Kendrick Lamar is the prime example of this, but Anderson .Paak I think is also a great example of rapping like a drummer, although he is a drummer.

@BluEx22329

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@squalley

2 жыл бұрын

What he said 💯🥃

@TheRealJakeTremblay

2 жыл бұрын

He's an amazing musician to see live, i recommended it to everyone

@settebello_asr

2 жыл бұрын

Yup freddie gibbs does this too

@scrox018

2 жыл бұрын

Honeslty, we can drop several names who rock tracks this way. Most "cadence masters" are basically drumming their words. So sick.

That Little Simz shout out speaks volumes for your credibility with me as a lone random viewer. She is absolutely the truth and I'm glad you know her.

You can tell Pharrell was on Alright from his signature “4 count” at the VERY beginning of the tune. Love this vid!

@superzrod7723

2 жыл бұрын

RESPECT, good call out

@PastelitoPapi

2 жыл бұрын

I JUST came here to say that lol classic Pharrell staple

@psingleton1463

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Pharrell has used that choir sample before, check out Rick Ross---Presidential

@noepuna9008

2 жыл бұрын

@@psingleton1463 love that song

@___6676

2 жыл бұрын

Also his voice in the chorus lol

"He's making music because it's kept him alive." Wow. What a profound thing to say about Kendrick Lamar

I think Biggie was one of the first times I had noticed a rapper flowing like a drummer, and this is supposedly down to his Jazz background, inherited from a teacher of his.

Woowww I was expecting this to be regular musicians analyzing these songs but jeezus, these are accomplished musicians 👏 working with some of my favorite artists, this is just amazing.

@BeastlyAnteater

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, thank Christ they weren’t “regular musicians,” those NOBODIES don’t know anything about shit. For fucks sake, if you can’t get famous or win a Grammy off of music the only reason could be that you’re a garbage musician who couldn’t possibly see how a rapper using rhythm could sound like a drummer! Only a truly accomplished and pro credited musician would have the insight to make such a deep observation. Some frumpy regular old musician would probably step on a rake and hit himself in the face before making any kind of astute observation. They wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between Kendrick Lamar and Gucci Mane

@chrispysaid

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks the Federal Bureau of Investigation, very cool

@mastermoo3506

2 жыл бұрын

@@BeastlyAnteater not sure if that was meant to be a joke but you came off as obnoxious and arrogant regardless

@dg9444

2 жыл бұрын

@@mastermoo3506 I’m pretty sure they’re commenting on how dismissive the original comment is of ‘regular musicians’

@BeastlyAnteater

2 жыл бұрын

@@mastermoo3506 and you come off like a doofus for not being able to see obvious sarcasm. Now go back to soyfacing at the CEO of patreon for telling you that Kendrick Lamar is good

Sounwave is so under-appreciated, throughout Kendrick's career his production is enique and top notch.

@FountainOfYoot

2 жыл бұрын

YES. He's not spoken about nearly enough. And he has INCREDIBLE taste in music too.

@antonisatwork

2 жыл бұрын

Enrique

@n.mourad2848

2 жыл бұрын

@@antonisatwork yes, Iglesias notch quality 👌 👍

@Bundpataka

Жыл бұрын

Pharrell did most of the production on Alright

@THEREVOLUTION-0.1

Жыл бұрын

👆🏾what he said

BLACK THOUGHTS literally a living breathing drum kit.. ur fav rapper fav rapper and his penmanship BRAZZYYYY!! Y’all dissected KDots and Kanye song sooooooo perfectly and appreciate y’all love for music. It shows y’all are amazing

@G_____

2 жыл бұрын

He just keeps getting better and better every year! Which is incredible considering how long he’s been rapping for.

@QNPMEDIA

2 жыл бұрын

It's really unfair good Black Thought is...nigga is rapping with chest codes 😅

@jovanreid6782

Ай бұрын

Black Thought is better than Eminem.

@user-mm1nt1it5v

Ай бұрын

Thought

THIS IS HOW I DESCRIBED RAP TO HIP HOP HEADS AND THEY LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS A Toddler DESCRIBING ALGEBRA! To me, a great rap is like a drum solo and the greatest do it like a jazz drum solo. So glad I found this. I feel so vindicated after all these years. Yesus!

I always knew Kendrick’s music was unique but now after watching this video I will listen to rap in a whole new way I never that possible

I appreciate musicians that appreciate hip hop. It is music. It does take talent and skill.

10:26 you KNOW a song is perfect when drummers are making the jazz stank face to a beat, I love this video so much!

this man even beatboxes to explain something. amazing musicians

@TrapHausCreo

2 жыл бұрын

Michael Jackson used to do that too

@crvz7834

2 жыл бұрын

@@TrapHausCreo but michael wasnt an youtuber

I've always been frustrated with myself that I couldn't give rap the respect it deserved precisely because of the density of lyrics (it's hard for me to catch everything), but Alright is indeed an amazing piece. I wonder how much of this was composed intentionally vs. "by feel"...and yeah, the presence of Thundercat is also pretty obvious from the outset of the groove :-)

@eyezzsodrppy7124

2 жыл бұрын

Do better

@shayshayshayshayshayshayshay

2 жыл бұрын

@@eyezzsodrppy7124 LMFAO W

@kobab4270

2 жыл бұрын

There is no difference between doing something "intentionally" or doing it "by feel". If a rapper raps in triplet he is rapping in triplets intentionally even if he didn’t sit on a chair and think "Hummmm, so here I’m going to divide this 4/4 beat in 3 syllables which will make it triplets! And then I will say a rhyme on each 4th beat". It’s intentional even if he didn’t write a sheet with every syllable he was going to rap notated and then rapped while reading the sheet. It’s intentional even if he didn’t think "humm, I should spit 16th notes". Obviously most rappers do not think or operate like this, but it’s still intentional even without using prescriptive theory term. There really isn’t such a difference in playing "intentionally" and playing by feel. Playing by feel is intentional. That’s literally how you feel like playing.

@coreyblackmon9426

2 жыл бұрын

Weeeell........stop not giving rap the respect that it deserve and maybe you won't be so frustrated with yourself. You gon be aallRIGHT!!!

@coreyblackmon9426

2 жыл бұрын

@@eyezzsodrppy7124 you tell'em

Yes Anderson paak is a good example. "come down" "your prime" and "bubblin" are great examples off the top of my head. PLEASE check those out

Always nice to see Kendrick Lamar get love! That man is a genuis his attention to detail is inhumane

1:45 funny when he said that question I was also thinking of Little simz

That Little Simz recommendation is fucking fire! So dope

Alright > Jacob collier’s discography

I knew this album was a classic the first time I heard it but it amazes me how its still being analyzed and studied years later. This album came at the perfect time and represented an important moment in time.

Not that many people listen to J.I.D. but he was a snare drummer in high school, his flow is rudimental at times and any drummer out there might enjoy listening to it

i’m glad that after the kendrick drake beef, youtube is recommending me all these amazing videos!!

for me, this is the greatest album to be recorded in... 22 years let's say Here in argentina we have an annalysis of this entire album from a guy called tomas lynch. it's awesome, but it goes more from the lyrics. please, do more of this genius that is kendrick!

@oeerturk

2 жыл бұрын

can i find the analysis u mentioned?

@xboxpenguin8705

2 жыл бұрын

@@oeerturk i think this is it kzread.info/dash/bejne/eaaZlM6gmrWylcY.html

@barstia7847

2 жыл бұрын

@@xboxpenguin8705 sorry, i didnt have notifications! yes, this is it!

@barstia7847

2 жыл бұрын

@@oeerturk @xboxpenguin870 has posted it right!

@plicool

2 жыл бұрын

Kendrick is a LEGEND of our time ❤️❤️❤️

Kendrick is a genius love that you did “Alright” could easily hear an episode where you did 3 or hell, all of the tracks of one album. Don’t change the name,,,that’s my vote.

when a rhythms accents are landing in a different areas of the bar is called syncopation. (this is for the Kendrick song)

The chorus on JPEGMAFIA’s SICK, NERVOUS & BROKE is so percussive and corresponds with the drums so nicely that I still react to it the same way the 100th time hearing it than the first time. Insanely talented.

@zzzzzz69

2 жыл бұрын

JPEG is the last time I heard great hip hop

@liamcorey3839

2 жыл бұрын

Just seen jpeg live at Manchester UK not long ago. Excellent and my favourite rapper

@TreyDZd

Жыл бұрын

That track has one of my favorite flows of his

Satisfying to hear people talk about music like this. You’re breaking down and explaining things in a way I just don’t have the vocabulary/knowledge to do so myself - also really appreciate the pop ups with definitions and cutaways to explain certain points. Subscribed!

Could you do an episode, where you react to horn sections? I'd love to hear something about the magic they can add to a song

@andrewquinlan6096

2 жыл бұрын

Get Kenni Holmen please lord

@siscoismyhomey

2 жыл бұрын

Have Eric Benny Bloom and Zoidis from Lettuce join too!

@AndrewBakke

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewquinlan6096 And Michael Nelson as the arranger.

NO! Don't change your name! I think it's perfectly fine the way it is! Thanks again for another informative video where I learn more about music! Keep it up!

DK!!!! Been a fan of his since 2004 when Mutemath released their first EP. This man is so underappreciated and a rhythmic Genius. As a professional drummer, I wouldn't be who I am without being inspired by Darren's drumming mastery. Cheers DK. To Ryan & Jack : thank you so much for this channel.

@hadisyuaib8613

2 жыл бұрын

Kendrick Lamar underappreciated?

@Hachi80k

2 жыл бұрын

@@hadisyuaib8613 He´s talking about the drummer in the video.

DK is still my all-time favorite drummer. I loved all of the times I got to see Muthmath live. This was a video I didn't know I needed until it popped up in my subscriptions.

@DeadWaxShow

2 жыл бұрын

He is amazing, I've never seen someone play so hard!

@DWatters-kp9wz

3 ай бұрын

Seeing MuteMath live was a couple of the coolest concert experiences I’ve had! Seeing them play “Reset” !!

I would love for you guys to tap into more hiphop. There's plenty of eccentric rappers with weird flows and crazy wordplay to match the production. Jid, El-P, MF DOOM, early Eminem, etc. Possibly going into how sampling works would be a great episode

@TheHockeyplaya14075

2 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING JID, HIS FLOW IS UNMATCHED

@jovanreid6782

Ай бұрын

El-P is that dude, hell yeah!

14:47 "Wait, why were you invited to the studio!?" That was hilarious

DK is my drumming hero! He's so inspiring and energetic on drums. Love Mutemath so much, and was terribly sad when they broke up.

@notaninstrument7707

2 жыл бұрын

I thought this was a joke for a second because Donkey Kong is always abbreviated to DK and there are Donkey Kong drumming games

@jasonwhite8102

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. I was there from the beginning. I was a big fan of Paul Meany’s previous band, Earthsuit, and was sad when they broke up, but it eventually gave birth to MuteMath. Idk how many shows I followed them around the country to see. MuteMath fans became like family. It was heartbreaking when that came to an end. Wish I could’ve seen their final tour after DK left and Hutch filled in on drums, but I was unfortunately out of the country and wasn’t able to catch a single show of that last tour. Probably regret that for the rest of my life.

@lcarthel

2 жыл бұрын

@@jasonwhite8102 Aw man I'll tell you I went to a final show, in Tulsa with Hutch, and it was not at all like Mutemath used to be. Still had some spunk but I was pretty disappointed. Didn't even know about the drummer exchange until I was there but it was very sad in person there.

OMG! When I was a young drummer I used to try to play along to entire Mutemath records to practice endurance! I can still feel the ache in my arms from playing Electrify lol

@markshimmin3192

2 жыл бұрын

Armstice album had many drum heavy songs, especially Electrify and Clipping

No way! You can't change the name now, it's already too big and too polished. This is literally the best show on you tube right now, if you like music. Its funny, its sooo informative and it gets you in close and personal with the musicians. Own that name! Be proud of what you've created. P.s. what about an episode on protest songs, and what makes Rage against the Machine's 'Killing in the name of' so timeless. It keeps coming back more than a christmas song man! The Leland Sklar and Paulette McWilliams episodes were sublime, you dont even get that kind of quality on tv. Love it man keep it up!

This video makes me love Kendrick even more

@clementinelives

2 жыл бұрын

He’s incredibly impressive from an outside perspective, he’s absolutely insane from a musical perspective

Regarding the “ ghost notes” discussion at 11:20 I’m not sure how those can be characterized as ghost notes. Given their volume and clear, staccato articulation relative to the accented notes played on the backbeat it seems more accurate to my mind to just call them notes.

What ive learned from playing by ear over the years is that the voice is an instrument and you can apply words with the proper ammount of syllables to match the pocket of specific instruments. For example three six mafia/memphis flows are identical to high hats on trap beats depending on the tempo. Same with chopper rappers like twisted insane. His rhyme scheme is like a rapid High Hat from a high energied scarlxrd track. So every type of vocalist is rhyming a pattern that falls in line with an instrument. Oh an smino said he raps like a High hat an plays drums. Basically if you rap an play drums you can be a flow god

@QNPMEDIA

2 жыл бұрын

So happy to someone else who gets Three 6 Mafia!! Insanely smart group of musicians.

@aloeflipz

2 жыл бұрын

@@QNPMEDIA i feel ya on that mane!

That was dope, y'all. DK is a monster on the kit and such a wizard's creative mind. Love it. And the name, though I'm way late to the party makes a lot of sense and tells me exactly what I'm in for.

The talk about the steady hihat is exactly what makes Meshuggah a god-tier band. Amidst all the chaos, the steady 4/4 hihat keeps everything on track

[12:12 - 12:24] This is exactly what drew me to Kendrick from the first moment. When I first came into contact with his music, I immediately thought "This guy is an artist. He breathes art and it seems to me that the reason for his life is to translate his human experience and create works that change people's lives." His mind doesn't stop, his attention to detail is dazzling, but not only in a purely musical analysis, to call it that, but he is quite a perfectionist when it comes to the semiotics of things, how everything interacts with each other. How the rhythm, the melody and melodic motifs, the ambience and harmonic rhythm and the lyrics fit together in such an effective way of conveying messages and emotions... You can extend this to albums, as they have this book-like aspect where each song is a chapter in a larger story and it's a completely different experience to hear a loose song versus a song in the context of the album. Sometimes I miss musicians analyzing the entirety of the work and how the dialogue between the musical elements and the poetic/literary elements makes up a beautiful thing. Music is art and we have to treat it as such! I didn't know about this channel but I have the feeling I'm going to binge it Isso é exatamente o que me atraiu no Kendrick desde o primeiro momento. No primeiro contato que eu tive com suas músicas eu pensei na hora "Esse cara é um artista. Ele respira arte e me parece que o motivo da vida dele é traduzir sua experiência humana e fazer obras que mudem a vida das pessoas". A mente dele não para, a atenção aos detalhes é deslumbrante mas não só na análise puramente musical, pra chamar assim, mas ele é bem perfeccionista no que diz respeito a semiótica da coisa, como tudo se dialoga. Como o ritmo, a melodia e motivos melódicos, a ambientação e rítmica harmônica e a letra se encaixam de uma maneira tão eficaz de passar mensagens e emoções... Você pode estender isso aos álbuns, como eles têm esse aspecto de livro onde cada música é um capítulo de uma história maior e é uma experiência completamente diferente ouvir uma música solta e uma música no contexto do álbum. Às vezes eu sinto falta de músicos analisarem a totalidade da obra e como o diálogo entre os elementos musicais e os elementos poéticos/literários compõe uma coisa linda. Música é arte e a gente tem que tratar assim! Eu não conhecia esse canal mas eu tenho a impressão de que vou maratonar

This was a fun one. Loved hearing Darren's stories.

You have combined my 2 favorite things, hiphop and Darren King. Found him underrated ever since his days of Mutemath. Thanks so much, love you guys :)

You guys are doing some of the best content on KZread, absolute hidden gem!!!!

Wow darren king is a legend and such an inspiration to my drumming! Your choice of guests is so damn good and thank you for bumping up the length of these videos I can't get enough!

You can tell the guy on the drums loves Kendrick 🔅❤️

I LOVE how nerdy and thorough this is, subscribed!

Earthsuit and Mutemath! Absolutely! If memory serves I saw Earthsuit live a million years ago. So good Great episode gents!

Middle guy has FUNK in him. BEAUTIFUL

Stumbled upon this channel and am so glad I did. So many amazing discussions about music and I have learned so much Bravo! 👏👏👏

They def had a live band in the studio for this album. Honestly this might be my favorite album of all time, and It's a required full playthrough from start to finish when you listen to it. There really isn't anything quite like it. From the music itself, to the lyrics, the content, the emotions captured. This album and the message in it meant so much to him that he didn't want to go on tour because he didn't want to commercialize or make money off of it.

Loved the episode, so much content and incredibles recommendations! I love the channel name btw, seems really open to music to me. Love u guys!

One of the best channels I've ever came acrossed!!! Learning so much. Thank you👌🏾

Darren King is so underrated, it’s cool you guys had the soft-spoken monster and music mind - his whole “thesis statement” & the break/breath bit to punctuate was so good. Love this series, keep it up guys!

Don't change the channel name. I like the professional insight of music, and for googling that I found you guys. Let it be like it is now. Greetings from Cali, Colombia.

Y’all gave great info on music in general, thanks 🙏🏽

So happy to have found your guys' channel. This video was absolutely fantastic, and hopefully there are more hip hop reactions to come!

This is amazing! Love your perspective on Kendrick’s artistic expression. Subscribed!

Instant subscribe! Love Scary Pockets, and Pomplamoose, but I didn't know you also had this awesome breakdown channel! That Kung Fu Kenny album TPAB rhythmically is unreal! P.S: gonna have to check out Mute Math, the drummer seems like a cool fkn guy!

Holy Hell Jack, what a production, you guys are really refining this show, and we love to see it

Keep DK regularly part of the show. Thanks.

Change the name? YES! I had no idea it was such a great channel, thinking it was just… reacts videos. Glad I finally watched. (It was the Vince Guaraldi video that caught me.)

33:08 Dude, Earthsuit was so good. It's a shame their style didn't take off like it should have, because it was so unique and special. Christian hiphop jazz reggae fusion? Yes please lol. I loved how they just did their own thing. Truly creative stuff. Thanks for shouting them out.

@wsuvjosh

2 жыл бұрын

Earthsuit was legit! Names I didn’t expect to hear in 2022, lol.

I like professionals musicians react. That is what I know you guys as. You kept it for this long, no need to change it. It already is ingrained in our heads. fellow producer/composer here. peace from Japan. 🍣

Love the "September" episode but this my fav now. Wicked break down. Thanks fallas

you fully were like "hey, check out my mix tape" to KANYE. lololololololololol

Just Brilliant!! Loving this!

Mais um programa impecável. Amo vocês!

As an Afropop singer and producer, I'm excited to see you guys reacting to one of our Afrobeat's album! You guys can start from mine 😅😏The Afropop version of Kanye ahaha!!! Love this channel 🤩 more blessings🙏🏾

@QNPMEDIA

2 жыл бұрын

Who would you recommend?!

@MoisezGuerraDVS

2 жыл бұрын

@@QNPMEDIA Wizkid and Burna Boy !

@MoisezGuerraDVS

2 жыл бұрын

Wizkids melody are just so interesting in anykind of level and Burna Boy has song with no Bass just because his voice can be that low in terms of frequency... Crazy thing!

First video of y’all’s I’ve seen and I really enjoyed it. Hope to see more hip hop songs from yall

This is so fascinating to me as a person who know little about music. This channel thought me so much and gave me a new found respect for artists. Like wow there soooo much that goes into a single track. I now understand why artists take years to come out with an album. Just wow

Loved this… More please.

Darren King is one of my biggest inspirations. What a legend.

Boy do I love this channel.. especially with a rogue DK appearance. Good stuff.

Love this! Also, gutted about the last video being down 😢

@DeadWaxShow

2 жыл бұрын

It'll be back this week!

@Daniel.Walker

2 жыл бұрын

@@DeadWaxShow amazing news!

Excellent content. Appreciate you all.

I’d love to hear you analyze Mitch Mitchell, the drummer for Jimi Hendrix, specifically on the album Axis: Bold As Love.

@youprobablyalreadyknow8947

Жыл бұрын

So good

Loved this whole discussion learnt alot

Awesome and inspiring breakdown. Thank you!

i could listen to Darren King talk about music for days.

Thanks for another great one guys

Love listening to artists talking about other artists. You have a new subscriber ;)

I love the honesty period of this commentary

This video is amazing! A musical gem

Recommendation: Could you do a 2 part episode similar to what you did with Leland Sklar, but... with Steve Gadd? That would be a real scoop. First have him react to all time greatest drum grooves (or fills, or intros) THEN an episode where he reacts to his own work, like his work on Paul Simon's "50 ways to leave your lover" or "you can call me Al" (also has one of the greatest bass tracks) or his work on "Spain" with Al Jarreau. Now THAT would be a drum special for this amazing channel you have created 😀

Loved the marching band question, may I suggest an episode reacting to DCI shows?

Now i get why this was recommend, I subscribed.. This is my new favorite show on YT.

What. A. Beautiful. Podcast. Music Theory in relation to hip hop hits!! It doesn’t exist elsewhere. Great Niche. Great great episode

this channel is so great!! the name is not cheesy, its real cause you guys are professional...cuts right to the chase! Thankyou!! :)

This was highly entertaining!! I did not expect that!

YOOO DARREN!!!! my favorite drummer of all time, my biggest drumming inspo. Got a snare head signed by him in like 2006/2007. I clicked for Kendrick bars and was so surprised seeing Darren and learning that he's been producing hip hop records?? Awesome.

I'm pretty sure the frequency you're talking about on All Of The Lights is actually just an 808 conga sample really compressed and distorted.

Little sims is absolutely amazing

Favorite episode so far. Would love to have Darren back for an episode breaking down some of Mutemath’s stuff

I love this video. You guys talk about the best rapper in the universe is everything. Shout out to @KendrickLamar and you three are just so interesting to watch and listen to

13:35 because it's so expertly crafted out of timeless things, blend of old and new, alternate worlds. Those old school oakwood university vocal harmonies, with the 808s minus the trap cicada hihat stuff, with all the compositional elements you all talked about, the timeless themes of the lyrics...

THESE VIDEOS ARE STRAIGHT AMAZING

This was great. Thank you

Outstanding channel lads, keep it up!!!