“How much a dollar cost” a song only that man could make

Best Kendrick song for me is Sing about me, I’m dying if thirst. One of the best storytelling songs I’ve heard

Sing about me, im dying of thirst is 100% his best

art of peer pressure

Money Trees is just a different beast, one of the best songs of all time, and my joint favourite along side Wesley's Theory

Saw him open up for Khruangbin last year. His trio live was off the chain

@@moldyjames439khruangbin is amazing, i never hear anyone talk about them

@@javiartem they’ve become one of my favorites. Such a tight band

You mean bootsy collins

He also gave Kendrick some credit and said he was 'kneaded' for ideas in a way he's never been before

tpab is best album ever that sounds more right ngl

​@@jopakidara1563ok buddy thats going a bit too far, its one of the greatest sure but other genres exist too

u is right bro i have listened to the album more times than i count, literal 🔥

Unarguably

That whole album is full of such deep meanings and clever metaphors on top of these beautiful funky and jazz style beats. It’s gotta be one of the best albums ever

Not only that, but many of these lines set up themes for other songs throughout the rest of the album. It’s brilliant

I forgot to mention thundercat on bass

Bruh that is such an all star team. Wish they would do another album besides the Untitled one.

@@thedopeson I know right. Check out dinner party. It’s Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, 9th Wonder and Kamasi Washington.

I appreciate you for this cuz I always thought it "Black man comin!" Lol makes way more sense

@@nickcrim6735 no worries bro. There’s a reality where you’re correct 😂

@@CecilCanady LMAO

probably the best rapper alive

You dont know what a musician is do you?

@@lich8103 I worded it wrong because english isn't my first language... I meant artist

​@@yFarkkhe might be the best of all time fr

Up their with lupe fiasco

haha

shit i started rubbing my hand after clicking on this

I’m a mortal man guy, but having this as a favorite song is bada$$

And the fact that it’s not even considered his best by a lot of his fans shows you how good Kendrick is

@@tomcutler8131most people consider TPAB to be his best album, or GKMC and even some people consider Damn. as his best album and that again shows how consistent he is

Absolutely its what ties the two stories album together

wym this won album of the year in 2015 grammys good kid lost to macklemore in 2012

@@TalentlessHumorIt won rap album for the year, not album of the year,

Facts that is crazy!!!!!

I appreciate that!

no... kendrick isnt blaming Black people for being "financially illiterate." he's using Uncle Sam as a personification of capitalism, a system that encourages everyone to make and spend as much money as possible, and since capitalism is intertwined with white supremacy due to the context of its creation, Black people in america are encouraged to spend as much money as possible, without being granted the OPPORTUNITIES to make money. a Black person in america could have a masters degree worth of knowledge of finance, but if they have no money to begin with, then they can't use it to make any more. he perfectly uses wesley snipes as an example of this, because evading taxes is something all the richest people in america do, making it the "financially literate" thing to do. but when wesley does it he gets caught, because just like on the streets, the cops always watch what a Black person is doing 9 times harder than a white person. he is showing that "financial literacy" means nothing to a Black person because the system is rigged against them to begin with.

@@sfbeht7n459 it's basically about america's racial profiling, which sometimes leads to institutional or systemic racism. because of black people's past, they have this sort of defense mechanism to buy more stuff to feel more "powerful," in control, or more accepted. "uncle sam" (symbolic idea of america's capitalism) knows this and targets the black audience to, of course, earn more profit. because of this thriving procedure, uncle sam often resorts to institutional racism, denying black people economic opportunities, education (including financial literacy), healthcare, etc., but offers them with ideas to spend more money that will eventually bite black people back in the future for uncle sam to gain more profit for himself. pretty important topic and i can suggest a few of kanye's songs (these are super good) that talk about racial profiling and systemic racism as well: never let me down and all falls down (racial profiling), spaceship and jesus walks (systemic/institutional racism)

@@sfbeht7n459a pretty great analysis, but Weasley Snipes wasn’t really trying to be financially literate when he went to jail. Unlike how most corporations/rich rich people use “tax codes and other laws” to bypass paying taxes, Snipes simply refused to file his taxes at all. I say blame his advisor really, say what you want about “sovereign citizens” but if one agency isn’t to be messed with, it’s the IRS.

I agree

So true

um dos?

This is his best

Hey what's good!? How's practice going

@@DrumRollTonyReacts I don't really practice as much as I should tbh lol

What are your favorite Kendrick albums in order of least to most?

Also its the like 5 43 mark. Maybe a second before or after 5 34 mark. Your not missing it.

bruh

You should listen back to the lyrics knowing this and it will add to the song experience. It may be difficult to understand some references because it’s hood slang but you’ll hear what I’m saying as the song progresses.

Sorry to be that guy but its “tax man coming”

Also yk what’s really cool, like he talks about in this video. When from the perspective of Uncle Sam he’s more fixed to the best and methodical to represent the fake and almost robotic and soulless nature of Uncle Sam but when it is the black man speaking it’s more free and off beat like a butterfly.

Have you ever tried bone conduction headphones?