Kendrick Lamar & Rick Rubin Have an Epic Conversation | GQ
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2016
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Dear Adonis got me watching all Kdot interviews
ong
me too
Not Like us for me
same bro
Ikr🙌🏾 me too❤
GQ should do one of these with Drake's ghostwriters so we can have some more insight on his music.
monkeymafia729 L
monkeymafia729 W
L To anyone that comments L. This a W no debate
W, Ovo plantation has been going strong for 8 years
😂😂😂
12:36 exactly why he is able to dismantle Drake like he has been so successfully. The consumer is not dumb and we know when its real.
“The audience not dumb
Shape the stories how you want
Hey Drake, they’re not slow”
keep reaching for reasons ur fav rapper aint nowhere near drake level
@lukewoodz2079 hot 100 says otherwise.. I love seeing yall so mad tho, so thanks for the laugh 😂😂
@@lukewoodz2079 ok luke
@@lukewoodz2079 my favorite rapper just dog walked Drake
Anybody during the beef
Here here
Yup lmao
Facts❤❤❤❤❤
whole k spiral lol
Rick Rubin is Hip-Hop's Gandalf
Bruuuuuh
Rap Game Socrates
crunk4124 true
Not just hip-hop kids...the man is a cross-cultural beast. So important.
😂😂😂..true
Rick Rubin has such a chill and calming voice.
Rick Rubin looks and sounds like he chilled with God one day and then just came back
simbarashe Haha, yeah :D Rick Rubin is the kind of guy who smoked a few blunts with god
Rick Rubin's leg - BEST clipboard holder EVER!
Like BOB ROSS.
pagonel
"These things, are in my DNA"
-Six months later
"I gaht I gaht I gaht..!"
Gaht royalty
Gaht loyalty
@@eldrifto_ INSIDE MY DNA.
@@rougeandrei9095 Cocaine quater piece
@@rougeandrei9095 el pepe tambien quiere que le done mi DNA
My UA-cam algorithm even agrees that Kendrick won against Drake
😂😂😂 facts
I feel like this is the after life and these guys are just chillin in it
Aftermath
Ha!!!!
yes! that actually makes perfect sense.
You must be high thats a high thought hahaha
alex jungeee on everything you took the words out my mouth!
I feel like i should be taking notes
lol same, this hi deep asf
I did take notes lol
Ghifar Raad same lol
I actually be takin notes, Rubin & these genius artists be opening portals. amazing guy
Take notes than
“I always said to myself if I said it on record I’ll never retract my statements”
The Drake killerrrrrrrr
I was JUST about to do homework...
hahaha woooord
lol FACTS.
lol same dude i have 2 tests tomorrow...
I have a Project submission and test tomorrow, I haven't even started studying for the test. and am writing in less than 20 hours
Here in the computer lab needing to write a paper but watching this instead lol
Rick Rubin makes me wanna start meditating. I can literally feel the presence of this man through my screen.. Legend
suppeboy saaid lmao yes
suppeboy saaid lol no... it's not that serious agoraphobia isn't cool
what are you talking about agoraphobia for?
How has it changed your life? I'm interested to hear, tell me please!
I just started doing it but I think what it offers is the knowledge to be more patient when things happen and have more time mentally to figure things out.
6:53
Producer: "Yo yo yo get his hands"
Cameraman: "You got it"
i was looking for this comment
Lmaoooo
lol u stupid 😂😂😂
i like how this was recommended to me after all the drops
Rubin has mastered organically guiding a conversation to extract entertaining and genuine information.
Wheresmy240 so an interview?
Yes he's pointing out that he's good at it? Something wrong with that?
Victor Camacho nah I’m just telling him what rick what was actually doing.. holding an interview
Nxssir that’s obvious and he said the same thing basically man so it was unnecessary to even comment and I just wasted my time even explaining that to you
@@crypticchaos5296 ok
This is terrific, two cats on the same frequency, beautiful souls
took my thoughts! lol
using "cats" just shows how much you support kendrick. His favorite word. lol
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Perfect analogy....
Rick does a great interview. He doesn’t force it, he lets it breathe. He has such a chill demeanor that just feels like a warm cozy blanket. He draws you in. Kendrick is such an amazing word smith, his lyricism and word play are so creative and very intelligent.
hes just a curious artist in the same way the people he interviews is.
Beyond genius.
Super facts
He is a great listener
Kendrick Lamar is probably the most human rapper i've ever seen
For me Lil Wayne's the least human.
More of an elf
@@gt123indefatiguability lmao
@@gt123indefatiguability 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@gt123indefatiguability why you do my boy Wayne like that 😂
@@gt123indefatiguability You do know Kendrick and Wayne are the same height? Lmao
Gotta learn to love yourself, cuz in this world that's the realist love you'll get - Kendrick
can you tell me the minute he say that ?
Facts
@@stopthepartyinla2805 yeah I gotcha
Truest to the core.
That’s the truth
Shoutout to Rick Rubin's garden.
Kame - word i thought his beard looks good too
clever
Kame well - looks calming, simple and well kept
BUT not drought tolerant.
I am feelin the no shoes lifestyle.
I'm completely feelin Everything about this discussion, so grateful it exists and is here for all of us to witness 🙌
Anyhow native plants, Mediterranean gravel or ground covering approach or even foodscaping can be super fresh and just as calming, simple and aesthetically pleasing
😉
😍🙌😍
37:35.... Bugged Out Lol (Look for the BUG)
Underrated comment
This was posted 6 years ago, but what a pleasure to discover it now. Listening this two guys I want to be a better human being.
so interesting to see how Kendrick has changed and how his music has changed and developed in his latest album
Listening to these guys does makes you a better human being, you may just be setback by your own precautions or mental feud to continue to go forward with feeling so special. We are all one in the same, but our reasoning makes us take very different routes. Just know that you aren't defined by what you think you cant do. You're just as intelligent as the people you look up to, you may just need an outlet to share that intelligence. I encourage everyone to share this mindset.
WE MUST BE FEARLESS! 💜
@Doobieholdin This is very true! Celebrities seem like demigods but we all hold the wealth of the world inside ourselves. And, as one of my favorite quotes says, how many Einsteins are there right now inside mines, fields, sweatshops, and fast food windows?
@@Yet.Another.Rapper.KiG.V2 the worlds greatest rapper is probably stacking produce at Whole Foods 😂
"Even if you're the best in the world, the world may never find out." - Rick Rubin
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Legendary comment
Overrated underrated lost and found to be or not to be..stares of confussion
We’ll find out soon.
@@waido_ Have we found out yet?
You can tell he was writing DNA around the time of this interview.
Yep
Be humble !!!
How can you tell ?
@@cesarherrera1926 he mentions the word DNA at least three different times in the interview, and he mentions many of the themes that the song DNA touches on.
11:20
Kendrick lamar: **breathes**
Rick rubin: beautiful
That basically sums up the entire conversation lol
And it is
This 2024 rap beef got me watching everything on this lyrical psycho
Can’t believe it’s been 5 years since this was released
U fell off
i watch this video every year for some wisdom
@@Lovecore802 u defo don’t watch him 😂 cus all he does is make great sample vids lol
@@rfl6340 He’s chill
@@Lovecore802 You’re actually everywhere 😂 yoooo
This comment section is the chillest
For UA-cam, yes for sure hahah.
Joe Kopp W
This is how boring people chill, without taste
Yeah that!
Joe Kopp
Always bro
Rick Rubin needs a show interviewing musicians. He has experience in every popular American genre. I'd love to hear his thoughts and questions.
Worldwide Wyatt
Check out the Broken Record Podcast
he has a show called shangri-la and that is exactly what he does.
I think that would prang him out
Worldwide Wyatt im sure Rick is very busy but if he could do just 1 interview a month that would be good enough! He’s good a reading people
Yeah? I'd rather hear the thoughts of any old black blues musician. You like leaves, I like roots.
Drake really thought that he would beat a guy like this in a rap batter. His ego must be too high to the point of him being delusional.
That’s what happens when you fake for too long, eventually your bluff will be tested
You are here or revisiting this after the his recent diss tracks.
You are literally a slave to the bot.
❤❤❤❤
Mind ya business! 🤣
Every time he says DNA
My head: "I got, I got, I got"
I think this interview was before the song dropped. So sick.
Yung Kodiak I got I got I got loyalty inside my dna
C Villagrana Cocaine quarter piece got war and peace inside my DNA
incognito incognito yea yea yea ooo yea suicide if you ever wanna let go who am I ....RIP nah because today the 18th is the 2 year mark that x has passed LLJ
C Villagrana rip
Kendrick is such a simple dude. In a world of consumerism and fake people, he seems like someone who's real to himself and those around him. Truly inspirational
i feel like he’s quite the opposite of simple
@@gillielad355 Elaborate.
@@Kal-El207 the term simple has a connotation that doesn't do justice in terms of describing kendrick
When it’s inspirational just to be real you know a society Is doomed
@@gillielad355 he probably meant humble
It's crazy how authentic kendrick is you'll see so many artists make up life stories on these interviews but looking into this man's eyes...you can tell this is 100% nothing but truth.
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Who’s here during the Drake beef? 😂
😂😂 Me
😂
Rick asks deep questions and Kendrick gives deep answers.
Not really. Im not hating, it’s just normal if you ever had a deep conversation with creative people.
@@scaho its just because this game is filled with shallow dumb fuckers that its so noticable.
Mariah&WhitneyLamb Books aren’t the only source of knowledge. Kendrick himself said he rather talk to people instead of reading books. It’s about experience, love it or hate it, mainstream music now is super easy, it doesn’t actually require any effort and that’s why people put too little effort for the money only. That’s why the majority don’t respect them. You see people like Kendrick and you know he has a genuine passion for his craft, he obviously still does it for money, but he put effort to make a good product that will survive the challenge of time and not ear candy that will wear off in a week or so.
Profound.
Stfu
RR: so in the 5th cadence in king kunta..how did you approach that Kendrick?
KK: i remember i was conflicted..
Rod Ultra w
Misusing My influence...
misusing yo influence, sometimes i did the same.
Jacob Grill found himself screaming in the hotel room. the evils of Lucy was all around him. So he came running for answers
I was stoned in the making of this comment
Kendrick is an amazing guy.....never saw this interview, made me a bigger fan
It’s funny Kendrick says he’s the biggest kid of them all because you can see it when he talks about music. He gets this twinkle in his eye and this smile on his face like he’s just so happy and full of curiosity just like a kid would be. He has an unmistakable wariness to him that makes you wanna engage with him. Such a layered guy. One of my favorite artists of all time
Right?! His smiling when talking about how he learned about jazz...just electric!!
So this is what Santa does during the summer...
your comment is funny af my dude
Look on Rick Rubins discography and you'll find out. Filling that sack.
Santa tickles his little elves during the summer. Gotta keep em active!
I actually laughed out loud at this lol
Why is Santa an old bald guy with long white hair and a beard? wtf?
Kendrick really said the phrase "DNA" about 50 times in this video, 6 months before his song DNA comes out. The man's genetic code is in the shape of a clef.
The album isn't called DNA lol. that's just one song off the tracklist
@@benyo5 whoops! Thank you for highlighting that.
Wow! May I quote you....way cool
@@lauraalexander8144 yeah it's a dope sentence
And here goes the vaccine
“If I'm challenging myself in the studio, I wanna challenge you as well” I love this, more music listeners need to understand this
I want a Rick Ruben recorded voice alarm clock that tells me every day life is beautiful and to enjoy the sunshine.
Now that you said that, believe it, don't wait for Rick Rubin's voice 🔅🔅
A normal conversation between 2 people who breathe music. No superiorities, no boot licking
amen
You need to breathe reading the written word dog. No superiorities??????
@@devvvvvvvvvvvv - wat ?
@@devvvvvvvvvvvv 😂😂😂
@@devvvvvvvvvvvv No competing egos. That is what they meant. Get over yourself!!!!!!!!
You know you're the GOAT when Rick Rubin interviews you...
lol 2pac > all
Kigoz4Life Pac is the greatest but Kendrick will be right up there with him
way to earlier to say that
Lol he's ask for it
2 pac is too overrated at this point
Dude is getting more likable by the second
Kendrick is a beautiful soul.
Almost unreal how real and pure this convo went
Rick is a humble guy who actually listens
Kendrick is such a creative artist
And Both are LEGENDS
And humble just like his song
@@booger4627who is he serious question
this the most mellow interview I ever seen.. these two are so calm lol its dope not all talking loud and being all egotistical like idiots even though they both are legends (I already consider Kendrick a legend even though he hasn't been around super long)
No drugs involved. Just real ness
Ben Gonzales he didn't say anything bout drugs
Drugs are not to blame, the absolute majority of people are like that.
had to revisit everything kendrick related
He went DEEPER, they not like us
Finally an interview where someone is allowed to talk until he's finished. So chilling to listen. Seems more like a nice conversation between two old friends!
Mannn... that's so irritating. It's like why have them on to talk over them?
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This interview just make you want to lay in the grass in front of them and listen.
Boy you sus
Dee Hart facts
Lay in the grass you sus snake
Kevin Durants Burner Account and you’re insecure... let bruh feel how he feels and let him alone
Couldn't agree more
15:14 Kenny talking the potential origins of his Prince influence… long before The Great Rap Civil War 😅 🙌🏼
Kendrick is such a genuine guy and seeing Little moments like at 6:38 when the helicopter flew by and seeing Rick stay engaged in the moment is meditation personified, true legends in their field
I can confirm, I was the helicopter
He's wearing an Andre 3000 hat and a Tupac nose ring. He is the chosen one.
Marvin Gayes Greatest Hits album cover hat
@Chelle Chelle oh so like no one else in history wore nose rings? Every culture has done and continues to do nose rings. Every culture in all of recorded history. Its a minor adornment and all humans like to express themselves. Its an African thing in your mind. Your preconceptions are adding that to it.
@Chelle Chelle just seems like a weird thing to say for no reason.
Nah not the chosen one
Nah, that’s the Marvin Gaye cap
This whole interview is an introvert fantasy because there no small talks, just deep conversations. Right of the back menh
Great job, didn’t feel like an interview at all felt like a dope conversation because two masters in there crafts
There both introverts so yeah that makes sense. Unfortunately not all introverts are deep but some are and luckily these two talking here are some of the deepest ones out there, for sure.
Both are ascended masters of themselves.
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Their*
@@codyjemison9558 thank you.
kendrick popping up everywhere since he dropped euphoria
This is when 2 people open their minds to share their thoughts without discrimination and insecurities. These are the type of conversations that I like
looks like a few people accidentally clicked the dislike button, hopefully they see this comment and correct their error.
TJ Clarke lmao right!
ikr
TJ Clarke 🐐
they liked it so much they turned their phone upside down to like it again!
they just misread it as DIS I LIKE
Looking like Kendrick in Heaven having a conversation with God
sonicoduh1125 look up "conversations with god" think you will like it
Giovanni Garcia let he who has not sinned cast the first stone
sonicoduh1125 lmoa lowkey wanma touch his beard
Why is God an old bald guy with long white hair and a beard? wtf?
Its not about how he looks, rather how he is speaking. Why are you so upset?
Who's here after Kenny destroyed a culture vulture Canadian?
Dot and Ty Dolla both went on their own type of To Catch a Predator type time over the weekend
yup
Take it easy
@@therealspeciesunknown no
I love how down to earth these two are despite the great recognition they’ve both achieved. Humility truly personified
The breeze flowing through Rick Rubin's hair gives me life
Johnny Knoxville i know what you're talking about, it's reviving
Johnny Knoxville Boo🔥😂😂😂
LOL
😂😭😭
if god dont look like rick rubin imma be hella dissapointed
im so glad to see an interviewer that doesent ask about "who you sleeping with" or "what you think about what this other mc said" no gossip just reality with shoeless santa here .Respect!
csereke not just an interviewer that's the god himself
LoL this isn't an interview. This is Kendrick sitting down and talking w/ afucking music legend
Rubin only asks and Lamar only answers hence this is an interview.
extremely ignorant comment right here, calling rick rubin shoeless santa smh
jiggystardust I smiled at the shoeless Santa part. 😕
The shots here are so beautiful, and Kendrick's voice is so soothing and nice, this video is oddly relaxing
Two 's having a calm, intelligent conversation& its outside in a calm environment. No negative energy detected. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
You can really tell how much these dudes respect each other. They’re so attentive to one another and you can tell they’re the only person in each other’s world when the other is talking.
Kendrick's voice is so peacefull
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Plane had no idea they were flying over two legends
word.😂😂
Thats exactly what I thought
+I'm dead on the Inside. you guys 😂😂😂
and that grass also had the privilege of being stepped by Kendrick's Reeboks
Lol
watched this many times over the years, but this hittin deeper now
😂 pause ⏸️
the zoom in on his hand really inspires me to be myself.
37:36 Kendrick says "bugged out" and then a moment later a bug flies in front
of him an he says "that's crazy" lol matrix confirmed
Alex Ross lol nice catch
Yes 🕴
LOA
@DW DW well you're wrong lol
Dw Dw
Wong dude ! he was totally talking about the flying varmint
this interview would be a lot better if Kendrick was barefoot too
Yeah right. Kendrick could be Mahavir and Rubin, Buddha.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
right tho in a sense of informality and comfort
Giovanni Garcia Or he just prefers to put footwear on
Giovanni Garcia lol,everyone is breaking down everything here due to Kendricks sensationalism.😂
Imagine being in that plane and not knowing you just flew over Kendrick Lamar
This is the interview. Enemies should study this interview because based on his current beef, he ain't exaggerating. King literally sat down and made like 4-5-6 tracks in response to disses seeming out of thin air with short notice.
That story about first seeing Dre with Tupac on a street in Compton as a kid, then 15 years later actually telling him that story and Dre remembering, actually is beautiful man.
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I thought I was gonna watch Rick Rubin interview K. Dot, instead I got 2 scholars discuss hip-hop in theory wtf
Elias Martinez excactly!
Elias Martinez well ricks a former producer.
The Truth former? He is still active.
Haha and this was Kendricks interview. Oh wait im thinking NWA. You really want to have your mind blown, take a look at Rick Rubins discography. Pheeewww!!! Whooah did RR just get him to sing some R&B?
I thought RR is the creator of the @god account on twitter.
Who's here after the Drake beef?
Meee
Who’s here after the Drake assassination? 😂
shoes? oh you mean foot prisons?
I had that same thought lol
fam guy refernece right?
@@ktheai5908 I think so lol
@@ktheai5908 simpsons
@@elielsaf3362 Nah, family guy reference.
This is a true lesson of don't judge a book by its cover. Hard to believe the man with a long beard, crazy hair who looks homeless is a rap and hip-hop pioneer.
Music in general
Favts
santa claus of music
Rubin has worked with EVERYONE, he’s the reason Red Hot Chili Peppers came out with Under The Bridge
who doesn't know Rick Rubin?
The gem reveals itself
This is such a genuine conversation. The mutual respect couldn't be higher.
Ricks questions are impeccable, he needs to interview all of the greats!
Like Minded Criminals and they’re off the top of his head. He’s immensely intellectual and Kendrick only heightens it and vice versa
If it wasn't for Rick Rubin there wouldn't even BE any rap! No Rick no Def Jam or Cool J. No Def Jam no NWA and DR. No Dre, no Kendrick
He might end up exposing them
@@NQuiz52 false
@@NQuiz52 Nope. If it wasn't for DJ Kool Herc hip hop would never exist. colemizestudios.com/how-did-rap-start/
All of these comments are just as lovely as this conversation.
Greatness begets greatness
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12:10 that bit right here is so true. I'm actually a big jazz fan, and I always struggled to wrap my mind around rap. It was hearing Kendrick and feeling his connection with jazz and how he informs his music with jazz vocabulary that I was able to establish a connection with rap. Music is so magical at times.
Camera man be starin off into space lettin the camera sway off in some weird directions lmao
Pvt Fluffy right like wtf
Pvt Fluffy lmao
i just hit 13:00 when i read this... that shits hilarious
Sebastian Monterroso he high of that energy kendrick and rubin giving off 😂😂😂
Garbage Tier he’s high af😂😂😂😂
Incredible how Rick Rubin with his wealth of music experience in all genres can genuinely be so interested in everything Kendrick is saying and even when Kendrick talks about being a minimalist, Rick doesn't come in telling him about how Rick has been doing that for decades and just let's him speak.
Maturity
@Syed , Kendrick is his equal in this game.
It’s almost like, he’s interviewing him lol
I’m sure he’s already used to being better than absolutely everyone by now
So much more mature than these other guys out here
one of the best talks till this day
The beef brought us here
I just watched this with the Hobbit Shire theme playing softly in the background and I cried
dude whattttt. this is nuts. i'm crying too
this goes crazy man
"You know you're high when..."
got dauymit
also done
great
Go to 37:35, he’s says “that’s bugged out” and then a fly zips past him.... then he says “that’s crazy”
he’s literally god
Yoooo Im watching this right now and came here wondering if anybody caught that‼️‼️😂😂
He even got bars for random situations
Dude is so intune w himself and the world
@@rageisbliss chill
Who is here after the Kendrick and Drake rap battle?
😍😍 Kendrick is so amazingly humble. So talented. My son introduced his music to me, when he was in high school. I was in my 40’s and I love his music, and love him as person.
No one:
Cameraman: his hands are interesting
Kendick was conducting the syllables with his hand, and considering he was talking about being able to spit over 100 bars off the top of his head with any topic, the close up on his hand just showed how conversation is a part of his music.
They are
Lol
I need a Kendrick and Rick Rubin podcast, there's a lot of wisdom and eloquence in these two
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I think that's what this video is, yeah?
@@erikgriswold5273 a video is not a podcast, yeah?
in my opinion Kendrick is a great lyricist because he's great at speaking and explaining, and Rick is a great producer because he's great at listening to others and asking curious questions
I met Rick Rubin years ago. Solid dude
Kendrick has a nose piercing now... Major Tupac alert!!! 🔑🔑🔑🔑
Jexore or Del the funky homosapien alert
Jexore wassup my twin?!
Jexore reading this comment while eating a potato salad lol
Jexore Haha comment deleter why you mad you made an absurd statement?
about time pac a legend carry on tradition