An English Professor On Kendrick Lamar’s “FEAR.” | Genius News
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Kendrick Lamar is arguably one of the most talented lyricists in hip-hop. He’s shown his versatility time and time again, notably on projects like 2017’s 'DAMN.' The album gave fans a number of notable tracks, especially songs like “FEAR.,” where Kendrick explores three different periods of his life at ages 7, 17, and 27.
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Genius is desperate for a kendrick album
Aren't we all
@@Mankiratsinghsehra yes lol
We all are
Bruh my spotify playlist is desperate for more Kendrick
Shit I am too 😂
Bro till this day I listen to the song.
Kendrick is the modern Shakespeare
Genius got 7 million plus subscribers. nice
From the day I heard FEAR I was waiting for it’s break down
If you want to know more about the album. Listen to "Dissect Podcast" they do an amazing job breaking down the album from start to finish in depth.
Kdot a genius and a cemented legend
Assonance is manipulating word to sound the same basically
I remember I wrote about FEAR in 8th grade.
people really out here pressed on some random shit that ain't even bout the video 💀
I wanna study Kendrick in uni ong
The name of the title shouldve been, “Kendrick breaks down an English professor”
Kendrick makes English Professor break down
This is a 10/10 comment
He's not an English professor, he's just some white dude who wants to fork black and asian girls. 😅
I understand why Kendrick doesn't drop every year. Must be hard to carry the whole rap game on your back.
Fax
Yk cole exists right
Why can't two legends coexist tho
@@zelosspro1406 I know that very well sir. And Cole is a hell of an artist too. Kendrick is special man. Kendrick is unique and in my eyes there can never be another one
@@hansonlangi4347 they can but unfortunately not on Kendricks level. In Rap yes. Kendrick is just too unique there's something about Kendrick man.
People are still breaking down this album 3 years later. Kdot definately deserved that Pulitzer Price.
And people have the nerve to say this album wasn't classic
@@sebastiancastellon6439 pulitzer doesn't work like that. its not the grammys
Prize not price
Sebastian Castellon Theyre both amazing albums. Damn just happened to be the one to get the recognition
Sebastian Castellon Tpab is by far the superior album over Damn
I was there at the beginning of hip hop, man that Aristoteles guy really came with them bars back in 330 B.C
😂😂😂 idk why this was so funny.
Remember his track with socraTeez
Both FEAR and FEEL are extremely underrated imo
FEEL 🔥
orrin moore FEEL is my favorite song on DAMN- so powerful
and PRIDE
Edward Vera I know it’s not a popular opinion but PRIDE. is my favorite Kendrick song. FEAR. is also such a great song. Kendrick is hands down the most talented hip-hop artist of our generation imo
FEEL. is my favorite there. i resonate with it
I hope he drops something this year
He is, he's going to try a mix of rap and rock, it was on google news, Broo I was hyped
W
@@man-manson1999 Yea I saw!! But I can't believe anything if it doesn't come from him u feel me? 😂
@@kyrieirving7524 Its been confirmed that he will release a rock influenced album
@Fuck da world hip hop and rock are kind of the same thing. I was gonna say something about your knowledge but you should listen to Rage Against The Machine I think you'll see what's up.
You know a rapper is a genius when you need a professor to break down his lyrics
-*_#JAYLYNSHEA_* -*_#JAYLYNSHEA_* -*_#JAYLYNSHEA_*
⬆You might wanna click that shit tbh⬆
We supporting independent art this decade or hell nah 😢
@darktemplarlifestyle it's not a trend bro....Kendrick's lyrics are too poetic that need someone smart to expose the meaning behind it
They literally just did a video on cartis baby voice a few months ago...
@darktemplarlifestyle you just mad there's no teacher breaking down Eminem's shit.
@@absurdturk Sorry to respond to you again, but I would say it's worth noting that:
He uses different voices for expressing different character viewpoints.
He has rapped much more profound lyrics;
The poetry doesn't have to be all complex all the time. I'm not making an excuse for crappy lyrics- I don't like YAH and LOYALTY very much- but a rapper like Kendrick using blunt language is more than likely a device for expressing emotion, as later in the song the lyrics get more "serious", I guess. I don't know.
“Arguably one of the best rappers in the game?”
No, THE best in the game.
Mr. Splashman77 Get out of here
@Mr. Splashman77 look we love Cole but the difference between him and Kendrick is insane. It's not a fair comparison. Kendrick is one of a kind. Cole is such a generic rapper
Mr. Splashman77 boi get yo ass out of here
Don't forget your rapper's favourite rapper, with all caps VILLAIN
Um. 3stacks isnt out of the game yet. I'd still give Kenny top 5 honor role tho.
years later and he got ppl still speaking about his album, what a genius
It doesn't matter if a Kendrick song are 3 years 5 years or 10 years old you will still find another meaning if you listening to it again
@@marvelousegbo7048 honestly. I always used to listen to section 80 and going back to it now I understand more and the music changes as we change.
Marketing
People still listen to 2pac so
@darktemplarlifestyle you talking like there was no illuminati back then
I took me 3 years to realize he listed 17 ways to die at the age of 17
I didn’t even realize this.
this comment was close to making me puke Kendrick is too good for even himself atp
He loves using numbers in his bars, like obv the famous example, 23 things in his DNA, like the pairs of chromosomes in DNA
I’m today years old.
Which song?
Because he’s actually talking about something meaningful.
Most fans think rhyming random stuff sounds cool but anybody can say “several door, metal floors, special dwarves, mental cores”. It takes a real musician to utilize rhymes and literary tactics to convey a significant message.
What's the meaning behind that message you just said
No one actually thinks this lmfao.
Cant lie that shit was fire you NEED to get in the studio lol nah... but I agree 100%
@@legmeat1673 Eminem stans act otherwise
@@sontho6995 like Darkness isn't one of the most powerful tracks to ever be made
Yall just stay hating
Name one Drake song that deserves a video like this? Just one
Lmfaooo facts
Maybe Tuscan leather.
Fire but no... also who wrote it...@@FirstBorn__
Toosie slide😂😂😂
@@deseandukes5375 💀 goat
Good luck Drake😂😂😂😂
this comment aged very well 😂😂😂
@@iamahmed6 😂😂😂 he tried he failed All Hail Hip Hope King Kunta
I want a new Kendrick album man
Everybody agree
Ashatron Clouthier the Cole and Kendrick album would be dope
nope, i'm done. all you losers do is hate on an autistic 11 year old trying to have fun. the world can burn bye bye.
No, I dont agree
I NEED a new Kendrick album
@@jamalfromcompton3882 ?
Our prayers have been answered.
That shit hits even harder when it's broken down like this, DAMN
2024 kendrick buried Drake in their rap battle.
he hasn’t dropped an album since i was a freshman and now i already know what college i’m going to next year
Last time he dropped I was in my final year of middle school, I might be a senior in high school by the time he drops... and I'll be bumpin the shit as soon as it drops
Lmao true and I'm going to College this year, but apparently he's dropping something this year.
rubberbans fou svn Crazy, how time flies.
Was about to graduate from HS when Damn dropped. Now I’m bout to graduate in College end of this semester.
3 years
Damn I’m a freshmen in college
They not like us..
FEAR is one of the best HipHop song ever💯💯
😂😂😂😂
@@dakidrush1244 but it is tho
I love this song, kinda underrated
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm laughing at your azz
beat is really weak imo. "U" is far better in conveying "fear" than the beat on "Fear". But lyrically, it really gives us a very introspective perspective of the human condition and where we get our fear from. The fact that we get it from early childhood and are told to fear everything because of the consequences
Can we all just agree the _whole_ album except HUMBLE. and DNA. are underrated?
No. DNA is insane. It’s very popular, but also perfectly rated. I’m not a huge fan of humble though
@@WyWidI would argue that HUMBLE. is a perfect diss, popular, and Big Sean knows its directed at him.
@@destroyer3266 i like humble now. It’s grown on me again after the three years
I cried listening to fear multiple times. Man that was a piece of art
lol so funny laugh at the autistic kid hahah jokes jokes fuck you
that song reminded me at a point in time to just trust God. Fear was takin away that day and it was only a couple days ago.
@@ezekielmirabal4712 Hope you are feeling better, brother. I listened to this song after a long time and just broke down crying. Times are hard.
HIGHLY reccommend Dissect podcast if you enjoyed this vid.
I just noticed that yesterday on spotify. Planning on watching tonight. Which album do you recommend first?
Chris Assassin I recommend the latest season DAMN. The season just finished this week. Enjoy!
Big ups ma boi Cole
@@adesuwa5111 thanks
@Alfred Olsen I already started with damn, I'm on episode 3 but i have seen all of the kendrick breakdowns on the most unruly. Guy is incredible
I’m really done with calling Kendrick the best rapper of all time, he really is something deeper, and more impactful, something like a poet and a teacher
facts
He’s my daddy
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
These fans crazy
crodie did not think it through
who else witnessed the history when you just leave the room after hearing the “Not Like Us” just to hear “meet the grahams” being played in the other room, HISTORY!
"This repetition of phrases like "why god?" And "I beat yo ass"
Kendrick is 100 percent generational. The product speaks for itself.
Im glad that at least in the future literature would be Soo much fun to study.
Yeah, kids reading rap lyrics😂
I like to imagine that in the future they would look back at rap like we would look back onto classical music and poetry.
SAI KISHORE It is fun to study literature now, too. If you break the mould and decide to educate yourself. Sure AF a lot more interesting than dabbing, popping xan and listening to trap all day. Lol
In the future people won't give a shit. Just like we don't care about anything with the word classical in it. They'll be listening to some AI generated Quantum Trans-Funk or some shit.
Great TEACHERS incorporate GREAT STORIES👉🏽My presentation in High School was the Comparison of Julius Caesar & Adolf Hitler🗣️SH(OUT) to
Ms. Fields my 9th grade English Teacher👉🏽1986
From:G🐝
FEEL. Is so underrated. Masterpiece.
Agreed
Yes
Kendrick Lamar is a great example of what a good lyricist and technical rapper means. It's not about writing a 1000 rhymes in a row or rapping too damn fast to be understood. It's about writing ryhmes that are technically superior but still convey meaning, emotion, story and lessons. FEAR is the best song in this album in my opinion.
The song is Longer than the video😂😂😂😂
Kendrick probably the only modern rapper English teachers respect
Fellow Commenter Define modern
I think it comes really down to does that teacher like or at least ok with listening to hip hop. Like a good English teacher can teach their class poetry from any genre be it rock,rap, or even country music.
Fellow Commenter my high school teachers liked J Cole and various other rappers from the past. I think it’s just based on the teacher
Naw. We fuck with Aesop Rock just as much.
*Lupe* _The Real Sensei_ *Fiasco* 👑👨🏿🏫
Enough said
Who is here after "Not Like Us" 👑 📢
Fear and untitled 5 are two songs of Kendrick’s I keep on repeat
Kendrick was dropping jewels on this album. He was trying to tell black people that they are the lost children of Israel. This goes over most people heads. Nas did the same thing back in 96 with It Was Written and again in 2001 with Stillmatic. I respect the hell out of Kendrick for this.
Mexicans too nas and Kendrick are prophets i wanna be just like them
@@iRaven-_- Idolize only God.
@@iRaven-_- idolize God bro
Ehh, I honestly wish kendrick wasn't into that religious BS. There is no such thing as "lost children of israel".
that professor literally said nothing of substance.
Eli Jabar finally someone
Feel like they caught him from a another video. These seem like snippets of an actual video.
Connecting K.Dot to Aristotle was pretty cool
This dude is probably going nuts over the Kendrick and Drake beef right now
FEAR. has always been my favourite song off DAMN. and it's no wonder. His mastering of numerous literary techniques is extremely admirable.
Mine too. Nobody around me gets if tho, I don’t know why!
Legend has it Kendrick learned the art of anaphoras from master Lil Pump.
Lol
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This is the first time we actually needed a English Professor
This is actually the best song on the album lyrically. The amount of subtle meanings actually needed a professor to break it down. We should be learning about rap in english class instead of fucking Shakespeare and his pointless romanticism. Whoever sets up the curriculum should add in things that will be relevant to people in modern times.
My top 6 favourite songs in order:
1. DNA
2. FEAR
3. HUMBLE
4. DUCKWORTH
5. LOVE
6. ELEMENT
Careful there bud, a lot of English teachers realize this, and by your logic you’re saying that we should’ve all skipped that lecture on who Langston Hughes was? That little part at 2:40, it’s important to know all forms of literature, that’s pretty much the whole point of this video
I think poets were rappers before rappers. That rhyme style with cryptic messages that mean different things to different people that's what modern lyrical rappers do.
Pride is easily the best song on the album
What about feel
Lorenzo Pardo thank you lol
Drake shouldve known... Or maybe watched this video before dissing KENNY...😂
This song and sing about me are the best ones imo
I can't agree more
How Much A Dollar Cost?
U or Institutionalized as well. At least from my perspective.
Somehow I feel like he didn't get enough credit for this Album... It's not a classic or something but it sure is a great album imo
Yeah a Grammy and Pulitzer aren't enough... Unless you are sarcastic
Bruh this is a classic. As time passes you're gonna look at it and see it is a classic.
I'd say its a classic considering its awards, meaning and how great it sounds for a modern day hip hop album with the level of depth it has. We ain't getting master pieces like this that often in hip hop
i dont care for the album much but it will undeniably be viewed as a classic
@ni ck I agree! That's exactly what I was trying to say
stop putting the humble video in every goddamn resting moment
B roll footage
If you guys want the whole albums broken down there’s a podcast called “dissect” one of the best podcasts I’ve listened to
FEAR is such a good song. So Underated. its my best after "God"
FEEL
Kendrick is a refreshing artist to hear from in todays hip hop landscape
Anaphoras and Alliterations are basically the throw away points in an exam when it comes to "Find a stylistic device in the text." questions. You have to be a real Shakespeare to find them.
My favorite song is GOD. !
Whole album is amazing
He wrote the album, that's it. He didn't even think that he rhymed like Aristotle or someone else or that he used some poetic tools. It's more like a stream of consciousness and not something you construct using different tools
Mr4Step4 Aristotle and the rest of them philosophers were taught by Africans anyway...so it’s in K. Dots DNA.
How do you know?
Joe Joe Sounds like you are bothered by the truth....World history, ancient philosophy is Afrikan history...first civilizations come from where...(Do you know???)
@@rlgreenleaf2112 I wasn't replying to you. If you'll look at my original comment, you'll notice your username is not next to it, indicating that my comment was directed towards someone else.
this is wrong lol rappers definitely use literary tools consciously
If only y’all knew the amount of inspiration I’d have if my English teacher played Kendrick every morning instead of npr radio
😂
This guy needs to teach a college course on his raps
King Kendrick the poet
This song is amazing. Like Kendrick is an actual goat. A beautiful poet
DAMN is one of the best albums ever made. In any genre. And I don't say that likely. It's a modern day masterpiece in my eyes. It will be forever on my Turntable, Phone, PC, Mac, and in my head. 10/10. Horribly overlooked.
6:12 he IS the best rapper in the game
Why does the author sound like he recorded on a microwave
Kendrick is my favourite rapper. He inspires me to make my own music.
Then you must make some pretty good music
David Massawa not really lol
David Massawa we can only hope to make music as good as Kendrick lol
That shirt is hard af
this is his best song ever
This man is the greatest writer of this generation regardless of genre‼️
shawn cee: "KeNDriCk IsN't InFlUENTaiL......."
Dylan Dee. Fuck Cee he ain’t know shit
Kendrick influenced David Bowie’s last album
M 360 tell Shawn Cee that chief don’t have to take it up with us
Drewettski88 he don’t reply
M 360 unlucky might as well watch my latest video and leave a nice comment and I’ll reply instead 😍
Adopting and adapting ideas and practices from different mediums and different forms to elevate your work in your specific area. That's smart and applicable to anyone's work
When he started saying “better not” it just remind me of when i was younger and how my mom was just expecting alot from me at a young age like if i had done this shit before.
We all joke that teachers will analyze rap songs in the future.
Never knew it would actually happen
You dont need a professor to break it down,they just using him for marketing
Ok with a breakdown like this I see how justified the Politzer was.
If you guys kendrick/music analysis I definitely would recommend listening to the dissect podcast! The season breaks down the entire album like by like and putting it into context def recommend
Nobody:
English professor: Takes three years to break down Kendricks song
Glad he doesn't and takes the time to drop all time classics, consistently.
Fear was my favorite song off the album. It hit so close to home.
6:12 did she just say that Kenny is “ARGUABLY one of the best rappers in the game”?! The fuck he’s been unarguably THE best in the game for a long time
Arguably the GOAT! Look at the mans catalog
Best Kendrick album.
GKMC >>>>> DAMN
Uno2000 TPAB>>>>>>>>GKMC>>>>>>>>Damn
@@nagboinfi fax💯
@@bp8300 TPAB>GKMC=DAMN=Section 80
@@bp8300 check out Dissect Podcast DAMN. is super deep
Beautiful album from the genius himself. Hope he drops a project when it's ready
Been saying this for years.
This 3 years old my boy
@@RoccoKergoThat doesn't change their opinion th
the fuck do you mean "arguably" "one of" the best rappers in the game? lol like right now? cmon yo, theres better emcees but not better rappers. and definitely not anyone more artistic
It's 2020 and I thought Iwas the only one still a Sucker for DAMN.
Genius thanks for this 🤧
Kendrick needs to stop fucking around. It's been a drought in the mainstream I damn near live in the underground at this point.
Long live kungfu Kenny
DAMN was great. During my masters I had to break down a poem, album or song. I used *Miss America* from J.Cole and a few songs from K.Dot as well (mostly how the album told the downfall story when played one way, then redemption, when played the other) .
Some people have a way with words that are seemingly of divine influence.
FEAR was by far my favorite song on DAMN.
DAMN>Kanyes new album
Did she say "arguable one of the best rappers in the game"??? Nobody is even close
4:44 i thought the lyric was "I'll prolly die because the *east* colors are standing out"...whoops
0:08 “which showed his most impressive lyricism and flows”
*shows the worst of the lyrics and the flows
Kendrick ❤️
Maf Prity dawg rapping ain’t for everybody just quit now
he's a poet, modern day Shakespeare
One of the best song writers in history. 3 wonderfully crafted albums.