I’ve listened to this album at least a hundred times and I still get chills at the end when he’s calling out to Pac with no answer at the end. Absolute masterpiece
And that’s a fact. For 4 years now, all Kendrick albums plays from beginning to the end for vibes especially every weekend doing chores around the house 😂😂😂
@@ekinse.1877This is why Drake shouldn't be compared to him, even before TPAB and Drake fans are actually clowning all his albums, including THIS ONE!😬
The small tour was called”kunta sessions” I saw him in nyc and I didn’t expect it to be so intamate. He was interacting with all of us is was like under 100 ppl in the venue . It was incredible. He could’ve sold out entire stadiums at this point, but he did these insanely intimate shows , and for everyone that was there, that show is burnt in our memory forever
To me, this album really showcased Kendrick’s musicality. The way he utilized funk, and jazz was like nothing I had ever heard before. I was pretty young when this came out like 16-17 so I genuinely didn’t know hip hop could even sound like this.
Yes.. Kendrick coming out with this album with no 808’s in 2015 when all the hit hiphop records were trap beats and then he hits us with this.. that when I knew Dot was in a whole different lane as an artist and a brand.. his brand is “Quality” and “Progression”
1:00 - Wesley's Theory 5:47 - For Free? 9:22 - King Kunta 15:37 - Institutionalized 20:57 - These Walls 26:50 - u 32:50 - Alright 38:21 - For Sale? 43:03 - Momma 48:10 - Hood Politics 54:08 - How Much a Dollar Cost 59:31 - Complexion (A Zulu Love) 1:04:07 - The Blacker the Berry 1:08:49 - You Ain't Gotta Lie (Momma Said) 1:12:30 - i 1:17:38 - Mortal Man
This album set the tone, and provided a perfect example of the exemplification of hip hop and how far and powerful the artistry can go. This album is the GO-TO citation for me when people don’t take hip hop as a serious art form. It’s checkball . Kendrick is unbelievably one of a kind.
Whole album makes you fall asleep. Overrated, great message but why is so highly regarded. Sounds good but an exemplification of hip hop is the wrong title
This album came out when i was 16 i didnt understand the concept or metaphor and messeges except for like two songs, it literally took me a few years for it to click. Thats how you know this is generational. Even now when i go through it im like damn that was crazy.
@@AriseFN i really like HMADC but the best should be Blacker the berry wesley's theory, but i have HMADC in my top 5 from TPAB and that's something because the album is amazing throughout
Wesley's Theory - 0:55 For Free? - Interlude - 5:43 King Kunta - 9:21 Institutionalized - 15:36 These Walls - 20:55 u - 26:46 Alright - 32:49 For Sale? - 38:20 Momma - 43:02 Hood Politics - 48:07 How Much A Dollar Cost - 54:06 Complexion (A Zulu Love) - 59:28 The Blacker The Berry - 1:04:06 You Ain't Gotta Lie (Momma Said) - 1:08:47 i - 1:12:26 Mortal Man - 1:17:34
@@BigBlancoBaby No it's King's Dead, he's talking about the last part of the verse, "who am I? Not your father, not your brother, not your reason, not your future," etc. still one of the hardest Grammy performances of all time
To Pimp a Butterfly was preceded by the Grammy Award for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance-winning single "I". For his work on the album and additional collaborations from that year, Lamar received the most Grammy Award nominations by a rapper in a single night, with 11. At the 58th Annual Grammy Awards, To Pimp a Butterfly was awarded Best Rap Album, while tracks from the album won Best Rap Song, Best Rap Performance, and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. Lamar was declared a generational icon by the California State Senate for his music and philanthropic contributions, and was given the key to his hometown of Compton. And my personal favorite album by Kendrick Lamar
were they? i was young when the album came out, so i had the ability to listen to it, but never saw any public opinion on it prior and after the release. the only ‘public opinion’ i saw was the Grammys sweep he did lmao
@@soybeansandrice i think so. i belive "i" was released before this album dropped and people didnt like it. tbh "i" is one of my fav songs by k dot if not my fav, the bass in that song is insane
Kendrick Lamar 😮😮 this New Artist goin be the one for yrs to come! 😂 I see hella Grammys in his future! He may have a Michael Jackson night one day?? 🤷🏾♂️ Who knows 🤔
just randomly clicked on this recommendation thinking about this album and I really enjoyed listening to (most of) it with you both. liked hearing you discuss the different themes and threads with some new insights for me. Anyway thanks for the video Ill probably check out some more of these classic record reactions.
Loved this breakdown of Kendrick. 👏🏾 💐 kudos! I wanted to suggest Stankonia's album by Outkast as a classic for a breakdown. ✌🏾 beautiful black people.
10:19 "Something's in the water (Something's in the water) And if I got a brown nose for some gold then I'd rather be a bum than a motherfuckin' baller" i see you pops.
highkey I miss when people would just say kissing ass, people call everything glazing now. you talk about someone and it's glazing, you like something and you're glazing, you say you don't like something and now you're glazing the other thing. shit doesn't mean anything, people just say it
Can you look into Kendrick lost song called “prayer” he raps from the perspective of ABC band. Would be really cool video idea and breakdown of him rapping from Michael Jackson ABC band perspective about growing up
7:45 The cadence of his flow is similar to King's Dead, towards the end of the song specifically. (@aceofspades7 said it earlier but I'm bumping it up)
One? He is definitely THE greatest of his generation. And I don’t believe no rapper has created anything like TPAB. Correct me if I’m wrong. I’m not a rap stan, I don’t listen to everything, but I’ve been listening to rap since the womb (80s baby). Kendrick if anything the greatest rap ARTIST of all time in my opinion.
@@shaspearman8647 naw yea I fosho agree. I only said one of in particular because there will always be people throwing in their opinion on the matter but for me personally he is the greatest of his generation and maybe of all time in general but he should be in people's top 10 no matter what in my opinion.
Fire 🔥 🔥also i hates when we talking about rap girls in music and they wanna throw doja, Layton, etc all this bbl bandit name like we don’t hVe Rapsody 🤬🤬🤬
Sing About Me and How Much a Dollar Cost is definitely one of those songs for K dot. But back in the day for me its definitely ADHD and Section 80 in general For me Drake it has to be how he puts his songs together he is a great artist.
off Topic but can we get some Lupe Fiasco reactions? He has a few recent albums that are worth listening too, there is also a channel called TIMESNUROMAN that has visuals that explains Lupe songs. I seen in the video you asked "who raps like this?" and Lupe is the closest answer to that question
@@GooglyMoogly68food and liquor 1 was good but not deep, FAL2 wasn’t trash, but it wasn’t that good either. Tetsuo and youth and the cool were Lupe’s masterpieces for sure
Funniest thing bout the Meek Mill situation is that Meek only exposed Drake because Quentin didn't write for Meek and he felt some type of way bout it... Quentin said on DJ Vlad that Meek asked him to write him some bars too lmaooo
I’ve listened to this album at least a hundred times and I still get chills at the end when he’s calling out to Pac with no answer at the end. Absolute masterpiece
Bro I remember the first time I heard how much a dollar cost, that song made me shed a tear. That song is deeeeeep 🔥
And that’s a fact. For 4 years now, all Kendrick albums plays from beginning to the end for vibes especially every weekend doing chores around the house 😂😂😂
@@ekinse.1877This is why Drake shouldn't be compared to him, even before TPAB and Drake fans are actually clowning all his albums, including THIS ONE!😬
@@wedontagelikemilktho.7839Drake destroyed Lendrick
@@DiningWithDiego ragebait at its finest
The small tour was called”kunta sessions” I saw him in nyc and I didn’t expect it to be so intamate. He was interacting with all of us is was like under 100 ppl in the venue . It was incredible. He could’ve sold out entire stadiums at this point, but he did these insanely intimate shows , and for everyone that was there, that show is burnt in our memory forever
Genuinely so jealous
Very jealous
This one didn't win a Pulitzer but it's preserved in Harvard Vault. It's 1 of 4 Hip Hop albums in there
It’s the one that should’ve won
what are the other three?
@@hussein3274one of them is illmatic
@@hussein3274 low end theory, illmatic, and miseducation of lauryn hill
@@joshuayoung7972 imo GKMC and Madvillainy should be in there too
To me, this album really showcased Kendrick’s musicality. The way he utilized funk, and jazz was like nothing I had ever heard before. I was pretty young when this came out like 16-17 so I genuinely didn’t know hip hop could even sound like this.
Yes.. Kendrick coming out with this album with no 808’s in 2015 when all the hit hiphop records were trap beats and then he hits us with this.. that when I knew Dot was in a whole different lane as an artist and a brand.. his brand is “Quality” and “Progression”
1:00 - Wesley's Theory
5:47 - For Free?
9:22 - King Kunta
15:37 - Institutionalized
20:57 - These Walls
26:50 - u
32:50 - Alright
38:21 - For Sale?
43:03 - Momma
48:10 - Hood Politics
54:08 - How Much a Dollar Cost
59:31 - Complexion (A Zulu Love)
1:04:07 - The Blacker the Berry
1:08:49 - You Ain't Gotta Lie (Momma Said)
1:12:30 - i
1:17:38 - Mortal Man
That fast? You the goat ma boy 🤞💯
Blacker the berry is my 1️⃣ then i
Thank you sir
best person on planet earth
This is clutch
This album set the tone, and provided a perfect example of the exemplification of hip hop and how far and powerful the artistry can go. This album is the GO-TO citation for me when people don’t take hip hop as a serious art form. It’s checkball . Kendrick is unbelievably one of a kind.
Whole album makes you fall asleep. Overrated, great message but why is so highly regarded. Sounds good but an exemplification of hip hop is the wrong title
@@j.accoprollyIt’s always the guys with a perm lmao.
@@Intacfil always the one with a dweeb pfp lol. Internet dweller
@@j.accoprolly Okay bro...
Calling Kendrick a new artist gotta be the most wild thing I've ever heard
Great Profile Pic!
they are being sarcastic lmao
I know it's a joke but if they meant it it would've been the same as saying 2pac was a new rapper when it was 2004 😂
it was sarcasm they know who he is 😂
They’re referencing the album
The fact during the beef people was calling this album boring is wild
yeah imagine caling his best album boring also it hit 96/100 on AOTY last month
Album has a good message but trash music. GKMC is a way better album
@@realistic509 saying black unity/ improving black communities is a trash message is CRAZY work.
Your sir, is not like us
@@kushinthunderliger5402 I said it's a good message
@@realistic509 Trash music is craaazy 💀
Greatest rap album of all time in my opinion
word especially if you love music theory those melodies go hard
This album came out when i was 16 i didnt understand the concept or metaphor and messeges except for like two songs, it literally took me a few years for it to click. Thats how you know this is generational. Even now when i go through it im like damn that was crazy.
10:50 "You serious?" 😭😂😂😂 Pops was so disappointed lmaooo
Pops said what the hell Kendrick talking about on “U” 😂😂 l love that track
U is Kendrick’s best song imo
No favorite and best are different things
His best is sing about me I’m dying of thirst and his best on tpab is how much a dollar cost
@@AriseFNhe said “imo = in my opinion.”
@@AriseFN i really like HMADC but the best should be Blacker the berry wesley's theory, but i have HMADC in my top 5 from TPAB and that's something because the album is amazing throughout
Wesley's Theory - 0:55
For Free? - Interlude - 5:43
King Kunta - 9:21
Institutionalized - 15:36
These Walls - 20:55
u - 26:46
Alright - 32:49
For Sale? - 38:20
Momma - 43:02
Hood Politics - 48:07
How Much A Dollar Cost - 54:06
Complexion (A Zulu Love) - 59:28
The Blacker The Berry - 1:04:06
You Ain't Gotta Lie (Momma Said) - 1:08:47
i - 1:12:26
Mortal Man - 1:17:34
🔥🔥🐐
Man. People can’t sense simple sarcasm 😂
SAMIDOT on GKMC and u on TPAB get me in my feels every time. As soon as I hear the sax come in for the first solo notes on u, I get sent to tears.
7:45 you're talking about his verse on King's Dead from the Black Panther soundtrack. He performed that verse on the Grammys too
Came to say it! Good lookin out 🫡
I think he’s talking about FEEL
@@BigBlancoBaby No it's King's Dead, he's talking about the last part of the verse, "who am I? Not your father, not your brother, not your reason, not your future," etc. still one of the hardest Grammy performances of all time
This album is the embodiment of top tier Infotainment
Love seeing pops light up when he’s hearing great music. You can tell he’s got good taste.
To Pimp a Butterfly was preceded by the Grammy Award for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance-winning single "I". For his work on the album and additional collaborations from that year, Lamar received the most Grammy Award nominations by a rapper in a single night, with 11.
At the 58th Annual Grammy Awards, To Pimp a Butterfly was awarded Best Rap Album, while tracks from the album won Best Rap Song, Best Rap Performance, and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. Lamar was declared a generational icon by the California State Senate for his music and philanthropic contributions, and was given the key to his hometown of Compton. And my personal favorite album by Kendrick Lamar
Should've won Album of The Year, but Taylor Swift owned the machine
It's crazy how people were actually doubting him so heavy before the album dropped
were they? i was young when the album came out, so i had the ability to listen to it, but never saw any public opinion on it prior and after the release. the only ‘public opinion’ i saw was the Grammys sweep he did lmao
@@soybeansandrice i think so. i belive "i" was released before this album dropped and people didnt like it. tbh "i" is one of my fav songs by k dot if not my fav, the bass in that song is insane
Kendrick Lamar 😮😮 this New Artist goin be the one for yrs to come! 😂 I see hella Grammys in his future! He may have a Michael Jackson night one day?? 🤷🏾♂️ Who knows 🤔
New guy on da block lol
@@finalbreath15You lowkey the new guy for not getting the fact it was a joke at “a michael jackson night”
@@aryIoI clearly he on airplane mode lol
25:00 may be the 1st time I’ve seen any reactors expound on the diabolical nature of These Walls. It’s gang retaliation wrapped in a bounce 😂🔥🔥
“I been in this industry a long time” -Kendrick Lamar
Top 3 reaction channel. Luv from italy🇮🇹🙌
No matter how many times I listen to it and how many years go by since this released, I *ALWAYS* cry listening to u.
1:28
Pops Had To Adjust Them Headphones Real Quick 😂🔥
Album is good message trash music. GKMC is a way better album
The push the button and getting the coast involved line was Kendrick speaking on the whole East vs West beef all over again .
just randomly clicked on this recommendation thinking about this album and I really enjoyed listening to (most of) it with you both. liked hearing you discuss the different themes and threads with some new insights for me. Anyway thanks for the video Ill probably check out some more of these classic record reactions.
I don’t know how I stumble across this channel, but OMG, y’all are so entertaining!!!! I love it here!!!!
the song he used the For Free flow was King's Dead, from Black Panther soundtrack
The heart part 1-5 next
The holy grail
I love yall letting it play I’m vibing 💯💯💯💯
20:25 Nas - Rewind reference is insane. Pops knows ball fr
People ain’t really up on they game mannn, they don’t know🔥
The best review I’ve seen so far
Glad you posted this one
This is my favorite Kendrick album
I still listen to this in it's entirety
Funk-i-stine is correct. Lol. Love it!
Love it, glad to spend this album with you boys.
Unparalleled editing in these videos. These two are the best reaction channel and it's not close
Yo what a treat
The TPAB concert on RUclips is dope. This one of those albums you need to see in concert sitting with a live band to fully feel it.
U hits so hard. Total masterpiece
Love Pops reaction to “For Sale” . Right in the feels
Loved this breakdown of Kendrick. 👏🏾 💐 kudos! I wanted to suggest Stankonia's album by Outkast as a classic for a breakdown. ✌🏾 beautiful black people.
10:19 "Something's in the water (Something's in the water)
And if I got a brown nose for some gold then I'd rather be a bum than a motherfuckin' baller" i see you pops.
ADHD for me too. Couldn't stop listening to it.
2nd song I heard from kendrick and it didn't leave the rotation for a few years
@08:00 You are referring to the black album soundtrack.. I think the song is Kings Dead
This album is 🔥🔥 For Free, Momma 🐐
The For Free flow was also used on King's Dead
“When shit hit the fan are you still a fan?!” 🏃🏽♂️
The jig is up 😂😂😂
“Cut this shit off” 💀🤣
"Brown nosing" or "kissing ass" is just "glazing" nowadays OG
There are no rules. Use all the words, make them your own too
highkey I miss when people would just say kissing ass, people call everything glazing now. you talk about someone and it's glazing, you like something and you're glazing, you say you don't like something and now you're glazing the other thing. shit doesn't mean anything, people just say it
Can you look into Kendrick lost song called “prayer” he raps from the perspective of ABC band. Would be really cool video idea and breakdown of him rapping from Michael Jackson ABC band perspective about growing up
7:45 The cadence of his flow is similar to King's Dead, towards the end of the song specifically. (@aceofspades7 said it earlier but I'm bumping it up)
Kendrick been one of the greatest for like 10 years now dawg 😂😂😂 if you know you know.
One? He is definitely THE greatest of his generation. And I don’t believe no rapper has created anything like TPAB. Correct me if I’m wrong. I’m not a rap stan, I don’t listen to everything, but I’ve been listening to rap since the womb (80s baby). Kendrick if anything the greatest rap ARTIST of all time in my opinion.
@@shaspearman8647 naw yea I fosho agree. I only said one of in particular because there will always be people throwing in their opinion on the matter but for me personally he is the greatest of his generation and maybe of all time in general but he should be in people's top 10 no matter what in my opinion.
@@shaspearman8647the generation? Shit his my GOAT
The legend
ive never seen For Sale? hit so hard for someone man that instrumental really took him out
yall need to listen to Mach-Hommy
Another great video!! You guys should check out Wynne one day! She's a fun lyricist!
“Shoutout sensitivity” 😂😂
Man this album is something else…
I can't believe Pops hadn't heard this already
Y’all gotta do Rapsody Please Don’t Cry!!
Fire 🔥 🔥also i hates when we talking about rap girls in music and they wanna throw doja, Layton, etc all this bbl bandit name like we don’t hVe Rapsody 🤬🤬🤬
TAXMAN COMING TAXMAN COMING!!!
I thought this was a relisten but now I'm thinking, have they never heard this album?
7:53 nah it was Kings Dead for the black panther soundtrack
If yall react to Anderson Paak, please do "Yes Lawd" first and then "Why Lawd"
I feel like blacker the berry could’ve made for an incredible diss track in this beef (lyrics concept/energy/beat/hook..all that)
Dissing white people was perfect for the beat/hook
Pops talking about when Kendrick did Kings dead at the grammys (at the end of For Free?)
Nah i thought “U” was a precursor to “Savior”. Mr Morale is the therapy session that’s helping free him of the guilt of not being able to save others.
7:52 It was King's Dead Black Panther album
No way this dude is said Kenny is an up and coming artist😂 check how many Grammys he has
Did my guy really just say up and coming artist 😂😂😂😂
Yeah gotta do that new NxWorries album
42:53 I agree!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥
It would be cool if you guys put your laptop screen on your videos
Or show the laptop screen of the lyrics if you guys are reading
Lucy isn’t lucifer, it’s Lucian Grainge CEO of Universal Music Group. Drake’s rich baby daddy was tryna pimp him.
Both
Up and coming artist lol, yall wild, where yall been, Kendrick the Goat
they obviously playing bro 😂 you gotta open your humor senses
7:46 Kings Dead
25:10 "effed on wayne girl while he was in jail, thats conivin"
Jk
up and coming with 16 grammys is wild too say pops had it right lol
I've been listening to this album since the day it dropped. i never equated Wesley's theory to Wesley Snipes 🤣🤣🤣 that's embarrassing
"If these walls could talk" 1996 Film about Abortion......
Edit: mistyped release date of the movie.
Sing About Me and How Much a Dollar Cost is definitely one of those songs for K dot.
But back in the day for me its definitely ADHD and Section 80 in general
For me Drake it has to be how he puts his songs together he is a great artist.
Can you react to manger on mcnichols by boldy James and sterling toles, it’s another jazz rap masterpiece on the same level as this album
Shoutout sensitivity haha
@13:08 that’s Whitney singing
Fun Fact: How Much A Dollar Cost.....IS Barack Obama's favorite song on this album
off Topic but can we get some Lupe Fiasco reactions? He has a few recent albums that are worth listening too, there is also a channel called TIMESNUROMAN that has visuals that explains Lupe songs. I seen in the video you asked "who raps like this?" and Lupe is the closest answer to that question
Lupe’s albums undoubtedly goes deeper than Kendrick does. The cool, Tetsuo and Youth, Food and Liquor 1-2 are must listens to new listeners.
@@GooglyMoogly68food and liquor 1 was good but not deep, FAL2 wasn’t trash, but it wasn’t that good either. Tetsuo and youth and the cool were Lupe’s masterpieces for sure
I fuck with your step pops 😂😂😂😂🔥🔥🔥💪🏽🤌🏾
damn we just reaction to nobodies now 😭
Funniest thing bout the Meek Mill situation is that Meek only exposed Drake because Quentin didn't write for Meek and he felt some type of way bout it... Quentin said on DJ Vlad that Meek asked him to write him some bars too lmaooo
Dad looked real confused on this reaction lol
THIS ALBUM GOT A PULITZERPREISE
I thought that was DAMN album. This album was the year Kendrick was nominated for 17 Grammys
Album is good message trash music. GKMC is a way better album
HES BEEN IN THE INDUSTRY 12. YEARS.
1:29:40!!!! And literally proved it!!!
King Kunta was before Meek Mill exposed Drake
For free flow was on King's Dead