How Kendrick Lamar Shaped the 2010s

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00:00 Pulse of the Time
01:34 Section 80
03:21 Good Kid Maad City
05:35 Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst
06:36 Skits
07:11 Control
08:15 To Pimp a Butterfly
09:54 Poetry
12:02 Alright
13:31 Untitled Unmastered
13:45 Damn.
15:13 Fear
16:50 Humble
17:32 Conclusion

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  • @joejustice6985
    @joejustice69854 жыл бұрын

    Real talk, his entire discography was the soundtrack to my teenage years.

  • @alfred5427

    @alfred5427

    4 жыл бұрын

    Faxxx 💯💯💯

  • @flowmotion_2

    @flowmotion_2

    4 жыл бұрын

    It was my early teens for me

  • @isaiahcampbell3992

    @isaiahcampbell3992

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same. When I think of my high school years I think of Kendricks music.

  • @ianhairston5258

    @ianhairston5258

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @ricardohernandez8683

    @ricardohernandez8683

    4 жыл бұрын

    JoeJuctice his discog was the soundtrack to my entire high school experience from freshman year to now when I’m graduating in June

  • @oliverpiers6603
    @oliverpiers66034 жыл бұрын

    “Sing about me” might be one of the best songs ever written, I hope our children have a reverence for it as we do Bohemian Rhapsody or Hotel Cali

  • @julus2722

    @julus2722

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sadly not popular enough

  • @Dondraper87104

    @Dondraper87104

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sing about me is fucking brilliant but I feel like Runaway is a better and more appropriate and fitting choice for the Bohemian Rhapsody of Hip hop

  • @kshitijgupta5264

    @kshitijgupta5264

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Dondraper87104 The one by Kanye or J Cole?

  • @Dondraper87104

    @Dondraper87104

    4 жыл бұрын

    Kshitij Gupta Kanye no shit

  • @kshitijgupta5264

    @kshitijgupta5264

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Dondraper87104 Just had to clarify

  • @MoltoRubato88
    @MoltoRubato884 жыл бұрын

    The first rapper to ever win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. 👍

  • @Hellismary

    @Hellismary

    4 жыл бұрын

    MoltoRubato88 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @earthbenderjfjdj4335

    @earthbenderjfjdj4335

    4 жыл бұрын

    Amazing man. 👌

  • @iPyroNigma

    @iPyroNigma

    4 жыл бұрын

    Deservedly. Any writer will tell you how astounding his work in TPAB is.

  • @UltraMegaFail

    @UltraMegaFail

    4 жыл бұрын

    The first ARTIST outside of Classical and Jazz to win a Pulitzer! Bigggg difference.

  • @davedanger9839

    @davedanger9839

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@iPyroNigma He got it for Damn., arguably his least powerful album.

  • @tariqthomas9090
    @tariqthomas90904 жыл бұрын

    Kendrick Lamar, without a doubt, was the most important artist to come out of the 2010s.

  • @beinerthchitivamachado874

    @beinerthchitivamachado874

    4 жыл бұрын

    Defo, the other artists that got one of these vids (Kanye, Bowie, Beyoncé, Swift... ) They were all famous before 2010. Kenny had the best decade by far, he made better music than all of them and he's been famous since 2013.

  • @davedanger9839

    @davedanger9839

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@beinerthchitivamachado874 He's been mainstream famous since 2012... but heads knew about him from Section 80, or even from his (much slept on) mixtape Overly Dedicated, which came out in 2010... Or maybe even from back when he was K DOT...

  • @beinerthchitivamachado874

    @beinerthchitivamachado874

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@davedanger9839 Yeah, 2012. Section 80 and Overly Dedicated are amazing, Kenny definitely ran this whole decade.

  • @benkardash3519

    @benkardash3519

    4 жыл бұрын

    Dont know men Tyler is important af as Kendrick

  • @nicklocker3244

    @nicklocker3244

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hold this L

  • @technicality
    @technicality4 жыл бұрын

    To Pimp a Butterfly is the album of the decade.

  • @user-fe8ms9ht7j

    @user-fe8ms9ht7j

    4 жыл бұрын

    Amen

  • @MylesMarrero

    @MylesMarrero

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hard to disagree

  • @gogbone

    @gogbone

    4 жыл бұрын

    not the best but up there, I feel like Mbdtf, gkmc, and yeezus are all *slightly* better

  • @yourfriendlyneighborhoodsm4708

    @yourfriendlyneighborhoodsm4708

    4 жыл бұрын

    Technicality Easily

  • @pp3917

    @pp3917

    4 жыл бұрын

    Technicality To pimp a Butterfly has been the best album in the past 20 years

  • @myroc1
    @myroc13 жыл бұрын

    I love how each time his mom called in the album you felt like she just needed the car until you realize that she already missed that appointment a while ago and she really just was calling to make sure her son was okay and knew that she loved him.

  • @AndrewHarshy

    @AndrewHarshy

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh shit u right

  • @Kisuke94
    @Kisuke944 жыл бұрын

    TPAB is not just a hip-hop album, it's a work of art. Trust me, Kendrick is gonna be studied by a lot of people in the future.

  • @rosakami65

    @rosakami65

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's a promise😊

  • @silverhail220

    @silverhail220

    4 жыл бұрын

    He better

  • @zoilalulu3798

    @zoilalulu3798

    4 жыл бұрын

    I’m an academic librarian and I just bought a book for our collection about him for our African American Studies program.

  • @MyPimpinAfro14

    @MyPimpinAfro14

    4 жыл бұрын

    His work is already studied in ivy league colleges

  • @rmk6998

    @rmk6998

    4 жыл бұрын

    thekickback god damn that makes me so happy

  • @yvette4948
    @yvette49484 жыл бұрын

    Still mad that TPAB lost to 1989 for album of the year at the Grammys. That may as well be considered a hate crime.

  • @dyutiparnaguha8693

    @dyutiparnaguha8693

    4 жыл бұрын

    Grammys don't mean shit when you've a fucking Pulitzer.

  • @user-qd6im2hp2e

    @user-qd6im2hp2e

    4 жыл бұрын

    Dyutiparna Guha true

  • @japanrocksgousa

    @japanrocksgousa

    4 жыл бұрын

    Seriously though arrest them

  • @nate.202

    @nate.202

    4 жыл бұрын

    Fr like how can Kendrick lose to Macklemore 😂

  • @andreblackaller3560

    @andreblackaller3560

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yvette There has been two instances were this happened: 1989 vs TPAB and 25 vs Lemonade One side talks to the part of Americans that don’t see any issues whatsoever with life other than heartbreak and love, 1989 was a great pop album by a great artist but it was nowhere as close to TPAB from a political standpoint and significance but this could also justify thinking that TPAB doesn’t appeal to such a broad demographic as 1989. But then we have Lemonade vs 25, again an album by another great artist but with the same vanilla tone and message of love/heartbreak the clear bias and blatant disregard comes from the fact that Lemonade was also about Love and heartbreak so it appealed to a very broad demographic, but it had so many layers to it, Formation showed a Pop artist like Beyoncé take a stand on police brutality and black identity with proud and strength, it became one of the best albums ever and yet it didn’t won. This is coming from someone who isn’t black and loves all of the artists above but I’m sorry you have to be willfully blind if you still believe there isn’t a racial bias, we still have a lot of work to do as a society to integrate people who aren’t white and give everyone the same level and opportunities, my best friend is black and he has been pulled over 21 times for no reason at all, I’ve been pulled over once but I was going 85 in a 70 and the police officer let me go with a warning even though I didn’t had my license with me!! What the actual fuck.

  • @renapeppers20
    @renapeppers204 жыл бұрын

    This and the bowie one were the ones i was looking for the most, kendrick is a one of a kind artist

  • @theknightsofawesomeness2701

    @theknightsofawesomeness2701

    4 жыл бұрын

    They're the only ones I have watched

  • @ethanp5948

    @ethanp5948

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tbh the Bowie one was super unexpected but he made a super good argument for it

  • @JustFloatinAlong

    @JustFloatinAlong

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ethanp5948 He really didn't. It ended up being more an argument of a solidification of Bowie himself as an important decades spanning artist. Which Bowie is. Shaping the decade is separate from that. What trends did those Bowie albums start? What societal topics did they address? It was a great personal, introspective run outside of the influencing of the decade.

  • @rubendurango667

    @rubendurango667

    4 жыл бұрын

    Funny enough Bowie was influenced by ‘TPaB’ during the making of ‘Blackstar’.

  • @JustFloatinAlong

    @JustFloatinAlong

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@rubendurango667 Exactly. I think the decade inspired Bowie, not the other way around. To fantastic results btw. Has there been an album from an older artists that uses new sounds, without it being cheese-y, but as creative, innovative and interesting as Blackstar is? I can't think of any.

  • @mememan3799
    @mememan37994 жыл бұрын

    My Dad, who hates everything about rap, listened to TPAB and said “yeah it’s alright I guess.”

  • @johnindigo5477

    @johnindigo5477

    4 жыл бұрын

    Why does he hate rap. Also did you have to convince him alot to give Kendrick a chance.

  • @mememan3799

    @mememan3799

    4 жыл бұрын

    Warren Rose So my dad had been playing guitar since he was like 6 and wanted to be a rockstar till he got there and saw all the drug use and left. anyway he’s one of those “it’s not music guys” and in order to try and change his mind, we did an experiment where he would listen to an album I gave him and I would listen to an album he gave me. First one I gave him was Illmatic, he hated it. Gave him TPAB next and he said it was alright. He wouldn’t take any rap albums after that, but atleast I got one in lol.

  • @robertraymond762

    @robertraymond762

    4 жыл бұрын

    He's gonna b aalright.

  • @ceedubelu

    @ceedubelu

    4 жыл бұрын

    High praise.

  • @johnindigo5477

    @johnindigo5477

    4 жыл бұрын

    At his older age I get why he wouldn't have not liked the sound. It's a drastic change. But he did listen to tpab so that's cool. Though I still dont get why people say it's not music, they used to say the same about sex pistols or nine inch nails. I guess you could show him something like redbone by Donald Glover, or depression and obsession by xxxtentacion. Those songs aint really rap but you can introduce them, see if he like em, then tell him their actully rappers. I did that with my dad and he gave the genre a chance after seeing how open it could be. Or show him some rap adjacent songs like kanye and bon iver, or kid cudis music. Also rap and rnb mixtures, or rap rock, or experimental hip hop

  • @zachyoung4132
    @zachyoung41324 жыл бұрын

    “u” is crazy good favorite song ever always brings tears to my eyes

  • @NinjaKoopa11

    @NinjaKoopa11

    4 жыл бұрын

    Zach young the comment I’ve been looking for, it’s one of my favorite songs as well

  • @user-pe6mv1kd5p

    @user-pe6mv1kd5p

    4 жыл бұрын

    for me that song was "i" lol

  • @ilikeu1010101010101

    @ilikeu1010101010101

    4 жыл бұрын

    tseung I love the album version and the speech at the end

  • @artemystesfaye5377
    @artemystesfaye53774 жыл бұрын

    I wish we could get a series like this for the 2000’s. Honestly I wish we could get a series like this for the 60’s-Y2K.

  • @MrPieEducation

    @MrPieEducation

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think it's hard to say what artists are influential so close to their peak fame. Talking about greats from past decades could be super informative and powerful.

  • @artemystesfaye5377

    @artemystesfaye5377

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ben Pederson I fully agree it would be super cool to dissect who shaped the past since it so clearly has I’m formed this generation of performers and artist especially in an age where we are using the aesthetics of previous decades.

  • @elliottkoriath4038

    @elliottkoriath4038

    4 жыл бұрын

    60s would be Bob Dylan, The Beatles/Stones (both had an equal impact), Phil Spector, Berry Gordy, and Hendrix

  • @artemystesfaye5377

    @artemystesfaye5377

    4 жыл бұрын

    Elliott Koriath So no women defined 60’s music?

  • @elliottkoriath4038

    @elliottkoriath4038

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jaedyn Nash Very fair point. Aretha Franklin has a case to be made

  • @filipnikolic1702
    @filipnikolic17024 жыл бұрын

    You shoud've mentioned How Much a Dollar Cost. One of his best and most important tracks. Great video

  • @willdg8108

    @willdg8108

    4 жыл бұрын

    Filip Nikolic third best track on tbap tbh

  • @PogieJoe

    @PogieJoe

    4 жыл бұрын

    Plus Obama's favorite!

  • @Law0fRevenge

    @Law0fRevenge

    4 жыл бұрын

    That song hit me so fucking hard when I first heard it, it left a crater as big as Manhattan.

  • @ahmadkibwana-jaff5232

    @ahmadkibwana-jaff5232

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yo there are too many tracks to mention lmao. There are so many of my personal favorites (sherane, poe mans dream, kush and corinthians, poetic justice etc etc). There's a reason why kendrick is goat status: his body of work is just too expansive.

  • @shaanalam3872

    @shaanalam3872

    3 жыл бұрын

    My favorite Kendrick track ever.

  • @sydberetta4649
    @sydberetta46494 жыл бұрын

    My Spotify wrapped up list would thoroughly agree with this.

  • @calvin9481

    @calvin9481

    4 жыл бұрын

    Syd Beretta 181 hours clocked in with him for me

  • @willdg8108

    @willdg8108

    4 жыл бұрын

    Syd Beretta big fax

  • @jakecampbell4574

    @jakecampbell4574

    4 жыл бұрын

    Calvin I just found out how good kendrick lamar is this year and put in 359 hours somehow

  • @kieronschweitzer6172
    @kieronschweitzer61724 жыл бұрын

    "Sing about me, I'm dying of thirst" is one of the best hip hop songs of all time, alongside "Runaway"(for different reasons).

  • @shadyg1816

    @shadyg1816

    4 жыл бұрын

    Kieron Schweitzer whats so good about Runaway (genuinely asking)

  • @tuomaslouhisalo286

    @tuomaslouhisalo286

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@shadyg1816 everything.....

  • @jimuelvistan8978

    @jimuelvistan8978

    4 жыл бұрын

    For me, to really like it, you have to understand Kanye's position under the public lens at the time it was written. Aside from that, it really pushes the boundaries on what a rap song could be potentially be.

  • @andwelecastleberry5423

    @andwelecastleberry5423

    3 жыл бұрын

    Runaway by J cole is the a top 20 hip hop song

  • @madebybroovy

    @madebybroovy

    3 жыл бұрын

    Like, Kanye got better songs than runaway

  • @dlein93
    @dlein934 жыл бұрын

    I remember I showed Kendrick's performance of "Untitled" on Colbert to my mom and she went, "Ohh he's special. He's going to be one of those artists that _means_ something to people."

  • @sanjayd7

    @sanjayd7

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's dope

  • @ginja8715
    @ginja87154 жыл бұрын

    Poly, I know these take a long time to make and a lot of work, but can you please do this for like every decade. I love hearing your perspective and it makes me respect artists that I wouldn’t have without your perspective

  • @EclecticoIconoclasta

    @EclecticoIconoclasta

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah dude. He should do one for the 1460s and then one for the 980s

  • @ginja8715

    @ginja8715

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ecléctico Iconoclasta I was thinking more like 610 BC, some Pre-Roman Empire Metal is like my favorite. Caesar and the Gods is probably the most influential group from that period

  • @sebastianquinchia1840

    @sebastianquinchia1840

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Jalazel surprised no Biggie there

  • @AlbertoMendoza
    @AlbertoMendoza4 жыл бұрын

    This guy hasn't dropped a dud yet! The most complete artist today.

  • @livingonamar

    @livingonamar

    4 жыл бұрын

    Not really. Some people like every Kanye album released, but there are a lot of people (where it's the popular opinion) that some of his albums are bad. Yeezus, Ye, Jesus Is King are generally hated by most audiences unlike Kendrick where all his albums are generally perceived as being good projects.

  • @SpongeKiller42

    @SpongeKiller42

    4 жыл бұрын

    @A. B. nah bro Kanye has dropped a ton of shitty music

  • @mrbodycatcer

    @mrbodycatcer

    4 жыл бұрын

    That roblox collab from Kanye opened my third eye.

  • @arnavhans724

    @arnavhans724

    4 жыл бұрын

    Damn , black panther album both were average at best

  • @David-qq9bk

    @David-qq9bk

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@arnavhans724 i used to think the same about damn until i listened to the full álbum some times. now i think its just brilliant. not gkmc or tpab level, but still amazing. black panther is not a kendrick álbum. it is a kendrick/weeknd/sza/more movie soundtrack so he had to go with the movie theme and therefore there was not much room for amazing thoughtful lyricism

  • @natanyofsho
    @natanyofsho4 жыл бұрын

    The DAMN. Album was to prove that he could switch up into a more pop style sound and still out do the top rappers in that lane, or maybe that just one song on the DAMN. Album

  • @japanrocksgousa

    @japanrocksgousa

    4 жыл бұрын

    Element. Damned if i do if I dont

  • @readymade83
    @readymade834 жыл бұрын

    When Kendrick performed "i" on SNL a few months before TPAB was released I was mesmerized and when it dropped I bought it then it stayed in my car for months. That album is fantastic and so is everything he's done. Excellent series of videos!

  • @folkdisco

    @folkdisco

    4 жыл бұрын

    Just went off to watch that. I have a big problem with most rap, but that is one astonishing performance. Not just by Kendrick, everyone on stage. But especially Kendrick.

  • @EWUFBIiswatching
    @EWUFBIiswatching4 жыл бұрын

    His verse where he’s comparing himself to Nas, Jay, Andre, etc etc....was actually a nod to Eminem’s song ‘Til I collapse’ where he says “Reggie, Jay Z, Tupac and Biggie-Andre from OutKast, Jada, Kurupt, Nas and then me...”

  • @davedanger9839

    @davedanger9839

    4 жыл бұрын

    He also clearly doesn't see any of them, or himself as the GoaT, bc everyone knows he considers Tupac the GoaT and he has never and would never put himself in that category... I, however, will say that Kendrick is definitely the GoaT IMO. He has cemented his place and TPAB is his magnum opus (so far)

  • @evanneu5773

    @evanneu5773

    3 жыл бұрын

    I don't think Eminem invented listing people's names

  • @alexhant3637

    @alexhant3637

    3 жыл бұрын

    Are you talking about control

  • @mrq.1236

    @mrq.1236

    2 жыл бұрын

    It was actually a nod to a Jay Z lyric. The name of the song is on the tip of my tongue, pretty sure it was Where I’m From or something like that. It’s been a while since I heard it but I believe the lyric was “who the best MCs? Biggie, Jay Z and Nas”

  • @cathal4330
    @cathal43304 жыл бұрын

    Im not afraid to say that kendrick lamar is the greatist rapper of all time Change my mind

  • @SomebodySaveRap

    @SomebodySaveRap

    4 жыл бұрын

    He’s definitely up there but he has tad too many reachy bars for me

  • @DistinctDoge

    @DistinctDoge

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@SomebodySaveRap go back and listen to the other greats. Everyone has "reachy" bars or corny bars

  • @TheMixCurator

    @TheMixCurator

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'll bite. Subjectivity clouds judgement, which can lead to Dogma. He might be, in your mind, be the best but can you be objective and consider others. The "wordliest" (rapper who's used the most unique words/largest diction range) is Aesop Rock. Source: pudding.cool/projects/vocabulary/ Lamar is bang average on words used. Hilariously, 2-Pac and Kanye West are bottom 20%. The top 20 guys that feature there are all artists I like. Also for me, Aesop is (for me) the guy who's my favourite abstract / layered meaning rapper. Labour Days is one of those "well, this changes everything" albums for myself. Best rhymer? MF DOOM, no question and he features on my favourite popular collab album, Madvilliany. Best Indie album/single album of all time? For me, Cannibal Ox - Iron Galaxy. I also love Non-Prophets - Hope. Best known group is the Wu, and indie group is the Weathermen. And best album you've never heard of? TES x2 from 2003 - esp this track (kzread.info/dash/bejne/d4x818qFhcu5fpM.html) I've listened to a bit of Lamar. Find him very RnB/pop for my liking. Oddly I also prefer Danny Brown - 3 tearz is a great track. So there it is. Opinions are like a-holes.....we all have one :)

  • @sami7703

    @sami7703

    4 жыл бұрын

    R C love to see Aesop mentioned!

  • @noodlesandwich497

    @noodlesandwich497

    3 жыл бұрын

    cardi b and playboi carti smarter

  • @rustybuckets2143
    @rustybuckets21434 жыл бұрын

    I used FEAR as an example in an essay to show how music helps me get through the rough stuff. One of my favorite songs of all time.

  • @notcandace2772

    @notcandace2772

    4 жыл бұрын

    Rusty Buckets every time i listen to fear i feel like there’s a hole in my heart if that makes any sense

  • @rustybuckets2143

    @rustybuckets2143

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@notcandace2772 I get it. It's a powerful song.

  • @millionaireby303

    @millionaireby303

    4 жыл бұрын

    What grade did you get

  • @tomfahey3305
    @tomfahey33054 жыл бұрын

    The intro of hood politics is the best off any Kendrick album

  • @McDonaldsCalifornia

    @McDonaldsCalifornia

    4 жыл бұрын

    the amount of control over his flow Kendrick displays in that song is insane

  • @angelo6506

    @angelo6506

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hood politics itself is one of my all-time favorites

  • @bealright5041

    @bealright5041

    4 жыл бұрын

    He's smart for putting the vocal behind it as well making it impossible to sample

  • @laquintinbelser8342

    @laquintinbelser8342

    4 жыл бұрын

    Facts my top 10 Kendrick Lamar song

  • @beinerthchitivamachado874

    @beinerthchitivamachado874

    4 жыл бұрын

    "Ain't nothing new but a flu of new Demo-Crips and Re-Bloodicans. Red state vs a Blue state, which one you governin'... " One of the best bars on TPAB.

  • @JAMESDean-vd7gw
    @JAMESDean-vd7gw4 жыл бұрын

    Yall sleep on 'u' by Kendrick that song is amazing

  • @jacksoninc.4062

    @jacksoninc.4062

    3 жыл бұрын

    U is arguably Kdot's Bohemian Rhapsody

  • @shaelovebeyonce144
    @shaelovebeyonce1444 жыл бұрын

    TPAB changed my mind about race relations and reality after graduating highschool. At eighteen, I didn't know anything but I thought I did until this album.

  • @dre_rocstar3k386

    @dre_rocstar3k386

    4 жыл бұрын

    shaelovebeyonce “then I realized I didn’t know shit, until the day I came home”

  • @21krayzie
    @21krayzie4 жыл бұрын

    “This the music saved my life. Y’all being calling it hip hop, I be calling it hypnotize.”

  • @ConnorCTG
    @ConnorCTG2 жыл бұрын

    Can’t wait for “How Kendrick Lamar Shaped the 2020s”

  • @tbj4855

    @tbj4855

    Жыл бұрын

    Never gonna happen

  • @IrmaArrioja

    @IrmaArrioja

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@tbj4855This aged quite a bit

  • @mossestekle5952
    @mossestekle59524 жыл бұрын

    Section 80 is one of the most underrated albums

  • @youngsuit
    @youngsuit4 жыл бұрын

    Even non-rap fans tend to agree, this is the artist of the decade

  • @102006221

    @102006221

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes. Can't agree more. Growing up with progressive metal. Got a hand Kendrick album. Genius. So much input

  • @freeman10000

    @freeman10000

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm a 51 yo that grew up with with hard rock; I am loving the music of Kendrick and am excited that we have such amazing talent well into the Twenty-first century.

  • @bendykirby4828
    @bendykirby48284 жыл бұрын

    The thing about Kendrick is that one could theoretically rank his albums in basically any order and pretty much no one would question it.

  • @musgary6435
    @musgary64354 жыл бұрын

    For me he's deepest song is between sing about me and fear

  • @VizWorld_SIA100

    @VizWorld_SIA100

    3 жыл бұрын

    I agree!

  • @Disfyncial

    @Disfyncial

    2 жыл бұрын

    the blacker the berry and how much a dollar cost both pretty deep imo

  • @jihadmilhem
    @jihadmilhem4 жыл бұрын

    "wanna kill us dead" not "when they kill us dead" "Hate popo, wanna kill us dead in the streets fo sho" I love your work. Wonderful video.

  • @nirvana13a

    @nirvana13a

    4 жыл бұрын

    Came here to say this, it's a big change to the lyric

  • @89takes
    @89takes4 жыл бұрын

    tpab is album of the decade period

  • @MichaelGreenOfficial

    @MichaelGreenOfficial

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nah

  • @jacobmeyer7254

    @jacobmeyer7254

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@MichaelGreenOfficial Yah. Either tpab or MBDTF

  • @stevensanchez2032

    @stevensanchez2032

    4 жыл бұрын

    My beautiful dark twisted fantasy

  • @ptpanashe9

    @ptpanashe9

    4 жыл бұрын

    It’s top 3

  • @89takes

    @89takes

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@stevensanchez2032 yes very strong contender, but i think tpab has more musical and lyrical substance even the social commentary

  • @CaptGarth980
    @CaptGarth9804 жыл бұрын

    Oooo I'm excited for this one.

  • @OllawayMedia
    @OllawayMedia4 жыл бұрын

    The others have had me so hype for this one! Kendrick is one of the most influential artists of our generation.

  • @str1ve305
    @str1ve3054 жыл бұрын

    Shoutout to the Dissect Podcast. Highly recommended to those who really wanna get deep into Kendrick’s thought process within TPAB and Damn.

  • @Calpsotoma
    @Calpsotoma4 жыл бұрын

    Everyone was putting down DAMN, but that album is really good. I think people judge it based on the singles rather than the entirety

  • @IllDawgable

    @IllDawgable

    4 жыл бұрын

    Myself included. I compared it too much to Section.80 in the sense that a lot of the songs on Section.80 have a very radio-friendly sound (for me) while the lyricism is very dense but I thought a more simpler approach was implored in the songwriting process for most of the songs on DAMN. That's just me though.

  • @antwahnredding2175

    @antwahnredding2175

    4 жыл бұрын

    I highly recommend Dissect Podcast he is analyzing Kendrick Lamar's DAMN. it's amazing

  • @antwahnredding2175

    @antwahnredding2175

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@IllDawgable DAMN. is extremely complex Dissect Podcast help me so much

  • @Hellismary

    @Hellismary

    4 жыл бұрын

    🤔 Huh ?! Everyone loved damn !

  • @EclecticoIconoclasta

    @EclecticoIconoclasta

    4 жыл бұрын

    The album is ALLRIGHT but good kid and TPAB are better

  • @SmokinAcesProd
    @SmokinAcesProd4 жыл бұрын

    Kendrick has been my favorite artists of these last 10 years. He has given us everything. Great albums, hit records, top notch lyricism, excellent production, etc. I look forward to seeing what he does the next 10 years

  • @bjornofficial4688
    @bjornofficial46884 жыл бұрын

    That is not what section 80 was about. He had a song about 2 girls who became bi sexual but that is not what the whole album is about

  • @thatguy5720

    @thatguy5720

    4 жыл бұрын

    Haven't listened to section 80 what was it about only songs I heard from it was rigamortis n backseat freestyle

  • @questallcaps6432

    @questallcaps6432

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's the central storyline of that album, there's like 4 songs on it about them not one lol

  • @bjornofficial4688

    @bjornofficial4688

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@thatguy5720 its about a couple things. its about how in section 80 everybody is different but thats ok, fuck your ethnicity. Its also about different types of people you meet in those areas, things you see and about how growing up in those areas at that time affected that generation. Its a good album, if u like kendrick u shud listen to it.

  • @bjornofficial4688

    @bjornofficial4688

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@questallcaps6432 its not the central storyline.

  • @BrotherMalMusic

    @BrotherMalMusic

    4 жыл бұрын

    That guy _Backseat Freestyle_ isn’t on _Section.80,_ it’s on _GKMC._

  • @mour1s91
    @mour1s914 жыл бұрын

    "Sing about me" is one of the most powerful songs I ever heard. One of two song in life that made me cry. Kendrick is definitely a once in a lifetime artist. More life k.dot!✊🏿 This was a wikked piece. Big up to Polyphonics.

  • @HMSverrason
    @HMSverrason4 жыл бұрын

    Mortal man still gives me chills everytime... damn

  • @MrPieEducation
    @MrPieEducation4 жыл бұрын

    So sad to see this series come to an end. These have been some of my favorite videos from you, you started great but over the past years it's been so wonderful to see you grow and improve. You're my youtuber of the decade and I love you.

  • @dsolis7532
    @dsolis75324 жыл бұрын

    I didn't live on the time of Pink Floyd or The Beatles, but I'm happy... I carry all their discography on my pocket and I'm living Kendrick unfolding.

  • @Amquacktador

    @Amquacktador

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same!

  • @chocobar7193
    @chocobar71934 жыл бұрын

    Never clicked so fast on a video.

  • @doublepine6177
    @doublepine61774 жыл бұрын

    He's a poet, The best of our generation and I'm so glad to be alive at the same time as him

  • @NotTommyL
    @NotTommyL4 жыл бұрын

    How Robbie rotten shaped the 2010’s

  • @kerlobee

    @kerlobee

    4 жыл бұрын

    Karl Stefansson*

  • @freak1310c

    @freak1310c

    4 жыл бұрын

    He was number one.

  • @ZENFILIPPO

    @ZENFILIPPO

    4 жыл бұрын

    Dying

  • @jamesburky
    @jamesburky4 жыл бұрын

    Of all of the music video essays on KZread, this has one of the most coherent structures and well-written scripts. Well done.

  • @85krink
    @85krink4 жыл бұрын

    Kendrick is like Pink Floyd to me. Deep and full of meaning. Kendrick can bring me to tears or get me hyped. A true artist who I would love to meet just to say thank you to. Thank you for the video and giving it more than 8 minutes.

  • @BradyandJayde
    @BradyandJayde4 жыл бұрын

    I always felt like GKMC was Kendrick's testimony of how he came to faith as one of the central themes. In many ways it is a much more spiritual album than DAMN imo

  • @ethanrummel7638
    @ethanrummel76384 жыл бұрын

    Hey Polyphonic, thank you so much for this series. I love your work and look forward to every video. Keep it up man!!!

  • @adiabadic
    @adiabadic4 жыл бұрын

    this and volksgeist's video on kendrick are among my favorite video essays of all time. keep it up

  • @ahmadkibwana-jaff5232
    @ahmadkibwana-jaff52324 жыл бұрын

    This was actually a really amazing breakdown. Kendrick has been my favorite rapper for a while, but as time fades other rappers have burst into the scene which has kind of made me question his placed on my list (J.Cole in particular). But a breakdown like this remind you of how brilliant those older works are. You even point out some easter eggs that I totally missed like how in the FEAR he addresses the fears he felt in different parts of life in each verse. I mean, you really just reminded me why Kendrick is so special to me, so i'm about to listen to all his projects back to back in the next few days. Here's a sub! Just thinking about how crazy his next project will be.

  • @glampie155
    @glampie1554 жыл бұрын

    the amount of research and preparation for this video is truly underrated.

  • @samsonblay327
    @samsonblay3273 жыл бұрын

    probably my new favorite youtuber. Editting is crazy good, and story telling is amazing!

  • @antonylinteau3408
    @antonylinteau34084 жыл бұрын

    Been waiting for this! Thanks a lot you're awesome.

  • @alecstanley9437
    @alecstanley94374 жыл бұрын

    Kendrick is the only artists to consistently release my fav album. From GKMC to TPAB to DAMN. I haven’t stopped listening since 2013 lol

  • @krmnych_backlog
    @krmnych_backlog4 жыл бұрын

    This video is so long. And I'm so grateful for that.

  • @malaventurados8201
    @malaventurados82014 жыл бұрын

    yes!!! i’ve been waiting for this one since you announced the series

  • @cheekzt2l
    @cheekzt2l4 жыл бұрын

    Been waiting weeks for this upload!!! Had to do Kendrick last?? I couldnt wait. Great list man.

  • @ashcrow8628
    @ashcrow86284 жыл бұрын

    Nice job bro my favorite of the videos

  • @offtheleashman
    @offtheleashman4 жыл бұрын

    watching this now in june of 2020 tho... this video aged like fine wine

  • @Soldier22Jake
    @Soldier22Jake4 жыл бұрын

    This is absolutely a great video. This over see’s kendrick’s career and how wonderful and thought proving is his work.

  • @Boooochooox
    @Boooochooox4 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are absolutely amazing man

  • @BrianGlaze
    @BrianGlaze4 жыл бұрын

    This was a great analysis of Kendrick's career. The type of reflection and great art that he produces is very attractive and sonically pleasing to listen to.

  • @renatatostada3318
    @renatatostada33184 жыл бұрын

    It's something truly incredible when an artist can present his humanity in such a raw, unfiltered, and artistic way. It's something transcendental when an artist can do all that and become a hero in the eyes of the oppressed. Great video man, thank you for this.

  • @YoAMAX
    @YoAMAX4 жыл бұрын

    Your editing is always 🔥

  • @booksense7910
    @booksense79104 жыл бұрын

    This a great video. Thanks for making it!

  • @bradleyexius3577
    @bradleyexius35774 жыл бұрын

    Sing about me and U gives me chills still

  • @Lorand0O
    @Lorand0O4 жыл бұрын

    Could you do a video about King Gizzard and the lizard wizard?

  • @NirjharDas13

    @NirjharDas13

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes please

  • @ViewbobTrue

    @ViewbobTrue

    4 жыл бұрын

    That WOULD be cool

  • @EclecticoIconoclasta

    @EclecticoIconoclasta

    4 жыл бұрын

    Could you do a video about Angelik 2 the Core. That album is awesome

  • @ThePeterH1

    @ThePeterH1

    4 жыл бұрын

    You can watch Middle 8's video in the meantime

  • @NirjharDas13

    @NirjharDas13

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@EclecticoIconoclasta y you do dis. Corey Feldman is a modern genius

  • @viktormustapic
    @viktormustapic4 жыл бұрын

    My favourite in the series, great job on the vid :)

  • @XSocalxProFroX
    @XSocalxProFroX4 жыл бұрын

    👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 so so so so good!!!!! You have motivated me to listen to his whole catalog this weekend thank you

  • @goathousegroup
    @goathousegroup4 жыл бұрын

    I’m a simple man, I see Kendrick & I click

  • @TrayLittle
    @TrayLittle4 жыл бұрын

    KDOT is a legend!

  • @xMarkie
    @xMarkie4 жыл бұрын

    Duckworth will forever be one of my Kendrick Lamar songs.

  • @Sahidable
    @Sahidable4 жыл бұрын

    Please make more of these. I know it’s supposed to be just a series on the 2010’s, but please make more. This series was fantastic!

  • @ChefPollen
    @ChefPollen4 жыл бұрын

    Spotify told me I've listened to TPAB 500 times as of today lol

  • @ElLapiz24
    @ElLapiz244 жыл бұрын

    Kendrick (along with Cudi) are the reason I love hip hop. I was a strict metal head beforehand and hated anything rap. Then I heard “A.D.H.D.” and it just opened it up a whole new world to me.

  • @apolodor6
    @apolodor64 жыл бұрын

    Polyphonic keeping it real as always. Love your stuff

  • @thomasrose3945
    @thomasrose39454 жыл бұрын

    Great vid, Kendrick definitely won the 2010s, to Pimp A Butterfly is an incredible album. Shocked there were 15 seconds of For Free clean enough for you to use!

  • @devinotero1798
    @devinotero17984 жыл бұрын

    As a rock and roll fan I hope lamar uses some floyd sounds in his next piece of work

  • @alexeyvolin4263
    @alexeyvolin42634 жыл бұрын

    That was an amazing pentology, had no idea I'll learn so much about what seems to be so straight forward! Will there be some sort of conclusion and reflection about the decade overall?

  • @fibnasty
    @fibnasty4 жыл бұрын

    Phenomenal video, I love this. Shared (via. Twitter), Favorited, and Liked!

  • @MrBodies07
    @MrBodies073 жыл бұрын

    This was excellent bud

  • @sirwizzard4649
    @sirwizzard46494 жыл бұрын

    I exclaimed “YES!” when I saw this video in my notifications.

  • @andrewburney8075
    @andrewburney80754 жыл бұрын

    GKMC was more influential and iconic of the times than Damn. Damn had some more mainstream tracks but GKMC will stand the test of time and is a more in depth listening experience that will define the decade

  • @antwahnredding2175

    @antwahnredding2175

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think DAMN. is his best album and probably his most iconic album.

  • @santinerino624

    @santinerino624

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@antwahnredding2175 there is no world where damn is kendricks best album. Its a really good album, but he has put the bar so high with GKMC and TPAB that there is basically no way he tops those. My favorite is probably GKMC bcs it was the first hiphop album i ever listened to and because the lyrics on there are the most emotional. plus the album never loses replayability. That said i believe his objectively best album is without a doubt TPAB.

  • @santinerino624

    @santinerino624

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mariasitumbeko6643 the album is really good, if any newer artist would have come out with this project as his debut people would have been all over it, but kendrick set the bar so high that its basically impossible to top it

  • @GarrettAbbey
    @GarrettAbbey4 жыл бұрын

    Great piece. Thanks for this, brother.

  • @commentsoncomments8423
    @commentsoncomments84234 жыл бұрын

    I can’t get enough of your videos your the real 🐐

  • @deathgodsbleach
    @deathgodsbleach4 жыл бұрын

    People who think Damn is better than Madd city are wrong.

  • @ShivJ16

    @ShivJ16

    4 жыл бұрын

    Noah Steiner Nah

  • @sonictheflexhog6075

    @sonictheflexhog6075

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. Like Madd City was literally an audible Boyz In Da Hood. Shit is a classic.

  • @okaydee7592

    @okaydee7592

    4 жыл бұрын

    DAMN is the better album. Good kid was a good album tho. But DAMN is a classic to. Both albums are good asfuck but for me DAMN was the better one for me

  • @methembengwenya

    @methembengwenya

    4 жыл бұрын

    No they aren't they just have a different opinion

  • @Savage-ji5ke

    @Savage-ji5ke

    4 жыл бұрын

    Okay Dee DAMN a classic but GKMC isn’t? lmao

  • @rnm723
    @rnm7234 жыл бұрын

    Dude, you just put up a master piece! One of the best content in 2019 to me. Thank you so much for contributing to the movement of good material on this platform! Job very well done!

  • @Quallsss
    @Quallsss4 жыл бұрын

    What a wonderful, well documented, and insightful breakdown. Great job man

  • @captainafrica4523
    @captainafrica45234 жыл бұрын

    been waiting for this one

  • @jackvilla4097
    @jackvilla40974 жыл бұрын

    I’d argue that Kendrick dropped back-to-back classics with GKMC and TPAB, not TPAB and DAMN. GKMC has Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst, the best song of the decade and probably the best rap song of all time

  • @Nico-vr8ec
    @Nico-vr8ec4 жыл бұрын

    thank you !

  • @NirjharDas13
    @NirjharDas134 жыл бұрын

    Been waiting for this one the most out of all 5

  • @c.i.demann3069
    @c.i.demann30694 жыл бұрын

    Great work, man.

  • @beracaniost-albord8866
    @beracaniost-albord88664 жыл бұрын

    No mention of the Black Panther Album. A great sound track on one of the biggest movies of this generation. Cultivated by Kendrick.

  • @restreven4455

    @restreven4455

    4 жыл бұрын

    Love that album

  • @adolfo3152
    @adolfo31524 жыл бұрын

    Im a Metalhead, always been, but I have to say, TPAB is the album of the decade and it aint even close

  • @Jamesgibsonnn
    @Jamesgibsonnn4 жыл бұрын

    These videos clearly take a lot of work but please consider doing more of them 🔥🔥

  • @renz2k
    @renz2k4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for making this video.

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