I'm here on the first day of the year to reminding my gah damn self about what we got in US!!!!!!!! If y'all need a reminder at all this year of who U are come back to this comment and just press play. "You got Loyalty.... You got royalty INside YOUR (gah damn) DNA and HE made no mistakes and errors not... Creating in his image and likeness ...... Confirmed with ain't no hoe INside yo DNA, me BeLoved Queen/King..... See you in 2022. You got this (2021) no matter what we go through WE got this year under or feet!!!
On his interview on the People's Party, he says he basically learned his part in a few days and hadn't even heard the song before accepting the role in music video
If you just called one of the Genius of the new century a.kid you have NOT BEEN LISTENING TO HIS LYRICS A TRULY BLESSED MAN & YOU NOT SO MUCH , WHAT'S UP WITH THIS BLACK ON BLACK JEALOUSY , ENVIE , HATE THAT'S WORSE THAN THE KLAN WHAT WE THINK YOU WHO FELT THIS DON'T NEED JESUS YOU & THE MURDERS WHO ARE SUPOSE TO PROTECT US , YOU ALL NEED A DO OVER YA THINK !!! BECAUSE YOU CAN'T WASH AWAY WITH SHAMPOO THE DEPTH YOUR EVILS !!!
Crazy how Kendrick is culturally appropriating Chinese culture with his entire kung fu Kenny persona but wants to call out drake? Just another reason he’s the biggest hypocrite😂😂
@@leultrainstinct406 It seems that you don't understand what is called cultural appropriation. Has KDot used Chinese culture to make money? Has he been packaging himself in this image to make money in the music circle? Stupid🤣
Interesting fact: Kendrick actually possessed Don Cheadle for this video. He still possesses him from time to time to wander around at Avengers's filming sets and read the scripts early.
same, I think I was too young to fully appreciate tpab when it came out was way more into hype more trap sounding beats, but going back now its shocking me how unique it sounds compared to other hip hop + lyrics for the ages
This song is still one of my favorites on the album. Its fr a war anthem, a hyper aggressive declaration of who kendrick is. Lotta his other songs are more introspective, but this shows that Compton stuff is in his DNA forever, atleast a lil. I like it even more under the context of the reverse tracklist.
3:25 is the best part of the vid.. picture of pac and snoop above his grammys while he spitting on this LEGENDARY Beat.. playing pool.. this song, part, and album just sums up Kendrick’s career and status in one. He knows he’s the greatest but still shows respect to the OGS.. this part gives me straight chills... legendary man
He'll go down the GOAT. Dude is dangerous and just getting started. Hopefully 2020 is the release of his next album. I heard it's going to be more rock influenced also. J Cole is another dude releasing his album "The Fall Off" this year. Easily the best rappers this generation and it's not close at all. If anyone says Drake I swear to god. That ain't rap🤣that's nightclub music.
He rlly is the GOAT; in an era filled with mumblers rapping about their bitches and cash, while he and a few other rappers are continuing what was started by the OGs
I think it only didn't hit number 1 at launch is cause of HUMBLE. But it defnitely was mainstream when it launched, matter of fact, DAMN. Is Kendrick Lamar's biggest financial success
@@NightReaper213 I thought I was alone. Thank God I'm not. I appreciate Lamar's flow and lyrics but that voice is just too irregular and picky for me to call 'music'.
Concept of the video is wild too. I like the man who say something to him when he is in the casket and he angrily responds. Like who thinks of this!!!!! Crazy.
Kendrick is talking about loyalty to his family and close friends not some random street gang which would rob him and try to set him up and only use him for clout and money
Do y'all really realize how many topics Kendrick Lamar touched on in one song? He spoke about; police brutality against black men, African lineage, religion, poverty, and black excellence. He's a beast and much needed in the rap game. Mad respect and props to Kendrick Lamar.✊🏾💯👏🏾✔️🧠
It's will full ignorance at this point. Folks don't get the same awards as astronauts for music. Yet people have more respect for r.kelly rhyming ignition with kitchen
@@CharlesJames-t5r okay this is genuinely funny 😂 that aside, I've come to notice most of the people I argue with about Kendrick's lyrics don't even think about them. As long as it rhymes and it sounds cool they consider it a good song. The same people saying Mr. Morale was mid with all that storytelling and topics and lessons packed into that album
💯Facts! When he speaks of our DNA, I interpret it as he’s speaking on Black Americans whose lineage is rooted in this nation. Our unique ethnogenesis/admixture and our lived experiences for generations in this land…we’re truly the products of sex, money, and murder, yet our beautiful, resilient spirits will always prevail. That’s in our DNA. ✊🏾❤️🔥
He's talking about the DNA of black people, and I think the entire human species. He is saying so many opposing things, war and peace in side his dna? Ambition and greed? Murder and conviction? He's a genius bro
Talking directly to PDF File DRIZZY cosplaying as a African American for financial gain but in the corporate world he’s a Jewish man that lived in a white neighborhood that is the richest neighborhood in the entire country of Canada
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3:05-till the end is the only visual explanation you can give someone who doesn’t understand the mindset of someone who has ADHD mind is constantly running with 1000 thoughts running through that dome…. Endorsed by the Greats of Rap Hip/Hop Kendrick beastly king
Mike Will said about it: With "DNA.," he [kendrick] went the whole way [through] and then he just started rapping a cappella. He said, 'I just want to see if you can put some drums around this.' I said, 'Man, hell yeah.' But he was going so hard; that man was rapping so crazy. Just imagine him a cappella rapping the second half of "DNA." and I had to build a beat around that. I didn't want the beat to just sound like a regular boom-clap, boom-clap. I wanted that s*** to sound just as crazy. I wanted it to sound like he's battling the beat.
I am starting to realize how deep Kendrick is. Everything is biblical. It’s super deep. He was calling the bloodline that Drake/the Dragon came from. Nephilim references. If you have discernment it’s so obvious. Holy crap. This guy is the realest.
I remember being in straight awe back in 2017 when I saw this video. After listening to the album multiple times. This man is a living legend and we get to witness it.
love Kendrick but hip hop is fine. I discover amazing new artists every day. if you like Kendrick you might like Kenny Mason. check out his track 'hit'
@@eternallaflame he definitely needs to come back, but hip hop is fine. There are ah ton of great artist out there. Not to mention ah bunch of interesting subgenres
I know you all have watched the deep dive already, but the concept of this album is true art. Normally, DAMN is a story about Kendrick asking God for forgiveness for his sins, but in reverse, it’s him in a universe where his dad died shutting out God and turning to a life of crime. 10/10.
Ticket on your plate: This is a play on the term “meal ticket”-a way to earn money. Most of Kendrick’s earnings are from his album sales and live performances. The other ticket on his plate is an endorsement deal with Reebok.
For real! It feels just yesterday I was jamming to this song not 3 years ago... actually maybe I was jamming to this song yesterday but that's not the point.
I feel this song goes over most people's heads. It's a real masterpiece. Also, Don Cheadle is such a fucking boss. Video gave me tears. Outro verse makes you grab the steering wheel tighter.
Still gold in 2021
Starting 2021 right!!🔥
Aww bug I wanted the 2021☹️😢
Jew hate me😟🤣😈
I'm here on the first day of the year to reminding my gah damn self about what we got in US!!!!!!!! If y'all need a reminder at all this year of who U are come back to this comment and just press play. "You got Loyalty.... You got royalty INside YOUR (gah damn) DNA and HE made no mistakes and errors not... Creating in his image and likeness ...... Confirmed with ain't no hoe INside yo DNA, me BeLoved Queen/King..... See you in 2022. You got this (2021) no matter what we go through WE got this year under or feet!!!
Me London 🇬🇧☝🏽
you know it's legendary when 3.5 years have passed and this is still the hardest song on your playlist.
Imagine changing ur playlist every time
You must not listen to Eminem
@@aftermathers124 stfu
@@aftermathers124 😐
Fuck yall Kendrick aint on his level
how is no one talking about how Don Cheadle totally NAILED this shit???
On his interview on the People's Party, he says he basically learned his part in a few days and hadn't even heard the song before accepting the role in music video
Antonio Williams daaayyyuumm straight G SHIT
luraxium I’m talking about it. Air high five through the Internet bro✋🏾👌🏾
Nailed that shit thru his DNA
Init bro powerful vid
This is legit one of Kendrick's hardest songs.
💯
Shit was bananas when it first dropped
fr definitely one of his best in my opinion
His rap on cypher 2013(tho not a song) is probably the hardest he’s gone IMO.
For sho!!!
All hail King Kendrick!
Azerrz where's the kendrick lamar impersonation vid??
lol azerrz on here
Azerrz the true Kendrick fan I know,and who sounds just like him
Azerrz Joyner Lucas DNA remix way better
Azerrz u are funny
Kendrick is the kid with the most absents but gets an A in every exam
Well he used to be a straight A student
Honest Abe yo I thought you were dead
If you just called one of the Genius of the new century a.kid you have NOT BEEN LISTENING TO HIS LYRICS A TRULY BLESSED MAN & YOU NOT SO MUCH , WHAT'S UP WITH THIS BLACK ON BLACK JEALOUSY , ENVIE , HATE THAT'S WORSE THAN THE KLAN
WHAT WE THINK YOU WHO FELT THIS DON'T NEED JESUS YOU & THE MURDERS WHO ARE SUPOSE TO PROTECT US , YOU ALL NEED A DO OVER YA THINK !!! BECAUSE YOU CAN'T WASH AWAY WITH SHAMPOO THE DEPTH YOUR EVILS !!!
Marcus Murphy
dude, what are you on about? op was complimenting kendrick, not being jealous or whatever
Kendrick is god level of rap dude, He's like better than 75% of the OGs
The beat switch still one of the hardest I've ever heard
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Tro
GIMME SOME GANJA
At the end...??...YESZIR!!
@@mufodtalkermufo7485 xdddd
0:12 BOOM YOU LOOKING FOR THIS!?
😂😂
😅😅😅
Yessir ❤️🔥🤞🏾💙💯💜
This shit will definitely get attention of the ladies!
😂😂😂😂😂😂
"they imitate heritage, they can't imitate this violence"
That was the violence he was talking bout🔥
finally.. someone knows. exactly.
Crazy how Kendrick is culturally appropriating Chinese culture with his entire kung fu Kenny persona but wants to call out drake? Just another reason he’s the biggest hypocrite😂😂
@@leultrainstinct406 It seems that you don't understand what is called cultural appropriation. Has KDot used Chinese culture to make money? Has he been packaging himself in this image to make money in the music circle? Stupid🤣
@@leultrainstinct406 Not even u believe in this shit u just typed, man
@@leultrainstinct406not even u believe in this shit u just typed man 😂
Don Cheadle is such a good actor. He manages to get all the little movements and ticks about Kendrick's movement perfectly.
True!
kendrick is such a good actor. He manages to get all the little movements and ticks about Don's movement perfectly.
War Machine
Interesting fact: Kendrick actually possessed Don Cheadle for this video. He still possesses him from time to time to wander around at Avengers's filming sets and read the scripts early.
Facts I noticed that too 💪🏾💯
2:54 Still gives me chills.
same
Listen to the 4d version if you have headphones with spatial audio
EH 69 LIKES BOYS!
Us*
Same tho
GNX has me reflecting on KDot's past work and man, its great to Witness Greatness
Same man, I think the years will only prove this more
same, I think I was too young to fully appreciate tpab when it came out was way more into hype more trap sounding beats, but going back now its shocking me how unique it sounds compared to other hip hop + lyrics for the ages
He wasn’t lying when he said “I make music that electrify em” 🐐
Darn right 🤯🥳
I swear 😮
apoco si mi electriciti
GOAT
These comment are rlly boring
Bruh there aren't enough comments about the fact that Don Cheadle did insane in this.
I see two king fu Kenny’s
He felt that beat
@Gamma Syrup then Kendrick just a rapper. That's his job lol
Almost like he’s an actor...
@@J23BYL well ye no crap i knew that but it was still rlly good
That second part is gotta be one of the hardest verses iv'e ever heard in hip hop History
fr 💯
amine dz nah
@Tom Stanton I love Kdot but Joyner made him look like a TH-cam rapper on this beat. Most people can't admit it because they are biased af.
@@thisisisabella3634 I'm most the times I'm bias towards Joyner but on this beat he don't see him as better but I see the two versions equally as good
Till this day I will never get over that beat switch and the build up to it
This song is still one of my favorites on the album. Its fr a war anthem, a hyper aggressive declaration of who kendrick is. Lotta his other songs are more introspective, but this shows that Compton stuff is in his DNA forever, atleast a lil. I like it even more under the context of the reverse tracklist.
Can we all just take a minute and appreciate that Don Cheadle is in this video?
rapping along at that lmao...yaasss don!
Yasss!! War Machine is a badass!
Yes! He is my one of my fave actors! Hotel Rwanda is one of the best Oscar movies!
+VjOnItGood81 l
loooove him!! 😍😍 the fact that he's in a Kendrick video just made me fall for him even harder😩
No one is gonna talk about when the beat switches up and Kendrick goes even harder, that was SICK.
the shift was dope but he was all over the place with the lyrics.
Tobi Owolabi Haven't heard a sound system that can handle this yet.
pumpkin1escobar That's the point tho
Shit got me hyped up lol
Tobi Owolabi that shit is crazy this song is brain food and I hope it opens eyes so the world can get back to real life!! 💯
Today marks 4 years since this video was released but the beat switch @3:10 will never get old
This a iconic moment right here
Ikr 😭😭😭
One of the most dopest switches on one of his songs no cap 😤🔥🔥💯
It’s always real and will never be old bro
this song still good
This youngman is phenomenal with his lyrics.
3:25 is the best part of the vid.. picture of pac and snoop above his grammys while he spitting on this LEGENDARY Beat.. playing pool.. this song, part, and album just sums up Kendrick’s career and status in one. He knows he’s the greatest but still shows respect to the OGS.. this part gives me straight chills... legendary man
He'll go down the GOAT. Dude is dangerous and just getting started. Hopefully 2020 is the release of his next album. I heard it's going to be more rock influenced also. J Cole is another dude releasing his album "The Fall Off" this year. Easily the best rappers this generation and it's not close at all. If anyone says Drake I swear to god. That ain't rap🤣that's nightclub music.
One of the few with Substance. Maybe more than most. Past or Present. Prophets, Poets, then there's MCs. You sir,,, "(Kendrick)" are all the above..
Adam Andino just realized this when I came back to listen. Paying his respects to those who inspired him to achieve those Grammys in the first place.
Two of Amerikkas Most Wanted...now it's Three.
He rlly is the GOAT; in an era filled with mumblers rapping about their bitches and cash, while he and a few other rappers are continuing what was started by the OGs
It’s so rare to find a video that matches it’s lyrics so perfectly
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True That Latasha I Agree With You There❤
listen to “kgrip ric flair drip remix” i promise i’m the greatest 16 year old rapper fr 🙏💯🔥
Not an original music video but watch the fan made video for cartoons and cereal by Kendrick. It's perfect
This album was wack tho, this song is good
I apologize for sleeping on Kendrick Lamar, his music is AMAZING
Welcome 😊
No apology necessary. Just enjoy the journey in your discovery babe.
U nuts 😢
Duuuuuuuuddddeeee FOOOR REAAAALLLL
I discovered him from this song called fragile back in the day 😊 I love DNA when I need some positive affirmations
You know a song is so hard and pure that it doesn't even make it as mainstream as it should. This is a masterpiece.
I think it only didn't hit number 1 at launch is cause of HUMBLE. But it defnitely was mainstream when it launched, matter of fact, DAMN. Is Kendrick Lamar's biggest financial success
Kendrick's flow is incredible...
Oli Killeen 🤯
His flow is great but I'm not a fan of his rapping voice.
@@NightReaper213 It takes some getting used to
Roggi listen to Swimming Pools
@@NightReaper213
I thought I was alone. Thank God I'm not. I appreciate Lamar's flow and lyrics but that voice is just too irregular and picky for me to call 'music'.
This is lyrically one of the best rap songs ive ever heard
Maad city
@@santicheeks1106 faxx
DANG
Listen to JID he is also a really good lyricist
Em?
No one is talking about how beautifully this song is written
Bro🙌🏿
💪
Concept of the video is wild too. I like the man who say something to him when he is in the casket and he angrily responds. Like who thinks of this!!!!! Crazy.
This wasn’t written. Kendrick freestyles the entire song. Mike Will Made it made the beat and put it over it.
Ohh really? Give me the hardest few lines, I sincerely can't find them.
The 23 things inside Kendrick Lamar's DNA
1. Loyalty
2. Royalty
3. Concaine quarter piece
4. War
5. Peace
6. Power
7. Poison
8. Pain
9. Joy
10. Hustle
11. Ambition
12. Flow
13. Realness
14. Killing shit
15. Millions
16. Riches
17. Dark
18. Evil
19. Rot
20. Troublesome heart
21. Real N*gga
22. Dripping gold
23. Power shows
Facts
no hoe as well
he also got bulidings in his dna too
@@sarthaksharma6015 Facts as well.
ain't no hoe in his DNA too
Kendrick: i got loyalty inside my DNA
6ix9ine: left the chat
Kendrick is talking about loyalty to his family and close friends not some random street gang which would rob him and try to set him up and only use him for clout and money
@@georgelincolnrockwell4659 i know bro it was a bad joke that's all
@@georgelincolnrockwell4659 I think the joke kinda went over your head.
George Lincoln Rockwell why you gotta overthink that so much?
George Lincoln Rockwell he is not talking about that.
So we're not gonna mention how Don Chedale killed that shit w Kendrick
Jerome Sefo that's what I'm saying. The Don is why I love the video though
war machine killd that shit hahaha
Jerome Sefo It's Don Cheadle
robert nero ah well you know what i meant.
Jerome Sefo yeah Ik
this song going in the time capsule. the future babies need to hear it, need to know it.
i dont want any baby having a war anthem like DNA in their dna 😭 amazing song tho
The hardest song I've listened to.
Listen to more kendrick songs then lmao ,DNA is not even top 20 kendrick lamar songs.
@@frankocean6676 really top 20, got to be top 10. It is so much better than humble.
'not alike' by eminem.
That one's goes more harder and brutal imo
@@saif_shahid1 eminem is trash lmao kendrick lamar >>>>>
@@frankocean6676 "The good thing about your opinion is that it doesn't matter"
The way they were rapping back and forth was dope af. They killed it
Khyre Irons yeah Kendrick Lamar and Don Cheadle
Khyre Irons omg soo true
Khyre Iron right
MrCubanoblast that's the black dude from iron man
you right
Do y'all really realize how many topics Kendrick Lamar touched on in one song? He spoke about; police brutality against black men, African lineage, religion, poverty, and black excellence. He's a beast and much needed in the rap game. Mad respect and props to Kendrick Lamar.✊🏾💯👏🏾✔️🧠
It's will full ignorance at this point. Folks don't get the same awards as astronauts for music. Yet people have more respect for r.kelly rhyming ignition with kitchen
@@CharlesJames-t5r okay this is genuinely funny 😂 that aside, I've come to notice most of the people I argue with about Kendrick's lyrics don't even think about them. As long as it rhymes and it sounds cool they consider it a good song. The same people saying Mr. Morale was mid with all that storytelling and topics and lessons packed into that album
Cultural appropriation, overcoming the odds, propaganda, environmental impact on survival mode
He also died Drake lol saying he got B** in his DNA
💯Facts! When he speaks of our DNA, I interpret it as he’s speaking on Black Americans whose lineage is rooted in this nation. Our unique ethnogenesis/admixture and our lived experiences for generations in this land…we’re truly the products of sex, money, and murder, yet our beautiful, resilient spirits will always prevail. That’s in our DNA. ✊🏾❤️🔥
Why is nobody taking about flow and rhyme schemes, pure genius.
He's talking about the DNA of black people, and I think the entire human species. He is saying so many opposing things, war and peace in side his dna? Ambition and greed? Murder and conviction? He's a genius bro
yeah I think its about black people BCOS of that news reporter and sample also lyrics but this is genius
Imadieflyin facts
As a native american this shit hits hard as fuck
War and Peace aren't contradictory. You must know war to know Peace
@@brokage8398 yes I agree, one opposite implies the other, or are necessary for the other to be defined as is. Hot and cold, life and death etc.
"MY DNA NOT FOR IMITATION, YOUR DNA AN ABOMINATION" 🗣🗣 gave me chillssssss
Talking directly to PDF File DRIZZY cosplaying as a African American for financial gain but in the corporate world he’s a Jewish man that lived in a white neighborhood that is the richest neighborhood in the entire country of Canada
yes sir!
Yeah, that was a Drake diss.
Spoke like a true Isralite.
@@sue2cue Bro is not an Israelite. Maybe the extremist BHI version of Israelites.
"Antisocial extrovert"
Lots of people feeling that rn
I have that as my bio
KEKW WeirdChamp
Hey I know you hate this but please hear me out. I have a dream, not the one you see when your asleep. The one that doesnt make you sleep. I'm 14 years old, I can't afford paid promotion. I don't have a mic I have to use my phone, I would love it if you all give me a chance. Tupac, Eminem both were at the same position I'm in right now.
Since I'm Indian, everybody laughs and says that I will never be successful. I wanna prove them wrong, I wanna show them that my race is something I can't control. What I can control is, that I try my best. Not saying that you have to like my music, just give me constructive criticism or just give me a chance, Please.
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3:05-till the end is the only visual explanation you can give someone who doesn’t understand the mindset of someone who has ADHD mind is constantly running with 1000 thoughts running through that dome…. Endorsed by the Greats of Rap Hip/Hop Kendrick beastly king
BRODIE. BRODIE. YES! 😭😭🤝🏾
Man I know exactly what you're talking about, I think our minds sound similar
Here cause we hyped for the new album!
fr
Yea lad
Same
never forget this legendary song
Ofcourse bro, demon kenny 😈
I remember how hyped i was seeing this for the first time
Especially on that fuckin beat switch. I jumped up and went ballistic lol
Tyler Johnson wtf💀💀
Tyler Johnson SAME ! Lmaooooooooo there was no stopping me 😭
I wish I could listen to it again for the first time
Lantz 6th judicial gRaNt co Nm gav3 the jaCc3t
That venomous explosion of a second verse goes so hard that 4 years later I still get chills listening to it. DAMN
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DAMN.
DAMN.
DAMN.
DAMN
Diamond certified thank you Kendrick Lamar and Mike Will made it.
After 5 years this song is still a masterpiece.
I was listening to it today lol
I phone hackers R RED LAKE POLICE CAM ON CAM WIPH COPS,,1/23/23 lmfao OMG plastic surgery
I was thinking same
true
It’s called timeless
Man this entire song feels like a protest in the best way possible. Power to the people.
Still a hit🤗
True fax
You need to listen to „to pimp a butterfly“ then :)
@@RembrandtRasmus I have, one of my favourite albums ever
@@YellawayHD nice 👌🏼
This song is such a masterpiece.
Foreal
FACTS
Your name makes it better
yes
Yeah
Whose here after hearing it's been certified as a Diamond hit 💎🔥
I will never get bored of this song
I won't either
Charlie Thurston it is helping me right now.....wtf
👑👑👑neverrr
Ain't no hope in my DNA and I know what it stands for and I laugh and love
No what I typed is there is no hope in my dna.......fuck this phone
“My dna not for imitation. your dna an abomination.”
Will ALWAYS be deep.
ON GOD
FR
Fax
People will always hate on stereotypes except for when it suits them. DNA the same DNA that sold you out ;)
@ the yts
It’s crazy how much Kendrick’s cadence and flow contribute to the beat itself.
Fr. The beat is Fire tho especially in the second half
Kendrick's vocals are his own instrument.
Yea. He has that drum pattern flow
Mike Will said about it: With "DNA.," he [kendrick] went the whole way [through] and then he just started rapping a cappella. He said, 'I just want to see if you can put some drums around this.' I said, 'Man, hell yeah.' But he was going so hard; that man was rapping so crazy. Just imagine him a cappella rapping the second half of "DNA." and I had to build a beat around that. I didn't want the beat to just sound like a regular boom-clap, boom-clap. I wanted that s*** to sound just as crazy. I wanted it to sound like he's battling the beat.
Genius
kendrick literally raps like a drum. makes another temp, love this shiiii
Drake really thought that he could fuck with this man 🤣
😂😂😂
😂
He kinda did 🤷🏽♂️
@@zuz2366 Brain rot
@@zuz2366The ghostwriters tried their best mayne
This shit still hits like it dropped yesterday
yes.
True
@@troubledouble106 0/10 ragebait
@@realsheluhhvyfr
Ong it does
Euphoria got me doing a reexamination of all KDOT music. Gonna bump, "To Pimp a Butterfly" this weekend.
Yes bro listen to mad city “a short film by Kendrick” 🔥🔥🔥
TPAB? You are gonna LOVE it
I just know you're not the same man as before
nah deadass got me dissect for a week
This dude is the epitome of an ARTIST. He is melanated poetry ✨💫
If this ain’t playing at my funeral I’m not going
Same lol
You notice he was in a casket....
same fam
On 4NEM
@Gamma Syrup lol
Those beat switches stole many souls.
Hurrbet they stole mine
the second beat goes so hard
Jesus Christ, I love J Cole but watching this makes you realize there’s levels to this shit and no one is on Kendricks
I agree cole does his thing but Kendrick convinces you he is he was born for it.
Nah jcole the goat bruh,I don't know who the fuck Drake is
@@SamuelUche-t6x you’re entitled to your opinion but generally J Cole isn’t even a part of the top 10 discussion for greatest rappers of all time
@@drewbrandenburg1435 but he is
@@BlacKingSolo false 🤓☝️
I am starting to realize how deep Kendrick is. Everything is biblical. It’s super deep. He was calling the bloodline that Drake/the Dragon came from. Nephilim references. If you have discernment it’s so obvious. Holy crap. This guy is the realest.
This song scared a lot of rappers
I have a feeling that was the plan lol😂 they needa be scared
Facts... So does this
🗣🔥💯 Not What U Used To feat: Snipes by CF Kaine on #SoundCloud
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C.F Kaine No one asked
Oh yeah?
Thlolego Mabule not really
The world needs a Kdot album right now, he’s the realest voice of a generation. 🔥
Yesssss
So fucking true tho
Nah just listen to TPAB it’s ahead of its time
Ephraim Britt this is so fucking true, I even wrote. Piece about it
Koye David nice man! Id love to hear it. My Instagram is @nvm_prod if ur down to share
"TELL ME SOMETHIN'? YOU MFS CAN'T TELL ME NOTHING!" Take notes Drake. Never say a thing about this man ever again.
I rather die than to listen to you, my DNA not for imitation, your DNA an abomination!
Yea
2:41 HOOD POLITICS IN MY DNA
So no ones gonna talk about how Don Cheadle killed this?
I know right
Smh 😪
OMG!!!!!!!!! Mind BLOWN right now!!!!!
he's the original Kung fu Kenny, so of course he'll kill it
@@mevinkalone4277 okay not Kevin
I wish they released the behind the scenes, i would really like to see how many times Kendrick & Don failed the "yeah yeah yeah" scene
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Q throwin it up at the end was genius
Mann the visuals is hard!!
That shit was some movie scene but real life GTA so fuckin hard
Bro I Was Looking For This Comment, That Outro Was Too TUFF!!!
@@travianjohnson1515 Facts
I was wondering when someone was gone catch that they probably can't recognize it's Q
I remember being in straight awe back in 2017 when I saw this video. After listening to the album multiple times. This man is a living legend and we get to witness it.
how tf drake gon compete with this, he aint really about that life
Drake is gay...he doesn't count
Bro its crazy
Leave drake alone. "i love that mall." 🤣
@@zap_sigma1 drake fan 🤣🤣🤣
@@yoshiibob Thats your issue. If you like drake, be my guest troll.
Kendrick needs to come back and save hip hop
love Kendrick but hip hop is fine. I discover amazing new artists every day. if you like Kendrick you might like Kenny Mason. check out his track 'hit'
@@CancelHappiness he needs to save mainstream hip hop
@@FirstNameLastName-pg3pi agreed
Right he need to come back
@@eternallaflame he definitely needs to come back, but hip hop is fine. There are ah ton of great artist out there. Not to mention ah bunch of interesting subgenres
“My dna not for imitation, your dna an abomination”
The best line of this song.
is it referencing how white people weren't supposed to exist in the first place cuz that's sick
@@ThomasLinrabbitpenguin lmfao😭, no
Thomas Lin that works too I guess 😀
@@mant8vaei314 lmao
@@ThomasLinrabbitpenguin Its a biblical reference. Leviticus.
I know you all have watched the deep dive already, but the concept of this album is true art. Normally, DAMN is a story about Kendrick asking God for forgiveness for his sins, but in reverse, it’s him in a universe where his dad died shutting out God and turning to a life of crime. 10/10.
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Huzzah! A man of culture!
GG
Yessir
REAL N***A ASSOCIATION
Yeah
After 8 mile, Clarence became an Avenger
After DNA, Rhodey became an Avenger
After Kung Fu Kenny / Rush Hour 2
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Don Cheadle looks like he's been practicing his whole life to be in a rap video 😂
He played as rocket in Colors(1987)
He killed it
XD Don Lamar
wait what?? i thought it was freddie gibbs hahhaha
@@rafiluvian045 haha!
This is one of my favorite songs of all time. The energy I feel through it is insane
The second part though straight fire! 🔥
ImJustTooGuud agreed
yes but what means "You ain't shit without a ticket on your plate"
He rapped that whole verse and MikeWillMadeIt made a beat around the verse. Shits crazy🔥🔥🔥🔥
Ticket on your plate: This is a play on the term “meal ticket”-a way to earn money.
Most of Kendrick’s earnings are from his album sales and live performances. The other ticket on his plate is an endorsement deal with Reebok.
thanks
I'm looking forward to seeing him perform at the Super Bowl. I hope he does this song
frfr and N95
Watch his VMA's 2017 performance. He performed DNA and killed it!
Definitely will perform this and humble
He has to do this one for sure
@@velitacaballerito5362no way they allow him to rap N95
The 2nd part and the build up to it will always be one of the hardest parts of any hip hop song
Agree.
Hard asf !
Not only Mike will made it say when made the beat he says kendrick was battling the beat
🤌🤌🤌
the visuals is top notch too, kendrick really "make it look sexy" when he wilin
The second verse still hits soo hard omfg
we need u Kendrick 🥺
No we don’t
@@justhere2167 yes we do
@@justhere2167 😐
@@justhere2167 🤡🤡🤡
@@justhere2167 ok
If Hotline Bling won Grammy for best RAP PERFORMANCE then this song should win a Lifetime Achievement Award
The Sign right!!!
The Sign seriously man this song is way way way better than hotline bling
The Sign for real
Harvinder Singh for me hotline bling is not rap !! with it that i stop to listen drake!
how does this song only have 30 mil views? humble has 113 mil
Whoever produced this beat is a fucking walking W. Holy shit, goosebumps the entire song. Kendrick killed it
Mike Will Made it don’t forget the made it
Michael Williams II
Real shit the beat is fucking crazy especially towards the end like some King Kong gorilla 🦍 in the jungle bass
Frequency is wicked.
@@bigant763Love listening to it in my car, sounds like a earthquake coming through 😂
Song start 0:45
But the beauty starts at 0:00
Schoolboy Q at the end of the video was dope af
Marquise Gibbs what signs was he throwing up at the end
Kayode Molen I'm sure it was some Crip gang given he's a Crip.
Kayode Molen Hoover Crips
Kayode Molen it looks like ASL but I don't know how to translate it
Kayode Molen Hoover crip
This song makes me want to listen to this one level above the safe hearing level
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duffmanwich69 great copied comment there xD
duffmanwich69 y tho
a real badass right here
duffmanwich69 savage
This song still HITS HARD in 2022. And it feels like Don's work here is much underrated, top notch perfomance.
@@amarildopires2979 yes you did
2023 still hard
@@amarildopires2979 ?
Man I'm from the future.. im from 2023.. and it still hits hard
@@k0kiSIMPH im 2 days from the future can confirm still hits hard
The best rapper in existence
911: 911 what's your emergency?
Me: He killed it.
Riccardo Abdine Kendrick burned my House down
Leon Müßle ayy lmao
They're gonna need some planes to put this fire out.
Riccardo Abdine D.N.A
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Don't worry, you aren't the only one who is listening to this masterpiece during quarantine
Why would I be worried
“Antisocial Extrovert” I felt that💯
Me too👑
🙌🏽🍾
Alexandria L factual
you misspelled hater
:D
Absolutely
I love when you listen to hip-hop...and it actually makes you FEEL. Something that hits your core. Real shit....to put it simply
DNA 2020? Kendrick is the best!
This was 3 years ago? I dont believe it, I refuse to think that
DNADNADNADNADNADNADNADNADNADNADNADNANDANEN
DNA DANCE VIDEO
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don cheadle: do you know what dna stands for?
me: deoxyribonucliec acid
😂
Ahh science students 😂
@@scorpion7965 nah google
Someone shouting:NERRRRRRRRRRRD!!!!!
@@korus7670 nah it was 7th grade science
I finally know what DNA stands for. I will be sure to tell my science teacher next time he asks.
AnalTortilla Deoxyribonucleic acid
***** Lol
Dillon Rust lmao
Dillon Rust yoooo consider yoself suspended at school😀
Na naa! Don't do it! 😀
This album is the best thing to ever happen to the music industry there’s a song for everybody
Imagine everyone jamming to this while America is burning
Would've been the most badass thing in the world
"Imagine"?? Why you think I play this every day?
Astral Marmot same
Astral Marmot then leave the country
Kawasaki 36 Slatt why should he, because he loves this song
I REFUSE to believe this was 3 years ago.
For real! It feels just yesterday I was jamming to this song not 3 years ago... actually maybe I was jamming to this song yesterday but that's not the point.
aye it happens man
Best years to be alive 2016-2017
@Mustafa Naser ...yet.
Facts
I feel this song goes over most people's heads. It's a real masterpiece. Also, Don Cheadle is such a fucking boss. Video gave me tears. Outro verse makes you grab the steering wheel tighter.
Can u explain the song? My little pea brain can't understand it
@@qtlayz7631 in the words of my venerable forefathers, "that's bait"
Weirdo lol
@@qtlayz7631 Like exactly, well delivered, but the message is dangerous
“I this song goes over most people’s heads”
Can’t explain why.
"Tell me something, you motherfuckers cant tell me nothing" Has to be my favorite Kendrick bar
After that last verse how can anyone compare to this man
Let's go
That's the thing, they can't 😌
I can’t believe he did the soundtrack for Black Panther after doing War Machine like this.
Thicc Camel and nowhere 🤫
What War Machine??
A O that guy is don cheadle who played war machine in the MCU
It’s black iron man
LOL