I was there live and can't express the energy in that place. As a Cali native, there were so many moments that sent chills through my soul and shook the entire arena. Mind you, I rarely pay for live events, but this was one moment I felt would be etched in hip-hop history, so it was a no-brainer to go no matter what.
Also, in addition to the stupid and disrespectful AI of a dead icon, Drake's sneering line about "freeing the slaves" lost not only a lot of Black Americans whatever the region, it lost a lot of black people, period, and a fair number of people of whatever color and ethnicity who thought it was careless and whack. He earned the wop, wop, wop, wop, wop!
When Kendrick came for the first time to Monterrey, Mexico, Kendrick played HUMBLE, and the crowd went wild! He let us rap the whole song, you could see him getting emotional. The song ends then he goes again and raps HUMBLE again and everyone keeps rapping along him. No matter where he is, Kendrick Lamar brings this great energy everywhere! The GOAT.
It was so emotional! My husband is 45 Im 46 and we had our 21 and 18 yr old with us watching the concert. I had it at full volume! We were all dancing singjng along we felt the energy through screen!!!!
Look. I’m apart of a DJ culture that values the rewind over pretty much everything. 5 rewinds is *unheard* of. And not a single time did anyone lose any energy. It was amazing.
All the gangs coming together is something special. I grew up in Long Beach during the 80’s. The West Coast is special. That was magic at that concert.
Turning a diss track into a moment of solidarity and love is something only Kendrick could do. Love it when you speak so passionately about hip hop, it really reminds me why I still love the medium.
kdot being a gemini and having two sides, 1 being the bringer of everyone together in love, and the other being an assassin of another man's career joking aside, the concert was awesome, thank you for talking about it
Not just Cali Love, not just West Coast love, Kendrick celebrated everybody through Hip Hop. That's Black Love right there and that has made my decade 💜
I believe by the end of the summer it isn't going to be just about unifying West Coast. It's going to be about healing half a century of beefs and coming together as a whole culture. Kendrick brought me back to the culture I left in 1989. There are a lot of people i know who grew up on Hip Hop, that left to join other communities being welcomed back without judgment. During the East Coast/West Coast split, it just lost the celebration factor for me. This has healed more than just LA.
I'm in the UK so I was up til 4am watching the stream, bouncing in my room, trying so hard not to wake anyone 😅 Unironically one of the best shows I have ever experienced despite not being there in person ❤
Bro, it was a slaughterhouse man he played not like us like six or seven times bro that mess was wild😂😂😂😂😂😂 and then he had the nerve to get a whole bunch of people on stage to do it again I don’t know how people still rock with Drake after that he is getting clowned😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 but aside from all that just the beauty of the show in general and what Kendrick was saying in the message about unity was beautiful it almost made me cry❤❤❤
If anyone does rock with Drake in the future, never ever let them live it down. There's not a single person alive rn that doesn't know Drake is a pdf file and a trafficker protector, choosing to run with someone like that is as good as guilt by association.
i don't listen to rap regularly, but i love seeing and listening to the excitement you exude when speaking of it. ngl though, the beef pulled my interest in again over the last few months!
Dude, I cannot BELIEVE there isn't more talk around the coming together of all three major LA sets. That shit is UNHEARD OF! Honestly got me kinda emotional, even being a white guy from the South, just due to being such a fan of the art coming out of the city. The hate that comes through in so many rappers' lyrics directed towards rival sets is palpable for anyone that hears it, so to see all that blue and red mixed up on the stage was cathartic as hell. Thank you for continuing to inform and educate, habibi.
So glad that I got to watch the show live. I am woefully uneducated about everyone that was there besides Kendrick (I was the confused Gandalf meme when Tommy the Clown came out lol) but it was still a blast to watch. And Kendrick bringing peace to the Crips and Bloods for at least a night like the guy in the opening of The Warriors was crazy.
Bruh this was BEAUTIFUL, both the concert and your thoughts. I didn't even know this was happening, and I'm SoCal! Shit's too quiet out here in the IE... But yeah, rep yo hood, west coast for life, fuck the haters! It's all love here, at least in this moment.
I know a lot of people want to take that personally and feel defensive. But I can't imagine anyone else passively tolerating being told their culture is everyone's or they, straight up, only get to keep the pain of struggle, but forget the beauty of survival. Everyone's been too comfortable with the erasure of, and casual disrespect for Black American Culture, for too long...because it's profitable to someone that ain't us. I'm happy for you all first and stay happy for bearing witness 😊
growing up in the 80's with the Snoop dogg Dre, and Easy beef, after NWA, east coast west coast up through the 90's the phenomenal music and artists that arose, the legends that started it all. its been one hell of a ride
Freedom.from industry telling us what is hip hop, drake is rapper , he is not hip hop, It doesn't mean he isn't black or bi racial. It just re clarifies that hip hop was born our of the struggle of the hood the region as this blogger states it was akin to hymns and old gospel song slave song in the fields while in bandage. This was also a battle cry or a calk to war of this age of supposed hip hop where industry only allows one type of rap gangster and this trash type female rapper that only raps about money sex and disgusting lyrics.. Kendrick showed us what we hunger for in music 🎶 with streaming and hood shows the tight grip of slavery the record ex has had according to Joe budden might be ending And put the rapper back into some creative control 😊
OMG Your narration of this concert is unsurpassed! I feel as if I were at the concert and being a Cali native who is transplanted in another state I am so appreciative of your ability to make me feel like I was part of this memorious moment in time. I couldn't be more proud of Kendrick and my people!! I am so happy that we had a moment to show that we will always be united. There is nothing in this world like being part of the West Coast. It is in our blood and it's greater than anything anyone could ever try to box us into. Never could anyone ever say that we are unable to be unified. You are right, LA definitely needed this moment!!!!
I am so inspired by you since I start seeing your context and how you keep motivating and updating people. You are doing a great work and keep it up because many are learning feom you uncluding MYSELF. My name is Njogu, I am from the Gambia 🇬🇲 and am an artist, I also do music and very passionate about it. I am 21 years old young man going through so much pain and struggle physically and mentally. I have three kids and living with my single mother and i am trying to showcase my music career despite all the challenges I am facing. It would really help to get some advice from you as am an artiste too who is trying to and hoping for impact and succeed in my music career 🙏🏼
I'm not a hip hop listener. I fully admit. But I got the message as soon as the info was released. It's about who you are. Not just where you're from (transplants exist). There's some...thing coded into you that makes it all feel whole. I love that this was a holiday to embrace culture. Growing up in Atlanta, rappers like Luda would come on and I'd enjoy it while acknowledging that my pasty behind was from the suburbs. But if you listen to the world around you, not just music but just people out in public, you can understand the point in defining spaces. Atlanta music ain't gonna be like Houston, NOLA, or Tennessee. Very different histories, styles, and tip off points.
I bet everybody in the crowd kno them lyrics by heart they all listened to that song 1000 times more than Kendrick i promise. You know they gon hold down Kendrick no matter what.
I have to admit I don't understand dis track interest but I appreciate Freestyle The News so much I still watch these but I am missing the background context (for any popculture content really, not just dis tracks) mainly because I have been working focused on work projects for 2 years straight. I still listen to your commentary on these as background while working but I support Zaid because of the amazing work with news content!
@@Rich_P_Anya I listen to music but I don't follow any artist personal life (no one not Taylor Swift or Kanye West) not sure why just never followed music news. I follow movie news and history much more closely (even then I don't follow celebrity news much, more the directors, studio, writers & technical crew) I guess I am a behind the curtain guy (I work in production as well). I still enjoy the music itself and the actors in roles, but I never formed a habit of wanting to know personal details. I kinda needed to learn technical stuff for work, so my attention is simply always on that aspect of production. I very much enjoy the final product (music or film) but I am less aware of the in-between stories from the individuals.
@@jayesjourney7061You are right, I don't understand the moment but I am voicing support for Zaid's perspective - he has one of the sharpest minds and biggest hearts in any news media. I respect the arts in any form.
@Medavelvan I apologize I was defending the culture. Didn't know you truly didn't understand. It's BIG for us because so many people have been able to come in and act like they understand our plight, even get rich off it. Kendrick Lamar better known as K dot broke it down with a beat everyone understood 💯
Every King has a coronation to solidify their rein and this was Kendrick's. His rein has just begun, if you thought his previous albums were classics I don't know how you'll describe the new Era!!!
KDot is like Cyrus from The Warriors but from the WC, bringing gangs together to show they're more powerful together than against each other. That was emotional, and I'm brazilian, I have nothing to do with the whole LA gang lore lol.
13:28 NO! NO! It's about the reclamation of BLACK AMERICAN music. You too have missed the point. Kendrick is just repping his region because that's where he can push his point as he is a thoughtleader in that space but his point is nationwide.
Thank you for this breakdown of this monumental concert. I love the energy and clear love of music and coming together. But adding the context of the history and culture of hip-hop that I didn't have growing up makes me appreciate it so much more. Thank you 💜
i forgot the part where Ken humbled Euphoria and i totally thought he just rewrote all those part of the song on the spot for the fuck of it, still an amazing performance cuz dude breathe control is GOD TIER, dude is a true master sensei of rap
I don’t even know all these artists, but nothing gets me energized and wanting to learn about artists more than seeing how much they support their peers in the genre. Thanks for sharing your reactions to the show!
Loved how you explained this whole moment. It's an important unifying moment when so many elements are pulling us apart. And the world got to see it. And it's a moment that we all get to share especially if you're a Californian
Can you make a dis track at ak I would love to see you take from him, call it a kdot motivated check or some thing I know you would kill it. It crossed my mind and saw a window open. Even if you did it anon way.❤
I really enjoyed your commentary the details you covered made me feel the experience Thank you And I live What you said" its about the community you build "👌🏾🙌🏾💜
I loved it, like im not a huge hip-hop fan but i appreciate good artistry and seeing this show reminded me a lot of when i was a kid and the power of the Regions. Also i feel like it was another nail in Drakes coffin. I don't think Drake could unify his region the same you know, West Coast IS ride or die for each other.
There might be someone on the East Coast who could do something similar (don't ask me, I'm another clueless git when it comes to hip-hop culture), but it sure as hell would never be Drake. I can tell he's too much of a stand-alone type. Doesn't get the need for cooperation and community. Been too rich for too long to understand. Kendrick gets it whatever his origins are.
I'm unfamiliar with rap concerts but the way you explained this to me make me understand it *better* (I mean I am pretty familiar with Kendrick v Drake atp, I am otherwise just that clueless about rap/hip hop 🥲🙃). So great to see Kendrick on top form 🔥🔥🔥
Same, kinda - I enjoy the music but am just learning about the culture around it. I knew enough to know that the concert was a BFD but not enough to really get the whole significance. I love the way Zaid explains the symbolism and the history that gives context to those of us who respect the culture but aren't in it. I hadn't seen the pic so when he showed that part, it made me well up a bit - big Tupac energy 💜
as someone who listens to me electronic music, this is exactly how I feel about the Skrillex and fred again shows from madison square garden last year and just a few weeks ago in front of the civic center in sf
The part of regions in rap reminded me of one of the criticisms leveled at Drake throughout the beef of him going to different cities and appropriating their styles but not really giving back. Recently Drake claimed my hometown Houston, Texas as his home and the backstory is a bit eyebrow raising. Drake got invited by Lil' Wayne to tour with him in 2007 and they linked up in Houston. The two would record several songs while on the tour. Because of this Drake always connected Houston with his success. At the same time I found it funny how his love for Houston came from going to the city only to leave it within hours.
Ive never been to Cali, Ive only lived in the us for about a year and Im still getting used to it. Know next to nothing about rap, or the people being discussed. But even I get chills watching this concert. It's pure magic. There's no mistaking it
Kendrick's musical layering and punning skills are rich and ridiculous. Sampling the a minor chord from Billy Joel's "Big Shot" when he didn't have to was fucking mind-bending to me.
You covered this shit beautiful my guy. I’m from LA, well the Valley, but LA nonetheless. I wish I was home instead of TX to enjoy it. LA all DAY. Thanks Zaid.
No lie- thanks but I do much for posting this. I'm in the UK- no idea this was happening but just the short clips you showed filled me with something phenomenal and so glad I could experience this even if it's just a snippet. Amazing ❤
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Kendrick unified all of LA to dance on Drake’s grave
Kendrick's fiance and kids were there singing and dancing too😂😂😂😂
What we have learned is that imitating 2Pac's voice with an AI is deadly.
Celebration of life!
From the looks of it, this was essentially the Woodstock of Rap
Definitely the Woodstock of Westcoast rap.
I was there live and can't express the energy in that place.
As a Cali native, there were so many moments that sent chills through my soul and shook the entire arena.
Mind you, I rarely pay for live events, but this was one moment I felt would be etched in hip-hop history, so it was a no-brainer to go no matter what.
If this is Woodstock 69, Astroworld is Woodstock 99
Hoodstock ❤💙
With the black hippies, that's fitting
The dumbest thing Drake did was "Taylor Made Freestyle." He turned Drake V. Kendrick into Drake V. The Entire Wast Coast.
Bruh It was up for me then right there. You never bring in the dead ever. Easy unspoken rule.
Taylor made is how Drake lost
Also, in addition to the stupid and disrespectful AI of a dead icon, Drake's sneering line about "freeing the slaves" lost not only a lot of Black Americans whatever the region, it lost a lot of black people, period, and a fair number of people of whatever color and ethnicity who thought it was careless and whack. He earned the wop, wop, wop, wop, wop!
Man I'm more of a metal head, but dayum to see that love is like the love we get in the pit. Let's Go!
When Kendrick came for the first time to Monterrey, Mexico, Kendrick played HUMBLE, and the crowd went wild! He let us rap the whole song, you could see him getting emotional. The song ends then he goes again and raps HUMBLE again and everyone keeps rapping along him.
No matter where he is, Kendrick Lamar brings this great energy everywhere!
The GOAT.
Kendrick being the hood avatar wasn't on my bingo card for 2024 but I'm here for it
"The Last Flow-Bender"
@@johndemonja8792 😂😂😂😂💀😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Because your not apart of the REAL culture. Tell yourself the truth your a bandwagoner
It's bigger than a hood, but I don't blame you for not understanding that.
@@Sqweegi nah he said the hood not just his hood
Sometimes, you gotta pop out and show people.
It was so emotional! My husband is 45 Im 46 and we had our 21 and 18 yr old with us watching the concert. I had it at full volume! We were all dancing singjng along we felt the energy through screen!!!!
I love that for you guys ❤❤❤
Look. I’m apart of a DJ culture that values the rewind over pretty much everything. 5 rewinds is *unheard* of. And not a single time did anyone lose any energy. It was amazing.
Didn't ye and j run back homies in Paris like 18 times?
@@Tech_-on1ouyes, they did
All the gangs coming together is something special. I grew up in Long Beach during the 80’s. The West Coast is special. That was magic at that concert.
That could easily have been a show with a very negative attitude. Instead he sparked a chance for peace and unity among hip-hop fans. Very impressive.
Turning a diss track into a moment of solidarity and love is something only Kendrick could do. Love it when you speak so passionately about hip hop, it really reminds me why I still love the medium.
When a diss track transcends the the target and becomes something so much more…. So beautiful.
That picture made me shed a thug tear.
Well said
kdot being a gemini and having two sides, 1 being the bringer of everyone together in love, and the other being an assassin of another man's career
joking aside, the concert was awesome, thank you for talking about it
As I read your comment, I heard “FINISH HIM” in immortal kombat voice. 😆
Not just Cali Love, not just West Coast love, Kendrick celebrated everybody through Hip Hop. That's Black Love right there and that has made my decade 💜
I believe by the end of the summer it isn't going to be just about unifying West Coast. It's going to be about healing half a century of beefs and coming together as a whole culture. Kendrick brought me back to the culture I left in 1989. There are a lot of people i know who grew up on Hip Hop, that left to join other communities being welcomed back without judgment. During the East Coast/West Coast split, it just lost the celebration factor for me. This has healed more than just LA.
Not you and the GF boppin’ to it, together! 😭😭💪🏽
When the crowd gets that hype the feeling is unlike anything else
I'm in the UK so I was up til 4am watching the stream, bouncing in my room, trying so hard not to wake anyone 😅
Unironically one of the best shows I have ever experienced despite not being there in person ❤
Bro, it was a slaughterhouse man he played not like us like six or seven times bro that mess was wild😂😂😂😂😂😂 and then he had the nerve to get a whole bunch of people on stage to do it again I don’t know how people still rock with Drake after that he is getting clowned😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 but aside from all that just the beauty of the show in general and what Kendrick was saying in the message about unity was beautiful it almost made me cry❤❤❤
If anyone does rock with Drake in the future, never ever let them live it down. There's not a single person alive rn that doesn't know Drake is a pdf file and a trafficker protector, choosing to run with someone like that is as good as guilt by association.
This is the best kind of mess.
@@janbonne AMEN🍷🍷
@@Sam-Cain FACTS🔥🔥🔥🔥
i don't listen to rap regularly, but i love seeing and listening to the excitement you exude when speaking of it. ngl though, the beef pulled my interest in again over the last few months!
This was an amazing concert. The fucking Assembled the West coast for this concert.
Now I’m stuck with the image of a bloodied Kendrick with a hammer saying “West Coast… Assemble!”
Dude, I cannot BELIEVE there isn't more talk around the coming together of all three major LA sets. That shit is UNHEARD OF! Honestly got me kinda emotional, even being a white guy from the South, just due to being such a fan of the art coming out of the city. The hate that comes through in so many rappers' lyrics directed towards rival sets is palpable for anyone that hears it, so to see all that blue and red mixed up on the stage was cathartic as hell.
Thank you for continuing to inform and educate, habibi.
Happy Juneteenth! Kendrick sure made it a memorable one
So glad that I got to watch the show live. I am woefully uneducated about everyone that was there besides Kendrick (I was the confused Gandalf meme when Tommy the Clown came out lol) but it was still a blast to watch. And Kendrick bringing peace to the Crips and Bloods for at least a night like the guy in the opening of The Warriors was crazy.
Tommy The Clown was amazing!
Bruh this was BEAUTIFUL, both the concert and your thoughts. I didn't even know this was happening, and I'm SoCal! Shit's too quiet out here in the IE... But yeah, rep yo hood, west coast for life, fuck the haters! It's all love here, at least in this moment.
This is about Black unity, Black regional culture, Black community on Juneteenth- a Black American holiday.
They're already white washing it talking about "regions", and skipping the part about reclaiming from culture vultures.
I know a lot of people want to take that personally and feel defensive. But I can't imagine anyone else passively tolerating being told their culture is everyone's or they, straight up, only get to keep the pain of struggle, but forget the beauty of survival. Everyone's been too comfortable with the erasure of, and casual disrespect for Black American Culture, for too long...because it's profitable to someone that ain't us. I'm happy for you all first and stay happy for bearing witness 😊
@@apriljk6557thank you
growing up in the 80's with the Snoop dogg Dre, and Easy beef, after NWA, east coast west coast up through the 90's the phenomenal music and artists that arose, the legends that started it all. its been one hell of a ride
Amazing show! Tyler still knows to work the room! It was wild when Dre showed up too… and kicked off the madness with a “psst”. 😂🤣🙃
This should go down in Hip Hop History as the greatest concert ever to be performed since there were so many there from different areas.
Only thing you failed to mention re: the unity? It was JUNETEENTH!!!!!
Freedom.from industry telling us what is hip hop, drake is rapper , he is not hip hop,
It doesn't mean he isn't black or bi racial. It just re clarifies that hip hop was born our of the struggle of the hood the region as this blogger states it was akin to hymns and old gospel song slave song in the fields while in bandage.
This was also a battle cry or a calk to war of this age of supposed hip hop where industry only allows one type of rap gangster and this trash type female rapper that only raps about money sex and disgusting lyrics..
Kendrick showed us what we hunger for in music 🎶 with streaming and hood shows the tight grip of slavery the record ex has had according to Joe budden might be ending
And put the rapper back into some creative control 😊
Black Hippy reunion was so great.
OMG Your narration of this concert is unsurpassed! I feel as if I were at the concert and being a Cali native who is transplanted in another state I am so appreciative of your ability to make me feel like I was part of this memorious moment in time. I couldn't be more proud of Kendrick and my people!! I am so happy that we had a moment to show that we will always be united. There is nothing in this world like being part of the West Coast. It is in our blood and it's greater than anything anyone could ever try to box us into. Never could anyone ever say that we are unable to be unified. You are right, LA definitely needed this moment!!!!
Great bruh! I love the West Coast hip-hop 😎
I don't know much of the context of dis track lore but I support Zaid videos because I appreciate his news content so much!
Oh yes, he is so great with contents, and he is so inspiring! I love also likes his The News Freestyles ❤ keep up the great work! @Medavelvan
I am so inspired by you since I start seeing your context and how you keep motivating and updating people. You are doing a great work and keep it up because many are learning feom you uncluding MYSELF.
My name is Njogu, I am from the Gambia 🇬🇲 and am an artist, I also do music and very passionate about it.
I am 21 years old young man going through so much pain and struggle physically and mentally. I have three kids and living with my single mother and i am trying to showcase my music career despite all the challenges I am facing.
It would really help to get some advice from you as am an artiste too who is trying to and hoping for impact and succeed in my music career 🙏🏼
I'm not a hip hop listener. I fully admit. But I got the message as soon as the info was released. It's about who you are. Not just where you're from (transplants exist). There's some...thing coded into you that makes it all feel whole. I love that this was a holiday to embrace culture.
Growing up in Atlanta, rappers like Luda would come on and I'd enjoy it while acknowledging that my pasty behind was from the suburbs. But if you listen to the world around you, not just music but just people out in public, you can understand the point in defining spaces. Atlanta music ain't gonna be like Houston, NOLA, or Tennessee. Very different histories, styles, and tip off points.
I bet everybody in the crowd kno them lyrics by heart they all listened to that song 1000 times more than Kendrick i promise. You know they gon hold down Kendrick no matter what.
Thank you for the extra video, Zaid. I've got goosebumps just hearing about this show.
I have to admit I don't understand dis track interest but I appreciate Freestyle The News so much I still watch these but I am missing the background context (for any popculture content really, not just dis tracks) mainly because I have been working focused on work projects for 2 years straight. I still listen to your commentary on these as background while working but I support Zaid because of the amazing work with news content!
Ok. Why?
@@Rich_P_Anya I listen to music but I don't follow any artist personal life (no one not Taylor Swift or Kanye West) not sure why just never followed music news. I follow movie news and history much more closely (even then I don't follow celebrity news much, more the directors, studio, writers & technical crew) I guess I am a behind the curtain guy (I work in production as well). I still enjoy the music itself and the actors in roles, but I never formed a habit of wanting to know personal details. I kinda needed to learn technical stuff for work, so my attention is simply always on that aspect of production. I very much enjoy the final product (music or film) but I am less aware of the in-between stories from the individuals.
Stfu foolio if you don't understand the moment YOU NOT LIKE US!!!!
@@jayesjourney7061You are right, I don't understand the moment but I am voicing support for Zaid's perspective - he has one of the sharpest minds and biggest hearts in any news media. I respect the arts in any form.
@Medavelvan I apologize I was defending the culture. Didn't know you truly didn't understand. It's BIG for us because so many people have been able to come in and act like they understand our plight, even get rich off it. Kendrick Lamar better known as K dot broke it down with a beat everyone understood 💯
Every King has a coronation to solidify their rein and this was Kendrick's. His rein has just begun, if you thought his previous albums were classics I don't know how you'll describe the new Era!!!
This was really cool, thanks for sharing it and explaining all the nuances to us!
This was iconic
Luv this at 60yrs
I imagine if a movie is ever set in 2024, they'll play this song to indicate the period piece
KDot is like Cyrus from The Warriors but from the WC, bringing gangs together to show they're more powerful together than against each other. That was emotional, and I'm brazilian, I have nothing to do with the whole LA gang lore lol.
Lets go double feature
LA cats are lucky to have gotten to experience that moment
UNITY!
Thank you, Kendrick Lamar!
🙏🏾🙌🏾🎵❤️✊🏾💪🏾💃🏾
I can't believe I was watching a soccer game when this happened. uggh. fml
13:28 NO! NO! It's about the reclamation of BLACK AMERICAN music. You too have missed the point. Kendrick is just repping his region because that's where he can push his point as he is a thoughtleader in that space but his point is nationwide.
Thank you for this breakdown of this monumental concert. I love the energy and clear love of music and coming together. But adding the context of the history and culture of hip-hop that I didn't have growing up makes me appreciate it so much more. Thank you 💜
You finally got it at the end, it was about coming together to celebrate Juneteenth in unity
i forgot the part where Ken humbled Euphoria and i totally thought he just rewrote all those part of the song on the spot for the fuck of it, still an amazing performance cuz dude breathe control is GOD TIER, dude is a true master sensei of rap
I love how many of the Drake stans were trying to make something of “ooooh…Whitney’s not there” when she and the kids were in the crowd lol!
Shit has me in tears! Kendrick is the liberator of our generation man. It’s an honor to witness history being made in real time!
No better example of the transformative power of music.
I don’t even know all these artists, but nothing gets me energized and wanting to learn about artists more than seeing how much they support their peers in the genre. Thanks for sharing your reactions to the show!
I love that you name dropped the rose that grew from concrete it's perfect this show was absolutely that
If it transfers over to everyday life and the gangs do stop fighting or whatever, that would be cool.
I demand more videos just about rap.
Loved how you explained this whole moment. It's an important unifying moment when so many elements are pulling us apart. And the world got to see it. And it's a moment that we all get to share especially if you're a Californian
I love this take tbh
Thank you for your insight.
Can you make a dis track at ak I would love to see you take from him, call it a kdot motivated check or some thing I know you would kill it. It crossed my mind and saw a window open. Even if you did it anon way.❤
I really enjoyed your commentary the details you covered made me feel the experience Thank you And I live What you said" its about the community you build "👌🏾🙌🏾💜
I loved it, like im not a huge hip-hop fan but i appreciate good artistry and seeing this show reminded me a lot of when i was a kid and the power of the Regions. Also i feel like it was another nail in Drakes coffin. I don't think Drake could unify his region the same you know, West Coast IS ride or die for each other.
There might be someone on the East Coast who could do something similar (don't ask me, I'm another clueless git when it comes to hip-hop culture), but it sure as hell would never be Drake. I can tell he's too much of a stand-alone type. Doesn't get the need for cooperation and community. Been too rich for too long to understand. Kendrick gets it whatever his origins are.
GOD BLESS THE WEST COAST ❤
What a wild show. That's a generational event. Super Bowl I, Wrestlemania, Miracle on Ice kinda s**t.
Dayum, wow, what a party! That's how its done, holy bursh!
I'm unfamiliar with rap concerts but the way you explained this to me make me understand it *better* (I mean I am pretty familiar with Kendrick v Drake atp, I am otherwise just that clueless about rap/hip hop 🥲🙃).
So great to see Kendrick on top form 🔥🔥🔥
Same, kinda - I enjoy the music but am just learning about the culture around it. I knew enough to know that the concert was a BFD but not enough to really get the whole significance. I love the way Zaid explains the symbolism and the history that gives context to those of us who respect the culture but aren't in it. I hadn't seen the pic so when he showed that part, it made me well up a bit - big Tupac energy 💜
Kendrick: IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVE THE POOOOOOOOOOOWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!
your passion for rap is infectious. i'd love to hear you talk more about it, maybe even make a "rap for dummies" playlist?
Man man did that! 💪🏾
I know nearly absolutely nothing about anything in the rap scene so thank you for talking about/explaining things for us clueless fucks.
1:30 to be fair it was a very nice, Amazon sponsored food truck
as someone who listens to me electronic music, this is exactly how I feel about the Skrillex and fred again shows from madison square garden last year and just a few weeks ago in front of the civic center in sf
The part of regions in rap reminded me of one of the criticisms leveled at Drake throughout the beef of him going to different cities and appropriating their styles but not really giving back. Recently Drake claimed my hometown Houston, Texas as his home and the backstory is a bit eyebrow raising. Drake got invited by Lil' Wayne to tour with him in 2007 and they linked up in Houston. The two would record several songs while on the tour. Because of this Drake always connected Houston with his success. At the same time I found it funny how his love for Houston came from going to the city only to leave it within hours.
Kendrick hit Ultra instinct in this. The guy was out there to bring a distract full circle to unite.
Wild and a historic milestone.
I don’t really listen to hip hop/rap anymore but I listened to a lot of it growing up. West coast best coast 😎
Dude black hippy coming back together was amazing
1:30 everyone in France is catching strays lol.
Great take love this content 💙💙💙
Fuck, all of this shit has made me look further into rap and now? Fuck this is a special moment, THANKS KDOT!!!
Well said, my nigga. You deserve the mic.
Ive never been to Cali, Ive only lived in the us for about a year and Im still getting used to it. Know next to nothing about rap, or the people being discussed. But even I get chills watching this concert. It's pure magic. There's no mistaking it
A miner = goes to a region and reaps (anagram) the product (gold, coal , talent etc ) for personal gain.
Kendrick's musical layering and punning skills are rich and ridiculous. Sampling the a minor chord from Billy Joel's "Big Shot" when he didn't have to was fucking mind-bending to me.
I love your analogies. Especially about the restaurant metaphor. You're so plugged into the vibe. Great work!
I’ve seen a lot of recaps but yours was the best IMO. One.
Great recap
One of the best recap and more accurately described and felt .
thanks for this vid! this was a positive start to the day, 😁esp the Kendrick show and the message that was underlined! 😊 peace out✌🏾
I've never been in a concert where the crowd was able to sing in such unison that you can hear thousands of words distinctly
That was beautiful. West side!
You encapsulated and articulated the verve of the event exquisitely 👌🏽
You covered this shit beautiful my guy. I’m from LA, well the Valley, but LA nonetheless. I wish I was home instead of TX to enjoy it. LA all DAY. Thanks Zaid.
Best recap out there right now.
The Whole concert felt like a Epilogue in a RPG.
You're not like us either though...
this video right here. Sir. Yes.
Bar 4 Bar!
Let's see Drake bring together our community 😂
I Knew you were gonna pop up 😂❤✌️ No way you weren't gonna talk about this!
No lie- thanks but I do much for posting this. I'm in the UK- no idea this was happening but just the short clips you showed filled me with something phenomenal and so glad I could experience this even if it's just a snippet. Amazing ❤