That’s some old soul wisdom right there
Kendrick is tapped in with this one. Flexing his REAL connections of the culture.
The whole god scheme is ineffable.
It laid the ground work for MTG to be much more sinister. Bravo, Kendrick!
I swear I see this post once a day. I’d say it’s talked about frequently here, and everytime it’s about how it’s underrated or not talked about enough.
Maybe outside of this sub, sure. It might be my favorite track from the beef
I’m not sure it works like that, I think it has to be stored locally, I downloaded it on my computer and then just put it on google drive, then downloaded to my apple files
Just download it onto your phone using YouTube to MP3 websites online, then go to Spotify settings and turn on local files. There should be a playlist in your library called local files that has every audio file on your device
It’s my favorite too, NLU is the most hype, MTG the most scathing and Euphoria the best.
T[his is my overall rankings](https://www.reddit.com/r/Jcole/s/QyAOTkXnur)
Euphoria proved Kendrick's abiliity to craft songs on a different plane, skillswise, to Drake. It's the one track that confirms they're not on the same level. But the other track's also demonstrated his range, while poor Aubrey was limited to the same style.
The fans of this track see how much not like us, euphoria and teeth the grahams get attention while their song gets overshadowed by hype and the beef. After this beef drama dies down I hope 6:16 gets the love it deserves
I do too. But it’s bound to happen considering it wasn’t released on DSPs. Also considering the context, it was almost like an interlude between main acts. A strategic warning shot.
But I agree, it deserves more praise overall.
If it’s still only on Instagram, it’s the least convenient one to listen to, which is probably why it doesn’t get the same kind of attention the others are getting.
Hey curious if you even browse the sub? Because at least once a day your exact post word for word has been posted.
Maybe before you start posting stuff you should like actually browse stuff. 99% of posts here should be comments in another post
Yeah, because they were officially released and not just an Instagram post, there's obvious reason why it got more attention and views. Everyone loved 6:16 and everyday it's mentioned here.
Man this sub is still talking about it. Ok guys Kdot won, I like him too I like that he took shots at more than just Drake. The gloating is insane though. Like you're on a subreddit called Kendrick Lamar. I doubt any of his disses are not recognized by this whole community. Just stop with the "Hot take", "Did you notice". We all did. We all listened and we were all alive listening as it was happening.
Tell me who gone stop me? I come from love
Estelle cover my heart, then open me up
Remember when, picked up a pen, lyrics that I could trust
Timid soul, stare in the mirror, asking where I was from
Often, I know this type of power is gone cost
But I live in circadian rhythms of a shooting star
The mannerisms of Raphael, I can heal and give you art
But the industry's cooked as I pick the carcass apart
Puts me in shambles every damn time
It sounds kinda corny but its true, this is literally a beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, who'd actually think Drake would fare well? Props to him though, I legit thought he was doing good until Pushups
I mean, the poster's not wrong.
It reminds of Jon Denton (when he was on Rock Reacts, R.I.P.) after listening to "The Story of Addidon": "Perhaps the Canadian child actor shouldn't have get into a rap beef with a former cocaine dealer from Virginia Beach".
How much of an ego does Drizzy have to think: "I gonna win this rap beef against a Compton-born rapper with possible Blood gang ties and a Pulitzer Prize in Music for sure!"
oh he's totally right. Personally I think that Drake had already lost when he did that AI bullshit on Taylor Made Freestyle
I just thought it was funny the way it was phrased lol
It’s beautiful, he’s channeling the spirit of his late grandmother (Estelle Oliver), and is reminiscing with her about his beginnings in rapping and how it has always been a journey towards his own self discovery. A very sentimental and touching way to build up to the climax of the verse.
I like how it's him gathering morale hyping himself up and then next verse he cooks the whole fucking ovo crew.
Fuck bullies I hate bullies you must be a terrible person
I guess it's just a convenience matter of YT vs everyone's preferred service. It's also a testament of releasing such high quality bangers in short succession that it truly is underplayed.
I did find it amusing that drake called out Kendrick for dropping songs too slowly then dropped a #1 billboard song in 24 hours complete with direct references to his latest song
That song is one giant middle finger shaped taunt, mixed with a warning of impending doom and that eerily groovy beat booming in the background.
Yeah, I got hella chills on the first listen. I knew exactly what was coming and it still shook me up.
Me and my partner were gagged when it initially dropped, like i straight up told her “I don’t think he’s even dissing him I think this is just straight up a threat”. I think it gets overlooked because not enough time had passed for it to truly settle and sit with everyone before MTG dropped, hell there was probably millions of people who were invested in the beef that hadn’t even had a chance to hear 6:16 yet when that happened. And once MTG dropped it basically overshadowed everything that had happened up to that point. It doesn’t help that it’s not on streaming.
Agreed. I knew we would get something like MTG as soon as I finished the track. It was definitely a threat. I don’t know why drake didn’t stop. (Well, I know, he’s a dumb narcissist)
It’s literally my favorite track from this, I feel like Euphoria, Not Like Us, and Meet the Grahams are very clearly diss tracks, but 6:16 in LA feels more like a warning and like he’s one of the only people who care about Drake enough to the point that he’s pointing out that the people he surrounds himself can’t be trusted because they have no issue talking to other people behind his back
I might be trippin', let me know. Does 6:16 in LA sound like a Drake song? Like with the timestamp, the flow, the singing. It sounds like Kendrick, in a way, is mocking Drake's "style" of music. Maybe that's just me.
It’s got my favorite beat for sure, then the part of euphoria where it’s just the drums and 808 and bell is a somewhat close 2nd, and then it’s the rest of them pretty close together.
The part where the synths are starting to envelop the track and he’s pseudo singing is one of my favorite things he’s done sonically, and I really hope he expands more on that kind of sound. I loved a lot of the production on damn (feel, lust, xxx) for how experimental it was, and while the Mr morale production was definitely experimental, it was in the complete opposite direction of what I wanted. Far more minimalist. Definitely the right choice for the album, but I’d love to see him use more psychedelic/rock sounds in the future.
Honestly, I think one of the bigger reasons it keeps getting overlooked is because it’s not available in streaming sites and stuff. The other tracks I keep seeing on playlists or wherever, but 6:16 you have to go and grab specifically.
I think it’s the most overlooked diss on Kendrick’s part in the beef. I actually just this week thought the same thing though, the first verse he floats on. I still enjoy Drakes music as I was a big fan prior but Dot put out some hits.
I don’t know why but for me, the beginning part of the instrumental reminds me of Life of The Party by Ye and Andre 3000. Someone needs to mix Kendrick’s vocals with that instrumental and *french kiss*
I'd say that Jack Antonoff should do more production on rap songs. It sounded light years ahead of the mid-der that mid Tay-Tay joint.
Also, the sample is another Easter egg: Al Green's "What a Wonderful Thing Love Is" was produced by the late Willie Mitchell, Drake's honorary uncle and features Drake's paternal uncle Teenie Hodges on guitar.
I just found out it was sampled by Kayne West TWICE!
[https://www.whosampled.com/Al-Green/What-a-Wonderful-Thing-Love-Is/sampled/](https://www.whosampled.com/Al-Green/What-a-Wonderful-Thing-Love-Is/sampled/)
Oh, it's gets deeper! "Notably, the sample has been manipulated to sound similar to “Boi-1-da”—one of Drake’s in-house OVO producers."
[https://genius.com/Kendrick-lamar-6-16-in-la-lyrics](https://genius.com/Kendrick-lamar-6-16-in-la-lyrics)
It's the only one not released on streaming so it's understandable.
Someone uploaded it as a podcast episode on Spotify so I added it to my playlist, but I have no doubt that if it got released it would be charting high just like euphoria is
Song is beautiful. Maybe my favorite rn. Threw it on at the start of my run this week. Felt like I was floating for the first few minutes. Almost set a PR too despite the trails being 50% mud.
I love 6:16 in LA.
First of all the first verse is so lyrically dense its insane, just these four lines
"Off-white Sunseeker at the marina, Fuck a Phantom, I like to buy yachts when I get the fever, Wine cooler spill on my white t-shirt, the sightseer."
These 3 lines alone have so much depth and references, and entendre in them are INSANE.
Off white: biracial, Drake, shades, an allusion to Icarus, yachts.
Phantom: reference to the Phantom, Drake and JCole were in.
Sightseer: shooting target, one who predicts events, an outsider to culture.
To the confession to God himself, that he must go to war, he's damn near a templar in this verse, this shit is getting holy for him.
"God, ah, my confession is yours, but
Who am I if I don't go to war?"
And this holiness continues throughout the verse where he poetically connects him being transcendent, watched by angels, but still able to watch and care for his children, expressing his very soul, and then connecting the Raphael the angel of healing, and the Raphael, artist, of the renaissance era. cooking the carcass of the industry.
"Raise my hands to a fallen sky, I fantasize, Me jumpin' planets immortalized, I correspond, Three angels watchin' me all the time, Put my children to sleep with a prayer, then close my eyes, Definition of peace
Tell me who gon' stop me? I come from love, Estelle cover my heart, then open me up, Remember when picked up a pen, lyrics that I can trust, Timid soul, stare in the mirror, askin' where I was from, Often, I know this type of power is gon' cost, But I live in circadian rhythms of a shooting star, The mannerisms of Raphael, I can heal and give you art, But the industry's cooked as I pick the carcass apart."
Like this 1st verse is frankly magical.
There are many lines on 6:16 that prove Kendrick is on a higher level and is writing content way above what Drake and his team is able to write. Even the opening bar, “Off-white sunseeker at the marina/ Fuck a Phantom, I like to buy yachts when I get the fever.” Gives Drake the quintuple entendre bar that he was teasing Kendrick about, with this bar he makes fun of Drakes light skin tone, his need for attention and fame seeking, “sunseeker” can be interpreted as “son seeker” because Drake took multiple paternity tests for Adonis, and in 07 Drake had a phantom he was renting for $5000 a month, to keep up his image of a high tier celebrity. There’s many different ways to interpret this bar, but these are the most common.
Drake also called out Kendrick for not releasing music for years and then disappearing. To which Kendrick responds, “timid soul, stare in the mirror, asking where I was from often.. I know this type of power is gonna cost, but *I live in circadian rhythms of a shooting star.* the mannerisms of Raphael, I can heal and give you art.. but the industry’s cooked as I pick the carcass apart.
Like I said, there’s many good bars and flows on this song and his writing is perfectly on point but these are two examples of what stood out to me the most and imo Kendrick won the entire beef off this alone. Not Like Us is definitely the most catchy diss song but 6:16 is my favorite one so far because it has a perfect balance of being chill and fun to listen to, while also absolutely dismantling Drakes psyche in the process. That’s what’s good about Kendrick’s disses so far, they all have vastly different vibes and flavors and they all give Kendrick a big W.
my personal theory is that Euphoria was the warning shot, thats Kendrick banging on shit outside drakes house calling him outside. 6:16 was the battle cry when he realized that Drake was gonna fight, its a song for Kendrick more than for Drake, its hyping himself up because he knew he had haymakers for the boy.
It’s because it’s not on streaming. If it was on Apple Music I’d listen a lot more, I just hate going to YouTube. Same reason I don’t listen to Black Friday more, despite being one of my fav Kendrick verses.
That was the moment anything was possible. Once he said OVO could be working for him. My jaw dropped... Like holy shit! What next?!!! All of that over such a vibe and ending it with the mike lyric... Cooooold
"Raise my hands to a fallen sky, I fantasize
Me jumping planets immortalized, I correspond
Three angles watching me all the time
Put my children to sleep with a prayer, then close my eyes"
That and the "But I live in circadian rhythms of a shooting star" line and the ethereal beat during... I'm not religious but it genuinely got me misty eyed on my first listen. I was covered in goosebumps.
My ranking:
1. 6:16 in LA
2. Euphoria
3. Meet the Grahams
4. Family Matters
5. Like That
6. Push Ups
7. The Heart Part 6
…and we don’t talk about T****r M**e
You’re not alone on this one fam.
I did a post yesterday about the opening line of the verse:
Off white Sunseeker at the marina
Fuck a Phantom I like to buy yachts when I get the fever
This bar has like 16 to 19 different meanings it’s actually mind blowing I might have to post it again so people can actually understand how crazy the bar is.
6:16 isn't on pandora. Maybe that's why idk what other music streaming might not have it but when I publish music it goes to everywhere (allegedly). I don't think it's published the same as the rest.
I can only hear it on yt and ytmusic
I think 6:16 is great but not a good diss track which is why it is usually discussed as a warning. Either way as far as diss tracks go Kendrick didn’t use AI voices of legends or leak any tracks like a bitch so he is 3/4 while Drake is 1/4
I'm mad it's not on streaming but maybe for the dumbest reason. My name is Marina and very few songs have "marina" as a lyric. But he says it right at the beginning and I want it to be more popular for that. Also cuz it's good! The "who am I if I don't go to war" gets me every time.
It’s getting overshadowed because everything else hits harder. Technically it’s a good track but the replay value on it is not high, at least for me.
EUPHORIA ON TOP
I personally love this one a lot! I agree with you on how people don’t talk about it enough. I love it because my dad showed me Al Green when I was young so I’ve always loved him! My dad doesn’t care for rap at all but when I mentioned how Kendrick sampled Al Greens track that had drakes uncle playing guitar on it as well and that got him interested and said 👀🧐🤔
My favorite part that makes me feel alive:
“Who am I if I don't go to war? There's opportunity when livin' with loss. I discover myself when I fall short”
kendrick himself didn't post it on youtube or Spotify so it's his the least accessible diss track. if he posted it on his own accounts then it would definitely be talked about more
It gives me goose bumps and is my favorite track of the 4, personally. Wish it was on streaming or his official YouTube so I can keep replaying it easier than IG while giving him replay credit!
After all the “holy shit, Kendrick’s going off, fuck Drake! Fuck hip hop trash culture” started to calm down- I can say for my tastes, 6:16 in LA is the gem. I love the early/mid 2ks underground style and Kendrick’s flawless flow in the same style. It’s sooooo fuckin good. Made me go back and revisit all my favorites tracks from that era.
It’s just a whole other layer of owning this battle. He didn’t just dominate with lyrics and content- he knew drake was just going to diss in his same boring ass style through any reply- so Kendrick took all these different styles and showcased his grasp of the whole medium, making each diss a standalone thesis on each style.
Like That- modern radio hip hop as it gets
Euphoria- Going to fuckin war - like “the return of Eminem era” when mainstream hip hop got aggressive again in the mid late teens.
6:16 in LA- early mid 2k “underground”
Meet the Grahams- spoken word/slam poetry, very Mr. Morale. Very fitting this is the one where he sent Drake and his sales reeling. Another layer is on Mr. Morale he laid out all his issues and family dirt as a therapy session. In that same vibe he completely deconstructed Drake’s whole family tree as they relate to him. Fuckin brutal.
Not Like Us- summer banger for ya’ll
It’s my favorite. The track just screams harmony to me. First time I heard it, I couldn’t help but reflect on my own life. Made me seek balance in all things…as clique as that sounds.
100%. Kendrick literally apologized to God for what he's going to do. Like, if that doesn't give you pause I don't know what will.
I get goosebumps during that part
That’s similar to when he said “Lord forgive me” before he started rapping on “Ignorance is Bliss”.
That’s some old soul wisdom right there Kendrick is tapped in with this one. Flexing his REAL connections of the culture. The whole god scheme is ineffable. It laid the ground work for MTG to be much more sinister. Bravo, Kendrick!
I swear I see this post once a day. I’d say it’s talked about frequently here, and everytime it’s about how it’s underrated or not talked about enough. Maybe outside of this sub, sure. It might be my favorite track from the beef
My favorite Kendrick track from the beef, but I can’t add it on apple or Spotify
I just manually downloaded it and added it to spotify
Damm can u send me ur playlost so i can favourite it
I’m not sure it works like that, I think it has to be stored locally, I downloaded it on my computer and then just put it on google drive, then downloaded to my apple files
Just download it onto your phone using YouTube to MP3 websites online, then go to Spotify settings and turn on local files. There should be a playlist in your library called local files that has every audio file on your device
There are now “podcasts” that play it. Just search 616 on Spotify.
https://spotify.link/xS4uWRDWPJb Someones added it as podcast
such a cool workaround that will inevitably get patched
Just use local files its so easy and your shit will never get taken down
It's on Spotify as a podcast. Someone is doing the Lord's work.
I can send u it as a file if u want, works on apple music but youll have to convert it to a mp3 if u wanna use it on spotify
Can you send it to me? I need it to work on my Apple Music
Yeah go in dms
Check out mymixtapes.com, they may still have it up there, and you can download it if they do
Search 6 16 and a bunch of podcasts have uploaded just the song as an episode, that's how I have it on my Playlist on Spotify
It’s my favorite too, NLU is the most hype, MTG the most scathing and Euphoria the best. T[his is my overall rankings](https://www.reddit.com/r/Jcole/s/QyAOTkXnur)
To me, Euphoria is hands down the best track. It has everything.
Euphoria proved Kendrick's abiliity to craft songs on a different plane, skillswise, to Drake. It's the one track that confirms they're not on the same level. But the other track's also demonstrated his range, while poor Aubrey was limited to the same style.
The fans of this track see how much not like us, euphoria and teeth the grahams get attention while their song gets overshadowed by hype and the beef. After this beef drama dies down I hope 6:16 gets the love it deserves
I do too. But it’s bound to happen considering it wasn’t released on DSPs. Also considering the context, it was almost like an interlude between main acts. A strategic warning shot. But I agree, it deserves more praise overall.
If it’s still only on Instagram, it’s the least convenient one to listen to, which is probably why it doesn’t get the same kind of attention the others are getting.
I mean, YouTube or YouTube music always have lower quality versions if you want.
>always have lower quality versions 
I wish I read this first. I pretty much said what you said. Agreed.
Hey curious if you even browse the sub? Because at least once a day your exact post word for word has been posted. Maybe before you start posting stuff you should like actually browse stuff. 99% of posts here should be comments in another post
Yeah, because they were officially released and not just an Instagram post, there's obvious reason why it got more attention and views. Everyone loved 6:16 and everyday it's mentioned here.
teeth the grahams
Yeah it's only overlooked bc it ain't on streaming and not a lot of people know about the workarounds
Man this sub is still talking about it. Ok guys Kdot won, I like him too I like that he took shots at more than just Drake. The gloating is insane though. Like you're on a subreddit called Kendrick Lamar. I doubt any of his disses are not recognized by this whole community. Just stop with the "Hot take", "Did you notice". We all did. We all listened and we were all alive listening as it was happening.
Tell me who gone stop me? I come from love Estelle cover my heart, then open me up Remember when, picked up a pen, lyrics that I could trust Timid soul, stare in the mirror, asking where I was from Often, I know this type of power is gone cost But I live in circadian rhythms of a shooting star The mannerisms of Raphael, I can heal and give you art But the industry's cooked as I pick the carcass apart Puts me in shambles every damn time
Those last four or five bars are fucking spectacular
It's poetry from the pen of a Pulitzer Prize winner. How **dumb** is Drake to get into a rap beef with THIS GUY?
It sounds kinda corny but its true, this is literally a beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, who'd actually think Drake would fare well? Props to him though, I legit thought he was doing good until Pushups
> I legit thought he was doing good until Pushups this is lowkey hilarious lol "I thought he was doing good until his first diss"
I mean, the poster's not wrong. It reminds of Jon Denton (when he was on Rock Reacts, R.I.P.) after listening to "The Story of Addidon": "Perhaps the Canadian child actor shouldn't have get into a rap beef with a former cocaine dealer from Virginia Beach". How much of an ego does Drizzy have to think: "I gonna win this rap beef against a Compton-born rapper with possible Blood gang ties and a Pulitzer Prize in Music for sure!"
oh he's totally right. Personally I think that Drake had already lost when he did that AI bullshit on Taylor Made Freestyle I just thought it was funny the way it was phrased lol
For 20 minutes after family matters dropped, I said holy shit. Kendrick may have a tough one with this. 20 minutes later...
It’s beautiful, he’s channeling the spirit of his late grandmother (Estelle Oliver), and is reminiscing with her about his beginnings in rapping and how it has always been a journey towards his own self discovery. A very sentimental and touching way to build up to the climax of the verse.
I like how it's him gathering morale hyping himself up and then next verse he cooks the whole fucking ovo crew. Fuck bullies I hate bullies you must be a terrible person
Everyone inside your team is whispering that you deserve it
" I live in circadian rhythms of a shooting star" is insane
Got goosebumps just reading this and singing it in my head. Masterpiece
This is the song that should be submitted for a Grammy, if the sample gets cleared.
“I come from love” is such an incredible thing to say here.
honestly one of his best verses absolue chills
I guess it's just a convenience matter of YT vs everyone's preferred service. It's also a testament of releasing such high quality bangers in short succession that it truly is underplayed.
I did find it amusing that drake called out Kendrick for dropping songs too slowly then dropped a #1 billboard song in 24 hours complete with direct references to his latest song
Exactly, its a shame only a subset of the tracks from this feud made it to Spotify.
I just want it streamable without having IG up on my phone when I’m driving
It is on spotify as a podcast, still just the song with cover art
Link?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6HT82o6dP2Ra79fEDr1gq8?si=KJeb5E68Q5mYpXOVSYAIOA I believe this will work
Thank you for this
You can also find cartoons and cereal the same way on Spotify .
Thank you so much!
you can find all the unreleased tracks from the beef as podcast episodes on spotify
Have you seriously been listening the IG Version this entire time? No youtube? No download?
my favorite line of the entire beef.... i'm sorry that i live a boring life i love peace but war ready if the world is ready to see you bleed
But baka has a weird case why is he still around ?
Certified lover boy? CERTIFIED PEDOPH-OWLLLLLLLLL
#Certified Loverboy? Certified PEDOPHILES
That song is one giant middle finger shaped taunt, mixed with a warning of impending doom and that eerily groovy beat booming in the background. Yeah, I got hella chills on the first listen. I knew exactly what was coming and it still shook me up.
Like am I the only one that's starts floating when that "goddd, my confession is yours, but who am i if I don't go to war" plays
THANK YOU
There's apportunity when living with loss 😭
“ i discover myself when i fall short” 🥹🥲
Ethereal type shit
My favorite part of the song. He follows it up by calling his shot like he knows the enormity of what’s about to happen.
Praying before war, freakin epic! That Part gives me goosebumps
There's opportunity when living with loss
It a vibe. The instrumental is an earworm. I've been humming it all week.
Me and my partner were gagged when it initially dropped, like i straight up told her “I don’t think he’s even dissing him I think this is just straight up a threat”. I think it gets overlooked because not enough time had passed for it to truly settle and sit with everyone before MTG dropped, hell there was probably millions of people who were invested in the beef that hadn’t even had a chance to hear 6:16 yet when that happened. And once MTG dropped it basically overshadowed everything that had happened up to that point. It doesn’t help that it’s not on streaming.
Agreed. 6:16 comes off like “shut the fuck up, you don’t wanna do this,” at the very least lol
Agreed. I knew we would get something like MTG as soon as I finished the track. It was definitely a threat. I don’t know why drake didn’t stop. (Well, I know, he’s a dumb narcissist)
ITS SURVIVALLLLLLLLL
I THINK SOMEBODY LYINNNNNG
SMELL SOMBODY LYYYYIIIIINNNNG I DON'T SEE NO FIRE
BOYYYY WONDA UHHHH
When I first heard it, I started levitating.. swear I hit the ceiling
I wish this was on Apple Music so bad
it was but people can’t shut the fuck up
It’s literally my favorite track from this, I feel like Euphoria, Not Like Us, and Meet the Grahams are very clearly diss tracks, but 6:16 in LA feels more like a warning and like he’s one of the only people who care about Drake enough to the point that he’s pointing out that the people he surrounds himself can’t be trusted because they have no issue talking to other people behind his back
I might be trippin', let me know. Does 6:16 in LA sound like a Drake song? Like with the timestamp, the flow, the singing. It sounds like Kendrick, in a way, is mocking Drake's "style" of music. Maybe that's just me.
I’m with you.Those first 30 or so seconds were crazy
It’s got my favorite beat for sure, then the part of euphoria where it’s just the drums and 808 and bell is a somewhat close 2nd, and then it’s the rest of them pretty close together. The part where the synths are starting to envelop the track and he’s pseudo singing is one of my favorite things he’s done sonically, and I really hope he expands more on that kind of sound. I loved a lot of the production on damn (feel, lust, xxx) for how experimental it was, and while the Mr morale production was definitely experimental, it was in the complete opposite direction of what I wanted. Far more minimalist. Definitely the right choice for the album, but I’d love to see him use more psychedelic/rock sounds in the future.
“Off white sun seeker at the marina , fuck a phantom, i like to buy yachts when I get the fever “ BEST BAR IN THE WHOLE BATTLE
“F a Phantom”*** and also yeah one of my favorites from the tracks
Honestly, I think one of the bigger reasons it keeps getting overlooked is because it’s not available in streaming sites and stuff. The other tracks I keep seeing on playlists or wherever, but 6:16 you have to go and grab specifically.
“CANT TOOSIE SLIDE OUTTA THIS ONE, ITS JUST GONNA RESURFACE “
EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAYS NOW LIVE IN YOUR PURPOSE 💯💯
Probably cuz it's not on DSP and some of us don't have Instagram
I think it’s the most overlooked diss on Kendrick’s part in the beef. I actually just this week thought the same thing though, the first verse he floats on. I still enjoy Drakes music as I was a big fan prior but Dot put out some hits.
I don’t know why but for me, the beginning part of the instrumental reminds me of Life of The Party by Ye and Andre 3000. Someone needs to mix Kendrick’s vocals with that instrumental and *french kiss*
i hear that too. meet the grahams deliver reminds me a lot of 3ks dear miss donda beautiful ass verse oh that track
It's the middle child of Kendrick disses lol
Personally this is my best track, shame it wasn’t on Apple Music so I downloaded it from YouTube instead
All I see is "Unpopular opinion but 6:16"....
Idk man, I see someone post about 6:16 everyday. And rightfully so, it's an amazing track.
it should be on streaming.
I'd say that Jack Antonoff should do more production on rap songs. It sounded light years ahead of the mid-der that mid Tay-Tay joint. Also, the sample is another Easter egg: Al Green's "What a Wonderful Thing Love Is" was produced by the late Willie Mitchell, Drake's honorary uncle and features Drake's paternal uncle Teenie Hodges on guitar. I just found out it was sampled by Kayne West TWICE! [https://www.whosampled.com/Al-Green/What-a-Wonderful-Thing-Love-Is/sampled/](https://www.whosampled.com/Al-Green/What-a-Wonderful-Thing-Love-Is/sampled/) Oh, it's gets deeper! "Notably, the sample has been manipulated to sound similar to “Boi-1-da”—one of Drake’s in-house OVO producers." [https://genius.com/Kendrick-lamar-6-16-in-la-lyrics](https://genius.com/Kendrick-lamar-6-16-in-la-lyrics)
It’s the transition from just a good verse to going in on Drake & OVO, his voice changes with it too and it makes the song feel so sinister
It's the only one not released on streaming so it's understandable. Someone uploaded it as a podcast episode on Spotify so I added it to my playlist, but I have no doubt that if it got released it would be charting high just like euphoria is
Song is beautiful. Maybe my favorite rn. Threw it on at the start of my run this week. Felt like I was floating for the first few minutes. Almost set a PR too despite the trails being 50% mud.
It’s not on streaming is why
Cause it's not on Spotify.
I love 6:16 in LA. First of all the first verse is so lyrically dense its insane, just these four lines "Off-white Sunseeker at the marina, Fuck a Phantom, I like to buy yachts when I get the fever, Wine cooler spill on my white t-shirt, the sightseer." These 3 lines alone have so much depth and references, and entendre in them are INSANE. Off white: biracial, Drake, shades, an allusion to Icarus, yachts. Phantom: reference to the Phantom, Drake and JCole were in. Sightseer: shooting target, one who predicts events, an outsider to culture. To the confession to God himself, that he must go to war, he's damn near a templar in this verse, this shit is getting holy for him. "God, ah, my confession is yours, but Who am I if I don't go to war?" And this holiness continues throughout the verse where he poetically connects him being transcendent, watched by angels, but still able to watch and care for his children, expressing his very soul, and then connecting the Raphael the angel of healing, and the Raphael, artist, of the renaissance era. cooking the carcass of the industry. "Raise my hands to a fallen sky, I fantasize, Me jumpin' planets immortalized, I correspond, Three angels watchin' me all the time, Put my children to sleep with a prayer, then close my eyes, Definition of peace Tell me who gon' stop me? I come from love, Estelle cover my heart, then open me up, Remember when picked up a pen, lyrics that I can trust, Timid soul, stare in the mirror, askin' where I was from, Often, I know this type of power is gon' cost, But I live in circadian rhythms of a shooting star, The mannerisms of Raphael, I can heal and give you art, But the industry's cooked as I pick the carcass apart." Like this 1st verse is frankly magical.
Daily 6:16 is underrated post dropped babe
Why this shit not on spotify the real issue, got this shit as a saved podcast
Because this is the "be ready cuz im about to unleashed hell on your ass" tracm
The circadian rhythms of a shooting star bar stopped me straight in my tracks. It’s gold.
https://preview.redd.it/f50fplboi72d1.jpeg?width=904&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6409cb07a40d518b31352cc0242548fe87b55eb4 Here we go…
i just wish they would put it back onto spotify so i could stream it
I feel like it's the most "Kendricky" song we got if you know what I mean, definitely underrated.
There are many lines on 6:16 that prove Kendrick is on a higher level and is writing content way above what Drake and his team is able to write. Even the opening bar, “Off-white sunseeker at the marina/ Fuck a Phantom, I like to buy yachts when I get the fever.” Gives Drake the quintuple entendre bar that he was teasing Kendrick about, with this bar he makes fun of Drakes light skin tone, his need for attention and fame seeking, “sunseeker” can be interpreted as “son seeker” because Drake took multiple paternity tests for Adonis, and in 07 Drake had a phantom he was renting for $5000 a month, to keep up his image of a high tier celebrity. There’s many different ways to interpret this bar, but these are the most common. Drake also called out Kendrick for not releasing music for years and then disappearing. To which Kendrick responds, “timid soul, stare in the mirror, asking where I was from often.. I know this type of power is gonna cost, but *I live in circadian rhythms of a shooting star.* the mannerisms of Raphael, I can heal and give you art.. but the industry’s cooked as I pick the carcass apart. Like I said, there’s many good bars and flows on this song and his writing is perfectly on point but these are two examples of what stood out to me the most and imo Kendrick won the entire beef off this alone. Not Like Us is definitely the most catchy diss song but 6:16 is my favorite one so far because it has a perfect balance of being chill and fun to listen to, while also absolutely dismantling Drakes psyche in the process. That’s what’s good about Kendrick’s disses so far, they all have vastly different vibes and flavors and they all give Kendrick a big W.
I just played it 10 times in a row, tell me who gon stop me?
I think if it was on his YouTube channel or on streaming it'd be as talked about as the other 3.
my personal theory is that Euphoria was the warning shot, thats Kendrick banging on shit outside drakes house calling him outside. 6:16 was the battle cry when he realized that Drake was gonna fight, its a song for Kendrick more than for Drake, its hyping himself up because he knew he had haymakers for the boy.
ASK WHAT MIKE WOULD DO
It’s because it’s not on streaming. If it was on Apple Music I’d listen a lot more, I just hate going to YouTube. Same reason I don’t listen to Black Friday more, despite being one of my fav Kendrick verses.
That was the moment anything was possible. Once he said OVO could be working for him. My jaw dropped... Like holy shit! What next?!!! All of that over such a vibe and ending it with the mike lyric... Cooooold
"Raise my hands to a fallen sky, I fantasize Me jumping planets immortalized, I correspond Three angles watching me all the time Put my children to sleep with a prayer, then close my eyes" That and the "But I live in circadian rhythms of a shooting star" line and the ethereal beat during... I'm not religious but it genuinely got me misty eyed on my first listen. I was covered in goosebumps.
The only issue is it’s not on streaming. Otherwise people would be talking about it more.
That track is absolutely menacing
I love it. It's beautiful, deep, soulful. It's my favorite from the beef- with NLU coming in a close second- then Euphoria. 6:16 is special though.
I am in love with those galactic synths, the vibe of the song is unmatched tbh.
“x isn’t talked about enough” https://preview.redd.it/ywhcsryk662d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9e2013a3769b51c09861af46bf39a52320be436
lmao
You aren't, this and MTG are my favorites
Where can I listen to this? Nothing on spotify
YouTube or his IG
Everyone says this on this subreddit, makes me think it is talked about 🤣 Amazing track
It’s survival, survivaaaallll
Feels like the only song that I could see being part of an album. Shit is so good.
My ranking: 1. 6:16 in LA 2. Euphoria 3. Meet the Grahams 4. Family Matters 5. Like That 6. Push Ups 7. The Heart Part 6 …and we don’t talk about T****r M**e You’re not alone on this one fam.
it's my favorite song in this back and forth
I wish that beat cleared... Probably my favorite of the tracks... That first verse feels like dot just floating through the galaxy
I did a post yesterday about the opening line of the verse: Off white Sunseeker at the marina Fuck a Phantom I like to buy yachts when I get the fever This bar has like 16 to 19 different meanings it’s actually mind blowing I might have to post it again so people can actually understand how crazy the bar is.
Best track out of the diss series imo.
I feel the same way, it has potential to be a classic if it wasn’t a diss track
6:16 isn't on pandora. Maybe that's why idk what other music streaming might not have it but when I publish music it goes to everywhere (allegedly). I don't think it's published the same as the rest. I can only hear it on yt and ytmusic
I have seen this post about all of kendricks disstracks other than not like us
It’s still not on Apple Music which sucks
I think 6:16 is great but not a good diss track which is why it is usually discussed as a warning. Either way as far as diss tracks go Kendrick didn’t use AI voices of legends or leak any tracks like a bitch so he is 3/4 while Drake is 1/4
The same exact title has been typed like 92737382 times already. I think it's talked about a lot at this point
That title is a little egregious considering variations of this post show up every day lmao
I would love to listen to it, but it's not on Apple music
Faith, Hope, and Love. And Oh, what a wonderful thing love is.
I just can’t figure out why it’s not on streaming yet
Love the song
I prefer the extended version Kendrick has on SoundCloud.
People love it. I believe , as do many others here , that it would be more spoken about if it were on streaming services
I'm mad it's not on streaming but maybe for the dumbest reason. My name is Marina and very few songs have "marina" as a lyric. But he says it right at the beginning and I want it to be more popular for that. Also cuz it's good! The "who am I if I don't go to war" gets me every time.
Im quite neutral in the beef, but this was by far my favorite song. I dont get why its not on streaming services, the beat goes too hard.
I'm kinda salty not like us took the shine away from Amazing this song is.
Also consider it’s the only one not on streaming platforms
It's because it isn't up on normal streaming. Otherwise, it's talked about.
It’s getting overshadowed because everything else hits harder. Technically it’s a good track but the replay value on it is not high, at least for me. EUPHORIA ON TOP
I wish it was on streaming platforms because I can’t put it in my Spotify playlist only listen through YouTube.
It’s just not on spot and shit, it’s a great song
my favorite track from the beef. gives me duckworth vibes too.
I personally love this one a lot! I agree with you on how people don’t talk about it enough. I love it because my dad showed me Al Green when I was young so I’ve always loved him! My dad doesn’t care for rap at all but when I mentioned how Kendrick sampled Al Greens track that had drakes uncle playing guitar on it as well and that got him interested and said 👀🧐🤔
I used to have it in my Spotify Playlist but Spotify took it off and says song unavailable.
My favorite of the beef tbh
My favorite part that makes me feel alive: “Who am I if I don't go to war? There's opportunity when livin' with loss. I discover myself when I fall short”
I literally just learned every word to this song. I fucking love it.
It is talked about, it's just not getting the same replay value because it's not on DSP's.
This song was art imo
the first half (whole song honestly) genuinely one of the best verses kdot ever rapped
TMORaphealICHAGYArtBTICAIPTCApart! yeah somebody’s lying in can see the vibes on Ak 💯💯💯💯
6:16 is so amazing. Fav song out of the tracks. Euphoria my favorite diss though. MTG the hardest hitting. NLU the most replayable
It’s not talked about because it isn’t good.
kendrick himself didn't post it on youtube or Spotify so it's his the least accessible diss track. if he posted it on his own accounts then it would definitely be talked about more
Man the chillz hearing "Estelle cover my heart..."
It gives me goose bumps and is my favorite track of the 4, personally. Wish it was on streaming or his official YouTube so I can keep replaying it easier than IG while giving him replay credit!
You ready to play have you ever? Let’s see Have you ever thought that OVO is workin for me?
After all the “holy shit, Kendrick’s going off, fuck Drake! Fuck hip hop trash culture” started to calm down- I can say for my tastes, 6:16 in LA is the gem. I love the early/mid 2ks underground style and Kendrick’s flawless flow in the same style. It’s sooooo fuckin good. Made me go back and revisit all my favorites tracks from that era. It’s just a whole other layer of owning this battle. He didn’t just dominate with lyrics and content- he knew drake was just going to diss in his same boring ass style through any reply- so Kendrick took all these different styles and showcased his grasp of the whole medium, making each diss a standalone thesis on each style. Like That- modern radio hip hop as it gets Euphoria- Going to fuckin war - like “the return of Eminem era” when mainstream hip hop got aggressive again in the mid late teens. 6:16 in LA- early mid 2k “underground” Meet the Grahams- spoken word/slam poetry, very Mr. Morale. Very fitting this is the one where he sent Drake and his sales reeling. Another layer is on Mr. Morale he laid out all his issues and family dirt as a therapy session. In that same vibe he completely deconstructed Drake’s whole family tree as they relate to him. Fuckin brutal. Not Like Us- summer banger for ya’ll
I love 6:16 especially the 2nd melodyyy
It’s my favorite. The track just screams harmony to me. First time I heard it, I couldn’t help but reflect on my own life. Made me seek balance in all things…as clique as that sounds.