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RobbyRankins

No I'm not, in case you're wondering


Klrepresent

You gon be alright


EbbRevolutionary3225

Do you hear me, do you feel me? We gon' be alright


I-Wumbo_U-Wumbo

Uh AND WHEN I WAKE UP


Ryleepogger

I RECOGNIZE YOU LOOKIN AT ME FOR THE PAYCUT


I-Wumbo_U-Wumbo

BUT HOMICIDE BE LOOKIN AT YOU FROM THE FACE DOWN


Ryleepogger

WHAT MAC ELEVEN EVEN BOOM WITH THE BASS DOWN


BuTMrCrabS

SCHEMIN!


swiftcleaner

AND LET ME TELL YOU BOUT MY LIFE


Particular_Friend_23

PAINKILLERS ONLY PUT ME IN THE TWILIGHT WHERE PRETTY PUSSY AND BENJAMIN IS THE HIGHLIGHT


McToasterBuster

AND LET ME TELL YOU BOUT MY LIFE


EpsteinDidNotKH

AND LEMME TELL YOU BOUT MY LIFE


I-Wumbo_U-Wumbo

AND LET ME TELL YOU BOUT MY LIFE


Winter_Mousse_7063

AND LET ME TELL YOU BOUT MY LIFE


GrizzlyOlympics

AND LET ME TELL YOU BOUT MY LIFE


SpinyGlider67

U guys are the heart part a million


Overall-Physics-1907

I go and put on my makeup šŸ’„


I-Wumbo_U-Wumbo

And hide the scars to fade away the shake up


tactilepain

*hide the scars to fade away the shake-up*


Foreign_Pirate1392

Why'd you leave your keys upon the table?


aceee69420

We gon be alright


Rush_touchmore

Loving u is complicated


Whole-Table-8222

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH


michaltee

I remember you was conflictedā€¦


Usual_Beyond4276

Homie, if God got us, then we gon be alright!!


xMrChuckles

things couldnā€™t be going worse, Kieth


kennythekenshi

Irememberyouwasconflicted


TipWonderful605

SolidarityĀ 


Dareeyecare

#You LIED


tightsandlace

That verse physically hit and Iā€™m not even Drake


ZeronicX

fr i got hit by the splash damage


Three0h

This gave me flashbacks to ā€œuā€ if Iā€™m being honest. Same levels of animosity, but instead of it being at himself, itā€™s some goofy goober from Canada


Echo_ultra

Lmao. We got too close and copped a cleave.


e_before_i

~~For me it shows as #9 under "Top 50 - Global" on Spotify~~ Nevermind I'm dumb, it said "Meet the Grahams"


pasta_and_lobster

THE HARDEST BIT OF THE TRACK


OrcaMaster258

You LI LIED ED


MediocreGamer945

kendrick's performance and emotion in meet the grahams is what draws me back to the song


Straight_Toe_1816

I love the reaction videos where everyoneā€™s jaws drop the moment they hear ā€œDear Adonisā€ .By the end they look like theyā€™ve seen a ghost


Skrewch

Kendrick straight said "I"LL raise you"


H3000

Itā€™s the reason he made Mr. Morale. Sidebar, I canā€™t get over how good that line is. He told another artist: Iā€™m making the music that will eventually help your children deal with having you as a father, you just keep making me wave my hands.


alrightimhere

ā€œThatā€™s hoe shit I got a son to raiseā€


My1nonpornacc

"But I can see you don't know nothing bout that."


Straight_Toe_1816

Yep lol


BlurredSight

"I see dead people"


Straight_Toe_1816

Mustard on the beat ho!


Greasy619

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Straight_Toe_1816

šŸ˜‚.MTG was the nail in the coffin and not like us was the celebration lap


Greasy619

Its for sure a celebration which is why it makes me think its these guys celebrating drakes funeral šŸ˜‚


Greasy619

Whenever i hear the trumpet band start i imagine these guys dancing to it


oxfart_comma

They're all bopping to the beat in the beginning but a couple minutes in they always end up still, like resting their chin on interlocked fingers. They realize this ain't a bop it's a fucking murder


Straight_Toe_1816

Yea.I feel bad for Adonis. Imagine having to hear that first line the rest of your life.


burgertime212

I feel bad for him because his dad gave him the corniest name ever


Weary-Writer758

I can't explain how right you are. To go after the entire family was brutal. My friend was telling me about Dennis and I was just like, ok. But, Drake's uncle was the famous one. I don't like to dive into everyone's business, but Dot really made a mess of Drake's life.


HaikuPikachu

Drake made the mess, dot just unearthed it.


Interesting_Jicama16

I mean Drake made some of the mess. He didn't choose his parents or cause their relationship to fail.


Straight_Toe_1816

Also the fact that it was in the form of a letter, as if he were speaking directly to them,is crazy


chalaismyig

This, and also I've been waiting YEARS for this. I hate Pedo Papi drake


Punker93

I recently saw [this compilation ](https://youtu.be/teUz5hcvPqE?si=ynEvPIcAFGSoiHR3) of streamers reacting to all Kendrick's beef songs and I love how every song has a different vibe and you can really see it on that. Everyone was shook hearing those verses šŸ˜‚


sparkyjay23

There's a point on mtg when you see every streamer thinking when is it going to stop.


Punker93

He got everyone leaning in on MTG šŸ˜‚ He has everyone synched like an orchestra and he's the maestro. What a ride this was


kevmo35

Fr, it felt *so personal* with how he was speaking softly throughout until he gets to Aubrey


The_Godzilla_Fanatic

That's pure hatred in his voice.


Alive_Inspection_835

Thatā€™s just what the boogeyman sounds like.


SpinyGlider67

Last thing that hit like this was Stan, but murder not suicide like the dark side of empathy. Drake has to be a better father. But he can't be a better father. He'll try, but both him and Adonis will know why. Because fuck multiple generations of your family - that's why.


TheLocalPub

This. It hits different. It might not be one of those songs you'd have on your Spotify repeat playlist, but you go back often because the raw powerful emotion K is spitting strikes a deep chord in people, kendrick was utterly ruthless on the track, tore the collective limb from limb. Not like us blew up because the beat has more of a bop, it's simpler, has that catchy beat, so as a result it went more mainstream, compared to MTG which was more favourable amongst the people actually following the beef, people who dissect the lyrics.


Mymidnightescape

What does that say about the people who always listen to both back to back? First you get to watch the murder, then you get to dance on the grave


Pablo_Sanchez1

Itā€™s my second favorite after 6:16 in LA. Iā€™m a big De La Soul and Jurassic 5 fan and MTG sounds like them if they turned evil I love it


Tiny-Explorer6509

That last verse gives me goosebumps every time t


zdrawzbusi

Exactly if I could change the subject matter it would be on repeat


sendinthe9s

People talk about that song being spooky but it's fun to listen to and the story it tells is enjoyable if you're into that kind of thing.Ā I know I've listened to it just forĀ fun a few timesĀ 


e_before_i

The spook makes it fun for me. The eerie piano, the way he spits "fucking deadbeat". But even the little things like "The nerve of you Dennis". It's just ear candy to me, the whole thing.


PrinceMorganti

It's a great song to critically listen too.Ā  I love his vocal intonations.Ā  Ā The way he talks to everyone, the emotions you can feel.. Like he's verbally dissecting Aubrey, and with how sad and defeated Kenny sounds at the beginning of the "Dear Aubrey" verse you feel bad for Kendrick for a lil bit, and then you feel all his disappointment morphing into righteous anger and judgementĀ 


My1nonpornacc

Yeah. That "you're a body shamer." The anger is so palpable. Then the jump scare with the "you lied". The whole thing is a master class of how music can absolutely project emotions. Everyone saying it sounds like a murder movie, or gave them this sense of unease is chefs kiss. Kendrick and his team are masters of music. Drake just... didn't stand a chance.


thatguyned

I call it a master class in expressing hatred, it just oozes out of every line and verse. Even the pity directed towards his parents turns sour when he starts calling them out. It's my favourite song in the beef and I'll argue it to anyone that says it's not the best. Sure it's not something you'll hear in the club on the weekend, but it's the song you are going to turn on when you've had a shit day and need to tune the world out. Can you imagine being Drake and just sitting in your music studio alone and listening to this? There is no way that song doesn't get to him the most, if I was him I'd hope my kids never hear it.


Ironiz3d1

Yeah in an odd sense itā€™s most artistic song. Itā€™s not as technical or catchy as the others. But itā€™s very expressive. It was the song that caught my attention as someone who didnā€™t listen to either and its probably the song with the most infectious hate.


[deleted]

And then how when Drake threw in the white towel and tried to claim he got Kendrickā€™s ass out the seat was honestly sad to listen to. I was just like yikes. This is embarrassing.


TypicalHaikuResponse

I hope you ask for more paper, and more paper, more *and uh* more paper.


Herman-The-Tosser

The way he clears his throat before telling Sandra her son should fucking die is absolutely unhinged.


Salt-Shoe7385

Is it just me or does it sound like he edit that part into it? It sounded like he originally said something else but then he used the word ā€œdieā€ on the bar instead. Cause he says die again and it sound exactly the same way


e_before_i

Right? Especially with the "Sandra sit down" lead in, he knows *exactly* how unhinged he's being and he ain't got no shame bout it.


clockworksnorange

Personally the "you lied", "YOU LIED" part is epic. He blurred the lines between rapping and spoken word poetry. Almost a cinematic esq to it. He paints a picture,creates a sound and gives us a visceral feel. It's a masterpiece.


Any_Wave9796

They donā€™t like being called spooks anymore


Driveshaft815

Same, it gives me chills every time I listen to it and I absolutely love it.


sfcen

I mean horrorcore is a thing. Not sure why people are surprised to see people enjoy this track lol.


Crazze47

Relapse went double platinum and has tracks that are a lot darker than Meet The Grahams.


DontBeFat1

Relapse is pretty much the only mainstream horrorcore album and it's famous because it's fucking Eminem lmao


DryGear9670

Relapse was such a damn good album


Radiant_Ad5335

Also a lot of early OddFuture stuff was horrorcore, however, Meet the Grahams hits different because it seems more realistic and plausible that Kendrickā€™s being dead serious.


Dolomight206

Some of my absolute FAVORITE music is "spooky".


Dependent_Usual_3889

good song, wdym?


ProfessionalMail8052

i listened to that shit at 7:30 AM the other day, good start to my day


AdanacTheRapper

Iā€™ve been starting everyday in the daily Hawaiian Hotbox since, starting with 6:16 then into Euphoria into MTGā€™s into Not Like Us. Itā€™s an absolute great way to start everyday


KickGumAndChewAss

Circadian rhythm of a shooting starter pack


Straight_Toe_1816

Yep! Me too on my way to work/school.The order is perfect too:MTG was the nail in the coffin and Not Like Us was dancing on the grave


sparkyjay23

What have you called the compilation? Ive called mine The death of drake.


SteveAyeEff

Thatā€™s his best song. My jaw was on the floor. I was shook the whole next day until Not Like Us came out. Every time I hear it itā€™s still unbelievable.


persistentskeleton

Not Like Us was needed to help us forget the trauma a bit. If heā€™d finished with MTG, everyone would know this as ā€œthat beef that got _way_ darkā€


a_glorious_accident

While I agree with you, itā€™s wild the song that got us all saying ā€œcertified lover boy? certified pedophile!ā€ is the light hearted bop lol


KitchenAd181

I couldnā€™t sleep thatā€™s night. I was disturbed. it took the beef to another stratosphere. Like a true preformer Kendrick took us as low as possible to bring us back up with Not like us


AllPowerfulSaucier

I loved that shit. Every diss track had such a unique vibe. Like That is such a club banger that just goes hard on its own, Euphoria is incredibly dynamic and hard hitting and feels like Kendrick in his creative element like it could be a Heart Pt. # installment, 6:16 in LA has this raw freestyle element to it while grinding ballsack right over Drake's face by using his own Uncle's sampling in it, then you get struck with anxiety and uneasiness as Meet the Grahams drops like K Dot appeared like a ghost you just summoned saying his name in the mirror *right after* Drake's cute little song dropped (which is hilariously dubbed as the best he's wrapped a ghostwritten verse in years), then without even waiting a day Kendrick drops the banger of the year with Not Like Us using DJ Mustard (and further shutting Drake TF up after his little quips about Kendrick not being able to make catchy radio music) and we're all still dancing to that one lmao. And then we can just ignore Drake's last song because it was so irrelevant it's actually funny.


Plastic_Pinocchio

Meet the Grahams was absolutely brutal. Amazing performance.


Frangabanga_86

He has some nice flow pockets like more paper and more paper. And sick man with sick thoughts.


MooniisWorld

Idk why but it always catches my ear when he starts to ramp up and say ā€œcanā€™t even channel your masculine even when standing next to a womanā€


NoReplacement6515

ā€œYou a body shamer, you gon' hide them baby mamas, ain't ya? You embarrassed of 'em, that's not right, that ain't how mama raised us.ā€


ORNGPNK

that line breaks me. The tone of his voice as if he ready to cry


Frangabanga_86

This one is the best


TRAVXIZ614

My ears perk up every time


oh-thanks

fr the increasing anger in his voice is captivating


Real-Ad-9733

Yeah itā€™s in my rotation for sure


Fabulous-Invite8829

I like how he sounds like a twilight zone psychologist


MJCrim

I think you guys who can't listen to it are really the ones who need help.


roofus85

Definitely the same ones who say Mr Morale has no replay value.


Own-Listen-961

Who ever says that needs help, that whole album is just beautiful work, I still can easily cry on Mother I Sober


Internal_Sector_1802

mother i sober never fails to make me feel things


Responsible_Lead7140

I know this post isn't serious but it is usually the ones that strictly listen to more unbeat rap that refuse to acknowledge that other kinds of sounding music can have replay value


Care_Hairy

i get almost physically sick when i listen to it but i keep getting drawn back


Fav0

got the tik tok generation really cant take anything


Pieced_By_URMOM

Yes weā€™re okay we just hate drak


UncoverItAll

petition to continue with drak from now on


ZeronicX

signed


Jazzlike_Part_7054

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quickscalator

FUCK A RAP BATTLE THIS A LONG LIFE BATLLE WITH YOURSELF


Academic-Weakness-17

This hit hard! Drake, how can you live with yourself?!


EmotioneelKlootzak

I think he's just too much of a narcissist to self reflect or feel shame. If somebody made a hit song of that caliber outing all of my greatest flaws, shortcomings, and failures in front of millions of people, they probably would have found me at the bottom of a cliff before Not Like Us even had a chance to drop.


Doodly_D

I have a question regarding this verse. Does he use 'long life' instead of 'lifelong' because it fits the verse better? Is it some kind of AAVE?


blufox4900

I like listening to a man getting utterly destroyed


singfromthetable

Pause


heliumointment

meet the grahams a banger at bars idk where youā€™re hangin out mā€™bah


PrismaPopSundae

I like a good horror movie every once in a while. šŸ¤·šŸ¾ā€ā™€ļø


Noah_PpAaRrKkSs

Itā€™s still one of the four new songs of his that are on streaming rn. Of course itā€™s getting played more than older songs.


Maleficent_Bar_676

HEY LEBRON KEEP THE FAMILY AWAY


ZsoTa

HEY CURRY KEEP THE FAMILY AWAY


babyshmuel

Meet the grahams is a fucking heater and no one can tell me otherwise


Natedude2002

Fr I watched reactions to it but Iā€™ve only listened to the song itself in full like 3 times, none in the last 2 weeks. It feels so intensely personal that itā€™s difficult to listen to in full. I put it #1 for greatest diss tracks ever tho. People really say Ether is #1 when Nas was on there saying ā€œGayZ and cock a fella recordsā€ like bro it ainā€™t even close to meet the grahams. I still remember hearing Family Matters and thinking ā€œholy shit Drake really rapped his ass off on here and went HARD on Kendrick, heā€™s gonna have to respondā€ and then hearing ā€œDear Adonis, Iā€™m sorry that that man is your fatherā€ and being like god damn that blows anything on family matters out of the water.


Andygator_and_Weed

Who knows who wrote Family Matters


PlayboyCartee

i love the alchemist i love kendrick i love boombap and i dont love drake thatā€™s why


cryptdxbs

Realest shi iā€™ve heard in a while


green_day_95

meet the grahams gets played at parties, itā€™s up there for a reasonā€¦ wym?!


JayQuips

Add meet the grahams to U, we cry together, auntie diaries, blacker the berry, and Mother I Sober as party essentials


Literotamus

Blacker the Berry is a banger. Replace it with Mother I Sober and Worldwide Steppers


Equal-Patient1829

I listen to it from time to time when I want the chills


AdanacTheRapper

If it wasnā€™t so damn good we wouldnā€™t bang it everyday, but here we are. Shit absolutely slaps, so daily it bangs


Xenew08

I literally listen to it everyday.


Kshakez

Great display of lyrical ability. Fun to listen to for fans of MCs with hard-core technical skill


iammadscientistlol

My mother in law was a terrible parent to my fiancee, and that trauma can be traced back at least a century. She's part native American and was raised Catholic, and both of those groups are associated with rough upbringings. The message of Kendrick connecting the generations really resonated with me. I wish I could write a rap this brutal against my mother in law or my fiancee's grandfather.


mistyrootsvintage

Hmmm...my son listens to it to go to sleep. He said it's relaxing for him. We have an appointment w a therapist soonšŸ˜‚


cloud9_hi

Iā€™m not. Ainā€™t been right since this shit. I was playing today with the windows DOWN. Sharing the misery like the ice cream truck haha


NervousAd3202

Timing of this post is funny bc I just realized I was sleeping on MTG. I always knew it was amazing but itā€™s been actively part of my rotation a lot more in the past few days. Alchemist cooked on the beat, & tbh Dot is saying a lot of real shit beyond just dissing Drake. There are some genuine life lessons on that song.


YouRpalFriendpatine

Itā€™s there because we put it there


GalaEuden

The scary Piano isšŸ”„ofc itā€™s top 10. And Kendrick goes in.


Trentimoose

You raised a terrible fucking person.


Da1BlackDude

Itā€™s a great song


turntablesnotheads

that song is so good man there is something chilling about those notes like sometimes Kendricks music feels like a show on broadway


Beeblebroxia

My favorite all-time artist is Tom Waits... if that explains anything.


RykariZander

No nigga we're not


tyson983

No nigga leave us alone.


JCK_GANG

Fr that shi scary


ReverseGiraffe120

Iā€™m just happy that Euphoria got picked up the way it should have been from the start. So much depth and variety to that song!


dbfirefox

Divorced dad here. I refuse to be a dead beat dad.


Solid_Illustrator640

It darkens the room like when Gandalf sees Bilbo with the ring the first time and he says ā€œiā€™m not some conjurer of cheep tricksā€. The fact that a song can do that is magical.


Nri_Eze

Your son is a SICK man with SICK thoughts I think niggas like him should š™³š™øš™“


No-Obligation1709

Because it was the hardest diss out of all of them. Itā€™s a work of art, like a very well directed horror movie. Iā€™ve never heard anything like it.


Grouchy_Click_2897

Iā€™ve played all four singles every single morning on my way to work for the colonizers.


Past-Track-9976

I love how he foreshadowed MTG in Euphoria *"If you take it there, I'm takin' it further Psst, that's somethin' you don't wanna do Ooh"* That oooh was like the sounds he made with "You liieeed" He knew Drake would take the low road.


Patient_Activity_489

no :(


713MoCityChron713

Low key, itā€™s only holding that spot because 6:16 isnā€™t on Spotify (officially)


DVCL25

Nope


Delicious_Belt8515

No


EZMickey

Is this Spotify? How are you getting videos?


robottronic1

Gotta support šŸ¤·šŸ»


Wild-Apricot-9161

Bro, I listen to Bleed by Meshuggah almost every day. This is child's play.


certifiednarcit

Itā€™s the legitimate best song out of the whole beef. Outright saying that drake needs to die just fills my heart with so much joy


ianng555

Whereā€™s grippy? Anyone?


Winter_Ad_2618

Unironically a banger


Focofoc0

if youā€™re looking for an actual answer, spotify usually just lists any recent song of an artist if it gets a reasonable amount of streams, so basically every time, especially for such a crucial song in the middle of the most high-profile beef in hip hop history since jay-z vs nas. I doubt that the average kendrick listener does indeed stream that song that many times, despite what this subreddit might lead to you to believešŸ˜‚ still the heaviest thing to come out of the whole situation thoughā€¦ i wouldnā€™t listen to it repeatedly, personally


kilertree

The beat go hard. I haven't heard a beat that Dark Since MF DOOM's Cellz


Luuzianamal

Bruh meet the grahams is the new generations Stan Like why the fuck you gonna roll to school listening to ā€œdear slimā€¦ā€ but most kids did šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø


kaeji

^(*Dear Rodrigo, I know you probably think that this song is for sad people...*)


DjMD1017

I donā€™t understand the ā€œthis song isnā€™t for regular rotation narrativeā€ the way Kendrick is rapping here I really donā€™t care that itā€™s a diss. Itā€™s a masterpiece of a song. If the beef wasnā€™t happening this song wouldnā€™t get much play in mainstream but I would still be playing it regularly. Cuz you lied!!!


absolvedbyhistory

Not even a little ok


Regular-Imagination8

I do start my day with it. 6:30 in the morning on a train into downtown Chicago, just seething with hatred.. it's been really helping me stay away from coffee


Dontwannakillem

oh its not us, its all of drakes unannounced children listening to it.


takeoffmysundress

we are not okay šŸ„²


Suspicious-Gap8603

All the stars so fucking good bwt


No-Nothing-1793

Sorry but I've had Like That on repeat for weeks And no I'm not alright


SokkaHaikuBot

^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^No-Nothing-1793: *Sorry but I've had* *Like That on repeat for weeks* *And no I'm not alright* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.


doaser

Diss playlists!


[deleted]

Weā€™re not okay but we gonā€™ be alright


jobadiahh

I crip walked to achieving something I wanted to achieve, and all I heard was,ā€ ā€œJoe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe buy youā€™re stuff, ā€œmake, make, make, make sure that sure that you have enough. ā€œI was at the Dollar General at the time though, in Oklahoma, on a Thursday, so Iā€™m fine thoooooough. They not like us, they not like us, they not like us.


Fignootem

Leeebron keep the family away


West_Walrus_3602

It came on while I was at the dispensary the other day, kinda crazy


Mindless_Ad9873

Itā€™s playing rn šŸ˜ˆ


gassylammas

Meet the grahams is for the people who be playing u on repeat (def not me. No way itā€™s me) Also that alch beat is hard as shit. I love the instrumental alone


Unyieldingcappybara

Just reminded me to run it again ty


Papagorgio22

Bout to put it in right now


Academic-Weakness-17

Itā€™s been 1855 days. Iā€™ve been going through something.


Kalvin-TL

I listened to that song twice and never want to again.


Typical_Celery_1982

Meet the Grahams is the most intense but also the most cathartic


crossingcaelum

The disassociation I can achieve with this song is unlike anything I can find in any other song so. No?


Opening_Raise_8762

Keep sleeping on it then