Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta

[@MannyThaGeek]

I like the fact that this guy doesn't forget where he's coming from, he basically shot his video in all the spots, compton fashion, juliens liquor store (The spot)...funny to think about it but he lived 2 houses away from me. Now he's living life god knows where. But compton is in his veins.

[@sidewaysmiatainactive2957]

That's pretty dope

[@JealousBishop]

*Bompton

[@angeljimenez-hc4eu]

Lol i live in LA. So 3 cities away?

[@JealousBishop]

***** NAH

[@lethalrimez5347]

u never talked to him or so him in the steeet or something wen he lived there?

[@LR-kr9sz]

I love the way the beat just gets progressively better and more west coast

[@BeastMode-gv3ng]

It's Funk music

[@JesseHenderson-xc2kg]

@@BeastMode-gv3ng *G-Funk

[@ian123412]

noticed that too, keeps elevating

[@ToPimpADamnCityStepper80]

East or west?

[@carson_walter]

West​@@ToPimpADamnCityStepper80

[@jsun7972]

Man I just can't stop bumping this album. The whole damn album on repeat.

[@LexxNova]

TooMany Gamez same !

[@LexxNova]

TooMany Gamez Kendrick has inspired ne to create art and dope music, I pray you can take a look and sub or just give a listen its all love doe, akk about the art

[@hunterjohnson8903]

I know that's right the first time I listened to it I was like it was cool, but then I listened to the lyrics and it's like being a child being told a story

[@InTrex00]

Blade Zero Yes!! And you catch on to different things after respectively listening. He's been the GOAT since section 80 to me, this album just reassures that.

[@Jr_zxr]

Lol

[@Simba_M_Nyoni]

"Not Like Us" feels like a sequel of this song. Even comparing the videos

[@BeebaOlive]

I just stumbled upon this fact today 😂😅

[@themanthemyth111]

Wait wtf it's the same shot in the car as Not Like Us

[@GorrilaGaming-1234]

and tv off is a part 3

[@jhersonvallejos7358]

The 5 of us on the same page 🔥

[@JustOneSystem]

Every single bar here aged like fine wine

[@johnmelgar6625]

Listen to rich spirit

[@Preston_TheDragon]

Fine wine bro

[@clownindan]

King Kendrick is a prophet.

[@jimmy_butler]

It didn't

[@Yelikatz]

Even the yams?

[@iaqh]

"most of y'all share bars like you got the bottom bunk in a two man cell" Damn, Kendrick always with the clever bars.

[@fredrickbarnes8568]

Remind me of that j Cole bar “feel like the game got away from the bars it’s like a prison escape” 😬

[@jimmy_butler]

Funny hykeem carter trolly wrote this out for him

[@danielhernandez2575]

​@@jimmy_butlerDrake dumbass said keem helped Kendrick with maad city, make it make sense 😂

[@HarisJamil_]

@@jimmy_butler he was like 14 when tpab came out

[@rwm1885]

Oh wow, that's hard af! My mind 🤯🤯🤯 (I been hearing my own things lmao. This a revelation and it slaps)

[@snowshoe3274]

Kendrick's songs are like good wine. They get better as they age. He's just ahead of his time.

[@gunner0479]

This is what I was just thinking especially In regards to this song.

[@anthanhnguyen5949]

true

[@cdawg4756]

So damn true my guy

[@equinox9520]

soooo... it's bad?

[@raudelgonzalo9014]

you are right in every aspect

[@ethanvek7890]

Bro this song aged like the finest wine in the universe

[@treycarter7826]

Fr we sipping that now😂

[@jhersonvallejos7358]

1)Rigamortis -> 2)king kunta -> 3)Not like us

[@luhluthandongubane2928]

Kendrick lamar's music is timeless, it never gets old...

[@rrranes]

yo

[@tony102011]

Wassup dawg

[@kevinruser2690]

N0t4u2c boi word up bro🙌

[@danieljacobs7594]

ayoo

[@vonnieegallagher9114]

Mee to

[@losangelesstreetnews]

“I CAN DIG RAPPING, BUT A RAPPER WITH A GHOST WRITER? WTF HAPPEN? “

[@BEFORETHEMHYPEBEASTS]

"I swear I wouldnt tell, but most of y'all sharin' bars like you got the bottom bunk in a two man cell, something's in the water anf if I gotta brown nose for some gold then I'd rather be a bum than a motherf***g baller"

[@Est_brick1978]

@@BEFORETHEMHYPEBEASTSAeeyee 🙌🏿

[@ZEHAHAHA9697]

​@@BEFORETHEMHYPEBEASTSoh shit

[@mauricedues231]

King 👑 Kunta 🎧⚡️

[@sarahz-]

Dissin Drake since way back👀😂

[@ANDR3alfaro]

"I was gonna kill a couple rappers but they did it to themselves" Bar aged like fine wine

[@salisumohammed1404]

Every suicidal they ain't even need my help

[@krunkformula]

Whole song aged like fine wine tbh

[@thisistheway3456]

True back then and now

[@albino_rhino1789]

Even more so now

[@nandii_8850]

Even better now

[@abpbp45]

King Kunta went hard during the Ken and Friends live show 🔥

[@theheartpart5]

the black hippy reunion>>>>

[@abpbp45]

@@theheartpart5 The Black Hippy reunion was fire as well for sure

[@ceecee5301]

ON MY MAMA and my ancestors!! 💓💥

[@blueruinray]

That was my favorite part 🔥🤌🏾

[@gemmapowell7093]

The build up of the backing music is one of a kind

[@bearman9033]

1:14 to 2:04 is amazing imo

[@nahadiashoulynn4157]

'm8 io 'll

[@TumimuT]

I was thinking the same thing!!!

[@chilliboi2308]

im not alone then

[@vivica11111]

Class indeed 🙌

[@re_ecstatic]

0:12 realising kendrick wont drop an album this year 0:14 realising that means he has more time to perfect his next one

[@matrinyer]

Dont worry man it will be worth it

[@ChivasBarcelonaMex]

It's always worth the wait. Let the master work.

[@jehricojersey9994]

When this came out I neva really paid attention to the lyrics now I did I get what he’s trying to say real shit Kendrick

[@A14-j7g]

Yes he will

[@KrissyGabagool]

shovel man well we got one in 2017 and 2018 so we cant complain

[@Orelsorek8]

The build up and progression of the beat in this song is amazing

[@energizr2816]

I like that DJ Quik inspiration on the beat here too lol

[@dirtmcgirt1038]

@@energizr2816 it's also heavily inspired by James Brown's "the payback." Kendrick even borrows a line from it "I can dig rappin..."

[@majicjuan516]

@@dirtmcgirt1038 read the credits and you see which funk god this from

[@s3nd3r]

​@@energizr2816 Dj Quik worked on this beat but wasn't credited.

[@daraofthecyde]

@@s3nd3r fasho, sampled Mausberg (RIP), "get nekkid" produced by Quik

[@summerjunell525]

The “Annie are you ok” part takes me out every time 😂😭

[@binmanbinman]

Kendrick aura just increased massively after that Cole apology, every song sound harder 😂

[@WillieDane]

😂 bruh I swear!

[@kcsinnott1606]

No lie

[@jbtrippin9998]

Hell yea😂🎉

[@tokilladaemon]

Kdot got that conquerors haki

[@ZeldonSinghIsFly27.]

cole aint even top 15 he salty

[@CASSOBLVCK]

You can tell we all still gonna be bumping this album 10 years from now.....shit we might still be bumping GKMC

[@ADAJ3KINGANGEL]

I'm still bumping OD & Section; even some songs from the K.Lamar EP.

[@CASSOBLVCK]

Me too

[@LexxNova]

BLVCK LORD BEATS and section 80

[@LexxNova]

BLVCK LORD BEATS hes dope , hes truly inspired me to create dope art and music, I love art mannn and real music. Hopefully you can take a chance to view my channel and sub, but its all love doe

[@hawkeyemihawkgettingmoneylord]

Evey song on this album ill be bumping to for long time but I can't bum to no song for 10 years

[@TC-42vvs]

The yams reference not only a black cultural food, but also, saying he smells it down the street, is a direct reference to Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, where the narrator finally is able to reject the ideologies that was fed to him which made him ashamed of is culture, of eating yam, but finally, he buys a yam and feels “freedom” and is ultimately motivated to become an orator for Black equality.

[@leoneg2722]

Thanks for this.

[@calebthefurious5101]

Yousef it’s a triple entendre. It also references yams from things fall apart by Chinua Achebe in which yams are seen as a form of currency and therefore power, hence Kendrick says everyone wants to cut the legs off of him when he has achieved wealth and prosperity, notably the white man

[@spebtm8017]

Yams are also slang for cocaine

[@Epicsmelyrock]

Thank you for sharing! I'm white but Kendrick is THE BEST!!! The more you listen the more artistry there is to discover. I love yams but now I understand the reference!!!!

[@Epicsmelyrock]

Easy E would be so proud of Kendrick!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@4thegood]

Big up Whitney with the ad-libs. “We want the funk” “King Kunta”

[@ForeDiscGolf]

Damn, he wrote the victory anthem a decade ago...

[@robertpaulson117]

FOR REAL!!!! You get it my guy, it feels appropriate to listen to this song after Kendrick murdered drake with Meet the Grahms and danced on Drake's grave with not like us

[@jasminehannah3288]

Ikr, this here revelation

[@derrickkinya]

​@@jasminehannah3288😂😂😂😂faxx😂😂a decade long feud ended by a flawless victory by k dot💪💪

[@Amir-qz4bn]

I can’t believe this shit is about to be a decade old wtf

[@derrickkinya]

@@Amir-qz4bn ikr....it started way back in 2013 with kdot's verse in control and it has ended this year...so actually it is 11 years😅😅😅

[@gillianmcgrath1929]

Kendrick Lamar has the type of voice you can never tire of. Plus the man talks sense. He’s just on another level in terms of intelligence & style. A fucking legend.

[@QhayiyaCobo-ts9me]

Aubrey was never on his level

[@BarOlogyExam]

You can tell he love us, this culture. And hiphop

[@AdamEdn]

He doesn’t have a choice. Anything else would be him hating himself 😂

[@hoveringgray2817]

​​@@AdamEdn you'd be surprised to know how many self hating mfs are out there

[@TheMysteriousPoo]

To the newcomers who say 'Not like us' is Kendrick's best head-bopper, listen to this.

[@RR448]

Always been king kunta❤

[@wildlife8975]

This or DNA

[@Og_Uchime]

@@wildlife8975 Well, no one talks of Humble I wonder y

[@brooklyn8745]

@@Og_Uchime humble is good but this songs feel deeeper

[@Kalitayy]

Backseat Freestyle too

[@RunsInTheSkinnyJeans]

Kendrick is a genius. This album is going to down in history as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time.

[@mjfan9875]

No it won't.

[@TheDriveCreations]

^

[@farskii2680]

worst*

[@BlackWaterr20]

James "Oh Captain" Cunningham i think the same

[@SchoolcraftReppin]

I don't think it topped gkmc ppl are just over rating it because its follow up albulm

[@WTFflow]

Just like 2Pac, Kendrick will remain a rap legend. You'll see in 20 years. And I'm really proud of being alive at the right moment to enjoy his unique style and talent with my own ears.

[@esotericslayer6004]

This nigga Kendrick is overrated. Tupac is underrated.

[@ProlificPops]

Killuminati Soldiers Tupac definitely is not underrated

[@walbizures9002]

Kidd kulture... Go listen to tyga. Pacs the Goat. Kendricks the best right now.

[@SethJohn]

WTFflow Whose ears do you use to listen to Tupac?

[@rsharp4713]

Joey bada$$,bishop Nehru ,kendrick lamar,phora, astro

[@6Foot4Honda]

goat album

[@lawrenceorourke1627]

CHEAAAAAAAAH!

[@JohnDoe-oy5fk]

real talk homie

[@tougethrasher1764]

Lol no fucking way

[@lawrenceorourke1627]

Green Raver​ I hate idiot's like this

[@HypnoticHollywood]

***** Better than Chronic, Aquemini, Stankonia, Blueprint, Illmatic and All Eyes On Me too?

[@Ladybug.2727]

Kendrick is the only rapper that I prefer live, which speaks volumes to his talent.

[@Yeahitsmarki]

But a rapper with a ghostwriter-this aged well

[@ALENFOH]

😭😭😭😭😭

[@sunny-rv9of]

LMAO

[@tooreal4292]

🤣 I can not

[@JVbrowns007]

Madness🤣

[@ThidDrutsburg]

that was a drake diss

[@shalev550prod]

These lyrics match so well with kendricks current sotuation, from the " b where you when i was walking, now i run the game got the whole world talking" to the "im mad but i aint stressed", the whole song really...

[@euhynual2098]

The man really had the whole world watching over the weekend. Every Avenue of the planet

[@Jefe-MMA]

That was a good catch I never connected that 👍🏼

[@imnando6534]

4 years later, this song will never get old 🔥

[@sassysgaming4275]

fucking oath lit asf

[@GregWashington411]

that's why I'm here

[@qbeenzotherside]

Thank you

[@qbeenzotherside]

I make all Kendrick Lamar's music and everyone else an I was only nine when I did it I also made facebook that's just a small portion of my accomplishments

[@mariabdv274]

Nando V merci 🙏 toujours présent 👌😎😘

[@PatrikAzzam]

Best song that have ever been releasead, WOW. My favourite song for all my life

[@josephkabange6316]

Kendrick is everything Bro. The perfect rapping voice, that compton accent, the mannerisms, the story telling, the voice of the youth. Can't say nun els.

[@salmaadawi3953]

perfectly said. he really is the best

[@ajakanthony1784]

That’s King Kendrick.. Paula’s son, K Dot aka Compton’s own 💯💯💯👌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾❤️❤️❤️

[@paulo-ld5jx]

I'm an old school fan but this man a different breed absolutely 💯

[@lovolunxgen5552]

bro said "nun els"

[@anti_lol5832]

nun els. 🤓

[@thecustomconcern]

The fact this dude has stayed true to his city and people is crazy respectable. Most of these dudes get rich and completely forget where they came from, that’s why this man stays great. He remains true to what inspired him.

[@cleensbear]

most of them forgor 💀

[@extrm161]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/moaxn4RooN6lh6s . Thank me later..!!!

[@fatboitino2]

Not a label that forces artists to sellout

[@JatinSharma-cq9by]

because he stays humble

[@JoinTheEscapee]

@@cleensbear i forgor

[@JulianWavy]

Almost a decade later and this song still sounds fresh, timeless masterpiece

[@DumbIdeaPresentedStupidly]

That throw back g-funky sounds kind of helps with that lol

[@sarc143]

the word almost is working overtime rn

[@seaky763]

@@sarc143 lol fr

[@icewizard9770]

Music is timeless bruh fo sure

[@wooper4784]

dont say this was almost a decade ago, stop it

[@betweenlakes]

Damn. The handheld camera operator on this was next level. Totally in sync with the music but still spontaneous. It's like the camera's dancing

[@BEFORETHEMHYPEBEASTS]

we’ve come full circle. aged like fine wine. this beef was like Messi winning the World Cup with Argentina. final piece of the puzzle for the legacy. All Hail King Kendrick

[@mura6093]

fr, music (/football) won

[@ebukaanaso9712]

You're wrong on this gee, Kendrick started the diss against Drake, Messi never insulted or dissed Ronaldo, it was the other way around

[@BEFORETHEMHYPEBEASTS]

@@ebukaanaso9712 on a spiritual level Kendrick is closer to Messi just like Drake is closer to CR - more superficial frequency. And Messi never shied away from challenging him on a football field, where it matters. “notice I say we, it’s not just me, I’m what the culture feelin’” just like with Messi. the culture, his colleagues, journalists consider him a Goat while CR is sidelined, not trying to take anything away from both CR and Drake's achievements though.

[@hiddenleafdrip3869]

​@@BEFORETHEMHYPEBEASTSDrake and CR both have something very very obvious in common too, funny how that shit falls to be honest.

[@paquinraino8180]

@@BEFORETHEMHYPEBEASTS CR7 is basically the 2nd best player ever, Drake is nowhere the level of CR7 in football that he is in the rap game, he's not even top 10 All time . Plus saying CR7 is superficial when he had one of the best work ethic is crazy, literally this whole generation of MBappe, Haland, Vini based their way of working based on CR7, you might not like him but don't lie on him like thaty

[@RawNoLimits]

"But a rapper with a ghost writer? What the fuck happened?" Meek must have been bumpin this heavy the other night

[@jdacrazytavares8593]

you're funny bro! Hahaha

[@rumfordc]

Brandon B. kendrick uses ghost writers, even in this song

[@rumfordc]

Brandon B. kendrick uses ghost writers, even in this song

[@r1chthedon]

Rumford Chimpenstein ^Bitch where?

[@rumfordc]

Richard Burton bitch learn to look stuff up for yourself: Stephen Bruner, Johnny Burns, Stefan Gordy all helped write this song. u really thought he writes his own stuff?

[@wk961]

I love how this guy won the Pulitzer Prize in music. Not in rap, pop, etc - but in the entire universe of MUSIC for 2018. Do you know how many people with a PhD in classical music or jazz he must've pissed off? All of them, is the answer. That is an amazing achievement

[@Portthefirst]

Pulitzer Prize isn't that great of a deal in music. But, even without all the prizes he has won, he's one of the greatest, he created a legacy that will never be forgotten. Prizes are bullshit if you want to compare quality of something, atleast in rap. Look at Nas, we all know that he didn't won big prizes, but he's one of the greatest rappers to ever touch a pen. Music is relative, prizes can't be used as a measure.

[@wk961]

@@Portthefirst it's a big deal because it awards based on artistry alone. Whereas the Grammys and other awards choose their recipients based on sales, radio play, and other commercial factors. The Pulitzer Prize committee doesn't care about popularity or revenue potential. They only focus on the contribution the artist has made to the body of artistic work.

[@Portthefirst]

Will B you can check in google, in the music section it's not that much of a deal. You have plenty of albums/ songs that have better body artistic of work, one of them is Lupe Fiasco - Mural. But, nevertheless as I told you, rap is domething different, no prizes can truly determine if a rapper is better than the other, and Nas, Hov, Em, Rakim, G Rap, Kendrick, Lupe Fiasco, the whole Wu Tang and so on told us that. Glad to live in an era where I can listen freely these rap songs, it's wonderful.

[@PinkyakaAyannaj]

Preach 💙💙💙👥👥👥🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@AcmeNewsLLC]

www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/225

[@justas423]

This beat is out of this world.

[@xenan7889]

If This Song Isn't In GTA 6 We'll Be Storming Rockstar Studios

[@ngzbblax]

They cant stop us all! :D

[@RaiwaiShamble]

They might call up Trevor, Franklin, Michael, and Niko.

[@mksgaming211]

@@ngzbblax if we naruto run we'll be faster than their bullets

[@hector60938]

I had to add that one last like. 420

[@paolaviera5165]

🙏🙏

[@joosthoekaf7761]

‘’I was gonna kill a couple rappers but they did it to themselves’’ that aged very well

[@kch1303]

April 7th line too lol...prophetic

[@N94MASK]

Hard

[@KLLC-ut7pp]

“We want the funk”

[@thekornerstone3277]

Aged well 😅

[@Lyraid_]

lmao

[@umbraleviathan6324]

It’s amazing how Kendrick Lamar’s music isn’t constant, the instrumental changes a lot and the rhymes keep switching while maintaining a motif. A fucking legend.

[@christiansoto6396]

this needs at least 5x the views, but being great doesn't always mean being popular

[@treycarter7826]

This one of my favorite joints of all time of my favorite album ever still hits like it did in 2015. Real CLASSIC!💯👊

[@DJfromthenois]

He just needs to make a movie to this album. That's how good of a theme it is

[@ResidentJackass]

Word. It sounds like a Spike Lee joint to me.

[@StokedTrout]

Janky Stashbox Spike Lee's recent music videos have been pretty shitty imo :/ But yeah this album deserves a film. Kinda like MBDTF

[@JorgeIvan113]

I don't think so, that will be something like what Kanye West did in My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. It would be unoriginal.

[@vigadotibrand1677]

He really needs to write a film to it ! I called that out after so many listens!

[@StokedTrout]

Iván hm I meant it in the sense that it too is a movie for a great hip hop album. I'm not asking Kendrick to recreate it shot for shot and just sing Kanye songs lol

[@emileeyounglao5811]

Imagine sweeping the Grammys then winning shit like Pulitzer Prizes. He dominates not only music but writing and story telling as well. Dude is nuts

[@kollowwadosho3784]

There's no week that goes by without me listening to Kendrick and J cole

[@obitouchiha9446]

Same.

[@mvelomthiyane2592]

Tupac to

[@shattikbruh4948]

Not j tho

[@kollowwadosho3784]

@@shattikbruh4948 that's you

[@shattikbruh4948]

@@kollowwadosho3784 yep

[@juicebox7372]

This has to be Kendrick's theme song. This song captures his entire energy

[@yamomsahoe42]

People that are saying Hip-Hop's dead, since October we've had albums from Logic, Big KRIT, Shady Records, Wu-Tang, J Cole, Lupe Fiasco, Joey Bada$$, Big Sean, Kendrick, Yelawolf, Tech N9ne, A$AP Rocky, Dizzy Wright. Still got albums from Nas, Busta Rhymes, Q-Tip, Ice Cube, Kanye West and Pusha T still to come this year

[@orangreenway8490]

Joseph Stalin shut up, stalin

[@ericcadena2759]

It'll never be the same

[@money7475]

Joseph Stalin I take it when you mentioned wutang u meant ghostface?

[@jerkingking10]

Tech N9ne has another album coming out this year again but it's under Tech N9ne Collabos

[@yamomsahoe42]

Asap Terio No I meant Wu-Tang - A Better Tommorow, came out in December

[@mrsonicfan21]

I love that "Annie, are you OK?" line!

[@DessawHD]

MJ reference

[@AMileHiii93]

Smooth Criminal.

[@bonjimssdeguzman4442]

TOO FARST TOO FURIOUS

[@tylerlivingston7445]

2 SOON 2 REAL

[@user-vl1vt7vm6i]

Kunta Drift

[@JuiceMan]

King Kendrick

[@Bykxng]

Haha😂

[@Papermate123]

Lexx Nova Bruh if you actually respected Kendrick then you wouldn't be spamming the fuck out of his video begging niggas to come watch your shit smh.

[@moeupnow765]

Jay ElecHanukkah He wants to be noticed and u can't let him shine? Smh

[@ImJetblackk-xw2pc]

bodybag you musta accidently press king kunta instead of king shawnn

[@sealsniper4206]

400th like

[@Godssun05]

Who's here after the "Not like us" video. Too many scenes reminded me of this.

[@markgray3575]

Most definitely!

[@Truecrimeofevil]

Yup

[@jjp3747]

Not Like Us really making us go to Kendrick’s entire catalogue 🔥

[@divinemischief4655]

IKR, I'm spending way too much time listening, researching and enjoying his music 😊

[@Tana_Talks0308]

Bro was responding to disses LONG before they happen 😭

[@piratable]

The diss was happening since 2010

[@rahsunallah2825]

Facts 😂😂

[@thebirdhasbeencharged]

The Elimination of Drake

[@neotruthcollector]

Facts 🔥🔥🔥

[@javilez811]

​@@IAmICLi remembered he was conflicted

[@dominiquejr1495]

King Kunta refers to "Kunta Kinté" a slave from Gambia who never accepted his name given by his white master "Toby" and who tried all the time to escape from his master's plantation and for calm him down the white master ended up cutting off his foot (based on a true story)

[@tigohmortis]

It actually makes sense considering the lyrics of the song. Kendrick the goat

[@dominiquejr1495]

@@tigohmortis where are you from bro?

[@tigohmortis]

@@dominiquejr1495 All the way from Nigeria man

[@dominiquejr1495]

@@tigohmortis me from congo , so you live in usa?

[@tigohmortis]

Nope I do visit from time to time. (Texas)

[@leprestataire]

The beat progression is crazy

[@dengmandang]

What makes Kendrick so great is the different instruments he puts together and the number of words and rhymes he could fit into a verse and still have all make sense and tie up nicely at the end. This is something I haven't seen from Drake yet. He keeps his bars and rhymes short and simple. It's really easy to keep up along with Drake and follow the lyrics in his songs. Kendrick can go off and lose you quick if you ain't careful.

[@lastsaiyanleft]

I ain't reading all that shit FOH b

[@vigadotibrand1677]

+John M. 😆😆😆😆😆

[@nicostefani911]

true.. through an thru

[@hash4badi]

Drake's style is just more short and sweet

[@Themistocles425]

Listen to Das EFX...

[@stanwest3536]

Kendrick is a king. Its really awesome to see Hip Hop is still alive these days

[@LexxNova]

Stan West I agree

[@LexxNova]

Stan West hes dope , hes truly inspired me to create dope art and music, I love art mannn and real music. Hopefully you can take a chance to view my channel and sub, but its all love doe

[@stanwest3536]

Lexx Nova Sure no problem.

[@stanwest3536]

Ladennifer Jadaniston what a dumbass you are. Regarding today's hip hop, we all say its dead because literally all of them talk about bitches and cars etc but Kendrick, J cole, Lupe fiasco are saving desperately hip hop's reputation among people. There's no such thing as white rappers ruined it. I mean get me one name, just one white rapper who ruined hip hop. Hip hop is a black thing. What does that mean? That means if some white dude wants to enter the industry he simply should be at his best because racist critics will follow his lyrics, line by line just to see any flaws to talk about online and go on with the saying whites can't rap. On the other hand we all know how shitty Meek Mill, Young Thug, Rick Ross, Rich homie Quan, Wale, 2chainz are. The obvious is that they don't have to worry about their lyrics because hip hop is their thing. Critics will never say blacks can't rap, they'll criticize the rapper not the whole race!

[@israelszrz2947]

The hip hop Always has lived, there are many other good rappers, what happens is that Kendrick only has turned famous

[@phakamanisamukelo3438]

We love this song in South Africa.

[@phakamanisamukelo3438]

dope shit man!! you did a GREAT JOB

[@MagentaVibes]

Thanks man i really wanted to know, and my phone doesn't have google... So this was really helpful

[@TheOo0oO]

humblemoetv Thats sick but maybe keep the intro shorter.

[@bematthews]

Alex Hailey plagiarized Harold Courlander book "The African". Alex Hailey was a Naval office & Spy with no literary background. We were and are a Great People with a Glorious Past and even Brighter Future, however we must offer true scholarly work to counter effects of white supremacy.

[@skystaysfly]

***** Or he's probably watched Roots, or grew up in Virginia. I grew up in Fredericksburg/Spotsylvania county, so I learned a lot about Kunta Kinte. It wasn't hard to find information about his life.

[@LeviStarling-x9y]

I can't get enough of this album

[@Mahlobonkululeko]

"but a rapper with a ghost writer" - Prophet Kendrick

[@leviathancrosse5586]

💀💀💀🤣

[@magicianstuff]

Drake has been known to have ghostwriters for a long time. He was infamous for it

[@SpicyKumquat]

@@magicianstuff exactly, kendrick has been rapping about drake for over a decade, people just now catching up

[@lucianocastillo694]

@@SpicyKumquatdudes last drop was all AI vocals. As an audio engineer you can easily tell the difference. Bruh not even pitch format can make vocals sound like that😂 Who knows who recorded that song w sexy💀

[@NL-fg6it]

@@lucianocastillo694Drake’s the heart part 6? Nahhh

[@steve2383]

This song has a truly deep meaning to me. Back in my old runescape days before they added the ability to rest to obtain stamina to run, I would always be walking. Note the lyric "Bitch where was you when I was walking". Once they added the ability to rest, I then had the ability to run much more often in the game and experience much more of the viscous world of Runescape. -"Now I run the game got the whole world talking" Thank you kendrick lamar for not only giving me the memory of those great days but for sharing this message to the world.

[@bendollak6420]

Rip runescape lol the memories

[@yasirwasng3985]

Steve 2 just try *instaphamous dot com* you'll get hundreds of followers

[@C4Blowouts]

Steve 2 Hahahahahaha

[@BobbyShyne]

What the fuck? lol

[@mustafakhish]

Steve 2 BRUHHH

[@kirinrobinson]

Lovin this new school old school

[@colelong8896]

that album is all kinds of ill

[@lilfredbo97]

👆funny lookin dude😂😂 but this shit was fire

[@Chedda3000music]

***** Got that Suga Free/ DJ Quik vibe.. love it

[@apk1215]

***** ditto

[@02viri19]

***** Check Joey Baddass he has this New-Oldskool thing going on a long time now, nevertheless Kendrick has probably created a classic right here

[@fufufuaru]

this has been the only song i've been playing for almost a week now lol I cannot get over it

[@Yǒufú_de]

Black man taking no loses They'll never be like us💯💯

[@SHANNY13_96]

Never Ever 🤟🏿

[@santo8389]

Never.💪🏾

[@napoleonbonaparte5783]

Never✌🏽

[@ql6746]

Yesss 👏🏽 👏🏽

[@masewindu]

✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

[@fortuny911]

3:06 my favorite part of the song. The switch to the electric guitar is soooo overlooked

[@brayden9458]

This is definitely the best part.

[@HousePeople]

genius production..

[@gdnerd6940]

the entire instrumental is gooood

[@alexauclair1]

Guitar with turntables and funk, it’s like an American musical cocktail

[@pablosanchez767]

Reminds me of too short and Erick sermon on Buy you some. When that real bass kicks in .

[@aaronb4407]

Kendrick stands alone no one has this much creativity in mainstream rap everything he does is thought out 👌👌 dope song dope album 🙌🙌🙌

[@GMCXI]

Aaron B eminem creativity on production and lyrics has always been on a high

[@vigadotibrand1677]

This is a Kendrick video! Get outta here. No one cares about Eminem now.

[@GMCXI]

Shanasea Anderson oops, am i not aloud to advocate his close minded fallacy? foh

[@TobaHD]

GMC Since he made Love the way you lie ft. Rihanna i cant' take him serious

[@BlizzDaMusician]

Kiros Amhara not true because recovery was a completely diff em.and mm2 is dope because he took a different angle completely..im not taking nothing from k.dot if anybody is better or on the verge of being better than em is kendrick hands dwn..but em is just bar crazy..some of the punches and schemes em use is hard as fux

[@mcbuutthole]

Kendrick has always been a unifying force of nature

[@LIROELQBREGA]

This is so fly in its own way. I think we're hearing the first rap song we can actually dance to

[@alexis-ur6oh]

Well said

[@jhemphill2255]

Sound o Sphere ??? SMH That whooole second sentence lmaoooo

[@maxpal27]

Sound o Sphere CALIFORNIAAAA LOOOOOOOOOVE

[@silverdecoy6629]

Johnny Brown lord forgive em for they do not know lol

[@LIROELQBREGA]

Johnny Brown Real rap is music you hear to listen to the lyrics not to turn up at a club but people do it anyway

[@sintexx2801]

the fact that kendrick is literally a multi millionaire and still comes back to compton is respectable

[@jisun084]

he made it out the hood but he never forgets where he came from

[@QueXLcior]

But what regular people do

[@ponvishwesh5907]

Every rapper does that

[@lauraalexander8144]

And a Pulitzer prize winner...screw those fixed Grammys

[@deshaunblackett4745]

@@ponvishwesh5907 not really u don’t see chief keef in the hood anymore he in la

[@blakepysh2112]

Im sorry I still get goosebumps every time I listen to this, It's unlike so many songs with the flow, the backup vocals and espically the continued increase in speed throughout the song. Amazing

[@esmeraldamillan1327]

Pysh2Freshhh listen To mausberg and dj quick get nekkid. And you’ll see the resemblances.

[@kings9724]

listen to big body- schoolboy q

[@turbowhale6953]

The word goosebump gives me goosebump

[@9charlie84]

Pysh2Freshhh yeah Kendrick is one of the most creative in the game!👍🏼

[@kizbo]

What do you mean about increase in speed? The BPM doesn’t change at all

[@DarthCluster]

He makes music that electrify us

[@2nn1i]

the beat's build up was FANTASTIC

[@SuperCorndog12]

SUB-ZERO x9 fool it samples Get Nekkid by Mausberg produced by DJ Quik

[@dexterdog717]

David Bowie's band that he used to make his last album "Blackstar" would listen to Kendrick's album for inspiration during downtimes in recording. So, you have one of the greatest artist of the 20th century influenced by a young rapper. Not many people outside of Bowie's hard core fans know this. Interesting stuff if you ask me.

[@flos.2788]

nallly Eh it's pretty obvious he was trying to distance himself from classic rock. Common knowledge he listened to Death grips and Kendrick

[@dexterdog717]

He always did what he wanted and never tried to make "classic rock" . Listen to "Young Americans" and tell me if that is classic rock. It's more soul than anything. Each album of his 26 albums has it's own character.

[@majestymxnt7384]

Everyone knows this.

[@dexterdog717]

There are some people who didn't know this until I posted it. Now some of those people know this. There are still people that don't know. Pass it on...

[@dexterdog717]

very interesting indeed.

[@d-x-d-x]

RESPECT. Bringing real hiphop back.. Real talent right there.

[@thekid5285]

Mmm can i pull your hair 😏

[@Nsindiso]

Word !

[@bradfranks3428]

Wrong 3pac iz lyfe

[@tiagoalves3737]

LBCertified de saber como

[@d-x-d-x]

LBCertified no thanks lol

[@tonyareed5083]

2:07 "I was gonna kill a couple of Rappers, but they did it to themselves. Everybody's suicidal, they didn't even need my help!" D-R-A-K-E.... D-R-A-K-E!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@michaelshigetani433]

its nine years old. But maybe he was who knows.

[@KingDreams]

Yesterday i finally heard this album and i gotta say this one of the best albums i ever heard i really been sleeping on Kendrick he's a Goat.

[@andresvillacres3800]

Goated taste in manga and music bro

[@bigbean69699]

Well it’s time to wake up and come to our amazing reality

[@bigbean69699]

Well amazing musically we’re about to go into world was 3 so uh just listen to Kendrick as our world burns

[@Despair505]

Like, a farm animal?

[@nrenjenightmare5708]

lol its one of the best albums you have heard cuz it IS one of the best hip-hop albums

[@MyaSpence]

Brooooooooooooooo. This shit so hard. I’m bout a cry. There’s no reason for this song to slap so hard. It has to be illegal. I need explanations. Kendrick you’re a king. Please come back and drop some more legendary heat!!!!

[@jaikhaleaf501]

I second this statement.. he is playing with our emotions he is amazing I swear

[@dilana0505]

i just recently got so into this song yesterday and i’ve been blasting it even though it was on my playlist for a while

[@davidcopperfield6935]

This song is overrated like kendrick

[@4deeto]

@@davidcopperfield6935 shit man what do you listen to then lmao

[@Foodisamazing5173]

@@davidcopperfield6935 if you love lil pump just say that

[@lennartmakkink7427]

3 years ago my English teacher actually referenced Kendrick's Yam bar when we were discussing Things Fall Apart

[@jojodaniels6131]

excellent book

[@cheabol]

Oh no

[@justlolo5157]

Read it too...

[@VladGonzales]

Okonkwo be shaking

[@okorooluebube6734]

Am from Biafra

[@nateds7326]

The swag is unmatched

[@JXter_]

This is one of those songs that is so iconic you could memorize it all in just a few listens. Kendrick is a total genius when it comes to rap, hands down one of the best.

[@e-reefah9087]

That's cuz tha bars he's spittin are hotter than tha damn sun man 🔥🔥🔥

[@desirechimanikire4956]

Ten years from now kids will be analyzing this poem in school.

[@hershitaapandey6916]

Desire Chimanikire My college gave an assignment to analyse the songs from his album - to pimp a butterfly.

[@foopington]

I already am, in high school.

[@jaykatla4104]

@@hershitaapandey6916 fr though

[@Taffywater]

Wtf do you mean ten years I had to analyze this for my last project about poetry and rap

[@bartosz3153]

xD

[@MrMarvz101]

I'm glad I get to witness Kendrick Lamar grow and get more sucsessfull the same way 30-40 year old men watched Eminem do the same thing 15 years ago

[@smokey3280]

I so agree with you!

[@MrMarvz101]

JaySLEAZY.

[@LucasDelReyBanks]

***** What's it? It's just the truth, +DelBanks!

[@jessyeli094]

***** Im 25 and I watched Eminem Grow. Got the Slim Shady LP when I was in 3rd grade haha got suspended for rapping it at recess

[@erockstoenescu6171]

I am also 25 and nothing will ever compare to eminem. Everyone hated him at first! He's still relevant today!

[@moonyman90]

"Bitch, where you when I was walkin'?" Kendrick releases Training Day mix tape, his first with Top Dog on December 30, 2005. At that same time Drake was playing the character Jimmy on Degrassi who was in a wheel chair after being shot.

[@ajamucollins4395]

🎯 PERFECT

[@nischon]

Happy Birthday King Kunta , PIMP PIMP Hooray !!!!

[@nextapexpredator]

underrated comment

[@sy0024]

welcome, deadpool, to every youtube comment section

[@mkall]

check em

[@KizzMyAwezomenezz]

Ctfu

[@sy0024]

Continue The Fuck Up?? sad girl

[@levirietveld6537]

This man is a true rapper, he actually lived in Compton and lived through many struggles. He deserves every last bit of recognition he has gotten recently and more. Kendrick is one of the best if not the best rapper in hip hop of this generation.

[@lmaokite3453]

+CrazyCowCraft Now we are talking,Someone finally repects Matty b the way our lord does

[@juanMejia-gg9mc]

+CrazyCowCraft mattyb king of rap 🙌🏾

[@AtomicGames110]

real shit

[@levirietveld6537]

Bitch please Kendrick came out of a life you couldn't imagine living through. Also his only goal coming out of such a tragic place is to set out a positive example. He's not trying to keep it 100 or anything else you said. You are just some uneducated fuck tard Mike Ansley

[@TheLeafgoogle]

This nigga ain't listen to ''U'' yet lmao. Fuck outta here with yo ass.

[@Hejdo8]

This is the kind of song that deserves a 10 page powerpoint presentation.

[@Starshine777]

I know a PhD that wrote a full-blown academic paper on it

[@samuelcrouch8692]

Every song on that album deserves a 10 page powerpoint

[@Baba-eo3uc]

Exactly right. I did a 5000 word essay about the meaning of king kunta and humble. My favourite piece of work I've done. The meaning of both songs in the lyrics are so deep

[@Chris-qu4fr]

@@Baba-eo3uc Nice! sharing is caring ;)

[@ethanhopping7296]

Flare Guy The dissect podcast did a whole season on the album if you’re actually interested in digging deeper.

[@Muddas05]

When I first heard this song, I said, "the ancestors sent him." He has proven me right! GOD BLESS YOU KING KUNTA KENNY! 🙏🏽💪🏽✊🏿 army of black aunties & grannies will always support & protect him! BLACK MAN TAKEN NO LOSSES🎉🎉

[@nunoesteves7750]

I think people don't know how hard is to rap in this intrumental, that's why I consider Kdot a beast...

[@troytheone2921]

Nuno Esteves Man this song is amazing ✊🔥🔥🔥

[@STOPPEDINCOLORADO]

????? A beat is a beat.

[@maxc2894]

V HAS COME TO sometimes people have a hard time to follow a beat

[@josh44026]

G funk

[@ROMAN-bi7oi]

Yessirr

[@ismaelnehme379]

"But most of you sharing bars like you got the bottom bunk in a two man cell" Dammmmmmmmn

[@mgomez9736]

???

[@yungspacedevil]

​@@mgomez9736 It's very simple

[@mgomez9736]

@@yungspacedevil exactly. Why the dammmmmmm?

[@Subtletext]

I only got this line when I saw it written out. Sweet poetry

[@ChivasBarcelonaMex]

@@mgomez9736 Cus he calling out half of the rap game.

[@undergroundkris29]

RIP Every other rapper out there...

[@LexxNova]

undergroundkris29 hahaha

[@LexxNova]

undergroundkris29Kendrick has inspired ne to create art and dope music, I pray you can take a look and sub or just give a listen its all love doe, akk about the art

[@AntiRiku]

Wise words, Sora.

[@samiraggoune3244]

EMINEM still the boss.

[@dsdawdawdaw9157]

Breaking News this week Drake surprise album If Your Reading This Its Too Late doing record numbers... ohh wait Kendrick is back and dropping a classic once again with Pimp a Butterfly!!!!! what happened u said past week i dont remember..

[@jacquelinerandle5152]

I love that he goes back home and Show's love to his community and Citya❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@dane2YT]

This is still one of the sickest progressive beats I've ever heard. Ridiculously good!

[@HugeGamma]

appreciate the original kzbin.info/www/bejne/mae9dKZobMyabZI

[@ELRANFLERO323]

Thanks to DJ Quik

[@joan3338]

Word

[@extrm161]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/moaxn4RooN6lh6s . Thank me later..!!!.

[@futuropasado]

This is already one of the greatest hymns of hip hop ever.

[@DavidGonzalez-pk4jr]

Damm straight

[@extrm161]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/moaxn4RooN6lh6s . Thank me later..!!!,

[@joshuagregoire9504]

ayy the black saint fan listens to kendrick

[@futuropasado]

@@joshuagregoire9504 yep! 😁

[@SirLightsOut99]

2:45 maybe the single most satisfying moment in the past 10 years of rap music. The funk is indeed within me.

[@zimmykenobi]

2:51 2024 kendrick run the game got the whole world talking 🔥🔥🔥

[@SeVinKru3ger]

This whole album is on point!!!!!

[@LexxNova]

TriL TV !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@LexxNova]

TriL TV he truly is a inspiration, I love his art and his music. He inspired me to create dope art and music, hopefully you can take the time out to check out my channel and sub but its all love, man enjoy dope music

[@Aguynamedalex__]

Facts

[@Teflon_tone]

TriL TV Classic

[@Jay-dx6gi]

BEFORE AND AFTER LISTENING 2PAB Before : Oh shiit this bout to be fire. Bars and EVERYTHANG MY NIGGA. After : Hey hows it goin' my brother? God bless you, how you doin.

[@godzillathecreator467]

What man can bring bloods and crips in video with no drama...king kendrick all hail

[@jemslayer3]

Danielle Sharpe truth man.

[@jcdx87]

Michael Jackson did

[@OTF30]

snake man right. bdawgs and krip tiein a knot together

[@frankthetank7596]

Look up "Cali is active" youngsta

[@franciscomaldonado5378]

Kendrick bringing that funk and black empowerment that hip hop needed.

[@LexxNova]

Francisco Maldonado Kendrick is a goat, he has showed me how to create dope music and art, I was wondering if you can look at my chanel nd tell me what you think or sub, its all love, just trying to push art

[@DecrepitFlunky]

Lexx Nova nobody better than Kendrick, 2 years later.

[@KaZe-gs2ru]

This was the song that introduced me to Kendrick when I was 14. This used to play on TV all day here in India and I'M so GLAD we had this exposure in India as well.