Kendrick Lamar- King Kunta (VIDEO)
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no exuse.. the "i" video was like the night time version of this..this dude has interscope and dre behind him..why these $5 videos?
he can't get more creative than driving around in cars and doing little gay dances in his vids?
Outside the beat this song is pretty trash.
Dude doesn't even rap of the song. I don't even know if there's a full 16 with all the verses combined.
Dude doesn't even rap of the song. I don't even know if there's a full 16 with all the verses combined.
Doesn't even relate to the song at all.
It's just a simple video of a block party in the hood. It's authentic.
Because it's not rap song in the first placeOutside the beat this song is pretty trash.
Dude doesn't even rap of the song. I don't even know if there's a full 16 with all the verses combined.
The first 2 verses he's channeling James Brown
3rd Verse he's straight spitting and they switches to that "Young Jeezy" flow
nah
as black people, there's a big muddle of identities that we're all familiar with. Being conscious, being hood, being "respectable"
I feel like this video is a little more honest about the confict of interests in modern black minds
I hate when directors pretty much put blacks in white roles, to make it seem like they made it, or showing how hard they work so white people go
this seemed like it was really for us and not to show out for non blacks
White roles? Huh? So showing the average Black person in their work environment is trying to please White people?
That's a weird statement. Even if it were true, which it's not, how often do you see music videos showing Black people doing excellent shyt? Providing for their families, being in love, discovering things, etc? Almost never. How often do we see versions of the King Kunta video? 99% of the time.
All I'm saying is this: You can't preach "Black excellence" to me then shoot a video with hoes, gangbangers, etc and stay there. It just doesn't add up, no matter how much you twist it. If you're truly the voice of the new Black generation, as the media tells me you are, you should show all Black people. Show the hood. Show the middle class families. The upper class, etc.
But if you're selling malt liquor music and thugging, be honest about that and keep it hood.
Again, it goes back to my key point about Kendrick: What is Kendrick really selling? I would argue that he's not good at either spectrum: whether it's "alternative, positive Black hip hop" or "hardcore hood hip hop", which is why he has to blur the lines to keep y'all confused and make you think it's deeper than it actually is.
I'm not into vague, fake psuedo-deep shyt.
spliz
SplizThaDon
It's cause its on some James Brown shyt...listen to the part where he says "I can dig rappin.." ..that part comes straight from James Brown.."I can dig rappin... I can dig scrappin.."..sounds like a song Mystikal would make honestly...minus the hype..song is dope tho..Outside the beat this song is pretty trash.
Dude doesn't even rap of the song. I don't even know if there's a full 16 with all the verses combined.
spliz
SplizThaDon
shyt grew on me..I didn't like it too much when I first heard it...lol..
wet landscapes
ghost
you know exactly what I'm about
movies or television or books or music videos with blacks living in a lavish lifestyle or in an enviroment that is NOT standard to the black experience in america
malt liqour and thugging AND hard work and accomplishments are both parts of the black experience and we all encounter both. What, is he supposed to leave that part of actual real life to mafioso/thug rappers? Why? Has he not seen it himself? Should he go through a list of "conscious rapper topics" checklist instead? It's like you're salty that he brings up that shyt in a way that's not the standard. He's not a politician, this is his art. Would you stand around at a gallery and try and tell people looking at the art how the artist is misrepresenting their own views?
acting like artists are required to pick some formulated set of stereotypes to make their music and image easier for you to digest is the fakest thing ever
Mike Otherz
All Star
great song. great video.
you know exactly what I'm about
movies or television or books or music videos with blacks living in a lavish lifestyle or in an enviroment that is NOT standard to the black experience in america
Who said anything about lavish? I never said nor implied that AT ALL. Read my original comment.
Most Black people aren't in the hood anyway. A lot of us are, and a lot of us aren't.
malt liqour and thugging AND hard work and accomplishments are both parts of the black experience and we all encounter both. What, is he supposed to leave that part of actual real life to mafioso/thug rappers? Why? Has he not seen it himself? Should he go through a list of "conscious rapper topics" checklist instead? It's like you're salty that he brings up that shyt in a way that's not the standard. He's not a politician, this is his art. Would you stand around at a gallery and try and tell people looking at the art how the artist is misrepresenting their own views?
acting like artists are required to pick some formulated set of stereotypes to make their music and image easier for you to digest is the fakest thing ever
My nikka, you're rambling. You're trying so hard to justify what obviously looks 'off', instead of just taking a step back and trying to be objective.
King Kunta does not show both parts of the Black experience, yet the media tells me Kendrick routinely shows all sides of the Black experience. Something's not adding up. That's the whole point.