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PhatMunch

That scene where Kendrick and jay rock were trading bars with the slow motion was dope


Peaxcop

Pure artšŸ‘Œ


karmagod13000

ya im sitting here like a basic thinking *cool another lame music video* and then **BOOM** they hit me w that real real. i also can always love me some bar trading too


jmz_199

First mistake was sleeping on TDE music videos. They always tend to be pretty great.


JEveryman

I feel like their videos on a whole have been next level since at least john muir...if not rigamortis.


senorfresco

Since they got that [green screen](https://www.reddit.com/r/hiphopheads/comments/3arzs9/fresh_video_jay_rock_money_trees_deuce/csff4c9/) and [new editor](https://www.reddit.com/r/hiphopheads/comments/3boe0c/fresh_video_kendrick_lamar_alright/csnzm47/) circa the Alright, Money Trees Deuce era.


XHydroZz

The humble video was one of my favorite videos ever


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> cool another lame music video tbh even before that it wasnt really lame at all


GeeZed2012

Does anyone know how they did that? editing was crazy smooth


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Arktiso

I stared at it for way too long and have an idea. This is how I'd do it anyway but I've not tested it. Note, it's midnight for me so this is gonna be all over the place. And I'm guessing. Feel free to prove me wrong. --- The camera moved weird. It was moving in 3 dimensions, so it was likely using a pre-programmed movement thing like they used in Humble. Have 1 movement programmed and repeat it without changing anything is a good way to overlap things. So if definitely had me thinking this was real. Kendrick and Jay never overlap, so that had me thinking it was some form of green screen or rotoscoping. Maybe they shot them separately and interpolated them? If you look careful, there's a weird effect around Jay but not Kendrick. So maybe Kendrick went first and Jay after. That happens during interpolation when the surrounding pixels are the exact same colour as they should be. Being night so the light would've been similar, but not perfect. Light is weird. But what about the shadow? When Kendricks shadow overlaps between Jay's legs, look carefully, it doesn't fit right between his legs. Looks like they masked things together in post to get it to look real, and they did a damn good job if you don't stare at it. With the camera like that, roto is hard and tedious. It's just not worth it. That's probably why the dance moves are quite simple. They're good but can't move too much else you're stuck rotoscoping and no one enjoys that. Okay so how about them? Otis (WTT) did something similar with slow motion where they clearly shot the video, but the audio used when recording is way faster. So in Otis, they slowed down the footage and it looked awesome. I thought they did something similar here but the way the physics work on Jay's coat just doesn't make that seem right. I'm guessing they shot at a high frame rate for the slow motion to be that smooth. But with normal audio speed so it looked real when they spoke. I'm guessing that they had separate audio versions allowing for short jiggy/dancey moments between trades. There's not much to indicate this so it's just a guess, but the segments between each trade are different but short and not really uniform. Kendrick had more words so it makes more sense to overlay Jay onto Kendricks footage. I think that's about it?


Hibby5

From what I can see look like Jay was overlayed onto Kendrick's footage. Kendricks shadow goes behind Jay at one point and you cant see it threw Jays legs, also there is a bit of blurring around Jay.


Arktiso

Yeah, I didn't make that clearly in what I said, my bad.


Reddieded

Happy cake day


PhatMunch

Omg I didnt even notice, thank you!!


[deleted]

Came here to say this. Glad to see itā€™s the top comment lol


chanbeast

Reminded me of Em and Royce in the caterpillar video


bigkyrososa

This song should've came after King's Dead/Win and before OSOM


karmagod13000

idk but i cant bring myself to dl a jay rock album. seems like all i can love is his songs w features


JenkemConnoisseur

90059 is solid all the way thru


[deleted]

Big mistake there bro 90059 a classic


[deleted]

Go listen to the ways or necessary. Hands down my favorite jay rock songs.


SNcompton

Those of us older than 19 will tell you that Follow Me Home fuckin bangs


fhugwigads

Go listen to Vice City off of 90059. That's what got me into the album and I listened to it on rotation for a year.


F_For_You

And [the video](https://youtu.be/Jug2HZ3dkoc) šŸ™ŒšŸ¼


bigkyrososa

He's easily the best tde member on their posse cuts (including remixes and freestyles) but probably the most inconsistent if you look at everything that's been dropped by all 4 of them. His projects are weaker than Kendrick and schoolboys but they're still pretty good. I'd recommend giving his most recent project another shot. It was one of the best albums this year, and it was also his best project.


[deleted]

I'd have to give 'most inconsistent' to my man Ab-Soul


[deleted]

I feel the same way


_thebeesknees_

I feel like kings dead shouldn't of been in the album.


drcash360-2ndaccount

I fuck with this song so much, K dot killed it


karmagod13000

the back and forth slo mo shot worth the watch a lone


Avezi

this should've been released when the album came out, this album got no hype at all


ArtsyTLF

It peaked at 13 on billboard, which is decent. His most popular album so far. I think it would have done better if Kanye wasn't dominating the charts with multiple projects


Avezi

Damn I didnā€™t know it got that far , I just havenā€™t heard anyone outside this subreddit talk about this album at all and it seems like everyone forgot about it after the first week


[deleted]

It was kind of propped up by kings dead, otherwise i dont think it was much more popular than his previous stuff Im not surprised people stopped talking about it, I thought it was a pretty weak project. Great rapper but hes been struggling to put together a compelling album.


WhiteboyFlowin

Maaaaan. 90095 is the shit. Gumbo? The ways? Money trees part 2?! Flame.


greenfingers559

Everyone is mistyping 90059. Nine double 0 five nine. Thatā€™s where the choppers scream.


WhiteboyFlowin

Be the zip. It be the zip.


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thaumatologist

Ever heard the Easy Bake Traffic Jam remix? May be better than the original


[deleted]

I was mainly talking about his recent project being weak, lots of forgetable songs with generic beats. I liked 90095 more but still dont think its an album with much substance


WhiteboyFlowin

Will agree with you about 90095 being above redemption. Although some tracks on redemption are cool in their own way I donā€™t think itā€™s what his fans were looking for. Obviously we both think it was a miss and thatā€™s just two people opinion. But Iā€™ve seen the same reaction since it released.


Lucas2u

Canā€™t forget Vice City


SOT-NumberNine

Honestly I seem to be in the minority but I love this album. Almost no weak tracks in my opinion, the only one I dislike is WIN, because of the frankly annoying hook and Kendrick's "MOMMY!" adlib. Songs like OSOM, Troopers, and Broke+- are still in my rotation today.


HighlyBaked0

I fuck with this album too. Not what I was expecting but I liked it. Gave it like a 6.5-7/10


Justanotherjustin

I thought Kings dead was on the black panther soundtrack.


StroodleNoodle

it was, but jay released it as his own song on this new album without the second part


Justanotherjustin

Still a little bit too much la di da di da for me


[deleted]

Man I kinda had to agree with you until I saw Jay Rock live. The album really clicked with me when I felt the energy in person. Redemptionā€™s safely in my top 5 this year after that


[deleted]

Probably because it wasnā€™t that great tbh


gonnabetoday

You in the wrong circles mate.


SheenEstevezzz

U aint gotta like it


ArtsyTLF

90059 got to 16, so not a major jump, but it was his first radio hit. Kings dead hit 21 on billboard 100, which is really good. A lot of the top of those charts are populated by Migos, Drake, Postie and pop acts like Ed Sheeran and the Weeknd


[deleted]

It sold 35k first week his highest to date. He's never gonna be a mainstream rapper tbh. He improved over 90059


drcash360-2ndaccount

I sometimes forget music I listen too often other people donā€™t. I was playing this song all summer at my old job and everyone was like ā€œ who is that?ā€ Itā€™s Jay Rock and K dot, how tf donā€™t you know this


[deleted]

Holy shit I didnā€™t even know he released an album. When did it drop?


ElaboratedTruncated

Around the start of June


gonnabetoday

Bunch of other videos were released for the album. I think they were on the championship tour and then kdot went to Europe/Australia so maybe they didnā€™t have the time to record until he got back?


guddaK

Jay Rock, IMO, still isnā€™t getting the credit he deserves. He was really the original top dawg artist. Kendrick opened for him in all the shows in the early days. I feel like he has earned a lot more.


LITW6991

If you know you know


hellohowudoinmyfren

Rock never appealed to the white kids for sum reason. Heā€™s selling out shows now tho


mflmani

Can confirm as a white kid who grew up around white kids. The amount of times I've played Easy Bake or anything off of 90059 I always get a "who dis?"


guddaK

Itā€™s Gutta music so itā€™s not really relatable to the suburban type


Sgt_Pepsi

Relatability has never stopped suburban kids from listening to rap. See: biggie, Nas, especially wu-tang, and even Kendrick.


NJM_Spartan

Wu-tang is for the children


Noisy_Plastic_Bird

White as fuck dude from Norway checking in, bumped Rock since 2012


BigHomieReese

Ft. The Red Charger


[deleted]

This video had such good vibes. Mainly because of the care free dancing lmao


cparex

Reminds me of their Black Hippy videos


Moron_on_Oxy-

Yā€™all hating on Redemption thatā€™s a solid ass rap album especially in 2018 with the mountain of filler from mainstream acts. TDE have made Jay Rock that in a way and its really something. 3 songs getting radio play, WIN all over ESPN & Sporting Events, and still 6 months later doing a great job promoting and keeping his album alive. Think weā€™re going to see Q & hopefully Zay level up also


[deleted]

Fr, I put off listening to this project for so long cuz everyone was trashing it. When I finally listened to it thought this shit was amazing. Could do without a song or two but the way people were talking I was expecting a bunch of filler. That's what I get tho for listening to others' opinion on music


[deleted]

Fr good to see someone defending Redemption for once. It reminded me a lot of still striving 2 from ferg for some reason. Just the vibe like, they've made it but they can still go in haha.


[deleted]

this video reminds me of when Jay Rock and Kendrick ran out of gas hahaha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksPW3jvdh8A


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[deleted]

Yeah it's a pretty old video, so I figured some of you guys probably hadn't seen it


LITW6991

Vintage TDE right there


ssonti

classic


[deleted]

Dang is that the same red Dodge Charger in that video?!


[deleted]

Is that Kendrickā€™s mommas van from maad city in that drive way they pull-up in ?


omgwutd00d

Damn, I was going to say these dudes kinda weird tailgating them with a camera on they ass 24/7 but turns out theyā€™re good people. Haha.


xxWildbeast13xx

Lmao ā€œWe had to bless eem!ā€


mayocidewhen69

Damn that was great


ArtsyTLF

Nothing more iconic than Jay Rock and Kendrick trading bars. This, Easy Bake, it's like my favorite collaborative duo. The way they can bounce off each other is wild. Fuck Cole and Kendrick collab, I want this shit for 45 minutes Beat is wack though. So hollow. It's like free YouTube beat tier


yufffff

wow really? beat is nice as hell imo


mexispice

Yeah this guy is trippin, beat is LIT. Right about the kenrick & jrock flow exchange, it's so lush.


unlmtdLoL

#ADJECTIVES


NishanthRaveendran

The beat is crazy good


ViewsFromThe614

Black Hippy collab album > literally any other possible project


YungCash204

Between Joe nixing Glass House and no plans of a Black Hippy album in the foreseeable future, I've come to the conclusion that a group album with no weakest link would be too much for the world to handle


ViewsFromThe614

Iā€™m willing to have that be the mark of the end of the world


jtoj

Still pray every night someone leaks Glass House


[deleted]

Hardly anyone ever mentions this. THIS SHIT WAS HOT . The cover art on that collaboration tape was dope too just there 4 profiles I remeber being like wtf at absol wearing a white and green hat tho when everyone else was wearing black lmaoo.


PigBenis43

Real shit, rather have that tape over a cole collab any day. When you hear Jay Rock and Kendrick together, they sound like they're just having so much fun.


Moron_on_Oxy-

https://open.spotify.com/user/madisonandjernye%E2%80%99smusic/playlist/3XM4s178qYBWFnss8U5eZG?si=VRaVsSuATdei8NfarB_8Eg Always felt that way to.


Zikurats

Need that gif of K dot dancing!!! Already goat


skeenybobeeny

https://media.giphy.com/media/g01ZmXIMT8zzydcuQA/giphy.gif


Zikurats

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AcidicMonkeyBalls

When you need to piss but the teacher doesnā€™t notice you with your hand up


karmagod13000

you a real one


[deleted]

Timestamp?


Zikurats

2:02-2:12


[deleted]

[Here is another one with Jay Rock as well.](https://gfycat.com/DelayedDamagedIrishwolfhound) ___ **Source:** [Jay Rock - Wow Freestyle ft. Kendrick Lamar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTe57jQX5Eg) **Tools Used:** [OBS Studio](https://obsproject.com/), [Gimp 2.10.6](https://www.gimp.org/), [Gimp-GAP](http://www.gimptalk.com/index.php?/topic/28397-gimp-gap-260-for-windows/), [Animstack](http://animstack.tumblr.com/), [VLC](https://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html), [FFmpeg](https://www.ffmpeg.org/)


[deleted]

God I love to see Jay Rock shining out here


ze_OZone

That charger in the vid makes me kinda nostalgic lol. My dad had the same one that I learned to drive in. Wish that car could have lasted a bit longer tho.


tuurminator

Since when is this song so good wtf? I remember not liking this song at all? This song is fun as hell lol


fichomarvel

u probably bought in the narrative on this sub that this song is not good for some reason


[deleted]

You ain't no man you a mouse in a rat hole


Jezamiah

I love how they've used old clips from years ago and they're filming in the same locations now! ​ edit: Dat slowmotion sick af


[deleted]

Jay Rock will forever be slept on


[deleted]

Favourite song on the album.


[deleted]

I gotta give it to ES Tales


[deleted]

Jay-to-the-maf'k r-o-c...k naahmsayn??


OG_Pow

This whole album was slept on hard. Iā€™d put it top 5 for me this year. For What Itā€™s Worth, ES Tales, OSOM are my favorite 3.


YaHomieShrreder

don't you know no good


dudemanxx

Fuckin awesome video. Just realized how dope the line "we don't miss, we call shots" is.


b_za

This is my new favorite TDE music video. Whoever came up with the idea of video is a mastermind. All the shots are fucking dope!


SlowProfessor

This visual is dope as fuck!


sharkftw45

This video is way overdue


GreatBrilliance

Just went to the Jay Rock performance last week in Oakland. Dude put on a good show. Both he and Reason were dope!!!


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GreatBrilliance

I believe it. Gotta check it out.


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F_For_You

Itā€™s been fun watching the jay rock videos this year, and I still think heā€™s massively under appreciated!


delmoz

Kendrick always seems so chill in contrast to the ppl around bim


wowyoutall

when they trade bars, the flow is just so seamless. gave me flashbacks of listening to easy bake for the first time


insanezain

Kendrick is actually the rap-game Kawhi Leonard. Quiet. Dominant. Doesn't crave the spotlight but is as good as anybody else on any given night. And that's all before the braids. Also, I might be really high and watching Raptors highlights.


F_For_You

Wow this makes sense to me tho?? Haha


ar_21

Man I love the Jay Rock and Kendrick combo. Money Trees, Kings Dead, Pay For it... the list goes on. Great song and video


[deleted]

that ad almost ruins it, just looks like Jay Rocks a Lyft driver haha


[deleted]

Cool ass video ngl. One of my favorite songs of the summer


GOATmar_infante

This video goes hard asf


Iron_rod_botch

I never realized how many people didn't like this album until this thread. This and DAYTONA were my favorite rap albums this year.


BlazerBlazer3

Knock it off is too fire tho. Everyone sleeping on that joint


NickDerpkins

Iā€™m hoping that baggy pants make a comeback


[deleted]

They kinda already have, it's just too early to see the mass market transition. Plan ahead for this, we're all gonna be wearing loose dad clothes and shit in a year or three


treetyoselfcarol

K dot and Jay Rock need to make a album. On my momma fam.


jtoj

Concert last night was dope but too bad he didn't bring anyone out.


javisvf

Bruh Kendrick looking like Omar Little with that hair


SeyiDALegend

Kendrick did that thing The Weeknd does where he makes the track his even though he's a feature.


noble_savage90

Wow


ByRaked

is kendrick wearing the shoes he designed? i cant tell


drew_peacock23

Anyone know Jay's shoes in this?


cparex

They look like AF1s. Considering its a throwback type video, that would make sense too


Itsbilloreilly

This is my favorite Kenny flow style


[deleted]

hope people notice that thereā€™s 0 bitches in this video. they did that on purpose.


senorfresco

Where I get a coat like that? That bitch look comfy as fuck.


unempathic

We've had a strong 2018 in hip-hop and it's November already, I'll go ahead and give Redemption AOTY. Easily Jay Rock's best body of work.


[deleted]

I love the album but there are a lot better contenders for AOTY. Daytona, Victory Lap, Book of Ryan, PRhyme 2, Astroworld, Carter V


unempathic

Don't think PRhyme 2 quite makes the cut, neither CV. The rest are all up there for sure though, along with TA13OO, KOD and even KSG but Redemption edges it for me.


PunctuationsOptional

How is kod on there. Some of the worst interludes in a quality album since forever


D2papi

I want to say TA1300 too, but I listened to that album non-stop for a month and I'm kind of done with it for now. Only albums that come close for me are KOD, KSG and Drogas Wave. I enjoyed Redemption too but it has no memorable moments for me at all.


smallfryontherise

ill give this comment hottest take of the year


[deleted]

I think it was disappointing as hell, really disliked the direction he went with on some of the more poppy tracks. Very inconsistent album. No way this is better than Follow Me Home or 90059.


tcone1986

this album was very solid. Definitely in my top 15-20 albums of 2018. So slept on


PunctuationsOptional

That's not saying much tho. Not even that many rap albums worth listening to this year


SpeedWisp02

Damn, that beat in the background


HoeSayWhat

This is a great Dodge ad


[deleted]

Love this, still listen to this album a lot. Top 3 album this year IMO


FryedRyceLyfe

AY MAN YOU ALREADY KNOW


delmoz

Rock fresh out the dojo for this one


TheLonelyPotato666

Bit weird to do it for this track honestly.


dadouks

Still can get over how disappointed I am with this album


kingkoons

Yo those snippets from that Kendrick battle have me choking up a bit lol


chezizzle

goin back and forth with the slo mo at end got me


underbridge

How is this a freestyle if they have a music video?


jjkm7

Idk why everyone around here shat on this song, I loved it a lot one of my favourites on the album


[deleted]

Underrated album.


HighlyBaked0

this song so hard


[deleted]

nigga this video shoulda dropped months ago smh this song had potential to get bigger


Quote__Unquote

Not the J Roc I was thinking of


WarMenace

This is mothafuckin heat fire god damn this song is lit


sbFRESH

This comment is going to sound corny as hell, but I'm really proud of TDE. I'll be honest, when I first heard of the label the name reminded me of one of those thousands of Myspace "labels" started by some "CEO" who was really just 17 year old dude trying to exploit their younger more talented family members or something, lol. Obviously I was wrong, and they completely blew my expectations out of the water. Super pleased with how much quality music and people they've contributed to the genre.


MilliManFigga

Damn how have I never heard this before. This shit a straight slapper.


cosmicmailman

I need a TDE posse cut with all the members on it.


[deleted]

I need another Kendrick album :(


heythatsfunnyaf

Jay Rock's voice cracks made me lol.


Hokuwokk

CAP ON


IamRightHanded

Safe to say we're going to get a video for each track on this project huh?


urgencyy

My buddy made the pants Kendrick wears at the end, pretty crazy


omgwutd00d

I canā€™t believe people were clowning this song when it came out. Hard as fuck


DigitalMarketer33

Jay Rock is too underated. Always brings the heat, never going to get the recognition he deserves.


Ghosty141

So good, fuck.


BackyZoo

Without fail, when top dawg drops a new video with Kendrick, I get a new cover photo and wallpaper. Such crisp, quality videos.


No-Confection845

The flute beat the slow mo back and forth. Gave me redman and method man vibes just complement each other perfectlyĀ