why kendrick won the beef

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I'm sure you don't need me to tell you the last week has been a crazy one, consumed by the beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, two titans of modern hip-hop.
The beef has taken many unexpected turns, and I tried to address as many as possible in this video. However, one track still sticks out to me as particularly masterful: Kendrick's "Euphoria".
The first true Drake diss song from Kendrick Lamar, the track is hard-hitting, propulsive, and most interesting to me, rooted firmly in the narrative of Kendrick Lamar, hiding deeper narrative secrets underneath the surface.
It's those secrets I hope to sift through today as I break down the current Drake and Kendrick beef and explore the hidden genius of "Euphoria".
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Timecodes-
0:00- 1. a crazy few weeks
2:34- 2. connecting the dots
5:21- 3. the euphoria of a great rap beef
8:11- 4. the heart plays...
10:11- 5. staying power
11:48- 6. but wait, there's more
19:01- 7. outro
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  • @GeniusSays
    @GeniusSays26 күн бұрын

    Why? Because Kendrick just crip walked on Drake’s dead body..

  • @biggdave6253

    @biggdave6253

    25 күн бұрын

    Kendrick grew up Westside Piru so he wouldn't be Crip walking

  • @kevincherian8190

    @kevincherian8190

    25 күн бұрын

    @@biggdave6253 🤓☝🏽

  • @Loessing

    @Loessing

    25 күн бұрын

    @@kevincherian8190 Hahahah instant shutdown

  • @cultoftom

    @cultoftom

    25 күн бұрын

    kendrick lies cost him the W

  • @GeniusSays

    @GeniusSays

    25 күн бұрын

    @@cultoftom drake is lying, about everything.

  • @alejoparedes2388
    @alejoparedes238826 күн бұрын

    This ain't a rap beef, it's a cultural reckoning

  • @finalbreath15

    @finalbreath15

    25 күн бұрын

    The beginning of a new time

  • @michaelpecukonis5074

    @michaelpecukonis5074

    25 күн бұрын

    I can't say I don't feel bad the kids are in a white school and they are going through it but if they become Drake like. they getting grounded😂

  • @paultapping9510

    @paultapping9510

    25 күн бұрын

    It's about time tbh. I love hiphop but there are some dark, shady corners that need cleaning up. We've needed this Kendrick for a _while_

  • @GalaadJoachim

    @GalaadJoachim

    25 күн бұрын

    It is a battle against the industry and Lucian. Drake is just the one that embodies their practices and represent them.

  • @ibrahimovicjunior5443

    @ibrahimovicjunior5443

    25 күн бұрын

    @@GalaadJoachim Drake is the perfect puppet

  • @muthomi8135
    @muthomi813525 күн бұрын

    I now fully understand not to mess with someone who has fully dissected and made peace with his strengths and weaknesses, cause he knows how to do the same to another person

  • @TamiaPeach

    @TamiaPeach

    19 күн бұрын

    Can’t do nothing to a person with high self love because it takes everything to get there.

  • @goldengoat1737

    @goldengoat1737

    3 күн бұрын

    Ha! So funny to see that white people don’t see what going on

  • @poleelop145
    @poleelop14525 күн бұрын

    This is such an intellectual breakdown. The fact that "who is the best" is still up for debate in some people's minds is nothing less than insane.

  • @whathappened246

    @whathappened246

    18 күн бұрын

    Drake is better

  • @Nick77ab2

    @Nick77ab2

    17 күн бұрын

    ​@@whathappened246 my response to you is your name. You apparently don't know what happened.

  • @lemueltimbreza

    @lemueltimbreza

    16 күн бұрын

    Drakes such a master manipulator his fans don’t know how to react 💀

  • @TheLongestTake
    @TheLongestTake26 күн бұрын

    This was so much fun to experience. If it is over, beef ended with a whimper with the hear 6. If we broke it down into 4 rounds, each diss against one another, I'd say that Kendrick won 4-0.

  • @makingmediamatter

    @makingmediamatter

    26 күн бұрын

    Absolutely, beat Drake in every single style he tried

  • @iDewThis4Yu

    @iDewThis4Yu

    26 күн бұрын

    @@makingmediamatterthe only one I MIGHT have slid Drake was family matters because that last part was fire but Damn Meet the grahams is just legendary… like bruh it’s legit scary😂 k can feel the hatred thru the speakers

  • @unKnownAlbino333

    @unKnownAlbino333

    26 күн бұрын

    ​@@iDewThis4Yu Meet the Grahams is like getting bullied by a therapist

  • @launchlife7032

    @launchlife7032

    26 күн бұрын

    You are 100% correct

  • @Eye_Rant

    @Eye_Rant

    26 күн бұрын

    🐑

  • @unluckydreamer
    @unluckydreamer26 күн бұрын

    I definitely think kdot started from a semi friendly place or a respectable place. He was trying to keep it a battle for the number 1 rapper and Drake turned it into a gossip battle and still lost. I definitely respected Cole from the start because we all knew where Drake was gonna take things and that’s something Cole has no business doing

  • @T.Maximus

    @T.Maximus

    26 күн бұрын

    Well said 🤝

  • @iDewThis4Yu

    @iDewThis4Yu

    26 күн бұрын

    Yeah…it really is Drake…he has a thing for just being messy bringing up peoples wife..you’d think hed learn from the last time.

  • @sebastianmv2069

    @sebastianmv2069

    25 күн бұрын

    i definitely think for kdot this was never about who is the number 1 rapper i feel like he genuinely dislikes drake as a whole... as a person, what he represents for hip hop and the fact that someone like drake could even exist.........i doubt kdot would seek beef just to proof he is number 1 when he alrdy feels like number 1 and im kinda amazed that people believe this started as a battle for the number 1 spot

  • @unluckydreamer

    @unluckydreamer

    25 күн бұрын

    @@sebastianmv2069 yeah but the fact still stands his first two songs are strictly about tearing down drakes character and celebrity, he could’ve been baiting him the whole time because he already knows what he’s gonna run to

  • @josephbanks888

    @josephbanks888

    25 күн бұрын

    I’m a Kendrick fan, and I disagree, I believe Kendrick is one hell of a master manipulator. I believe he wanted it to escalate to where it’s at. Kendrick don’t rell spect Drake at all, he don’t like him and want to end his career. He’s not ending Drake career by having a fun rap battle, Kendrick was thinking war from the beginning. He used straight war tactics. Kendrick knew Drake was going to respond and talk about his wife. He knew Drake would that why I call cap on when Kendrick says “don’t respond or I’ll take it there”. Naw he baited him. He used war tactics, one of the best things he did was to project. Call Drake a master manipulator while it’s all apart of Kendrick’s master plan to call him that. Drake approached this as a battle, Kendrick approached this as War. There’s no rules in war, the dirtiest tactics shall be used and Kendrick used them. Bye Bye Pedo Drake. A new King has been crowned.

  • @tristanchuey
    @tristanchuey25 күн бұрын

    I think euphoria was more of Kendrick telling Drake to go sit with himself before getting messy. It was a friendly fade but of course Drake had to make it personal and Dot took it there

  • @Prince_Luci
    @Prince_Luci26 күн бұрын

    I’ve never understood Drake sending subliminals for years when everyone would’ve told you this would be how it’d end. Bro kept sticking his hand in a bear trap and has the audacity to call himself a victim when it finally took his hand off.

  • @aiocafea

    @aiocafea

    25 күн бұрын

    during his sofboy era, 'drake with the melodies', i think he would have leaned way more into the plausible deniability if someone were to push him it's just that he changed his persona to champagne papi without changing the strategy the industry noticed the opening, now if someone pushed back, he had to respond or it's over for this drake that act tough he also did a 180 by always escalating first to family, but that's more difficult to get a read on, that's just stupid

  • @paultapping9510

    @paultapping9510

    25 күн бұрын

    100%

  • @editnosmirc4489

    @editnosmirc4489

    25 күн бұрын

    Kendrick has too. Listen to Element. Hes definitely talking about Drake

  • @lakerfan1855

    @lakerfan1855

    24 күн бұрын

    His ego enormous nobody can tell him nothing and it’s gotten too big to be able to think logically… thats why you hearing Dot say “you lied about the only artist that can offer you some help” .. remember they came in the game around the same time, he has watched the nicca turn into a phony. But instead of manning up he want to be this 37 year old canadian wearing nail polish talkin bout some slime shit acting like he is the mob boss that can get anybody touched lol.. aside from the rappin (because we all know dot rap better than him and his 10 writers) its easy for anyone to take a side in this because it’s real vs fake

  • @esmooth919

    @esmooth919

    24 күн бұрын

    I couldn't have said that any better myself! He thought he wanted the smoke, but he bit off a whole lot more than he could chew! And got exposed (again) as a weirdo and a culture vulture in the process.

  • @SAVUFILMS
    @SAVUFILMS26 күн бұрын

    Kdot is the Boogeyman of Hiphop

  • @emmanuelmondesir8677

    @emmanuelmondesir8677

    26 күн бұрын

    Hip hop hasn’t had a boogeyman since Eminem It’s good to be back

  • @SadfoxGuyver

    @SadfoxGuyver

    25 күн бұрын

    @@emmanuelmondesir8677 boogeyman was 50 before that Nas

  • @michaelpecukonis5074

    @michaelpecukonis5074

    25 күн бұрын

    ​@@SadfoxGuyverbefore that was em. Before that there was cannabis. After that and in between we are missing real battle artists like back to back author daylyt. Dude if we went through all of them it be days.

  • @EZIEKIEL26

    @EZIEKIEL26

    25 күн бұрын

    The original boogeyman/God EmCee is Rakim. Changed the whole game of Emcee’ing.

  • @sbodahandsum8055

    @sbodahandsum8055

    25 күн бұрын

    He ducking lupe his no boogeyman

  • @Becauseimme
    @Becauseimme26 күн бұрын

    It’s a deep outward conflict between the real culture and the plastic culture Drake represents. Kendrick seen and watched Drake play around with and tear down everything that our pioneers fought to get. Kendrick had to remind the culture of what it needs to get off life support and recover. My six year old son is an amazing rapping prodigy and that’s because he understands the importance of our peoples history and the history of Hip Hop. The youth is going to usher back in real Hip Hop once again with integrity because Kendrick is showing them the way.

  • @Thekarmic

    @Thekarmic

    25 күн бұрын

    We’ll said. Glad we’re not all wheeling it.

  • @zeeloterij8164

    @zeeloterij8164

    25 күн бұрын

    What makes something real hiphop tho? What is the criteria?

  • @Malc_007

    @Malc_007

    25 күн бұрын

    ​​@@zeeloterij8164Lyrical content, creative punchlines, solid production, and a presence that isn't your typical "I get bitches and f**ked your main chick. Bow bow take this clip, now you a b***h" Hip hop has been stuck for decades and the corporate execs are to blame

  • @BlackNella

    @BlackNella

    25 күн бұрын

    @@zeeloterij8164read can’t stop won’t stop by Jeff Chang. Great comprehensive text to answer your question

  • @jarryj1995

    @jarryj1995

    25 күн бұрын

    Kendrick is definitely a major influence in my music and makes me step my pen game up 💪

  • @browndamon
    @browndamon26 күн бұрын

    Yes: It is a criticism of his own flaws as much as it is his opponent’s because, as you said, he already did the inner work on Mr. Morale. That’s why his work is ringing true now. Great take here.

  • @IAuMatu

    @IAuMatu

    11 күн бұрын

    ‘clears throat’ “um, while everyone is sitting down because of this global thing happening, please don’t judge me without judging yourself too, but I got some things I need to tell y’all about myself.” ‘MMTBS released’ “ alright now that we got that out the way & we all back outside, lemme tell y’all about this clown trying to steal my platinum crown of thorns AND the jewels outta your crowns!” ‘Like That Verse & euphoria’ “my bad Cole, I’m still working on myself, love you Brodie!” 😂

  • @flamesblac228
    @flamesblac22825 күн бұрын

    That's deep where kdot reached out to God before going in on Drake.

  • @ryanmuhlenberg1480
    @ryanmuhlenberg148023 күн бұрын

    Great video. I’ve seen a lot of people say Kendrick contradicted his “leader” status by ruthlessly going at Drake, likely because Drake himself tried to discredit Kendrick as a leader. Thing is, Drake and everyone making those comments misinterpreted Kendrick’s entire artistic purpose. Kendrick has never claimed to be perfect in any way; he’s even made a point of portraying himself as a fairly fucked up person. Take the last verse on Mad City, or these walls, or u, or mortal man and the entire poem that runs throughout TPAB. He didn’t really believe in the “leadership” pedestal even before DAMN. and Mr. Morale. The point of Kendrick’s music is that acknowledging your own imperfections is the first step towards being a better person. Not a perfect person, or even a good person, just better. Better tomorrow than you are right now. That’s why he had to go after Drake: Drake, like Kendrick, is a deeply flawed person, but whereas Kendrick makes an effort to get better, Drake revels in his own degeneracy. Drake’s complacency within his costume of vile personas is what allowed him to sink past the point of forgiveness most good people draw. You don’t just start out like that… Drake is what happens when you let the worst parts of human being fester. His music is pacifying because there’s no internal conflict: Drake should get everything he wants and everyone in his way is a hater. It’s a narcissist’s dream, and it caters to the narcissist within all of us who’d rather pin are struggles on other people than ourselves. Kendrick’s music is often challenging and uncomfortable because he represents the internal conflict we need to engage in. Kendrick is the flawed man trying to be better. Drake is what happens when you give up.

  • @LadyAstarionAncunin
    @LadyAstarionAncunin25 күн бұрын

    Drake's fans are consumers of the watered-down pop version of hip-hop. They're as authentic as Drake is, which is not at all. Them dissing 'Euphoria' because it wasn't danceable (why TF should a diss record be danceable?? that's NEVER been a requirement) when it was, in reality, pure octane is laughable. Drake makes fun of Kendrick for caring about black issues because he's distant from blackness even though he steeps himself in it (he even brags about using his whiteness for advantages). Drake makes fun of Kendrick for assuming he was s_xually abused because he has no empathy for victims, as predators do not. I will never support him. He already lost in my mind on the power of being Drake. There are already receipts about Drake. The video with the 17-year-old is damnable enough.

  • @brandonburton5928
    @brandonburton592826 күн бұрын

    Thank you for taking the time to consider the artists body of work into account when talking about The Beef. Context is everything/a key factor in media literacy. This was an awesome watch.

  • @Kinobambino

    @Kinobambino

    25 күн бұрын

    Definitely greatly appreciated

  • @MMoturi22
    @MMoturi2225 күн бұрын

    Slight correction: Section 80 was Kendrick's debut album. Just wanted to mention it because it is criminally overlooked in his discography in spite of it being the strongest debut of any artist on the level of College Dropout, Illmatic and Reasonable Doubt

  • @makingmediamatter

    @makingmediamatter

    25 күн бұрын

    Yea, I had remembered that and meant to edit it in the script but missed it because I was pressed for time. Love that album and I only left it out to make a point about Kendrick’s narrative arc from gkmc to mmatbs

  • @brandonavina7695

    @brandonavina7695

    25 күн бұрын

    Technically a mixtape

  • @quintonmiller8266

    @quintonmiller8266

    25 күн бұрын

    Not really. But it was one of his best.

  • @frespects9624

    @frespects9624

    25 күн бұрын

    The other 3 are better but it is top tier for sure

  • @lincolnward85

    @lincolnward85

    25 күн бұрын

    It's one of my favorites by him.

  • @sebooski
    @sebooski25 күн бұрын

    this beef got youtubers workin overtime 😭 euphoria is defo underrated tho imo it’s insane how many layers is in almost each bar (W vid btw)

  • @maxcalderon7815
    @maxcalderon781525 күн бұрын

    I love the perspective that this is all kendrick building his character between album cycles 😂 what a legendary musician/artist/cultural figure

  • @HaussVonHorne
    @HaussVonHorne26 күн бұрын

    Sometimes, despite all context, meditation, and wisdom, you just hate a mfer. No matter what, I just hate De Niro’s character in ‘Raging Bull.’ I understand why and how he became the person he is, but I still hate him.

  • @iToldYou922

    @iToldYou922

    25 күн бұрын

    😂😂😂 dude people don’t know the comedy underlying your comment bro, but I still get the message. But after all the therapy and healing and even finding God and doing miracles and raising the dead. You gon still hate a mfr🤣🤣fr fr

  • @thuhuong8838

    @thuhuong8838

    25 күн бұрын

    This, this is the motto. Human are flawed creature, no matter how good or bad a person is, you just can’t help but hate smth and everything associated with it. Kendrick just hate Drake, and unfortunately for Drake, he underestimated a person hate.

  • @daisymagnus306

    @daisymagnus306

    24 күн бұрын

    Love the De Niro's mention

  • @austinthesan-antonian3932
    @austinthesan-antonian393223 күн бұрын

    Thank you for this video. And particularly for mentioning the first half of 6:16 in LA because it really isn't getting the flowers it deserves right now. That music absolutely solidifies, like you said, Kendrick's perspective and it's not just about trying to kill Drake, to mudsling, to dominate (as much of the discourse on Kendrick's blowout victory has understandably orbited around, because he was done pure traditional offense phenomenally well) but to rebirth Aubrey with an incredibly harsh love. It's beautiful, it's art, it's where we need to be gravitating towards as an audience or as commentators instead of either trying to wrap everything up into a neat little bow (which many journalists/KZreadrs have been making content about -"Who Won?", "Recapping The Beef", etc.-) or immediately criticizing either participant or either fanbase for going "over the line" without word from investigative or persecution oriented organizations yet or literally anybody else who's actually qualified to "bring receipts" or bring justice. Let's be honest: we don't want Drake posting Ring footage implicating Kendrick for abusive behavior, ala Steven Crowder, on his Instagram story. We don't want Kendrick posting a video of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on the phone saying that they're gonna raid The Embassy or him revealing what Drake's supposed daughter's Instagram account is in a Not Like Us music video. That goes beyond poetry over bars (which YES is still where we are); that would be interfering with justice. So, what can we actually do? What SHOULD we do as an audience? We can't wrap things up and we can't get justice. And making posts like Questlove's isn't going to make us better people; it's just going to make us depressed people who feel like we wasted a week of our lives. We can find positive meaning (LIKE YOU HAVE), we can find morals, confessions, advice, and maturity here even if this got "really personal" or "really serious". We should. Now, to still be competitive, I think that Kendrick has made art with greater potential for that kind of positive therapeutic impact for listeners or Aubrey than Aubrey has for his listeners or for Kendrick. That's just my vibe and that is how I've determined MY winner. At the very least, let's use the metric of who's made the better POSITIVE story with this beef instead of just immediately going to how Kendrick has buried him or going full K-Anon with an inevitably flawed paper trail on Drake or just throwing everybody into the garbage by stating or implying that Kendrick or Drake or rap beef in general or Hip-Hop in general or "straight cis black men" in general are troglodytes or misogynists. TLDR: we get to manifest what this cultural event means to us. And the most important and useful and unproblematic way that we can add meaning to this is by interpreting the beef as ways to make better people or a better world. TLDR 2: Meet The Grahams is a masterwork and HP6 is mid.

  • @Negrido
    @Negrido26 күн бұрын

    Won’t lie this video was an educational breakdown as if from my literature teacher I love it

  • @MasterIceyy
    @MasterIceyy17 күн бұрын

    I think to some degree Kendrick needed to get this off his chest, like the story of Mr. Morale wouldn't be complete if he didn't go after Drake, this has been bubbling for 10 years now, it wouldn't surprise me if Kendrick felt like he couldn't really mature or move forward without finally burying this resentment he's carried for Drake for 10+ years

  • @ggsinl4031
    @ggsinl403125 күн бұрын

    Dont ever forget kendrick made not like us after a few hours family matters dropped….

  • @Trandview
    @Trandview26 күн бұрын

    Kenny done put me into a full-out Manic state for this whole week. As a long time KDot stan, i knew the breadcrumbs and jewels he left on the tracks would end in his coronation as the one and only #1 in HipHop.

  • @dfareyes87
    @dfareyes8725 күн бұрын

    This was the most sane and coherent analysis I have ever seen. Looking forward to more as this progresses.

  • @farpumba
    @farpumba25 күн бұрын

    Drake is a rapper?

  • @MrJamb0ree

    @MrJamb0ree

    11 күн бұрын

    Drake is alive?

  • @ChadFreeman757

    @ChadFreeman757

    10 күн бұрын

    He must’ve thought so…

  • @Machomanrandyaverage

    @Machomanrandyaverage

    10 күн бұрын

    No

  • @alberthirchy6416
    @alberthirchy641618 күн бұрын

    Great video, hope you can make one about "not like us" because Kendrick really Kendricked on that track

  • @robertmarianomolina295
    @robertmarianomolina29518 күн бұрын

    Out of all the diss tracks that kendrick released, euphoria is my favorite. I just love how it flows, and I can listen to it over and over again.

  • @nkanyisoinnocentkhwane3752
    @nkanyisoinnocentkhwane375224 күн бұрын

    You knocked this out of the park, totally deserved to be your most popular video 👍🏽👍🏽

  • @JAWNDOEmusic
    @JAWNDOEmusic23 күн бұрын

    HOT TAKE: this biggest beef EVER its not just nyc or east and west, its about the culture aka LYRICS vs POP RAP - every rap fan has a stake in this even if they dont like the artists but they and rap are WAY more popular/mainstream than they were for biggie v pac or nas v jay etc Kendrick was always gonna win, he's literally a PULITZER Prize winning writer (only like 3 musicians have won this award and no other rappers) then dropped 20plus mins of layered well executed diss tracks, he couldnt lose...his fanbase are fans of bars and older heads who like lyrics over 'melodic rap' - drake has no identity, he changes up every album but its all POP rap and represents a younger gen of fans despite them being the same age etc...

  • @NeptunesTunes
    @NeptunesTunes26 күн бұрын

    Dots winning because he’s weirdly funny and he’s more creative, also even tho the daughter shit was a L, the wild accusations have “semi proof” so it covers dots L, also clubs booing drake and playing Kendrick prolly hurts drake since he tried to make the club song. Then the NBA is playing not like us is krazy lol.

  • @NeptunesTunes

    @NeptunesTunes

    26 күн бұрын

    Also Dots winning because he doesn’t need to have high influencer friends meat riding him, Ak, adin, and even Kai. Then he made reactors make money off the disses, he’s the people champion now

  • @paultapping9510

    @paultapping9510

    25 күн бұрын

    I'd hold off on judging the daughter thing. He denied Adonis for a long time, and I'm hearing more and more factual sounding chat surrounding the accusation.

  • @quintonmiller8266

    @quintonmiller8266

    25 күн бұрын

    Dot is winning cause he is a much better rapper and artist. I saw this coming like X Mas

  • @nirjhar4803

    @nirjhar4803

    25 күн бұрын

    Drake did a shit-job at the 'daughter accusation' refutation... If the "daughter rumors" truly were a plant, then Drake should've never gone on social media to deny them whilst ignoring the damn pedo allegations first and foremost. He should've bided his time and leaned way more into that in his actual response diss cause THAT's A HUGE vulnerability that could've been exploited more. Not to mention his contradictory bar; calling everyone who fed Kendrick information a 'clown'(when that would without a doubt include Drake himself, assuming he was telling the truth). Kendrick is simply somehow able to produce far more heat with 'incomplete' information whilst Drake can't seem to even match him(in terms of heat) with 'complete' information.

  • @s271a

    @s271a

    19 күн бұрын

    ​@@nirjhar4803 There is also an option for legal action. I wonder why Drake doesn't choose it...

  • @desireeeeam
    @desireeeeam26 күн бұрын

    I will forever remember exactly where I was, how I felt when I first heard each of these tracks. New sub ❤

  • @shiwardsdrac
    @shiwardsdrac25 күн бұрын

    Thank you for giving your thoughts on this one. Quite a fresh take for sure

  • @darrenphillips2188
    @darrenphillips218826 күн бұрын

    This was really good, love the artistic approach and explanation of the personal conflict within Kendrick. Awesome.

  • @reid.7680
    @reid.768026 күн бұрын

    Thank you so much for this! I have felt there's so much nuance to those tracks that's right now still overshadowed by the utter theatricality of the situation. I love how you zero in on those lines where, if you strip the overt bravado, Kendrick does bare himself. I really loved euphoria and 6:16 in LA. Even with the heavy context, there was a sort of mystique to them that went beyond the beef. And while the two new ones are more exciting and fun to everyone in context to the beef, at least as of now, I feel a certain flattening of meaning and intent going on at the stage. I've been subscribed since your video on Nope! Big fave. Look forward to more!

  • @makingmediamatter

    @makingmediamatter

    26 күн бұрын

    Definitely agree with what you said, the conceptual angle is getting a bit watered down for bit reveals and drama but even then, “meet the grahams” is such a great embodiment of the ideas on Mr. Morale and “Don’t Like Us”, for as commercial as it is, kind of embodies Kendrick at his most angry and spiteful, similar to a “HUMBLE” or “DNA”. Definitely will be interesting to see how these tracks all fit together once the dust has settled and Kendrick (maybe?) drops an album showing where he’s going next.

  • @Bloodhound-wu3up
    @Bloodhound-wu3up24 күн бұрын

    Your voice is nice to listen to

  • @makingmediamatter

    @makingmediamatter

    24 күн бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @ricardothehacker3200
    @ricardothehacker320026 күн бұрын

    Kendrick is smoking Drake on literally every level people even his diss tracks have potential to be timeless art. Drake still having ghost writers help him out… this video was great this why I love Kendrick is the realest rapper when it comes to what he’s actually saying.

  • @jmorales8742
    @jmorales874225 күн бұрын

    Kendrick’s music videos are so astonishing

  • @Mattyp24
    @Mattyp2426 күн бұрын

    I waited for this one! We share a similar understanding and love for Kendrick. Great video 👏👏

  • @makingmediamatter

    @makingmediamatter

    26 күн бұрын

    Thank you, Kendrick is my all time favorite artist in any medium so I’m happy I got the chance to cover him!

  • @santogrial2740
    @santogrial274025 күн бұрын

    I dont really comment on vids but damn...you went really deep. I really like your angles and how you addressed them. Keep this up plssss

  • @maka2697
    @maka269725 күн бұрын

    Yes ! Somebody that gets it This beef enforced his last album for me and gave him purpose to continue to put out music

  • @bigmistqke

    @bigmistqke

    25 күн бұрын

    Exactly. It's like he said to himself: there is still work to do.

  • @BoredDior
    @BoredDior25 күн бұрын

    Drake spiraled. He hated Kendrick so much he made the beef bloody when it was never suppose to get here

  • @gabehc8689
    @gabehc868920 күн бұрын

    The crazy thing is drake literally calls back to mother I which is a song in which Kendrick literally talks about why Whitney left

  • @gabehc8689

    @gabehc8689

    20 күн бұрын

    Kendrick has never hidden his imperfections he’s very open and honest

  • @where_is_sauce
    @where_is_sauce14 күн бұрын

    I think that one thing that fueled Kendrick's hate even more, is that Mr morale could clearly help drake too, and Kendrick knows that. Instead of going for the cultural vulture angle and referencing tpab, Kendrick keeps referencing mr morale, almost begging drake to hear it, but drake decided to ignore it and it was one of the reasons not like us, the victory lap, exists now. Kendrick clearly offer his hand, but when drake denied and tried to bring him down, kdot didn't pull any punches

  • @ohsweetpotato
    @ohsweetpotato25 күн бұрын

    this is an insane analysis. thank you for putting the time and effort into analyzing “euphoria”, bringing really fresh perspectives i cant help but feel a deeper connection to the work after seeing kendricks dual nature (righteousness vs vindictiveness) reflected throughout the song. it’s awesome to read the lyrics as a continuation of mr morale - kendrick truly pouring out his soul into his craft, even for a “diss track”😂.

  • @Champ1up
    @Champ1up15 күн бұрын

    Excellent video

  • @bbkintanar
    @bbkintanar10 күн бұрын

    Post-beef, I find myself now going back to Euphoria over and over again. It's just a damn good song, well structured, catchy and hard AF, and now that I've gathered a much better understanding about the substance of the diss, my appreciation for it has grown tenfold. Kendrick really did say A LOT about Drake, and even if a lot of the information about him was "old news", he delivered it with such lyrical precision that he really sets himself apart from the rest

  • @abrom004
    @abrom00424 күн бұрын

    Loved the way you broke down Kendrick's career leading up to euphoria. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Keep going up sis! 🚀

  • @skylerbing927
    @skylerbing92726 күн бұрын

    Was sad to hear the podcast got pushed, but this more than makes up for it

  • @amwayward7556
    @amwayward755619 күн бұрын

    Incredible perpective, very wholesome. Thanks! 6:16 is prolly my best sounding warning/bait for fam matters. Gotta toke one before for sure! What standsout from other videos, is your pick of Bars which resonated too !

  • @OchoSaVage
    @OchoSaVage25 күн бұрын

    This is my first time watching one of your videos the way you break down the material is impressive I like your style you just earned a new sub

  • @KalQlus
    @KalQlus25 күн бұрын

    Enjoyed your essay. I appreciate this type of content. Thank you for your efforts and analysis!! ❤❤❤

  • @TonyP-zw4ko
    @TonyP-zw4ko25 күн бұрын

    Good video great breakdown. Great seeing Kendrick still making an impact on newer audiences from when he first started almost 15 years ago

  • @latoya15
    @latoya1525 күн бұрын

    I enjoyed this video! Very great breakdown and you have a pleasant voice when explaining this whole diss tracks. Thank you 🙏🏽

  • @MrZakXero
    @MrZakXero24 күн бұрын

    Really great video and examination

  • @NevirSurrender
    @NevirSurrender19 күн бұрын

    This was such an amazing analysis video, subscribed 🔥

  • @etzahi16
    @etzahi1621 күн бұрын

    Loved your video, it made me go back and enjoy Euphoria even more than the first couple of listens and you did add more to the conversation than what is already out there ❤

  • @joao1223
    @joao122325 күн бұрын

    i really liked this video and the way you listen and analyse hip hop. can't wait for more videos like this one

  • @avieira611
    @avieira61126 күн бұрын

    Well crafted essay. Good work 👍

  • @riahfilmx
    @riahfilmx25 күн бұрын

    Ahhhh i love this analysis! You always put out such gems !! 💗💗

  • @jamesandrews3535
    @jamesandrews353518 күн бұрын

    Definitely worth considering the fact that while these points are points other rappers have made and kendrick is using those points with incredible efficiency pointing them directly at Drakes soul, he does say it's "what the culture is feeling". He knows he's not talking for just himself.

  • @ereristark425
    @ereristark42526 күн бұрын

    This was a really good analysis! Subbed

  • @averyjacob5476
    @averyjacob547625 күн бұрын

    Thank you for your dissertation! Such a thorough and thoughtful analysis. Great work!

  • @xjtsx
    @xjtsx25 күн бұрын

    Love your writing, truly enjoyed the video!

  • @adekunlerichard1655
    @adekunlerichard165511 күн бұрын

    By far the best analysis on KZread. Well done 👍🏾

  • @michael2026
    @michael202624 күн бұрын

    Wow this was put together very well awesome work

  • @EvonneLindiwe
    @EvonneLindiwe10 күн бұрын

    Outstanding Essay ✨🙌🏿

  • @jimmy4450
    @jimmy445025 күн бұрын

    Thank u as well. Can’t wait for new material.

  • @christina3601
    @christina36016 күн бұрын

    Kendrick was TRYING to take the high road... That is, until Drake took an even lower shot. Then K Dot ended him. End of story.

  • @KatlegoMasego
    @KatlegoMasego25 күн бұрын

    Thank you for the upload. Subscribed.

  • @lemueltimbreza
    @lemueltimbreza16 күн бұрын

    I watched your video on the iron claw as I’ve just recently watched the film and now this. I appreciate your attention to detail and you have a talent for storytelling! Looking forward to more videos!

  • @mf_dva
    @mf_dva25 күн бұрын

    Drake is always afraid to just rap against rappers that could beat him and tries to win by mud slinging. Kendrick has only ever dissed Drake before now by flexing his status as a better, more respected rapper. Drake mentioned Whitney on Push Ups and Kendrick dropped two diss tracks telling Drake to just keep it Hip Hop and there wouldn't be any problems. Drake didn't listen and here we are.

  • @Soosss

    @Soosss

    25 күн бұрын

    Exactly. Bro made it personal and got nuked as a result, his own fault.

  • @hrmnzdmatryoshka
    @hrmnzdmatryoshka6 күн бұрын

    Amazing video!

  • @hp05123
    @hp0512325 күн бұрын

    You did a fantastic job! Thank you!

  • @jbbaladad95
    @jbbaladad9525 күн бұрын

    So well thought out!

  • @charwee9126
    @charwee912615 күн бұрын

    loved this! i'll be coming back for any future content :)

  • @thuhuong8838
    @thuhuong883825 күн бұрын

    Hey girl, really like this video so far. I hope that when the beef is over, and maybe the aftermath of it, you can release a 1 hour video about this diss ? Long form is good, I want an essay video

  • @QFilms-tj9fh
    @QFilms-tj9fh25 күн бұрын

    Dope perspective!

  • @blackbow157
    @blackbow15725 күн бұрын

    Thanks for making euphoria an even better song for me🐐 Great analysis👍

  • @classica1fungus
    @classica1fungus25 күн бұрын

    Great essay loved it

  • @connorblack2035
    @connorblack203511 күн бұрын

    You won the beef breakdowns videos. I appreciate how you related these tracks to Kendrick’s art in general. Genuinely enjoy your videos. Thanks.

  • @finalbreath15
    @finalbreath1525 күн бұрын

    This is a great video!

  • @trenchkeithcrack3dth3cod32
    @trenchkeithcrack3dth3cod3225 күн бұрын

    Very well explained 👏🏽 👏🏽👏🏽

  • @NotherButter
    @NotherButter26 күн бұрын

    This video is great! I hope this blows up

  • @makingmediamatter

    @makingmediamatter

    26 күн бұрын

    Thank you!!!

  • @ember3117
    @ember311711 күн бұрын

    This was a really good video. I like the way you write

  • @trucefive
    @trucefive13 күн бұрын

    I really really love this analysis....😍😍😍😍

  • @CatsAreCoolMan
    @CatsAreCoolMan10 күн бұрын

    This is a great video.

  • @daruckus85
    @daruckus8525 күн бұрын

    For me Kendrick's artistry is unmatched in hip-hop. He has surpassed Nas as my GOAT. He hasn't released as many albums as Drake or other artists but he's extremely consistent, even on his features. Damn near flawless.

  • @ChillMonger
    @ChillMonger23 күн бұрын

    I'm laughing inside because of how Not Like Us is minutes from release while you epilogue.

  • @lorddpablo9651
    @lorddpablo965125 күн бұрын

    You did a great job 💯

  • @williamhusbands9521
    @williamhusbands952125 күн бұрын

    I really enjoyed this perspective

  • @kagisokorae
    @kagisokorae25 күн бұрын

    Amazing video and channel!

  • @samwiseshanti
    @samwiseshanti22 күн бұрын

    Thisnis quite different to the other videos I've been watching about this beef 😂. But it's excellent. I actually watched it about an hour ago and I came back because i had a realisation about how correct it is! Think about the last line of Meet The Grahams... 'you lied about the only rapper who could offer you some help/ fk a rap battle, this a lifelong battle with yourself'. It shows your point, that he is drawing a connection between the two of them, but it also shows the real difference between them (according to Kendrick); Kendrick is always in a process of confronting who he really is, and Drake has never done it, and has instead chosen the facade.

  • @xCreativeThoughtsx
    @xCreativeThoughtsx26 күн бұрын

    Great job. I’m very impressed

  • @rodlo1804
    @rodlo180412 күн бұрын

    This is very well done… congratulations

  • @iDealaeDi
    @iDealaeDi20 күн бұрын

    clap clap. i h8 that ‘gawwwwwd have to go to warrr’ part; but i like your awareness you have of it enough to break it down as you did. new fan!

  • @gregorystokes3294
    @gregorystokes329425 күн бұрын

    The world needs to hear this

  • @zero-rh8nt
    @zero-rh8nt25 күн бұрын

    great video

  • @circle11111
    @circle1111125 күн бұрын

    Awesome video

  • @BloodyPlatty
    @BloodyPlatty25 күн бұрын

    Great video.....thank you.

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