Reaction to Mortal Man by Kendrick Lamar
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having this be the first kendrick song you listen to is insane.
great reaction though
DUCKWORTH was my first Kendrick song💀 Mortal Man is amazing tho, I know the experience of having one of Kdot’s greatest songs being your first
This is the final track on this album so both the first half (song) and ending work in context of the entire albums tones, purpose, etc. Truly a masterpiece. The individual he was talking to at the end was Tupac. They used an unreleased interview or something like that to make it seem like Kendrick Lamar was actually talking to Tupac. It's why after the Caterpillar poem ends kendrick calls out "pac?" and there is no answer, Rest in peace.
Super interesting! Thank you for the info!
may GOD bless all prayer prayer prayer amen amen
Yeah this is a tough one because it requires so much context to make complete sense lol
This song is beautiful. I cry when I hear it. It's a sad and somber reality check. To himself, his fans and the black community. When you are different from those around you, it's easy to believe you God made you this way for a reason. Kendrick's family, friends, fans and himself has looked at Kendrick like the saviour, but he realized he's not. At times, he struggles saving himself. I know the feeling. It's hard when you see a nation in pain and you want to fix it. This song is Kendrick asking his fans and himself "uf I'm not who you believe me to be, are you still there for me?"
i kinda threw you in a bit of a lions den to kendrick’s discography suggesting this as the first song you react to, that’s on me, i really like some of your analysis, but to get a wider perspective this is the last song on the album To Pimp a Butterfly commonly shortened to just tpab. it is both a lyrically and instrumentally dense experimental progressive jazz rap funk fusion album orchestrated and composed beautifully by a multitude of prominent musicians/artists such as Pharrell Williams, Thundercat and Flying Lotus, a whole slew of great talent really. i love that you are so diligent when discussing music and are respectful to the people, i love your use of oeuvre too, it really is a whole collection. i do the same face during that Michael jackson line, not sure about his train of thought on that one. i feel like this song is almost a reassurance piece for kendrick, his messages on this album range from being straight forward and “in your face” so to say, satire, to being cryptic, but the substance is always dense. it really is up for interpretation due to its contrivances in being cryptic, nuanced, dense but open ended at points. if you really want to unravel the sublime layers of this song you’d have to react to the whole album, i can’t say i fully understand this project still at some points. anyways thank you for the reaction, i’m sorry if it being 12 minutes was a bit much and it being 6 minutes of music and 6 minutes of a interview was a turn off(it was 2pac btw! i couldn’t tell if u caught that) again that’s on me. sorry for the mouthful too, i just love discussing and sharing art like this. Thank you for the reaction and your thoughts!
Oh, no need to apologize at all! This is the sort of music that I think needs to be heard by more people. Too many think of hip hop as something simple or, more accurately, they think it's a certain type of music and that's it; but this is a perfect example of that not being true. A really impressive track and it was great to listen to! Thanks!
very open minded of you papa ty for that.@@papasquat08
I feel that the last second was needed. It's when the music stops and he says it louder "PAC!" because he never replies. He's gone. But he made a moment with him.
It was taken from an interview in Germany, I believe. It was never released, I think, and the guy was kind to sell/give it to him. I love how he turned it into a conversation with him. It blew my mind when I was Tupac's voice.
The Michael Jackson line, he's saying people choose the wrong leaders. All of the positive leaders, we abandoned them. But then people say "How can we not like Michael Jackson, he gave us Billy Jean!" Meanwhile, the true leaders we forget about & not take them to heart.
nah
Michael Jackson was a leader. Shit hit the fan and although he was not proven to be a molester the people turned on him. All of a sudden he's a molester?? Even though he was not proven to be this monster they say he is
Michael Jackson never touched kids. R Kelly Did though.
It hurt me to see you react to this song without the context of the album. Hope you can check out other songs
Yeah, that sounds like a perfectly reasonable thing to say. I need to listen to the whole thing in a single sitting. I'll do that soon.
@@papasquat08 definitely an experience you won’t forget.
@@papasquat08 Don't forget to record it. The album is a masterpiece of music and themes. My favorite album of all time.
This was a pretty tough place to start with Kendrick. This is the closer to an album which is pretty complex and difficult to completely understand even with full context. The poem he reads at the end has slowly been unfolding throughout the album and touches on the themes in previous songs. It's a great song but pretty hard to understand without context.
Yeah, some others have said the same thing. I've listened to another by him and will do more.
yea bro its so hard to understand this album
The posing of the questions is like
“Would you believe without doubt what the media says about me
As if you didn’t agree with every word I spoke prior, and judge me?”
I think this is probably a tough place to start listening to Kendrick Lamar. As the end of To Pimp a Butterfly, a very conceptual and narrative album, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense without the context of the preceding songs. In short, Kendrick isn't saying "will you still love me if I do bad things," it's more "will you still love me if the world turns against me." Broadly, the album speaks on the way that the system uses and discards artists -- particularly black artists -- and Kendrick here expresses fear that now he is espousing a conscious, pro-black, antigovernmental message, he will be discarded by the music industry and American society.
The Jackson line, by the way, isn't Kendrick saying "you should be fine with child molestation." The accusations against Jackson are dubious in a lot of ways -- at minimum, the accusers are misremembering or misrepresenting details of the alleged abuse based on external facts and testimony from family. It's clear to me that Kendrick disbelieves the allegations, and views their widespread, uncritical distribution as an instance of society trying to discard an artist who has outlived his usefulness. Whether Kendrick is correct or not in this assessment is up for debate -- personally, this line is one of the most uncomfortable in Kendrick's discography -- but as outlined in earlier songs on the album, "u" and "How Much a Dollar Cost," and in his next album, DAMN, he certainly believes himself to be capable of sin and even deserving of Hell, so it would be a mischaracterization of the themes of the album to say that he believes that you shouldn't criticize wrongdoers.
Edit: I'll also add, that in the context of the album, the whole "rich vs. poor" discussion that Kendrick has with the dead rapper Tupac Shakur makes a bit more sense. Maybe "rich" isn't the best way to put it, but in Kendrick's view, "bad" rich people are those who exploit the talent and artistry of young people, especially (in this conversation) young black people, for their own gain without contributing anything, whereas "good" rich people are people like Tupac, who gained success through his own work and talent, and used that wealth to positively influence the community. I don't want to put words into their mouths, but that's my perspective on that conversation.
i agree with this whole message. all really well thought out, good points and messages i completely agree with
bro, this is one of the best analysis I've read on the internet. This is by far the best hip hop song of our generation. Love from South Africa.
To answer your question about the 1,2 he say. Rappers usually say mic check 1,2 to see if the mic is working on even on. So basically he's asking if shit goes bad will u still fuck with me? Then checks if the mic is on like can u hear me?
“1,2” as saying, did you hear me, like a mic check, putting emphasis on his initial “if sh** hit the fan is you still a fan
hey, really nice reaction. could you check out “sing about me im dying of thirst” also by kendrick lamar. in my opinion it is one of kendrick’s best if not his best.
Added to the list!
12 12 is a mic check
You should listen to the entire album to understand why this song is asking these question. I do enjoy the fact the it made ask questions though. But this is a pretty tough song to start with
I agree. People have left some very useful comments about this and it was a weird choice for a first track from Lamar. I didn't know the references, which really didn't help me. Thanks for the comment!
Listen to Kendrick the heart series it’s 4 parts but shows his growth as a rapper from his mixtapes up till his last album
Awesome track, glad to see you finding real hiphop artist that propel the culture in a positive way. Definitely check out Dedication by nipsey hussle ft Kendrick Lamar
Thanks! Added to the list!
That guy he was interviewing there was Tupac. I don't know if you noticed that.
I didn't, but someone pointed it out in a comment earlier. Interesting.
@@papasquat08 can't believe you couldn't tell🤔
I’ll never forget the day I first heard this and I got all the chills the minute I heard Pac’s voice! I was like “HOW!?”
I was so disappointed in myself when I found out
You should definitely check out his song Fear or The Art of Peer Pressure. Both are very well pit together and tell stories about his life.
fear is my #1 kendrick song
Good reaction. I believe he’s saying if you know a persons character through and though, will you still go with others believe.
Loyalty video- Kendrick feat Rihanna
11:13 ironically proved the point of the song, “You say he touched those kids?!” you respectfully question the motive of the song and draw a distinction between liking the music but not having to respect the person being Micheal Jackson if he indeed did touch kids. The statement Kendrick Lamar made was not to prove whether MJ did or didn’t do these thing but to being to light the problem with fame and “loyalty” how everyone is in your corner until controversy explodes and then those same people abandon you, MJ was never found guilty of such things, it was never proved against him in court through witnesses or testimonies nevertheless the narrative plagued his entire career regardless and tarnished his legacy because of “allegations”.
Kendrick Lamar is stating if your going to turn you back on someone at least without a doubt have the certainty that they did what other people accuse them of doing or else your loyalty to anyone is questionable.
Idk. Being accused of touching children isn't really something people should take lightly or need someone to be fully guilty of before at least questioning and distancing themselves from that person. I get what you're saying, but at the same time it seems to be a bit drastic to just say "wait till they're officialy guilty to turn on them". Especially in MJ's case where everyone could clearly see there were deep issues in his life even outside of the allegations. One of Kendricks weirdest takes and lines. I'd rather have my loyalty questioned than support someone who did evil things.
@@alec57 you literally didn’t understand a damn thing he said in the comment above that man literally was proven innocent in court twice you can believe what you want but false accusations can lead people into abandoning anyone regarding of them being guilty or not that’s the whole point
@@travonlewis8134 Damn, do you know how to use any punctuation or do you always ramble on like a psych ward patient?
People should be allowed to abandon someone when they are accused of a crime like MJ's. Without judgement from anyone.
If anyone in my family was accused of touching more than two hand fulls of children, I'd distance myself immediately. I would expect them to do the same if it was me.
I wouldn't pass judgment on the abandoning person or make it out to be a bad thing (like Kendrick is kind of hinting at imo) because it's normal and completely warranted. Especially in the situation of molestation charges.
That's the point that I'm making that you are clearly missing. Who the hell cares if people stop supporting an acused child molester? It's warranted, even if they end up not guilty. Fuck outta here with Kendrick pointing fingers at normal people for distancing themselves from accused predators. It's just weird.
Just because he’s rich doesn’t mean he doesn’t hold the belief that if the wage gap keeps increasing poor people will rise up and “eat” the rich. He was answering what he thought the world was heading to not what it should be. He also doesn’t think he wasn’t lucky talent is also luck but his perspective on the state of the world is being looked at by both lenses. U can come from poverty and criticize the rich
I agree with all of what you said!
Bottom line WE LOVE kenny
Yeah I agree that rappers become rich and even brag about it. So you can't complain about the rich. But I think they're still onto something. Replace that word with maybe upper class, the 1%, the billionaires, etc. The really rich. Not worth 100 million but those in the BILLIONS and even TRILLIONS! There's a huge difference. Rich people will tell you. However rich.
But unfortunately for Tupac, rich didn't change anything. He became too involved in the gangster lifestyle. His association to Death Row records hurt him, imo. And then the media blew up the whole story of east vs west. And made rap seem like a war. That was never the case. There are plenty of videos from interviews that show people from that era speak their truth.
Sorry I went on a rant.
Someone else said that this review hurt them a bit… I think not so much the review but almost sad you didn’t get to experience this song in context. I admit, It is almost sad. The whole album is an incredibly beautiful work of art. I do think you could see that even this song is more than simply music.
This song was more like a Jesus at the last supper/ garden of gethsemane moment. It comes at the end of a journey which the album as a whole takes you through. He explores his own painful upbringing, fame, the music industry, personal loss and failure as well as deeply personal themes like suicide and self hate and spirituality. He also takes us through his path of overcoming or at least making a way through all of that. And here at he end of it all he sits down and has a “conversation” with his hero and idol 2Pac. As 2Pac says, they aren’t rapping, they are channeling the voices of all the lost family and friends.
Anyway, I am sure you will sit down at some point and see what everyone is talking about. 😊
Enjoy
You came into this with no research jfc other white guys older than you were more informed about race, American politics and the album itself. You were just so uninformed it was cringeworthy. Also so many ways you ignored racial impacts to society, please read at least one book about white supremacy.
Wow, sorry I pissed you off. All I can do is offer my opinion on things and I'm pretty liberal and accepting.
@@papasquat08 well I’m sorry for being so confrontational but honestly music is informed by culture and I felt like you lacked in that section of education. I like your videos but I can’t ignore that.
Being liberal doesn’t mean you are always educated about everything and I’m not faulting you about it. As humans we will never know everything but in some parts of the video I could see you lacking that knowledge.
Also you assuming that I’m angrily replying feels a bit dismissive
@@papasquat08 u definitely pissed me off with this reaction you gotta do ya research bra b4 u react and speak on legends from our culture our culture is all we have so do your homework on it or LEAVE IT TF ALONE BRO ..GOOD DAY #DISLIKED
you're miserable@@harryloulen3959