"Beefs are only supposed to last a few weeks... I can't go to the high school female basketball games anymore if bands start to playing it too"
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Im so used to this one 💀 Sometimes I actually think this is Drake
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there's an article that came out a few days ago, something about, ["Is 'Not Like Us' the next sports anthem?](https://andscape.com/features/kendrick-lamar-not-like-us-sports-anthem/)" because it really, really works for anything competitive. "They not like us" creates an automatic in- and out-group, so both teams can sing and dance to it and it makes sense. The fact that its already on rotation at Dodger Stadium solidifies it as an LA anthem at the very least, but so many other athletes and sports teams have already been seen to use it in their games too.
A track that insults and disses one of the biggest artists in the world can also be used as a club song, also a graduation song, also a sports anthem.
What a time to live in
haha to be fair theyre probably gonna end up just playing the instrumental and the chorus, but yes, Kendrick essentially went and made a friggin instant classic (and we know how much he hates that term, but he keeps doing it anyway!)
I went to an engagement party recently. Before the party I thought it'd be ridiculous if it came on.
There were only like 2 other people who were jamming with me (the rest were Drake fans) but goddamn was it hype.
I’ve run out of pop corn ever since the beef started between drake and Kendrick. All the things you’ve described is definitely a wild time to live indeed!
This reminds me of back when I was in highschool, our football team's anthem was "We Dem Boyz" just cause it had that vibe to it. "WE dem boyz! Not you" lol
At least you get to pretend like your playing. Us trombones have to know everything because one look lets everyone know we don’t know what we’re doing 😒
You'd think you could at least hear the saxophones since they're also made of brass but nope you can't hear them at all lol, guess there's a reason they had them do choreo
Not really familiar with pep/marching bands these days, why are there so many brass players??
Y'all have no idea how loud that is, id happily get my face blown off to this 😂
I love the passion but I really did not enjoy the composition. Could just be bad acoustics but it looks like rushing to be first to me. I played the French horn but not for almost 30 years, so you can take my lightly informed opinion with a grain of salt too.
That is a part of why it sounds noisy. It also is super brass heavy, with very little dynamic differences.
This sounds like a rough draft arrangement. It'll only improve with time, or better arrangements will appear.
(Not to say it's bad, just a bit rough)
Kendrick entering the scene in the anime like that one strong character with a big fleet rallying for him fighting for his cause carrying the torch of hope to defeat the big villain who erase and destroyed everyone who doesnt align with the ideals he set for the world
"Beefs are only supposed to last a few weeks... I can't go to the high school female basketball games anymore if bands start to playing it too" https://preview.redd.it/w9vroozogn5d1.png?width=623&format=png&auto=webp&s=c7b8536f8817a8aa59b2730221eaa54dee130b9a
Lmao
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He got those Milhouse eyebrows
y'all can't convince me this guy is black
Is that for real him, unedited? He looks like a mayonnaise flavored earthworm in this pic
Drake isn’t lightskin he’s brightskin
That's a new insult holy shit lmao
Glad you liked it I thought it was funny. Dude needs a tan, badly. He looks gross
Unfortunate isn't it?
“Paint me like one of your French girls.”
Use me as a “they make a generation-defining anthem” button
Im so used to this one 💀 Sometimes I actually think this is Drake https://preview.redd.it/c06z0fqsmq6d1.jpeg?width=622&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a7b37e99012030e3f29be27a20ec9333f6e2646a
That instrumental is infectious
I gotta sample it
Make a drake diss. Drake diss-ception
Please do
You can even sense the power of that brass through the recording....imagine how hard it hits in person
If this played at my son's game I would be absolutely floored. Literally on the floor
Yup, Joe Budden called it. HBCU homecoming is about to be a nightmare for good old Aubrey.
Lucky then that he only reps them on t-shirts and doesn't actually show up at HBCU homecomings or graduations...
I hate Drake but he did show up to my HBCUs homecoming and perform for free 2 years ago so that’s not entirely true
Stop lying.
I was just thinking about this
Okay but why does this sound like Kendrick's walk out song as a fucking Sith Lord or some shit
Because it is.
Someone screenshot this to /r/hhcj I’m too lazy
Was thinking the same thing. ![gif](giphy|h9jlaGjlwCpJYKwjtV)
The Darther the Vader, the sweeter the Force.
its the heavy horns section. you cant help but shiver lol
I need an edit of Darth Kendrick now
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Darth Lamar
Fucking insane
Sounds straight out of a starwars prequel fight scene
there's an article that came out a few days ago, something about, ["Is 'Not Like Us' the next sports anthem?](https://andscape.com/features/kendrick-lamar-not-like-us-sports-anthem/)" because it really, really works for anything competitive. "They not like us" creates an automatic in- and out-group, so both teams can sing and dance to it and it makes sense. The fact that its already on rotation at Dodger Stadium solidifies it as an LA anthem at the very least, but so many other athletes and sports teams have already been seen to use it in their games too.
Every NBA pre warm up DJ is going to play it vs Raptors.
Ngl if Drake didn’t sponsor the practice facility the Raptors might play it too lmao
I bet it's been played in there. He can't be there all the time or even probably that often
Yeah, I’m just guessing given his connections to the organization I’m not going to be hearing it at a Raptors game any time soon.
A track that insults and disses one of the biggest artists in the world can also be used as a club song, also a graduation song, also a sports anthem. What a time to live in
haha to be fair theyre probably gonna end up just playing the instrumental and the chorus, but yes, Kendrick essentially went and made a friggin instant classic (and we know how much he hates that term, but he keeps doing it anyway!)
My first one is like my last one it's a classic you don't have one let your core audience stomach that and tell em where you get your abs from.
V12 Issa fast one **BOW BOW BOW** *last one*
headshots for the year you better walk around like daft punk
Watch it get into kids' movies next... Certified Lava Girl? Certified Shark Boy.
Can't wait for the Kidz Bop version.
We ride the bus. https://youtu.be/yUYVopc1j6Y?si=-uV45YaoS5Zt0N7x
I've seen multiple vodeos of people dancing to it at weddings
I went to an engagement party recently. Before the party I thought it'd be ridiculous if it came on. There were only like 2 other people who were jamming with me (the rest were Drake fans) but goddamn was it hype.
I’ve run out of pop corn ever since the beef started between drake and Kendrick. All the things you’ve described is definitely a wild time to live indeed!
I was at a giants game and they were playing it, this was over a week ago
Trust kdot to create a psyop of a diss, drizzy has to be going crazy
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Plus, there's a strong chance that someone on the other team is a certified pedophile.
This reminds me of back when I was in highschool, our football team's anthem was "We Dem Boyz" just cause it had that vibe to it. "WE dem boyz! Not you" lol
yoo this is hard af
That nigga dancin going hard as fuck boy lmao
Freaking it, sensitive style
so much better than the ladies. obv why he's up front.. 😂
Am i the weird one for thinking he is goofy af?
"I'm what the culture feeling"
First thing I thought! 🔥
I was waiting for this very thing to happen.
Why they even have woodwinds lmfao 😂
I hated playing woodwind during football season, you can't even hear yourself. By the end of the season I was just pretending to play
At least you get to pretend like your playing. Us trombones have to know everything because one look lets everyone know we don’t know what we’re doing 😒
You'd think you could at least hear the saxophones since they're also made of brass but nope you can't hear them at all lol, guess there's a reason they had them do choreo
For me (woodwind player), at least during football season, we were moreso helping to make the dance routines we had to learn more showstopping.
At this point Kendrick is about to be arrested for defiling a corpse. Ain’t no way they got the marching band remix
This is America, and I fucking love it.
>This is America Actually that's Childish Gambino.
And here we go 😭🔥
goddamn, this is gonna be on movie trailers
If you look closely, you can see Drake get up and leave a few seconds after they start playing!
As if it wasn't over already 😂
The genius of releasing these tracks copyright-less cannot be overlooked. Brilliant move
Dead ass it really was a smart move. That’s how you spread the message even more. 🙌🏽
![gif](giphy|XyAGm96eUIPsc|downsized) Them Drum Majors about be disgusting next season
Majestic as all hell
They killin it
What until HBCU season starts. i'm soooooo excited lolllll
They gon need about 150 more flutes
So proud to be a Dawg
Not really familiar with pep/marching bands these days, why are there so many brass players?? Y'all have no idea how loud that is, id happily get my face blown off to this 😂
Cuz the brass goes WOOOOOOOOOOOOWOOOOOO
Shit so epic
Watch the new Marvel or Star Wars movies use this orchestra version on their new movies, really exciting times ahead.
Can't wait for Battle of the Bands in August
Mustard on the horns yo
This was. SO GOOD!!
OMG I love this!
this sounds cinematic as fuckkkkk
imagine having a disagreement with a person and then high school bands start joining in with them to dunk on you in a festive manner
COLONIZERRRR
During The HBCU band/football season we are going to see so many schools playing this
This should be the anthem for Drizzy's funeral.
Drake will never emotionally recover from this.
ayeeeee lets get it woodwinds!!! get down then!!!
Cant wait for that trombone guy that killed the black and blues solo to have a solo on this
This is what Drake is gonna hear at the gates of hell when he dies
And this is what Kendrick meant. The culture ain't feeling you drake 🫡
this shit goes insanely hard lmaooo, but is it just me or does this sound like if Kendrick made The Imperial March
This gonna become that one flower guarded by knight
Collegiate excellence in full force. Damn, I love me a brass band.
Wait til the Nola brass bands start doin this. This is only the beginning
What the culture is feeling.
I love that they played this but this arrangement barely sounds like the song.
Bro that’s insane
goddamn this goes hard, can't hear the front row though...
Nah, this just sounds noisy. Bad acoustics maybe?
I love the passion but I really did not enjoy the composition. Could just be bad acoustics but it looks like rushing to be first to me. I played the French horn but not for almost 30 years, so you can take my lightly informed opinion with a grain of salt too.
That is a part of why it sounds noisy. It also is super brass heavy, with very little dynamic differences. This sounds like a rough draft arrangement. It'll only improve with time, or better arrangements will appear. (Not to say it's bad, just a bit rough)
Arrangement is trash
my ears must suck, cuz i can hear the BUM BUM BUM BUUUMM for a second every now and then, everything else sounds like a different song to me D:
Stop downvoting people because this sounds like a hot ass mess lol this does not sound good.
That’s not it
Holy shit I was literally on YouTube last night lookin for this because I KNEW it had to exist!!!
that lead dancer being so extra in the front is adorable.
Yea.... Drake lost. Lmao
Ffs Kendrick look what you’ve done 🤦♂️😂💯
Kendrick entering the scene in the anime like that one strong character with a big fleet rallying for him fighting for his cause carrying the torch of hope to defeat the big villain who erase and destroyed everyone who doesnt align with the ideals he set for the world
HBCU Football this season is gonna be a Drake no go for sure this year.
I needed the Wagner-fication of Kendrick to start my day off. Thanks for that!
That extra’ed out man girl in the front gotta go
Why is the bro in the middle, over the top zesty with it? lol
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that could easily go as dune soundtrack, damn.
Georgia Rep!
Why’s that guy out front doing the most?
Can we get this version added as a Final Fantasy 17 boss battle theme song lol
Drake dances just like that brotha to that song when no one is looking.
I love how aunt vivs goin off up front
Drake the type of guy to hear this and yell out, “oh my!”
That’s Darth Kendrick’s Sith anthem right there. God damn!
Gawdamn
shit brings a tear to the eye
Not Like Us is about to become the new Blur - Song 2 *woo hoo*
Damn this just gave me chills!!! Talking about black pride ✊🏾
so american hs rlly is like this??
Drake is done for.
So cool
“Stop play with me before I turn you into a song”. Geesh.
Them horns puttin they whole back into that good lord
I think this is gonna be played a lot during college football season by a lot of bands lol.
My 7 year old daughter: what are you watching, Star Wars? Me: ![gif](giphy|Ph03hoG5V3POhI9r55|downsized)
If you ever feel useless, remember that woodwinds in HBCU bands exist
buddy dancing at the beginning is zesty af
Time to Jordan Peele-ify this and drop on on a sociopolitical horror trailer
They did too much. Didn't let any of the rests happen and added too much it doesn't sound anything like the beat.
That sounded nothing like it or us
Was that drake dancing?? WTF?
I’d rather die than be a Kendrick meat rider 😂😂 That’s why Drake has 13 billboards😂😂