Kendrick Lamar- King Kunta (VIDEO)

[Ukbrotha]

Dope

 

[GoldenGlove]

This was just a fun video for dude IMO.

He's said in that Hot 97 interview that he wanted to just have his people have some fun with it. If you want to get deep though, one could say that he used the people in the video to glorify the ignorance of some of his fans/hiphop in general.

King Kunta in relation to the album's theme to me was him basically saying, "yeah they gave me the title, 'King Kendrick' but really what am I the King of? King of a lot of people who in a lot of cases have a slave mentality"



Maybe I'm reaching but, hey that's what forums are for

 

[JulesWinfield]

Dope.

 

[wet landscapes]

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.



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.

lol @ rambling when you've been hating in 10 million ways since TPAB came out

king kunta clearly did tie them together for me which is why I'm even arguing with you
but there's no point in arguing with some smug dude who revels in being negative about music

 

[Kaypain]

This was just a fun video for dude IMO.

He's said in that Hot 97 interview that he wanted to just have his people have some fun with it. If you want to get deep though, one could say that he used the people in the video to glorify the ignorance of some of his fans/hiphop in general.

King Kunta in relation to the album's theme to me was him basically, "yeah they gave me the title, 'King Kendrick' but really what am I the King of? King of a lot of people who in a lot of cases have a slave mentality"



Maybe I'm reaching but, hey that's what forums are for

 

[SirBiatch]

king kunta clearly did tie them together for me which is why I'm even arguing with you

How? Please give me clear examples from that video how Kendrick shows both aspects of the Black experience

 

[wet landscapes]

How? Please give me clear examples from that video how Kendrick shows both aspects of the Black experience

first of all the sound itself is a tied to a type of music that was a part of black culture in the past, that can still move people

second the imagery has the familiar block party/gang flavor that's a mainstay in music videos and is very familiar for people who lived that lifestyle, while the lyrics themselves are more politicized/racially conscious

he pretty much did an upbeat/fun 'Welcome to Jamrock' video

 

[SuburbanPimp]

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.

But who cares about what the "Media" tells you? You let the media dictate how you view rap artist?

K. Dot is from Compton and wanted rep for his family and friends and give them a chance to be apart of the video.. And that's just what he did

And King Kunta is a very simple song, he even said in the interview that he intentionally made the song that way so why would he have a complex video for a song like that?


Either way it's cool if you don't like it. It just must suck to see a artist you obviously don't like getting so much love to the point that you have have to spend all day posting about a rapper that you don't even listen to rather than posting about music you actually like

 

[SirBiatch]

first of all the sound itself is a tied to a type of music that was a part of black culture in the past, that can still move people

That has nothing to do with the video.

second the imagery has the familiar block party/gang flavor that's a mainstay in music videos and is very familiar for people who lived that lifestyle,

and for those that don't live that lifestyle, which would be most Black people, where they at?

while the lyrics themselves are more politicized/racially conscious

has nothing to do with the video.

he pretty much did an upbeat/fun 'Welcome to Jamrock' video

Not a good example and a totally different genre.

Would you say "Welcome to Jamrock" exhibits the full range of Black excellence? No you wouldn't.

 

[Woodrow]

This was just a fun video for dude IMO.

He's said in that Hot 97 interview that he wanted to just have his people have some fun with it. If you want to get deep though, one could say that he used the people in the video to glorify the ignorance of some of his fans/hiphop in general.

King Kunta in relation to the album's theme to me was him basically, "yeah they gave me the title, 'King Kendrick' but really what am I the King of? King of a lot of people who in a lot of cases have a slave mentality"



Maybe I'm reaching but, hey that's what forums are for

 

[SirBiatch]

But who cares about what the "Media" tells you? You let the media dictate how you view rap artist?

Coming from you, a Kendrick fan, that is some of the funniest shyt I've read in a while. Kendrick fans are the biggest dikkriders of media. This is borderline fact now.

Listen dude, all I'm trying to do is figure out what the fukk Kendrick is really trying to do. And it seems like he's a vague muhfukka.

We went from "Black people shouldn't portray themselves as White folk" to "Black people don't live lavish lifestyles" to "Kendrick just wanted to rep his homies" as an excuse for why the video representing Black excellence looks like a malt liquor ad.

Keep em coming. This is great stuff.

 

[wet landscapes]

That has nothing to do with the video.



and for those that don't live that lifestyle, which would be most Black people, where they at?



has nothing to do with the video.



Not a good example and a totally different genre.

Would you say "Welcome to Jamrock" exhibits the full range of Black excellence? No you wouldn't.

I said the black experience, not excellence
where will you move the goalposts next, I wonder

and I guess the words he's saying in the video have nothing to do with the video huh
you just don't feel it, which is on you
people aren't looking at it wrong
you just don't like it

 

[spliz]

This was just a fun video for dude IMO.

He's said in that Hot 97 interview that he wanted to just have his people have some fun with it. If you want to get deep though, one could say that he used the people in the video to glorify the ignorance of some of his fans/hiphop in general.

King Kunta in relation to the album's theme to me was him basically, "yeah they gave me the title, 'King Kendrick' but really what am I the King of? King of a lot of people who in a lot of cases have a slave mentality"



Maybe I'm reaching but, hey that's what forums are for

I could see this...dope observation..

 

[That Singer Guy...]

so your saying they talking about the same subject matter

and why would i prefer the more complex approach between the 2

you DID IT! you figured out why im here

Cut it out, your schitck is tired and is gonna get you banned.

Go post in a Lupe thread and stop shytting this one up with your trolling stannery.

 

[wire28]

This was just a fun video for dude IMO.

He's said in that Hot 97 interview that he wanted to just have his people have some fun with it. If you want to get deep though, one could say that he used the people in the video to glorify the ignorance of some of his fans/hiphop in general.

King Kunta in relation to the album's theme to me was him basically saying, "yeah they gave me the title, 'King Kendrick' but really what am I the King of? King of a lot of people who in a lot of cases have a slave mentality"



Maybe I'm reaching but, hey that's what forums are for

I took it similarly. Wesleys theory he talks about what he would do with money. For free he gets shytted on for not being ballin. And king kunta he reached the pinnacle and got all the big booty bytches and living ghetto fabulous in the hood with the homies

i was the same theme wise with the song so I dismiss the whole stereotypical rap music video angle.