He made a music video for M.A.D.D City where it's various shots of Compton, and it plays small excerpts of the other songs not singles. 9 minutes on the TDE UA-cam channel. A short film in a since
Great work on this bro!!! I’m from Compton and these are very valid perspectives of the things I too dealt with! Literally what doesn’t killl you make you stronger
Man Ive seen so many reactions to this album and this was for sure one of the most enjoyable ones. Love how you took your time taking everything in. And you are fr hilarious lol. hope you react to tpab some time, especially since you love jazz. It's an amazing fusion of jazz, soul, funk and even bits of rock
To Pimp A Butterfly is a MUST listen. It is just as good as this if not better than GKMC + it’s a jazz/hiphop album…widely considered one of the best albums ever.
@@tamerail DAMN. Has a lot of radio hits similar to GKMC so it is rlly fun to listen to. Mr Morale has some of Kendrick’s deepest lyrics, most vulnerable songs, and important messgaes.
22:00 "i never was a gang banger, i mean i never was strange to the fonk neither" can be taken literally as he isn't gang affiliated, but he has family and people he is close to who are so he knows about that life. Hence why it's the art of peer pressure and the theme for the album as he really is just a good kid caught up in this wild environment. He's done and seen things he normally wouldn't all while hanging with the homies and going along for the ride, but isn't in a gang and just caught in the middle.
When this album first blew up, the Swimming Pools single was a party drinking anthem, due to the almost mantra-esque hook chanting “drank”. It’s thought to have been intentional to sneak a message about alcohol abuse into a popular party song.
It's still in the packaging. He's only listening to Mr. Morale. The big steppers. He's working his way backwards well out of order but backwards but it's still in the packaging which means he hasn't listened to it@@wisdumblol
42:20 you’re prolly not gonna see this but, Lil Wayne’s house wasn’t raided, he shot himself in the chest in an attempted suicide at 12. He called his aunt before he did it. Police showed up and one of them saved him…
For a dude who clearly isn't well versed in hiphop, this was a surprisingly astute analysis and you did a good job of catching the "easter eggs" and references to classic West Coast hiphop and the evolution of its sound. As an "old head" I still think Kendrick Lamar might be the greatest solo rapper of all time when you look at his actual catalogue.
I feel kind of bad for Macklemore lol, he basically just made an album for fun and had no way of anticipating that he would win a grammy for it. Even he’s said that Kendrick deserved it more than him, it’s not his fault the voters were idiots!
1:01:19 if you really like Jazz you should definitely react to Section 80 and especially To pimp a butterfly by Kendrick. Heavy Jazz influence in there
what you noticed -- that the same problem Kendrick is singing about, Kanye already sang about, 2Pac sang about, the NWA sang about, and nothing has changed? that is one of the animating forces behind DAMN. which makes it Kendrick's darkest album
This was an amazing first reaction. Your genuine appreciation for the album is really great to watch. Just subscribed - would love to see more Kendrick content 🔥
Aside from this being a snapshot of how youth is like in compton, this album is more symbolic for kendrick's career from the perspective it was his spiritual awakening and metamorphosis as an artist, starting the album as the young, violent/hooked to vices, immature K dot (which his hood friends called him and was his original alias when he was making mixtapes before he got signed), to becoming the very Kendrick Lamar we know today after finding God at the end of Sing about me, Im dying of thirst, and that is why on the last song, he says "This is Kendrick Lamar. This is King Kendrick Lamar."
If you liked this album, you need to listen to To Pimp a Butterfly, it's also a Kendrick Lamar album, it was released in 2015, 3 years after GKMC, the album you reacted to in this video
I seriously can't understand how a person can listen to this Album (along with his others) and say that Kendrick is an overrated artist. He doesn't care about the fame of being a rapper, he wants to change the world for the better.
@@radiofoot1035not his best, there are songs on the albun that are better but it is definitely not the worst the worst song is real, it is the only skip on the album(real)
@@abolii how is it a bad take,i geniuenly thinks its a terrible,horrible,horrific unintresting and uncaptivating song,the nost bland song kendrick has even made,aside from worldwides steppers and maybd auntie diarirs of course।
I truly believe that Kendrick's going to go down in the books as a music legend. One of the sharpest pens out there, regardless of genre. It's almost a joke at this point, "White rap fans love Kendrick", lol, but man... he's undeniable.
Might've missed it, but "Angel Dust" is a name for cocaine. MAAD is more about his "angels" (god, community, family) being cracked out. A situation that sucks and is dealing with a lot of background problems.
Alright so heres the misunderstanding Kenny dosent have a brother the one who was shot was his friends brother who wanted revenge becouse the 2 hooded dudes kidnaped him The story takes place in only 1 day in the year 2003 or 2004 For anyone that dosent understand the story theres a really nice animation on yt idk the name but if you search gkmc story animated it should be the first result.
???????i''m so freaking confused. in this *8 months old* upload. he says he listened to mr morale and the big steppers. yet in his *recent* reaction to tyler the creator *newest * album chromacopia. he talks about how hes planing to react to mr morale and the big steppers and talks about the album as if hes never listened it??????????????????? can anyone pleaaaaaase tell me what's going on. his kendrick album reaction timeline is mixed up and confusing.
You really should listen to some mf doom albums if you want to witness crazy lyrisicm and different rap. More precisely to „madvillainy“ -by madvillain (a persona of doom) And „mm,food“ by mf doom
Sorry to correct you. On rare occasions I compliment random strangers. Mostly men obviously, because women nowadays tend to sue you for that ish. :) Dope breakdown of a great album, I´m too just discovering. Rinjehaun.
Is the short film worth it?
there is no short film😞, the album itself is the film that he’s referring to in the cover
He made a music video for M.A.D.D City where it's various shots of Compton, and it plays small excerpts of the other songs not singles. 9 minutes on the TDE UA-cam channel. A short film in a since
Great work on this bro!!! I’m from Compton and these are very valid perspectives of the things I too dealt with! Literally what doesn’t killl you make you stronger
Appreciate the love ✌️
i’m from Gardena and it’s just the small things like Gonzales Park odor and Rosecrans just make the album so much more special for me
@@tamerail
Man Ive seen so many reactions to this album and this was for sure one of the most enjoyable ones. Love how you took your time taking everything in. And you are fr hilarious lol. hope you react to tpab some time, especially since you love jazz. It's an amazing fusion of jazz, soul, funk and even bits of rock
Thanks Luffy, hate your live action series tho 🥰
@@tamerail Damn, I thought it was a solid show aside from some big flaws. But at least the manga is amazing 🫶
@@SilentPhoenix__I’m talking about the Netflix adaptation. Not the anime tho
@@tamerail Yes me too, I thought the cast was great and the ending was rlly nice
@@SilentPhoenix__ The acting is trash ngl. Especially Zoro.
People really listened to this album and said that Macklemore should get the Grammy for best rap album 😭😭😭
It really angers me even thinking about that
realistically most people voting probably didn’t even listen to either album, and that’s the problem.
@@samsonnicholas576bro it angers macklemore😭😭😭
To Pimp A Butterfly is a MUST listen. It is just as good as this if not better than GKMC + it’s a jazz/hiphop album…widely considered one of the best albums ever.
Both widely considered to be Top 10 of Rap apparently. How about DAMN? Does it compete?
@@tamerail DAMN and Mr Morale are great as well. Not as impressive as GKMC and TPAB imo
@@tamerail DAMN. Has a lot of radio hits similar to GKMC so it is rlly fun to listen to. Mr Morale has some of Kendrick’s deepest lyrics, most vulnerable songs, and important messgaes.
@@tamerail do you plan on reacting to TPAB soon?
@@tamerailyes damn won a Pulitzer price 😮
22:00 "i never was a gang banger, i mean i never was strange to the fonk neither" can be taken literally as he isn't gang affiliated, but he has family and people he is close to who are so he knows about that life. Hence why it's the art of peer pressure and the theme for the album as he really is just a good kid caught up in this wild environment. He's done and seen things he normally wouldn't all while hanging with the homies and going along for the ride, but isn't in a gang and just caught in the middle.
He was probably affiliated with a ton of gangs, just looking at what he raps about. Never got initiated though im assuming off of that bar of course
Truly one of the best albums in the history of music
People tell me TPAB is even better and I literally can’t wait to listen to it
@@tamerailwell what do you think?
”I like jazz” oh boy you will love TPAB then lol
He was 16 during the story of the album. He was 25 when this album dropped in 2012. The album takes place around 04
17 not 16 bro, he states it on Sherane. “Seventeen, with nothing but pussy stuck on my mental”
He was actually 22 I think
@@trillali1896nah he was 25 lol
“When I was 9 Joey packed a 9, Pakistan on every porch is fine” - kDot in Maad City
@@LOstBOi911its a flashback for that verse
When this album first blew up, the Swimming Pools single was a party drinking anthem, due to the almost mantra-esque hook chanting “drank”.
It’s thought to have been intentional to sneak a message about alcohol abuse into a popular party song.
“Thought to have been”? That’s literally what it is though, it’s a party song about the dangers of alcohol
and it was really effective as just that which is cool
Compton is the end credit song. It fits perfectly. Its the song that is playing as the credits roll to this short film experience....chefs kiss
You should listen to “to pimp a butterfly” you’ll like that one
he has the vinyl behind him im pretty sure he’s listened to it before
It's still in the packaging. He's only listening to Mr. Morale. The big steppers. He's working his way backwards well out of order but backwards but it's still in the packaging which means he hasn't listened to it@@wisdumblol
@wisdumblol You watch the video, man? He said within the first two minutes he hasn't listened to it, lol.
42:20 you’re prolly not gonna see this but, Lil Wayne’s house wasn’t raided, he shot himself in the chest in an attempted suicide at 12. He called his aunt before he did it. Police showed up and one of them saved him…
"I was the 5th homie" hahahaha no bullshit lol he paints the picture perfectly
"I thought I was the fifth homie." Actually killed me
For a dude who clearly isn't well versed in hiphop, this was a surprisingly astute analysis and you did a good job of catching the "easter eggs" and references to classic West Coast hiphop and the evolution of its sound. As an "old head" I still think Kendrick Lamar might be the greatest solo rapper of all time when you look at his actual catalogue.
this is one of the best reactions that i have ever seen for gkmc
He wasn't 16 he was 21. He was embodying what his younger self is. The ultimate healing cautionary tale. Some of the best music ever.
To Pimp A Butterfly would absolutely be a wild ride to react too
“Nothing has changed” you just described part of the plot of Mr morale
Things really doesn't change. You can't take things away. Something and someone would eventually fill that place.
That bass is richer than jay z to start off is crazy
1:13:39 maybe its supposed to represent a grandma idk, but that's actually Maya Angelou...She passed a year and a half after this album released
Stayed to the end 👍🏼 (Love to see more kdot reviews)
DAMN. REACTION IS A MUST
I love how invested in the story you were...after swimming pools..."ooh Sherane back!"😂! Awesome review 👏
I love your takes on this album and TPAB ! Definitely got a new subscriber
I feel kind of bad for Macklemore lol, he basically just made an album for fun and had no way of anticipating that he would win a grammy for it. Even he’s said that Kendrick deserved it more than him, it’s not his fault the voters were idiots!
The album wasn’t even bad either, it was just way way worse than it’s competitors
For a first listen. U kiiiiiilled it my brother. Damn that was fun
*DAMN. that was fun*
Nice reaction dude i really appreciate how real you are!
1:01:19 if you really like Jazz you should definitely react to Section 80 and especially To pimp a butterfly by Kendrick. Heavy Jazz influence in there
I know I got to this late, but please dont ever stop being you, you are funny asf!
"Dont ignore me...." as the voice finally fades all the wait out is one of my favorite jokes on any album ever
Omg it you love jazz you HAVE to react to to pimp a butterfly
what you noticed -- that the same problem Kendrick is singing about, Kanye already sang about, 2Pac sang about, the NWA sang about, and nothing has changed? that is one of the animating forces behind DAMN. which makes it Kendrick's darkest album
The president was Black. And the next one was a huge racist.
I have no hope in change.
El mejor reaccionando los álbumes de kendrick, de un GOAT a otro 🐐
can’t wait to see you do TPAB after seeing this one, great vid homie ✌️✌️
1:35:40 i was not expecting that and it killed me lmao
This was an amazing first reaction. Your genuine appreciation for the album is really great to watch. Just subscribed - would love to see more Kendrick content 🔥
Thanks bro from new Zealand
Aside from this being a snapshot of how youth is like in compton, this album is more symbolic for kendrick's career from the perspective it was his spiritual awakening and metamorphosis as an artist, starting the album as the young, violent/hooked to vices, immature K dot (which his hood friends called him and was his original alias when he was making mixtapes before he got signed), to becoming the very Kendrick Lamar we know today after finding God at the end of Sing about me, Im dying of thirst, and that is why on the last song, he says "This is Kendrick Lamar. This is King Kendrick Lamar."
GKMC🔥🔥 Great reaction
Love the reaction 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
If you liked this album, you need to listen to To Pimp a Butterfly, it's also a Kendrick Lamar album, it was released in 2015, 3 years after GKMC, the album you reacted to in this video
2:12 This verse was made for a German to spit
Best review ever
If you love jazz you are going to LOVE To pimp a butterfly
Kendrick isn't gang affiliated. He was closely associated with many people who were tho. That's important.
I seriously can't understand how a person can listen to this Album (along with his others) and say that Kendrick is an overrated artist. He doesn't care about the fame of being a rapper, he wants to change the world for the better.
Sir, you are hilarious! I loved this reaction
Give J Cole’s 4 Your Eyez Only a listen, it also has lots of story telling!
A full movie is probably in production. Kendrick has a lot of film projects going: The Melodic Blue & the South Park creators collab
"I have more hood credibility than Drake!" 😂😂
Good kid mad city is literally my one of favorite albums with TPAB right beside it 🙌🏾
good kid is his best song ever
Fax bro, so underrated too
@@radiofoot1035not his best, there are songs on the albun that are better but it is definitely not the worst the worst song is real, it is the only skip on the album(real)
@@AbuBakar-yj8nb Horrible take 😭
@@abolii how is it a bad take,i geniuenly thinks its a terrible,horrible,horrific unintresting and uncaptivating song,the nost bland song kendrick has even made,aside from worldwides steppers and maybd auntie diarirs of course।
@@AbuBakar-yj8nb Of course you dislike auntie diares too 😭😭😭
I truly believe that Kendrick's going to go down in the books as a music legend. One of the sharpest pens out there, regardless of genre. It's almost a joke at this point, "White rap fans love Kendrick", lol, but man... he's undeniable.
Love the vibes lmao
the talk on drake in this is funny if only you knew
you’re fucking hilarious bro lmao and i appreciate your appreciation for the music and the genre! keep up the good work man! plzzzz react to DAMN ASAP
i'd never consider measuring your street cred vs drakes but i you asked me 4 months ago i'd still say you would if that's worth something
real is my favorite track rn
Those skits at the end almost make me cry every time, especially after Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst.
So underrated
It go Halle Berry or hallelujah🗣️🔥🔥
2001 is a must listen, beats are crazy
Pimp a Butterfly reaction NOW PLEASE!
you really need to check To Pimp a Butterfly. It his masterpiece
listen to DAMN. by kendrick lamar
Kendrick learned everything about bloods from you big bro
😅😅😅 wild
pleaseeeee do to pimp a butterfly
Might've missed it, but "Angel Dust" is a name for cocaine. MAAD is more about his "angels" (god, community, family) being cracked out. A situation that sucks and is dealing with a lot of background problems.
1:09:59 pause
this dude funny asf 😭😭😭
You should listen/react to the hears series ambefore you rect to a album
He always drops one before a album
6:57 honestly hard to believe
Alright so heres the misunderstanding
Kenny dosent have a brother the one who was shot was his friends brother who wanted revenge becouse the 2 hooded dudes kidnaped him
The story takes place in only 1 day in the year 2003 or 2004
For anyone that dosent understand the story theres a really nice animation on yt idk the name but if you search gkmc story animated it should be the first result.
2:39 : " from now on no more drake hating " aged extremely bad
42:09 lil wayne also didn't grow up in compton, so..
Kendrick l. Duckworth😊
County building blues? Most underrated song😽😽😽
You arent taking into account the deals you can find off a good thrifting session
???????i''m so freaking confused. in this *8 months old* upload. he says he listened to mr morale and the big steppers. yet in his *recent* reaction to tyler the creator *newest * album chromacopia. he talks about how hes planing to react to mr morale and the big steppers and talks about the album as if hes never listened it???????????????????
can anyone pleaaaaaase tell me what's going on. his kendrick album reaction timeline is mixed up and confusing.
you should listen to Dr Dre but I'd recommend The Chronic before 2001
Sing about me I'm dying of thirst is his best song imo
please listen to to pimp a butterfly
If you haven’t heard you gotta listen to mama’s gun by erykah badu and baduism but imo mama’s gun is the better album but both are fantastic
More Drake hate please 😎
6:57 😂😂😂
9:41 PAUSSSEEE
Good album, but you don't know real rap until you react to Mackelmore
😂😂😂. The song on Palestine is good tho 👍
You need to react to Bone thugs-n-harmony album E. 1999 eternal
What site is he using??
Genius.com
You really should listen to some mf doom albums if you want to witness crazy lyrisicm and different rap.
More precisely to „madvillainy“ -by madvillain (a persona of doom)
And „mm,food“ by mf doom
This video is about a man getting real angry at the grammy's lol
Don’t tell me you faked this whole reaction, why you got tpab & Mr morale in the background 😭
he said in his tpab reaction he bought the vinyl before he even listened to it😭😭
Watch the throne is the best rap album
huh????
registered nurse 🤣
Idk if labeling yourself ‘Kanye fan’ in the title in 2024 is the move bro
womp womp
womp womp
womp womp
Your take on white women from LA is 1000000% facts LMAO
unfortunately 💀
Bro what's the issue about wanting some fancy drink or whatever? I don't see what you guys are fussing about.
Sorry to correct you. On rare occasions I compliment random strangers. Mostly men obviously, because women nowadays tend to sue you for that ish. :) Dope breakdown of a great album, I´m too just discovering. Rinjehaun.
what types of compliments are you giving for women to...sue you?
amazing video but cap drizzy was rapping on take care
just gonna let you know, kdot is a crip
Tf are r u on about. He isn’t in any gang, but has strong affiliation and ties with the west side pirus which are apart of the bloods
@@Gkep2005 no he has no affiliation but is from compton and associates more wit crips because of where he is from
@@-ZAFE-please use Google 🙏
Dawg what he is not gang affiliated but has links with the bloods wtf is u on😭
this and section.80 are his best albums in my opinion, the rest of his albums are also good, just not as.