Did you catch the connection between Complexion and The Blacker the Berry? In Complexion, he's saying "complexion doesn't matter". In The Blacker the Berry, he's saying "the blacker, the better". Hence, why he's the "biggest hypocrite of 2015".
@@JonDenton he also mentions in the last line of BTB "so why did I weap when Treyvon Martin was in the street, when gangbanging made me kill a nigga blacker than me, hypocrite!". Kendrick has on a few different songs, for example on m.A.A.d city, mentioned himself killing someone at the age of 16. On "u" he says that depression rests on his heart for 2 reasons. Something definitely happened in his youth that has him very conflicted, because he wants to push a message to everyone that once was in a position like Kendrick, but him possibly having commited such an atrocity, makes him feel like a hypecrite.
w҉h҉e҉e҉l҉z҉ he never killed anyone pal in real life, he was playing the persona of “K.Dot” in GKMC. He says one reason for his depression is also survivor’s guilt, but I agree that yes he had a rough childhood surrounded by such atrocities explained in the Art of Peer Pressure, Sing to Me, etc. In other words, depression has hit him HARD lol
@@ElectrusBoom omg I cannot believe after almost 6 years and so many listens I’m just hearing this. Now I have to listen to the whole album 200 time 🤦🏽♂️
Timestamps: 0:50 Wesley's Theory 5:33 For Free? - Interlude 9:07 King Kunta 12:03 Institutionalized 16:09 These Walls 20:06 u 23:25 Alright 26:17 For Sale? Interlude 27:52 Momma 30:46 Hood Politics 33:29 How Much A Dollar Cost 36:39 Complexion (A Zulu Love) 41:06 The Blacker The Berry 43:55 You Ain't Gotta Lie (Momma Said) 48:30 i 50:11 Mortal Man
It could be a reference to maad city where he says "if pirus and crips all got along, they'd probably gun me down by the end of the song". Maybe if democrats and the republicans teamed up, they'd go after people like Kendrick. I don't know whether or not that'd be because of racism or backlash to people that speak on social issues without taking political sides (like Kendrick does), that's all up to speculation.
@@will7874 I guess it could be interpreted to be many references. Maad city and sing about me aren't the only references Kendrick has made about crips and bloods.
I love how he's actually reacting to the deeper meaning and everything. Other reactors don't dig that deep but JD is giving reactions this album deserves.
@@zakiydaulay4390 How is it not? The instrumental arrangements alone make it complex. Next is the poem built through the album. Then, how the themes and stories Kendrick are telling up the complexity even more. Listen to the Dissect podcast on Spotify about this album to understand.
J Masters no he’s talking about a vagina on the first part, second part hes talking to himself and realizing this is not what he wants, third part hes talking to the imprisoned boyfriend of the girl hes having sex with. I dont really have time to break down every single part but if you want go listen to the song with what i told you in mind
To Pimp A Butterfly Changed my life in 2015. I was going into my senior year of high school and it changed my perspective on life. This is honestly the greatest album ever created. Period.
It only gets better after multiple listens if you can believe it Don’t miss out on The Heart Parts 1-4 and Untitled Unmastered before Kendrick Season is over!
For sure and then I’ll get asked to explain it, and I’m always like ahhhh how am I supposed to coherently explain everything and not miss out any important information.
@@Strixs ah so im not the only one who still has to listen to it i need to listen to it a fourth time now to appreciate it... but first im gonna go for good kid maad city
Just so u know Alright was adapted as the theme song for Black Lives Matter and in his Bet performance of it he was standing on a cop car and that's why it was in the news
@@joshwilson2402 Ah, shit. Here we go again. You mean ignore an oversimplified view of gender based on a group of xenophobe's bad faith misunderstanding of 2nd grade bilogy that has been debunk by anyone who actually cares about gender, biology, neurology, social structures, and doesn't just want to discriminate people whose lives they don't understand? Yes.
xxxtensioncord the fact you have illmatic and ready to die as your two other albums, I can tell you don’t really have a ear for hip hip their amazing albums but not the next top 2
@@finnegansiemion3692 he doesn't react to funk often from what I see, I wouldn't blame him. We all make mistakes. It was like 1 second in a great video
The older I get and the more this album ages, the harder U gets to listen to for me. It’s too real, the pain of blaming yourself for things you know are out of your control, but you still feel the full weight of failed responsibility. But Kendrick being able to convey and display that pain so clearly is what makes the track so great.
Guys if y'all wanna hear the son of Tyler and Pharrell, go listen to Radio suicide by Makala, the Beats were made by Varnish la piscine, a fckn genius and probably the successor of Tyler n Pharrell no joke
the transition from u to alright is probably my favorite of all time. going from the lowest point emotionally to proudly proclaiming WE GON BE ALRIGHT was so moving for me when this came out and helped me when I was at one of my lowest points emotionally. kendrick is one of a kind fr fr
This album was like an alien spaceship that completely smashed all my previous understanding (or lack thereof) of the black perspective in modern America.TPAB changed how I perceive and relate to the black community as a white man. No other media has ever done that for me. For that reason, in my opinion, it’s the best album of all time
One of the best RUclipsrs in the game. Untitled Unmastered follows this album. Think of it as like bonus tracks for TPAB. They’re “throwaway” tracks that didn’t make it to the album, but the quality of the songs on that album really show how much better Kendrick is. His throwaways are better than everyone else’s classics lmao.
You should know that this was Kendrick's first album after his Control verse. He had all eyes watching him and he dropped this. These two together is what enshrined Kendrick as the undisputed king of rap. And my opinion is that he took that swag from that verse and all the aftermath into King Kunta on TPAB.
TPAB is such an amazing album to the point that it is so hard to fully digest and understand without assistance and this leads me to suggest listening to the dissect podcast on the album. It does an amazing job at picking apart each individual song but also help piece together the narrative throughout the album. By the end of the series it will help you see the true genius and attention to detail throughout the album. One thing I learnt from the series is the core difference between TPAB and GKMC with my interpretation being that GKMC presents the external issues that effect Kendrick whilst TPAB highlights the internal problems Kendrick faces.
This album literally saved my life I listen to it probably twice a day for 5 months when I was at one of the lowest points in my life I can not stress how intricate this album is you get something knew every time you hear it
This is my second favourite album of all time and is honestly a masterpiece in every way possible. Every song has layers upon layers that you still peel back years later.
I respect your attentiveness to the details of this album, while also acknowledging you will naturally miss many things, and that it's ultimately best to enjoy the music. And you do enjoy the music. Many people felt everything was going over their heads when listening TPAB -granted, you have Genius- and they didn't appreciate a lot of the concepts shown here, nor the production. Yet, even without any deep rooted interest in jazz or funk, that I know of, you manage to appreciate this production that's filled to the brim with it. You have grown as a listener, and that's quite a thing to be able to witness :)
Yeah...i understand that feeling after hearing TPAB..You just end you being in shock. Also the message it brings. This should be in university for literature because it is just amazing..
I made it!!!! And it was an absolute pleasure to see you at the top of this mountain of work. So worth it to see your reaction to mortal man. I think the first time I heard it as a black woman I cried. You made it too!!!!
can't believe I sat here watching you bop your head for an hour but I don't regret a second! Such a work of genius I could listen to this album a million times and never get bored
I think we all can say that this album is very African American based and forwarded to, but I have to say that I love the fact that you understand what’s being said and the concepts but is still conscious enough to not directly address some of them because of how some people will take your take on it. ✊🏽
I’m so happy and jealous you’re experiencing this album for the first time. We need to appreciate Kendrick while we can. Love the reactions. I hope you do an album reactions to Outkast eventually
Been watching rock reacts since day 1. I remember when you guys reacted to sing about me I'm dying of thirst and hoping one day you would listen to the albums as a whole to get the context. So fantastic to see how much your hip hop ears have evolved. TPAB is definitely among the greatest hip hop albums ever made and thank you so so much for putting the time and effort into understanding it. The hour long video flew by and watching you react feels like showing a friend your favorite music and getting the best possible response. Keep up the great work man
The best part of this entire album is the poem he reads at the end of the tracks. Not only is it part of the theme of the entire album and how he's reading it outloud to Tupac, but each part he adds onto the poem is foreshadowing for the next song, it lays out the theme for each song. It's really incredible.
Just discovered this album. What a fantastic album. All that funk, jazz, and Kendrick's genius it's a wow! He does require more work when analyzing and it's so worth it! Love Kendrick. Love the reactions!!
every once in a while when i watch your videos it's like i'm watching myself when i first heard something because it hits you the same way it did me. this is the closest it's ever gotten to being my spitting image.
React to Untitled Unmastered. Kendrick released it album after this from songs that didn't make the album because they dint fit well in story-wise but still great. same type of flows and beats.
19:38 is me every time I try to dissect and study the multiple meanings of every verse on any kendrick song , mindblown everytime 🤯 it’s like we can’t handle the level of genius that man gives us
I’d only been a passively aware of free jazz before TPAB, but upon hearing the squaks of saxophone on here, I dove deep into the genre. Kendrick stretching beyond hh
Made it, right there with you brother. Refreshing as hell to see a genuine person reacting genuinely to such a masterpiece. Looking forward to what you've got to say about Untitled Unmastered, that's the only Kenny project that rivals TPAB's production for me. Untitled 05 will knock you on your ass, guaranteed.
Made it! It’s always so great to watch people’s first reaction to my favorite album of all time. Glad you enjoyed it! Something I noticed was how much you loved the songs you had already heard when you heard them again - that’s a lot like how the whole album is on repeat listens. When you know the story beats, the bars, the message and everything it just HITS. The blacker the berry made me cry for the first time two years after the album was released just because you begin to know every snare, every saxophone motif and note and everything clicks even more then when you first hear mortal man. Good luck with your journey with this album and I hope you enjoy it.
Awesome hardest working react channel since you are going through Kendrick’s music look up Black Hippy mixtape it is collaborations of Kendrick, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, and ScHoolBoy Q
I’ve listened to this album so many times but never gotten all of these hidden meanings and references. This video makes me want to listen to it even more
Untitled Unmastered has to be the next Kendrick Album Reaction because it’s technically compilation of Kendrick Lamar’s Tracks that didn’t make TPAB that would have originally been saved on hard drives and never released to the masses but it’s still some fucking amazing songs 🔥✊🏾!
And we're here. To Pimp a Butterfly was a record that blew me away from the first moment I heard it. I had already knew how talented & impressive Kendrick was when I heard Good Kid for the first time but this record was on a completely new level. I shed tears on u when I first heard & the literal chills that Mortal Man gave me when Pac showed up still come around, even as you finish your first reaction. Easily one of my favorite records of all time & I'm so glad to be alive in an era where an artist like Kendrick Lamar can exist. Jon, PLEASE REACT TO UNTITLED UNMASTERED before you slide into DAMN. It truly is the best next step in this journey you're taking. It shares a lot of elements that are on TPAB & gives you a good idea of where Kendrick's mind was as he was gearing up for DAMN. It's easy to write that record off as a bunch of TPAB leftovers but to do that would be a total disservice to your journey and the type of artist Kendrick. Also, if you know anything about Nas, Untitled Unmastered is seriously just Kendrick's version of "The Lost Tapes" (Which, to many, is amongst Nas's best material & it's officially considered a compilation project).
also, pharrell on alright reminded me that you should listen to No One Ever Really Dies by NERD. it’s a production trio that pharrell fronts and does a lot of the vocals for. they’re an incredible mix of rap, funk, punk, r&b, and even sometimes stuff like reggae, house, and go-go
If you haven’t already, I highly recommend watching Anthony Fantano’s (theneedledrop) review of this album. He does a fantastic job at dissecting the songs, and does a great job at helping you piece together the album as a whole
love your reaction. it reminds me of the first time i heard kendricks music GKMC. i heard the whole album from start to finish which i rarely do. i remember doing that with kanyes The college dropout too. Thanks for this! :)
Made it man. And I’m glad I did. Never met u before, but just having the chance to see somebody else’s mind being blown listening to the same thing, and being fully able to relate to every reaction you had to picking apart these songs, it’s just a level of communication that mediums like RUclips allow you to access, and I’m so here for it dude . Keep up the dope work bro 💯
I made it! Love your reactions, man! So authentiiiiiiicccc 🙌🏾 Just realised I’m not subscribed though so definitely about to change that. I’ve been watching your videos for a hot minute now and didn’t even notice, smh.
As someone who has studied all of Kendrick’s work, you’re strong of reactions made me realize why I fell in love with his work and it warms my heart to see you come from where you did a little over a year ago to now and can’t wait to see where u go next
The end with 2pac is just the greatest musical plot twist of all time
I cried many times hearing that
feels feel u bro
Fr the first time I heard it I thought my phone glitched out and shuffled to a 2Pac album. But when I heard Kendrick and 2pac together I lost my shit
In lesser hands, that would have been the most pretentious move but Kendrick definitely earned it
Crazy that i can still remember exactly where/when i listened to this album for the first time, cant say that about many songs/albums
"u" is probably the greatest delivery of any verse in history. chills every time
I love u Kid Cudi
I don’t even know how he could get through the 2nd verse like that. Can’t imagine what he was going through in the studio
Finally someone who says it
aRe YoU tHe ReAsOn ThAt MuM aNd ThEm LeAvInG
what a geniune comment
“I’m still in U and These Walls” - JD
Yes officer, this quote right here
@@LJ-un1hb im dead
Lmao
Amazing 😂
😂
Did you catch the connection between Complexion and The Blacker the Berry? In Complexion, he's saying "complexion doesn't matter". In The Blacker the Berry, he's saying "the blacker, the better". Hence, why he's the "biggest hypocrite of 2015".
Madness
@@JonDenton he also mentions in the last line of BTB "so why did I weap when Treyvon Martin was in the street, when gangbanging made me kill a nigga blacker than me, hypocrite!". Kendrick has on a few different songs, for example on m.A.A.d city, mentioned himself killing someone at the age of 16. On "u" he says that depression rests on his heart for 2 reasons. Something definitely happened in his youth that has him very conflicted, because he wants to push a message to everyone that once was in a position like Kendrick, but him possibly having commited such an atrocity, makes him feel like a hypecrite.
w҉h҉e҉e҉l҉z҉ he never killed anyone pal in real life, he was playing the persona of “K.Dot” in GKMC. He says one reason for his depression is also survivor’s guilt, but I agree that yes he had a rough childhood surrounded by such atrocities explained in the Art of Peer Pressure, Sing to Me, etc. In other words, depression has hit him HARD lol
@@ElectrusBoom omg I cannot believe after almost 6 years and so many listens I’m just hearing this. Now I have to listen to the whole album 200 time 🤦🏽♂️
@@ElectrusBoom yooo
Timestamps:
0:50 Wesley's Theory
5:33 For Free? - Interlude
9:07 King Kunta
12:03 Institutionalized
16:09 These Walls
20:06 u
23:25 Alright
26:17 For Sale? Interlude
27:52 Momma
30:46 Hood Politics
33:29 How Much A Dollar Cost
36:39 Complexion (A Zulu Love)
41:06 The Blacker The Berry
43:55 You Ain't Gotta Lie (Momma Said)
48:30 i
50:11 Mortal Man
Beast
@@JonDenton love your content, both solo and with Simon.
How do you get these so quickly?
WW
Mak seeds Living Legend
Hood politics was the track where kendrick said “Democrips and Rebloodicans” 🔥 don’t sleep on it
he gotta listen to control to fully understand the song
It could be a reference to maad city where he says "if pirus and crips all got along, they'd probably gun me down by the end of the song". Maybe if democrats and the republicans teamed up, they'd go after people like Kendrick. I don't know whether or not that'd be because of racism or backlash to people that speak on social issues without taking political sides (like Kendrick does), that's all up to speculation.
The5Head i thought that was a connection to sing about me i’m dying of thirst
@@will7874 I guess it could be interpreted to be many references. Maad city and sing about me aren't the only references Kendrick has made about crips and bloods.
@@Agent1245_ you're reaching....far
Honestly joining you on this journey is absolutely amazing it's like rediscovering everything for the first time again :)
"The absolute zenith of what hip hop can be in the modern era"
Damn, Jon
Very well said
"It must be really exhausting living in Kendrick Lamar's head"
💯💯💯
I love how he's actually reacting to the deeper meaning and everything. Other reactors don't dig that deep but JD is giving reactions this album deserves.
This album a masterpiece n very complex. Need more listen.
Why is it complex
@@zakiydaulay4390 How is it not? The instrumental arrangements alone make it complex. Next is the poem built through the album. Then, how the themes and stories Kendrick are telling up the complexity even more. Listen to the Dissect podcast on Spotify about this album to understand.
@@theglowingman2899 i know the themes. I just wanna know if other people know the themes
@@zakiydaulay4390 Nah dog you're literally the only genius that could even comprehend the themes in this album lmao
@@Mantispriezt shit! Rly? Yall dumb haha
I’m embarrassed of how many times I’ve listened to These Walls and not realized he wasn’t talking about actual walls
Well he is talking about prison walls in the latter part of the song to be fair
J Masters no he’s talking about a vagina on the first part, second part hes talking to himself and realizing this is not what he wants, third part hes talking to the imprisoned boyfriend of the girl hes having sex with. I dont really have time to break down every single part but if you want go listen to the song with what i told you in mind
@@ElectrusBoom shut the fuck up Cal
Yesss I thought we'd have to wait another week before this because of the GKMC bonus tracks :) thank you
Im so proud of the prophet, he came a loooong way to the point where he can understand TPAB. Much respect 💯
Real talk I’m shocked he understands but I love it
How much a dollar cost is probably one of the greatest hip hop songs ever
U and How Much a Dollar Cost both
Sing about me?
In my opinion probably.
That shit made me believe in god 😂
mike check out the Bible verse about when you give to the poor you give to god
To Pimp A Butterfly Changed my life in 2015. I was going into my senior year of high school and it changed my perspective on life. This is honestly the greatest album ever created. Period.
without a doubt.
Definitely! The same happened to me through a hard moment I've been on my life.
Yes bro It was at the end of my junior year and it really changed the way I saw life and the world. It’s my favorite album of all time!
It’s close, u should try out some Pink Floyd stuff, Radiohead, Björk, but yeah, it’s up there
@@ldhdjzjjaklzjdbd6610 I listen to Pink Floyd and yeah it’s revolutionary.
It only gets better after multiple listens if you can believe it
Don’t miss out on The Heart Parts 1-4 and Untitled Unmastered before Kendrick Season is over!
true - at first listen when it came out i was kinda confused, i only liked like 1 or 2 songs but now its one of the best albums ive ever heard
!!!!!!!!!!!
@@FearDoe best album*
Deadass. I didn't fuck with TPAB at first, now it's my favorite album of all time.
Kendrick Season is never over.
Listening to TPAB feels like a curse because people sometimes simply won't get why you praise it so damn much...
I genuinely feel some peoples ears are somehow not caple of taking it in fully
@@carloshernandez3177 ye there's just a lot to take in first time listening, I had to listen to it 3 times before appreciating it fully
Strixs same like I didn’t hate it or anything I thought it was a solid album but always thought GKMC was better but third listen I saw the brilliance
For sure and then I’ll get asked to explain it, and I’m always like ahhhh how am I supposed to coherently explain everything and not miss out any important information.
@@Strixs ah so im not the only one who still has to listen to it
i need to listen to it a fourth time now to appreciate it... but first im gonna go for good kid maad city
Do Untitled Unmastered Before Moving On To Damn!!!!
Yes !!!
You have to otherwise it will be a disservice to the TPAb throw aways
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I think damn is a skip compared to his other albums
@@khailils446 "its deep rooted in the music of being young and dumb". He has matured I like how introspective and philosophical DAMN is.
I respect you so much after watching this reaction...
Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo
Joey Bada$$ - 1999
Anderson Paak. - Malibu
Dismemberment Plan- Emergency & I
freddie gibbs and madlib - pinata
mick jenkins - the waters
smino - blkswn
Robert glassper - black radio
Flying lotus - you're dead
Earl Sweatshirt - Doris
Mick Jenkins - The Waters
Nick Grant - '88
Milo - so the flies dont come
@@MCGodsGaming My ideal suggestions would be Milo, Billy Woods, Open Mike, and Armand Hammer. Tryna be realistic though lmao
"To pimp a Butterfly" A Top 3 Hiphop/Rap Album Of All Time.
top 2 and it's not 2
You gotta be shitting me lol
@@andypanda5173 imagine thinking this album is overrated lmao
Andy Flores stfu
I think best album of the 2010s
Me: *finishes watching the bonus tracks of GKMC reaction
Me: *refreshes subscription page
Me: . . .
Me: 'YOU DID NOT JUST DO THIS TO ME'
Bru same shit happened to me LMFAOOOOO
One of the greatest moments for me is being able to thank Kendrick in person and give him praise for this album, truly a masterpiece
I made it
Just so u know Alright was adapted as the theme song for Black Lives Matter and in his Bet performance of it he was standing on a cop car and that's why it was in the news
FOX News to be specific. The most dishonest News Network on the planet.
@@PvEGamingChannel yea fox News is historically and unapologetically racist.
@@stephcurry30hs9 Racist, transphobic, homophobic, sexist, bigoted, xenophobic, propaganda, immoral, unethical, sensationalist, dangerous, spineless, etc. All the above
@@PvEGamingChannel "transphobic" what? You mean that it's right to ignore the rules of biology?
@@joshwilson2402 Ah, shit. Here we go again.
You mean ignore an oversimplified view of gender based on a group of xenophobe's bad faith misunderstanding of 2nd grade bilogy that has been debunk by anyone who actually cares about gender, biology, neurology, social structures, and doesn't just want to discriminate people whose lives they don't understand? Yes.
The way him saying "Pac?" at the end of Mortal Man has the cadence of a gun shot always have me chills.
AHHHHH, MY FAVORITE K DOT ALBUM, THANK YOU SO MUCH
Pleasure!
TPAB is one of the greatest rap albums of all time
For sure
The greatest IMO
It is the greatest
Sans rap. Just one of the greatest albums
I would rate his GKMC above this but it’s all your taste, but everyone can agree that this is one of the greatest rap albums of all time.
yoooooo. this album is up there in being the number one hip-hop album of all time. good video.
For me it's the best rap album of all time, even better than Illmatic or Ready To Die.
@@CheeseyMilkshakes Way better then those 2 TPAB is years ahead of it's time
xxxtensioncord ehh...
‘‘ tpab
madvillainy
illmatic
mbdtf
xxxtensioncord the fact you have illmatic and ready to die as your two other albums, I can tell you don’t really have a ear for hip hip their amazing albums but not the next top 2
Why would someone ever dislike this video?? It was so genuine and showed how much you cared about trying to really take in the album, loved it man
Not saying I disliked the video, but the man called a 4/4 tempo strange. c’mon man. 19/8 time signatures are strange, not 4/4
@@finnegansiemion3692 he doesn't react to funk often from what I see, I wouldn't blame him. We all make mistakes. It was like 1 second in a great video
JD - "There's too many meanings! I don't know what to do"
-Answer keep listening to it for years and years like we've been doing. It never disappoints
💯💯💯💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
A masterpiece like that cannot be deciphered in one listen! That's why Kendrick is the best IMO.
@@HonestRapReactions Hail Marry Mallon is a good rap group for that.
I don’t know what to do is probably the most honest reaction for a first time listen.
The older I get and the more this album ages, the harder U gets to listen to for me. It’s too real, the pain of blaming yourself for things you know are out of your control, but you still feel the full weight of failed responsibility. But Kendrick being able to convey and display that pain so clearly is what makes the track so great.
Pharrell beats mostly always starts with a four count. That's his signature so you know it's him. Fun fact
Jonathan Butler Tyler, The Creator has started using this as well
@@sadams194 Tyler was always very Pharrell inspired. Love how he somehow pays respect to Pharrell
ta- ta- ta- ta- taaaaaa
ALLS MAH LIFE I HAS TO FIGHT
NIGGAH
Guys if y'all wanna hear the son of Tyler and Pharrell, go listen to Radio suicide by Makala, the Beats were made by Varnish la piscine, a fckn genius and probably the successor of Tyler n Pharrell no joke
Sumair Bawa lmao
It’s crazy cos listening to this with you made realise how much of a classic this was and this album was actually his best one.
Listen to "These Walls" performed on Ellen, its super fire
ASAPKoala I love that version of it. It’s amazing just like all his live tv version of Untitled
He sings at some point and he when he closed his eyes at the part when he talked about his dead friend wow
When he sings the last chorus after that emotional buildup .... chills everytime
The comments on that video is hilarious tho
I watch this over and over just to see someone else appreciate Kendricks greatness
Notification SQUAD. This is my favourite album of all time, but it definitely took more than one listen, I'm excited to see your first thoughts
I could play this album from beginning to end without skipping!
@@corrosivedevourer I have it on vinyl, and often do just that :')
Same here bro, it took me a couple listens but TPAB is my favorite album of all time.
the transition from u to alright is probably my favorite of all time. going from the lowest point emotionally to proudly proclaiming WE GON BE ALRIGHT was so moving for me when this came out and helped me when I was at one of my lowest points emotionally. kendrick is one of a kind fr fr
I’m very happy that you got to appreciate U for the masterpiece it is in context.
This album was like an alien spaceship that completely smashed all my previous understanding (or lack thereof) of the black perspective in modern America.TPAB changed how I perceive and relate to the black community as a white man. No other media has ever done that for me. For that reason, in my opinion, it’s the best album of all time
I made it! What an album and as you say, it almost transcends music in its own way. Kendrick is a master wordsmith and artist. The best there is
“That wasn’t an album, that was a MOMENT” ~ The Prophet 💯💯
One of the best RUclipsrs in the game. Untitled Unmastered follows this album. Think of it as like bonus tracks for TPAB. They’re “throwaway” tracks that didn’t make it to the album, but the quality of the songs on that album really show how much better Kendrick is. His throwaways are better than everyone else’s classics lmao.
UU is honestly my favorite group of songs by Kendrick. Love every track so much.
You should know that this was Kendrick's first album after his Control verse. He had all eyes watching him and he dropped this. These two together is what enshrined Kendrick as the undisputed king of rap. And my opinion is that he took that swag from that verse and all the aftermath into King Kunta on TPAB.
TPAB is such an amazing album to the point that it is so hard to fully digest and understand without assistance and this leads me to suggest listening to the dissect podcast on the album. It does an amazing job at picking apart each individual song but also help piece together the narrative throughout the album. By the end of the series it will help you see the true genius and attention to detail throughout the album. One thing I learnt from the series is the core difference between TPAB and GKMC with my interpretation being that GKMC presents the external issues that effect Kendrick whilst TPAB highlights the internal problems Kendrick faces.
Rapsody - Laila's Wisdom
She's the rapper from Complexion (A Zulu Love)
yes please
Great album, one of my favorites from 2017
Rapsody is so dope
Can we all please make sure Jon listens to untitled unmastered as well before he ranks all of Kendricks project
Snm
TPAB
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Duncan Darnell eh damn above s8
Untitled Unmastered is his weakest in my opinion. TPAB his best
@@WilliamD52 ehh your tripping my guy.... Untitled is a 8/10
Danm is like a 7/10
This album literally saved my life I listen to it probably twice a day for 5 months when I was at one of the lowest points in my life I can not stress how intricate this album is you get something knew every time you hear it
This is my second favourite album of all time and is honestly a masterpiece in every way possible. Every song has layers upon layers that you still peel back years later.
ImAdaptation Illmatic is my goat album but this is right there with it.
I respect your attentiveness to the details of this album, while also acknowledging you will naturally miss many things, and that it's ultimately best to enjoy the music. And you do enjoy the music.
Many people felt everything was going over their heads when listening TPAB -granted, you have Genius- and they didn't appreciate a lot of the concepts shown here, nor the production. Yet, even without any deep rooted interest in jazz or funk, that I know of, you manage to appreciate this production that's filled to the brim with it. You have grown as a listener, and that's quite a thing to be able to witness :)
My favorite Kendrick album and favorite reaction youtuber!
Thanks!!
his best album
Also Kendrick was planning on calling the album “to pimp a caterpillar” which would be stylized as 2PAC and a hint at the twist at the end
I'm so happy you are doing this! Can't wait to see how you feel at the end of this masterpiece!
Yeah...i understand that feeling after hearing TPAB..You just end you being in shock. Also the message it brings. This should be in university for literature because it is just amazing..
I got you fam!! I'm writing my BA graduation thesis about TPAB.
Ghifar Raad i would LOVE to read that
@@ghifarraad8392 would you mind sharing?
Its probably in university already
I made it!!!! And it was an absolute pleasure to see you at the top of this mountain of work. So worth it to see your reaction to mortal man. I think the first time I heard it as a black woman I cried. You made it too!!!!
can't believe I sat here watching you bop your head for an hour but I don't regret a second! Such a work of genius I could listen to this album a million times and never get bored
I think we all can say that this album is very African American based and forwarded to, but I have to say that I love the fact that you understand what’s being said and the concepts but is still conscious enough to not directly address some of them because of how some people will take your take on it. ✊🏽
No it’s African. He wrote some of this from being in aftica
@@WyWid it’s both AA and African experiences.
@@arizz8457 I remember in my social studies class people would call slaves that were directly from Africa “African Americans”, they were stoopid
I’m so happy and jealous you’re experiencing this album for the first time. We need to appreciate Kendrick while we can. Love the reactions. I hope you do an album reactions to Outkast eventually
React to all 3 Run The Jewels albums
Dean Thomson please, please, please!!!!!!
I’m pretty sure he’s listened to them, he said he’s a fan before on RR
@@Ryan-hy6vo i know he is but it would be good to see him react anyway & give his thoughts & feedback on them
I would want JD to listen to El-Ps earlier work. Company Flow,Cannibal Ox and his 3 solo albums.
10/10 album, 10/10 reaction
schoolboy q - blessed ft kendrick lamar
Best kendrick and schoolboy q colab by farrr!!!🙌🏽
What a tune
nick moser collard greens?? >
Never seen anyone else recommend this, this is one of my favourite tracks of all time
nick moser 📠
livin in a premature place
i love watching you listen to this album for the first time, it’s so entertaining and cool i’ve rewatched the entire video a few times now
I will always remember the ending of the album when 2pac came on I was extremely shocked
8:25 Really cool to see you growing musically and as a person to be able to understand and appreciate different musics and cultures
You should check his 2016 grammys performance, great video
Anıl Murathan this needs more likes
Hard to find the actual video haha
The more you listen the deeper you get into the album, after years of listening to it, it changes the way you look at things
Bro this is the best reaction to TPAB I have ever seen no cap and I made it to the end.
Been watching rock reacts since day 1. I remember when you guys reacted to sing about me I'm dying of thirst and hoping one day you would listen to the albums as a whole to get the context. So fantastic to see how much your hip hop ears have evolved. TPAB is definitely among the greatest hip hop albums ever made and thank you so so much for putting the time and effort into understanding it. The hour long video flew by and watching you react feels like showing a friend your favorite music and getting the best possible response. Keep up the great work man
The best part of this entire album is the poem he reads at the end of the tracks. Not only is it part of the theme of the entire album and how he's reading it outloud to Tupac, but each part he adds onto the poem is foreshadowing for the next song, it lays out the theme for each song. It's really incredible.
Wesleys Theory is the best kdot track of all time just too perfect
@@NoName-yy3wb greatest intro oat
Yeah that song grew sooo much on me, imo its the best track ever composed period. 🤷♂️
best instrumental and production I've ever heard in my life
real
Just discovered this album. What a fantastic album. All that funk, jazz, and Kendrick's genius it's a wow! He does require more work when analyzing and it's so worth it! Love Kendrick. Love the reactions!!
every once in a while when i watch your videos it's like i'm watching myself when i first heard something because it hits you the same way it did me. this is the closest it's ever gotten to being my spitting image.
React to Untitled Unmastered. Kendrick released it album after this from songs that didn't make the album because they dint fit well in story-wise but still great. same type of flows and beats.
Best album of the 2010s and one of the greatest rap albums of all time
Each Listen you will enjoy it more and more. Garentueed
19:38 is me every time I try to dissect and study the multiple meanings of every verse on any kendrick song ,
mindblown everytime 🤯 it’s like we can’t handle the level of genius that man gives us
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
"I been looking forward to this my whole life"
I’d only been a passively aware of free jazz before TPAB, but upon hearing the squaks of saxophone on here, I dove deep into the genre. Kendrick stretching beyond hh
Made it, right there with you brother. Refreshing as hell to see a genuine person reacting genuinely to such a masterpiece. Looking forward to what you've got to say about Untitled Unmastered, that's the only Kenny project that rivals TPAB's production for me. Untitled 05 will knock you on your ass, guaranteed.
Made it! It’s always so great to watch people’s first reaction to my favorite album of all time. Glad you enjoyed it! Something I noticed was how much you loved the songs you had already heard when you heard them again - that’s a lot like how the whole album is on repeat listens. When you know the story beats, the bars, the message and everything it just HITS. The blacker the berry made me cry for the first time two years after the album was released just because you begin to know every snare, every saxophone motif and note and everything clicks even more then when you first hear mortal man. Good luck with your journey with this album and I hope you enjoy it.
Awesome hardest working react channel since you are going through Kendrick’s music look up Black Hippy mixtape it is collaborations of Kendrick, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, and ScHoolBoy Q
There is no such thing as a Black Hippy mixtape, that's just a fan made compilation
Great pfp
possibly my favourite album OAT, this. great to see somebody else get blown away by it. these walls my favourite track
The time has come...
That it has
I’ve listened to this album so many times but never gotten all of these hidden meanings and references. This video makes me want to listen to it even more
Untitled Unmastered has to be the next Kendrick Album Reaction because it’s technically compilation of Kendrick Lamar’s Tracks that didn’t make TPAB that would have originally been saved on hard drives and never released to the masses but it’s still some fucking amazing songs 🔥✊🏾!
And we're here. To Pimp a Butterfly was a record that blew me away from the first moment I heard it. I had already knew how talented & impressive Kendrick was when I heard Good Kid for the first time but this record was on a completely new level. I shed tears on u when I first heard & the literal chills that Mortal Man gave me when Pac showed up still come around, even as you finish your first reaction. Easily one of my favorite records of all time & I'm so glad to be alive in an era where an artist like Kendrick Lamar can exist.
Jon, PLEASE REACT TO UNTITLED UNMASTERED before you slide into DAMN. It truly is the best next step in this journey you're taking. It shares a lot of elements that are on TPAB & gives you a good idea of where Kendrick's mind was as he was gearing up for DAMN. It's easy to write that record off as a bunch of TPAB leftovers but to do that would be a total disservice to your journey and the type of artist Kendrick. Also, if you know anything about Nas, Untitled Unmastered is seriously just Kendrick's version of "The Lost Tapes" (Which, to many, is amongst Nas's best material & it's officially considered a compilation project).
“It must be exhausting living in Kendrick Lamar’s head”
This comment is especially poignant after Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers
also, pharrell on alright reminded me that you should listen to No One Ever Really Dies by NERD. it’s a production trio that pharrell fronts and does a lot of the vocals for. they’re an incredible mix of rap, funk, punk, r&b, and even sometimes stuff like reggae, house, and go-go
If you haven’t already, I highly recommend watching Anthony Fantano’s (theneedledrop) review of this album. He does a fantastic job at dissecting the songs, and does a great job at helping you piece together the album as a whole
Will do
Isn’t that the guy that said he wishes Japanese internment was still around today?
Edit: Nah he’s a good guy
Duncan Darnell The watermelon loves his fellow Japanese people
Duncan Darnell highly unlikely lol
@@slinkingslug bruh don't bring that shitty meme to the uninitiated
Dude I follow mma heavily and your story about Firas and Rory is amazing! Makes me and even bigger fan. Great reaction too !
React to Nas - Illmatic
@‘ ‘ tpab is the best rap album oat
@@MohAmer834 A piece of strange is the best rap album oat
@@jean522 top 15 imo cant put it number 1 tho
@@MohAmer834 APOS top 3 at least
@@jean522 respectable but i have atleast 10 albums better than it imo
love your reaction. it reminds me of the first time i heard kendricks music GKMC. i heard the whole album from start to finish which i rarely do. i remember doing that with kanyes The college dropout too. Thanks for this! :)
What a great reaction to the best album of all time. This is the TPAB of reactions
Seriously has been my favourite 3 hours on youtube this year, watching these Kendrick reactions. Would love Kanye to be next
After you finish Kendrick’s albums, you really should do full reactions to all of Kanye’s albums
Danny brown - atrocity exhibition
Idk if i spelled it right lmao im drunk
Same bro
XXX is better
@@lucanreynolds947 ?
@@Oscar-os7fj XXX is his best album imo, and a much more essential album than atrocity
@@lucanreynolds947 Imo its Atrocity, uknowwhatimsaying and the xxx.
Check out the dissect podcast for a great explanation of tpab
Where do I find this podcast
JamSessionSound Spotify Apple Music
The most incredible breakdown of kendricks genius. Makes you appreciate it so much more.
The dissect podcast is amazingly in depth worth everyone checking it out
Podcast addict
Made it man. And I’m glad I did. Never met u before, but just having the chance to see somebody else’s mind being blown listening to the same thing, and being fully able to relate to every reaction you had to picking apart these songs, it’s just a level of communication that mediums like RUclips allow you to access, and I’m so here for it dude . Keep up the dope work bro 💯
I made it! Love your reactions, man! So authentiiiiiiicccc 🙌🏾
Just realised I’m not subscribed though so definitely about to change that. I’ve been watching your videos for a hot minute now and didn’t even notice, smh.
As someone who has studied all of Kendrick’s work, you’re strong of reactions made me realize why I fell in love with his work and it warms my heart to see you come from where you did a little over a year ago to now and can’t wait to see where u go next