+simplymeg Yup. 4 instance: "What's the Yams?" The Yams are those two, thick Sisters (in the Video) up there with those big-ole-fat thighs! Brothas love that sh**! "The Yams is the powers that BE; U can smell it when I'm walking down the street!" (because he spent time with his girl!) "The Yams brought it out in Richard Pryor; manipulated Bill Clinton with desires!" Now Beyonce informs the females: "Okay Ladies, now let's get in-for-mation! Slay trick, or U get e-liminated!" Get information Ladies; educate Urselves, so U can elevate Urselves &:"Always stay gracious, best revenge is Ur paper." (Make Ur paper!) Recognize! Prophetic messages coming from the Artists. Kendrick: "Life ain't nothin' but a fat vagina, screaming: 'Annie R U okay?'" They want what U've got; now make sure U're getting Ur paper, & not left high & dry. Behind EVERY good man is a good woman! Play the game; don't let the game play U.
+♦ SingerForLife3000 ♦ Tónya Rosetta Music yams are what kunta kante ate as a slave and is compares with people because of the various roots yams have in them
Ninjanomikz Yup. The yams is all that, too. It has various meanings, including that which "manipulated Bill Clinton with desires," which everyone knows is what? SEX.
I'm a white Irish man, and I find it almost unbelievable how I connected so well with Kendricks music and his messages, it goes to show how things like music and message are in no way defined by race or culture, to me there's just the vibrations and what the music means to me. Kendricks helped me a lot with a lot.
Can y'all shut the fuck up and let this intelligent white Irish guy enjoy his Kendrick Lamar.He was just saying he felt a connection to the song.Why the fuck are y'all getting so enraged? Shit! This is the same political correctness bullshit that takes light away from real issues.Nothing he said warranted a rain of history lessons on this white dude(but yeah, bruh, slavery IS a super sensitive subject.Plus racism is rampant in the world too so I do understand their point).But still, back the fuck off this white guy
+Ariel Casas I'm from the future, Kendrick doesn't because they ain't smart enough for Kendrick... so they needed something that's simplistic.... like Taylor Swift
matthew guttenbeil he even says "get Nekkid "in this interview bro. Maybe you aren't musically inclined to pick it up in the music but he eVen brings it up
The matter of respect I have for this man is incredible , it's hard to find individuals in this generation such as him with a mind and style of their own !
It was kinda hard to pay attention to what he was saying bc of the song playing in the back. I'm over here tryna listen to what he was saying about James Brown and yelling "WHAT'S THE YAMS?" & "HE WANT THE FUNK!" Lmaoooo
@@CrammyCram 80% of all of his songs have song writers. Some of them have 10+ song writers. Separate from producers and engineers. Literal song writers. So they deserve they’re credit too
I'm so proud of my young dude K-dot! Ain't no place like home over on Compton's Westside!! I never met Kendrick, but we know a lot of the same people, and I grew up with big Johnny. This is the shit to see him pay homage like he said he would!
ima true fan of this man music. He is a genius with how he makes his music. he's more about being true to his roots and less worrying about popularity. He is a humble man who takes full advantage of his talents. He talks reality to you. He paints a life portrait of his story to you when he talks.
Just read Roots, the novel. Almost 900 pages long! While the series came out before I was even born, I still am eager to watch it soon. I came back, as a fan of Kendrick and this song stuck out to me in his discography. I looked into it and found this video so thats awesome. Can’t believe something so modern (Kendrick Lamar) and something most people are uninformed of (Roots) came together as a song. Big ups to Kendrick and NME. 🎉❤
The liquor store he show's up on these video where he comes out is actually in the city of LYNWOOD on long beach blvrd and cedar... I'm just putting it out there. Kendrick Lamar, send a shout out to LYNWOOD. You know what it do st8th up
Kendrick: *Trying not to say he’s taking shots at Drake* Interviewer: “But a rapper with a ghost writer? What the f*ck happened?” What did you mean by that? (Druski voice)
Scust young thug hate Young thug is one of the most innovative artists in the rap game right now. I love kendrick but you need to understand and appreciate different kinds of rap.
+mc dylan Appreciate Young Thug? Thats like forcing someone to sniff panda shit and like it because its rare and unique. Just coz its one of a kind doesnt mean its good, or pleasant in any way shape or form.
roots was barely presented this year (2016) like last month I thought, on the history channel. this RUclips vid is dated 2015. was roots on another channel before or did he get an early screening or something or was there a book before the TV series I'm unaware of he's talking about?
+Young Wayne word... ah, gotcha. and that finally answers something I've wondered for a long time I wasn't too sure I'd even get to know or find out... but, that's probably what Dave chappelle was reenacting in a slave skit where he's getting whipped with a cat o' nine tail and his owner, the white guy whipping him is asking him what his name is and chappelle just keeps answering "kunta.... kinte...." and whatever they were making fun of obviously wasn't released yet in 2016... that is unless chappelle made this "a real long time ago"
unless it was an all-original sketch, but i guess we will never know has anyone ever seen both 90's ver. of roots and the chappelle skit i'm talking about? it wasn't even a completed sketch, and it's more like a mini-clip thrown in somewhere in the middle of an episode
good performance, Man I was just thinking , just imagine if 2pac and biggy was featured on this king kinta track with kendrick lamar, woulda been dope azzz!, with them or without, its still a dope track.
Did they censor him when he quoted the lyrics or was that just him not pronouncing the swears? It would be funny if they censored him yet let the uncensored song play
Kendrick is the leader of the new skool. And the west coast. Drake is the leader of canada. Asap or joey is the leader of the east coast. And i plan on being the leader of the southside! Give me a look! on my channel i have two lyric videos with me rapping on them! Tell me what you think!
Drake is the new school of talking about money and women it seems he can't talk about nothing else. Not that I dont like him he an Ok Artist but I'm pretty much tired of Drake music. Same old same lyrics
Yall niggas think kendrick aint good, listen to his mf lyrics, his wordplay. Killer mike j cole kendrick niggas that can RAP. Not singers turned rapper. But niggas with talent.
I think radio/tv/magazines should stop asking folks to do the "hey, I'm famous person X - and you're now interaction in some way with the outlet that made me do this'... thing.. Ultimately it feels kinda cheesy and exploitative of the whatever thing.. And ultimately it also usually makes the person who was asked to feel like a bitch.. ...NME... It doesn't give you more cred that he said that.. It was just kinda pathetic all around.. Just do that fucking interview its not the 1890s.
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I wonder if even Kendrick even knows how deep Kendrick is.
+simplymeg I'm under the impression that no writer writes anything by accident. Every word is intentional and thought out .
+simplymeg Yup. 4 instance: "What's the Yams?" The Yams are those two, thick Sisters (in the Video) up there with those big-ole-fat thighs! Brothas love that sh**! "The Yams is the powers that BE; U can smell it when I'm walking down the street!" (because he spent time with his girl!) "The Yams brought it out in Richard Pryor; manipulated Bill Clinton with desires!" Now Beyonce informs the females: "Okay Ladies, now let's get in-for-mation! Slay trick, or U get e-liminated!" Get information Ladies; educate Urselves, so U can elevate Urselves &:"Always stay gracious, best revenge is Ur paper." (Make Ur paper!) Recognize! Prophetic messages coming from the Artists. Kendrick: "Life ain't nothin' but a fat vagina, screaming: 'Annie R U okay?'" They want what U've got; now make sure U're getting Ur paper, & not left high & dry. Behind EVERY good man is a good woman! Play the game; don't let the game play U.
+♦ SingerForLife3000 ♦ Tónya Rosetta Music yams are what kunta kante ate as a slave and is compares with people because of the various roots yams have in them
+Nick Castillo *compared
Ninjanomikz Yup. The yams is all that, too. It has various meanings, including that which "manipulated Bill Clinton with desires," which everyone knows is what? SEX.
That mute intro had me tripping for a second
I see you in a lot videos haha can't wait for that new Ab-Soul.
***** lmfao
👀
BLVCK LORD
me too😂😂😂
I'm a white Irish man, and I find it almost unbelievable how I connected so well with Kendricks music and his messages, it goes to show how things like music and message are in no way defined by race or culture, to me there's just the vibrations and what the music means to me. Kendricks helped me a lot with a lot.
You dont have to be black to feel his or any other music if it inspires you like me kendrick is a hope for black men to stop this hypocrite
NiroPlato If other people expect African American wouldnt feel rap music, rap wouldn't be in mainstream.
***** Wow. Care to elaborate?
"Far worse and longer than what Blacks went through in America"
Hahahahahahaha
Can y'all shut the fuck up and let this intelligent white Irish guy enjoy his Kendrick Lamar.He was just saying he felt a connection to the song.Why the fuck are y'all getting so enraged? Shit! This is the same political correctness bullshit that takes light away from real issues.Nothing he said warranted a rain of history lessons on this white dude(but yeah, bruh, slavery IS a super sensitive subject.Plus racism is rampant in the world too so I do understand their point).But still, back the fuck off this white guy
so blessed and so rare to have an artist like kendrick in our generation !
JojoRonaldo7 He's okay at best.
Stfu
+Adam Xavier let me guess... drake
DOPIE FRESH Nope
Go watch Top 10 Kendrick Lamar Songs by watchmojo you'll see why he is a legend
I hope he gets the album of the year. He deserves it. Still can't believe he didn't get it with GKMC
agree
+Ariel Casas He won't because they wanna give it to some bullshit Nicki or something. But he deserves it.
+Xavier Boyd I know and that shit is so fucking sad. Fuck the establishment
+Xavier Boyd macklemore still makes songs? hes been dead since that album with thrift shop etc
+Ariel Casas I'm from the future, Kendrick doesn't because they ain't smart enough for Kendrick... so they needed something that's simplistic.... like Taylor Swift
"Most of y'all sharing bars like you got the bottom bunk in a two man cell"
Paying respects to the OGs. Mausberg used to work with DJ Quik frequently, another Compton legend. RIP
When I first heard this song, Get Nekkid was the first thing I thought about...Quik & Sugafree
Your lost man they sound nothing alike
matthew guttenbeil Actually, they did interpolate Get Nekkid. Kendrick mentioned that. They paid homage to Mausberg (RIP).
matthew guttenbeil he even says "get Nekkid "in this interview bro. Maybe you aren't musically inclined to pick it up in the music but he eVen brings it up
Benny Blanco Im talking about the song its shit , its a disgrace to mausberg having whack shit like this being involved with his name
such a humble guy
Uh oh
Is this foreshadowing something?
Bro predicted it
Still is.
You been prophesying more than Kenny
The matter of respect I have for this man is incredible , it's hard to find individuals in this generation such as him with a mind and style of their own !
it's true, he's going to be a GOAT! please check my music when you can though, hes an influence for me
+The Avid Gamer what does that mean
put some respek on his his name
👍
It’s crazy how he was 25-26 years old in 2015 and now he’s 37 crazy how time flies bro
i mean that is kinda how it works w your age... haha
kendricks voice is so calming
Kendrick is a DOPE rapper. I haven't seen a rapper like him in a long time...his flow is sick
Best since 2pac biggie and nwa
schoolboy is pretty good
+Darth Vader he's alright but j cole and Kendrick Lamar are the true kings of rap
+Donovan Vizcarra agreed
+PA Outdoor Experience and eminem?
It was kinda hard to pay attention to what he was saying bc of the song playing in the back. I'm over here tryna listen to what he was saying about James Brown and yelling "WHAT'S THE YAMS?" & "HE WANT THE FUNK!" Lmaoooo
Such a GOAT
You are a real kendrick fan lol. See you everywhere
Lmao
Always see you in the comments of Kendrick videos
Lmfaooooooooo you're everywhere on Kendrick videos 😂😭😂😂😭😂😂😂
+GizzouH learn how to use google kid
Kendrick is the best rapper in terms of culture. He has all the sounds, themes, and overall vibe of what rap was really created and made for
This sound has 8 different writers by the way
@@cheeseballs9579 What’s your point?
@@CrammyCram well just thought you should give credit to the other 7 people who helped him with this lyrics. You know, that’s why they’re credited
@@cheeseballs9579 I wasn’t talking about just this song. He’s got other songs
@@CrammyCram 80% of all of his songs have song writers. Some of them have 10+ song writers. Separate from producers and engineers. Literal song writers. So they deserve they’re credit too
Such a good inspiration
I'm so proud of my young dude K-dot! Ain't no place like home over on Compton's Westside!! I never met Kendrick, but we know a lot of the same people, and I grew up with big Johnny. This is the shit to see him pay homage like he said he would!
I love the song and what it stands for....Kendrick never disappoints!
kendrick lamarr is hot
Lyrical genius.
My favorite Kendrick song
ima true fan of this man music. He is a genius with how he makes his music. he's more about being true to his roots and less worrying about popularity. He is a humble man who takes full advantage of his talents. He talks reality to you. He paints a life portrait of his story to you when he talks.
"I can dig rappin"- Shout out to James Brown
I got a BONE 2 Pick !!
+Tupac Amaru Shakur Lil B said he's not a boner
i got a boner pic
Down Under "Got a bone to Point" like spear as bone from skeleton
Love the song. It's my favorite off the album
the girl at 3:03had me dead😂😂
creativity at its best
I love that song and your music!
thanks
Made me happy when this dropped and took me back to those Quik, Mausberg and Suga Free days.
Winston?
Love this song! I'm always bumpin it in my car
Just read Roots, the novel. Almost 900 pages long! While the series came out before I was even born, I still am eager to watch it soon. I came back, as a fan of Kendrick and this song stuck out to me in his discography. I looked into it and found this video so thats awesome. Can’t believe something so modern (Kendrick Lamar) and something most people are uninformed of (Roots) came together as a song. Big ups to Kendrick and NME. 🎉❤
Roots was great.
I Love You Kendrick My make believe Husband
+Ninjadude973 "ya bish"...what a G
Kendrick is just the best!!
yes yea yea yea JAMES BROWN The Father Of Soul! I could hear the influence of 'The Payback' in King kunta
Holy shit, Kendrick is deeper than I thought.
TheMightyMuffinMan uhh.... do you even know who kdot is lmao? have you heard any of his music lmao. that's what he DOES
I was expecting him to say "A pen".
S/O to Mausberg RIP and DJ Quik #quikgrooves
word
Cant wait to see Kanye and Kendrick on a track together.Would be fire man!!!
Kendrick has a verse on "All Day"
BLVCK LORD BEATS yeah but when i think of all day i think of that indian guy
David Mendez Which indian guy?
Edward Phillips J. Cole and K.Dot are supposedly working on a joint album as we speak.
You would’ve had to live in our city to decipher this without explanation. CPT is in the house! ❤
I listen to King Kunta at least five times a day.... lol
+Angie T Haha me too! Love that song, especially that Baseline.... :D:D
Great video at the very end of the video my mind said “I remember you was conflicted”
he's so cute wtf
I'm a 40 year old SAHM. And I think he is the best thing rap has going for it today. I hope he doesn't change now that I've said that.
I love kinetic Lamar songs he's my favorite artist but I just found out he just made that song from a song
King you the best#lamar
Kendrick Lamar es el mejor, una persona muy inspiradora, amo su musica
Happy Sunday everyone
The liquor store he show's up on these video where he comes out is actually in the city of LYNWOOD on long beach blvrd and cedar... I'm just putting it out there. Kendrick Lamar, send a shout out to LYNWOOD. You know what it do st8th up
U know Da deal! Julien's liquor In Lynwood
Kendrick: *Trying not to say he’s taking shots at Drake*
Interviewer: “But a rapper with a ghost writer? What the f*ck happened?”
What did you mean by that? (Druski voice)
Fucking, love this song! I listen to it, every fucking day.. :D
Mausberg!!! Yes!!! His legacy lives on!!!
My mum made me watch Roots it was a good series buy emotional👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿King Kunta
omg my mom recommended it too! she watched it when it first came out and she was really young. Do you know where i can watch it?
The Suga Free influence is dope
100
Pomona Town
He studied the cadence of James Brown. This is why he's a legend and clowns like Young Thug will soon be forgotten.
Scust young thug hate
Young thug is one of the most innovative artists in the rap game right now. I love kendrick but you need to understand and appreciate different kinds of rap.
+mc dylan Appreciate Young Thug? Thats like forcing someone to sniff panda shit and like it because its rare and unique. Just coz its one of a kind doesnt mean its good, or pleasant in any way shape or form.
Jürgen Kulakit 2/10 for getting me to reply
+Jürgen Kulakit lmfaooooo
+Jürgen Kulakit ghehehehehe
we lucky to have kendrick
roots was barely presented this year (2016) like last month I thought, on the history channel. this RUclips vid is dated 2015. was roots on another channel before or did he get an early screening or something or was there a book before the TV series I'm unaware of he's talking about?
there was another roots series in the 90's the original version the one in 2016 is just a recreation..and it's better than the first one..
+Young Wayne word...
ah, gotcha. and that finally answers something I've wondered for a long time I wasn't too sure I'd even get to know or find out... but, that's probably what Dave chappelle was reenacting in a slave skit where he's getting whipped with a cat o' nine tail and his owner, the white guy whipping him is asking him what his name is and chappelle just keeps answering "kunta.... kinte...." and whatever they were making fun of obviously wasn't released yet in 2016... that is unless chappelle made this "a real long time ago"
I don't think so
unless it was an all-original sketch, but i guess we will never know
has anyone ever seen both 90's ver. of roots and the chappelle skit i'm talking about? it wasn't even a completed sketch, and it's more like a mini-clip thrown in somewhere in the middle of an episode
+Daniel Kim it's basically the same the script of the first roots and the new one the difference maybe is the graphics.
I love how he said made it past 25 cause that how old pac was when he went
he a real nigga period!!!
I feel like a coma in there might have been appropriate.
+Galen Allen I feel like an extra 'm was needed in there, period. Unless you're implying that kendrick is is a 'nigga period coma'.
kendrick was getting his boogie on lmao
damn idk why i think of the gap band when i hear this,Maybe just how funky it is but songs fire.
Watching the party dies!
he had to be from California! best rappers evers
Watching this, I miss Biggie and 2Pac.
Incredible.
greatest in the game
good performance, Man I was just thinking , just imagine if 2pac and biggy was featured on this king kinta track with kendrick lamar, woulda been dope azzz!, with them or without, its still a dope track.
🙏
Best song from graduation
that blood dance tho!
I feel somethin like Boo Yaa Tribe's Bang On vibe on King Kunta
Did they censor him when he quoted the lyrics or was that just him not pronouncing the swears? It would be funny if they censored him yet let the uncensored song play
Kendrick is the leader of the new skool. And the west coast. Drake is the leader of canada. Asap or joey is the leader of the east coast. And i plan on being the leader of the southside! Give me a look! on my channel i have two lyric videos with me rapping on them! Tell me what you think!
Im not a fan on j . Cole but he's east coast
khalilrm Well.. then j.cole too!
And you better know it 😛
Drake is the new school of talking about money and women it seems he can't talk about nothing else. Not that I dont like him he an Ok Artist but I'm pretty much tired of Drake music. Same old same lyrics
Now my Baby Kendrick Lamar on the other hand oh my I will never grow tired of my baby. Keep it up K.Dizzle.
How Does Kendrick Get His Hair Like That ?
Mausberg❤❤❤❤❤ Suga Freeeee
Kdot building a empire!
OMG I LOVE HIS MUSIC HIS ATTITUDE AND HIM HE IS AWESOME ALSO HE'S ASSOCIATED WITH GOD!! :)
Nigga really is G.O.A.T
That description is extremely stupid.
"classic West Coast boom-bap influence"
i knew it wasn't just me who heard dj quik in this beat and suga free. finally hear it from the horse's mouth at 1:40
did he throw up a b with the gun shots? lmao that subtlety tho
With the hand.
How's his hair grow so fast?
Daquan he put it in locks as soon as it became a tWA (teanie weine Afro) and kept it like that for like a year and a half, hiding it under a hat
johnathanru *writes down hair tips*
I`mLikeKendrick...YouDon`tKnowMeYet
The Yam is the power that be.
Kendrick lamar how did you do your hair like that that's tight
Hey everyone
Thought he was gonna say he watched a lot of seinfeld
Is that fucking Welvin at 1:20?!
goat
Could you maybe not play the music in the background
RIP moss
yo kendrick, your shit locked up yet?
I think so, it has to be. Its been like 7 months since he had twists.
GizzouH they're talking about Kendrick's hair; how he knotted his hair to give him the dreads in his current hairstyle
Mausberg! Suga Free! DJ Quik!
Yall niggas think kendrick aint good, listen to his mf lyrics, his wordplay. Killer mike j cole kendrick niggas that can RAP. Not singers turned rapper. But niggas with talent.
Modern day Da Vinci
I remember you was conflicted
bone to pick translates to bone to point Down Under right wrong No?!?
kunta kinteee
Hahahahaa-Lira Galore!!!
I think radio/tv/magazines should stop asking folks to do the "hey, I'm famous person X - and you're now interaction in some way with the outlet that made me do this'... thing..
Ultimately it feels kinda cheesy and exploitative of the whatever thing.. And ultimately it also usually makes the person who was asked to feel like a bitch..
...NME... It doesn't give you more cred that he said that.. It was just kinda pathetic all around.. Just do that fucking interview its not the 1890s.