Kendrick Lamar’s “6:16 in LA” Breakdown: Every Drake Diss Explained
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Published 2024-05-03
He warned Drake that he’d go “back to back” on “Euphoria” earlier this week, and now he made good on that promise with this song. Dot spends much of the song surgically picking apart Drake’s OVO crew, planting seeds that there is a rat among them. This angle is especially effective given how paranoid Drake already was before all of this (on songs like “Champagne Poetry,” he raps about how his “cleaning staff’s plotting extortion” on him). The smooth flip of Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” makes the track sound amazing even without the shots, but of course, Kendrick even found a way to hide a deeper meaning behind the sample itself, which has ties into Drake’s family (more on that below).“6:16 in LA” is full of layered references and even more “quintuple entendres,” so here’s a breakdown of all of the deeper meanings behind the track.
All Comments (21)
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no way this shit is already two songs behind. we staying up tn so subscribe and lmk your thoughts if you're fw the breakdowns
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Drake prolly watching this cuz he can’t decipher the diss himself 💀
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HOW MANY FUCKING ENTENDRES CAN KENDRICK PACK INTO A SONG TITLE WHAT THE FUCK
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Not a beef anymore . This is a therapy session for drake
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So nobody noticed how with each diss track Kendrick acted like drake Psychologist even asked him questions (Have you ever?) then in this diss as if the psychologist is having a sit down with the family letting them know what Drake mental health state is😮😮
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He Didn't Diss Drake. He Fathered Him'
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Bro forget your family for a week. You have to work overtime
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I also think 6:16 in LA is a play on Kendrick letting Drake kno he not in a NY apartment but in LA recording these disses.
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OMG I need the breakdown for the other two songs!!! Kendrick just dropped
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dont forget about proverbs 6:16 which lists everything that kendrick is accusing drake of
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The best breakdown in YT...excellent work, mad props..👏👏🔥🔥
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The third angel is Estelle, his grandmother he mentions later in the verse. Tupac, Kobe, Estelle.
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that breakdown on 3 angels line gave me chills
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The fact he got cooked so bad in this, its not a diss, its a disappointment that kendrick is expressing about drake.
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Dawg amazing breakdown the way someone gotta really sit down and break apart each verse Kendrick develops isn’t only an art but also to you who sits and dissects these be versed thank you
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These bars so deep you need 2 shovels 🤯
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This beef is getting scary
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Bro do you read a lot or you just know all this stuff
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Thank you for this brilliant breakdown. As packed and insightful as the diss track, well done ❤
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Once again thank you for the breakdowns im binge watching all your breakdown videos to get a full understanding of this situation thank you
