With that GNX car posted on his burner account in March, that means he would’ve had to have planned out the beef, preview the victory lap song in Not Like Us which is preparing the world for ‘West Coast Kendrick’, the pop out promo was on the license plate of a GNX, the actual pop out had strong west coast ties on top of that. Scary dedication and planning.
Kendrick Lamar's project "GNX" feels like his own version of *Killuminati: The 7-Day Theory*, a modern-day homage to Tupac's raw and unfiltered love letter to the streets of hip-hop. Pac’s original was a declaration, a farewell drenched in vulnerability and defiance-a piece of his soul poured out before he was poised to ascend to even greater heights as an artist. Similarly, Kendrick’s work reverberates like a deeply personal message, etched in the DNA of West Coast hip-hop. It’s more than an album; it’s a canvas of gritty stories and heartfelt truths, woven with the spirit of Compton’s streets. The beats echo with the weight of history, every lyric sharpened by the struggle and resilience of his community. You can feel the smoke of the block, the sun setting over Los Angeles, and the weight of generational pain and pride in his cadence. This is Kendrick standing at the crossroads of legacy and innovation, pouring out his soul not just as a tribute to what came before, but as a promise to carry the torch forward. Like Pac, he’s not just writing bars-he’s writing love letters to the streets, cementing his place in the lineage of West Coast greats.
this is such a w album, i feel like people forget that hip-hop isn't just upbeat but also rappers telling us powerful stories through music. w video. 🔥
This is the first video I’ve seen where they’ve mentioned the fact that the heart series has never been on a project and always a precursor so I’m glad someone else caught that
it also represents how kendrick was slept on kinda. the c4 corvette was more acclaimed than the gnx upon release, but now we see the gnx sells for more and was found to have way better performance
I love how Kendrick chose not to put his Number 1 song of the year for sure atleast the summer anthem on this album as a surprise album at that you would think he would’ve atleast had that as the lead single But for all the Kendrick haters He just showed y’all he doesn’t need drake go go #1
No one is talking bout how the snippet has two cars in it and the snippet cuts off. The deluxe is coming. This rollout is scary he coming out of nowhere like the buggy man
KDot always wins and is always calculating. I feel like this is preview of what's to come. After Cole and Aubrey drop Kendrick will drop the main event
That pick a side, line on Wacced out Murals could be aimed at both 50 and the Game etc. as they stayed neutral yet clearly leaning toward's Drake which is kinda ironic knowing Game and 50's history with each other
what i hate is that people say this is kendricks worst album. its the first album he's made without a story, its literally just a bunch of bops on an album similar to what drake puts out. they say its bad because hes having fun & not making a 44 minute album of anger or any emotion. hes having fun and making music that is personally some of the best sounding hes put out
1:25 I appreciate you admitting that you are unemployed and not acting as though being a TH-camr is equivalent to having a real job like most ppl ...salute
I appreciate the video, but there was really no need to put Tyler and Kendrick against each other. Both of their albums are totally different, and they are both good for different reasons!!
It's production will def go down as a staple in modern G-Funk West-Coast Rap Music, it's ratchet, gritty and has a 90s old-school "insert the cassette and ride to it" energy to this. Good old west coast hip-hop, Chronic, All Eyez on Me, Doggystyle, Makaveli type shit.
The album is great and all but saying that him doing absolutely nothing other than releasing 2 snippets, only 1 of a song on the album and then dropping with no announcement was a good rollout, let alone a rollout at all is top tier glaze. that's not a good rollout. Once again the album is phenomenal but Tyler brought hype to his, didn't bs, didn't waste time, and delivered while Kendrick literally just dropped unannounced. There was no hype over a rollout because nobody knew it was happening
Love the album, Reincarnated gave me such 2pac vibes, especially the bass flow. I’ve needed that for so long. My lady said he sounded like Eminem when he screams his lyrics on the track, I told her that’s just Em doing his best 2pac lol
The GNX os my gramma's favorite car ever and by extension it is a very beautiful and important vehicle for me as well. This whole year has been insane for Kendrick. As a listener and a fan of both Dot and the car, this album was such a perfect conclusion to the year for me
I think the thing about this album is that...its just good. Like objectively it is a really good album, like damn near every song is an absolute banger and its so easy to listen to. It feels like he understands what people needed after this year.
This project is him getting his thoughts out about how his year played out. He ain't about to use an official album to address no beef. The beef was a detour I think
Wayne was def whining online, I wouldn't say that's a temper tantrum. Man was in his feelings, but I don't think its a diss just an observation. Kendricks saying "Damn I followed Waynes work ethic to get this opportunity and He can't even congratulate me"
this is defo peak but idk if id say it is above tyler's album rollout at all. I do prefer tyler and have a lo of bias but I also have more songs of kenny on my playlist and know all of em by heart no part 6 I just dont know if I can replay all of the songs on kenny's album compared to Tyler. we will have to wait and see how time treats these 2 classics that have been given to us by our kings
Reincarnated reminds me of Eminems Guilty Conscience too. Kendrick has spoken before about Eminems influence on his music. Great album that will only get better with more listens
bro do u reckon u put enough ads in the space of this video? i reckon you should jam more adverts in bro, not having enough adverts really sours up the decent analysis
Not gonna lie, I might love chromakopia a bit more. Not saying I don't love or enjoy gnx but I really enjoy chroma but I gotta dive deep into gnx and break it down. But again it's not a bad album. And a lot will say it doesn't have much bangers but not everything has to.
Well, the cool thing about the whole Super Bowl situation is Kendrick can have a guest a performer or more for his performance and could easily ask Lil Wayne to perform with him. But I don’t know if he would accept at this point. I hope that’s what happens though.
KDOT said “ol boy” referencing Drake and how he tried to pay people in his city for dirt on him. When he talks about the people cackling and on trial, he could be talking about the diddy trial and that as people laughed at diddy’s predicament that many in the industry are on trial too from their actions.
Bro how is not saying anything and just dropping the album an "amazing rollout" or in any way better than Tyler's lmfao yall glaze wayyyy too hard and that's as a huge Kendrick fan. Give Tyler some respect
What do you mean it's unclear were cole and dot stand, i feel you rushed to post instead of taking your time digesting this album because you believed there weren't layers to it to the point you missed even directed shots, the line f apologies I want to see you geeked up is a direct jab he also said f anybody sympathetic to the other side cole said drake is his nigga if that doesn't clear up were they stand i don't know what does
12:09 yes he got that from Vince Staples he doesn't mention the name of his features on nun of his tracks and he has a song with both Kendrick and future
This timestamp also includes a mistake. "N***as cacklin about _____, but all of y'all is on trial." That wasn't an "it," that was a space where a certain rapper's name is supposed to be. One who is on trial. For a LOT of heinous stuff... He's saying they shouldn't be laughing
Call me crazy but reincarnated was the best song for me the raw emotions he had going through life through out the history and the way he rapped plus the beat gives me chills and the beat reminds me of biggie
I’ve been thinking a lot about 50 and, to someone like Curtis Jackson, who can put a price on anything, it must really sting to meet a man who achieved what you did, while remaining a good dude
The gnx is one of the hardest cars to find, it was gm’s best kept secret, faster then the corvette but they will never admit it, they lied about the hp to not ruin corvette sales, truly a underdog . Basically a 1987 demon.
Kendrick Lamar always grows on me good kid maad City I love from the start all this other ones I had to give it a second and third listen this one's no different but each time I listen it gets better and better
He doesn't say "I watched the party just die, people are cackling about -it-" there's no it, there's just a pause again. Probably cause he said "I watched the party just die, people are cackling about Diddy, while all of you are on trial" Diddy did parties, then when all that stuff happened everybody was clowning on him (no Diddy, baby oil, etc.), and a bunch of people who were going to those parties are being scrutinized by the public. It fits too perfectly, there's no way that line wasn't about Diddy.
With that GNX car posted on his burner account in March, that means he would’ve had to have planned out the beef, preview the victory lap song in Not Like Us which is preparing the world for ‘West Coast Kendrick’, the pop out promo was on the license plate of a GNX, the actual pop out had strong west coast ties on top of that. Scary dedication and planning.
I guess you could say Kendrick was... Overly Dedicated. 😂
The Art of War Sun Tzu.. 😂😂 Kendrick has probably read all 6 books.. 😅
Rocnation is behind it all
As he said in GNX, "I'm prophetic"
As he said in GNX, "I'm prophetic"
Kendrick Lamar's project "GNX" feels like his own version of *Killuminati: The 7-Day Theory*, a modern-day homage to Tupac's raw and unfiltered love letter to the streets of hip-hop. Pac’s original was a declaration, a farewell drenched in vulnerability and defiance-a piece of his soul poured out before he was poised to ascend to even greater heights as an artist. Similarly, Kendrick’s work reverberates like a deeply personal message, etched in the DNA of West Coast hip-hop.
It’s more than an album; it’s a canvas of gritty stories and heartfelt truths, woven with the spirit of Compton’s streets. The beats echo with the weight of history, every lyric sharpened by the struggle and resilience of his community. You can feel the smoke of the block, the sun setting over Los Angeles, and the weight of generational pain and pride in his cadence.
This is Kendrick standing at the crossroads of legacy and innovation, pouring out his soul not just as a tribute to what came before, but as a promise to carry the torch forward. Like Pac, he’s not just writing bars-he’s writing love letters to the streets, cementing his place in the lineage of West Coast greats.
oh my god shut the fuck up its music just listen
Big Facts, this is a dedication album for Pac and Nipsey as well. He about to drop a deluxe or a Part 2 of GNX
Feel that shit
this is such a w album, i feel like people forget that hip-hop isn't just upbeat but also rappers telling us powerful stories through music. w video. 🔥
Returning to form
Exactly it’s true essence. They just want “bars” without substance.
A lot of it was upbeat though people just want to hate it
@@AbiyahBanYasharahlaidk what you mean by returning to form. The first ever hip hop songs were all upbeat. Storytelling is older than hip hop though
The fact that taylor swift sounds like sza to you is kinda crazy to me
I was a lil unsure when I first heard it but once it played out I was like nah this is sza
It’s fkn diabolical 😮.
wait... Are you for real?
are people not capable of expressing things without the words wild crazy or insane? limited ass vocabulary mfs
Lmao hell nah.
I must have listened to it 5 times already, i've lost count. No skips for me 🔥
Same
MUSTARDDDD🗣🔥
That’s gonna go off at the superbowl with a live band
This is the first video I’ve seen where they’ve mentioned the fact that the heart series has never been on a project and always a precursor so I’m glad someone else caught that
it’s also only titled heart and not the heart
Btw the GNX is the car that drove Kendrick home after being born. It symbolises rarity and uniqueness among other things.
Oh dang 😯
Proof?
the car was also only made in the black color way
@@TwigGeneticsits not a fucking shoe
it also represents how kendrick was slept on kinda. the c4 corvette was more acclaimed than the gnx upon release, but now we see the gnx sells for more and was found to have way better performance
Tf you mean this was the best rollout, THERE WAS NO ROLLOUT
It was . The drake beef was the beginning of the rollout .
It’s literally a long spaced out rollout …
There was a rollout, we just didn't know it was a rollout. Just like Tyler, he was setting up Chromakopia months before I was even announced
At first I shared the same sentiment, but it actually was a rollout. He previewed Squabble Up at the beginning of the Not Like Us album.
It’s literally not a rollout if an album wasn’t announced
I think a lot of folks are forgetting his work on the black panther album. There we're so😢 many international tones. Love it
I love how Kendrick chose not to put his Number 1 song of the year for sure atleast the summer anthem on this album as a surprise album at that you would think he would’ve atleast had that as the lead single But for all the Kendrick haters He just showed y’all he doesn’t need drake go go #1
Correction, he’s not talking to a priest. He’s talking to God.
I was looking for this comment.
No one is talking bout how the snippet has two cars in it and the snippet cuts off. The deluxe is coming. This rollout is scary he coming out of nowhere like the buggy man
Interesting, I thought it could of meant his zodiac sign Gemini.
Boogie man?
He even says it in Squabble Up(or one of the other songs) "double back like it's a deluxe"
KDot always wins and is always calculating. I feel like this is preview of what's to come. After Cole and Aubrey drop Kendrick will drop the main event
Talking about working overtime... yeah, KDot will have you doing that. We're ready!!!!!!!!!
Masterpiece to say the least. His message has been received.
The 🐐has spoken 🔥🔥🔥
That pick a side, line on Wacced out Murals could be aimed at both 50 and the Game etc. as they stayed neutral yet clearly leaning toward's Drake which is kinda ironic knowing Game and 50's history with each other
I was looking at 50 weird asf for his twitter behaviour
@@yng514he was spiraling almost as bad as Drake lol
I think I was to jcole port Antonio and he shitted on jcole alubum drop on the same day
@@hubertdixon6107 Scary, crazy, spooky, hilarious 😅
@@hubertdixon6107 damn thats sad im a fan of both and i had no clue cole had dropped until I read this comment 😂
as a 31 year old i will never watch a live reaction but i will watch all of your breakdowns
it kinda feels like untitled unmastered and i love that album...im really really enjoying this one!!!
1:28 the block is always hiring brother 😂
what i hate is that people say this is kendricks worst album. its the first album he's made without a story, its literally just a bunch of bops on an album similar to what drake puts out. they say its bad because hes having fun & not making a 44 minute album of anger or any emotion. hes having fun and making music that is personally some of the best sounding hes put out
Yup Kenny smashed it. And btw the Friday was not the random. It was 11.22. He is playing with numbers again!
Headshots for a year.
Jfk sniper headshot
it’s jfk assassination anniversary
its biblical numbers
😂 I see I’m not the only one who s33s
it was also mbdtf’s 14th anniversary.
1:25 I appreciate you admitting that you are unemployed and not acting as though being a TH-camr is equivalent to having a real job like most ppl ...salute
Sometimes it’s what u know not what u do
I appreciate the video, but there was really no need to put Tyler and Kendrick against each other. Both of their albums are totally different, and they are both good for different reasons!!
Everybody is catching a stray on this album
Except Nas 😂
He's hurt and grown.. Kendrick has a story. It flows through each track and album.
It's production will def go down as a staple in modern G-Funk West-Coast Rap Music, it's ratchet, gritty and has a 90s old-school "insert the cassette and ride to it" energy to this. Good old west coast hip-hop, Chronic, All Eyez on Me, Doggystyle, Makaveli type shit.
Deluxe coming Feb 7. Mark my words
Kendrick is everything Lupe was supposed to be. Where Lupe failed was his beats.
Thank you for this Video!
this a really awesome 1 day breakdown, i got some really good insights from the pure intentions of each song and the full perspectives in each song!
He also listened to his fans because this is the most music he’s ever dropped in one year he has like 12 singles
Just got a Buick the other day . Perfect timing to bump this record
The "GNX" in Buick GNX is an abbreviation of Grand National Experimental, not Grand National Excellence.
I was kinda thinking this album is themed as a playlist of songs/artists he would have been listening to as a kid riding in the GNX
The album is great and all but saying that him doing absolutely nothing other than releasing 2 snippets, only 1 of a song on the album and then dropping with no announcement was a good rollout, let alone a rollout at all is top tier glaze. that's not a good rollout. Once again the album is phenomenal but Tyler brought hype to his, didn't bs, didn't waste time, and delivered while Kendrick literally just dropped unannounced. There was no hype over a rollout because nobody knew it was happening
I think the numbers speak for themselves dog. You dont need a hype train to rollout good music
I almost clicked off this video when you said Taylor swift sounded like SZA wow! #notlikeus 🤣😭
Cali for the win…🫡🔥😮💨💪🏾
I love this album. He speaks thru his music. I believe it's a mixtape. 🔥 ❤❤
Listened to this album 5 times yesterday & each time 🔥🔥🔥
The X in gnx stands for experimental.
Feels like this is the rollout. He had 2 cars in the snippet.
Love the album, Reincarnated gave me such 2pac vibes, especially the bass flow.
I’ve needed that for so long.
My lady said he sounded like Eminem when he screams his lyrics on the track, I told her that’s just Em doing his best 2pac lol
I love your deep dive videos so much.
The GNX os my gramma's favorite car ever and by extension it is a very beautiful and important vehicle for me as well. This whole year has been insane for Kendrick. As a listener and a fan of both Dot and the car, this album was such a perfect conclusion to the year for me
I think the thing about this album is that...its just good. Like objectively it is a really good album, like damn near every song is an absolute banger and its so easy to listen to. It feels like he understands what people needed after this year.
This project is him getting his thoughts out about how his year played out. He ain't about to use an official album to address no beef. The beef was a detour I think
Oh man! This video has me so excited to listen to the album!
Wayne was def whining online, I wouldn't say that's a temper tantrum. Man was in his feelings, but I don't think its a diss just an observation. Kendricks saying "Damn I followed Waynes work ethic to get this opportunity and He can't even congratulate me"
this is defo peak but idk if id say it is above tyler's album rollout at all. I do prefer tyler and have a lo of bias but I also have more songs of kenny on my playlist and know all of em by heart no part 6 I just dont know if I can replay all of the songs on kenny's album compared to Tyler. we will have to wait and see how time treats these 2 classics that have been given to us by our kings
2:35 wrong there is videos on TH-cam RN where the GNX smoked the lambo countach
dope breakdown
Reincarnated reminds me of Eminems Guilty Conscience too. Kendrick has spoken before about Eminems influence on his music. Great album that will only get better with more listens
bro do u reckon u put enough ads in the space of this video? i reckon you should jam more adverts in bro, not having enough adverts really sours up the decent analysis
Taylor Swift sounds like SZA and what dimension are you talking about?
Not Like Us was posted in April, and his hometown is Compton😭
tyler did say , he the biggest in the city after kenny sooooo
Not gonna lie, I might love chromakopia a bit more. Not saying I don't love or enjoy gnx but I really enjoy chroma but I gotta dive deep into gnx and break it down. But again it's not a bad album. And a lot will say it doesn't have much bangers but not everything has to.
This teminds me of untitled. Unmastered with bouncy west coast feel. I like it!
Well, the cool thing about the whole Super Bowl situation is Kendrick can have a guest a performer or more for his performance and could easily ask Lil Wayne to perform with him. But I don’t know if he would accept at this point. I hope that’s what happens though.
KDOT said “ol boy” referencing Drake and how he tried to pay people in his city for dirt on him. When he talks about the people cackling and on trial, he could be talking about the diddy trial and that as people laughed at diddy’s predicament that many in the industry are on trial too from their actions.
Bro how is not saying anything and just dropping the album an "amazing rollout" or in any way better than Tyler's lmfao yall glaze wayyyy too hard and that's as a huge Kendrick fan. Give Tyler some respect
I didn’t know he had an other instagram thank you ! When he first came out to me he sounded a lot like Wayne at first listen
bro, its not the grand national excellence but the grand national experimental, the rest of the facts about the car were spot on though I believe
A GNX goes for $120K to $200K
You deserve it all 👍🏼
The glaze is astronomical😭🙏
42:00 I just ordered my vinyl for GNX Wednesday. I guess this was made before the physicals went on sale
Live reactions would be dope
Another album right now would be too overwhelming lol. But another one early next year around Super Bowl time would be nice. 🙏🏽
Bro, you confuse Sza with Taylor Swift?
Got a sub woofer installed in my ride will be bumpin this album hard 👌
😮💨😮💨😮💨
It came out yesterday bro😭🙏
That beat K Dot got from PAC’s Made Ninjas off Gang Related took me back to 96’.
What do you mean it's unclear were cole and dot stand, i feel you rushed to post instead of taking your time digesting this album because you believed there weren't layers to it to the point you missed even directed shots, the line f apologies I want to see you geeked up is a direct jab he also said f anybody sympathetic to the other side cole said drake is his nigga if that doesn't clear up were they stand i don't know what does
This man was not talking shit when he said "I can go further I promise" 😂
Yes. Do live reactions.
So you're just gonna gloss over him getting at J Cole. He lost 16 friends
I’m wondering why no one is mentioning him going at Cole
Best work of his since TPAB
“Mini festival in Inglewood.” Bro that’s Compton.
do each song breakdown in separate videos if possible please
Maybe the album roll out started with him posting his new GNX
reincarnated is Jackie Wilson & Billie Holiday imo
I wasn’t sure but now I am. This is what’s the dirt….
Naah doesn't sound like a Newfie
@ the amount of pointless shit he’s trying to connect lyric meanings too can be no one but that weirdo
I've always wondered if this is him too. I'm convinced.
12:09 yes he got that from Vince Staples he doesn't mention the name of his features on nun of his tracks and he has a song with both Kendrick and future
This timestamp also includes a mistake. "N***as cacklin about _____, but all of y'all is on trial." That wasn't an "it," that was a space where a certain rapper's name is supposed to be. One who is on trial. For a LOT of heinous stuff... He's saying they shouldn't be laughing
what if “the father” on reincarnated was meant to be God.
Kendrick be going around the backrooms to tease new songs lol.
GNX def just a mixtape, some of the songs have been said were only made a few days ago which is fuckin crazy because the whole album is nasty
Personally this is my favorite Kendrick album and top 5 favorite ever
Call me crazy but reincarnated was the best song for me the raw emotions he had going through life through out the history and the way he rapped plus the beat gives me chills and the beat reminds me of biggie
Taylor Swift sounds nothing like Sza, please don’t disrespect Sza like that.
I’ve been thinking a lot about 50 and, to someone like Curtis Jackson, who can put a price on anything, it must really sting to meet a man who achieved what you did, while remaining a good dude
I think Kendrick gonna say Cole was right in the end when you you think about how much he battle with God and the theme of consciousness
The gnx is one of the hardest cars to find, it was gm’s best kept secret, faster then the corvette but they will never admit it, they lied about the hp to not ruin corvette sales, truly a underdog . Basically a 1987 demon.
LOL not even, give the glazing a break
Kendrick Lamar always grows on me good kid maad City I love from the start all this other ones I had to give it a second and third listen this one's no different but each time I listen it gets better and better
He doesn't say "I watched the party just die, people are cackling about -it-" there's no it, there's just a pause again. Probably cause he said "I watched the party just die, people are cackling about Diddy, while all of you are on trial" Diddy did parties, then when all that stuff happened everybody was clowning on him (no Diddy, baby oil, etc.), and a bunch of people who were going to those parties are being scrutinized by the public. It fits too perfectly, there's no way that line wasn't about Diddy.
Is it me or did Kendrick only drop because his affiliate was talking to a minor???
I noticed that. Not a fan of the move..
No original launch was back in March when he posted his GNX. The beef was a side quest, then back to the main event. 😂
Sza interviewed Kendrick so he was present in media before GNX dropped.