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Apologies on the mispronunciation of Diaspora 🙏 That's on me. I don't know what got into my brain at the time of this breakdown, I know how to say it and my sleep deprived mind just took a left turn. Much love and happy holidays to you all
It’s amazing how connected you are to the world bro. The best reactor by far. Keep at it 👊🏽. From RSA..ps the dancers in converse are wearing Sesotho hats from the Kindom of Lesoth(country land locked within South Africa. The tribe can also be found in South Africa.
This song will NEVER get old an absolute timeless classic. So unique & the video is one of the best music videos of all time. Also connected to the Black Panther movie one of my favorite Marvel Movies ever. RIP Chadwick Boseman. 😎
RIP Chadwick.....every time I hear this song I tear up. One of Kendrick and SZA's greatest collaboration, this song is historic and layered on so many levels. Thanks Knox for your fantastic and insightful reaction and breakdown as usual...your videos are awesome!
What I love about Kdot is for his exceptional storytelling abilities, blending vivid imagery, layered narratives, and intricate wordplay in his songs and videos. It’s an experience that engages the listener emotionally, intellectually, and visually. His songs and videos invite repeated listens and viewings, revealing new details with each encounter. That’s why he is the greatest of all time
@@cloud4962 💀😂🤣 I listen to the Goat Z-Ro!! Kendrick and Drake could fuse and still wouldn't equal Z-Ro!! You don't even know, it's ok dawg I forgive you 😂🤣
@HTxGhost24 i had a quick skim & not gonna lie i could listen more & ill back and check his shit proper when i got time but my guy i can tell from listening to a couple his songs kendricks far more skilled
Drake wastes Sza on stuff like "Slime U Out" and "Rich Baby Daddy" meanwhile Dot features her on timeless songs like "All The Stars" "Luther" and a dope Switch sample like "30 for 30" And DRAKE IS THE SINGER NINJA 😂😂😂
What's even more dope about Kendrick is how his verses always have call backs from his previous verses like one big motion picture intertwined. You can hear a bar and immediately recall a bar he had in a previous track that connects to it.
I am from South Africa 🇿🇦 and we love and respect Kendrick for he love and respect for us and our culture from Africa . ❤ Nelson Mandela is one of Kendrick's inspirations and for the have done for South Africa. Kendrick loves all his South African Fans at Knox Hill go watch his concert in live South Africa 🇿🇦
The Red in SZA’s scene could also represent the blood of the people-- the dna. And the pink represents femininity, black women of the people. Great breakdown! Love the respect you show!
First shot is him sailing through a sea of dead slaves.... Africa is the beginning of the world as we know it... SZA is a celestial being. He is the griot... the history to be told to the future. He is taking responsibility because no one else is. Mother Africa and her students... He BEEN telling Drake he dgaf about him...
Thank you! The waving hands are the souls of Africans - ones who were thrown overboard bc of death or sickness. There were also the ones who threw themselves and/or their children to avoid the horrors of bondage. History says there are millions who did not make the journey to the American colonies.
I remember trying to figure out who he was talking to here. Whoever he was I just knew he was mad that Kendrick didn’t invite him onto the BP soundtrack which was biggest project of that year and maybe even the decade.
Crazy how this felt nostalgic back in 2018, then we lost Chadwick and it made it that much more emotionally evocative. The ref track with just Kendrick's vocals is even more beautiful imho
Oh yes. I just figured this out after Euphoria and 6:16 in LA. I thought it was an approach telling Kilmonger’s story. The whole time he was going at Drake.
Ooh now this one just gave me nostalgic flashbacks to me looping this song + MV, "King's Dea*" + MV, and the whole album tbh so many times when I heard them. And it has this kind of timeless quality to it that hits no matter how long it's been since I last heard it. Kudos for the analysis Knox!
When this song released or when I heard it at the end of black panther, I got my first copyright in the mail. This motivated me into making more music. I love this song :)
Knox, greeting from Long Beach, Compton, CALIFORNIA. You are One of the greatest interpreters of HIP-HOP music lyrics and the anthology of Black Culture. This reaction will help many to become aware of the depth of KDOT's music and mindset of Life, Movement, Peace, Love, and Respect. Loyalty of Life Gang awareness and the colors of gang life, and Life in general. Thank you for your time and knowledge. I wish you nothing but the best. Hope one day you will visit my beautiful city, Los Angeles, California. Music heals all souls but also reminds us of pain, loss, death, and forgiveness. To all that read this comment. Peace. Love and Unity for all. Let's move forward in 2025 in PEACE. Love Cynthia West Coast. 12/24/ 2024. 11:53 am
All the way from the South of Africa we got the message loud and clear Thank for portraying Africa's rich culture, Mr Knox deserves a pass into our culture for his understanding our identity
All of this is Mostly Igbo, Yoruba, Akan and Hausa not Egyptian, the verse is Basotho culture and those buildings are what some townships or as they call them in the west Ghettos look like in Southern Africa. But majority of the video is showcasing more of West African cultures that i mentioned above, for example Sza is most likely representing Mami Wata through the blue Symbolism, Mami Wata represents life and fertility and beauty and she is from the water.
I've always loved this music video. It reminds me of the TH-cam channel name "Every frame a painting" - truly, any frame of this music video could be capture and put up on a wall as a work of art.
I want to hear Kendrick, Eminem, and Joyner on a track together, they all have a variance of styles and flows, and with a beat change or 2 that song could become the song of 2025 if not the best song of all time.
Great breakdown. We come from a very rich and diverse heritage, both spiritually and physically and that’s where our strength comes from, passed down from our ancestors. I wish more of our people would invest in the study of our culture and history thus tapping into the strengths that comes from understanding and embracing our culture and values, both through our struggles and our successes that were forged in blood. There is so much wealth to be found within us. The visual imagery is stunning and tells a story on its own. Thank you Knox 👏🏿🙇🏿♂️
The WORLD needs a Kendrick/SZA album! Musically, they go together like peanut butter and chocolate! An amazing breakdown of an amazing song-and an Oscar-nominated one, at that! 👑👑🫅🏽🐈⬛ Happy Holidays, Knox! Stay safe & stay strong! 🌲🕎🌍☮️
Honestly? It’s the fact that he keeps doing it. The muscles keep getting stretched, he keeps pushing himself, and there’s also just the constant marinating in the genre. His soul remembers how this stuff works just as much as his mind.
@5:50 A star is a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by self-gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. So in African culture we tend to believe the Stars are living organisms that can reach you across the universe as we tend to see them at night…. 5:50
This is a response when Drake sent out a tweet Congratulating him on album of the year beating him. It was some kind of disc in a song after that. That's why Dot say I don't wont your Congratulations and I don't even like you.
That black panther movie and soundtrack was great. I laughed at the foolish clueless people of Kendrick Lamar career all year it’s like they never heard of him until now, and then the backhanded compliments, and then the people that are upset because he took down the giant who was a phony anyway
Wish people would just credit the black panther album as Kendrick’s because he literally had a say and input into every song that was in the album, and pretty much featured in every song as well. He helped create it
Hey knox you gotta listen to skz hop album love your break down . But you can't miss that album pure hip hop. I want to see you break those songs down . Love your reaction. Merry Christmas
2:44 the sea, can also mean the people. Some people say in revelations the beast of the sea just means the beast that emerges from humanity as in the false messiah. So he's merging both definitions together by having the waters be people.
True. The "sea" is the mind of the collective consciousness. Biblical symbolism- water, sea- always represent the mind corresponding to its ever restless, shifting and changing visiccitudes. Water = individual mind. Sea = collective mind. The Beast is within and germinates in the mind - our mind can be the greatest adversary to overcome
It's also possible the beginning is a reference to the people lost in the trans-Atlantic slave trade as many slaves choose death by jumping into the sea over living life as a slave.
13:30 "corrupted man's heart with a gift" could be him alluding to Drake corrupting J Cole with the Rolex, he rapped about in Middle Child, early in his career
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the oracle by ma$e, diddy diss
Cash Kidd - She Sleep!
Cash Kidd - She Sleep!
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WARRIORS by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis
Apologies on the mispronunciation of Diaspora 🙏 That's on me. I don't know what got into my brain at the time of this breakdown, I know how to say it and my sleep deprived mind just took a left turn. Much love and happy holidays to you all
It’s amazing how connected you are to the world bro. The best reactor by far. Keep at it 👊🏽. From RSA..ps the dancers in converse are wearing Sesotho hats from the Kindom of Lesoth(country land locked within South Africa. The tribe can also be found in South Africa.
No need to apologise, your breakdowns are S tier and we all know that you're articulate and respectful. ❤
Orange is also associated with illumination
Kendrick lamar warned people in untitled 02 too
You're a true student of the culture so you get a pass on that one 😯. Really informative and entertaining breakdowns, keep it up bro. 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
once again Knox showing he is not only a student of rap but of the CULTURE!
Big facts!!
Love his respectful and knowledgeable approach.
Lies
Exactly @@AmirrOnru25-m3i
Can we trade him for Drake?
This song will NEVER get old an absolute timeless classic. So unique & the video is one of the best music videos of all time. Also connected to the Black Panther movie one of my favorite Marvel Movies ever. RIP Chadwick Boseman. 😎
Blue is for healing.... Red is for War... Yellow is for Learning... Green for Earth and land.... SO MUCH
11:20 Drake made a “congratulatory” tweet to Kendrick after Kendrick outsold him. This is K Dot’s response. He had already seen enough.
Kendrick and SZA collabs are so beautifully synchronized. their voices match together so good over the beats.
This is my fav sza and Kendrick collab this whole black panther album goes hard
It's so beautiful 😍
💯
This is a BIG SONG but still so underrated because of how POWERFUL the lyrics are.
Lyrics are raw and direct. Unfortunately this generation prefers watered-down lyrics without substance.
He lyrics are raw and direct. Unfortunately this generation prefers watered-down lyrics without substance.
The song just went certified diamond as it should be
RIP Chadwick.....every time I hear this song I tear up. One of Kendrick and SZA's greatest collaboration, this song is historic and layered on so many levels. Thanks Knox for your fantastic and insightful reaction and breakdown as usual...your videos are awesome!
If Kendrick and sza made a collab album the world would bust, literally
Nah fr. That’s be the only playlist I’d listen to for 2025
Yeah, i would bust😊
@@Eis7 exactlyyyyy
💯
Epic duets will be happening 2025
What I love about Kdot is for his exceptional storytelling abilities, blending vivid imagery, layered narratives, and intricate wordplay in his songs and videos. It’s an experience that engages the listener emotionally, intellectually, and visually. His songs and videos invite repeated listens and viewings, revealing new details with each encounter. That’s why he is the greatest of all time
This seems like such a BS comment 😂😂😂
@@HTxGhost24 can't say any of that about ya boi drizzle 😂
@@cloud4962 💀😂🤣 I listen to the Goat Z-Ro!! Kendrick and Drake could fuse and still wouldn't equal Z-Ro!! You don't even know, it's ok dawg I forgive you 😂🤣
@HTxGhost24 iight i gotta lookem up
@HTxGhost24 i had a quick skim & not gonna lie i could listen more & ill back and check his shit proper when i got time but my guy i can tell from listening to a couple his songs kendricks far more skilled
RIP Chadwick Boseman 🕊️
Drake wastes Sza on stuff like "Slime U Out" and "Rich Baby Daddy" meanwhile Dot features her on timeless songs like "All The Stars" "Luther" and a dope Switch sample like "30 for 30"
And DRAKE IS THE SINGER NINJA 😂😂😂
Different souls on different paths- both musically inclined though.
What's even more dope about Kendrick is how his verses always have call backs from his previous verses like one big motion picture intertwined. You can hear a bar and immediately recall a bar he had in a previous track that connects to it.
All the Stars has been my favorite song. "Tell me what you going to me, confrontation ain't nothing to me"
I listen to this everyday at work 😂 at least once
@@youngcece33he says nothing new to me
@@youngcece33This is on my work playlist to
Mr. Knox I love and respect everything about you. You’re so very musically, historically, cinematically intelligent ❤
Doing what I can. Been going through some health issues and am incredibly sleep deprived. Thanks for the love 🙏
@KnoxHill hopefully the issues don't stick around for too long. All the best and keep on doing what you do. Very informative breakdowns 💪
@@KnoxHill praying for you sir
I love coming back to this song every now and then, it has a really calming effect on me
Kendrick "Correct a man's heart with a gift"
Jcole" Just put the Rollie right back on my wrist
This watch came from Drizzy, he gave me a gift"
I am from South Africa 🇿🇦 and we love and respect Kendrick for he love and respect for us and our culture from Africa . ❤ Nelson Mandela is one of Kendrick's inspirations and for the have done for South Africa. Kendrick loves all his South African Fans at Knox Hill go watch his concert in live South Africa 🇿🇦
Amen to that. I love Kendrick and what he represents!!
The stars , the sun and the moon, are closer when you're in Africa. The moon looked huge when i was in Naija so beautiful.
And this is the guy Drake decided to beef with 😂😂😂😂.. Like, do Drake not understand symbolism, he clearly dint understand Mr. Morale 😂😂😂
The Red in SZA’s scene could also represent the blood of the people-- the dna. And the pink represents femininity, black women of the people. Great breakdown! Love the respect you show!
First shot is him sailing through a sea of dead slaves.... Africa is the beginning of the world as we know it... SZA is a celestial being. He is the griot... the history to be told to the future. He is taking responsibility because no one else is. Mother Africa and her students... He BEEN telling Drake he dgaf about him...
Thank you! The waving hands are the souls of Africans - ones who were thrown overboard bc of death or sickness. There were also the ones who threw themselves and/or their children to avoid the horrors of bondage. History says there are millions who did not make the journey to the American colonies.
Great comment🙏🏾
@@serenitymuszingsLuv this!🖤
I really appreciate how much you dig into these songs to find genuine meaning. Keep it up!
You mentioned all 3 past lifetimes in one damn video, my heart is melting lol!!! So much to be thankful for and so much to look forward to!!!
I remember trying to figure out who he was talking to here. Whoever he was I just knew he was mad that Kendrick didn’t invite him onto the BP soundtrack which was biggest project of that year and maybe even the decade.
Loss souls of the Mother Land is correct. I always love the way you break things down. Thank you 🙏
These two are one of the great duos! Pure, aural silk - pouring down my ears
Have a Merry Knox Hill Certified Christmas!!🎄 💯
Crazy how this felt nostalgic back in 2018, then we lost Chadwick and it made it that much more emotionally evocative. The ref track with just Kendrick's vocals is even more beautiful imho
Oh yes. I just figured this out after Euphoria and 6:16 in LA. I thought it was an approach telling Kilmonger’s story. The whole time he was going at Drake.
And Drake thought Sza would stab KDot just like he did to Wayne😂. Not everyone is a back stabbing snake 😂😂😭
Your appreciation for layered music is awesome ❤
the Black Panther anthem, that was the first song Ive heard from Kendrick, been a fan ever since. Love from Brazil 💛💚
KENDRICK STOP BRO, YOU'RE SHOOTING A CORPSE 🤣
What corpse!? He's flaming that body like flambé and cremating it 🤣
😂😂 Nah!…… he still needs to do his Fortnite! Dance on his grave😊
@@silversnow3171stop what??? that song is like 8 years old
@@Damianalt huh??
Everything is beautiful in this song
This song is amazing listened to it back when the black panther came out n its a great song
Ooh now this one just gave me nostalgic flashbacks to me looping this song + MV, "King's Dea*" + MV, and the whole album tbh so many times when I heard them. And it has this kind of timeless quality to it that hits no matter how long it's been since I last heard it. Kudos for the analysis Knox!
I appreciate that you reviewed this with so much respect. Love from Maryland.
When this song released or when I heard it at the end of black panther, I got my first copyright in the mail. This motivated me into making more music.
I love this song :)
Happy Holidays to you Knox Hill . Love all your break downs. You really go deep with the break downs.
This has to be my favorite song of all the Kendrick and SZA collabs. Also, happy holidays to you Knox 🎄.
The best is yet to come baby!!!! 🔥🔥
This is amazing!!! So glad we get this out into the world!!
Knox, greeting from Long Beach, Compton, CALIFORNIA. You are One of the greatest interpreters of HIP-HOP music lyrics and the anthology of Black Culture. This reaction will help many to become aware of the depth of KDOT's music and mindset of Life, Movement, Peace, Love, and Respect. Loyalty of Life Gang awareness and the colors of gang life, and Life in general. Thank you for your time and knowledge. I wish you nothing but the best. Hope one day you will visit my beautiful city, Los Angeles, California. Music heals all souls but also reminds us of pain, loss, death, and forgiveness. To all that read this comment. Peace. Love and Unity for all. Let's move forward in 2025 in PEACE. Love Cynthia West Coast. 12/24/ 2024. 11:53 am
All the way from the South of Africa we got the message loud and clear Thank for portraying Africa's rich culture, Mr Knox deserves a pass into our culture for his understanding our identity
Happy Holidays to you all, Knox!
All of this is Mostly Igbo, Yoruba, Akan and Hausa not Egyptian, the verse is Basotho culture and those buildings are what some townships or as they call them in the west Ghettos look like in Southern Africa. But majority of the video is showcasing more of West African cultures that i mentioned above, for example Sza is most likely representing Mami Wata through the blue Symbolism, Mami Wata represents life and fertility and beauty and she is from the water.
Yep and a good chunk of the reason is likely that t that was the prominent region that people were stolen from.
Do Kings Dead next, this song REALLY shows in retrospect he’s never been fw Drake.
“I bought an ‘87 for the weekend” preview to GNX…there all along
This song is amazing. Something about Kdot and Sza just makes an amazing team.
I've always loved this music video. It reminds me of the TH-cam channel name "Every frame a painting" - truly, any frame of this music video could be capture and put up on a wall as a work of art.
I want to hear Kendrick, Eminem, and Joyner on a track together, they all have a variance of styles and flows, and with a beat change or 2 that song could become the song of 2025 if not the best song of all time.
AND his grandmother's name means 🌟 🌟 STAR
Great breakdown. We come from a very rich and diverse heritage, both spiritually and physically and that’s where our strength comes from, passed down from our ancestors. I wish more of our people would invest in the study of our culture and history thus tapping into the strengths that comes from understanding and embracing our culture and values, both through our struggles and our successes that were forged in blood. There is so much wealth to be found within us. The visual imagery is stunning and tells a story on its own. Thank you Knox 👏🏿🙇🏿♂️
Well, thanks for the edification Knox. Your breakdowns stimulate the mind. You have effectively enhanced my vocabulary - "SAPOLOGY"? ---- nice.
The WORLD needs a Kendrick/SZA album! Musically, they go together like peanut butter and chocolate! An amazing breakdown of an amazing song-and an Oscar-nominated one, at that! 👑👑🫅🏽🐈⬛
Happy Holidays, Knox! Stay safe & stay strong! 🌲🕎🌍☮️
This was my favorite song from Black Panther, I went back and listened to it after not like us and I can't believe I missed the disses on it.
How does he do itt. i mean these breakdowns are crazy. he even broke down every single video shot.
Honestly? It’s the fact that he keeps doing it. The muscles keep getting stretched, he keeps pushing himself, and there’s also just the constant marinating in the genre. His soul remembers how this stuff works just as much as his mind.
Anyone else thinking what I’m thinking? This is going to go soooo hard at the SuperBowl!!!
Knox & Scru out here goin band for band to see who can react to every Kendrick song first 😂
Keep em coming fellas 🤣🤣🤣
I like the way u break this videos down.. i really appreciate you bro🤟🤙
Knox, you're a gentleman and a scholar. Appreciate the thoughtful analyses.
This is the song that mad me love Kendrick Lamar and the LOVE ME song ❤🎉 🇿🇲🇿🇲
All that blood shed, crimson clover….. we survive the Great War!!!! Scandal does funny things to pride but brings lovers closer 🔥🔥
Wow knox! You're a walking encyclopedia for music and culture.. amazing work
“Give a man a gift to corrupt his heart”
Way to post this on Christmas Eve :)
Great Reaction. Keep Reacting To What You Want, When You Want To.
Another good, Knox. Merry Christmas, brotha
Beautiful how this all stems from our spiritual awakening 🔥🔥
You really make my heart feel great!!
@5:50 A star is a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by self-gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. So in African culture we tend to believe the Stars are living organisms that can reach you across the universe as we tend to see them at night…. 5:50
What an incredible video
Remember randomly saying you were a king in a past life?? Your a king in this lifetime as well sir 🔥🔥
This is on several of my playlists lol but now I wanna watch black panther again 😌
What a great breakdown of an amazing track
One of my favorite songs, favorite videos!
Merry Christmas Knox
Great breakdown as usual Knox. Merry Christmas 🎁🎄to you and your family
I’ve always loved his delivery on this song. It’s conversational…casual and unrushed not indifferent but matter of fact.
Merry Christmas
Thank you for sharing
Their EP is already Classic🔥
Thanks man! I appreciate this breakdown.
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this already, but there’s a reference track of Kendrick doing the chorus floating around
Found it th-cam.com/video/wVzG_RZtOkI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=OW1BAjQgQQhrSJmi
Kendrick been a cold mfer sheesh🥶🙌🏾
This is a response when Drake sent out a tweet Congratulating him on album of the year beating him. It was some kind of disc in a song after that. That's why Dot say I don't wont your Congratulations and I don't even like you.
Your breakdowns stimulate my brain. Good work.
Visuals are like astral projection 🔥🔥
That black panther movie and soundtrack was great. I laughed at the foolish clueless people of Kendrick Lamar career all year it’s like they never heard of him until now, and then the backhanded compliments, and then the people that are upset because he took down the giant who was a phony anyway
Around this time Drake congratulated Kendrick on the sucess of DAMN...and Kendrick verse was his response to that. Petty Gemini haha
Wish people would just credit the black panther album as Kendrick’s because he literally had a say and input into every song that was in the album, and pretty much featured in every song as well.
He helped create it
Hey knox you gotta listen to skz hop album love your break down . But you can't miss that album pure hip hop. I want to see you break those songs down . Love your reaction. Merry Christmas
That was an incredibly well informed breakdown. Thank you.
2:44 the sea, can also mean the people. Some people say in revelations the beast of the sea just means the beast that emerges from humanity as in the false messiah. So he's merging both definitions together by having the waters be people.
True. The "sea" is the mind of the collective consciousness. Biblical symbolism- water, sea- always represent the mind corresponding to its ever restless, shifting and changing visiccitudes. Water = individual mind. Sea = collective mind. The Beast is within and germinates in the mind - our mind can be the greatest adversary to overcome
It's also possible the beginning is a reference to the people lost in the trans-Atlantic slave trade as many slaves choose death by jumping into the sea over living life as a slave.
I had to subscribe, your very smart love to hear you break it down 😊
13:30 "corrupted man's heart with a gift" could be him alluding to Drake corrupting J Cole with the Rolex, he rapped about in Middle Child, early in his career
I’ve watched a few of your videos, but you was really cooking 🧑🍳 on this one……….SUBSCRIBED!!!!!!!
They do collab sooo well .. check out Babylon ft SZA
The truth shall set us free!!
Way to tie this with the beef Knox.. The best on TH-cam to react to Videos. Knox Hill The GOAT!! MERRY CHRISTMAS To you BROTHER..