side of it, What would Lecrae do?(the gospel side of hip hop)

[@Benji_Jokjo]

everyone keeps connecting this to the beef but ya’ll its over… kendrick said “no round twos” context clues ya’ll, if he was dissing drake he’d do it directly “f sneak dissing” he’s commenting on all of rap bruh

[@KingBenny]

He doesn't talk about all of rap lol. He's talking about a very specific side of rap. A side that Drake frequents all the time. You can't diss a culture and not diss whoever is spearheading the culture.

[@Benji_Jokjo]

@@KingBenny now that is a STREATCH-!

[@LizT-qx3xl]

Praying for your sleep schedule, man. Maybe he'll wait until tomorrow (9/13)?

[@KingBenny]

lol.... idk whatever happens tonight happens

[@MbaliMlambo-c5l]

dw drake got killed in the rap game its only a matter of time kendrick meets his match

[@jorgerivera2649]

I'm sure he's mad about the backlash of the super bowl

[@infamouseli92]

This isn’t no round 2

[@Deontelewis846]

Nah you off bro. Dj hed and now even Kendrick have literally told us it’s no round 2’s. This was a call to action. Along with a response to the current narratives on the internet. He just said in the song we watched him walk cuz down

[@Rman1228]

You guys gotta hop off the diss track brain man. Kendrick is speaking on society atp, he's made an example out of Drake already.

[@racingtegnsilver8909]

This is the beginning for a hip hop is dead 2 album. Nas feat coming. Don't think it was direct to drake people just want it to be drake v Kendrick again.

[@evenlmadeaway]

Soon Drake will want to start round 3 😂

[@Woktoharlem]

This is not round 2. This song is not necessarily a Drake diss. This song g is about everything that’s wrong with the culture. It just so happens to be that Drake and Ak are a big part of the problem!!

[@SimonBJJ]

This is a victory lap not round 2

[@MbaliMlambo-c5l]

not hating just stating the facts of how rap works

[@davidramo9841]

You finally dropped a video with a title that I think is pretty dumb. This ain’t no round 2 or a diss track

[@tv.theshow]

he HAS to do what?? 😂 5:40

[@Prod_Nxlon]

Pleaseeeeeee stopppppo I’m tryna chiiilllllll

[@raquelandrescagigasbermejo7680]

no he did not he explicitly said no round twos

[@monk1997]

This wasn't about drake this is a friendly reminder he's actually from the slums of America. he's saying what the WHOLE HOOD feels like but ya know gotta pay bills gotta survive................gotta watch people slowly dive into addiction, incarcerated, or an early grave and act like everything is all good 😅😅

[@KingBenny]

I think the heart part 5 is about what you're talking about but I feel like this one is more about rap and what Drake did to it

[@monk1997]

@@KingBenny while you're right and the heart 1&2 is as well but you can hear this sounds much different from back then. This has grandad energy while the heart had more of a kid in college type of energy if that makes any sense

[@xZyvon]

I like your videos, but this one's a dud to me. It seems pretty clear to me it's not about Drake, but more about Hip Hop culture as a whole. There's a little shade to Drake but that's less because "round 2" and more to make light fun of him without giving enough to actually be a diss

[@faresdhibi1155]

its not a round 2 i think its just an album rollout

[@BlackSpot123]

It's not a diss dawg

[@harveyhotdog5085]

Do you listen to music or just skim through it.

[@dommyydomm]

just clicked on this video, i don’t like the title. THERES NO ROUND 2’s this is clearly a diss to the culture

[@LoveLessgnato659]

Nah this ain’t a drake diss, this song ain’t about Drake more about the people who are ruining hip-hop

[@KingBenny]

Who's the most popular rapper pushing everything that Kendrick claims is wrong with hip hop. Like cmon dawg. You can't convince me this isn't aimed at Drake and his affiliates for what they did to the culture.

[@LoveLessgnato659]

@@KingBenny he talks about Drake in some bars but the song entirely ain’t about Drake this ain’t round 2, Drake was an Battle, but Kendrick is still at war with the current Half-ass hiphop (basically what Drake represented) that is what the song is about, why would Kendrick say there is no round 2 and then start round 2?

[@KingBenny]

@LoveLessgnato659 I mean ppl lie and change their minds. It could've also just been coincidental that he said no round 2s. But even if it's not the start of a round 2 this is a diss.

[@LoveLessgnato659]

@@KingBenny that’s not the point of the song though, your missing the point of the song

[@spyfromtf2625]

First

[@KingBenny]

Technically I reuploaded this video so sure

[@satyarthsingh2276]

If this is a diss then everything Drake dropped (whatever 6-7 forgettable, mediocre attempts he did to make hits) were also disses but nah they won’t be labelled as “disses”, he literally had a track called Circadian Rythm, I mean c’mon…

[@KingBenny]

I mean yes.... those were disses. Idk what to say. That's what hip hop has always been... you wanna tell me now Mr. Me Too is not a diss cause it's not direct? Like just read in between he lines is all

[@satyarthsingh2276]

@@KingBenny brother I get it, but the message and purpose of this track is more important than few of the shots that Drake got in here. This is a critique on social media, current state of hip-hop, how surface-level minded people have become, the influence of music and the culture on youth. His whole line about breaking down and building it again embraces that thought. If we just took some Drake shots out of this whole track then it’s a disservice to why this was made and what Kendrick wanted people to interpret from this.

[@KingBenny]

@satyarthsingh2276 when 1985 released J cole dissed the culture that was brewing on SoundCloud. But because it was a critique of the culture people took it as a diss at lil pump and it stuck. This is the way things work. The heart part 5 was way more effective than this song in terms of putting out a critique of the culture as a whole rather than the culture that drake pushes. Which is obviously what this song is about

[@satyarthsingh2276]

@@KingBenny yes, but that’s my point. same thing is happening here with most of the content creators which ofc I want lot less to happen coz it’s not like people do not get this. If we just look at this as this is how things work or perceive out to be as it always have been so when the change is gonna come. Creators like Rob Markman, Vibe Villa, Rare Breed Ent. caught on that. As you mentioned in the beginning of what Kendrick’s friend stated on twitter, I think Kendrick will explore these themes on later tracks or the album. And yes, The Heart Part 5 explored these themes but the talking points of both these songs are not similar at all if we go deeper. But take it as a critique bro, I enjoy watching your channel time to time. keep doing your thing 👍🏼

[@KingBenny]

@satyarthsingh2276 aye I don't take it personally tbh. But I will continue to say that this is a Drake diss because that's just how I see it personally. We just gotta agree to disagree but I appreciate the love

[@Nighhhts]

Jesus is God, bro…

[@the.real.fan2]

if drake responds he will make it worse

[@chosen1afrique304]

No he did not. Y'all be lying for views wtf!

[@NF_Spotifyyy]

ITS NOT A DRAKE DISS!!

[@taribooi3140]

Y'all dragging it. That's not a diss.

[@KokonutorMrBruh]

people who love kendrick ⬇ pin me pls

[@danielmartins1961]

this comment section tho.. he is entitled to his opinion😂

[@KingBenny]

im saying... but this is how kendrick fans are and have been for most of the beef. Would hate to go to an art museum

[@alexx12545]

u are def NOT part of the poblem dw bro, ur telling us all what hes saying, this is always what he wants, dissection of his work

[@smkdbn]

Second.

[@KingBenny]

Fifth*

[@alainloiseau4679]

This isnt a drake diss

[@KingBenny]

Yes it is. Kendrick is critiquing the influence Drake left on the culture.

[@tv.theshow]

First rapper to huh?? 1:09

[@nonickl6436]

Third

[@Dragon-hu3bi]

Second

[@ECCvideo78]

Lol there is no round 2

[@astoundinglyaverage8538]

get some sleep bruh goddamn

[@Opopodf]

W vid

[@Distant64]

smh milking fake news 4 content

[@ahmedalmahri721]

Begging for subscribers every video won’t lead to people subscribing. Just saying

[@KingBenny]

I used to not do it but I've found that way more people subscribe when you ask them to. For example I have a video with 216k views where I didn't ask ppl to sub and it lead to 316 people subbing. However, a video 87k that I asked ppl to sub lead to 1.2k subscribers off of that video. I used to not understand why people would ask for subs until it saw that it worked.

[@OVORICK1]

Kendrick obessed with Drake

[@elevenanduro2701]

Stay hidden

[@robonick3607]

Bro this is not round 2 quit playing

[@williambradley9748]

KENDRICK BEEN TRASH WHOLE BATTLE. THIS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN POETRY SLAM TYPE RAPPER GET HYPED THEN DROP AND FOR ALL OF US WHO NOT 0N DIC FAMILY MATTER FIRST BEAT IS HARDER THEN THIS AND EVERYTHING KENDRA PUT OUT 💯