Thank Me Later is my favorite album from Drake. Debut albums get to show how hungry an artist is and it really showed cause he talked about some decent topics that resonated with me. But everything else after that never really stuck with me the way his first album did. I really wish he did talk about some real shit more often.
@bluegreen9799Күн бұрын
Funny thing is, someone ghostwrites almost anything he says anyways. He’s not even a rapper 😅
@Grace-jb7me2 күн бұрын
And that’s why summer vacation and just not having access to a phone as a kid was such a catalyst for me in creative problem solving. Some days you need your brain to get REALLY bored to start coming up with some cool things. We weren’t programmed to be inundated with content 24/7. At least the doers of the world know this to be true.
@Grace-jb7me2 күн бұрын
Your rants are always 💯
@zedrockiby2 күн бұрын
Think it’s partly generational. Older generations seem to focus a lot on lyrics. Younger generations more on the general vibe of a song. That said, Yung Lean is the man. Everything he produces is so new and fresh, so ahead of trends. A true pioneer 🚀
@ericbeniston36904 күн бұрын
I’m in the middle of this, i find myself not loving a lot of new music because i feel like I’m spinning in circles all the time, but I really like Ken Carson and Destroy Lonely man. I still listen to Drake from time to time but I agree that the music most big brand artists are making is very uninspired to say the least. It would be cool to see what Drake could do if we took a look around his surroundings and reflect a bit more on a deeper level because I know with the level of celebrity he has is not easy to be a human. He’s been desensitized
@ericbeniston36904 күн бұрын
Ken and lone were named bc they are 2 new artists that have a cool, versatile new sound that I really enjoy.
@Mzbbxhfbfnsx4 күн бұрын
Man I stopped listening to drake’s music after Scorpion. More Life was also more trash. The magic is gone
@ASTR474 күн бұрын
That earl verse is always on my mind man
@acephalos50264 күн бұрын
Just seeing this and it’s prophetic.. btw for new music you would definitely like my track 47 and many more on my channel.
@StakeFromJateFarm4 күн бұрын
Realest shit I've seen in a minute
@StakeFromJateFarm4 күн бұрын
"Drake is like the McDonald's of the music industry" Couldn't have said it better man. All facts.
@cateyedjas5 күн бұрын
Watching this AFTER the beef AND the pop out is actually magnificent 😭😭😭😭😭
@Cashcorn5 күн бұрын
I think people who listen to Drake aren’t the type who listen for the lyrics. They just want to hear a good flow and beat.
@rikkidgermano96405 күн бұрын
People complain when they they obviously have been listening to the wrong rappers......
@YayRaven5 күн бұрын
Intelligence here shining through! ❤
@bratzdollsafi6 күн бұрын
I am so blessed and grateful that my mother lets me stay with her. It should be normal but I know there are parents that kick children out of the house asap. Im 21 trying to focus on school and my part time job right now and my mom is a great support system for that. She doesn't want me to leave and I wont until i'm engaged to be married lol.
@Adrianinhd6 күн бұрын
This aged very well.
@carlsamuel30876 күн бұрын
You niggas is weird bro on god..there are plenty of good rappers out there to listen too besides drake..why tf y’all care what he does..like the hate and obsession is crazy..
@rhythmjuice38976 күн бұрын
You ever hear Open Mike Eagle or Quelle Chris?
@kenny66436 күн бұрын
Thinking Drake represents rap or the culture is like thinking a modern McDonalds is gourmet food. Not a huge rap listener but even I knew Drake was a pop star trying to be a rapper. He was never a part of the culture and was just using it to grift off being “black”.
@odohib87987 күн бұрын
2:57 What if that dude was right? Would it still be bullying? Just saying...🤷🏾
@SocialStoicYouTube7 күн бұрын
It's embarrassing that you admit to ever liking or listening to him in the first place
@dee_drumdrum7 күн бұрын
Ahhh and here we are after the Ken and Friends Pop Out … We all been knowing kendricks the greatest and the impact speaks for itself culture wins this one but fosho now its cemented Kdot is that guy☝🏾
@theartofflying35807 күн бұрын
Agreed like wine 😅
@LouisLitt3697 күн бұрын
I rhink you missed a lot of Drake has done to people behind the scenes. He is a pretty awful person. Glad that someone of Kendricks stature decided to call him out.
@Musicposter4you7 күн бұрын
I haven't really put all the pieces together fully but I think there's something to be said about the rise of women in hip hop. I find myself gravitating more to women artists because there's often a message there, even if tenuous. Women in today's hip hop remind me of how the genre made me feel in the 2000's - when hip hop was on the forefront of pop culture, showcasing black excellence to at least some degree. Seeing female rap powerhouses like Meg, it's the feeling of your boat being lifted as the tides rise. Great video, I agree with everything said.
@freeshabazz80338 күн бұрын
When you did the MTOM -Earl Verse I knew bro just subscribed
@seerloom8 күн бұрын
Been listening to nujabes and its refreshing seeing how diffrent styles of hip hop there could be
@seerloom8 күн бұрын
Been listening to nujabes recently and it's super refreshing seeing how diffrent styles of rap can be
@seerloom8 күн бұрын
Latitude-nujabes remix pretty much explains everything this guy said but in song lol
@natewatson69628 күн бұрын
🔥🔥🔥
@younggrits86768 күн бұрын
The problem is most of us have outgrown drakes subject matter while he hasn’t. As a rapper his technical ability is there we just don’t want to hear that particular subject as much. My issue is that I can say I haven’t enjoyed nothing since scorpion without attacking the person. If he wants to be a cool uncle that’s on him but because he’s so present it kind of annoying but hey he also said “in a game where it’s recreation to pull all your skeletons out the closet like Halloween decorations”
@LynnButterfly8 күн бұрын
Unrelated to the video, but I had to do a double take because I thought Jordan Fisher was on here spitting facts 😅 beautifully opinionated and handsome? Go off, King 👑
@xinimon8 күн бұрын
I make music that electrify them, you make music that pacify them
@SGTLou968 күн бұрын
Its because drakes music never grew up. He just stayed the same when it comes to his own shit and its gotten old.
@sashamoore96918 күн бұрын
Love ur perspective! So tired of the incels, the wannabe hard men deterring other men to get an education or trade, or to go str8 to selling drugs than to work a McDonald’s job until you get a career. No one wants to be humble anymore! Smh
@lauryametis84649 күн бұрын
One song i’ve been listened to lately that made me think alot : Buried alive interlude
@ESB824139 күн бұрын
😂 its 6/18/24. THIS IS PERFECT 😂😂
@user-dq7rx6jp6t9 күн бұрын
Brain dead Drake haters. Hate on his music online but listen to his music in private.
@FCLaney10 күн бұрын
You associated Drake with Hip Hop because…? You fell for it😂 he has never been hood or repped the culture, r u shitting me and I agree with some of the statements but that’s not due to him he’s nowhere lived that life and definitely is not from it! Blame NBA Youngboy, DaBaby, Lil Baby, King Von, those are the killers who are making it sound cool to kill, die young and go to prison. And you don’t look or sound like your from the ghettos or neighborhoods most affected by drill music, you give white consumer vibes like Drake! That’s why you disappointed in him, imo.
@holdmynuggets37378 күн бұрын
If Drake didn’t want to be seen in that light why make songs with 21 savage and j prince references ect? Was Drake humming melodies on those songs as well? Plus neighborhood affected? Nah drill music is an after effect of a lot of jacked up shit and it by itself just slightly pushes the cycle. *doctors, engineers, scientists, artists all also come from the hood. Just because you’re in the hood doesn’t mean you’re OF THE HOOD but they’re still from the hood. 💯
@FCLaney7 күн бұрын
@@holdmynuggets3737 Drake makes fake ass stereotypical music claiming shit he doesn’t and has never lived by. Shooters and lean!? That don’t seem intentional to you, that someone raised with sense and clarity wants to rap this nonsense and it’s not even his real life🤦🏾♂️ bad enough the actual rappers from the hood promote it but he’s the biggest name in rap and he falsely presents himself helping push those lame dangerous ass stereotypes. It’s beneficial because of the white audience who buys into that, making him a cash cow; that’s why he wants to be seen in that light are you that dense. Who consumes the most amount of rap albums🤔besides black who says n word like it’s not offensive, white right!? Who do the youth and “cool” ppl want to act like and want to be, the hottest rapper right!? So what do you get, a young population of whites and non blacks and even whitewashed black ppl growing up to believe these stereotypes about average black ppl, and that can’t be dangerous at all right! Entertainment does not mean let me dance and sing for y’all! This beef represents so much more than lyrical prowess and personal dislikes.
@SuperJ110910 күн бұрын
Ok vid started good but then you just kept rapping so I had to stop - anyway to the main point - you are correct in everything you said about drake and he does clearly hate women - but I would disagree about hip hop and age as I’m 38 and I just love music and I actually love a lot of the new hip hop and I feel ppl should view hip hop now as a collection of sub genre for example I love ‘rage hip hop’ like Ken Carson - I think if ppl realise there are sub genres then they don’t need to keep making blanket statements about Hip hop - there are plenty of new ‘woke’ rappers around for the older millennials - when ppl say ‘oh there’s no good hip hop’ I’m like no you’re just a boring person - there’s plenty of GOOD hip hop around e.g. Earth Gang, Smino, JID, Foggie raw, Rhapsody , Enny - there are literally so many good artists we’ve never had so much choice- you can find and listen to yourself - but ppl just want the music spoon fed to them by Spotify- they have no actual taste to actually go and find the music themselves🤷♀️
@NAS908810 күн бұрын
Don’t get caught in the clout game. Your message has a purpose far beyond money. You morality will keep you highly favored, but don’t compromise that.💯
@laneythelame11 күн бұрын
Always wondered why most current rap/hip hop never appealled to me, it all makes sense now
@mandeanraje230011 күн бұрын
He legit lost me at Nothing was ever the same. When he put out if you're reading this it's too late, it's too late, I feel like he knew what he was doing with those album titles. People act like K. just made people realize it but in any room with real music lovers, people were having the exact same convo, Kendrick just turned that into art.
@naseerwalker829211 күн бұрын
Lol Kendrick is so far from anti-capitalist. You’re giving him too much credit. That statement is more accurate for Noname
@granthuling323512 күн бұрын
You’ll certainly go far, personally, focusing on what really matters, like the Gatorade example. I help advance recycled water today - it wasn’t my background, but I just kept pursuing what was real (urban planning degree, then construction management, then utilities) until I found a great niche. Now approaching 40 it’s easier to be a good influence in the neighborhood as well.
@granthuling323512 күн бұрын
What you’re saying at 8:15 resonates. I feel it’s a sign of health in a society if people are comfortable being “normal” or “average.” Today, people feel they have to be extraordinary, which reflects the economic and social insecurity.
@pinkguy244312 күн бұрын
rap has always been materialistic. this same point has been argued since the early 90s. in my opinion, the quality is still the same, it's just an over saturation and we getting older. mainstream rap has always been about mass appeal. there's so many great artist that are making masterpieces underground rn. ie earl, freddie gibbs, action bronson, mike, larry june etc. imo rap doesn't have to be thought provoking to be worthy of praise all the time. our job as people that like music is to glorify the things that stick out to us and fuck the other bs.
@CollectionOfTheTimeless-ug4vq12 күн бұрын
In a way, you could say that our values as human species have been backwards since the time in memorial. Where did humanity go wrong? We're looking at external problems when the conflict is in internal. You "just talking about it" is also what we need. Preferably in dialogues though with multiple people. As we've had great minds and great books and religions throughout the history but that hasn't brought much understanding .. In the same way, I question how much good can the internet do in terms of our morals and values..? Like how much understanding is there in actuality, even when we talk about important things in the media. There's ought to be some alternative with humility, something that strikes us to the core and can make us start questioning things once again. David Bohm's concept of Dialogue is great, and I think that if we could make meet-ups in this fashion, we would do a favour for ourselves. There's a 19page Pdf about it, or a 100page book which I recommend from the bottom of my heart. Suspending our assumptions about ourselves, of others, of the world, can be challenging when you're by yourself. When a dialogue is facilitated well, these hidden assumptions that you have, can be brought back to surface and therefore you don't have to think and behave in a contradicting biased way. In one condition it could work, if all the participants of the dialogue are genuinely interested on Self-inquiry and group dynamics. Because dialogue is not always going to be easy. If people have the underlying understanding that it is important, despite the challenges they will stay and keep coming to the meetings .. You can also google "Encounter Groups" and Carl Rogers. It's strange how underground this is, I guess the encounter Groups had become corporalized and out of the mainstream ( which it literally was in the 60's in U.S. )
@tryitwithmckenna583913 күн бұрын
You're such a breath of fresh air man lok
@MrByrdis13 күн бұрын
Good to see young brothers come to the moment of realization. I’m 43. Grew up listening to Nas, OutKast, KRS, Rakim. Grew up in the hood in Chicago and never could relate to Jigga or Big. Talented. But I gravitated to PAC and those of that ilk. So KDot, Mos Def make cultural music that is timeless and age well.
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Thank Me Later is my favorite album from Drake. Debut albums get to show how hungry an artist is and it really showed cause he talked about some decent topics that resonated with me. But everything else after that never really stuck with me the way his first album did. I really wish he did talk about some real shit more often.
Funny thing is, someone ghostwrites almost anything he says anyways. He’s not even a rapper 😅
And that’s why summer vacation and just not having access to a phone as a kid was such a catalyst for me in creative problem solving. Some days you need your brain to get REALLY bored to start coming up with some cool things. We weren’t programmed to be inundated with content 24/7. At least the doers of the world know this to be true.
Your rants are always 💯
Think it’s partly generational. Older generations seem to focus a lot on lyrics. Younger generations more on the general vibe of a song. That said, Yung Lean is the man. Everything he produces is so new and fresh, so ahead of trends. A true pioneer 🚀
I’m in the middle of this, i find myself not loving a lot of new music because i feel like I’m spinning in circles all the time, but I really like Ken Carson and Destroy Lonely man. I still listen to Drake from time to time but I agree that the music most big brand artists are making is very uninspired to say the least. It would be cool to see what Drake could do if we took a look around his surroundings and reflect a bit more on a deeper level because I know with the level of celebrity he has is not easy to be a human. He’s been desensitized
Ken and lone were named bc they are 2 new artists that have a cool, versatile new sound that I really enjoy.
Man I stopped listening to drake’s music after Scorpion. More Life was also more trash. The magic is gone
That earl verse is always on my mind man
Just seeing this and it’s prophetic.. btw for new music you would definitely like my track 47 and many more on my channel.
Realest shit I've seen in a minute
"Drake is like the McDonald's of the music industry" Couldn't have said it better man. All facts.
Watching this AFTER the beef AND the pop out is actually magnificent 😭😭😭😭😭
I think people who listen to Drake aren’t the type who listen for the lyrics. They just want to hear a good flow and beat.
People complain when they they obviously have been listening to the wrong rappers......
Intelligence here shining through! ❤
I am so blessed and grateful that my mother lets me stay with her. It should be normal but I know there are parents that kick children out of the house asap. Im 21 trying to focus on school and my part time job right now and my mom is a great support system for that. She doesn't want me to leave and I wont until i'm engaged to be married lol.
This aged very well.
You niggas is weird bro on god..there are plenty of good rappers out there to listen too besides drake..why tf y’all care what he does..like the hate and obsession is crazy..
You ever hear Open Mike Eagle or Quelle Chris?
Thinking Drake represents rap or the culture is like thinking a modern McDonalds is gourmet food. Not a huge rap listener but even I knew Drake was a pop star trying to be a rapper. He was never a part of the culture and was just using it to grift off being “black”.
2:57 What if that dude was right? Would it still be bullying? Just saying...🤷🏾
It's embarrassing that you admit to ever liking or listening to him in the first place
Ahhh and here we are after the Ken and Friends Pop Out … We all been knowing kendricks the greatest and the impact speaks for itself culture wins this one but fosho now its cemented Kdot is that guy☝🏾
Agreed like wine 😅
I rhink you missed a lot of Drake has done to people behind the scenes. He is a pretty awful person. Glad that someone of Kendricks stature decided to call him out.
I haven't really put all the pieces together fully but I think there's something to be said about the rise of women in hip hop. I find myself gravitating more to women artists because there's often a message there, even if tenuous. Women in today's hip hop remind me of how the genre made me feel in the 2000's - when hip hop was on the forefront of pop culture, showcasing black excellence to at least some degree. Seeing female rap powerhouses like Meg, it's the feeling of your boat being lifted as the tides rise. Great video, I agree with everything said.
When you did the MTOM -Earl Verse I knew bro just subscribed
Been listening to nujabes and its refreshing seeing how diffrent styles of hip hop there could be
Been listening to nujabes recently and it's super refreshing seeing how diffrent styles of rap can be
Latitude-nujabes remix pretty much explains everything this guy said but in song lol
🔥🔥🔥
The problem is most of us have outgrown drakes subject matter while he hasn’t. As a rapper his technical ability is there we just don’t want to hear that particular subject as much. My issue is that I can say I haven’t enjoyed nothing since scorpion without attacking the person. If he wants to be a cool uncle that’s on him but because he’s so present it kind of annoying but hey he also said “in a game where it’s recreation to pull all your skeletons out the closet like Halloween decorations”
Unrelated to the video, but I had to do a double take because I thought Jordan Fisher was on here spitting facts 😅 beautifully opinionated and handsome? Go off, King 👑
I make music that electrify them, you make music that pacify them
Its because drakes music never grew up. He just stayed the same when it comes to his own shit and its gotten old.
Love ur perspective! So tired of the incels, the wannabe hard men deterring other men to get an education or trade, or to go str8 to selling drugs than to work a McDonald’s job until you get a career. No one wants to be humble anymore! Smh
One song i’ve been listened to lately that made me think alot : Buried alive interlude
😂 its 6/18/24. THIS IS PERFECT 😂😂
Brain dead Drake haters. Hate on his music online but listen to his music in private.
You associated Drake with Hip Hop because…? You fell for it😂 he has never been hood or repped the culture, r u shitting me and I agree with some of the statements but that’s not due to him he’s nowhere lived that life and definitely is not from it! Blame NBA Youngboy, DaBaby, Lil Baby, King Von, those are the killers who are making it sound cool to kill, die young and go to prison. And you don’t look or sound like your from the ghettos or neighborhoods most affected by drill music, you give white consumer vibes like Drake! That’s why you disappointed in him, imo.
If Drake didn’t want to be seen in that light why make songs with 21 savage and j prince references ect? Was Drake humming melodies on those songs as well? Plus neighborhood affected? Nah drill music is an after effect of a lot of jacked up shit and it by itself just slightly pushes the cycle. *doctors, engineers, scientists, artists all also come from the hood. Just because you’re in the hood doesn’t mean you’re OF THE HOOD but they’re still from the hood. 💯
@@holdmynuggets3737 Drake makes fake ass stereotypical music claiming shit he doesn’t and has never lived by. Shooters and lean!? That don’t seem intentional to you, that someone raised with sense and clarity wants to rap this nonsense and it’s not even his real life🤦🏾♂️ bad enough the actual rappers from the hood promote it but he’s the biggest name in rap and he falsely presents himself helping push those lame dangerous ass stereotypes. It’s beneficial because of the white audience who buys into that, making him a cash cow; that’s why he wants to be seen in that light are you that dense. Who consumes the most amount of rap albums🤔besides black who says n word like it’s not offensive, white right!? Who do the youth and “cool” ppl want to act like and want to be, the hottest rapper right!? So what do you get, a young population of whites and non blacks and even whitewashed black ppl growing up to believe these stereotypes about average black ppl, and that can’t be dangerous at all right! Entertainment does not mean let me dance and sing for y’all! This beef represents so much more than lyrical prowess and personal dislikes.
Ok vid started good but then you just kept rapping so I had to stop - anyway to the main point - you are correct in everything you said about drake and he does clearly hate women - but I would disagree about hip hop and age as I’m 38 and I just love music and I actually love a lot of the new hip hop and I feel ppl should view hip hop now as a collection of sub genre for example I love ‘rage hip hop’ like Ken Carson - I think if ppl realise there are sub genres then they don’t need to keep making blanket statements about Hip hop - there are plenty of new ‘woke’ rappers around for the older millennials - when ppl say ‘oh there’s no good hip hop’ I’m like no you’re just a boring person - there’s plenty of GOOD hip hop around e.g. Earth Gang, Smino, JID, Foggie raw, Rhapsody , Enny - there are literally so many good artists we’ve never had so much choice- you can find and listen to yourself - but ppl just want the music spoon fed to them by Spotify- they have no actual taste to actually go and find the music themselves🤷♀️
Don’t get caught in the clout game. Your message has a purpose far beyond money. You morality will keep you highly favored, but don’t compromise that.💯
Always wondered why most current rap/hip hop never appealled to me, it all makes sense now
He legit lost me at Nothing was ever the same. When he put out if you're reading this it's too late, it's too late, I feel like he knew what he was doing with those album titles. People act like K. just made people realize it but in any room with real music lovers, people were having the exact same convo, Kendrick just turned that into art.
Lol Kendrick is so far from anti-capitalist. You’re giving him too much credit. That statement is more accurate for Noname
You’ll certainly go far, personally, focusing on what really matters, like the Gatorade example. I help advance recycled water today - it wasn’t my background, but I just kept pursuing what was real (urban planning degree, then construction management, then utilities) until I found a great niche. Now approaching 40 it’s easier to be a good influence in the neighborhood as well.
What you’re saying at 8:15 resonates. I feel it’s a sign of health in a society if people are comfortable being “normal” or “average.” Today, people feel they have to be extraordinary, which reflects the economic and social insecurity.
rap has always been materialistic. this same point has been argued since the early 90s. in my opinion, the quality is still the same, it's just an over saturation and we getting older. mainstream rap has always been about mass appeal. there's so many great artist that are making masterpieces underground rn. ie earl, freddie gibbs, action bronson, mike, larry june etc. imo rap doesn't have to be thought provoking to be worthy of praise all the time. our job as people that like music is to glorify the things that stick out to us and fuck the other bs.
In a way, you could say that our values as human species have been backwards since the time in memorial. Where did humanity go wrong? We're looking at external problems when the conflict is in internal. You "just talking about it" is also what we need. Preferably in dialogues though with multiple people. As we've had great minds and great books and religions throughout the history but that hasn't brought much understanding .. In the same way, I question how much good can the internet do in terms of our morals and values..? Like how much understanding is there in actuality, even when we talk about important things in the media. There's ought to be some alternative with humility, something that strikes us to the core and can make us start questioning things once again. David Bohm's concept of Dialogue is great, and I think that if we could make meet-ups in this fashion, we would do a favour for ourselves. There's a 19page Pdf about it, or a 100page book which I recommend from the bottom of my heart. Suspending our assumptions about ourselves, of others, of the world, can be challenging when you're by yourself. When a dialogue is facilitated well, these hidden assumptions that you have, can be brought back to surface and therefore you don't have to think and behave in a contradicting biased way. In one condition it could work, if all the participants of the dialogue are genuinely interested on Self-inquiry and group dynamics. Because dialogue is not always going to be easy. If people have the underlying understanding that it is important, despite the challenges they will stay and keep coming to the meetings .. You can also google "Encounter Groups" and Carl Rogers. It's strange how underground this is, I guess the encounter Groups had become corporalized and out of the mainstream ( which it literally was in the 60's in U.S. )
You're such a breath of fresh air man lok
Good to see young brothers come to the moment of realization. I’m 43. Grew up listening to Nas, OutKast, KRS, Rakim. Grew up in the hood in Chicago and never could relate to Jigga or Big. Talented. But I gravitated to PAC and those of that ilk. So KDot, Mos Def make cultural music that is timeless and age well.