This song is so legendary... since I turned off my RUclips notifications to finish my homework I forgot what your channel was called so I looked for the reactions to this song to rediscover your channel lol
I’m really enjoying your videos. I’m currently looking through all of your K.dod (Kendrick Lamar) reaction videos. I’m a big fan of hip-hop (and an artist myself) and it’s always fun to watch people who are new to the genre listen to it. There is quite the learning curve to understanding the double entendres in the lyrics, the slang and of course the context. For instance, this song is about alcohol abuse, but the album is a concept album. In the place of the album this song is actually him being influenced by his friends and it precedes a moment before he and his friends end up involved in a drive-by shooting resulting in one of their deaths which actually leads them to a moment of making a spiritual renewal and finding Faith in Christ. But even deeper than THAT, is the fact that this song sounds like a drinking anthem. That would be very common in modern hip-hop at the time, so the fact that this song is actually social commentary about the destructive and common nature of alcoholism within the culture serves as a bit of a trojan horse to proclaim a message of health. There were even remixes by other artists made that were more about drinking than sobering up. lol But you would only get that impact if you were in the culture itself or at least speaking with someone who understands the context. Either way, I love hip-hop as a culture and the art that comes from it and welcome you into this space and thank you for your commentary and content!
That was my first real rap song reaction (can't count Bubblin' by A Paak). And a year later I'm still struggling to get the meaning of a lot of it. But commentors, like yourself and friends help me out somewhat. Still so much to learn...
@@MusicReaction That's part of the beauty of the genre! I hope you're enjoying the ride! I got into hip-hop when I was probably 12 or so, and I remember how it was at first. It's a fun journey!
oh you should re act to that Wap song by cardi B. Id heard about it, so i checked it out. I should have recorded my reaction lolz... I looked around to make sure my daughter was not in the vicinity!!!!
i saw you reacted to anderson paak bubblin which the song was ok but he has better tunes. i suggest reacting to his album Malibu the first track the bird is an amazing opening track
yo I like your reactions, would you be down to do a reaction video to one of my videos? just don't put me on blast lol hmu on IG @_benfly if you want to collaborate. i would share your video with all my fans and I have like 18k followers so that would be some good exposure for you too.
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I appreciate the fact that you didn’t call out the n word in the hook and you liked the message that gets passed throughout the whole song. Keep up!
Cheers Buddy. I just think it's not my place to criticise that word choice as I'm an outsider.
This song is so legendary... since I turned off my RUclips notifications to finish my homework I forgot what your channel was called so I looked for the reactions to this song to rediscover your channel lol
Nice one Uncle G! I must revisit this soon.
More Kendrick Lamar please
Within the week, I promise.
kendrick lamar: alright
Dropping another Kendrick song in about 3 hours...
I’m really enjoying your videos. I’m currently looking through all of your K.dod (Kendrick Lamar) reaction videos. I’m a big fan of hip-hop (and an artist myself) and it’s always fun to watch people who are new to the genre listen to it.
There is quite the learning curve to understanding the double entendres in the lyrics, the slang and of course the context. For instance, this song is about alcohol abuse, but the album is a concept album. In the place of the album this song is actually him being influenced by his friends and it precedes a moment before he and his friends end up involved in a drive-by shooting resulting in one of their deaths which actually leads them to a moment of making a spiritual renewal and finding Faith in Christ.
But even deeper than THAT, is the fact that this song sounds like a drinking anthem. That would be very common in modern hip-hop at the time, so the fact that this song is actually social commentary about the destructive and common nature of alcoholism within the culture serves as a bit of a trojan horse to proclaim a message of health. There were even remixes by other artists made that were more about drinking than sobering up. lol But you would only get that impact if you were in the culture itself or at least speaking with someone who understands the context.
Either way, I love hip-hop as a culture and the art that comes from it and welcome you into this space and thank you for your commentary and content!
That was my first real rap song reaction (can't count Bubblin' by A Paak). And a year later I'm still struggling to get the meaning of a lot of it. But commentors, like yourself and friends help me out somewhat. Still so much to learn...
@@MusicReaction That's part of the beauty of the genre! I hope you're enjoying the ride! I got into hip-hop when I was probably 12 or so, and I remember how it was at first. It's a fun journey!
@@Braillionaire I'm not sure I'll ever call it fun, too many serious topics. But I do enjoy learning about it.
It'd be great if we could see you react to another kendrick song like 'how much a dollar cost'.
Thanks for the suggestion, I'll queue that up for next week.
Hi. Have you watched my Dollar Cost reaction yet?
You’re very wise and would like to give you some list to check them out since you appreciate writing skills
@@djjy7535 Yes please!
Kendrick Lamar Mortal Man, Kendrick Lamar Momma, Dj Khaled holy keys 🔐
Would be very cool to see a Sabbath cover of this!
Kendrick Lamar feel
what a tragic song. deep, about drink abuse i guess.
Exactly what it’s about
I hope you can react to S.P.M. you wont be disappointed.
This song is sooo lit!! It’s about alcoholism and the baywatch reference is about the women always trying to save everybody
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Hi Oscar. I'm glad you liked it!
Cool vid
Thanks, my second ever vid, funny to see now.
if you do react to more Kendrick i suggest ADHD, Im Real, Poetic Justice, B***h dont kill my vibe, BLacker the Berry etc
oh you should re act to that Wap song by cardi B. Id heard about it, so i checked it out. I should have recorded my reaction lolz... I looked around to make sure my daughter was not in the vicinity!!!!
She's too big an artist, sure to be blocked.
I'd recomend J cole - false prophets
Cheers, I'll put it on the list.
Interesting. Will you continue to react to him?
I had planned to do each artist only once, but I'm thinking now why not do more! Especially if an artist has different types of rap/hip hop.
i saw you reacted to anderson paak bubblin which the song was ok but he has better tunes. i suggest reacting to his album Malibu the first track the bird is an amazing opening track
Is Malibu rap or r n b?
@@MusicReaction its rnb and jazz
@@kdawg6887 I have heard 1 of his rnb/jazz songs before, it was pretty good. But I don't think I'll react to that style of music here.
yo I like your reactions, would you be down to do a reaction video to one of my videos? just don't put me on blast lol hmu on IG @_benfly if you want to collaborate. i would share your video with all my fans and I have like 18k followers so that would be some good exposure for you too.