GNX-Kendrick Lamar (new Album and video out 2024)Drake Is Suing lol

phanatic

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It's a white man on the screen grab ain't it,

So he gotta be right about hip hop
I mentioned this on our Top 5 podcast when the topic of gatekeeping came up. When all those youtube reacts videos dropped after the Kendrick-Drake beef, there were only a handful of black content creators who could grasp the metaphors, double entendres, and punchlines. Most of them were like "oh shit, he said hate". There was a white dude from England who was doing a way better job of dissecting the bars and pointing out the clever wordplay. Outside forces are always going to be at work, but we need to protect our art better, because the opinions of most of these people like Vlad and Akademiks only hurts the art and works to dumb it down.
 

playahaitian

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I mentioned this on our Top 5 podcast when the topic of gatekeeping came up. When all those youtube reacts videos dropped after the Kendrick-Drake beef, there were only a handful of black content creators who could grasp the metaphors, double entendres, and punchlines. Most of them were like "oh shit, he said hate". There was a white dude from England who was doing a way better job of dissecting the bars and pointing out the clever wordplay. Outside forces are always going to be at work, but we need to protect our art better, because the opinions of most of these people like Vlad and Akademiks only hurts the art and works to dumb it down.

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playahaitian

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So I stopped after the first few minutes is he talking what’s wrong with hip hop or what’s wrong with Drake lol?

He explains how hip hop works to us black folk

Watch it if you have time

I don't want to make your opinion for you I really want to hear your thoughts about this yet ANOTHER growing lucrative "intelligent " white enterprise built off our music.
 

dtownsfinest

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He explains how hip hop works to us black folk

Watch it if you have time

I don't want to make your opinion for you I really want to hear your thoughts about this yet ANOTHER growing lucrative "intelligent " white enterprise built off our music.
Ok I just wanted to make sure before I watched that some of these guys just be looking for clicks gonna give it a listen.
 

Non-StopJFK2TAB

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I mentioned this on our Top 5 podcast when the topic of gatekeeping came up. When all those youtube reacts videos dropped after the Kendrick-Drake beef, there were only a handful of black content creators who could grasp the metaphors, double entendres, and punchlines. Most of them were like "oh shit, he said hate". There was a white dude from England who was doing a way better job of dissecting the bars and pointing out the clever wordplay. Outside forces are always going to be at work, but we need to protect our art better, because the opinions of most of these people like Vlad and Akademiks only hurts the art and works to dumb it down.
There are folks in our community that still read the Bible as if it’s a collection of events and not a collection of literary devices. So when you say the black folks did this and the white folks did that, I’m the type to say that was their intention. Most of our folks are graduating high school reading at pre-middle school. I’m sure the there is a black English literature major that broke down the video, it’s just the algorithm wasn’t interested in letting you see that.
 

TheFuser

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I mentioned this on our Top 5 podcast when the topic of gatekeeping came up. When all those youtube reacts videos dropped after the Kendrick-Drake beef, there were only a handful of black content creators who could grasp the metaphors, double entendres, and punchlines. Most of them were like "oh shit, he said hate". There was a white dude from England who was doing a way better job of dissecting the bars and pointing out the clever wordplay. Outside forces are always going to be at work, but we need to protect our art better, because the opinions of most of these people like Vlad and Akademiks only hurts the art and works to dumb it down.

One of the major problems (aside from comprehension) is they're just trying to get reviews up as soon as possible. I'm a fossil at this point but I remember listening to an album and reading the liner notes while listening. Don't let it come with the lyrics or any plans I had that day was OVER.

"FUCK NO, I can't come outside. Cube just dropped!"

I remember doing a lyric breakdown on "She Lives In My Lap" by Andre 3000 (it's still on this board) and a bunch of people here and other places were like, "It's not that deep. It's just about sex." I knew comprehension was on the down slide at that point.
 

TheFuser

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Wait what!!!!

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spider705

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Album dropped just in time for rivalry week and bowl season. Sheesh!


Kendrick picks a lot of beats that are jazz influenced or have lots of live instruments playing... this dude music was BUILT for hbcu season.

Drake best bet is to stay overseas because I'm the states he would get tired of hearing Kendrick or renditions of Kendrick's music.
 

TheFuser

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Kendrick picks a lot of beats that are jazz influenced or have lots of live instruments playing... this dude music was BUILT for hbcu season.

Drake best bet is to stay overseas because I'm the states he would get tired of hearing Kendrick or renditions of Kendrick's music.

It's line dances now too. Homie fuck around and go to his uncle's birthday party in Memphis and then they start line dancing on his grave
 
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