Wrapping up Kendrick Season by reviewing and reacting to his fourth album, DAMN. Follow: / jondenton / jondenton22 #roadto50k New to the channel? Subscribe! goo.gl/AnKLMC
I know people have been asking you to react to other recent artists, but now that you have more knowledge in rap I think you should try to react to some classic albums that were landmarks to the hip hop game. I'm going to list some The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to die 2 Pac - Me Against the World and All Eyez on Me Wu Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton Dr. Dre - The Chronic Mobb Deep - The Infamous Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory Big Pun - Capital Punishment Outkast - Aquemini, ATLiens and Stankonia The Fugees - The Score Mos Def - Black on Both Sides MF Doom - Mm.. Food Madvillian - Madvillainy Nas - Ilmatic, Stillmatic and It Was written Eminem - The Slim Shady LP, The Marshall Matters LP and The Eminem Show Jay Z - Resonable Doubt, The black album and The Blueprint (Also 4:44 but that's recent) 50 Cent - Get rich or die trying Ja Rule - Pain is Love DMX - It's Dark and Hell is Hot Lil Wayne - All 3 "The Carter" but specially the last one Nelly - Country Grammar Common - Be The Game - The Documentary T.I - King Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor Btw, I think the artist that could surpass the experience you went with Kendrick is Kanye. From the College Dropout to the album released last year it's quite a journey to see how he morphed every single time. And also will help you understand why so many claims he's been so impactful to the rap game. It's something you should totally do.
@@bennybob4211 I don't recall him saying he's listenig to Kanye albums. I'm sure he knew about his hit songs, but not sure he actually listened to albums prior MBDTF
FEEL is literally MY FAV off the whole album but in terms of witch As a complete song is best its duckworth, fear then feel 4 me, but yea my FAV is def FEEL
Don't give too much weight to what Genius says. It's like Wikipedia. Sometimes it's great... Sometimes not so much. There is a lot in there that I don't agree with when it comes to interpretation.
@@robinvolpi I wouldn't go as far as to say "often", at least in my own experience and the songs I've looked up, but definitely miss the mark sometimes.
NAF1138 I mean music is very open to interpretation so I wouldn’t say that they’re WRONG but you can choose to agree or disagree. Wikipedia is strictly factual.
I listen to Kendrick daily He’s hasn’t dropped anything new in 4 yrs and I’m getting more upset 😡😡 his new music is going to be a Classic and he’s just taking his sweet time.
The "wickedness or weakness" theme goes throughout the entire album and it has major role in the album conceptually. Kendrick implores his listeners to determine whether his lifestyle and actions are a sign either wickedness or weakness. Also notice how every other track is rooted in his wickedness, meanwhile the every other track is rooted from his weakness. For instance: BLOOD., YAH., FEEL., PRIDE., LUST., XXX., GOD. are songs on the album which reveals his weakness. On the other hand, every other track aside from those are DNA., ELEMENT., LOYALTY., HUMBLE., LOVE., FEAR., DUCKWORTH., which are songs rooted in his wickedness. If you play the album from track 1-14 Kendrick dies from a gunshot on DUCKWORTH. because of his wickedness. As a result of Top Dawg shooting his father in the outcome of the story of DUCKWORTH., he would probably die young in a gunfight, presumably over something drug or gang related if you play the album from 14-1 Kendrick dies from a gunshot on BLOOD., because of his weakness. The blind woman in BLOOD. represents the consequences of disobeying God, which will result in death, which happens in this case because of Kendrick's wicked lifestyle. No matter if you play the album from 1-14, or 14-1, Kendrick will dies nonetheless. Kendrick gives the listeners the chance to choose if he dies from his wickedness or weakness. The album tells the story and two different characters: Wicked Kendrick and Weak Kendrick- "It was always me vs. me" The two can be seen on the album covers: on the front there's wicked Kendrick whose staring at fearless. while the back cover there's weak Kendrick whose afraid of us. (Wickedness story 1-14) is him being fearless boasting character who lives an empty life. He only cares about "making it look sexy" with the fancy cars and making money, so he searching for LOYALTY., LOVE. becomes a HUMBLE. man and start to FEAR. GOD. Turning into a weak character. Weak Kendrick is fearful, has a weak spirit, and feels abandoned by GOD. calls him on YAH. (Yahweh God's name in Hebrew) by his family and friends, and start to fall into LUST., On PRIDE. ("I can't fake HUMBLE. because your ass is insecure" is a key line) At the end he feels like a GOD. talking face to face with GOD. himself showing no FEAR., so he turns into wicked character. Interestingly, the original version of DAMN. was released on Good Friday, the day Jesus Christ died on the cross. The Collector’s Edition was released on the date of the Immaculate Conception, when Mary was conceived. The Conception mirrors a line on “DNA.”: I was born like this, since one like this, immaculate conception I transform like this, perform like this, was Yeshua new weapon th-cam.com/video/2sNJHEGEZNs/w-d-xo.html HUMBLE., DNA., ELEMENT., and LOYALTY. music videos are interwoven narrative about Kendrick Lamar's death. So check out the link ⬆️
The whole weakness and wickedness theme isn’t exactly interchanging every two tracks, since LUST is actually from his wickedness, being a sinful emotion while LOVE is him opening up to his wife and being vulnerable.
JON! I know you said you aren't religious, but on your own time, just check "God" out again. It's the first verse coming from Kendrick to us, and the 2nd from Kendrick to someone trying to challenge him. Flip it, with all of his double entendres, the whole song changes to Kendrick boasting he knows what God feels like, while God comes in on the second verse to put him in his place. Thanks fo the reactions! Love em!
I highly recommend you consider adding *Cilvia Demo* to your list of album reviews. It's Isaiah Rashad's debut EP, and it was highly critically acclaimed. Rashad is part of TDE label, so you can be reassured that he is a quality artist. Shawn Cee even claimed it was his favorite album he's reacted to so far. Rashad has a unique flow and sound, using production heavily influenced by Southern rap and sprinkled with some West coast vibes. Cilvia Demo is a great overall cohesive project.
@@mr.bigweld8138 maybe but it sucks that 95 percent of the comments on here aren't even about the music he's listening to, it's all what other people want him to listen to. Like let the music sink in jesus christ
@@YonaDagalosi I felt that way about KRIT for the longest time, but that album finally got me into his music. I think there's so much variety on it that there's bound to be an entry point somewhere.
Yes Jon! As usual you delivered the goods!!!!!!!!! ❤️❤️ it’s been so great watching you react to Kendrick Lamar. I have been a massive fan of Kendrick’s stuff for a very very long time and it brings me so much joy watching you react to it all. I know they aren’t going to be requested as heavily as others but I think you would like Flatbush zombies : vacation in hell! If you get the chance give them a listen.
That’s a great list. I’d switch section 80 and uu but man looking at Kendrick’s discovery just listed out just proves how brilliant he is as a musician. Everything that man has made has been absolutely spectacular. When overly dedicated is at the bottom of a list like this you know you are hearing pure genius.
@@josephsua7246 The "wickedness or weakness" theme goes throughout the entire album and it has major role in the album conceptually. Kendrick implores his listeners to determine whether his lifestyle and actions are a sign either wickedness or weakness. Also notice how every other track is rooted in his wickedness, meanwhile the every other track is rooted from his weakness. For instance: BLOOD., YAH., FEEL., PRIDE., LUST., XXX., GOD. are songs on the album which reveals his weakness. On the other hand, every other track aside from those are DNA., ELEMENT., LOYALTY., HUMBLE., LOVE., FEAR., DUCKWORTH., which are songs rooted in his wickedness. If you play the album from track 1-14 Kendrick dies from a gunshot on DUCKWORTH. because of his wickedness. As a result of Top Dawg shooting his father in the outcome of the story of DUCKWORTH., he would probably die young in a gunfight, presumably over something drug or gang related if you play the album from 14-1 Kendrick dies from a gunshot on BLOOD., because of his weakness. The blind woman in BLOOD. represents the consequences of disobeying God, which will result in death, which happens in this case because of Kendrick's wicked lifestyle. No matter if you play the album from 1-14, or 14-1, Kendrick will dies nonetheless. Kendrick gives the listeners the chance to choose if he dies from his wickedness or weakness. The album tells the story and two different characters: Wicked Kendrick and Weak Kendrick- "It was always me vs. me" The two can be seen on the album covers: on the front there's wicked Kendrick whose staring at fearless. while the back cover there's weak Kendrick whose afraid of us. (Wickedness story 1-14) is him being fearless boasting character who lives an empty life. He only cares about "making it look sexy" with the fancy cars and making money, so he searching for LOYALTY., LOVE. becomes a HUMBLE. man and start to FEAR. GOD. Turning into a weak character. Weak Kendrick is fearful, has a weak spirit, and feels abandoned by GOD. calls him on YAH. (Yahweh God's name in Hebrew) by his family and friends, and start to fall into LUST., On PRIDE. ("I can't fake HUMBLE. because your ass is insecure" is a key line) At the end he feels like a GOD. talking face to face with GOD. himself showing no FEAR., so he turns into wicked character. Interestingly, the original version of DAMN. was released on Good Friday, the day Jesus Christ died on the cross. The Collector’s Edition was released on the date of the Immaculate Conception, when Mary was conceived. The Conception mirrors a line on “DNA.”: I was born like this, since one like this, immaculate conception I transform like this, perform like this, was Yeshua new weapon th-cam.com/video/2sNJHEGEZNs/w-d-xo.html HUMBLE., DNA., ELEMENT., and LOYALTY. music videos are interwoven narrative about Kendrick Lamar's death. So check out the link ⬆️
Some albums I would love for you to react to are Wolf by Tyler the Creator, The Life of Pablo by kanye, and At Long Last ASAP by ASAP rocky. Love the reactions btw!
This is Kendricks best album. Not my personal favourite but musicly it's his best and has a mix from every one of his albums. Lyrically takes from all of his albums aswell. If Kendrick was to never drop another album again, in 10 years this album will go down as his best. I don't know where you've been seeing all the comments about this being his worst album because I've seen the complete opposite. I know awards don't mean shit but this is also his most awarded album .
Loyalty is an important track because Rihanna manger who she was loyalty to for years stealing millions from her. Make you question who to trust and bring you back to your day ones. Connecting back to xxx and fear
so cool seeing how much you liked "FEEL" as this is one of my favorite tracks on the album and it didn't hit me how much I liked it until a couple listens in. the lyrics are just so good and the beat compliments Kendrick perfectly and it really just hits deep and creeps up on you how good it is.
We made it! Another great reaction. Given how you treated to Kendrick's catalog, I think you should do an Outkast season soon. I don't know how familiar your are with their music outside of the radio hits, but they go all over the place musically (and hardly have make a misstep with it) and their lyrics are almost always insanely dense.
The first reaction video I saw was Mallory Bros’ Damn reaction as well and I fell in love with these videos 😭 I’m thankful for you and the rest of the great reaction channels for delivering great content consistently
Actually the pioneers of hip hop reviews on youtube is Dead End Hip Hop they are experts on hip hop, veterans, and a very complex and funny group of guys
I feel as though part of what Kendrick did with this album was to show that he could make radio hits with the best of them like Drake, considering his older works weren’t exactly full of radio bangers (with some exceptions of course). So I think that’s the place that songs like loyalty and humble occupy
Kendrick’s Deepest Albums: 1. DAMN. 2. TPAB 3. MMATBS 4. gkmc 5. Section.80 Kendrick’s Best Albums: (Sonically And Production.) 1. TPAB 2. DAMN. 3. gkmc 4. MMATBS 5. Section.80 My Overall Favorite Kendrick Albums: 1. TPAB 2. gkmc 3. DAMN. 4. MMATBS 5. Section.80 Became a Kendrick Fan 3 Months Ago. Already My Favorite Artist Lol. (This Is All In My Honest Opinion Right Now.)
“I’ll catch a n***a leaving service, if that’s all I got” One of the hardest bars to date, imo. You’ve gotta have the mark of the beast painted on your soul if you’re getting pulled up on after mass
Another irony of XXX is that it features U2. And U2 is from Ireland which has a history of violence involving guns. Kendrick was wise to feature them in this song.
@@KingOfTheBeez The "wickedness or weakness" theme goes throughout the entire album and it has major role in the album conceptually. Kendrick implores his listeners to determine whether his lifestyle and actions are a sign either wickedness or weakness. Also notice how every other track is rooted in his wickedness, meanwhile the every other track is rooted from his weakness. For instance: BLOOD., YAH., FEEL., PRIDE., LUST., XXX., GOD. are songs on the album which reveals his weakness. On the other hand, every other track aside from those are DNA., ELEMENT., LOYALTY., HUMBLE., LOVE., FEAR., DUCKWORTH., which are songs rooted in his wickedness. If you play the album from track 1-14 Kendrick dies from a gunshot on DUCKWORTH. because of his wickedness. As a result of Top Dawg shooting his father in the outcome of the story of DUCKWORTH., he would probably die young in a gunfight, presumably over something drug or gang related if you play the album from 14-1 Kendrick dies from a gunshot on BLOOD., because of his weakness. The blind woman in BLOOD. represents the consequences of disobeying God, which will result in death, which happens in this case because of Kendrick's wicked lifestyle. No matter if you play the album from 1-14, or 14-1, Kendrick will dies nonetheless. Kendrick gives the listeners the chance to choose if he dies from his wickedness or weakness. The album tells the story and two different characters: Wicked Kendrick and Weak Kendrick- "It was always me vs. me" The two can be seen on the album covers: on the front there's wicked Kendrick whose staring at fearless. while the back cover there's weak Kendrick whose afraid of us. (Wickedness story 1-14) is him being fearless boasting character who lives an empty life. He only cares about "making it look sexy" with the fancy cars and making money, so he searching for LOYALTY., LOVE. becomes a HUMBLE. man and start to FEAR. GOD. Turning into a weak character. Weak Kendrick is fearful, has a weak spirit, and feels abandoned by GOD. calls him on YAH. (Yahweh God's name in Hebrew) by his family and friends, and start to fall into LUST., On PRIDE. ("I can't fake HUMBLE. because your ass is insecure" is a key line) At the end he feels like a GOD. talking face to face with GOD. himself showing no FEAR., so he turns into wicked character. Interestingly, the original version of DAMN. was released on Good Friday, the day Jesus Christ died on the cross. The Collector’s Edition was released on the date of the Immaculate Conception, when Mary was conceived. The Conception mirrors a line on “DNA.”: I was born like this, since one like this, immaculate conception I transform like this, perform like this, was Yeshua new weapon th-cam.com/video/2sNJHEGEZNs/w-d-xo.html HUMBLE., DNA., ELEMENT., and LOYALTY. music videos are interwoven narrative about Kendrick Lamar's death. So check out the link ⬆️
The "wickedness or weakness" theme goes throughout the entire album and it has major role in the album conceptually. Kendrick implores his listeners to determine whether his lifestyle and actions are a sign either wickedness or weakness. Also notice how every other track is rooted in his wickedness, meanwhile the every other track is rooted from his weakness. For instance: BLOOD., YAH., FEEL., PRIDE., LUST., XXX., GOD. are songs on the album which reveals his weakness. On the other hand, every other track aside from those are DNA., ELEMENT., LOYALTY., HUMBLE., LOVE., FEAR., DUCKWORTH., which are songs rooted in his wickedness. If you play the album from track 1-14 Kendrick dies from a gunshot on DUCKWORTH. because of his wickedness. As a result of Top Dawg shooting his father in the outcome of the story of DUCKWORTH., he would probably die young in a gunfight, presumably over something drug or gang related if you play the album from 14-1 Kendrick dies from a gunshot on BLOOD., because of his weakness. The blind woman in BLOOD. represents the consequences of disobeying God, which will result in death, which happens in this case because of Kendrick's wicked lifestyle. No matter if you play the album from 1-14, or 14-1, Kendrick will dies nonetheless. Kendrick gives the listeners the chance to choose if he dies from his wickedness or weakness. The album tells the story and two different characters: Wicked Kendrick and Weak Kendrick- "It was always me vs. me" The two can be seen on the album covers: on the front there's wicked Kendrick whose staring at fearless. while the back cover there's weak Kendrick whose afraid of us. (Wickedness story 1-14) is him being fearless boasting character who lives an empty life. He only cares about "making it look sexy" with the fancy cars and making money, so he searching for LOYALTY., LOVE. becomes a HUMBLE. man and start to FEAR. GOD. Turning into a weak character. Weak Kendrick is fearful, has a weak spirit, and feels abandoned by GOD. calls him on YAH. (Yahweh God's name in Hebrew) by his family and friends, and start to fall into LUST., On PRIDE. ("I can't fake HUMBLE. because your ass is insecure" is a key line) At the end he feels like a GOD. talking face to face with GOD. himself showing no FEAR., so he turns into wicked character. Interestingly, the original version of DAMN. was released on Good Friday, the day Jesus Christ died on the cross. The Collector’s Edition was released on the date of the Immaculate Conception, when Mary was conceived. The Conception mirrors a line on “DNA.”: I was born like this, since one like this, immaculate conception I transform like this, perform like this, was Yeshua new weapon th-cam.com/video/2sNJHEGEZNs/w-d-xo.html HUMBLE., DNA., ELEMENT., and LOYALTY. music videos are interwoven narrative about Kendrick Lamar's death. So check out the link ⬆️
Mac Miller - Swimming reaction pls Jon, If was the best album next to Nipsey’s Victory Lap last year In my opinion, and the jazz and blues sound Mac creates on it is unparalleled, please Jon, I’ve been asking on every reaction lol.
I feel like him putting LUST and LOVE right next to each other was intentional. I also think the musicality of both songs paint a picture: the distorted and chaotic beat of LUST show exactly how lust can feel. it’s ugly and can leave you confused and drained. however, the melodic and cleanliness of LOVE shows how love makes everything clear. It’s beautiful, peaceful, and harmonious. the two songs are meant to contrast each other.
Can we please get an Isaiah Rashad season? It would be dope to see you react to him kinda flies under some peoples radar since he hasn’t dropped music in a minute but still has a lot in store. Here’s his projects; Cilvia Demo The Suns Tirade Pieces of a Kid(songs that were compiled from SoundCloud before he drops the previous two projects)
Lust, GOD, and XXX are my favorites off this album and near the top overall of any of his songs. For the reasons you described for LUST. Not the most lyrical, but I need more than just lyrics, and those songs have a great balance.
Alright dude. I love your content on both channels. But i absolutely cannot. The ad played before the vid started was a Tom McDonald song.... i demand an apology for forcing me to hear that absolute terrible song
Watching this reaction, i forgot that there were some differences between the CD version of the album vs. the Spotify version of the album (the commentary between the tracks and less "Kung FU Kenny" shout outs by Kid Capri on the CD version). Especially on that U2 track and no voice mails on the Fear track
Thanks for all the love on this journey! It's been epic. Cole, Trav and more coming soon!
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Friday Night Lights forward? For Cole. Even though it's a mixtape. It was meant to be a album.
I know people have been asking you to react to other recent artists, but now that you have more knowledge in rap I think you should try to react to some classic albums that were landmarks to the hip hop game. I'm going to list some
The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to die
2 Pac - Me Against the World and All Eyez on Me
Wu Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
Big Pun - Capital Punishment
Outkast - Aquemini, ATLiens and Stankonia
The Fugees - The Score
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
MF Doom - Mm.. Food
Madvillian - Madvillainy
Nas - Ilmatic, Stillmatic and It Was written
Eminem - The Slim Shady LP, The Marshall Matters LP and The Eminem Show
Jay Z - Resonable Doubt, The black album and The Blueprint (Also 4:44 but that's recent)
50 Cent - Get rich or die trying
Ja Rule - Pain is Love
DMX - It's Dark and Hell is Hot
Lil Wayne - All 3 "The Carter" but specially the last one
Nelly - Country Grammar
Common - Be
The Game - The Documentary
T.I - King
Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor
Btw, I think the artist that could surpass the experience you went with Kendrick is Kanye. From the College Dropout to the album released last year it's quite a journey to see how he morphed every single time. And also will help you understand why so many claims he's been so impactful to the rap game. It's something you should totally do.
crastofer he was already a big fan of Kanyes music before he started to react to hip hop so he knows his albums quite well I think
I would love to hear his opinion on each album tho
@@bennybob4211 I don't recall him saying he's listenig to Kanye albums. I'm sure he knew about his hit songs, but not sure he actually listened to albums prior MBDTF
BLOOD. 1:36
DNA. 4:06
YAH. 6:42
ELEMENT. 9:04
FEEL. 11:50
LOYALTY. 14:53
PRIDE. 16:37
HUMBLE. 19:45
LUST. 20:57
LOVE. 25:08
XXX. 26:50
FEAR: 31:55
GOD. 34:52
DUCKWORTH: 36:05
Oskar Skjold thank you kindly
Appreciate it but ima watch the whole video
You still have that pic? It just discredited your philanthropy.
You still have that meme profile pic? It just discredited your generous by commenting the time stamps.
@@oshanew9941 changed it just for you
Jon: FEEL isnt my favourite
legit 1 min later...
FEEL is definitely on top of my list
Its john u dumtard
It really isn't
Jon Denton felt exactly the same about feel on first listen. Now its one of my favourite kendrick songs
GUY PRODUCTIONS definitely
FEEL is literally MY FAV off the whole album but in terms of witch As a complete song is best its duckworth, fear then feel 4 me, but yea my FAV is def FEEL
Lmao he almost went for the big quint intro. Respect😂
Don't give too much weight to what Genius says. It's like Wikipedia. Sometimes it's great... Sometimes not so much. There is a lot in there that I don't agree with when it comes to interpretation.
You're so right. They are often COMPLETELY off the mark.
@@robinvolpi I wouldn't go as far as to say "often", at least in my own experience and the songs I've looked up, but definitely miss the mark sometimes.
NAF1138 I mean music is very open to interpretation so I wouldn’t say that they’re WRONG but you can choose to agree or disagree. Wikipedia is strictly factual.
well fucking said sir.
exactly interpretation should be subjective to what you take away from it
kendrick albums are like ecstacsy, only listen to them a couple times a year to a regenerate brain receptors
Nice comparison 🙌🏾
I listen to Kendrick daily He’s hasn’t dropped anything new in 4 yrs and I’m getting more upset 😡😡 his new music is going to be a Classic and he’s just taking his sweet time.
@@Buluga06 Can't blame him, his music is really well thought out
@@Buluga06 you were right my man, it was a great album
The "wickedness or weakness" theme goes throughout the entire album and it has major role in the album conceptually. Kendrick implores his listeners to determine whether his lifestyle and actions are a sign either wickedness or weakness. Also notice how every other track is rooted in his wickedness, meanwhile the every other track is rooted from his weakness. For instance: BLOOD., YAH., FEEL., PRIDE., LUST., XXX., GOD. are songs on the album which reveals his weakness. On the other hand, every other track aside from those are DNA., ELEMENT., LOYALTY., HUMBLE., LOVE., FEAR., DUCKWORTH., which are songs rooted in his wickedness. If you play the album from track 1-14 Kendrick dies from a gunshot on DUCKWORTH. because of his wickedness. As a result of Top Dawg shooting his father in the outcome of the story of DUCKWORTH., he would probably die young in a gunfight, presumably over something drug or gang related if you play the album from 14-1 Kendrick dies from a gunshot on BLOOD., because of his weakness. The blind woman in BLOOD. represents the consequences of disobeying God, which will result in death, which happens in this case because of Kendrick's wicked lifestyle. No matter if you play the album from 1-14, or 14-1, Kendrick will dies nonetheless. Kendrick gives the listeners the chance to choose if he dies from his wickedness or weakness.
The album tells the story and two different characters: Wicked Kendrick and Weak Kendrick- "It was always me vs. me"
The two can be seen on the album covers: on the front there's wicked Kendrick whose staring at fearless. while the back cover there's weak Kendrick whose afraid of us. (Wickedness story 1-14) is him being fearless boasting character who lives an empty life. He only cares about "making it look sexy" with the fancy cars and making money, so he searching for LOYALTY., LOVE. becomes a HUMBLE. man and start to FEAR. GOD. Turning into a weak character.
Weak Kendrick is fearful, has a weak spirit, and feels abandoned by GOD. calls him on YAH. (Yahweh God's name in Hebrew) by his family and friends, and start to fall into LUST., On PRIDE. ("I can't fake HUMBLE. because your ass is insecure" is a key line) At the end he feels like a GOD. talking face to face with GOD. himself showing no FEAR., so he turns into wicked character.
Interestingly, the original version of DAMN. was released on Good Friday, the day Jesus Christ died on the cross. The Collector’s Edition was released on the date of the Immaculate Conception, when Mary was conceived. The Conception mirrors a line on “DNA.”:
I was born like this, since one like this, immaculate conception
I transform like this, perform like this, was Yeshua new weapon
th-cam.com/video/2sNJHEGEZNs/w-d-xo.html
HUMBLE., DNA., ELEMENT., and LOYALTY. music videos are interwoven narrative about Kendrick Lamar's death. So check out the link ⬆️
damn
Bro What
literally DAMN
The whole weakness and wickedness theme isn’t exactly interchanging every two tracks, since LUST is actually from his wickedness, being a sinful emotion while LOVE is him opening up to his wife and being vulnerable.
First thing came to my mind was damn
MALLORY BROS! huge fan of them and rock reacts. #Whole9
Fun fact the beat for PRIDE was produced by Steve Lacy primarily using his iPhone
My goat
Yo the Mallory Bros shoutout! My 2 favorite reaction channels colliding
Would love to see you go through Kanye's discography next :)
I think he's doing cole next but yea I'd love that also Joey badass
His fav artist is kanye and im sure he listened every ye album
If he hasn't listened to them all already...
*this **_IS_** it, chief.*
@@onlyflames3487 yeah but he re reacts to many things
ScHoolboy Q
Thank you fore giving FEEL the respect is so truly deserves. Incredibly emotional and introspective, so underrated
AreButWords I was thinking the same rn
exactly ^^^^^
JON! I know you said you aren't religious, but on your own time, just check "God" out again. It's the first verse coming from Kendrick to us, and the 2nd from Kendrick to someone trying to challenge him. Flip it, with all of his double entendres, the whole song changes to Kendrick boasting he knows what God feels like, while God comes in on the second verse to put him in his place. Thanks fo the reactions! Love em!
Fyi the second part of dna was rapped acapella and mike will built a beat around it. Makes it even more insane
212phantom crazy!
May as well just do a TDE top projects review
Cilvia Demo
Blank Face
Control System
Colby S He’s already done all of the main Kendrick projects except OD
+1
Low key he should react to the Kendrick Lamar EP
P&P is still on my rotation
Blank face over oxymoron?!?!?!?!
Connor Grenier yes
I highly recommend you consider adding *Cilvia Demo* to your list of album reviews. It's Isaiah Rashad's debut EP, and it was highly critically acclaimed. Rashad is part of TDE label, so you can be reassured that he is a quality artist. Shawn Cee even claimed it was his favorite album he's reacted to so far. Rashad has a unique flow and sound, using production heavily influenced by Southern rap and sprinkled with some West coast vibes. Cilvia Demo is a great overall cohesive project.
Don’t forget The Suns Tirade!
servasce P - Of course! If he listens to Cilvia, you know he’s going to want to react to Suns tirade
Just listened to Cilvia demo the other day. Its ridiculously good. Instant classic imo.
Such a fucking good project..replay value is mad
Would love to see you react to the IGOR album!
Because you’ve finished kdots discography you should try Joey badass’ 4 main projects ( summer knights, 1999, B4DA$$, AABA)
Ben Craig but he didn’t finish yet
Amir McDowell _ missing OD
Yes please also Peep the Aprocalypse which is his rap group’s mixtape and it’s amazing
Amir McDowell _ I know just the main ones
ACE yea and maybe escape from New York now that it’s out
ScHoolboy Q - Blank Face LP
PLEASE
Just My Opinion Oxymoron >
True classic
Yes!
You should do a poll on the most requested rappers for the next season and we can vote who you should do next!
i just want him to hear 1999
Carlos Hernandez best mixtape of all time
Nah, he can do what he wants. This channel is as much for his enjoyment as it is for ours :)
Señor Everything obviously but I also think he wants to do what the viewers want.
@@mr.bigweld8138 maybe but it sucks that 95 percent of the comments on here aren't even about the music he's listening to, it's all what other people want him to listen to. Like let the music sink in jesus christ
It´s looking like it´s about to be a Cole summer this year Prophet, and for that we need that 2014 FHD reaction from you.
nah. Tyler the creator season over cole
Start from The Warm Up :)
@@cshbdinduv wow the hate is unneeded, dont be mad bc Tyler is a fire ass artist
@@noahalyx FAXXX
He finally did it and 4 your eyez only too
React to Big K.R.I.T. 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time
^^^ this, it's up there as one of my top three albums of 2017, he's honestly something else
It was my favorite of 2017, but I’m worried he won’t vibe with it. KRIT style can take getting used to for some people
@@YonaDagalosi I felt that way about KRIT for the longest time, but that album finally got me into his music. I think there's so much variety on it that there's bound to be an entry point somewhere.
Jonah Lossiah why he should start with his earlier albums first
LUST WILL ALWAYS BE MY FAVORITE SONG OFF THE DAMN ALBUM I made it
Shoutout Malory bros!! I only watch y'all and them!
Try lost in Vegas
exactly, the 2 best reaction channels defo
@@aosel-gharably1070 actually I love them too just don't watch them on the regular.. but they break shit down very well aswell.i could of added them
Please do At Long Last ASAP by ASAP Rocky
Yes do this pleaseeeeeee
Long Live A$AP first
@@BBlakey33 he did it
nice profile picture
WE NEED AN IGOR REACTION
On jah
True
Best Tyler by a distance
Josh Biggs fuck no wolf and flower boy>
Kendrick's gonna make a Christian out of John Denton eventually, lol. My dude out here trying to save souls through bars.
"I ain't sanctified enough to say I won't shot ya".
Idk why but I always forget how good DAMN. Is...
For me its the opposite
DAMN is good but gets masked from his other albums
@@UserUser-fm3cr best album in my opinion just read my previous comment above 10/10
@@UserUser-fm3cr no doubt... His fourth best album IMO and still arguably a classic.. That's some kanye shit..
Yes Jon! As usual you delivered the goods!!!!!!!!! ❤️❤️ it’s been so great watching you react to Kendrick Lamar. I have been a massive fan of Kendrick’s stuff for a very very long time and it brings me so much joy watching you react to it all. I know they aren’t going to be requested as heavily as others but I think you would like Flatbush zombies : vacation in hell! If you get the chance give them a listen.
Jay Rock - 90059, phenomenal album, criminally underrated.
More like criminally forgotten like I legitimately have never heard of it lol
Just listened. Damn great ass album man, must have missed that one at the time.
Incredible album. One of my favorites from beginning to end
Señor Everything lol well you need to check it out. It even has Money Trees part 2
I think now you should do Kanye discography..or at least his masterpiece My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. And maybe Yeezus too.
He’s already heard every Kanye album, he’s been a Kanye fan for years
James Lamp III I know it
This will probably go down as my favorite series of videos on TH-cam ever
gotta do TDE Season next my guy, albums from Isaiah, Jay Rock, ScHool Boy Q and Ab-Soul
Like so he does this boys
Brennan yes, but starting with isaiah rashad plssss
You should react to Steve Lacy’s demo ep it is very good. He is the one that produced Pride and played the guitar on that track I believe.
Mr. Bigweld the bass yeah. PLEASE REACT TO STEVES ALBUM THAT DROPPED LAST NIGHT. I love Steve Lacy’s demo but his new album is incredible
Aye lmao ehh his new album was just decent. The demo is way better imo
This is one of my favourite albums of all time
Why?
Imo
1.TPAB
2.GKMC
3.DAMN.
4.UU
5.Section80
6.OD
That’s a great list. I’d switch section 80 and uu but man looking at Kendrick’s discovery just listed out just proves how brilliant he is as a musician. Everything that man has made has been absolutely spectacular. When overly dedicated is at the bottom of a list like this you know you are hearing pure genius.
Fully agree
CHB FIRE yea those two are close for me, it’s hard because they’re all fantastic projects
Section over damn. Swap GKMC with TPAB.
@@josephsua7246 The "wickedness or weakness" theme goes throughout the entire album and it has major role in the album conceptually. Kendrick implores his listeners to determine whether his lifestyle and actions are a sign either wickedness or weakness. Also notice how every other track is rooted in his wickedness, meanwhile the every other track is rooted from his weakness. For instance: BLOOD., YAH., FEEL., PRIDE., LUST., XXX., GOD. are songs on the album which reveals his weakness. On the other hand, every other track aside from those are DNA., ELEMENT., LOYALTY., HUMBLE., LOVE., FEAR., DUCKWORTH., which are songs rooted in his wickedness. If you play the album from track 1-14 Kendrick dies from a gunshot on DUCKWORTH. because of his wickedness. As a result of Top Dawg shooting his father in the outcome of the story of DUCKWORTH., he would probably die young in a gunfight, presumably over something drug or gang related if you play the album from 14-1 Kendrick dies from a gunshot on BLOOD., because of his weakness. The blind woman in BLOOD. represents the consequences of disobeying God, which will result in death, which happens in this case because of Kendrick's wicked lifestyle. No matter if you play the album from 1-14, or 14-1, Kendrick will dies nonetheless. Kendrick gives the listeners the chance to choose if he dies from his wickedness or weakness.
The album tells the story and two different characters: Wicked Kendrick and Weak Kendrick- "It was always me vs. me"
The two can be seen on the album covers: on the front there's wicked Kendrick whose staring at fearless. while the back cover there's weak Kendrick whose afraid of us. (Wickedness story 1-14) is him being fearless boasting character who lives an empty life. He only cares about "making it look sexy" with the fancy cars and making money, so he searching for LOYALTY., LOVE. becomes a HUMBLE. man and start to FEAR. GOD. Turning into a weak character.
Weak Kendrick is fearful, has a weak spirit, and feels abandoned by GOD. calls him on YAH. (Yahweh God's name in Hebrew) by his family and friends, and start to fall into LUST., On PRIDE. ("I can't fake HUMBLE. because your ass is insecure" is a key line) At the end he feels like a GOD. talking face to face with GOD. himself showing no FEAR., so he turns into wicked character.
Interestingly, the original version of DAMN. was released on Good Friday, the day Jesus Christ died on the cross. The Collector’s Edition was released on the date of the Immaculate Conception, when Mary was conceived. The Conception mirrors a line on “DNA.”:
I was born like this, since one like this, immaculate conception
I transform like this, perform like this, was Yeshua new weapon
th-cam.com/video/2sNJHEGEZNs/w-d-xo.html
HUMBLE., DNA., ELEMENT., and LOYALTY. music videos are interwoven narrative about Kendrick Lamar's death. So check out the link ⬆️
Sad that we are at the end
Ryan Evanson
He might drop an album this year. :)
@@binmanbinman nah unlikely. Nxt year prolly
Loyalty is the jam my guy. Sometimes simplicity is dope. Kendrick always has a couple "dumbed down" radio joints.
You should Tyler the Creator Igor, it's current and great
Igor is best album of 2019 so far, and will probably end up in the top 5
Some albums I would love for you to react to are Wolf by Tyler the Creator, The Life of Pablo by kanye, and At Long Last ASAP by ASAP rocky. Love the reactions btw!
Also astroworld by Travis Scott if you haven’t heard it before
YES! LUST. is such an underrated track
This is Kendricks best album. Not my personal favourite but musicly it's his best and has a mix from every one of his albums. Lyrically takes from all of his albums aswell. If Kendrick was to never drop another album again, in 10 years this album will go down as his best. I don't know where you've been seeing all the comments about this being his worst album because I've seen the complete opposite. I know awards don't mean shit but this is also his most awarded album .
Flying Lotus - You're Dead! would be an amazing reaction, JD!
did you hear flamagra shit was crazy
Would be sick to go thru all his albums. The album he dropped today is fucking dope
umer malik I still haven't gotten around to it cause I've been busy, but I can't wait! Been hearing nothing but good things about it so far.
Aight, boys, we're GOIN IN! 🔥 🔥
Ok but he heard this album MANY times how can you still be hyped? Im seriously curious
Loyalty is an important track because Rihanna manger who she was loyalty to for years stealing millions from her. Make you question who to trust and bring you back to your day ones. Connecting back to xxx and fear
so cool seeing how much you liked "FEEL" as this is one of my favorite tracks on the album and it didn't hit me how much I liked it until a couple listens in. the lyrics are just so good and the beat compliments Kendrick perfectly and it really just hits deep and creeps up on you how good it is.
We made it! Another great reaction. Given how you treated to Kendrick's catalog, I think you should do an Outkast season soon. I don't know how familiar your are with their music outside of the radio hits, but they go all over the place musically (and hardly have make a misstep with it) and their lyrics are almost always insanely dense.
gained a lot of respect when i heard the shoutouts to bigquint & mallory bros 💯
edit: i made it, mr. JD the prophet
MPCreates you only have 2 likes
Once you done with K.Dot. Please please please do some Biggie smalls. Ready To Die
you should Mac miller's discography after Kendrick
Brayden Thomas hell yeah I guarantee you would love the progression of his sound
You should react Piñata by Freddie Gibbs
I’m so happy someone loves feel as much as I do. I feel like no one mentions it but it’s one of my favourites my Kendrick
Probably K Dot's most sonically pleasing album imo
The first reaction video I saw was Mallory Bros’ Damn reaction as well and I fell in love with these videos 😭 I’m thankful for you and the rest of the great reaction channels for delivering great content consistently
I feel like you can't truly end kendrick season w/o black panther.
Big quint and Mallory bros are some favorites. Law Twinz are def a channel is recommend
damn is actually crazy deep, the dissect podcast explains it so well its actually insane
J cole season
I just realized the titles of his songs play off of the next title, like they are opposite sides of the same coin.
THE GOAT IS BACK. Also I think Ye season should be next and go through all his albums. But great video once again my guy
Notifications squad waddup!
Actually the pioneers of hip hop reviews on youtube is Dead End Hip Hop they are experts on hip hop, veterans, and a very complex and funny group of guys
Listen to 𝐀𝐭 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀$𝐀𝐏 by ASAP Rocky
GANG! Salute to the King JD The Prophet.
not gonna lie, this is a sick name
JD Tha Prophet
LOYLE CARNER NOT WAVING BUT DROWNING!!
How is no one liking this comment you lot need to give it a listen
The second verse on feel is in my opinion the greatest verse in hip hop. It’s breathtaking how good it is!
I feel as though part of what Kendrick did with this album was to show that he could make radio hits with the best of them like Drake, considering his older works weren’t exactly full of radio bangers (with some exceptions of course). So I think that’s the place that songs like loyalty and humble occupy
For the love of cheerios do some kanye albums mate
Lust is literally peak Kendrick creativity imo, Like Kendrick at his absolute best as an artist
37:45 His head went ↔↔↔ ↕↕↕ ↻↻↻
LONGTERM MENTALITY Ab soul he’s part of TDE it’s fucking amazing
Kendrick’s Deepest Albums:
1. DAMN.
2. TPAB
3. MMATBS
4. gkmc
5. Section.80
Kendrick’s Best Albums: (Sonically And Production.)
1. TPAB
2. DAMN.
3. gkmc
4. MMATBS
5. Section.80
My Overall Favorite Kendrick Albums:
1. TPAB
2. gkmc
3. DAMN.
4. MMATBS
5. Section.80
Became a Kendrick Fan 3 Months Ago. Already My Favorite Artist Lol.
(This Is All In My Honest Opinion Right Now.)
gotta give section.80 love. unfortunately doesn’t compete with the others but if most other rappers had made section.80 it’d be their best album
@@jones9459 Yeah Kendrick is just too good.
“I’ll catch a n***a leaving service, if that’s all I got”
One of the hardest bars to date, imo. You’ve gotta have the mark of the beast painted on your soul if you’re getting pulled up on after mass
Damn low key my favourite Kendrick album 😁
Another irony of XXX is that it features U2. And U2 is from Ireland which has a history of violence involving guns. Kendrick was wise to feature them in this song.
Do a Asap rocky album reaction
The literary devices. The up and down with the voice. You can tell the amount of thought and work that went into the album.
Loved this album when it first dropped but these past two years, it‘s grown pretty stale
Free Bobby I disagree🤔
Easily his weakest album
@@KingOfTheBeez The "wickedness or weakness" theme goes throughout the entire album and it has major role in the album conceptually. Kendrick implores his listeners to determine whether his lifestyle and actions are a sign either wickedness or weakness. Also notice how every other track is rooted in his wickedness, meanwhile the every other track is rooted from his weakness. For instance: BLOOD., YAH., FEEL., PRIDE., LUST., XXX., GOD. are songs on the album which reveals his weakness. On the other hand, every other track aside from those are DNA., ELEMENT., LOYALTY., HUMBLE., LOVE., FEAR., DUCKWORTH., which are songs rooted in his wickedness. If you play the album from track 1-14 Kendrick dies from a gunshot on DUCKWORTH. because of his wickedness. As a result of Top Dawg shooting his father in the outcome of the story of DUCKWORTH., he would probably die young in a gunfight, presumably over something drug or gang related if you play the album from 14-1 Kendrick dies from a gunshot on BLOOD., because of his weakness. The blind woman in BLOOD. represents the consequences of disobeying God, which will result in death, which happens in this case because of Kendrick's wicked lifestyle. No matter if you play the album from 1-14, or 14-1, Kendrick will dies nonetheless. Kendrick gives the listeners the chance to choose if he dies from his wickedness or weakness.
The album tells the story and two different characters: Wicked Kendrick and Weak Kendrick- "It was always me vs. me"
The two can be seen on the album covers: on the front there's wicked Kendrick whose staring at fearless. while the back cover there's weak Kendrick whose afraid of us. (Wickedness story 1-14) is him being fearless boasting character who lives an empty life. He only cares about "making it look sexy" with the fancy cars and making money, so he searching for LOYALTY., LOVE. becomes a HUMBLE. man and start to FEAR. GOD. Turning into a weak character.
Weak Kendrick is fearful, has a weak spirit, and feels abandoned by GOD. calls him on YAH. (Yahweh God's name in Hebrew) by his family and friends, and start to fall into LUST., On PRIDE. ("I can't fake HUMBLE. because your ass is insecure" is a key line) At the end he feels like a GOD. talking face to face with GOD. himself showing no FEAR., so he turns into wicked character.
Interestingly, the original version of DAMN. was released on Good Friday, the day Jesus Christ died on the cross. The Collector’s Edition was released on the date of the Immaculate Conception, when Mary was conceived. The Conception mirrors a line on “DNA.”:
I was born like this, since one like this, immaculate conception
I transform like this, perform like this, was Yeshua new weapon
th-cam.com/video/2sNJHEGEZNs/w-d-xo.html
HUMBLE., DNA., ELEMENT., and LOYALTY. music videos are interwoven narrative about Kendrick Lamar's death. So check out the link ⬆️
The "wickedness or weakness" theme goes throughout the entire album and it has major role in the album conceptually. Kendrick implores his listeners to determine whether his lifestyle and actions are a sign either wickedness or weakness. Also notice how every other track is rooted in his wickedness, meanwhile the every other track is rooted from his weakness. For instance: BLOOD., YAH., FEEL., PRIDE., LUST., XXX., GOD. are songs on the album which reveals his weakness. On the other hand, every other track aside from those are DNA., ELEMENT., LOYALTY., HUMBLE., LOVE., FEAR., DUCKWORTH., which are songs rooted in his wickedness. If you play the album from track 1-14 Kendrick dies from a gunshot on DUCKWORTH. because of his wickedness. As a result of Top Dawg shooting his father in the outcome of the story of DUCKWORTH., he would probably die young in a gunfight, presumably over something drug or gang related if you play the album from 14-1 Kendrick dies from a gunshot on BLOOD., because of his weakness. The blind woman in BLOOD. represents the consequences of disobeying God, which will result in death, which happens in this case because of Kendrick's wicked lifestyle. No matter if you play the album from 1-14, or 14-1, Kendrick will dies nonetheless. Kendrick gives the listeners the chance to choose if he dies from his wickedness or weakness.
The album tells the story and two different characters: Wicked Kendrick and Weak Kendrick- "It was always me vs. me"
The two can be seen on the album covers: on the front there's wicked Kendrick whose staring at fearless. while the back cover there's weak Kendrick whose afraid of us. (Wickedness story 1-14) is him being fearless boasting character who lives an empty life. He only cares about "making it look sexy" with the fancy cars and making money, so he searching for LOYALTY., LOVE. becomes a HUMBLE. man and start to FEAR. GOD. Turning into a weak character.
Weak Kendrick is fearful, has a weak spirit, and feels abandoned by GOD. calls him on YAH. (Yahweh God's name in Hebrew) by his family and friends, and start to fall into LUST., On PRIDE. ("I can't fake HUMBLE. because your ass is insecure" is a key line) At the end he feels like a GOD. talking face to face with GOD. himself showing no FEAR., so he turns into wicked character.
Interestingly, the original version of DAMN. was released on Good Friday, the day Jesus Christ died on the cross. The Collector’s Edition was released on the date of the Immaculate Conception, when Mary was conceived. The Conception mirrors a line on “DNA.”:
I was born like this, since one like this, immaculate conception
I transform like this, perform like this, was Yeshua new weapon
th-cam.com/video/2sNJHEGEZNs/w-d-xo.html
HUMBLE., DNA., ELEMENT., and LOYALTY. music videos are interwoven narrative about Kendrick Lamar's death. So check out the link ⬆️
@@KingOfTheBeez best album in my opinion
Please review WOLF by Tyler the creator, it’s a phenomenal album
Please do an absoul season! I NEED you to break those lyrics down and get hyped
Feel is my absolute favorite track on this album
I think “Feel” is the best song on the album, anybody else?
And lust #2
Duckworth was the only song that ever came close to knocking The Blacker the berry off of the top of my list
He won a Pulitzer Prize for this album for a reason. HES THE GOAT
Mac Miller - Swimming reaction pls Jon, If was the best album next to Nipsey’s Victory Lap last year In my opinion, and the jazz and blues sound Mac creates on it is unparalleled, please Jon, I’ve been asking on every reaction lol.
ISIS by joyner lucas ft logic
are u gonna do overly dedicated?
FEEL best track on the album, most underrated Kendrick song to date
I feel like him putting LUST and LOVE right next to each other was intentional. I also think the musicality of both songs paint a picture:
the distorted and chaotic beat of LUST show exactly how lust can feel. it’s ugly and can leave you confused and drained. however, the melodic and cleanliness of LOVE shows how love makes everything clear. It’s beautiful, peaceful, and harmonious. the two songs are meant to contrast each other.
Can we please get an Isaiah Rashad season? It would be dope to see you react to him kinda flies under some peoples radar since he hasn’t dropped music in a minute but still has a lot in store. Here’s his projects;
Cilvia Demo
The Suns Tirade
Pieces of a Kid(songs that were compiled from SoundCloud before he drops the previous two projects)
Gotta react to 1999 by Joey badass. One of the best mixtapes of all time🔥🔥🔥
I love all of Kendrick’s albums but unpopular opinion, this is his best album 🤷🏼♂️
Volcanic Impact With songs like LOVE. and GOD. on here, I have to personally disagree. However, each to their own 👍🏼
Wildfox love is my favorite song on the album 😂 not saying it’s his best but the vibe is so nice
Lust, GOD, and XXX are my favorites off this album and near the top overall of any of his songs. For the reasons you described for LUST. Not the most lyrical, but I need more than just lyrics, and those songs have a great balance.
If you haven’t done Kanye yet you should kanyes got great bodys if work and you bet cho ass I made it to the end
Alright dude. I love your content on both channels. But i absolutely cannot. The ad played before the vid started was a Tom McDonald song.... i demand an apology for forcing me to hear that absolute terrible song
TYLER SEASON NEXT 👀👀
Watching this reaction, i forgot that there were some differences between the CD version of the album vs. the Spotify version of the album (the commentary between the tracks and less "Kung FU Kenny" shout outs by Kid Capri on the CD version). Especially on that U2 track and no voice mails on the Fear track
Bro please react to Travis Scott- Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight (Full Album) It’s Amazing 🔥🔥
Flatbush season soon??
Mac miller albums next please