Classical Composer Analyzes Kendrick Lamar

Drake aint never have a composer analyzing his shit lol

I love it when professionals take rap music seriously. It's so weird to me that some people think rap music isn't music.

This algorithm working on overtime right now.

Its absolutely crazy people think Drake can come anywhere close to f'n with Kendrick

Me watching this as a kendrick fan with zero knowledge of music theory: “ ahhh… yes, yes the half time back beat” 🤓

Love how you turned the traditional elitist narrative of classical vs rap music on it's head with "if you want violence, knife crime, and mysogyny you'll have to wait for my video on Berg's Opera"

To Pimp A Butterfly is not only an unbelievably musical statement but it describes the black experience which elevates it far beyond hip hop or rap. A well deserved Pulitzer Prize winner.

As a music student, I had a talk today with my vocal teacher about how music itself is a language that speaks to all of us through lyrics and through music itself conveying emotions and feelings any and everyone can feel. This lead to a conversation about lyricism which lead to talking about Kendrick Lamar and his Pulitzer and how much of a true accomplishment in modern music this is. Mind you this woman is an opera teacher and she smiles at me and says “I just love Kendrick so much” when i asked her if she had heard of the beef she had no idea about it but when I summed it all up and how he called Drake a PDF file she laughed and said “good for him! Someone needed to do that!” This thing is bigger than rap if you’ve got the entire classical and operatic communities talking about this and taking Kendrick’s side. Makes me appreciate music even more. And let’s be real K dot danced on drakes headstone after this latest diss.

TPAB pretty much changed my musical life. I'm a metal head and had to work pretty hard to get out of thinking that rap wasn't music (or at least not music worth anything). Kendrick completely turned that on its head and blew me away. It was also the album that finally got me to start understanding and accept the reality of racism. So thanks Kendrick for a monumentally good and important album.

I feel validated. Never understood why people only listen to particular genres. I love most music I hear.

I love both Beethoven and Kendrick Lamar. There's music for every mood and situation! Sometimes I want to blast Pavarotti in my car, and when I'm at the gym or dancing, I'll listen to the Outkast or Doja Cat. I'm glad for all the diversity of music we get to experience today!

Hip hop has so much more to offer than what people give it credit for.

Who's here after the kdot beating 😂

As a Kendrick fan seeing professional musicians and composers give him (and by extension the genre) a real critical look is quite inspiring and welcomed.

I know of Kendrick now with his songs. If anyone deserves a Pulitzer, it is him. Perfect choice.

The graphics while you’re explaining time signatures are literally phenomenal. It makes it super easy to follow. Thank you for this great video

Everybody in the comments talking about how insightful u are on a musical level (I definitely agree), but I wanna mention that u are a top notch YouTuber as well. Ppl don’t think it’s a skill, but the attention-keeping style of fast but clean edits, obvious background research/preparation, nicely broken up commentary, etc. Shits dope, I’m impressed someone as skilled in a specific field like classical music composition AND well rounded enough to enjoy other genres is ALSO a very skilled youruber

Drake and J cole have no chance

To Pimp A Butterfly is a CLASSIC, will forever stand on its own pedestal aside from every other hip hop album ever made..

I am not a musician and have absolutely no knowledge of composition but this was so interesting and easy to follow. Down the rabbit hole I go!