KENDRICK LAMAR IS A MASTER STORY TELLER - SING ABOUT ME - THIS ONE IS HEAVY!
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- Опубліковано 11 тра 2022
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I'm not sure if you realize how good of a work you are doing with those break downs. You've helped me understand and even fall in love with songs I didn't really get. English is not my first language so it's hard for me to catch a lot of references or double meanings but thanks to you I know a lot more and I can enjoy and appreciate songs like this. I've always liked that song but I've just now learned how good it really is, which is mind-blowing. Thank you for your work and keep up!
Exactly the same for me, English isn't my first language and even though my English isn't bad the HipHop culture has so many references to certain things where they use 'slang' that I have a hard time understanding sometimes. That's why I love this channel.
Same for me
@@daanw6270 I can agree with you, even as an born American some of these words and references are regional! Used in some parts of the US but not others. Hip hop is my gateway to these other cultures and places of the US
Same
On God, this song wouldn't even be on my playlist without the understanding I received from this video. Now I have conversations where I argue this song vs Lose Yourself for best rap song of all time.
No lie, this one is sentimental to me. I lost two friends to guns , one was somewhat accidental and the other was straight up murder. I play this one for them every once in a while
I’ll pour one out for them at midnight with you homie
@@FollowerOfChrist144 I Preciate that fam fr ☝🏾
Homies doing work in the spiritual.. They got you still
They watchin and they got you fam 🙏
This is one of very few songs that bring tears to my eyes. Lotta pain in this song
I remember the first time I listened to Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst and actually shed a few tears because of how powerful the storytelling was. Fucking masteful
R E A L .
same
The recording at the end got me. I've been going through some shit praying and that verse hit shortly after finding some peace with God. I've listened to most of this album but hadn't gotten to this one yet. Amazing
Storytelling wise, this is one of the greatest rap songs of all time. I hold it in the same regard as songs like "Brenda's got a baby" by Pac, "For your eyes only" by Cole, "Stan", "Cleaning Out my Closet" and "Mocking Bird" by Em, and "Rewind" by Nas
Sing About Me, Dyin Of Thirst is better than all those songs lmao.
Cleaning out my closet, 4yoEyezOnly and Mockingbird is not even top 10 dawg c'mon.
@@simimongo6737 4 your eyez only can fit there imo
Duckworth too, the storytelling is something else
@@simimongo6737ah you crazy
@@simimongo6737Mockinbird is a masterpiece. Stan, 97' Bonnie & Clyde, Criminal, Brain Damage, Guilte Conscience, Kim... Storytelling by Eminem that is among the best of all time
Kendrick is mainstream without being mainstream. Just imagine a kid from Compton as he had put his story in front of us to visualize and doing in the best form of rap/hiphop. He deserve all the glory. His albums are the ones that gonna leave a legacy for generations to come. The whole number 1 2 3 and goat talk is corny. I hate that people can't simply listen to music and enjoy rather than pitting it against another artist. 😒
Just a PSA to anyone hearing the song for the first time. It’s even more impactful if you listen to the story of the album in order. Great breakdown!
yeah and don't skip dying of thirst like he did
I think his cadence is the thing that initially drew me in. The gun shot always hits hard, and while the vibe is melancholy this song always gives me a feeling of perseverance.
well said
This album will forever go down in my top 5 of all time. His ability to transport me to a world I’ve witnessed, but never lived is on par with any author I’ve ever read. The imagery carried in the words alone is masterful, let alone with the beat to set the tone. Smh goddamn. More Kendrick please! \m/
One of k dots greatnesses is that he never writes the same book repeatedly. He takes his time to write like a novelist. And that is why he doesn’t drop music often. Its about the art more than it is about the money
Bro this album has the most powerful and also best memory's for me out of any hip hop album ever. I remember me and my boy sitting and listening to this in the car right when the shit dropped just taking in every flow, every line, taking in the story and how each song would bleed in to the next. Man y'all don't even know.
i had the same experience with my friend
He's on such a conscious level, and that's why I always connect to kdot. An observer who can write it into poetry
Honestly this is an elite story telling, kendrick is one of the best to ever do it, u can visually see everything he's rapping about in this song, one of his best songs
The man is a poet painting the picture
The 3rd verse on this is literally painted in my soul, its my favorite KDot song and I know that 3rd verse by heart. So damn good.
This has to be one of the greatest songs of all time. Not just rap, but all of the music genre. Perfect story, intonation, voice reflection, character set ups and pure rapping.
No matter how many times you listen to it, them gunshots ring Goosebumps
Section 80 was his first retail album. GKMC is album #2. First on a Major Label. But either way, this video was awesome! Love your channel and your content. Midnight can’t come quick enough.
Is it midnight ET or PT? Help!!!
section 80 was originally a mixtape man.
@@user-gu5dv7vj8r no it wasn’t. It was his first indie album. There’s no industry beats and it was on sale on iTunes . If you look at his discography on Wikipedia, or anywhere for that matter, that is counted as his first album. OD was his mixtape. This is a fact.
Kendrick said all the stories on Good Kid Maad City are true stories!! As much as people rate him still don’t feel he gets the respect he deserves!! He don’t just make music he’s really talking to our people!!
Hey man, I really appreciate you covering this. I’m just a white boy from MN, I grew up in a small town and had some racist shit bred into me… and I cannot possibly appreciate the gravity of the lives of people this song is about, but I try to. I fuck with hip-hop cause I get to hear other people’s perspective and learn about beauty & diversity of humanity. This is probably one of my favorite songs, period - I’ve listened to it literally thousands of times, and it gives me solace that we hear it the same way. Keep doing the good work, fuck the haters haha.
This will always be my favorite Kendrick song.
Your reactions to Kendrick is starting make me love Kendrick I knew he was a lyricist but didn’t know he was able to rap like this he know definitely number 2 on my list em is number one
Oh he got bangers everywhere. Just wait until your music taste is expanded
@@viibesvk ya fr I have a new love for Kendrick now
@@onehandedbandit5878 kendrick is verstile. Hes in my top 2 & hes not number 2
Why Em?
@@zimdollar3229 because he is the best lyricist in hip hop but if you say that Kendrick or Wayne or a lyricist is your first I respect it that’s just who I have
One of my all time KDot records
Anybody foolish enough to comment negatively about an artist like Kendrick is just a miserable person.
Yo I’m hearing that this new Black Thought album is crazy.
Most definitely, on both accounts. ;)
Been listening to this song for years. Now i finally understand it completely. Thanks Stevie!
I got you!
The stans ruin the comments in this channel man, Kendrick is one of the best rappers of all time
Keisha was a real person that Kendrick knew, he talks about it in an old interview. I also think the sister did reach out to him which is the basis for this verse.
i have to research a poet for my english class and breakdown a poem and this song instantly came to my mind
please tell me you’re doing this/ did this
MF’s be really insecure about their favourite rappers that they can’t handle others getting praise. Kendrick might not be in everyone’s top 5 and that’s perfectly fine, we all have different tastes in music but you’re delusional if you don’t see the genius in his lyrics.
Theres room in this game for everyone, people acting wild for no reason, as if their opinion on the matter is gonna change the weight of his excellence.
Kendrick is hated by some morons now but when he is gone people will realize what they had. Kendrick is one of those “once in a lifetime” people.
I remember the first time I heard this while listening to the album start to finish for the first time. Crazy storytelling. Salute from Brazil 🤜🤛
I know we all on kendrick right now but Ab Souls Control System is an amazing listen.Once to get to the track Book Of Soul...damn hit you so fkn hard!!!! Just some TDE to bump leading up to big steppers!!!
Man I wish Soul was more active. Hes so slept on. I have everything that he's put out.
#facts 💯
This song has no right being so damn good
24:13 "Sleep is the cousin death" is a famous line from "New York State Of Mind" by Nas.
Thank you for doing this song! You’re honestly my fav reactor. But my brother passed almost a year ago today and I introduced him to Kendrick months before he passed and this is one song he really felt. He would always ask me to put it on. Gets to me every time I hear it now.
I’ve never really listened to Kendrick but I’m looking forward to this journey of getting to know his music through your channel, this song is incredible
I've been surprised as you are to see all the Kendrick hate in your comments. I'm low-key hoping these ppl are just trolling and don't really have such horrible taste in music 💀
Facts 😂😂
on 24:10 "sleep is the cousin of death"- nas 1994. line before that one: "cause the tongue is mighty powerful and i can name a list of your favorites that probably vouch"
Stevie smart, he knows Kendrick is trending so now he's reacting to him every day lmao
I've already said this bruh lol. Ive been wanting to do a Kendrick Lamar week, and this was def the best time to do it
Do 'how much is a dollar cost' then before the album lol
;)
I was hoping for this 😍 absolut top notch story telling wise!!!
You enhanced my love of this track with this video. Thanks for real.
You’re bumping KDot up there on my list. I might have to open that #5 spot up!!
First off, fuck yeah! Not only is the album dropping but I've been mega looking forward to your take and analysis and brilliant perspective on Kendrick (and realize it makes for an exceptional challenge to make reaction/analysis videos for how thorough you want to be with his music and it's not easy to explain). Second, Cartoon's and Cereal gets better with every listen since you dropped that first vid. 🔥🔥🔥
Thanks Stevie! Appreciate the kdot series! Learning a lot about the dude and enjoying the great hiphop 🔥🔥
Kendrick Lamar is one of the greatest artist of all time. In my top 3
The visual artwork in this song is literally painting a picture in my mind. The details is so precise it's crazy. Yeah K dot is on another level.
Everything on point….just like Gemini to have the world thinking and communicating about these deep thoughts. Beautiful.
Kendrick the GOAT if new album bangs. Do That Part Black Hippy remix!!
vouch i memorised the entire verse its so cold
Man, the cadence and rhyme scheme in that verse is nuts. Jay Rock comes in swinging, you think it can’t get any better. Then here comes K Dot lmao
Poetry in motion 🎶
honestly Kendrick is at least a top 3 rapper he REALLY has something special in him that nobody has and he is the only one that I really think if you don't like him you are hater.
Best breakdown...top notch stuff
This is one of my all time favorite albums of all time.
Mastery.
I love this song! I listen to this almost everyday.
this was such a great breakdown. hearing sing about me without dying i thirst was deadly though. going to go play the rest on my own now. one of my absolute favorites.
I have been saying this for the longest he might not be for favourite but he’s going to get you in your feelings and emotional asf with his words.
I also love his use of calling the Ghetto an Orphanage because an Orphanage is a place where society houses abandoned children and the ghetto is where society contains abandoned people (largely Black People).
Another powerful picture, when he talks about holding his friend as he dies (at the end of the life cycle) and to compare that to holding a newborn baby who is just being born (the beginning of the life cycle). Powerful. It enlists two separate emotions.
Also, when he talks about Keisha's sister hooking up with the marry man he also does a masterful job have weaving in another layer. He uses all piano musical references. He mentions her "cadence", "tingling keys" and "E" as in E-major a scale played on the piano. Is just another way K-Dot shows he is truly brilliant and layerd.
Thanks for breaking this down the way you did. I feel like Kendrick is one of the few artists that have a barrier to entry, because the way he writes is so relentless lol. Been listening to him all week .
Good morning from The Big Island!! TY for your hard work!!
This is the type of track that is so expertly written, it looks impossible that a person could even write.
It is a masterpiece in ever my sense of the word.
This song makes me cry like a baby, he has such a way with words.
Damn, I love this song. 💙
This song never fails to give me goosebumps. Favorite Kendrick song.
I got Kendrick at number three on my list, so I'm glad you're doing this now.
Kendrick finna to SWEEP The Grammys... :
Best Artist - Oklama
Best Song - The Heart Part 5
Best Album - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
Best Video - The Heart Part 5
@@idonotknowanynames who said its on the album?
One of my fav kendrick lamar songs of All time powerful message
im late to this video, this is in my top 3 Kdot songs and this is a phenomenal breakdown of kdots wordplay and writing. I thank you for this video. This video alone deserves a subscription. thank you Mr. knight.
You’re my favorite reactor. Thanks for explaining the whole song. You just made “sing about me” my favorite song by Kendrick
We need more k.dot here bro! Been waiting for a while with this kdot reactions salute to you Stevie 💯
One of my fav tracks.. all hail king Kendrick
I love this. I originally got on to your channel because of that guy but I love how you keep introducing me to fire.
GKMC and TPAB you GOTTA listen to front to back in order if it's your first time, the whole thing like a movie, there's a whole message and narrative
The cousin "David" with the Iversion Jersey on that game song and he had H I V
Damn, I just caught that ad remembered Game's verse I can't remember what album that was.... It may have been on the 1st or 2nd album
Thank you, Stevie.
Was waiting for your reaction all year
This song is pure art
I cannot wait until midnight. I literally have the full weekend blocked for listening and reaction videos.
You gotta do FEEL!
Bro react to whatever u want. Kendrick is GOATED and fuk whoever hating 😤
The Fade away part what make this top tier… i was like.. WTF
i'm ready for live review of Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers 🔥🔥🔥 hyped af
I left that previous comment before getting to the end of the video. Loved the breakdown. This is easily one of my favorite story telling songs of all time. Because it's so fuckin relatable. I was that kid that grew up in the hood. All my friends were in the street. But because I was so gifted and smart. My friends would not allow me to do stupid shit with them. Its like they saw better in me before I could see it myself. Sad to say every last one of them from that crew growing up is dead some from suicide... Some from murder... Here I am 37 with a family a good job. Three kids. Sometimes I look at my life and kick myself cause I think I could have def done more to try and show them a better way... But party off me feels like they knew... But they was in way too deep to change at that point...kinda venting now but I def loved the breakdown
My favorite bar in this song is that simple 3 worded one 26:05 “by any means” because it’s really part of the sentence before it too. Her story needs to be told by any means and he wasn’t trying to offend her by any means
Great breakdown g he's a threat to most ppl favorite rapper because most rappers have lyrics but not as creative or don't have the message and lack something else he literally has everything and ppl know but the truth is always the easiest to step around and make a lie/ excuse about it
fire video brother, it felt really nice to listen to the song together
This is not song, this is masterpiece man.
This song is definitely in my top 5 favourite songs of all time
Thank you
NEW FLOWS COMING BE PATIENT BROTHER
my comments could last at least 2 generations. thx man one of my fav songs
I love the fact how you break down the verses and a student of the game.... I am a writer myself #poet.... Musical nerds we all are & lovers of the GAME #theCulture
Tomorrow!!! Goddamn! I'm so excited!
I think its like 8 hours left
Thank you.
Tbh kendrick is the goat for me, would love to see some reactions to his new album when it drops
One of the best songs, ever.
Salute to K.Dot and, once again, shout out to Stevie. Tomorrow is the mf day! Let's go!
This song right here only highlights that he in no way glorifies street life or gang shit. Him creatively speaking from these different perspectives shows that he is actually extremely conflicted by doing it, but he's still feels he needs to share his perspective because he wants better.
The man is different and truly gifted. It cant be denied.
I Love Kendrick like I love Hiphop 🔥. He's a different type of rapper he paint his lyrics with his music, any sample Kendrick use will much the theme of his story telling. 👏❤️🔥 Beautiful art work that I love from Kendrick 😊
Man i wish you would have done dying of thirst. In my opinion one of the best back to back tracks in hip hop history. Big dawg hopefully you haven’t forgot about Tupac week.
My favorite album from Kendrick
25:05 "it reminds you of somebody !" Yes it does RIP 2pac
You gotta do Kush n Corinthians or HiiPower next bro. Two of my favorite Kendrick songs please !