Video Editor Reacts to Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE.

[@0utNumb3red]

You definitely don't need to apologize for the pauses! I clicked on this video to get your perspective on the production of the video, not an in depth lyrical analysis or anything like that. Kendricks videos have a lot to break down from a technical standpoint and you should definitely react to more 👌🏾

[@wumbojet]

I've never understood people who complain about that, if you want to watch the video interrupted go to the original, industry experts making reaction videos have much more value than going: "yooooo... This is sick..." Over and over

[@Scout-5goli]

Perspective can also be given after the song is over..modern rap no one cares for the lyrics until it is diss..

[@wumbojet]

@@Scout-5goli this is a remarkably ignorant take.

[@iwatchtoomuchyt9281]

​@wumbojet we click on videos because of titles and thumbnails. His title says "Reacts" not "In depth lyric analysis" It's pretty simple to figure out man

[@wumbojet]

@@iwatchtoomuchyt9281 if you want such surface level reactions or to watch the video in full just go to the original video and have a mirror nearby

[@moebakh9135]

ALL his music video's are masterpieces of art.

[@nikosikiric5550]

frrrr

[@papa_p4965]

He co-directed most of his music videos from his first 3-4 albums with Dave Free as ‘The Little Homies’ credited here 1:35

[@johnnyblaze1710]

facts

[@dir-gk]

@@papa_p4965 Incredible mane.

[@ThisGuyHere17]

i love when people outside of a culture come and see the beautiful art it has 😊

[@tiffanybrown368]

I mean… you see who the director is right?

[@chillsearles9721]

@@tiffanybrown368meyers is a legend

[@swishahouse68]

@@tiffanybrown368 Kendrick Lamar & Dave Free (The Little Homies) also Co-Directed and have 14 other Credits. Lets not gnore the Co-Directors too.

[@LumpyHippo]

4:20 If I remember correctly most of the song titles on the album was either a sin or some sort of virtue and the subject of the song was usually opposite of the title.

[@LumpyHippo]

And the fire was comped but it was shot on location.

[@TaDeDiDiNiQi]

The song is supposed to mean that other people are humble to him I think

[@feneredwoman8159]

Yes, but also album to be listened both ways. One way person is moving to the right path and other way, wrong path. So two versions of humble, but this video more focused on prideful Kendrick telling others to be humble to his greatness ( especially Drake 😂).

[@m16fermy]

​@@TaDeDiDiNiQi Kendrick is really good at saying if you listen to the song at face value you're dumb for good kid maad City swimming pool is taken the way supposed to sound like a fun drinking song when really it's a song against the drinking however on the album damn he tends to talk about the opposite of the sin or virtue that the title represents especially with the the virtues he goes to extremes to explain the sin that correlates to it I don't think the right way to understand it is what is he talking about I think the best way to understand it is figure out what you get from the content in this album or you can just see it from a hood perspective to understand what personality types he's used to or sins he struggled with himself but they go hand-in-hand with the virtues

[@seba4991S]

the public has spoken, we want more kendrick reviews

[@80sBaby510]

Yes!!!!

[@manuelecolzi6596]

please react to the "Alright" music video by kendrick lamar, its really a masterpiece

[@jsskc28]

up

[@MaynardsSpaceship]

🙏

[@KinWa1]

AND WHEN I WAKE UP, I RECOGNISE YOURE LOOKING AT ME FOR THE PAYCUT

[@Mahmoud4019...]

Or N95

[@VoiZZo]

It really is

[@rodneymarshall2529]

Oh man i am so excited to see this. In this song kendrick is reflecting upon himself. When you mentioned that everything he was talking about wasn't very humble you were correct! In the chorus he says, "sit down, be humble" this is kendrick reminding himself to be humble and slow down even though he himself knows he could easily flex and show off he decides to be humble.

[@irollerblade13]

This song is basically Kendrick calling out other rappers for being fake and over-the-top while also reminding himself to stay grounded. He’s talking about how so many rappers in the game rely on Photoshop, clout-chasing, and acting like something they’re not But At the same time, he’s honest enough to admit that he has to check himself too. “Sit down, be humble.” It’s not just for them he's talking to himself as well.

[@bobear4241]

8:50 the disappointed sigh killed me. I love your reaction I think your mind would be blown by his music video DNA and the lyrics in that one is absolutely impactful, highly recommend it.

[@shermanwing9593]

In the Last Supper scene, they use a grid of 4 cameras 2 top 2 bottom with different lenses/focal lengths (that's why the objects seem to jump back and forth). K'DOT's video's are mostly works of art. He's as visual an artist as he is a musical genius. He just did a new video for the song "Squabble Up" and there are so many easter eggs in it people are still searching for all of them. I don't believe for a second that DOT was on fire. Motion control rig for the outside shot.

[@bank8489]

pretty sure they are all actually the same focal length and lens, just in different physical positions

[@eagle56786]

@@bank8489 yeah i thought it was three cameras with the same settings and stuff just in a triangle pattern, if you will. but four or more would make sense, same idea

[@sardines7436]

yeah i dont think he was on fire either. partly because all of the rope covered heads look the exact same, which to me points at CGI

[@jameslemus3638]

Squabble up is crazy. All the different people in the video recorded at different times, Kendrick was never there during their shoots. They also never heard the song during the music video shoot. They had a stand in for Kendrick.

[@bank8489]

@@jameslemus3638 that's one of the coolest parts of that vid. the way everything happens at the same time uninterrupted by anything else is just awesome

[@sambacherr]

Any Kendrick music video directed by Dave Free is typically a masterpiece

[@annawagnerr]

This is such a good one, glad you got around to watching it!

[@maxwalton411]

Definitely overlooked but Kendrick's 'Element' is really that music video

[@v01c3]

This is the one to react to next, better than Humble IMO

[@yelouch_21]

his best music video imo

[@MuhammadAhmed-cg9lq]

Alright is great and count me out is awesome too and thats my favorite

[@Nicholsonofficial]

Facts

[@AbdifatahMohamedESQ]

@6:30 you are right sir. This song does indeed slap 👋🏾

[@Stino3103]

Agreed sir.

[@shotbyfabi]

I hope you do more Kendrick reactions. All of his videos are visually stunning.

[@ThisGuyHere17]

I havent seen an explanation of the meaning here, so let me try: Kendrick is portraying himself as the prophet / messiah / jesus here. He tells the competition / others in this culture to be humble, as he is the elder above them. Seen with the religious imagery (the last supper and the robes and church) and the critique of superficiality ("Im so sick and tired of the photoshop"). With some surrealism, which is a common way for african (-american) culture to portray imagery. It's just multilayered critique and him demonstrating his dominance. Kendrick is known to have meaning and purpose / reference in every single detail of his videos and lyrics, with double entandres (dual meaning in his words). His focus on Drake this year shows how much this man hates superficiality and people portaying themselves as someone they are not (a part of his culture and struggle). superficiality should not be confused with surrealism.

[@Lolo-Z33]

He's also mocking generic rappers with this song, using a catchy beat, a simpler style of rapping, talking about money, sex, etc., basically proving that he can do complex albums like To Pimp a Butterfly but also write a #1 bop whenever he wants.

[@koolaidsalad]

@@Lolo-Z33 so true. really similar concept to J Cole's KOD album too. i love when the top guys come down to everyone else's level and one-up them lol

[@GreenPrestige]

an INCREDIBLE music video from Kendrick is for the song Element, it's just a beautiful short film, incredible imagery

[@BrittneysBlessed]

I loved the edit breakdown for this video! Please do some of Kendrick's other videos : Family Ties, Not Like Us and Element, Count Me Out, and DNA next!

[@Bungusmingus]

He did Not Like Us. You will continue to learn how much of a genius he is.

[@casual_observer407]

"All The Stars" by Kendrick and SZA video is beautiful

[@Austriaisthebest_]

WICKED OR WEAKNESS is so fcking powerful I forgot how much I liked the music video.

[@AD-to3bm]

Also, to add to what many other commenters said about the "sit down, be humble" part being towards himself/a reminder/etc., many times during his live performances of this song, he stops rapping during that part, and basically has his entire audience take over and chant "be humble" at him on stage.

[@janc6219]

Kendrick is the GOAT. DRAKE NEVER PLAYS STADIUMS HE CAN'T FILL THEM

[@traceatroj240]

Stop it....

[@ghoste.28321]

drake can fill stadiums stop being a cornball

[@ghoste.28321]

@praisethefirstborn6226 doesn't mean he can't fill stadiums. i don't rlly care for drake but this dickriding is corny

[@JJBerthume]

Hey don't mind you pausing it I came here for your analysis!!! As a musician and video editor you've earned a sub and would love to see more!!!

[@CoconutLover911]

The reason to why the video is so centered around Kendrick is because the lyrical meaning behind the song is about him asking other people to be humble in order to deflect his need of being humble and putting it on other people in order to get rid of the responsibility, then on the other tracks of the album it comes back to bite him as he goes through more of the deadly sins through other songs like LUST etc.

[@sydneylee575]

Love your videos! I highly recommend you check out Kendrick Lamar's - Alright music video. it's really good, and the cinematic visuals are timeless!!

[@ezduzitdubz]

Yes go thru all Kendrick Vids they are sooooo goood bro!

[@dreita27]

This was great! I would love to watch more of your Kendrick video reactions!!

[@Mjp-doblegg]

I never thought obi wan Kenobi would be analysing a Kendrick Lamar music video. (Jokes apart good job with the analysis and great video 😂❤)

[@ArunaUtd]

Time to do more Kendrick dawg, thoroughly enjoying this and dw about the pauses I'm here for the analysis.

[@GoatedDOOM]

He’s rapping about not being humble and then the chorus is him reminding himself to be humble, sit down

[@clintmoses957]

Indeed a slap good sir

[@JP-fg8kk]

You need to need to see the clip of count me out, N95 and family ties, they're all masterpiece

[@niyalithesiren]

6:30 people def still say it and thank you for using it in its correct context lmao I’m tired of people saying food slaps

[@Username.727]

Kendrick has the best music videos 🔥

[@Cherokeechuck9]

All of kendrick and dave frees videos are amazing but my favorites are element and N95. Humble is a classic though.

[@balogunlikwid]

He is unequivocally the best.

[@RoryWilliamson]

I already loved this music video, but seeing your excitement gave me a brand new appreciation for the production

[@Lukaboyye76]

9:20 it doesnt look like people are wearing the ropes, but the ropes are edited on them, each of the ropes look exactly the same.

[@GreenMeansGo-Podcast]

Explanation to the song if you weren’t already told: humble is a part of one of Kendrick story albums called DAMN. In the album, you can actually listen to it front to back or back to front song order. Each one will tell a different story front to back will be about going from wickedness to weakness and back to front will be about weakness to wickedness. There are more videos with an in depth guide and explain more about it, but I just thought I’d give you a little summary.

[@Quakeran08]

Great vid breakdown! You should do more Kendrick related videos! King’s Dead, Family Ties, and Jay rock Freestyle come to mind

[@skeptical.rebekah]

You’re sorry for pausing so much? Dude, as a reaction/review channel or at least for what you’re doing here, it’s actually your job to pause the content and give us your thoughts. We’ve seen the video. We are here for YOUR thoughts on it. So whenever you have something to say, pause and give us your thoughts, then back up a bit so you don’t miss anything and continue. Really appreciating your thoughts given your knowledge and experience, so keep up the good work! 🙋‍♀️

[@Videoeditorreacts]

Thank you for this! I have had comments in the past saying "don't pause so much" lol. So, that's where that comes from. Thank you for watching and commenting! Can't wait to watch more Kendrick Lamar!

[@Averagemiddleschoolkid]

Basically he’s telling us to be humble and recognize he’s the greatest. I recommend listening to the whole album as it’s key to understanding the entire meaning of this song

[@Chink_G]

He’s rapping to make people HUMBLE.

[@marakiany1477]

Please do more kendrick 🙏

[@mraihan7400]

DAMN. might not be his no.1 album, but he as sure as hell in his most aesthetically creative state during that time. Almost every music video on that Album is so well made, very pleasing to the eyes.

[@MariW736]

Love seeing your reaction here, Kendrick is an artist. 🤩 For a future video, have you seen A$AP Rocky’s “Tailor Swif”? If not, I would love to see your reaction experiencing that one for the first time as well…😂👏👏

[@ShyGoldie]

“Little Simz - Gorilla” would be an amazing reaction too! Great stuff

[@bdot8191]

This song is a response/diss track to Big Sean’s subliminal disses. In particular on “No more interviews”, Big Sean says “And I’m just not impressed by you niggas rapping fast who sound like one big asthma attack but trash when I’m rapping it back who you put in your top five and claim they the savior of rap”. Kendrick is telling Sean to be humble. The “lil bitch” after he says be humble is also one of Big Sean’s most used adlibs. Kendrick also released “The heart part 4” a week prior to releasing Humble where he also mentioned “lil bitch” and rapped “1,2,3,4,5, I am THE GREAT-EST rapper aLIVE”. Later in the song he references Big Sean’s album, Hall of Fame by saying “Hoe, Jay-Z hall of fame sit your punk ass down” tying it back to Humble.

[@lusinevardanyan2748]

His all videos are genius!!! You literally can watch every single one and find something unique with storytelling through the frame. Kendrick and his team are nothing but ART!

[@justinefizer1541]

I’m pretty sure the 7 people depicted in the last supper is meant to represent the seven deadly sins and he (Kendrick) represents greed. I could be wrong though because it’s been a while since I saw the interview where he talked about it.

[@christianinfinity8206]

Wait till he sees an ASAP Rocky video

[@justjuniorjaw]

I do wish Kendrick goes back to creating visual masterpiece like Humble again. His recent stuff is far more demure in comparison.

[@4keepz00]

True, i feel like he’s just dumbing things down because he knows the ppl that don’t listen to him regularly won’t understand. I think it worked though, because the kids love it.

[@Hoteshortz]

Do more Kendrick pls I really enjoyed this video

[@victoriasantana8441]

I clicked so fast when I saw this!

[@gregoryjTV]

This song definitely SLAPS!!

[@Artistjm]

Dave Meyers has been known for his creative music videos for the last few decades (since 1997). He brought some of Missy Elliot’s most iconic music videos to life. His most recent big video he directed was Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” and “Taste” video.

[@AGGJD]

Loved this video! Genuine reactions to this based on your expertise!

[@kesharahimala864]

Dude you definitely have to look at Element music video by kendrick, one of the most amazing music videos I ever seen in my life.

[@rickyxblackwell]

Kendrick is my favorite artist of all time. And I’m an aspiring film director. This is such a cool video.

[@guigui22-G]

Don't be sorry for pausing !! This is what we wanna see. Love the analysis!

[@badbadgilead2552]

Oh man if you loved this then N95 will blow you AWAY!!!

[@ja_right]

People like you are the reason that Kendrick’s new numbers are increasing exponentially. People who missed his genius the first time around, are now watching, listening, and dissecting. Multiple listens and views are required to do that. Welcome. 😊 DNA, Loyalty next When you finish with these, watch Not Like Us, where he references or calls back to many of these tricks.

[@ja_right]

Kendrick did a live performance with the heads on fire, as well.

[@What_About_Dwar]

This song definitely SLAPS

[@user17I227I]

Kendrick’s music videos are 10/10

[@anthonyv6962]

This was super enjoyable and informative. Off to check out the rest of your channel.

[@ingrid_inthesky]

The concept of this channel is such a great idea and super useful - what an awesome find! I gotta send this to my bf now!🤙🏽💜

[@eagle56786]

To understand why the song is called HUMBLE in spite of its lyrics, you really have to listen to and understand the record as a whole "concept," if you will. The "wickedness or weakness" theme recurs throughout the entire project, and has a lot to do with it. This song basically critiques others' egos while reflecting on his own. It’s not about being one or the other-it’s about grappling with both. I strongly encourage you to give it a listen if you've the time in your already busy schedule.

[@Selene_Dragon]

If you can, I’d love to see you react to his Alright music video. The song means so much to our community and the video is very cool!

[@nitolak]

about the meaning of the song the album its from is very very conceptual and it basically switches between very extroverted and very intorverted songs. right before or right after (im not sure) this song theres a song called "pride" which is the exact opposite of this.

[@brianeharmonjr]

You should DEFINITELY check out his videos for "Element", "All The Stars", "N95", "Count Me Out", "Rich Spirit", and Baby Keem's "Family Ties". Or just literally any other Kendrick video.

[@aadil1998]

If you liked this, you gotta watch the video for family ties by baby keem and kendrick too, it's pure art

[@MissShaneice]

Im enjoying this thoroughly.

[@Mahmoud4019...]

I just realized this was 2 weeks ago. You should react to N95 next

[@brianamills6440]

Don’t worry about the pausing. Pause as much as you want. I already saw the video myself, im not interested in watching someone else watch it silently or just bobbing their head to it like some reaction channels. Lol.

[@HookedonChronics]

As someone from the Bay, the place the term slapped referring to music started, that will never stop being said here 😂

[@justgoforit_2]

legenddd

[@soorianpadmanabhan6603]

As for why it's called HUMBLE, there is another song called PRIDE on the same project that is very much depicting Kendrick at his lowest contending with all his flaws. The juxtaposition in both seems very intentional

[@reezySZN]

"not only is the song fire" had me cackling

[@mikeysrightleg1880]

11:18: Video Edit Reacts: THIS IS CRAZY Kendrick: This shit way too crazy AYE Kendrick done it again, GOAT 🤣

[@user-eh5mw8tm4n]

I'm glad you're pausing cause I definitly came here for the commentary of every scene 😂 if you wanna see more kendrick MVSs you can react to Elements or DNA ❤

[@RuntzAHK]

This song slaps 🔥

[@ergenarkenk1458]

pls check out "Wow Freestyle" and "Element" too. "We Cry Together" would also be a fun watch!

[@HugeDrakeFan]

Wow freestyle is such an underrated video

[@DroEskimo]

You should react to First Person Shooter By Drake and J Cole that music video was crazy. A lot of CGI

[@6timechamp]

Kendrick Lamar been trying to tell us about Diddy partys and all the sickos

[@kingderpygoat]

You should also do Element by Kendrick, I love the cinematography in that its pure cinema, a ton of Gordon Parks stuff

[@lemuelcallender]

The meaning behind it was the irony of the title to talk about the things that doesn’t make you humble while simultaneously telling anyone who is resonates with as a reminder to “sit down and be humbled” (Drake.. it was a shot a Drake 😂)

[@luvqr6161]

it would heal me to see you react to a paramore video! their best visual affects come from their most recent era, The News music video is very good, so is the Running out of Time music video, this is why and thick skull are very aesthetically pleasing videos as well. please please please!!

[@oscareklund1468]

DEFINETLY check out more music videos from Kendrick, the ones from Mr morale and the big steppers are amazing, like N95, rich spirit, count me out, and older albums also!!

[@ARandomYoutuber0]

you should react to more Kendrick videos! like loyalty and not like us!

[@kimberlylunasilva6927]

you don't have to be sorry for pausing, i enjoyed every minute of this, 4 real, you got a new fallower

[@Freiren]

PLease more videos about kendrick Lamar 🙏🙏 He's the GOAT

[@Phished123]

I beilieve the head on fire scene was done using compositing. Which makes sense if you think about it, its probably the easiest way to do it without involving stunt teams and stuff. Older school compositing techniques still look so good when done well, looks way better than if they woulda just cgi'd fire and shit.

[@jenelscott7776]

Do more reactions!! I love this

[@cody_t]

Dude you gotta do ‘Alright’ by him.

[@basti.9022]

Every frame a painting.

[@Chester-p9s]

Watch alright its a master piece

[@brianavalentine3805]

Do more Kendrick!!

[@mai_world]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@AbhisarBalodi]

please react to more Kendrick

[@VoiZZo]

10:28 That literally looks like something from a video game character choosing screen!