ELDERS REACT TO KENDRICK LAMAR (King Kunta, Swimming Pools)

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  • Опубликовано: 25 окт 2024

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  • @oldthug8551
    @oldthug8551 8 лет назад +13814

    "Not only is the bottle breaking, but it might be breaking you". He gets it

  • @andrewterrell9306
    @andrewterrell9306 8 лет назад +25260

    for a generation who claims to like lyrical music so much they really don't give hip hop much of a chance. it's a little frustrating.

  • @outie1465
    @outie1465 8 лет назад +11971

    They saw rap and immediately said "it's not my cup of tea"

    • @davidlemusramos4648
      @davidlemusramos4648 4 года назад +16

      3.7k likes and no comments lol

    • @timcyron5205
      @timcyron5205 4 года назад +371

      I thought that was odd because when they reacted to Eminem I don’t think any of them said that.

    • @M_773
      @M_773 4 года назад +3

      @@davidlemusramos4648 2 replies now

    • @Zacmaster78
      @Zacmaster78 4 года назад +20

      Isn’t that exactly what everyone does to country music tho?

    • @budik7410
      @budik7410 4 года назад +188

      they saw black man rap not just general rap

  • @notfontenot8540
    @notfontenot8540 4 года назад +3327

    swimming pool is a legit masterpiece, visually and lyrically. I'm so glad at least like a couple people understood rather than shut down completely

    • @bogwinkled
      @bogwinkled 2 года назад +21

      they all still shut it down in the very beginning though😕

    • @notfontenot8540
      @notfontenot8540 2 года назад +43

      @@bogwinkled yea that rlly is unfortunate. but its hard to find adults that are open minded at least half the time

    • @moneywalrus2069
      @moneywalrus2069 2 года назад +5

      @@notfontenot8540 its hard to live a full life and remain open minded, society is draining to the kind.

    • @CarterAntFan
      @CarterAntFan Год назад

      No, Kendrick sucks

  • @benmgoldberg
    @benmgoldberg 8 лет назад +3564

    "Why can't they come up with something clean" because life isn't always clean.

    • @betol7373
      @betol7373 8 лет назад +16

      ✊🙌🙌

    • @MrWalkman99
      @MrWalkman99 8 лет назад +19

      truth be told

    • @zjackshot
      @zjackshot 8 лет назад +12

      +Ammar Aziz you've made no point not all songs are dirty

    • @highglider7911
      @highglider7911 8 лет назад +2

      profanity and rap has been always a topic of discussion

    • @jaynsfe8431
      @jaynsfe8431 8 лет назад +1

      TRUTH.

  • @xpac101000
    @xpac101000 8 лет назад +8043

    Kendrick's message went right over some of their heads

    • @kareeb4106
      @kareeb4106 8 лет назад +236

      *all of their heads

    • @jakegeddes5480
      @jakegeddes5480 8 лет назад +236

      +CAPRICIOUS -k the guy with the ponytail seemed to understand swimming pools

    • @erinking6931
      @erinking6931 8 лет назад +9

      +Joseph Moreno really I thought she would understand

    • @NoHandlzz
      @NoHandlzz 8 лет назад +6

      Straight over their heads

    • @kenicke579
      @kenicke579 8 лет назад +81

      Lol that's because they couldn't make out what he was saying. If they had some kind of lyrical breakdown they may have liked it more.

  • @icarusdjr
    @icarusdjr 8 лет назад +3256

    "I like music that has melodies." That song has plenty of melody..

    • @DHD95
      @DHD95 8 лет назад +222

      that song was like 90% melody

    • @MrWalkman99
      @MrWalkman99 8 лет назад

      right !

    • @seshtillirest2175
      @seshtillirest2175 8 лет назад +1

      +Xllen Gx L

    • @PokeTwilight
      @PokeTwilight 8 лет назад +36

      +Ben Goldberg Their last listened rap song is probably Vanilla Ice

    • @dimitripapadinikolaus
      @dimitripapadinikolaus 2 года назад +20

      dude said the same shit during Chop Suey's melodic breakdown I think

  • @gero3015
    @gero3015 4 года назад +9101

    They're so close minded,I hope when we become old we can appreciate the newer music

    • @srijanagrawal255
      @srijanagrawal255 4 года назад +444

      Rap's been around for half a century now it's not really a generational thing it's a cultural thing

    • @98tilinfinity4
      @98tilinfinity4 4 года назад +202

      @@srijanagrawal255 True but hip hop has only in recent memory taken the music industry by storm, passing rock as the most listened to genre

    • @Kevin-gb8gb
      @Kevin-gb8gb 4 года назад +12

      @@98tilinfinity4 popularity does not mean quality...

    • @jonasrmb01
      @jonasrmb01 3 года назад +94

      @@Kevin-gb8gb yea everybody should know that
      whats your point?
      the comment you responded to was saying that even tho hiphop music existed that long ago it wasn't mainstream music back then so most of the older people would have likely never really listened to it

    • @MicahCohn
      @MicahCohn 3 года назад +16

      I agree. But scientifically, our brains are out off by new music around age 30. The most important years of our lives in terms of finding and appreciating music are 12-22. Throughout our life our brains will always prefer the music of our youth. But I do agree with you, it’s not important that they listen to it in their free time, but take the time to appreciate it. It’s not easy. Our brains make it difficult.

  • @alihassanmanghi51
    @alihassanmanghi51 8 лет назад +3236

    it hurts....
    he does so much but his message just goes over them

  • @ahmadagil8776
    @ahmadagil8776 8 лет назад +4881

    do a lyrical breakdown to his music so the can understand him and his messege.

    • @eduardom.8766
      @eduardom.8766 4 года назад +36

      💯 They should get one of the better lyrical breakdown pods to come in and do a break down of K dot’s bars. I think they’d get it then. (Or they should at the very least show them the Genius annotations.)

    • @imadabbou1766
      @imadabbou1766 4 года назад +37

      @Jan Michael Vincent do you have any idea who "kunta" is damn you're so stupid

    • @darriyanah6025
      @darriyanah6025 4 года назад +2

      imad abbou we do not acknowledge the idiots

    • @xkidleon682
      @xkidleon682 4 года назад +8

      Jan Michael Vincent oh wow look we have a smartass who googled the meaning of a popular Kendrick lamar song and they think its enough to judge him based on that. I hope you are proud of being born

    • @ayman_2138
      @ayman_2138 4 года назад +8

      @Jan Michael Vincent kendrick's works have always delved into politics class and race relations in a very interesting manner.it's not even like this message is very secret,you just to have to listen for god sake

  • @cents2mp
    @cents2mp 8 лет назад +2777

    This was real foolish to not let them read some of the lyrics. That kind of feel like a no brainier.

  • @mananwashere
    @mananwashere 4 года назад +4497

    the white woman rolled her eyes as soon as she saw the Compton sign 😂😂😂

    • @litigatedparadox8946
      @litigatedparadox8946 4 года назад +63

      Manan Kapoor At least she stayed open minded

    • @wyseebbah7193
      @wyseebbah7193 3 года назад +184

      Yah, Catherine is a slow starter on these reaction videos. However, she always gets into and remains open minded what she reacts to. It's not like she automatically starts liking it or anything, but she does give it an honest chance.

    • @shiestyrecords3225
      @shiestyrecords3225 3 года назад +4

      yeah i think once she opened her mind she enjoyed it.. low key i only love Josie so Josie is all i watch

    • @lexi.cmk.turner
      @lexi.cmk.turner 3 года назад +8

      Gotta give her props for coming round, but yeah, that was awful at the start

    • @Amb252
      @Amb252 3 года назад +3

      Close minded people

  • @HoratioAccel
    @HoratioAccel 8 лет назад +4736

    It's like they turned their ears off to listen to these...

    • @johncastens695
      @johncastens695 4 года назад +55

      Their ears don’t work that fast hahah

    • @hubertswiatanski7714
      @hubertswiatanski7714 3 года назад +3

      Bro im polish and even i dobt understand what he is saying sometimes

    • @donaldbarre151
      @donaldbarre151 8 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@hubertswiatanski7714 I'm American I understand every word

    • @Rhan-isbored
      @Rhan-isbored 2 месяца назад

      old people are practically deaf anyways haha

  • @joharifrazier3346
    @joharifrazier3346 8 лет назад +10713

    If they would listen they hear the meaning of the song

    • @jaydenfeagaiga191
      @jaydenfeagaiga191 4 года назад +18

      Drugs n drinks

    • @josephl9988
      @josephl9988 4 года назад +219

      Johari Frazier I mean this how they’re grandparents reacted to rock and disco I guess old people just aren’t as accepting to change

    • @d.g9661
      @d.g9661 4 года назад +115

      @@jaydenfeagaiga191 you're clearly a idiot 🙄

    • @westbronco9066
      @westbronco9066 4 года назад +76

      Joseph L listen to the songs, Kendrick is one of the best poets alive and has massive meaning in his work

    • @jaredmunoz9544
      @jaredmunoz9544 4 года назад +18

      Well yeah, but they did ask for closed captioning or for it to slow down. They’d probably be more receptive if they could understand it. But some of them just have pre conceived hatred for rap.

  • @skyyyizzle
    @skyyyizzle 8 лет назад +8508

    "Oh it's typical rap"
    Oh oh no

    • @Anti4skingang
      @Anti4skingang 8 лет назад +5

      Oh Yes

    • @Anti4skingang
      @Anti4skingang 8 лет назад +4

      45ruiz If you didnt take my words out of context maybe you'd have understood but naw you didnt aye?

    • @prodpype
      @prodpype 8 лет назад +51

      True, it's not typical, it's mainstream

    • @shanetheoutlaw7918
      @shanetheoutlaw7918 8 лет назад +161

      +SavageGAM3R it's not mainstream either

    • @mainecurtis1192
      @mainecurtis1192 8 лет назад +4

      I was like nooooo when I heard that

  • @sorenolsen9281
    @sorenolsen9281 4 года назад +7626

    Anybody else die inside when he said "tHeYrE aLwAyS sHoOtiNg sOmeBoDy

  • @j.d.t.5761
    @j.d.t.5761 3 года назад +1972

    They are aware that Swimming Pools is ACTUALLY about,
    - Kendrick Lamar talking about his grandfather's addiction to alcohol.
    - Kendrick's personal addiction to alcohol by peer pressure.
    The metaphor around the term "Swimming Pools" is being so addiction to alcohol, that you're constantly "swimming" in it.

    • @pubgplayer1720
      @pubgplayer1720 2 года назад +8

      @ It's blatantly obvious though that the theme is "drowning" in alcohol while telling your conscience to fuck off while doing so. These people are just as blind as bats and as oblivious as anything when it comes to newer music.

    • @dja.7626
      @dja.7626 2 года назад +20

      @@pubgplayer1720 i thought it was about him and his grandpa going to the public pool and struggling to swim so they kept drowning

    • @tomepsilon
      @tomepsilon Год назад +8

      @@dja.7626 you're kind of right... the public pool of liquor. they're all struggling.

    • @Dnljns274
      @Dnljns274 Год назад +1

      At the end his friend gets shot in a skit

  • @leeshawnklb
    @leeshawnklb 8 лет назад +4854

    They didn't really understand so what's the point😂😂

    • @leeshawnklb
      @leeshawnklb 8 лет назад +43

      Some of them

    • @asddjs4995
      @asddjs4995 4 года назад +7

      Leeshawn L. Brazeau i mean if you dont give me the context of TPAB i won't understand either

    • @hyunseoklee4027
      @hyunseoklee4027 4 года назад +14

      @@asddjs4995 even though u would give it a try right? I mean some of these ppl were just like 'oh god no'

    • @jadenspare
      @jadenspare 4 года назад +6

      asd djs you just have to listen to the lyrics and if you give up just use genius

  • @whyishow
    @whyishow 8 лет назад +2209

    I love how they don't quite get the commentary he's making on these things, i.e alcoholism and incarceration

    • @DTfan43
      @DTfan43 4 года назад +25

      I know this is a 4 year old comment, but David seemed to make that connection with Swimming Pools. Most real part of the video too.

    • @Huncho2x__
      @Huncho2x__ 3 года назад +3

      @@DTfan43 fr he look like he's not as close minded ass the rest of them

  • @MeSc72
    @MeSc72 4 года назад +2846

    “they’re always shootin somebody” sir who is THEY? 🧐

    • @ohv8550
      @ohv8550 3 года назад +109

      He probably meant gang members but he’s a boomer so you never know lmao

    • @autumnhd
      @autumnhd 3 года назад +186

      i think he's moreso referring to people in rap music videos, rather than any sort of racial connotation

    • @daisywhite9594
      @daisywhite9594 3 года назад +24

      Black ppl 💀

    • @Thatoneguy-fy5qh
      @Thatoneguy-fy5qh 3 года назад +34

      nah he talking about in almost every rap video they mention guns and such

    • @MY-KEL
      @MY-KEL 3 года назад +12

      He was talking about the police

  • @avery465
    @avery465 8 лет назад +737

    Yea can tell which ones shut him down as soon as they saw it was rap and which ones kept an open mind.

  • @BreBreSanaa
    @BreBreSanaa 8 лет назад +1114

    Why was I expecting them to be more openminded, they completely missed the point

    • @lxrxba
      @lxrxba 8 лет назад +18

      im so frustrated. I thought they would see the meaning of his art

    • @Clorox.Bleach
      @Clorox.Bleach 8 лет назад

      exactly

    • @2KJones
      @2KJones 8 лет назад +5

      +aditya yadav swimming pools is a deep song

    • @Pancakemarrige123
      @Pancakemarrige123 8 лет назад

      +Strider 91 dude what. you must not listent to kendrick.

    • @fourhorsemen9166
      @fourhorsemen9166 8 лет назад +7

      dinosaurs dont understand words man

  • @masterc315
    @masterc315 8 лет назад +2164

    Should of been a lyrical breakdown

  • @GOTTATOUCHMYSOUL
    @GOTTATOUCHMYSOUL 4 года назад +1035

    That black lady is always the most lost of the elders on here. She doesn't have a clueand I don't think she even tries to understand anything she just wants to be negative just because.

    • @Moonshine-papi
      @Moonshine-papi 4 года назад +107

      Okay but for real tho. She’s so closed minded.

    • @detroitaj3621
      @detroitaj3621 4 года назад +111

      Didn’t listen to one word Kendrick was saying in his song and it’s sad how she tried to be negative to a song that’s suppose to spread awareness

    • @weaponx2888
      @weaponx2888 4 года назад +65

      I can't get over the fact she complained about all the content in his music videos, commented that there's more black men in prison than in college without even understanding a single meaning behind any of his music.

    • @smeagle7381
      @smeagle7381 4 года назад +1

      @@weaponx2888 it’s not really helping that instead of trying to help her understand it y’all shun her therefore pushing her farther from the music and y’all act like there is some deeper meaning to his music when like j Cole there isn’t he pushes the meaning in your face.

    • @kekeh.5696
      @kekeh.5696 4 года назад +17

      @@smeagle7381 where is she, you know where she is so we can teach her??

  • @burakbasal1907
    @burakbasal1907 8 лет назад +581

    THE IGNORANCE OF THESE OLDIES IT HURTS

    • @YellawayHD
      @YellawayHD 8 лет назад +16

      were you really expecting anything else?

    • @rrivera497
      @rrivera497 8 лет назад +11

      What were you expecting from them? xD

    • @yallugly4317
      @yallugly4317 8 лет назад +9

      +Connor Marquez "Thug music" lmao at your ignorance.

    • @sea2thepea
      @sea2thepea 8 лет назад +2

      Ignorance is bliss...

    • @erm12341
      @erm12341 Год назад

      to be fair Kendrick lyrics are too dense and layered to be understood on first listening ,they should've at least explained it to them

  • @Teachinator
    @Teachinator 8 лет назад +965

    The lady in that grey blazer gets it bro. She actually understands how intentional he is.

    • @Amb252
      @Amb252 3 года назад +12

      She gets it

    • @emilal
      @emilal 2 года назад +36

      She can get it

    • @01TacocaT10
      @01TacocaT10 2 года назад +26

      @@emilal ayo 👀

    • @rosemoreno5110
      @rosemoreno5110 2 года назад +7

      Lady in the blazer called it a “drug house”

  • @macdub57
    @macdub57 4 года назад +625

    “We have more black guys in jail then in college” she turned her brain the whole time he was talking

    • @helloooo12012
      @helloooo12012 3 года назад +49

      To be fair they were only showed a few songs and probably had a hard time understanding the words

    • @skd_don
      @skd_don 3 года назад +5

      Exactly 🤦🏾‍♂️

  • @MIDA-Multi-Tool
    @MIDA-Multi-Tool 4 года назад +418

    2:31 "I've been too close to this kind of thing to appreciate it being good."
    THAT'S THE POINT. It's literally a song about peer pressure. How can you not understand this? (Unless she wasn't listening to a single lyric but the chorus)

    • @jessemojadoq6795
      @jessemojadoq6795 2 года назад +18

      A lot of the time it’s the trauma response to alcoholism. I don’t blame them, but it’s just repressed memory which isn’t too healthy.

    • @Ooqgy
      @Ooqgy 2 года назад +3

      @@jessemojadoq6795 it's healthy to talk about it, she's being unhealthy by holding it in and passing it to others.

    • @jessemojadoq6795
      @jessemojadoq6795 2 года назад +12

      @@Ooqgy everyone has different trauma responses.

    • @macdog1
      @macdog1 2 года назад

      @@jessemojadoq6795 However, these responses arent all equal in terms of whats conducive for ourselves and those around us... are they? ;)

    • @moneywalrus2069
      @moneywalrus2069 2 года назад +2

      some people have such poor memories related to alcohol that just smelling it makes them uneasy, so it's understandable and ok that she wouldn't want to open a dialogue about it.

  • @jaylanfall6026
    @jaylanfall6026 8 лет назад +547

    I got so frustrated when they didn't understand what he was singing about!

  • @MeechMadeItHappen
    @MeechMadeItHappen 8 лет назад +586

    They hear the music but they not listening

  • @SuperGreeny99
    @SuperGreeny99 8 лет назад +519

    They saw rap and instantly stereotyped it, shoulda listened more.

  • @prodmyle
    @prodmyle 4 года назад +312

    5:28 and they talk about our generation being disrespectful

  • @sisterdanielstolemyeditingtips
    @sisterdanielstolemyeditingtips 8 лет назад +881

    "typical rap"
    yikes yikes yikes

  • @JamesDrainer
    @JamesDrainer 8 лет назад +549

    they aint gonna understand kendrick the way your supposed to understand him, all of his music has a deep message that takes a very open mind to see the true message!

    • @turdferguson9452
      @turdferguson9452 8 лет назад +1

      Yeah they were listening to the sounds they were hearing. It's so much more than that through.

    • @username2748
      @username2748 2 года назад

      bro that doesnt matter lmao something can have a message and you can still not like the music

  • @backwoodcoup
    @backwoodcoup 8 лет назад +2656

    Out of all the songs you could've picked

    • @mhaetolentino7787
      @mhaetolentino7787 8 лет назад +284

      bruh I thought the same

    • @kh0357
      @kh0357 4 года назад +51

      alright is his best imo and king kunta is my guilty pleasure k dot song

    • @jgsource552
      @jgsource552 4 года назад +5

      @Alessandro Principe the only good one they showed was drown bruh... In terms of lyricism anyways.

    • @am_3508
      @am_3508 4 года назад +121

      Everymomentis1hp what? What the fuck? They showed songs from To Pimp a Butterfly, Swimming Pools is legit the least encrypted one, King Kunta is his view on the world and the industry as a black man making it through, Alright is about how even through all the oppression they’re going to make it out alright, Blacker the Berry is the biggest one and is what a lot of people consider his best song- it’s a look into black and black violence and how we can only take action on white and black violence once we figure how to settle gang violence and whatnot, and even if we go into rhyme patterns they’re significantly better compared to how they were in Swimming Pools during Good Kid Maad City

    • @lights432zzz8
      @lights432zzz8 4 года назад +2

      Fbe alwyaa picks the worst song lol

  • @dansingh1167
    @dansingh1167 8 лет назад +635

    When I heard swimming pool I instantly turned up the volume

    • @josephmerritt5815
      @josephmerritt5815 4 года назад +2

      I was more in tune with Alright and King Kunta but it’s coo.

    • @araagi5094
      @araagi5094 4 года назад

      Next up poolside identity

    • @Emmanuel44444
      @Emmanuel44444 4 года назад

      Favorite Kendrick song

    • @tia898
      @tia898 3 года назад

      Ong

  • @yafetmenghesha6491
    @yafetmenghesha6491 8 лет назад +314

    You can't just give the ELDERS a Kendrick song to listen to, without them reading the lyrics and appreciating the message of kendricks lyrics. Especially since they all are close minded to the type of music that Kendrick makes (Rap)

  • @Noirlore
    @Noirlore 8 лет назад +506

    Out of every Kendrick song they choose these two smdh

    • @adept.anderson
      @adept.anderson 8 лет назад +43

      right. If anything i would have shown the "Alright" video or something.

    • @Akond27
      @Akond27 8 лет назад

      3

    • @joshuathomas3381
      @joshuathomas3381 8 лет назад

      Ikr

    • @ririx7990
      @ririx7990 8 лет назад

      oh shame they did play alright.. but the music video is what I wanted

    • @Noirlore
      @Noirlore 8 лет назад +1

      +STURDY👺HERMIT alright, sing about me, blacker the berry, etc

  • @SuperAngryWalrus
    @SuperAngryWalrus 8 лет назад +695

    ELDERS READ KENDRICK LAMAR LYRICS

  • @joshuajuliansantos6344
    @joshuajuliansantos6344 4 года назад +292

    “The only Lamar I know is Lamar Odom” LMAOO WE ALL LOVE OUR FILIPINA AUNTIE

    • @romendeep833
      @romendeep833 3 года назад +1

      You mean tita

    • @Akira.Z77
      @Akira.Z77 2 года назад

      @@romendeep833 Pwede rin namang auntie

    • @marcusrougeau5347
      @marcusrougeau5347 4 месяца назад +1

      She said that shit so innocently I instantly came to the comments. The funniest shit ever. 😂😂😂How TF she know Lamar Odom tho😂😂😂

  • @michael-michellepratt4304
    @michael-michellepratt4304 8 лет назад +599

    "Oh it's typical rap"
    Oh no...just no...no

  • @akinrinmade00
    @akinrinmade00 8 лет назад +167

    2:56 shout to the only guy that actually WATCHED the video

  • @HeyLetsDoAThing
    @HeyLetsDoAThing 8 лет назад +462

    I feel like this may have been more substantial as a lyrics breakdown, specifically of Swimming Pools. I feel like they missed the point of a lot because they either couldn't understand it in one listen or were close minded to the genre from the jump.

  • @INK-MONO
    @INK-MONO 8 лет назад +401

    why does he want to turn the audio off, the song is amazing.

  • @joshuaconrady978
    @joshuaconrady978 8 лет назад +567

    lyric breakdown for Kendrick lamar for elders react

  • @octopoctapus9712
    @octopoctapus9712 8 лет назад +456

    0:56 "They're always shootin' somebody"

    • @hyunseoklee4027
      @hyunseoklee4027 4 года назад +2

      I mean at least he actually watched.

    • @swaggyprince5649
      @swaggyprince5649 4 года назад +75

      @@hyunseoklee4027 lmfao ya but the preconceptions towards black ppl r obviously present and that's sort of alarming

    • @hyunseoklee4027
      @hyunseoklee4027 4 года назад +31

      @@swaggyprince5649 100% and the preconceptions towards all hiphop and black music in general

    • @youcantbeatk7006
      @youcantbeatk7006 4 года назад

      Last night a police officer broke into my house and gunned down my family for being black. smh

    • @smeagle7381
      @smeagle7381 4 года назад +6

      @@hyunseoklee4027 y’all readin to deep in it he is right they are always shooting people in the music videos

  • @deearr2523
    @deearr2523 8 лет назад +197

    6:37- How frustrating to hear her say that when these are topics Kendrick Lamar writes about -_- Please redo this video.

    • @deguesstheboxingfan
      @deguesstheboxingfan 8 лет назад +26

      Seriously she wasn't even listening.

    • @WastedBananas
      @WastedBananas 8 лет назад

      awful artist thougj

    • @doaeonsafesdreamofheavyammo
      @doaeonsafesdreamofheavyammo 8 лет назад

      Yeah, but there has to be at least one person doing the most in all these videos

    • @nyahs6197
      @nyahs6197 8 лет назад +8

      "Would it be safe to say my intelligence is great relief and it's safe to say our next generation can maybe sleep with dreams of being lawyer or doctor instead of a boy with a chopper"

    • @vinay5807
      @vinay5807 8 лет назад

      One of the best song closers

  • @Lemon_Oppy
    @Lemon_Oppy 3 года назад +93

    I gotta disagree about the “he should rap about college”, Kendrick isn’t praising violence, he’s against it, he raps about gang violence as a warning he’s trying to uplift the community and this country, he has so much staying power and is a leader, it’s hard to see with only a few songs and not analyzing each album, so I digress

  • @lilfacade
    @lilfacade 3 года назад +189

    They were handed songs from two of the most beautifully crafted and most meaningful albums of all time but refused to be open minded because of the genre of music it was. I hope to god that when I grow old I do not have the same mentality these people do.

    • @lilfacade
      @lilfacade 3 года назад +10

      They should be given lyrical breakdowns of some of his songs so they can grasp the implications of Kendrick. Especially in situations like with the black woman when she was talking about how he doesn’t talk about black kids going to college.

    • @izzyy87
      @izzyy87 2 года назад +1

      FORREAL.

    • @ilovekendrickilovekendrick2962
      @ilovekendrickilovekendrick2962 2 года назад +1

      WE LOVE KENDRICK

    • @kennethromo8302
      @kennethromo8302 Год назад +2

      Ecco

  • @yawoelevn
    @yawoelevn 8 лет назад +261

    the problem is its kendrick..With kendrick its not about the music, its about the message and they werent even listen to the words.

    • @TehThespian
      @TehThespian 8 лет назад +29

      tbf, the older generation isn't really use to hearing a real message in hip hop. Most mainstream hip hop is filled with meaningless violence so thats what they expect.

    • @atomicvoid3549
      @atomicvoid3549 8 лет назад +1

      +TehThespian plus most of them don't even listen to hip hop in general

    • @lLe0nx3
      @lLe0nx3 8 лет назад

      +TehThespian what no lmao you clearly don't listen to hip hop. it was filled with glorifying meaningless violence more than a decade ago, then kanye changed everything.

    • @smilealwaysnatasha3423
      @smilealwaysnatasha3423 8 лет назад

      +TehThespian that's a lie. alot of older hip hop was all about message and substance.

    • @mi1125
      @mi1125 8 лет назад

      +Natasha AndCompany is right but so is +Yo Mama. Those two kinds of rap were the mainstream then. Like the core of it all.

  • @magicTapia99
    @magicTapia99 8 лет назад +420

    they dont understand his message

  • @silver5465
    @silver5465 4 года назад +459

    "They're always shooting somebody"
    Yikes.

    • @ortox409
      @ortox409 4 года назад +1

      IKR 😂

    • @matthewuzhere
      @matthewuzhere 3 года назад +83

      yeah tbh a lot of their language is very clearly racially charged, I’m a little surprised they even posted this video

    • @jack-qs3ng
      @jack-qs3ng 3 года назад +2

      How stupid are you?!??! When the last time u watched a rap video and there wasn’t reference to guns

    • @Maria-ls2vf
      @Maria-ls2vf 3 года назад +16

      I’m pretty sure he didn’t mean it like that

    • @infernoking8407
      @infernoking8407 3 года назад +3

      he didn’t mean it like that haha

  • @squizzyrecka
    @squizzyrecka 3 года назад +156

    Funny how the black lady with the pink shirt is saying all the things she doesn't like about things but simultaneously agreeing with kendrick without knowing it 🤣

  • @Varun616
    @Varun616 8 лет назад +172

    5:30 "It's typical rap"
    Oh, the ignorance.

    • @g0dfart3r
      @g0dfart3r 8 лет назад

      He's right. Kendrick Lamar's rap might have a deep message, but it also has the cars and motorcycles, the women and the attitude other rap video clips have.

    • @Varun616
      @Varun616 8 лет назад +9

      ThatAverageGuy But the music is not about all that.

    • @g0dfart3r
      @g0dfart3r 8 лет назад

      enlessdreams It's not, however, Lamar uses the symbols I mentioned earlier to sell his content and that is very average.
      Besides, the message isn't that great.

    • @g0dfart3r
      @g0dfart3r 8 лет назад

      ***** Yes, I agree completely with you.

    • @aaronnewman7573
      @aaronnewman7573 8 лет назад +5

      Right elders can be wise but they can also be very simple minded

  • @jadainefraser7101
    @jadainefraser7101 8 лет назад +539

    This time was wasted on the elderly. They missed the point by a longshot, I'm literally frustrated bc they missed it

    • @MaJJandSoYa
      @MaJJandSoYa 8 лет назад

      truth

    • @TTopixx
      @TTopixx 8 лет назад +1

      Me 2

    • @marksaunders7618
      @marksaunders7618 8 лет назад

      visit my soundcloud bruh
      soundcloud.com/marksaunders-sounds/hunger-games-prod-jhitz

    • @davidgutierrez2620
      @davidgutierrez2620 8 лет назад

      They should this again

    • @_Cato_
      @_Cato_ 8 лет назад

      What is the message? I genuinely want to know.

  • @elipanga1840
    @elipanga1840 Год назад +25

    “they’re always shooting somebody” is crazy

  • @kristianorella2468
    @kristianorella2468 8 лет назад +276

    you guys missed the point of Kendrick's music...

  • @maxii95
    @maxii95 8 лет назад +430

    Oh the ignorance

  • @MichelleOkineMusic
    @MichelleOkineMusic 8 лет назад +133

    Can you please do a lyric breakdown for, essentially, ANY of his songs. The words are the must important part and exactly what makes Kendrick so unique.

  • @BobBob-zj4vx
    @BobBob-zj4vx 8 лет назад +581

    Kendrick lamar is the best and that song

  • @Johncornwell103
    @Johncornwell103 8 лет назад +218

    I find it weird that they focused on the video and not the actual message in the video.

    • @noble20xx56
      @noble20xx56 8 лет назад +2

      Yeah...I knew that was going to happen.

    • @chance2988
      @chance2988 8 лет назад

      you are so right

    • @sippiee
      @sippiee 8 лет назад

      ikr

    • @OkCare1786
      @OkCare1786 8 лет назад +1

      well a few of them did say that they couldn't follow what he was saying

    • @landon6054
      @landon6054 8 лет назад

      Exactly. Kendricks music is about meaning and messages. And if you understand the message than the video is easier to understand.

  • @BobBob-zj4vx
    @BobBob-zj4vx 8 лет назад +851

    Ladies and gentlemen that's music

  • @KingSquirtle999
    @KingSquirtle999 8 лет назад +219

    theyre so out of touch none of them recognized kendricks poetry

    • @danhopalot
      @danhopalot 8 лет назад +4

      It's kind of understandable though, I'm only 27, I can't say for sure that i'll be in touch with new music and culture when I'm their age.

    • @danhopalot
      @danhopalot 8 лет назад

      Yeh can't argue with that. One of them even asked for captions haha

    • @ieatgold
      @ieatgold 8 лет назад +6

      I like how everyone says they're so out of touch and missed the point, but the only parts they can understand are the lines that are slow. so how can they receive the message when they are unable to understand what's being said? like the one said, they needed captions lol

  • @fraserwatsn
    @fraserwatsn 2 года назад +102

    “They’re always shooting somebody” - 👴🏻

    • @JeffVaderVEVO
      @JeffVaderVEVO 2 года назад +2

      It’s cuz rap music videos usually have shooting in it it’s not cuz of race

    • @Rungusman69
      @Rungusman69 2 месяца назад +3

      @@JeffVaderVEVOu know damn right what he meant stop making excuses for ignorance

    • @JeffVaderVEVO
      @JeffVaderVEVO 2 месяца назад

      @@Rungusman69 I wouldn’t take it too seriously

  • @SkrappyQ
    @SkrappyQ 8 лет назад +74

    It's a shame they don't get to see the deeper side of these songs, Kendrick tells amazing stories in his songs.

    • @number3665
      @number3665 8 лет назад +2

      I was hoping the brothers would tell them the deeper meaning in detail of his songs like Swimming Pools. But a few of the elders caught on themselves so I liked that.

  • @nickboards5132
    @nickboards5132 8 лет назад +98

    "well it's typical rap" lol whatttt

  • @ssmaamam
    @ssmaamam 4 года назад +165

    "I like music with melodies." Erm...

  • @lastexuberant6379
    @lastexuberant6379 8 лет назад +696

    elders react to filthyfrank

  • @MrGuanaco
    @MrGuanaco 8 лет назад +22

    0:57 "They're always shootin' somebody"
    BOIII.

  • @MaelahJ
    @MaelahJ 8 лет назад +232

    Since they can't understand what Kendrick is saying then have them react to panda by designed lol but I would like for them to redo this video.

  • @willpratt3460
    @willpratt3460 8 лет назад +2588

    elders react to j cole

  • @BenjiB-
    @BenjiB- 8 лет назад +1435

    React to J Cole please!!!

  • @basedgodbill
    @basedgodbill 8 лет назад +146

    I feel like they were stereo typo him just because it's was rap music

  • @g1945acp
    @g1945acp 8 лет назад +128

    They're Very Close Minded

    • @harukananase9826
      @harukananase9826 8 лет назад +6

      They grew up with gramophones and acoustics guitars, cut them some slack, I think fir their generation their VERY open minded

    • @MrAstrothousand98
      @MrAstrothousand98 8 лет назад

      I have no idea what he said

  • @Diva1555
    @Diva1555 8 лет назад +115

    They completely missed the point.

  • @MIDA-Multi-Tool
    @MIDA-Multi-Tool 4 года назад +18

    4:12
    Was really interesting to me. His tone made it seem like he was about to say, "but..." but he didn't. He kinda realized mid-sentence that he didn't have anything else to add.

  • @dabombofstuff8023
    @dabombofstuff8023 8 лет назад +183

    Underwhelming video. They barely talked about or listened to his lyrics.

    • @daviddalton8861
      @daviddalton8861 8 лет назад +1

      Not like you can really make out most of the words, tho.

    • @salimkaka2235
      @salimkaka2235 8 лет назад +1

      +David Dalton i can...easily lol

    • @denique_x
      @denique_x 8 лет назад +2

      they couldnt understand what he was even saying

    • @BrieoRobino
      @BrieoRobino 8 лет назад

      +jesse they did that in another video.

  • @dejanicole8179
    @dejanicole8179 8 лет назад +228

    They just dont understand at all 😔

    • @dejanicole8179
      @dejanicole8179 8 лет назад +9

      Manee and i expected her to actually know something about him but ig not

    • @deankahler465
      @deankahler465 8 лет назад

      Theus elders react to Y.G. from the west side

    • @TwoJZ_
      @TwoJZ_ 8 лет назад

      Yep

    • @SA-zf4yx
      @SA-zf4yx 8 лет назад

      Rap ain't for everybody

    • @cinnadidthat5055
      @cinnadidthat5055 8 лет назад

      +Somaya Ahmed you're right

  • @Ronda_6
    @Ronda_6 8 лет назад +80

    I agree, elders should do a lyrical breakdown of blacker the berry!!!!

  • @redhood8030
    @redhood8030 8 лет назад +1358

    Do elders react to schoolboy q please

  • @bigboiigg
    @bigboiigg 8 лет назад +131

    Why didn't y'all tell the meaning of the song like King Kunta about Kunta kenta or about how drinking controls you and it's about his family

  • @whatevernevermind9543
    @whatevernevermind9543 8 лет назад +217

    Why wouldn't you do How Much A Dollar Cost? Or something very deep?

    • @connorp7863
      @connorp7863 8 лет назад +6

      They already have...

    • @mehtra7395
      @mehtra7395 8 лет назад +7

      some recommended lyrical breakdowns:
      - ALL OF TPAB
      - The Art Of Peer Pressure
      - Tammy's/Keisha's Song
      - Swimming Pools
      (add some more if you may, the only ones i couldve thought of)

    • @WastedBananas
      @WastedBananas 8 лет назад

      too much corn

    • @ruthbaderzim
      @ruthbaderzim 8 лет назад

      yeah i knowww

    • @mehtra7395
      @mehtra7395 8 лет назад

      +Wolf Outlaw wut?

  • @livvylope8430
    @livvylope8430 8 лет назад +54

    SOOO MANY EYEROLLS WHEN THEY SAID "typical rap"

  • @sankalpyadav66
    @sankalpyadav66 4 года назад +564

    This makes me hate the boomers even more lol

    • @anthonydecarolis2912
      @anthonydecarolis2912 4 года назад +31

      Hey man it's to each their own, you can't force old people to like something you like

    • @valve6642
      @valve6642 4 года назад +14

      Heyyyyy I'm in my 60s and I LOVE Kendrick, esp that Grammy performance! That was the ish! www.theverge.com/2016/2/15/11004624/grammys-2016-watch-kendrick-lamar-perform-alright-the-blacker-the-berry

    • @josephmerritt5815
      @josephmerritt5815 4 года назад +35

      Anthony Decarolis they don’t have to like it. It’s just they underestimate the talent these artists have. And instead of listening to the meaning of it they just pay attention to the explicit stuff. The flow, style, and wordplay these artists have is countless and amazing. But they don’t pay attention to it. And they like to say their music is better when it just talks about the same shit over and over. Their music hasn’t progressed any. That’s why it’s called 50’s and 60’s music. Because it was a part of that decade and it never progressed. They just made new genres. The only genres that progressed any were Rock and Country. But even those didn’t change and venture as far as Rap did. Rap is by far the most open minded, creative, talented type of music, yet people like to call it vulgar and say they don’t understand anything. It’s ok not to like it but when you bring it down even tho it’s more superior to other genres, like the ones they like, it’s not factual. They don’t have to like it from a personal level, but when they talk about it on a public and general level and say some negative shit about it that isnt even true it gets me frustrated. Cuz they were taught and even just learned to hate it, and ofc there’s the stereotypes that people say. Which also aren’t even true. But that’s just my opinion. It’s not like it’s gonna change anything, but that’s the point I’m trynna get through to you.

    • @offdazaza2769
      @offdazaza2769 4 года назад +1

      @histroy very much

    • @tia898
      @tia898 3 года назад

      Right

  • @whyaskmenoely25
    @whyaskmenoely25 8 лет назад +140

    what a wasted opportunity

    • @ninefolk
      @ninefolk 8 лет назад

      ikr

    • @Comenter0999
      @Comenter0999 8 лет назад +5

      I know they didn't get anything or even try to Really listen to was he's saying

  • @Deebarca4
    @Deebarca4 8 лет назад +25

    2:14 this woman is always the cutest in elders react

  • @alexgunter968
    @alexgunter968 8 лет назад +548

    Elders react to JOEYBADA$$!!

  • @kiankalantar641
    @kiankalantar641 4 года назад +12

    "I've been too close to this kind of thing to appreciate it" THAT'S THE POINT

  • @ramonthompson2629
    @ramonthompson2629 8 лет назад +122

    These elders didn't listen to one word Kendrick Said.

  • @andrewwarman1459
    @andrewwarman1459 8 лет назад +39

    5:40 " Why can't they come up with something clean?" Next Elders React to Lecrae.

  • @sophie-jq3go
    @sophie-jq3go 8 лет назад +472

    they should react to j-cole

  • @ZemHaz
    @ZemHaz 4 года назад +57

    0:59 they always shooting somebody said the white guy lmao

  • @slowpokely7458
    @slowpokely7458 8 лет назад +130

    She didn't understand the Grammy performance😑

  • @BallKnower
    @BallKnower 8 лет назад +52

    KING KENDRICK

  • @DejaMiru
    @DejaMiru 8 лет назад +28

    6:27 "they got jails.. when did we ever get away from that" lol. thats the point. how can we 'talk about progressing' when it barely seems like there's progress at all.

  • @subasudavid3370
    @subasudavid3370 3 года назад +31

    When that grandpa said 'It's just typical rap' I just became really mad

  • @colddaily1
    @colddaily1 8 лет назад +58

    They don't Kendrick vision justice on this. One guy said, "It was typical rap." Yea okay.

  • @Swifty3XD
    @Swifty3XD 8 лет назад +157

    ELDERS REACT TO JCOLE: TALE OF 2 CITIES, CROOKED SMILE & NO ROLE MODELS!!!!

  • @clampgod6193
    @clampgod6193 8 лет назад +664

    Elders react to J Cole

  • @hzylife9964
    @hzylife9964 8 лет назад +4842

    ELDERS REACT TO LOGIC