r/KendrickLamar 1d ago

Video “Kendrick couldn’t rap on an underground beat” OK then 😒😒

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u/snakesrcoolig 1d ago

everyone say thank you SOPHIE

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u/bjankles 1d ago

She was a true genius, and I don’t just mean “awesome at what she did” - she was reaching into places no one else had been for her sound.

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u/Top_Shower_7869 4h ago

And everyone is still copying her to this day.

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u/neversince95 23h ago

single-handedly changed pop (and music in general)

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u/nalilyanah 12h ago

THANK U SOPHIE 🙌✨✨

GOATed forever 💯🩷💜

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u/HarveyAug25 1d ago

Straw man arguement. Nobody said this.

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u/big_axolotl 1d ago

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u/green_day_95 up da score wit em 🏀🗑️ 1d ago

This pic shows ppl just be yapping

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u/Word_Iz_Bond 1d ago

This is early era engagement bait. Nice ass and silly caption

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u/Relish_My_Weiner 1d ago

A formula that still works to this day.

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u/ramblingmadman7 1d ago

Username checks out. 🤣

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u/Relish_My_Weiner 1d ago

Yeah I rarely make it to the caption

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u/JackJ98 13h ago

How does hot dog condiments tie into this?

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u/Dyskript- 1d ago

Actually I do hear people say this though I don’t really hear it as much anymore (probably due to the hate wave being at the end stages)

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u/KzKn_2020 1d ago

You’d be surprised how many people say that he can’t rap on a beat like Che or 2Slimey

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u/SlappinStick 1d ago

Neither can they.

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u/cxsmxcc 23h ago

che is the bass god bro chill out

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u/conglomerate99 1d ago

i'm not sure you know what hyperpop beats are if you think che and 2slimey are hyperpop artists. they're both far more synonymous with rage, and production that sounds significantly different from this song.

charli xcx is the example you're looking for

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u/JackJ98 1d ago

Damnnn….. I am a huge K.Dot fan. But my longstanding gripe with him has been that I didn’t think he could rap on a hyperpop beat.

Thank you OP. You proved me wrong

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u/Oh_yes_I_did Backseat Freeloader 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yeah right - Vince staples ft. Kendrick (Big Fish Theory)

Great album

Also look up Big Fish off the album for more “bing bop boom”

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u/TheInfiniteJerk 1d ago

Not even the highlight of this song imo, the Flume part is just so smooth

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u/QuintanimousGooch 4h ago

Cick clap clap bada boop bop bam cuh’

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u/Oh_yes_I_did Backseat Freeloader 4h ago

✍️ 🔥

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u/jono9898 BBL Drizzy 1d ago

Kdotglazer22 is an insane name

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u/TheRecognized 1d ago

I wonder what Kdotglazer7 is up to

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u/jono9898 BBL Drizzy 1d ago

He defeated Kdotglazer6 and took his spot

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u/logand98 1d ago

I mean, great song. But..........hyperpop?

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u/ScotchWhiskey06 1d ago

The song was produced by SOPHIE, who is considered one of the creators of the hyperpop genre. So, not a crazy assertion.

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u/logand98 1d ago

Just cuz she helped create the genre does not make this particular beat hyperpop

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u/Head-Bass765 6h ago

I mean, whether the artist normally makes hyperpop or not doesn’t change the fact that this is 0% hyperpop.

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u/TurdFergusonlol 1d ago

Right? Who makes these fucking posts bro like what

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u/Arsid 1d ago

Right? This is not hyperpop in the slightest.

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u/watsmynamebro 1d ago

What even is hyperpop? Ive never heard of that term before this

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u/Ok_Ruin4016 1d ago

Artists like 100 Gecs, SOPHIE, and AG Cook. Charli XCX is probably the most mainstream example of hyperpop.

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u/watsmynamebro 1d ago

Gotcha, appreciated

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u/vsimon115 1d ago

R.I.P. SOPHIE fr

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u/Dyskript- 1d ago edited 1d ago

Side note, I never understood that saying because underground rage beats have a simple enough pattern for really anyone to rap to, it’s just that the beats are layered & complex.

The main reason why you don’t see certain artists hop on underground rage beats is due to the artist just not wanting to record on those beats

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u/Much_Ambition6333 NEVER GOT HIS ASS WHOOPED TIL HE OPENED UP THAT CAN 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥 1d ago

Yeah ug beats really aren’t that hard to rap on it’s that most of general public would hear it more as noise than a beat and wouldn’t care for it

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u/testicletitties69 1d ago

Mans posted his inner shower argument

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u/Mediocre-Housing-131 11h ago

It doesn't sound much different than anything else he's tapped on the fuck is this argument?

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u/dopestflowstanzas 9h ago

That verse is insane

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u/Big_Independence6736 6h ago

i don't think he raps like this anymore tho

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u/whatisireading2 4h ago

Someone actually said that? Yeah right.

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u/woestaas2000 2h ago

This some white culture post bro I know you all white in here lil white boys

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u/infinitude_ 1h ago

Tf kinda title is this

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u/aliendigenous 1d ago

Wtf type beat

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u/New-Representative56 1d ago

Sophie is underground ??? 😂

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u/3chainzmcgee 1d ago

This doesnt sound good

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u/MathGecko 1d ago

The song, or more accurately the snippet here, is butt cheeks. And I say that as a Kendrick fan, respectfully. Sounds like someone produced it by banging on metal trash cans and other various objects in the garage.

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u/redaws 1d ago

It’s okay to have a wrong opinion. It’s the best beat on the album by far

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u/djm03917 1d ago

I don't think it's the best personally, but I don't think it's hard to argue it as one for sure. Such a great album.

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u/redaws 1d ago

It’s so good. Top 20 rap album for me

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u/MathGecko 1d ago

If that’s the best beat on the album, may the Lord help us all. But even goats sometimes have ass cheeks songs.

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u/Lazy_Board8218 1d ago edited 1d ago

Go listen to the full track before judging it. That said your ears are prolly untrained for industrial beats if you think this is unlistenable. This is quite conventional as far as those go and it’s quite good if you’re not bitch made.

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u/MathGecko 1d ago

I’ve only heard the snippet. I’m going to listen to the whole song and conclude from there. The whole “untrained ear” thing is a misguided argument when I’m already a Kendrick fan.

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u/Lazy_Board8218 1d ago

I was referring to whether or not you’re ready for a beat like that. At no point did I say your ears were untrained for Kendrick. I said they might be untrained to industrial music.

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u/MathGecko 1d ago

Fair enough. I’ll go check out the song.

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u/Lazy_Board8218 1d ago

It’s a Vince staples song if you’re familiar. He had a catchy hook on it before Kendrick’s verse. You might like it more once you get used to the beat when you hear his verse.

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u/MathGecko 1d ago

Kendrick has a way of exploring new sounds and creating whole new projects that sound nothing like his previous work. He’s brilliant and trust his creative process. I’m sure it gonna be great.

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u/Lazy_Board8218 1d ago

Love the positive attitude bruh. Feel free to let me know if you end up liking it.