its so refreshing to have someone from outside the culture with so much authority in their own world to come over and approach with a sense of respect and admiration but understanding instead of pretending please never stop you are very much appreciated and valued in this house and will continue to be
Kendrick is just a product of the genocidal democrat machine. You are outing yourself as a smooth brain who lacks the worldliness to appreciate an international poet like Drake. Drake said Free Palestine. Drake is appreciated the world over. kendrick is just a mascot for a certain brand of reddit theater kid fascism.
The mustard in the background, the certified Professor Skye's Vulture Malone rant, the deep and unique analysis on the culture... This is cinema!!! hahaha #AVAA
I'd add In Da Club to that seismic shifter list. It made almost literal waves worldwide and ushered in the '50 era' after Ja's prolific commercial run. Paired with the release of Get Rich or Die Trying I think it's the closest thing we've seen to the run Kendrick is currently on, en route to The Superbowl and off the back of this Dyson-grade vacuuming he just pulled off at the Grammy's.
It did achieve accolades but it did 0 to further social equity. NLU does that, did that and everyone understood, not just twerks. Some things are not in the same categories, 2 things can coexist 😊.
@@xaviercopeland2789 surely, you can pull out your emotional tampon and articulate yourself? Just because you feel a way about 2 things doesn’t mean they are the same.
What was significant to me is that the Grammys played it WITH THE LYRICS. We been hearing only the beat and chorus on many other networks/media. Even though we've seen it be accepted since it came out, playing it with the lyrics at an event of this magnitude and seeing all the celebs in one place dancing and singing to it just fully cemented it
@@x_x_6__ He is streaming for Stake on kick, if anything he is probably going to pivot to streaming and investing on gambling. (by that i don't mean just gamble on stream, but putting money on the casino)
In a world where our politicians are not taking accountability and are not even hiding their corruption,greed and the way they look at us as the "common people", not like us is a call for us to propegate morales and it definetly changed the rap game and culture.
This pretentious circle jerk is getting annoying. Kendrick made a mid-bop and people are trying to read brilliance into it once again. I can name 5 songs by Kendrick that lyrically are better. And it's hard to see it as justice when we don't even know if it's true. They're accusations at the most. The song is pretty much slander over a fire beat and flow. Which is cool; it was a rap battle, but outside of the drama lyrically and message-wise it was meh.
Eu penso que não é só uma questão de dominação do Drake no hip hop, a forma como o trap dominou o gênero na sua exploração comercial é absolutamente horrível. São umas 500 músicas por dia onde o cara fica murmurando e tá carregado de autotune você não entende uma palavra, eu pareço o pai do Homer Simpson quando ouço essas músicas eu não entendo nada e ainda me deixa com raiva. E eu nem sou velha. E essas músicas dominam todas as paradas, todas as playlists, são fáceis de produzir, ninguém diz nada com nada. É a obliteração da arte e transformação em manufatura.
Kendrick made me love and listen to rap music again. He literally helped bring the respect back to the artforn. Kendrick is an amazing leader. I am grateful that I am alive to experience this whole battle.👏🏿 ❤❤
man. when prof confidently said kendrick has another album coming this year... NOW i believe it. people been talking about the two cars in the teaser, new track in the teaser whatever.. but now i do believe it. avaa
There's absolutely a before and after to Not Like Us for me personally. I hadn't listened to rap/hip-hop since about 2002, because i just lost interest and went exploring other music. Kendrick completely changed the game for me and I began to reconnect with the genre. Honestly im glad i missed Drake's past 15 years of supposed hegemony over of the genre
@ low key this guy represents the best side of being educated. It just gives a bigger context of knowledge to appreciate something even more. He’s not an ass or condescending. He has a sharp wit when something makes him mad. It’s chill. All that educationcan help with taking things for granted because he knows how rare this kind of stuff is. I think that’s why I like watching skye. He’s educated enough and wise enough to know when it’s time to live in the moment and that whats happening now isn’t random
Avaa, I would also include Lauryn Hill and outkast as having met the criteria for all quadrants. Outkast was the last hip hop act to win for AOTY over 20 yrs ago. Also thanks for always keeping your foot on the neck of post Malone!
I still think Skye is misguided about post malone because the country and pop influence have been there since the beginning ,although i don't like what post malone had to say about rap music at large.
AVAA The most eye opening representation of the power of hip hop was the song of the year category which is about honoring songwriters. All of the other hits had a minimum of three writers (Taylor Swift) and up to about 7 writers listed for each song. And then Not Like Us pops up and it says “Songwriter: Kendrick Lamar” Everything clicked in that moment.
Kendrick has absolutely saved the soul of hip hop with what he accomplished through this beef, and obviously Not Like Us being the most impactful song of the beef. But importantly, it was no accident. He never started this just because he doesn't like Drake. He's been waiting and plotting for God knows how long; I'd say as far back as GKMC to root out the weeds killing the artform - and Drake just happened to be the head of the snake. For that alone - the fact that he planned this line of attack with the intention of "fighting to the death" to save the soul hip hop (and it seems to have worked!}- it is most certainly one of, if not, the most important rap song of all time! That man really does deserve it all. (and thanks Professor Skye for all of your amazing and passionate analysis of the music and it's meaning)
Kendrick is just a product of the genocidal democrat machine. You are outing yourself as a smooth brain who lacks the worldliness to appreciate an international poet like Drake. Drake is appreciated the world over. kendrick is just a mascot for a certain brand of reddit theater kid fascism. Literally built up by industry execs who want to go after Drake for saying Frere Palestine.
Praying that this video ages well and we keep getting better music and these incredible artists receive their flowers 🙏🏽 also loved the Post Malone hate at the end, keep it up professor!
AVAA, I appreciate how some of my favorite creators have straight up archnemesis you with Post Malone, Justin Hunte and Top5 and F.D. with the Drakester
It definitely changed the rap game at the time, ringtone rap, trying to go viral, making mediocre but catchy tunes but I do agree that its lasting cultural impact was not that great v much comparable to MC Hammer
Nissan Altima is insane. I can't stop with that song. I've got ABNH, GNX, Sza and DTMF On a mixed repeat because music has been blessing the past few months and I was to remember this feeling forever. I don't think I've been obsessed about so many albums at once since I was a teenager.
I've always been into various forms of rock, but following the Drake beef was so much fun that I've continued listening to more and more hip hop for the first time in my life 😅💖 now "this ain't what you want" by Coyote was my most listened to song last month. Not Like Us kinda changed my life
Not Like Us made me fall back in love with ALL music again. For a long time I liked what I liked (Travis Scott, Carti, older Kendrick, y2k hiphop) and wasn’t looking at new sounds or artists. Now I’m listening to full albums giving everything a chance because it showed me I can enjoy new music.
@Meduse-jx5vx what does diddy have to do with drake? Drake told kendrick to rap about how he likes young girls and turned it into a masterclass ass whooping. Diddy was doing forced freak offs beating women n god knows who else
@@Letitbe91 In your example you say that everybody dancing makes Drake a bad person. So, i'm asking from all those people behavior, are they worthy to define what is a good or a bad person?
@Meduse-jx5vx I'm saying it was a certified banger lol that's it that's all. No one should look to Hollywood or celebrities as the pinnacle of morality drake or kendrick if we're talking in the grand scheme of things
Interesting points! I honestly feel like I agree implicitly, but combining cultural relevance with institutional acceptance (and the other two, but specifically combining those two criteria) is something I know I need to sit with - its a way I havent thought of before, but I see the true value there, even if we often naturally tend to devalue the concept of institutional acceptance (and especially for hip hop). K Dot: "Yeah I diiiiid thaaat" 🎉 And he TRULY did! Great video, and as always, great insights!
Kendrick is just a product of the genocidal democrat machine. You are outing yourself as a smooth brain who lacks the worldliness to appreciate an international poet like Drake. Drake said Free Palestine. Drake is appreciated the world over. kendrick is just a mascot for a certain brand of reddit theater kid fascism.
21:33 _"At this point we have to wonder if Drake is Kendrick's hype man"_ 😂 It's funny cos it's true. This whole thing happened summer last year and we're *still* experiencing rippling effect's *now.* So many steps drake has taken since has kept this song, and it's message of culture, relevant
AVAA, i think lollipop by lil wayne should be on that list of most important rap songs. When talking about the origins of autotune in rap people always go to t-pain or kanye's 808's and heartbreaks but really lil wayne did it 2 years earlier, and the way he was using the autotune is way more similar to how it ended up sounding like from the 2010s onward than it is to t-pain or kanye. The song had huge commercial success and was omnipresent in the zeitgeist of 2006, to the point that even though i was 4 years old living in france and didn't know a word of english, i was very aware of the song's popularity. The song was also at the forefront of ringtone rap one full year before its peak, so it managed to be simultaniously extremely ahead of its time and extremely current. The only thing you could say it lacks is artistic value, but that's a bit more subjective in my opinion. i agree with most of your picks but you will agree it's extremely suspicious that the gap in your list corresponds exactly to where you suffered late twenties music death, as you admitted many times on this channel. I chose to talk about lollipop but a lot of songs from that period could qualify in my opinion
AVAA, absolutely loved this break down! I would argue that Kendrick has already had one of those defining songs with Alright. Also the "it's not enough" repetition made me happy 😁
Love your videos as always. This discussion lead me thinking about other huge songs and the only one I can think of that might be considered on Not Like Us’s level at its peak was Thriller. During its peak it was played twice every hour on MTV, and for a 15 minute song that meant that 50% of MTV’s air time was just thriller. It was big and it shifted things, Michael Jackson was the person who was able to bridge black artists into MTV.
I love your channel man. I love your honesty and commentaries! For me, this song represents the voices that have been oppressed for far too long...calling out those that are enriched by evil, abusive, entitled AF power structures in the most cut throat, insanely witty, cutting edge, exquisite ways. And for the millions who have witnessed and lived in this oppression - they feel this shit in their bones like a CELEBRATION. And we LOVE KENDRICK for making it happen!!!!!!
When I was in the tech industry, I attended a fireside chat with Hammer and a VC founder. MC Hammer was a foundational force in early tech. Who the hell knew??
AVAA, I was so pleasantly surprised by the Grammy's and even though the academy generally sucks giving Kendrick his well deserved props for Not Like Us was pretty chill
14:08 Lil Nas X cultural impact might be more significant than we think. He showed up in country spaces and got kicked out. I feel like that was the impetus, preceding Beyonce's treatment on the CMAs, that lead to country being turned back to its black roots.
What a special time to be witnessing. Was just thinking last night how big of a step it seemed the Grammy’s took this year! All the performances were great, and I thought they made a lot of solid picks! Avaa
NLU isn't just a song, it's a symbol for an entire philosophy: standing up for what's right, calling out what's wrong, and doing so as a community brought together around morals. The institutional acceptance of Kendrick's whole program is the real victory here. AVAA.
@@td4079 NO THEY ARE NOT BRO🤣THE BRONX IS UNIFIED ON WHO CREATED THIS🗽ITS OUT OF TOWNERS WHO DONT PAY HOMAGE TO THE BIRTHPLACE THAT CAN'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND 💯
This feels similar to when rock shifted at the start of the nineties, where a decade of vapid hair metal was pushed out of the charts by the rise of the underground rock/metal/punk scenes.
Anyone who paid attention to 2Pac, knows how powerful rap music can be. Hell, Hip Hop influenced more genres of culture than they could have ever sampled from 🏋🏼♀
I feel like Hit Em Up by Pac and The World is Yours/NY State of Mind/Lifes A Bitch by Nas are important rap songs in that they’re benchmarks for the genre, they may not be accepted institutionally but they showed a new side of hip hop on a more commercial level plus without those songs the genre wouldn’t look the same as it does today
love ur vids ! dont stress about sounding silly with "their very presence" etc. best way for You to talk is with Your words, and "their presence alone" is no different. u really know ur stuff, second guessing urself only jumbles that info
It’s up there. We won’t know for 20 years if it’s the best ever. To much nostalgic songs with all the legends of yester year. Dr Dre snoop etc.. had mainstream hit songs at points in time
I’m not sure I agree that the all denim look was bc of Jay Leno. However, if my memory serves me correct, Jay does own the most pristine Buick GNX in the country with maybe only 200 miles on it. So your theory does have credence and is an interesting thought point. An homage to the top GNX owner is a possibility considering K Dot’s prolific use of imagery that is frequently multi-layered.
I also love that Kendrick dedicated the song of the year win to Whitney. It prompted some of my friends to ask about her, and I was able to provide them some context that they were lacking. AVAA Prof!
I think ‘the culture’s definition needs to be taken from 2pac’s perspective that represents the underclass which includes all races. We can’t push and pull the goal post, the fact Prof. Skye gets it, loves it, understands it, deep dives it and researches meaning, you cannot be more of the culture. ❤
FUN FACT: Heinz Mustard made a commercial with the Kendrick Lamar’s TV Off with MUSTARD.
It was Fiya!!!!
It's the video that led me here 😂
Professor got a mustard bottle in the back lol
👀👀😁@@hoodcounselor
Mustard on the beat
I leave tomorrow for New Orleans. I’m looking forward to the half time show. I understand that a football game is scheduled as well 🤣
This whole time I thought they had created a sport around Kendrick’s artistry 😅
^.^ Well played ^.^
Lol, that's the right perspective, the football game is a side note!
See you when you get here. Laissez bon temps rule! Halftime will be EVERYTHING!
I hope you have a blast! I'm so jealous! Lol
Wearing a Canadian tux (all jean outfit) while sweeping at the grammy is bananas 🍌 🍌 😂
: BRUH
It just keeps getting worse for bro 😂
That’s the whole farm
You can't tell me that guy is not a sycophant and he has a way of having everyone figuring out the meaning of everything he does lmao 🤣 I like it
@@genohill9453 Everything he does seems to have a deeper meaning
its so refreshing to have someone from outside the culture with so much authority in their own world to come over and approach with a sense of respect and admiration but understanding instead of pretending please never stop you are very much appreciated and valued in this house and will continue to be
Kendrick is just a product of the genocidal democrat machine. You are outing yourself as a smooth brain who lacks the worldliness to appreciate an international poet like Drake. Drake said Free Palestine. Drake is appreciated the world over. kendrick is just a mascot for a certain brand of reddit theater kid fascism.
I agree, love the approach, perspective and embrace
Big facts
Exactly 🎯💯
Definitely love seeing professor skye being able to correctly give dialog on us while being respectful of our cultural differences.
The mustard in the background, the certified Professor Skye's Vulture Malone rant, the deep and unique analysis on the culture... This is cinema!!! hahaha #AVAA
"I glaze art, not the person." Love it
I'd add In Da Club to that seismic shifter list. It made almost literal waves worldwide and ushered in the '50 era' after Ja's prolific commercial run. Paired with the release of Get Rich or Die Trying I think it's the closest thing we've seen to the run Kendrick is currently on, en route to The Superbowl and off the back of this Dyson-grade vacuuming he just pulled off at the Grammy's.
good point.
It did achieve accolades but it did 0 to further social equity. NLU does that, did that and everyone understood, not just twerks. Some things are not in the same categories, 2 things can coexist 😊.
@@kraykray5574how? What you’re saying is stupid. Plus, equity isn’t a good thing, equality of opportunity is.
@@xaviercopeland2789 surely, you can pull out your emotional tampon and articulate yourself? Just because you feel a way about 2 things doesn’t mean they are the same.
i KNEW he was missing something thanks bruh
What was significant to me is that the Grammys played it WITH THE LYRICS. We been hearing only the beat and chorus on many other networks/media. Even though we've seen it be accepted since it came out, playing it with the lyrics at an event of this magnitude and seeing all the celebs in one place dancing and singing to it just fully cemented it
And out of all 3 minutes, they chose that specific snippet? WILD
how long till drake will quit music and become another andrew tate or some other type of grifter. next trump? who knows anymore
@@x_x_6__ He is streaming for Stake on kick, if anything he is probably going to pivot to streaming and investing on gambling. (by that i don't mean just gamble on stream, but putting money on the casino)
Seems like the whole industry is sick of Drake and I'm here for it
What about the decades of Diddy bad behavior . Not a peep from him.
@@AnnoyedPitbull-un3hccause diddy most definitely had some sort of protection, this guy was literally sending hits out on people
Free Palestine
@@AnnoyedPitbull-un3hcthat why they got rid of the new diddy before it became a monster 😂😂😂
That is a stretch! You can say that about Jay-Z too. He likes young girls too. Do not excuse him. He was in a close relationship with Diddy.
In a world where our politicians are not taking accountability and are not even hiding their corruption,greed and the way they look at us as the "common people", not like us is a call for us to propegate morales and it definetly changed the rap game and culture.
This pretentious circle jerk is getting annoying. Kendrick made a mid-bop and people are trying to read brilliance into it once again. I can name 5 songs by Kendrick that lyrically are better.
And it's hard to see it as justice when we don't even know if it's true. They're accusations at the most. The song is pretty much slander over a fire beat and flow. Which is cool; it was a rap battle, but outside of the drama lyrically and message-wise it was meh.
@@joungyalen25why didn't you name them. Are they all drake, Ak.
@heliumpai7627 great argument lol
@heliumpai7627 Name 5 Kendrick songs and I promise you they will be better lyrically. Aren't you a fan?
Absolutely agree we can all strive to do better, well not all 😅 some are lost to oblivion as you can read from their comments ☝️😅
12345 + 5
Five diss tracks + five Grammys
“How many socks do I really got in stock?” ~ Boogeyman
*Aye*
I imagine he has a lot of socks
@@AspirinxNah he only has the one pair
Damn only got 5 pairs of socks?
We gotta get that man some more socks 😂
Someone also said 5 Grammy's for each Wop.
NLU got me back into hip-hop. I was raised on hip-hop in LA, but it got so boring & Drakey, metal's been my home. Thx Kenny for the reset!
Likewise, I got stuck between Jazz, Metal and Electro, and I love that people have something to say again.
Eu penso que não é só uma questão de dominação do Drake no hip hop, a forma como o trap dominou o gênero na sua exploração comercial é absolutamente horrível. São umas 500 músicas por dia onde o cara fica murmurando e tá carregado de autotune você não entende uma palavra, eu pareço o pai do Homer Simpson quando ouço essas músicas eu não entendo nada e ainda me deixa com raiva. E eu nem sou velha. E essas músicas dominam todas as paradas, todas as playlists, são fáceis de produzir, ninguém diz nada com nada. É a obliteração da arte e transformação em manufatura.
Kendrick made me love and listen to rap music again. He literally helped bring the respect back to the artforn. Kendrick is an amazing leader. I am grateful that I am alive to experience this whole battle.👏🏿 ❤❤
I wholeheartedly agree!!
He did the same for me ♥️♥️♥️
I think 2 Live Crew going to the Supreme Court and winning was the most important case for artistis expression in the last 75 years.
True
This is definitely up there!
Yeah that was a critical win for ALL artists
😢😢😢😢😢
oh damn we're in school, yk it's serious
damn right😅
😂
man. when prof confidently said kendrick has another album coming this year... NOW i believe it. people been talking about the two cars in the teaser, new track in the teaser whatever.. but now i do believe it. avaa
There's absolutely a before and after to Not Like Us for me personally. I hadn't listened to rap/hip-hop since about 2002, because i just lost interest and went exploring other music. Kendrick completely changed the game for me and I began to reconnect with the genre. Honestly im glad i missed Drake's past 15 years of supposed hegemony over of the genre
same!!
Same here
You missed out on possibly the best decade of hip hop
@@imunchonrawfox4354 sure man
@@smoot9069 this sarcasm?
8:12 skye…… there’s a reason the culture listens to your opinions. You can call yourself a rap scholar
Word!!!
@ low key this guy represents the best side of being educated. It just gives a bigger context of knowledge to appreciate something even more. He’s not an ass or condescending. He has a sharp wit when something makes him mad. It’s chill. All that educationcan help with taking things for granted because he knows how rare this kind of stuff is. I think that’s why I like watching skye. He’s educated enough and wise enough to know when it’s time to live in the moment and that whats happening now isn’t random
@@christiancase872 Yes, this is true. He is a treasure.
Avaa, I would also include Lauryn Hill and outkast as having met the criteria for all quadrants. Outkast was the last hip hop act to win for AOTY over 20 yrs ago. Also thanks for always keeping your foot on the neck of post Malone!
Agreed. I love Doechii, but had this shift not happened, the Fart girl wouldve been up there
Lol I had to think for a second who you were referencing with "Fart Girl"
Let's call it a repressed memory 😂😂
Lmao yes
Fart girls come and go every year. Greats like Doechii get big every so often.
@@yungrichnbroke5199what a quote
My god I think OP is right
AVAA Im starting to think Prof Skye hates the way that Post Malone Walks
Does he also hate the way that Post Malone talks? 🤔
@@TheRonnieaj I’m beginning to think he might even hate the way Post Malone dresses. 😱
I still think Skye is misguided about post malone because the country and pop influence have been there since the beginning ,although i don't like what post malone had to say about rap music at large.
AVAA The most eye opening representation of the power of hip hop was the song of the year category which is about honoring songwriters. All of the other hits had a minimum of three writers (Taylor Swift) and up to about 7 writers listed for each song. And then Not Like Us pops up and it says “Songwriter: Kendrick Lamar”
Everything clicked in that moment.
Kendrick has absolutely saved the soul of hip hop with what he accomplished through this beef, and obviously Not Like Us being the most impactful song of the beef. But importantly, it was no accident. He never started this just because he doesn't like Drake. He's been waiting and plotting for God knows how long; I'd say as far back as GKMC to root out the weeds killing the artform - and Drake just happened to be the head of the snake. For that alone - the fact that he planned this line of attack with the intention of "fighting to the death" to save the soul hip hop (and it seems to have worked!}- it is most certainly one of, if not, the most important rap song of all time! That man really does deserve it all. (and thanks Professor Skye for all of your amazing and passionate analysis of the music and it's meaning)
Kendrick is just a product of the genocidal democrat machine. You are outing yourself as a smooth brain who lacks the worldliness to appreciate an international poet like Drake. Drake is appreciated the world over. kendrick is just a mascot for a certain brand of reddit theater kid fascism. Literally built up by industry execs who want to go after Drake for saying Frere Palestine.
Praying that this video ages well and we keep getting better music and these incredible artists receive their flowers 🙏🏽 also loved the Post Malone hate at the end, keep it up professor!
AVAA, I appreciate how some of my favorite creators have straight up archnemesis you with Post Malone, Justin Hunte and Top5 and F.D. with the Drakester
i mean you could put superman by soulja boy on that list as it was the first viral internet rap song and it brought in the craze of dances with raps.
totally agree!
Good call
However, it didn’t shift the culture~which is the greater point being made here.
@@progressiveGal73 It did shift the culture by showing people that rappers could blow up off the internet and exclusively the internet
It definitely changed the rap game at the time, ringtone rap, trying to go viral, making mediocre but catchy tunes but I do agree that its lasting cultural impact was not that great v much comparable to MC Hammer
❤ your wife laughing in the background at the thought of you almost dropping the baby 😂😂😂😂 A Minooooooooor!
yeah I heard that too.
the mustaaaaaaaard stuffy is a nice touch
Solja boy - Crank that. Can arguably be added to that list of shifting hip hop culture and impact
"The goddamned *TIME KEEPER"* is crazy! 😂😂😂
Nissan Altima is insane. I can't stop with that song. I've got ABNH, GNX, Sza and DTMF On a mixed repeat because music has been blessing the past few months and I was to remember this feeling forever. I don't think I've been obsessed about so many albums at once since I was a teenager.
I got your back Professor, i stay in the comments slaying ovho drakes. We cant let up on em.
I had no idea Rapsody won a Grammy!! That's Amazing!!! (but passed due)
I've always been into various forms of rock, but following the Drake beef was so much fun that I've continued listening to more and more hip hop for the first time in my life 😅💖 now "this ain't what you want" by Coyote was my most listened to song last month. Not Like Us kinda changed my life
C.R.E.A.M. should definitely be in the discussion for Most Important Rap Song.
good point
You are a scholar sir. Your perspective is very valid and it resonates with the culture. We see you bro and you are culture.
Kendrick opened his mouth and a broom 🧹 came out now! 😂
Bars 🎉
Hey now say now😂
I enjoy your channel and your awareness of so many aspects of our culture. The respect you give is obvious. Thank you, Professor!
Not Like Us made me fall back in love with ALL music again. For a long time I liked what I liked (Travis Scott, Carti, older Kendrick, y2k hiphop) and wasn’t looking at new sounds or artists. Now I’m listening to full albums giving everything a chance because it showed me I can enjoy new music.
Almost everybody drake mentioned in his disses has been bopping to not like us publicly. As kendrick said in 6:16 he must be a terrible person
But none of them ever mentionned or said nothing wrong about Diddy. So what does it mean?
@Meduse-jx5vx what does diddy have to do with drake? Drake told kendrick to rap about how he likes young girls and turned it into a masterclass ass whooping. Diddy was doing forced freak offs beating women n god knows who else
@@Letitbe91 In your example you say that everybody dancing makes Drake a bad person. So, i'm asking from all those people behavior, are they worthy to define what is a good or a bad person?
@Meduse-jx5vx I'm saying it was a certified banger lol that's it that's all. No one should look to Hollywood or celebrities as the pinnacle of morality drake or kendrick if we're talking in the grand scheme of things
@@Meduse-jx5vxbruh you wanna defend drake so bad smh
5 songs 5 grammys 5 events namely Video, Popout, Album, Grammy event itself and the Superbowl. So in total 15. AVAAA
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆Genius!
Interesting points! I honestly feel like I agree implicitly, but combining cultural relevance with institutional acceptance (and the other two, but specifically combining those two criteria) is something I know I need to sit with - its a way I havent thought of before, but I see the true value there, even if we often naturally tend to devalue the concept of institutional acceptance (and especially for hip hop).
K Dot: "Yeah I diiiiid thaaat" 🎉
And he TRULY did!
Great video, and as always, great insights!
Kendrick is just a product of the genocidal democrat machine. You are outing yourself as a smooth brain who lacks the worldliness to appreciate an international poet like Drake. Drake said Free Palestine. Drake is appreciated the world over. kendrick is just a mascot for a certain brand of reddit theater kid fascism.
I don’t see Drake responding to another sneak diss from anyone for the next 15 years.
21:33 _"At this point we have to wonder if Drake is Kendrick's hype man"_ 😂 It's funny cos it's true.
This whole thing happened summer last year and we're *still* experiencing rippling effect's *now.*
So many steps drake has taken since has kept this song, and it's message of culture, relevant
I think dear mama qualifies. avaa, Skye. Loved it.
I think you’re right. “Dear Mama”, “In Da Club” and “crank that” were my biggest omissions.
AVAA hearing who i assume to be the dr & ms laughing at 16:30 made my day.
Or a student if this is at work 😂
AVAA, i think lollipop by lil wayne should be on that list of most important rap songs. When talking about the origins of autotune in rap people always go to t-pain or kanye's 808's and heartbreaks but really lil wayne did it 2 years earlier, and the way he was using the autotune is way more similar to how it ended up sounding like from the 2010s onward than it is to t-pain or kanye. The song had huge commercial success and was omnipresent in the zeitgeist of 2006, to the point that even though i was 4 years old living in france and didn't know a word of english, i was very aware of the song's popularity. The song was also at the forefront of ringtone rap one full year before its peak, so it managed to be simultaniously extremely ahead of its time and extremely current. The only thing you could say it lacks is artistic value, but that's a bit more subjective in my opinion.
i agree with most of your picks but you will agree it's extremely suspicious that the gap in your list corresponds exactly to where you suffered late twenties music death, as you admitted many times on this channel. I chose to talk about lollipop but a lot of songs from that period could qualify in my opinion
AVAA, absolutely loved this break down! I would argue that Kendrick has already had one of those defining songs with Alright.
Also the "it's not enough" repetition made me happy 😁
Love your videos as always. This discussion lead me thinking about other huge songs and the only one I can think of that might be considered on Not Like Us’s level at its peak was Thriller. During its peak it was played twice every hour on MTV, and for a 15 minute song that meant that 50% of MTV’s air time was just thriller. It was big and it shifted things, Michael Jackson was the person who was able to bridge black artists into MTV.
I love your channel man. I love your honesty and commentaries!
For me, this song represents the voices that have been oppressed for far too long...calling out those that are enriched by evil, abusive, entitled AF power structures in the most cut throat, insanely witty, cutting edge, exquisite ways. And for the millions who have witnessed and lived in this oppression - they feel this shit in their bones like a CELEBRATION. And we LOVE KENDRICK for making it happen!!!!!!
When I was in the tech industry, I attended a fireside chat with Hammer and a VC founder. MC Hammer was a foundational force in early tech. Who the hell knew??
I didn’t know this
AVAA, I was so pleasantly surprised by the Grammy's and even though the academy generally sucks giving Kendrick his well deserved props for Not Like Us was pretty chill
14:08 Lil Nas X cultural impact might be more significant than we think. He showed up in country spaces and got kicked out. I feel like that was the impetus, preceding Beyonce's treatment on the CMAs, that lead to country being turned back to its black roots.
True!!!
What a special time to be witnessing. Was just thinking last night how big of a step it seemed the Grammy’s took this year! All the performances were great, and I thought they made a lot of solid picks! Avaa
NLU isn't just a song, it's a symbol for an entire philosophy: standing up for what's right, calling out what's wrong, and doing so as a community brought together around morals. The institutional acceptance of Kendrick's whole program is the real victory here. AVAA.
And yet Kendrick shouts out Dre and Jay Z in his acceptance speech. Something feels off about all this and I'm the biggedt Kendrick stan
Fantastic job Professor.
Hell yeah I love that fire that Kendrick brings and he backs it up with quality art and shouting out his influences.
I would say as a black man that James Brown created the first rap song I'm Black and I'm Proud he was rapping and he didn't even know he was
Puerto Ricans are saying they actually created rap, but blacks took it. 🤨
HIM AND GIL SCOTT HERON ARE THE GODFATHER'S OF THIS SHIT
@@td4079 NO THEY ARE NOT BRO🤣THE BRONX IS UNIFIED ON WHO CREATED THIS🗽ITS OUT OF TOWNERS WHO DONT PAY HOMAGE TO THE BIRTHPLACE THAT CAN'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND 💯
I believe “Alright” should be added to the list of seismic songs.
AAVA prof , always refreshing knowing someone outside the culture respects and sees the greatness happening rn
Your perspective is🔥🔥🔥 and gas!
I appreciate your analysis and perspective keep up the vids 🔥
This feels similar to when rock shifted at the start of the nineties, where a decade of vapid hair metal was pushed out of the charts by the rise of the underground rock/metal/punk scenes.
Hammer absolutely shifted the culture.
Absolutely!
Excellent analysis as usual professor Skye. Much love from Oslo! ❤️
Anyone who paid attention to 2Pac, knows how powerful rap music can be. Hell, Hip Hop influenced more genres of culture than they could have ever sampled from 🏋🏼♀
Like your commentary keep it up peace ✌️ 😊
AVAA
Bone Thugs n Harmony “Crossroads” is in the running, I think
Professor Skye Cooked!! Luv his passion for Rap
Taylor Malone - Great slip up
“I glaze art, not the person.” 💯💯🔥🔥🔥
love the mustard plushie and the malone hate 🔥🔥🔥 keep it up sir professor
Thank you for your support! Really appreciate it. The mustard plushie was a Christmas gift to myself. 😄
I was so happy with all of his wins Grammy night, I kept leaping up and hollering every time. This is a good time for rap. AVAA!
7:14 that's definitely a GNX reference
AVAA. We love you Prof! Incredible analysis and well considered when it needed it to be. Thank you for shining your artistic analysis angle.
As an adult Black person, I approve of this message cause it's what the culture is feeling!
Yes Kendrick Lamar Not Like Us song is a major cultural shift in the music industry 😊 I really appreciate your take on this subject
I feel like Hit Em Up by Pac and The World is Yours/NY State of Mind/Lifes A Bitch by Nas are important rap songs in that they’re benchmarks for the genre, they may not be accepted institutionally but they showed a new side of hip hop on a more commercial level plus without those songs the genre wouldn’t look the same as it does today
Don’t disagree with this take at all.
7:19 It’s not enough! It’s not enough! Prof Skye is definitely part of the culture, I’ve seen too much proof
love ur vids ! dont stress about sounding silly with "their very presence" etc. best way for You to talk is with Your words, and "their presence alone" is no different. u really know ur stuff, second guessing urself only jumbles that info
Great assessment as usual, Prof.❤❤❤
It’s up there. We won’t know for 20 years if it’s the best ever. To much nostalgic songs with all the legends of yester year. Dr Dre snoop etc.. had mainstream hit songs at points in time
I think you hit the nail on the head professor.
Absolutely 💯
Not like us is the stars aligning in the form of a diss song
WHERE IS CRANK THAT!!!! Soulja boy changed the way the music industry looking at hip hop!!!
I plead ignorance. You are right.
@@professorskyeyou should plead ignorance over all of rap music
Prof Syke I’ll agree with you 99% on the most important songs in Hip-Hop, but I would also add 50 Cent’s In Da Club on that list as well.
Why?
@@davidday2373 all 4 points he discussed would fit the criteria for that song as well
@gullydeluxe maybe the last 2... don't know about the other 2. IDC was simply a party tune, it doesn't have a bigger meaning behind it
they even left in "Say Drake, I hear you like em' young"
I’m not sure I agree that the all denim look was bc of Jay Leno. However, if my memory serves me correct, Jay does own the most pristine Buick GNX in the country with maybe only 200 miles on it. So your theory does have credence and is an interesting thought point. An homage to the top GNX owner is a possibility considering K Dot’s prolific use of imagery that is frequently multi-layered.
I also love that Kendrick dedicated the song of the year win to Whitney. It prompted some of my friends to ask about her, and I was able to provide them some context that they were lacking. AVAA Prof!
My way of leaving ANOTHER 👍👍
I like you brother keep up the good work
IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT!
Just smashed that like button and subscribed, don’t worry about your de-monetization prof.
Great great great work on this analysis, you’re amazing.
Anybody peep the mustard in the background 😂😂
It’s the mustard cookie jar on the shelf behind you for me! Great commentary.
thanks prof!
feel like DMX embodies that 4 tier list.
I think ‘the culture’s definition needs to be taken from 2pac’s perspective that represents the underclass which includes all races. We can’t push and pull the goal post, the fact Prof. Skye gets it, loves it, understands it, deep dives it and researches meaning, you cannot be more of the culture. ❤
it’s put em on the glass for me prof AVAA