The Genius Behind Kendrick Lamar's Reincarnated

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  • @Yeab_m
    @Yeab_m  18 днів тому +10

    90 percent of the people who watched this video still aren't subscribed! If you like the work I do, consider subscribing, and also leaving a comment so the algorithm pushes this video out to more people 🧡

    • @terrelltownes
      @terrelltownes 18 днів тому

      100 percent of the people who watch this video know it’s Garbage, don’t subscribe to this channel and don’t support your bs, do something on Mexican

    • @therebellion96
      @therebellion96 13 днів тому +1

      Did the audio for the video cut out at 4:54 10:18 11:07 11:41 13:43 for everyone else?

    • @Ezcape0
      @Ezcape0 9 днів тому

      Just had a thought he didn't end with reincarnated but just carnated cause his story not over yet

    • @Ezcape0
      @Ezcape0 9 днів тому

      ​@@therebellion96yes

  • @Justice-j1b
    @Justice-j1b 27 днів тому +123

    I love how he says “I’m shedding skin” which is a callback to Lucifer transforming into a snake or a dragon. I also love how he says in the second verse. “ angel straight from heaven.” both showing off his foreshadowing to being Lucifer

  • @martezjones7437
    @martezjones7437 26 днів тому +72

    Kendrick is a genius.
    UA-camr you are a genius as well for breaking this down .

  • @blxvkpxndx
    @blxvkpxndx 28 днів тому +95

    Let this man cook. I enjoyed tf out this video

  • @spellegren
    @spellegren 29 днів тому +177

    John Lee Hooker only lived in Detroit for five years from '43 to '48, and was never a record executive. He lived from 1917 to 2001, which means his life overlaps Billie Holiday. Who was born in 1915 and died in 1959.
    Getting kicked out of the house by their "father" represents getting kicked out of the house of God. Which he just straight up tells you in the third part.
    People aren't looking at the last verse and connecting it to the first two, that's the problem. The song is a parable, the people mentioned in the song represent the unnamed Black artists that have consistently perished for the entertainment of yt people.
    The very last line tells you everything: "I rewrote the devil's story just to take our power back, 'carnated"
    The story of the Lucifer (aka the devil) is a parable, just like this song.

    • @markusc9417
      @markusc9417 28 днів тому +3

      I was sure it was Billie Holiday,.. But maybe it in fact is Dina washington , she was born in 1924!?

    • @serfranklin6022
      @serfranklin6022 28 днів тому

      ​@@markusc9417Dinah Washington didn't die of brown sugar, she died of diet pills overdose. Billie Holiday was a notorious heavy brown sugar user, there's documentaries out there where her peers from ber generation confirm it. Her death was listed as heart and liver failure, but at 44 years old you just don't suddenly die of those for no reason, and considering that it was reported that after her death they had found brown sugar hidden in her hospital room, it's safe to assume that that's what ultimately killed her and that she was using up to the very end right under her doctor's nose. And to top it all off, she was a constant presence at the Chitlin' Circuit. Her story checks out better with Kendrick's lyrics than Washington's.

    • @serfranklin6022
      @serfranklin6022 28 днів тому +34

      Just because Hooker's and Holiday's lives overlapped it doesn't mean that the devil wasn't moving from body to body while the artists were still alive. Those are clearly just two examples of many.

    • @-Epiphany
      @-Epiphany 28 днів тому +2

      Very true....

    • @kevricbro3
      @kevricbro3 28 днів тому

      Love this take​@@serfranklin6022

  • @AlimamyBangura-p7u
    @AlimamyBangura-p7u 28 днів тому +202

    Kendrick is the greatest artist of all time idc what anyone says

    • @simpsonjosh342
      @simpsonjosh342 24 дні тому +2

      Lol

    • @kenyac1310
      @kenyac1310 23 дні тому +1

      Does that make Michael Jackson number 2?

    • @BreezeAntix0922
      @BreezeAntix0922 23 дні тому +1

      I agree

    • @4kProKing
      @4kProKing 22 дні тому +1

      Agreed 👍🏽

    • @kenyac1310
      @kenyac1310 22 дні тому +1

      @@4kProKing But Michael was worldwide: China, Thailand, All of Europe. Australia. US. Does this make Michael now number 2?

  • @kavoniagilford9777
    @kavoniagilford9777 29 днів тому +90

    If Kendrick ever take his writing talent to do a series it’ll make all others just be a memory. Kendrick if ur reading this. get Ghost from Power & show 50 how it’s some. This man is a genius.

  • @coryjackson6944
    @coryjackson6944 28 днів тому +20

    Hmm 🤔
    You did a really great job explaining “Reincarnated” interspersed with actual stories and events to support the lyrics.
    I’m impressed ❤
    Very well done!

  • @tthebeasty1
    @tthebeasty1 29 днів тому +34

    Kendrick the only man I know that preaches to him self

  • @markusc9417
    @markusc9417 28 днів тому +26

    Very well done, I hope the breakdown helps ppl understand what the song is really about instead of the surface level,.. And that it's not Dina Washington, but Billie Holiday!! Again, well done!! 🔥

  • @thomasbeck8029
    @thomasbeck8029 28 днів тому +53

    the line "I didn't gloat, even told 'em, 'No' When the vultures came" also refers to Kanye and ty$ reaching out for a Kendrick verse on the vultures album after already beating drake, kendrick turned them down

  • @mirzasaysrelax
    @mirzasaysrelax 28 днів тому +82

    This track 100% for sure is Kendrick's best work, idc fight me

    • @fridge588
      @fridge588 25 днів тому

      his best song

    • @pedromagallon7536
      @pedromagallon7536 24 дні тому +6

      This song for me personally is right there with Duckworth. Both are songs for me that are perfect examples of how great of a story teller kendrick is.

    • @akshaeee
      @akshaeee 23 дні тому +2

      Yep, Reincarnated, then sing about me, then duckworth

    • @tpakde
      @tpakde 22 дні тому +1

      this, count me out, DUCKWORTH., and U

    • @naiknaik8812
      @naiknaik8812 21 день тому +1

      idk prayer is pretty good

  • @kincamell2
    @kincamell2 28 днів тому +43

    "My only fear of death, is reincarnation"- Tupac

  • @MurpleHaze
    @MurpleHaze 29 днів тому +24

    Outstanding presentation. Keep doing yo thang!

  • @marcellachristie2402
    @marcellachristie2402 28 днів тому +13

    Awesome breakdown, very informative, enlightening, well thought out & the presentation is amazing. Great job!!!😊

  • @TDX-TheDarrelXperience
    @TDX-TheDarrelXperience 27 днів тому +12

    No cap, I didn’t know the first set of artists from his beginning verses, wanted to know that, so thanks for your analysis of the song, deep dive got em.

  • @gromykogreen
    @gromykogreen 29 днів тому +325

    I enjoy the history that you're saying, but either talk louder into the mic or turn the music down because it's really hard to understand the info that you're given

    • @r.awilson7402
      @r.awilson7402 28 днів тому +33

      I can hear him clearly bc I only focus on his voice, just like you do when in a crowded loud club, that how I learned this skill😊

    • @phoebecara4361
      @phoebecara4361 28 днів тому +11

      ​@@r.awilson7402I tried. I tried listening to it multiple times and I still only get half of what he's saying. Which is weird cause I can hear Reincarnated clearly. Maybe, I'll watch this video again when I have an equalizer extension for UA-cam

    • @gromykogreen
      @gromykogreen 28 днів тому +4

      @r.wilson7402 I heard what he was saying it was just unnecessary music playing while he's talking low I work around loud vehicles and know how to talk and listen around loud scenarios I just feel like it was unnecessary

    • @r.awilson7402
      @r.awilson7402 28 днів тому

      @@phoebecara4361 he's in the learning stage!… still he under 50” subscribers, the editing is were/why the volumes differences hell get better

    • @KATANA-7
      @KATANA-7 28 днів тому +4

      There are subtitles?????

  • @LindaEllis-y4c
    @LindaEllis-y4c 28 днів тому +7

    This was broke down great. Great job, young man.

  • @jolivettejanderson-douonin3698
    @jolivettejanderson-douonin3698 28 днів тому +21

    John Lee Hooker was from Mississippi, near Clarksdale, Mississippi. "Most talented where I'm from, but I had the rebel" could be his birthplace down south.

    • @cappykuntz1302
      @cappykuntz1302 26 днів тому

      Also, Ole Miss’ athletics go by ‘the Rebels’ which could be another connection.

    • @jolivettejanderson-douonin3698
      @jolivettejanderson-douonin3698 26 днів тому +3

      @cappykuntz1302 No. Having 'the rebel' equates to a rebellious spirit, not following rules etc. The Ole Miss Rebels were Confederate soldiers of the Civil War who fought to keep Black people enslaved in Mississippi and the other States that seceded from the Union.

  • @goodpeopleprosper635
    @goodpeopleprosper635 26 днів тому +7

    I'm subscribing bigkish, brought me here. You did a wonderful job. He was right

  • @FMB8
    @FMB8 23 дні тому +3

    I didn’t think I could like this song even more until you broke it down. I completely understand where Kendrick is coming from in this song. I appreciate the break down.

  • @memedewd
    @memedewd 28 днів тому +7

    Incredible breakdown of the song, you really covered every little detail. Great job!

  • @JaMBizuh
    @JaMBizuh 28 днів тому +9

    I had to turn my bass down completely to hear you clearly brother. Great video. I'm subbing hope you get a better mic cuz your work is valued.

  • @FeCastrillon
    @FeCastrillon 26 днів тому +4

    What an incredible breakdown. Great job bro

  • @AlimamyBangura-p7u
    @AlimamyBangura-p7u 28 днів тому +11

    You have earned your self a sub and a forever fan

  • @GetPTCS
    @GetPTCS 20 днів тому +2

    🔥🔥🔥🔥This was DOPE, PLEASE continue to produce more🙌👏🙌👏🙌👏💯‼️

  • @michelleabraham6625
    @michelleabraham6625 27 днів тому +5

    This is the BEST BREAKDOWN EVER !! 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏

  • @alexanderpolski
    @alexanderpolski 28 днів тому +8

    My take is that this is a good take on Kendrick Lamar new banger “reincarnated” thumbs up, kind regards

  • @unstopable50
    @unstopable50 28 днів тому +5

    Great analysis bro.
    I have now subscribed to your channel and can’t wait till this channel blows up for real

  • @Dontcallmecushhhhh
    @Dontcallmecushhhhh 28 днів тому +5

    MORE DEEP DIVES PLEASE YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD

  • @LEMZITV
    @LEMZITV 24 дні тому +2

    Glad you’ve done this, it’s genuinely one of the best hip-hop songs written to date 🏆

  • @RicardoCaetanoable
    @RicardoCaetanoable 27 днів тому +2

    Amazing breakdown. Thank you 🙏🏼

  • @EliotThemastermind-xb6xp
    @EliotThemastermind-xb6xp 19 днів тому +1

    This song is so so good ,the best ,the flow ,the meaning ,the story ,WOW

  • @harlemknightstv4411
    @harlemknightstv4411 29 днів тому +7

    Your channel is fire keep working!

    • @Yeab_m
      @Yeab_m  29 днів тому +1

      Thanks, will do!

  • @dianeclarkson9607
    @dianeclarkson9607 26 днів тому +1

    Great work on this video. Thank you! - Excellent work!!!

    • @Yeab_m
      @Yeab_m  26 днів тому

      Much appreciated!

  • @GigachadLazer
    @GigachadLazer 24 дні тому +2

    Yo just some tips you should tune down the reverb on the mic it shakes the audio a lot but over all this is a goated video

  • @Tom4this
    @Tom4this 26 днів тому +1

    Ive been waiting for someone to do this... nice work and keep going bro!

  • @necib5016
    @necib5016 8 днів тому +1

    Around 5:00, 10:22, 11:12, more spots the sound went off for me💔 I'm not sure what happen but that saddens me.

  • @stepswitk3
    @stepswitk3 23 дні тому +1

    This Was a Dope Break Down! Kendrick Lamar is definitely One of the Greats of Our Generation Thanks For Putting the Time into This

  • @chang502011
    @chang502011 23 дні тому +1

    BIGGKISH brought me here. You’re doing great work. You’ve earned a subscriber! Keep it up bro!! 🔥🔥🔥

  • @GIADALAZ
    @GIADALAZ 25 днів тому +2

    Great video! The audio can be a bit better mixed though

  • @leboselahla
    @leboselahla 25 днів тому +1

    Appreciate the thorough breakdown

  • @sageslim1914
    @sageslim1914 29 днів тому +4

    Really cool breakdown

  • @TheAdvocateSTL
    @TheAdvocateSTL 27 днів тому +2

    Most important track on GNX, with Man In The Garden close behind. The self awareness is divine level.

  • @Ace_The.Magician...
    @Ace_The.Magician... 26 днів тому +1

    Thank you so much for this breakdown. i really needed this because i feel like i might be in his shoes one day.

  • @sherrimoultrie8930
    @sherrimoultrie8930 24 дні тому +1

    Nice job and now I have subscribed

  • @TheRealBigManHarris
    @TheRealBigManHarris 28 днів тому +2

    Great breakdown

  • @BlowWord.
    @BlowWord. 27 днів тому +1

    needed this

  • @monicasmith1458
    @monicasmith1458 6 днів тому

    LOVE the background and meaning of the verses. LOVE IT BECAUSE IT REALLY GIVES YOU THE BEST WAY TO UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THIS SONG ❤️ 🥰🥰 😢😢😢

  • @jhaisatiiva5560
    @jhaisatiiva5560 23 дні тому +1

    On point *
    Well interpreted 🎉

  • @TheDirtyWork
    @TheDirtyWork 28 днів тому +1

    My favorite song on the album. If you haven't already seen "The US vs. Billie Holiday," check it out. She has an assistant who spoke Italian and always supported her.

  • @michelesattiewhite4952
    @michelesattiewhite4952 24 дні тому

    Breakdown is great keep it up 😊

  • @randalpizarro6691
    @randalpizarro6691 28 днів тому +2

    Awesome breakdown…

  • @mrsilkysmoothd
    @mrsilkysmoothd 28 днів тому +4

    Kendrick the goat 🐐

  • @qwencyvalentino5567
    @qwencyvalentino5567 27 днів тому +1

    Best video hands down

  • @iam-the-professor
    @iam-the-professor 22 дні тому +1

    Great #BREAKDOWN ❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥✅

  • @jasminehollins7595
    @jasminehollins7595 28 днів тому +3

    I like this one here👏🏽

  • @jessbracken8943
    @jessbracken8943 28 днів тому +1

    Dope video whispers

  • @Ronaldineo777
    @Ronaldineo777 23 дні тому +2

    Kendrick was also literally kicked out of the house by his father as he's mentioned in interviews..

  • @michayahjwalker3349
    @michayahjwalker3349 26 днів тому

    This video helped so much. I had no idea what all this meant when I first listened

  • @NightWalker47
    @NightWalker47 24 дні тому

    thank you for this breakdown! i didn't fully realize the points on lucifer in this song, but it makes so much sense now.

  • @renepryor8650
    @renepryor8650 22 дні тому

    How many of us wouldn’t love to be in a college class analyzing and discussing this man’s music and the meanings, Easter egged, etc in his music?

  • @KATANA-7
    @KATANA-7 28 днів тому +1

    Good stuff 😊💚

  • @CCrawford3971
    @CCrawford3971 27 днів тому +2

    The second verse was NOT about Billie Holiday, it was about Dinah Washington (lengendary jazz singer). Billie (although an addict) did NOT die of an overdose, Dinah did.

  • @oilyque
    @oilyque 27 днів тому +13

    KDot so cold.. dude can tell a story and have double and triple quadruple entendres that take months to dissect.

    • @henrykesse6760
      @henrykesse6760 21 день тому +1

      Drake can never 😢😢😢

    • @Θκμ
      @Θκμ 18 днів тому

      That and saying fuck a double entendre 😂

  • @EvelynLogan-h2k
    @EvelynLogan-h2k 8 годин тому

    ❤❤❤this song is AMAZINGt thanks respect

  • @oilyque
    @oilyque 27 днів тому

    Dope break down

  • @jovanreid6782
    @jovanreid6782 29 днів тому +34

    U better be Black out here repeating the title of that Tupac song like that!

    • @Theemultidimensionalgoddess
      @Theemultidimensionalgoddess 29 днів тому +7

      I immediately paused the video and thought the same thing hahahahah😂

    • @jovanreid6782
      @jovanreid6782 29 днів тому +10

      @Theemultidimensionalgoddess Shiiitttt, I done subbed just to be on top of every time he drops a new video; until brodie shows his face, I'm on his head! Ya heard! lol 😄

    • @Theemultidimensionalgoddess
      @Theemultidimensionalgoddess 28 днів тому

      @ 😭😭

    • @issarahul9102
      @issarahul9102 24 дні тому +1

      i thought the exact same thing hahahaha

  • @cocobeebe
    @cocobeebe 28 днів тому

    You shed a lot of light here.

  • @goodpeopleprosper635
    @goodpeopleprosper635 26 днів тому +1

    I'm subscribing i found you through kish

  • @andilemthethwa6463
    @andilemthethwa6463 29 днів тому +4

    15:49 from now on this is how I’ll pronounce the word “Jazz”

  • @the.real.dexterolive
    @the.real.dexterolive 19 днів тому +2

    Walked this mf down w/a poker face 🕶️👌🏾

  • @shaferbro
    @shaferbro 23 дні тому

    It still blows my mind that this wasnt the biggest song on the album. Easily the best song kendrick has ever put out in my opinion.

  • @felipetorres5772
    @felipetorres5772 29 днів тому +4

    14:43 hits me everytime

  • @ErickNoriega101
    @ErickNoriega101 23 дні тому

    Helluva video

  • @USZNDOTCOM
    @USZNDOTCOM 28 днів тому +2

    What’s the song playing in the background

  • @Rochad_A
    @Rochad_A 26 днів тому

    I appreciate the video, mic sounds a little muffled

  • @iristaylor3565
    @iristaylor3565 25 днів тому

    Excellent 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤

  • @markcarey67
    @markcarey67 28 днів тому

    I read the first vignette as not about anyone in particular but more of a kind of composite myth Kendrick made up that incorporated a lot of stories.There is a bit of Robert Johnson and a bit of Hendrix in there, perhaps. But then the character winds up having influence at a record company. So no one historical figure completely fits.

  • @jaimebrathwaite2265
    @jaimebrathwaite2265 29 днів тому +6

    It's Not Billie Holiday it's Dinah Washington

    • @rockymcgee1
      @rockymcgee1 28 днів тому +4

      Dinah Washington... from my understanding, did not shoot up.. 🤷🏾but Billie did.

    • @tutureaves3151
      @tutureaves3151 28 днів тому

      ​@rockymcgee1 in looking at Dinah Washington died of lethal combination of secobarbital and amobarbital, prescriptions for her insomnia and diet, which contributed to her death. Other qualudes Methaqualone overdose resembles barbiturate poisoning, but with increased motor difficulties and a lower incidence of cardiac or respiratory depression.

    • @rrainnecross8065
      @rrainnecross8065 21 день тому

      ​@@rockymcgee1she did. Billie was alcohol.. Dina was drugs.

  • @orewayasuke888
    @orewayasuke888 28 днів тому +2

    W video

  • @samuelchia687
    @samuelchia687 22 дні тому

    Dot really a artistic genius. I guess there’s a reason colleges study his work

  • @Hollandvancewright
    @Hollandvancewright 29 днів тому +2

    Please work on your levels, your mic is too quiet. An otherwise great video though, subbed

  • @craigsapp4372
    @craigsapp4372 27 днів тому

    Love the content but please change the mic. I have trouble understanding what is being said. 🙏🏽

  • @mbachuvictory
    @mbachuvictory 24 дні тому +1

    I always thought that second verse was about Whitney houston

  • @rrainnecross8065
    @rrainnecross8065 21 день тому

    Correction its Dina Washington not Billie Holiday.

  • @joebanks174
    @joebanks174 24 дні тому

    I like this

  • @aishalyrika631
    @aishalyrika631 26 днів тому +2

    While this is a nice take on musical history, it has a lot of biblical inaccuracies; and relies heavily on religious doctrine rather than what is actually told in the Bible.

  • @peterhernandez7817
    @peterhernandez7817 5 днів тому

    Kick out the house also refers to lucifer being kicked out of heaven

  • @tutureaves3151
    @tutureaves3151 28 днів тому +2

    It was not Billie Holiday it was Dinah Washington in the second verse.

    • @Yeab_m
      @Yeab_m  28 днів тому +1

      He's not depicting a specific person it’s a reflection on multiple iconic artists who faced similar fates. Often caused by addiction, social pressure and tragic endings linked to personal demons or struggles. Billie makes sense because she redefined jazz, much like the revolutionary artist he embodies in this verse and plus the tragic cycles Kendrick highlights align with her story, but it’s not just her.

    • @serfranklin6022
      @serfranklin6022 28 днів тому

      @@Yeab_m it does depict a specific person when all the facts check out. Dinah Washington died of diet pills overdose and she wasn't know to do hard stuff, Billie Holiday on the other hand was notoriously addicted to brown sugar, they literally found some hidden in her hospital room after she died, Google it. And she was a constant presence at the Chitlin' Circuit. There was one blog that put out this Dinah Washington narrative and all the sheeps are running away with it even if the facts of her life don't even match the lyrics. 🤦🏽‍♂️

    • @NatchezIndian
      @NatchezIndian 27 днів тому

      Wasn't Dinah Washington.. It's documented that Billy holiday died in the hospital due to heroine overdose days before she was reported to be taking into custody.. Police there said they found a needle in her arm that wasn't done by medical nurses

    • @KosemElaine
      @KosemElaine 23 дні тому

      @@NatchezIndian Billie died from heart failure after years of drug use. Dinah literally died of an overdose. It’s Dinah. Billie is obvious anyways. Too obvious for Kendrick Lamar.

    • @rrainnecross8065
      @rrainnecross8065 21 день тому +1

      It was Dina Washington.. she was drugs. Billie was alcohol

  • @pheobrien8704
    @pheobrien8704 12 днів тому +1

    Might have been a great video had it not kept going mute

  • @JoanStephens-v6t
    @JoanStephens-v6t 25 днів тому

    I hope god keep you here for a hundred years

  • @sublime4029
    @sublime4029 26 днів тому +1

    Dude totally misses the point of the motif being kicked out of the house. Its drawing a line between the artists and the devil and represents a similar fall from grace and departure from standard path.

  • @TrudySmith-u5l
    @TrudySmith-u5l 24 дні тому

    Nice
    His pen 🖊️🖋️

  • @EliotThemastermind-xb6xp
    @EliotThemastermind-xb6xp 19 днів тому +1

    Did Kendrick vow to not keep coming back and choosing war😂😂,is that why he said the more he says that the more his word is diminished meaning the more he says he wants peace and keeps choosing war the less people will believe him?

  • @cilla352
    @cilla352 28 днів тому

    I believe the female vocalist is Dorthy Dandridge, not Billie Holiday.

  • @Ocean7653
    @Ocean7653 25 днів тому

    👏 👏 👏

  • @phillipwashington6925
    @phillipwashington6925 18 днів тому +2

    Excellent Presentation.Kendrick Lamar represents an example and a very serious challenge to mainstream hip hop artists. The mis-use of God's gifts and talents, in this context, is defined as ingratitude... Promoting self--destructive ideas that serve no good purpose for anyone, but the artists who's determined to continue to be an agent of destruction, rather than an agent of change.Those who prosper from such degenerate expression in hip hop music are willing particpants in feeding the status quo.A destructive mindset tend to lead to destructive ends. Kendrick Lamar has pledged to himself and The God of Mercy, Justice and Forgiveness that he vow to use the gift he has been given to "Flip the script." 🎶🎶 Feel me?

  • @humanr.e8529
    @humanr.e8529 27 днів тому +1

    3:54 Billie holiday never knew her father. And she didn't die of a drug overdose. She had cirrhosis of the liver. She died handcuffed to a bed in a hospital not with a needle in her 😂😂 how did everybody come to her and then not look it up smh

  • @dnormal
    @dnormal 25 днів тому

    Lupe did it with samurai with Amy winehouse