The flying, the mob of kids moshing with Kendrick, the cops carrying the car he’s driving: this video is more than a celebration it’s triumphant. Kendrick’s first line in the song proper is “ Alls my life I has to fight,” and the rougher side of LA shown at the beginning of the video reflects that line well in its own right, but watching Kendrick practically laugh out the lines as he does donuts in a car and a little kid chucks money out the window is way more fun.Ħ. This video is an undeniable celebration, which is a great turn to this song. Taking “ Drive Slow” to levels Kanye never even dreamed of there.
So, the cops carrying the car TDE is riding in wasn’t expected. Good to see them and hope they’re along for the ride.ģ. With Kendrick becoming the biggest rapper in the world, it’s easy to see how the “crew” mentality could pretty easily die down. Black Hippy seemed to be going that way too not so long ago. Schoolboy Q’s sophomore album was as good (if not better) than his debut, but sounded a bit frustrated at points. Ab-Soul continues to be everyone’s pick for “third-best TDE rapper,” and we’re *still* waiting for Jay Rock’s album. But with A$AP Yams gone, the New York crew increasingly just seems like friends for A$AP Rocky to put in the back of his videos, and Odd Future seemed to get consumed in the black hole-level gravity created by Frank Ocean and Earl Sweatshirt’s albums (Side note: if you need a new rap crew fitting these definitions in your rotation, I highly recommend Two-9). Think what you will about Odd Future and A$AP Mob, but they created some interesting music and collected an energy together that was infectious. Solid rap crews are pretty hard to come by these days, groups that give equal thought and passion to their solo stuff as they do to their group cuts. Like a lot of people, I fell in love with the potential and group energy of Black Hippy before Kendrick began absolutely killing the competition, so it’s nice to see the TDE gang bumpin’ along with K-Dot, even more so since the solo world of each artist has seemed to consume them more and more lately.
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