Kendrick Lamar Reaction - 🇬🇧 Dad and Son React to Good Kid m.A.A.d City

"Tired of running, tired of hunting, my own kind, but retiring nothing" man, Sing About Me really is one of the greatest of all time.

Not watched the reaction yet, but I guarantee it'll be a good one. All of Kendrick's albums are amazing.

MBKM13 In Sing about me, I’m dying of thirst, each verse is from a different perspective. The first is from one of Kendrick’s friends. He talks about how he’s struggling and caught up in this world of violence and death, and wonders if he’ll ever be happy again like he was as a child. He’s questioning the gang life after his brother died (“it’s a trip how we trip off of colors”), and he he wants to get out, but he’s afraid of meeting the same violent end as his brother. The verse is cut off mid-sentence by gunshots, a representation of all the lives cut short by violence. The second verse is from the perspective of a prostitute. She complains that Kendrick isn’t empathetic enough to the struggles women face, and calls him out for not being understanding. (“How could you just put her on blast and shit, judging her past and shit”). She goes into more depth about her situation (“imma need that 40 dollars even if I gotta fuck suck and swallow”). She says she’s fine and she doesn’t want Kendrick’s help and that he can’t help her anyways, and she insists that she’ll be able to make it on her own. She says “I’ll live longer than you and never fade away,” but as soon as she says that her voice begins to fade out as the verse ends. Black men die suddenly and loudly, while black women are pushed to the outskirts of society and slowly wither away, while no one can hear their voice. The third verse is Kendrick ruminating on death and his place in all this. He grapples with whether he’s exploiting these people by making music about them, or if his music is helpful in some way. He talks about how he wants his music to live on after he dies, and he hopes that he does enough in his lifetime to be remembered as a positive force in the culture. One of the greatest rap songs of all time.

Sing about me dying of thirst is one of the best songs ever in my opinion. Great video btw!

Kendrick was not into smoking or drinking, so on the track The Art of Peer Pressure he’s does both and when he smokes the first time they pass him the wrong blunt. The “shananigans” is weed x PCP

Art of Peer Pressure was probably my favorite in relating to music. This album got me through so much back in school now I'm grown with 2 little ones. Knowing that they'll have their own taste in music in the future, I always make sure to play a bit of Kendrick in the house lol

To Pimp a butterfly is usually tough for people to get into if they are not familiar with Kendrick Lamar music. Honestly GKMC and his other albums are a good gateway into his style. He is among the top 2 rappers since 2012 imo.

Pharrell Williams says Kendrick is the modern day Bob Dylan! Loved the reaction 🎉

"Its almost like youre watching a film." For real! Idk if you noticed, but on the cover art it says "a short film by kendrick lamar." And it really feels like one

Might be Kendrick’s best album. Sing About Me, I’m dying of thirst is one of the best hip hop songs in my opinion! Great vid and can’t wait for that Frank Ocean reaction!!!!

In Good Kid, Kendrick compares the brutality of gang life to the brutality from police. By mirroring the language used to describe the way gang members would assault him between paragraphs, it highlights the fact that both sides just want control.

Poetic justice is sampling the janet jackson song "any time anyplace". And she was the star in a movie named poetic justice

Section 80 is his first and definitely worth a listen!

Sing about me definitely a top 5 Kendrick song. Good job catching that first listen lol

How a lot of people, including myself, see the storytelling within GCMC as similar to the unfolding of a Quentin Tarantino movie (primarily Pulp FIction). The jumping between scenes between B Don't Kill My Vibe and Money Trees sets the background and environment and then jumps back to Sherane and Poetic Justice into Good Kid where the scenes continue chronologically which I'm glad you caught. Also the "shenanigans" mentioned at the end of The Art of Peer Pressure refers to a blunt Kendrick smoked when he younger that was spiked with cocaine if that wasn't cleared up. It's reason that Kendrick doesn't smoke weed at all into his adulthood. Loved the video!

This whole album is a story that takes place over one day in Kendrick’s life. Each song is like a scene in a film that is set in Kendrick’s car. Money Trees is a summary of the two songs that came before it: Backseat Freestyle and the Art of Peer Pressure. The opening track takes place right before Poetic Justice where he is fantasising about a relationship with Sherane who he is on his way to meet before he’s jumped by the two men wearing hoodies. Good Kid is about being harassed by gangs and the police as though they are one in the same. Swimming Pools describes unhealthy coping mechanisms that lead to more pain, and is followed by Kendrick’s friends seeking revenge on the men who attacked him only for one of their friends to be shot in the process. Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe depicts his parent’s relationship who are at home waiting for Kendrick to return their car while the rest of the story takes place. I could write an essay about each song but I won’t lol Every song and skit is an essential peace of the puzzle. This is the perfect conceptual hip-hop album

This and illmatic by nas and my beautiful dark twisted fantasy are my 3 favorite albums of all time. Those 3 are in any given hip hop heads top 10 usually. If you guys get into some Jay Z- start with the first Blueprint. The black album is also really really great. I'd love for you guys to check out Outkast as well- ATLiens is an incredible album. Biggie- Ready to Die and Life After Death...it's almost creepy how he used to just predict his own death. Snoop Dogg's doggy style and Dr. Dre's The Chronic and The Chronic 2001 are also really really great as far as west coast music goes.

People gon hate no matter what. Y’all react how y’all want to.

Hell ya, this is my favourite kendrick album. Just such a classic concept/story album.

This is one of the best concept albums of all time. After multiple listens and once you grasp the story, it somehow takes an unbelievable album to another level