Kendrick Lamar's KILLSHOT Not Like Us Lyric Breakdown

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On this episode, Skip and Dj breakdown Kendrick Lamar's electric,
culture-shifting final death blow of a diss track "Not Like Us". We break down the lyrics line by line to search for any hidden meanings, entendres, metaphors, or just petty lines that we may have missed or ignored when the song was first released.
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@ariedmck Ай бұрын

Sacramento just signed and introduced DeRozan this past weekend and he came out to Not Like Us.

@goddammitalana Ай бұрын

Proud to have him here❤

@MrByrdis Ай бұрын

As a native Chicagoan and Bulls fan, I’m glad DeRoz came home, we didn’t deserve him either 🤦🏾‍♂️

@smoothkidd272k6 Ай бұрын

He back home…almost….damn it Lakers. Smh.

@RevengeOfThaNerd Ай бұрын

The Kings?? Thought the Lakers were gonna catch that one.

@ariedmck Ай бұрын

@@RevengeOfThaNerd Unfortunately (for us fans), the Lakers are chasing ghosts.

@ariedmck Ай бұрын

“…which we won’t be covering…”😂😂😂

@doronpearson5363 Ай бұрын

You caught that too 😂🤣

@rp2010 Ай бұрын

“Not Like Us” was purposefully more catchy than his other songs for all of the haters who said that “Kendrick doesn’t know how to make a club banger” as if that is the main point of a beef lol

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

The texture of each diss was extremely different, it was like a 4 course meal.

@richardbrown2755 Ай бұрын

@@rp2010 and he dumbed it down intentionally each song Kendrick dropped cause drake fans couldn't understand

@rp2010 Ай бұрын

@@richardbrown2755 FACTS

@teenatravelsabroad Ай бұрын

"We outside" is what we west coasters would say when we getting ready to fight someone, we would wait outside their house and yell "we outside" lets fight, bring your ass out!😆

@cheychey_pronouncedShy-Shy Ай бұрын

everyone says that

@avashirley2912 Ай бұрын

Mustard said he didn’t use the Ether sample period. Just internet lies!

@angelique707 Ай бұрын

They don’t even sound similar to me.

@avashirley2912 Ай бұрын

@@angelique707 people really have Sugar Daddy’s in their ears.

@ninskdesign Ай бұрын

The “pop out” bar is a callback to the lyrics in ‘Element’ too, in my opinion- “If I gotta check a (fake one)*, I'ma make it look sexy If I gotta go hard on a b-, I'ma make it look sexy I pull up, hop out, air out, made it look sexy” Also, “jabroni’s” is what Drake called Joe Budden and his crew in the angry DM’s he sent complaining about them talking about his affinity for younger women on their podcast. *(a clean interpretation for the comments section)

@michaelmitchell5222 Ай бұрын

Headshots for the year man

@anwar6336 Ай бұрын

Calling that record a kill shot is an understatement tbh

@bobbytropo2314 Ай бұрын

It was more of like a mortal kombat “finish him” move

@mooreflava 23 күн бұрын

@@bobbytropo2314thats exactly what i hear every time I hear not like us 😂

@tandyhard8286 Ай бұрын

I legit got goosebumps when he explained the "up the score" 🤯 KENDRICK MURDERED THIS!!!

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

Had to add it, his take was perfect

@tikiasmith3709 Ай бұрын

Thats my favorite line also. "Beat yo a$$ and hide the bible if God watching"

@Itsunclegabby Ай бұрын

So cold

@aaronng413 Ай бұрын

There's so many great quotes from all of Kendrick's songs from this beef, stuff that can just be used in response to whatever drake does from now on. Kendrick might be a psychopath

@r.awilson7402 Ай бұрын

“ Meet The Grahams” is my favorite of all the discs tracks from KDOT!… it made me feel 😢 for Aubrey 😂 it hit my spirit

@KaylaMarie_ Ай бұрын

Opposite of a psychopath. Drake’s behavior is closer to psychopathy then Kendrick. Did you hear the heart part 6?

@aaronng413 Ай бұрын

@@KaylaMarie_ I just meant that Kendrick lived up to his boogeyman name, no disrespect meant lol

@SladeW5218 Ай бұрын

"He's a weird dude." 🤣🎯

@TheeRebel Ай бұрын

39:00 🤣

@feliciadavis881 Ай бұрын

He is a diabolical smart man

@acemccannis302 Ай бұрын

The musician explaining the up the score line 🤯

@desireeeeam Ай бұрын

I had heard about this in YT comments but I know nothing about music really, so yes to hear it explained really was amazing!

@GoogleAccount00 Ай бұрын

Further shows how meticulous and intelligent Kendrick is

@s82dear Ай бұрын

That part. 😯👏🏽

@XBlownuprightx 5 күн бұрын

kzfaq.info/sun/PLcNqpK3Z-oC4pBGs_HqwDeYV6BSgTssoY&si=RaQc2JX2SgkHiCiU This is what Up the score reminded me of. He orchestrated a rap 😏

@ariedmck Ай бұрын

Migos were headed up before Drake. I know about them because of Donald Glover and Atlanta, not Drake. Won’t deny he helped boost them, but it was mutually beneficial. There are so many Drake features that I really can’t distinguish between who he helped and who helped him, with very few exceptions.

@suewho32 Ай бұрын

Exactly

@jordanbrown8326 Ай бұрын

True he did help but tbh he wasn’t even on Culture that’s by far their biggest album. Atlanta their own breed tbh that city is special and their sound doesn’t really need outside help. Still can’t deny the homie hopper got his bag off of them.

@andreahailey7399 Ай бұрын

I totally get DJ's point. Meet the Grahams was a little hard to get over so you needed a minute to really 'hear' Not Like Us'. I loved it the minute I heard Mustard.

@TKPepperpots Ай бұрын

OVO mascot being an owl is crazy considering owls are birds of prey

@c.willie Ай бұрын

😳

@nasimaali9646 Ай бұрын

“Pssst I see dead people” was a call back to Drake saying “your dead!” at the end of Family Matters!

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

I don’t disagree, but the connection to sixth sense and that being the most iconic line from the movie is undeniable. Both can apply.

@Itsunclegabby Ай бұрын

Ghost writers?

@jalenashley3909 Ай бұрын

And you even look at the fact that Cole and Kendrick were fr PATNAS like they had a mixtape they were planning to drop. Drake putting Cole ‘on’ and heavily featuring was 100% a subliminal shot at Kendrick💯 Drake was trying to be Palpatine and control the Clone Wars from the background the whole time mannnnnnn

@jalenashley3909 Ай бұрын

a liar and manipulator like Kendrick said😂

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

Exactly ! I love the star wars reference

@gmoney0505 Ай бұрын

John stockton line has another layer. Kendrick laying it out in hidden that he has 10 stocks early Stockton (Stock ten). Also, the 10 wops is a hidden message with 10 stocks. And of course, how many stocks do i really have in stock? 1,2,3,4,5+5=10 (Stockton, stocks ten). This dude writing is incredible Edit: Him hopscotching in the music video too can also be anoter layer saying he still has 10 stocks in the chamber due he wrote to 10 on the pavement 😂

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

Great theory !

@BarbieDoll-ih2fy 10 күн бұрын

It's also a reference to Karl Malone who had a baby at 20 with a 23 year old girl back in the day it was a double or triple 😮

@_NoHandle_ Ай бұрын

Mustard didn't sample Ether. He sampled _Monk Higgins's 1968 rendition of "I Believe to My Soul."_ Mustard was interviewed, and he said being from Cali, he wanted Kendrick to use a beat of his. He said he was sending Kendrick five beats/texting him daily so that he could stay on Kendrick's mind. He did this for a few months and found out his beat got used when people started hitting him up as he was driving on the interstate, heading to a baby shower.

@nopillzero Ай бұрын

Yall finna cover the music video? Tbh it made a lot of the lines hit different.

@Itsunclegabby Ай бұрын

I'm so impressed with the mv from the beginning (the knock) to the end (the owl being uncaged from its perspective, caged from Kendrick's).

@shar7629 Ай бұрын

💯 😊

@radiobe4179 Ай бұрын

He started Family Matters making a point of not listening to his mom!!!

@MizValleyGirl Ай бұрын

I love the way you guys assess and articulate EVERYTHING. It's becoming a rarity for US to understand and convey what we're seeing ACCURATELY. You guys need to start a faction with a political agenda to open our eyes on that front also. Thank you for your ability to provide information that feels unbiased.

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

Believe it or not, on our old pod…. We discussed politics (along with music sports , etc) during the Biden trump election cycle and things got wild with our viewers lol

@MizValleyGirl Ай бұрын

@@wearedecyphered That's unfortunate for us.

@KaylaMarie_ Ай бұрын

He said NLU dont have bars but didn’t realize what Kendrick was saying with the bars lol

@kozmiclando Ай бұрын

He Said It Ain’t Super Bar Heavy, That Don’t Mean Ain’t No Bars

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

We help each other up, that’s what makes the team work.

@KaylaMarie_ Ай бұрын

@@wearedecyphered dont get me wrong. I loved the video. And yalls back and forth make it more engaging then if both of y’all know everything. Its like yall are having a real convo about the music. Sorry if my comment seemed harsh. It was just something that made me giggle lol

@gentilexpressionsinvites2895 13 күн бұрын

@wearedecyphered Love your breakdowns. One thing I also think about when he says Sweet Chin Music and he won't pass the Aux is Oxycodone. You just got kicked in the chin, right? I'm not passing you any medication. You gonna FEEL ALL this pain.

@alexie101010 Ай бұрын

Glad I caught a premiere! Y'all always made quality content. Can't wait for a live!

@kanittaj3894 Ай бұрын

You guys are so good at this. Great breakdown, as always.

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

Shoutout to you for sticking with us, I’ve seen your comments a lot , we greatly appreciate that. We will keep working hard.

@kanittaj3894 Ай бұрын

@@wearedecyphered 🙌🏾🙌🏾

@siranthonyhall7595 Ай бұрын

what i like about that pop out n show niggas bar is it kinda goes back to the part in kdot like that verse when he was like it’s time for him to prove that he’s a problem, everytime kdot step out he flip the rap game if u the greatest prove it

@acemccannis302 Ай бұрын

I’m glad you explained the Cole thing. I expressed similar sentiments the moment it happened and dudes just couldn’t grasp that concept. I’m like ya’ll niggas ain’t ever been through shit

@Dovakinskywalker Ай бұрын

The a minor bar is a direct reference to Drake's Dave Free bar on family matters as well

@RaaW350z Ай бұрын

Drake was trying to draft behind Cole as Drake took shots at Kendrick. Or use Cole as a shield 🛡️as Drake attacks from a safer position…

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

I agree. J Cole backing down ruined drake’s plan.

@williampaddock3030 Ай бұрын

I just subbed recently but I enjoy your videos, it breaks down a lot of information and perspectives that a lot of other channels don't cover. Thank you so much and keep up the great work.

@bobbytropo2314 Ай бұрын

Yo shout out to y’all. I’ve been watching drake Kendrick videos all day at work and its 10pm now. This is the only video where I got some new information or takes lmao.

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

That’s that research helping out lol

@TABOOCPT Ай бұрын

The other entendre in “How many stocks do I really have in stock…” is Stockton which is a street in Compton. He has mentioned it before in Element, “I be hangin out at Tam’s I be on Stockton…I don do it for the gram I do it for Compton!” How many stocks…Stockton but we all pronounce it as StockTen. 1,2,3,4,5+5=10. Stockton.

@booqs4423 Ай бұрын

this channel is pure quality! i hope you guys break down DAMN and section 80 one day.

@Itsunclegabby Ай бұрын

🙏

@QueensNative Ай бұрын

7:40 I don’t think we can just dismiss the nuggets when “deciphering” KDot’s lyrics… that’s the beauty of his intricacy. I see dead people? Yes… theres the initial understanding of the six sense reference and the ghost writer reference... BUT Kendrick is known for his entendres… so there is room for expansion. Not Like Us looks into the moral differences between himself and Drake… James 2:26… he literally see’s dead people… Drake lives the life of a spiritually dead individual.

@michellerowe894 Ай бұрын

The boys name in sixth sense is Cole, which is interesting.

@Itsunclegabby Ай бұрын

I've heard Dot say in interviews that the dead speaks to him in dreams.

@QueensNative Ай бұрын

@@Itsunclegabby I believe it… it’s not uncommon for people who are in tune and willing to speak on it

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

🧐

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

Amazing perspective. This battle felt spiritual in a lot of moments. So it makes sense, and damn and Mr morale are spiritual in nature of the content. Heck, GKMC starts with a prayer.

@s82dear Ай бұрын

I loved this conversation and how y'all were calm and informative. Keep going! 🎉❤

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

Thank you so much ! You guys keep us going

@ninskdesign Ай бұрын

It’s worth repeating, for all of the Drake defenders who want to believe that Kendrick’s motivation was purely self-serving, using terms like ‘relevant’ and ‘clout-chaser’ to malign his intentions… go watch the 2017 DNA/Humble performance at the VMA’s. Kendrick changed the chorus to “Drake, be humble”, not just once, but throughout the song. This wasn’t about a rap battle, relevance, or who the GOAT is, we might not ever learn all the reasons why, but Kendrick clearly felt disarming Drake of his influence was a necessity.

@charlescowart5229 Ай бұрын

Thank you for this I'm going to look this up on KZfaq right now

@lleldridge1 Ай бұрын

I guest Dot is just trying to help his lil homie. 😉

@stephaniewilliams1764 Ай бұрын

"This not about critics or about who's the greatest, it's always been about luv N hate"-Kendrick Lamar (Euphoria).

@qward5941 Ай бұрын

Don’t forget the slave line that started the Atlanta’s colonizer verse was a response to Family Matters as well. Not just dropping the name at the end

@ShoniiBoo Ай бұрын

When he was calling him "crodie" in Euphoria, that is drake cats name. So what does that tell you? Cats are also known as...

@empressfayer Ай бұрын

Aubrey Drizzy Drake - Freaky A$$ Nugget

@BigGeminiGoat Ай бұрын

Idk if this is true but one breakdown video i watched said the reason jcole said that line in first person shooter is bc he thought kdot was going to be on the song. Apparently drake didnt tell cole this.. Thats why kendrick says "You did Cole foul" in "Not Like Us." Idk if its been proven actually true but I wouldnt be surprised if it is sounds like some sneaky shit Drake would do 😒😒😒

@cosmicwarrior9379 Ай бұрын

yea cole didn’t know drake was dissin kendrick!

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

You talking about the big 3 line ? I can agree Cole got caught in the crossfire until he dropped 7 min drill. That made it real.

@cosmicwarrior9379 Ай бұрын

@@wearedecyphered yea his diss (cole) was because he thought dot was coming at him but it was drake being shady af and when he realized that he pulled back not because he was scared he genuinely fw kenny

@nicklikethesoup Ай бұрын

This started as 'I don't think this was all that deep' to 'aw, nah... you kidding? That's tough."

@showdaKOs Ай бұрын

You said kendrick had "not like us" already written and changed the family matters line and i agree. But i think he changed the whole verse. It's the part that has less double entendre, the most straight foward bars, he didn't have the time to write it that way. The whole theme shift on that verse. For me, he heard drakes family matters slaves lines and was like "oh i got to teach this man an ATL lesson".

@_glia Ай бұрын

btw mustard did a longer interview about the track...he's been hoping to get Dot on his album so he'd been sending multiple beats by text and kendrick didn't really respond other than to ask for stems a few times not like us was part of a pack he sent in april so it wasn't in the vault as long as people might assume

@lleldridge1 Ай бұрын

Great breakdown/discussion. Thanks! Would love to see your reaction to the music video. It takes it up another notch with all the easter eggs.

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

Soon as we’re fully capable we will.

@itjustforfun6687 Ай бұрын

How many nails are in Drakes coffin now? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 plus 5

@anurseinabus Ай бұрын

I can’t wait to see him perform this at the Grammys

@shaspearman8647 Ай бұрын

If that happens… I don’t even want to think about it

@Okita78 Ай бұрын

The John Stockton bar is a triple because Drake and Karl Malone have a picture together.

@davidgutierrezjr5653 8 күн бұрын

My guy with the UAB hat reading was struggling 😂. Appreciate yall breakdown of the lyrics though. Good shit

@andreahailey7399 Ай бұрын

Cole : This watch came from Drizzy. He gave me a gift Me: Nnnnnnah...

@Kishaweird Ай бұрын

This breakdown was amazing 🖤

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

Thank you so much 🙏🏾

@fallinstr2098 Ай бұрын

9:08 yea Mustard did an interview with Big Boy and he said he had been sending Kendrick beats for a little while and he didn’t kno he had actually used one until the song came out. He said his phone started blowing up and people were like, are you hearing this? And he had no idea.

@wynoglia Ай бұрын

Tbf I love "meet the grahams" more than "not like us" I like not like us too, but for me not as much a targeted art as meet the graham Not like us is like an anthem, a larger conceptual thing Which again, is totally my thing Meet the grahams just better in the context of the beef for me

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

The magnitude of not like us made it a spectacle unto itself, but the actual song that ended drake was meet the grahams.

@cardissg Ай бұрын

Like the breakdown, but some things get missed because it’s regional. For example, having a weird case is how you say a pdf or S*x offender on the west. It’s not saying it’s confusing or suspect. “We outside” is saying we active. It’s a flex. It’s saying we ain’t hard to find and you still won’t do nothing. We ready to bang on you. It’s like “whooping feet” is WC slang for beating the breaks off you.

@WestieKatie 24 күн бұрын

Somebody said they beat light skinned kids on their feet so bruises don’t show. 😢

@_glia Ай бұрын

really love the detail in yalls breakdowns ✌

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

Much appreciated we work hard on these !

@ariedmck Ай бұрын

That reference went over my head. I took the finishing move part atface value. I remember Shawn using the Canadian flag like a towel and rubbing it back and forth on his butt and groin!!! 😂😂😂

@jalenashley3909 Ай бұрын

Nah that fr made that line one of my favorites from the song🤣💯

@ariedmck Ай бұрын

@@jalenashley3909 Now that it’s been pointed out, I can’t get that vision out of my head. lol

@AirForceFalcons_9922 Ай бұрын

"They Not Like Us" represents all of Black America and our culture which is uniquely our own. To me this song represents Black pride, Black power, and Black unity. We're the only people in the world whose culture from fashion, music, slang, and swag that has global recognition.

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

Talk that talk !!!! 🤝🏾

@AirForceFalcons_9922 Ай бұрын

@@wearedecyphered ✊🏾

@kielhall8363 Ай бұрын

17 an Und😮er That’s crazy 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿.Brothers outstanding reviews ✌🏿

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I hear ya like em yooouuunnggg Preciate it bro 🤝🏾

@goddammitalana Ай бұрын

He really has enough drake diss songs to make a whole album

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

40 mins of full on high level diss tracks

@whiteshaq0172 Ай бұрын

Accidentally caught the premiere again, we up

@wynoglia Ай бұрын

51:24 it's even giving him too much to merely say it's a gift and a curse It's a momentary gift but lifelong curse

@NannaP27 Ай бұрын

36:23 was also a reference to Drake being a groupie for players & his weirdness w/ basketball. Remember when he randomly suited up in Uni. Of Kentucky warm-up suits, sat in their pre-game meeting and shot around w/ them?? When pics circulated of that along with him going to those sorority houses at 2a.... 😬 ALSO Drake had a photo w/ Karl Malone which made the Stockton line a bit more scathing. Karl was/is apparently his neighbor and people (once they figured out the Stockton/Malone correlation) dug up the picture Karl & Drake have together on their social medias; Drake has since apparently deleted the pic from his IG I think Karl still has his up.😂😂

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

That’s insane 😵‍💫

@denvillecarlyle4096 Ай бұрын

He takes the new artist best song, How can they survive after?

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

Good question

@charlahenry Ай бұрын

You guys did an amazing job, I learned a lot ❤

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

Much appreciated !! So did we

@haphduzn612 Ай бұрын

A lot of folks was saying that Gucci was always hollering the 6. Then when he got locked up, he adopted it and turned it into a “Toronto” thing.

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

That’s nasty work. And QM said it in those songs he wrote for drake too. So i think the term was popular in zone 6 already and drake said “gimme dat”

@bushidobot8251 Ай бұрын

Stealing a whole city’s nickname is such a weird move!

@goddammitalana Ай бұрын

Zone 6 isn't the whole city of Atlanta

@eleshia12181991 Ай бұрын

I’ve always said that he was a lil mental for that lol

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

Stole zone 6’s nickname and threw away the game he stole the nickname from 😂😂 the boy is really sinister man

@seonalammy8929 Ай бұрын

Great breakdown, as always.

@charlescowart5229 Ай бұрын

I really enjoyed the banter at the end I know that I'm going to watch this at least two more times so good job fellas🎉🎉🎉

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it 🤝🏾

@AllTheArtsy Ай бұрын

i feel like even if Cole goes scorched earth on the next rapper that tries to go at him, it would still be a net loss, or at least a win with a huge asterisk -- you won, but not against Kendrick -- you did well, but you ducked Kendrick -- that will always follow him now. i think the monk route is the more agreeable option. try to spin it like youre on some Andre 3k typa energy instead

@S.-bu2kg Ай бұрын

Tbf cole has said before if he ever did beef it would only be for real

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

He put himself in a weird space. BUT I think if he flames somebody bad, ppl would excuse it but the real would always know you ducked the one true fade of your career.

@bushidobot8251 Ай бұрын

You start Christopher Walken!!😂

@mpetty45 Ай бұрын

we in here lets gooo!!!!

@ace_xae Ай бұрын

how yall presented drake at the beginning omg 😭😭😭💀 cant even they yall wrong this sht crazy smh

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@HiveMuzikTV Ай бұрын

“I forgot I had it wrote down, oh well” 😂😂😂😂

@adonisandsandralamar Ай бұрын

Love to see Kyrie Irving doing reaction videos and breakdowns.

@RaaW350z Ай бұрын

😂

@KaylaMarie_ Ай бұрын

Another music theory note: B# is a note. It’s the same as C. But its very rare to ever call it B# because it makes the music difficult to read and why say all that when you can just say C lol But also B#/C has A Minor as its relative scale. C Major is A Minor So Drake just walked back into A Minor by trying to be clever lol

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

🫨 this thread of the battle’s fabric is so insane to me. The way music theory has been injected is beautiful. I have a lot to learn. Long way from my elementary school saxophone days

@acemccannis302 Ай бұрын

The sample is “In My Soul” by Ray Charles

@beTORCHINem 27 күн бұрын

🔥🔥🔥 breakdown🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@SloMoMonday Ай бұрын

The fact that Toronto (and probably Canada as a whole) doesn't have a unique rap/hip-hop culture is probably another Drake crime. For 12 years, almost every up-and-coming Canadian rapper was manipulated and swallowed into the OVO sweatshop. Xevi covered several stories on his channel on the Drake Stim Package. One of the reasons his so bitter at The Weeknd and Kendrick is not because of their talent, but because he now has to share the spotlight.

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

I’m gonna check that xevi channel out , this is the dark side of a bigger artist managing your career or jumping on your songs, you end up playing background.

@krystenholman8152 Ай бұрын

Drake was basically acting like a high school girl. I got beef with Kendrick so ima take Cole from you and use him against you and j Cole was naive and fell for it. I don’t think they link up was genuine at all for first person shooter

@lincolnward85 Ай бұрын

That's possible, even probable. If so though he tried to use Cole and got bodied on his own song ala Jay-Z.

@eleshia12181991 Ай бұрын

Great breakdown. In hindsight i wish Drake disengaged after euphoria lol

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

Nahhh he had to follow it thru 😂😂😂

@lincolnward85 Ай бұрын

Sidenote about the Baka case. He was trafficking his then girlfriend, that makes the situation that much crazier in relation to Drake. It also raises the question of how trustworthy is he as a man, because if he's willing to do that to a woman he's in a relationship with what will he do to you?

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

He would probably Completely disregard you.

@lincolnward85 Ай бұрын

@@wearedecyphered he's probably one of the ones Kendrick was referring to on 616, but Drake doesn't realize it's even happening.

@WestieKatie 24 күн бұрын

I think Kdot also resents what PDrizzy *represents, as well - the co-opting of an art form he *loves and *reveres - the gentrification/ theft of this expression from those who had no voice. Drake is a *character played by Aubrey - he’s more palatable and poppy because he’s *not really like those *others whose plight generated this art form.

@shellibass6599 Ай бұрын

The Beard line could mean Drake is a beard covering his crew questionable behaviors, he doesn’t like women because he likes young girls…

@irmahewitt5104 Ай бұрын

😂😂😂 I can't. Never old but I am trust me my knees😂😂😂 are telling me am old 😂😂😂😂

@blackladyjayne1086 Ай бұрын

Bravo!🎉

@charlescowart5229 Ай бұрын

Yeeaaah boy

@anselboris2228 7 күн бұрын

Great podcast

@wearedecyphered 7 күн бұрын

Much appreciated 🤝🏾

@HiveMuzikTV Ай бұрын

Bro face at “Tryna strike a chord” 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@cameronkoehn2093 Ай бұрын

I was the same way as dj. First time I heard not like us I was confused because in some ways it's a less scathing diss than meet the grahams so I felt that maybe Kendrick was going to release more or hoping drake would fire off in a response to not like us but yeah after another listen or two it was clear this was the victory lap song the final nail in the coffin

@anthonyburn1010 Ай бұрын

I think September or October would be a great window for a drop, but yeah, likely next year to make sure it is as polished and hard hitting as possible.

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

I wouldn’t be surprise with either route honestly. I just want good music.

@HiveMuzikTV Ай бұрын

Dat editing splice was dope af 🤌🏾

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

👨🏿‍🍳

@Kickinthescience Ай бұрын

10:56 Karl Malone also stopped by Drake’s house to watch the game and they got a picture together

@Rachiraee Ай бұрын

Drake got in trouble for moving his plane 3 times in 6 weeks. 3 short flights of an "empty plane" to Hamilton (port city in Ontario), now go look at Drake's plane, the skin on the plane is the same as the background in the tightrope scene...those shipping containers looking real symbolic. They say "barbados" on them, huge trafficking place.

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

Hmmmmmmm 😵‍💫🧐 I’ve heard that too, but the plane movement thing is brand new and very strange. No flight logs of any passengers ? That wreaks of trafficking

@Rachiraee Ай бұрын

@@wearedecyphered I talked to someone who checked celebrity flight logs and they say Drakes went dark on April 6, 2024. Isn’t that suspicious??

@kdogg257 Ай бұрын

Mustard was sending kendrick beats everyday (this is from his bigboy interview). He said he always wanted a kendrick track aside from the beef, but never got the chance and he didn't even know he was going to use the beat let alone say the tag until he heard it for the first time

@ariedmck Ай бұрын

Not the best song of the battle, but definitely catchy and fun. It helped recover the weekend after MTG killed all vibes.

@richardbrown2755 Ай бұрын

That's why MTG, from a strategic/creative standpoint is so devastating! Kendrick managed to change a mood! However hype you were for the battle continuing in the form of FM, it IMMEDIATELY changed when MTG dropped on top of it's head! I saw grown men that are drake fans CRYING reacting to MTG's. That's a different level

@shaspearman8647 Ай бұрын

What is the best song

@ariedmck Ай бұрын

@@shaspearman8647 For me, Euphoria. It’s the one that has stayed in my daily playlist.

@lennoxwilson194 Ай бұрын

All of these songs have their own specific vibes!! Do you know how many different languages “ they not like us “ has been performed in??? Also every time you hear another explanation of another line the impact of the whole tune just gets heavier. Some of the lines are truly iconic, beat your ass and hide the Bible if God watching being my favourite, the whole reference to John Stockton, the A minor chord has gone down in history as the chord that totally fucked Drake the Fake to pieces!!!😅😅😅 Keep listening and give it time. Ps my kids are 9 and 11 and trying to CRIP Walk😅😅😅

@ariedmck Ай бұрын

@@shaspearman8647 I thought I already responded, but I guess I didn’t hit enter. This is my order: Euphoria (the map for the battle), 6:16 (maybe the most important as far as it being a final warning), Not Like Us, MTG last because the vibe is so dark and disturbing. If I was Drake, I would’ve gone on sabbatical after MTG. 😩😩😩

@HiveMuzikTV Ай бұрын

Turned da 6 upside down Issa 9 now 😮 lowkey dubbed himself da 69god

@Shaybabe1991 Ай бұрын

I love the breakdown! I wanted to say after seeing soo many videos on this songs & hearing podcast & the Aubrey Angels, nobody has said it but y'all that. Cole shouldn't have been involve. Of K Dot was gone take it that way y'all was trying to jump me. I know damn well Cole know K Dot don't like Drake like that. I even knew that I don't personally know that man. He was wrong for that. I hope they did make up though cause Cole & K dot are really good friends

@rorothefinesser9069 Ай бұрын

The difference with Wayne is people came to Wayne and he accepted everybody request drake picks ppl like block boy jb and hops on they wave

@redisthecoolestcolour Ай бұрын

Shawn Michael also turned on his tag team partner, Marty Jannety and became WILDLY more successful. Gave him a Sweet Chin Music through Roddy Piper's set window. Ties in nicely with Kendrick's repeated statements of: I don't care how close we were, I'm DONE.

@neruneri Ай бұрын

At 44:00 or so, you guys talk about Drake repurposing shit and trying to make it stick as being a Toronto thing. I think it's uncalled for to infer that Toronto ain't got nothing. It does. Toronto has its own thing, even in terms of Toronto's hip hop scene. Almost all places do. The problem is that Drake doesn't live and breathe Toronto. He never did. Drake has to do this, not because Toronto doesn't have anything, but because Drake is an outsider to his own city. He doesn't know! Anyway, just had to point that out. Only criticism the entire video, and maybe I didn't even understand you guys right! Amazing breakdown as always brothers, can't wait for whatever's up next!

@fallinstr2098 Ай бұрын

Drake has always come off as someone acting like a rapper. The ghostwriters add to it. Kendrick is a pure artist. People love to make it seem like it’s so bad Kendrick took so long to drop Mr Morale. Well if you’re a real artist and you have writers block or you feel musically uninspired then yea, you wait until you feel it. But Drake just needs someone to bring him a hot song and do it. (I’m not saying, oh it’s so easy to just make hits for as long as Drake has been doing. That’s not just something anyone can do. Drake has had a run that is no joke. But it’s a different thing.)

@wearedecyphered Ай бұрын

I agree. And their types of content are completely different. There’s not much change in drakes lyrical content since views, so it’s easier to keep creating the same stuff over and over, but it comes at a cost of maintaining quality.