EMOTIONAL TRACK 5 🔥🥲🥲🔥 - Dad Reacts to DAMN - Kendrick Lamar Reaction

This album made Kendrick the only Pulitzer Prize winner in Hip Hop history, and one of the only non classical artists to ever win one. Incredible album.

Feel and Fear are two of Kendrick’s best songs. Masterpieces.

The concept of this album is actually extremely interesting and i dont think most people realize. At the start we hear "is it wickedness, is it weakness? You decide, are we gonna live or die?" Every song after that goes from wickedness to weakness. For example DNA is showcasing Kendricks wickedness while YUH his weakness. Same with Element, Feel etc. Now the most interesting part: if you play the album in reverse Kendricks wickedness gets the best of him and at the end he dies after being shot in a setup (BLOOD). But if you play it normally he survives to tell the story, eventually overcoming his struggles before ending the album with Duckworth.

Without a doubt the greatest rapper of our generation, one of the best artists hip hop has ever produced

You were right, Top Dawg discovered Kendrick and is the head of TDE the label that Kendrick was signed to. Kendricks dad used to work at KFC and Top Dawg was a gang banger. Top would go to that KFC a lot and Kendricks dad would always be nice to him and give him free chicken. But at some point Top got desperate in the streets and went to rob that KFC and when he did instead of killing Kendricks dad as a witness he spared him.

That is Kendrick doing the high pitch voice. He is it chameleon? It can do a million different things with his voice and cadence

This album really shows Kenny's versatility. He can really dabble into any vibe of production and make it work. This album is definitely a fan favourite and cemented as a household name for sure

Section.80 is definitely worth listening to. It's his debut album. There are some incredible songs on that album that really made me a Kendrick fan.

Kendrick is on his own level nobody compares. The best musician alive not just a rapper.

This is one of the best concept albums of all time

Fear is one of his best songs conceptually. First verse is from the perspective of him when he’s 7 and it’s his mother speaking to him. So what he fears is basically his mom. Next verse is his fears of dying when he’s 17 growing up in Compton. Third verse is his fears when he’s 27 and has hit super stardom. So the song in general is the evolution of fear throughout his life as he’s grown. I guarantee it’ll grow on you more and more with further listens. It’s a fan favorite

Man this album has some the best songs of all time

Kendrick got the nickname "Kung-Fu Kenny" from Don Cheadle's character in the movie Rush Hour 2 who was a Black dude from Compton that was a master martial artist. It's also the reason why Don Cheadle is in the video for "DNA."

One of my favourite Kendrick albums. His next album is definitely his most vulnerable so I can't wait for that reaction.

The meaning behind "aint nobody praying for me" is referring to his Grandmother who died recently when making this album. Now that she is gone he feels like there is nobody who is truly praying for him anymore

Been waiting on this one! Feel is so underrated. He says "feel" so many times yet you don't get tired of it

Top Dawg was actually the owner of the record label Kendrick was under, Top Dawg Entertainment. That’s why Kendrick says 30 years later his father and top dawg meet again in a recording studio reaping their benefits.

Feel is one of his best songs ever

Lust is so underrated, those reverse drums are fire

Your dad hit the nail on the head at 27:10 in regards to his crowds during shows. Saw him in Dublin in 2022, otherworldly gig