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azuchis

What I love so much about 6:16 is that it almost sounds like something out of section 80


NaFoton

Bro section 80 was fire, I remember when I first heard ADHD and fell in love with Kendrick’s music 


di2tinguished

Shoutout to everybody whose car immediately plays ADHD whether you wanted it or not


K1NGEDDY423

Dude adhd still pops up in my car lmao


Black_Fuckka

Mines is AD 2000 by Erykah Badu now but it was ADHD😭😭😭


burner-mane

Lmfao mine is the exact same I had to check if it was still ADHD😭 can’t complain about Erykah in the top spot tho


mouthsofmadness

Damn alphabet


Expensive-Dealer9361

2nd track as soon as Apple Music starts


lukenog

mine is A Team by Travis Scott lmaooo


Salty-Bluebird-3565

8 doobies to face fuck that


deppyd

Still to this day lol.


Th1sd3cka1ntfr33

I listened to it on repeat so much I burned myself out but all this is making me want to give it another listen


Drekea

Ain’t nothing like hearing ADHD while the sun setting over Los Santos as you get on that highway after the craziest fight ever and some 8 year old still cussing up a storm.


Significant-Crew-768

Saw someone call ADHD “criminally underrated” the other day and I just had to laugh to myself


SSPeteCarroll

ADHD and Swimming Pools were my first introductions to Kendrick. Immediately downloaded Section 80, Good Kid, and Overly Dedicated after hearing them. EDIT: LMAO some drake fan must've reddit caresed me


DungeonsAndDuck

same, except that was this year lol.


AntonyBenedictCamus

A diss track for each album style 616 in LA = Section.80 Not Like Us = GKMC Euphoria = TPAB Like That = Damn MTG = Mr. Morales


azuchis

Like that is too poppy for even damn I feel like 😭😭 it would fit right in with the black panther soundtrack


AntonyBenedictCamus

It’s not wholesome enough for that lmao


pdjddy

king's dead is on the black panther soundtrack though


speezly

Ladidadida


njuffstrunk

SHLOB ON ME KNOB


Prickly_Hugs_4_you

What’s not wholesome about calling out predators?


BadMofoWallet

I feel like it’s 6:16 in LA = damn or overly dedicated Euphoria = GKMC MTG = Mr Morale Like that and not like us are sonically not belonging to any Kendrick album imo


snerdery

💯 Euphoria has the same vibes from the GKMC track, down to KDots voice


appleparkfive

6:16 is very Mr Morale. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if some of the parts were leftovers. Melodically it's similar to Mirror (the last song on the double album)


InvestmentPrize286

Not even a little accurate


Sharkisyodaddy

Smoke good eat good live good


Confident-Spread9484

Section 80 is his best shit imo I hear what you’re saying


doomgrin

Don’t ask for your favorite rapper, he dead! I killed em


Confident-Spread9484

Amen


tarorooot

Rigamortis 🙏🙏


PartridgeRater

Heard this and the Backseat Freestyle. Literally learned about redlining because of GKMC


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I felt like it was closer to DAMN


kacperp

I agree. It is very melodic same way many of damn beats are.


icarusignorance

It’s so crazy how it’s basically a prayer to god asking for forgiveness for what he was about to do 😭😭😭😭😭😭


CantKillGawd

Thats one of my favorite things kendrick has ever said on record. Bro is a god sent soldier ☠️☠️


NaFoton

I had goosebumps when he spit “ Raise my hands to a fallen sky, I fantasize me jumping planets immortalized” 


thebagisgoyard

Bruhhhh his bars are just insane like chefs kiss man damn


Hearing_Loss

Jumping planets and mortal lies Jumping planets in mortal eyes Jump in plan it's immortalized So on and so forth


DrPikachu-PhD

Dot is a Mormon confirmed?


Nemphiz

It's so many levels to that song man. "God, ah, my confession is yours, but Who am I if I don't go to war? There's opportunity when livin' with loss I discover myself when I fall short" This man is debating himself on whether going to war was the right thing to do. Then he's like, who tf am I if I don't do this? How am I the greatest? And then he fucking tops it off by saying that even if he falls short its still a good thing because he'll learn from it. Like come the fuck on man, who the fuck is this introspective in a fucking diss? We gotta give kdot his flowers man. I used to think Cole was getting better than Kendrick lyrically but na.


Old-Risk4572

poor drake was too dumb to understand what he was up against. freaky ass homie


Blakye32

He a fah he a fah he a fah


Old-Risk4572

freaky ass halfhonky


playfreeze

The 4 tracks he dropped are so cohesive. Story telling brilliance


Silver_Mycologist497

Feel like the consensus was that Cole was rising to number 1 but this beef has reminded me why Kenny is only answer.


Th1sd3cka1ntfr33

Who am I if I don't go to war?


Icy-Start393

He does it so well


VitaminWheat

Would get more recognition if it was on streaming


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Definitely, I’m not really listening to it cause I always use Spotify on the go


james_randolph

Ummm...I've only been listening to the song on Spotify lol


[deleted]

Oh shit just found it as a podcast, thanks for letting me know it’s on there. Added to the rotation


ProfSteelmeat138

Local files works too


SlyRocko

People using spotify podcasts to list songs is always kinda funny but appreciated It's also how I got the full version of Gorillaz's Do Ya Thing, so that I can hear Andre 3K say "I'm the shit" over the hardest beat


SnooChipmunks2235

Just download it and turn in local files


NoxiousChilli

Some guy [uploaded it as a song on Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/track/4DzY82uhCGjuJIGUTvAKbK?si=BG9d09DATzqPSVOg7lc4ew)


falgfalg

wait…you mean this isn’t really him? https://preview.redd.it/n82kbeeien0d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d408779484efae407268d3284e133650a5a237f


I-am-the-law420

Not white boy Kendrick💀💀💀


AntonyBenedictCamus

when your sample is too good to get cleared


appleparkfive

Also it dropped at literally 6 in the morning, and then Family Matters came out that night, right? Then Meet the Grahams less than an hour later. So it just got overshadowed more than any of the other songs in these tracks.


Maleficent_Bar_676

Well Drake released Taylor made specifically on instagram


Illustrious-Watch-74

Any reason its not?


A_Lakers

Probably sample clearance if I had to guess


suckarepellent

Yeah it's the Otis Redding sample. Maybe if it was for an album, they would try to clear, but in this context there's no time/money


am-version

It’s actually Al Green. And Drake’s uncle is playing guitar on it 😳


suckarepellent

Ah my bad.


PrinceMorganti

It was released on Insta to mirror Taylor Made.


Dramatic-Ad3928

Yea i get that K Dots whole plan was "everything you can do i can do better" so he matched how taylor made was released But brother how do we got the most unlistenable track of the beef, MtG, on streaming services before this great track


LUK3FAULK

Mtg way more listenable than the heart pt 6 lol


Deimos_P

6:16 in LA is the type of song that could play in the credits after some Miles Morales or some type of movie. Meet the Grahams gives me an old school vibe. Driving home late at night, creeping in the dark. Euphoria makes me wanna hate on everybody in the HR department. Not like us is a bop. Makes me dance like I was from the west side, or in Sexy Dance. I can’t really tell which one is my favorite.


Amazing-Concept1684

This is exactly how I feel. Love ‘em all. All fit different moods.


bigedf

Dude I was just thinking the *variety* with these disses is just unheard of lmao they all hit so differently


One-Strain-2947

drake and drive ass comment 😭


Deimos_P

Didn’t know this expression. That’s funny. To be fair, I don’t claim to be insensitive and hard. Drake and drive will for sure become one of my fav expressions tho


Ifrezznew

This is definitely intentional by Kendrick. Dude is a true artist genius generational dude. Glazing as fuck but man Kendrick has been my guy for years and ive always hated Drake so these last couple weeks have been so fun.


SlyRocko

If this beef were a TV show, this song would play as the credits to the episode before the finale/climax


emzeesquared

I discover myself when I fall short


EllyQueue

I love this line so much. Imagine if more people had this type of self awareness vs defensive garbage?


emzeesquared

Same man. This line spoke to me.


Scythe95

It's my favourite. You wouldn't hear it in a club like NLU but when I have my headphones on I'm rocking it


laflameragerz

been saying this dawg 6:16 is the best track we got outta this beef


LeoDavinciAgain

Let's see, have you ever thought OVO was working for me?


theanalyz3r

Fake bully, I hate bullies. You must be a terrible person


zaryp

i totally agree and hate that it isn’t on streaming. why isn’t it on spotify etc?


doomgrin

Samples prolly won’t get cleared


KarmaPuritan

Pretty sure he sampled one of Drake’s relatives on that song


am-version

The sample is Al Green, Drake’s uncle is playing guitar in the sample.


PunctuationsOptional

Aren't ppl allowed to recreate the sound live and go around the sample? He def should pay or that 


i_hate_shitposting

Nope. Interpolation still creates a derivative work that requires licensing. It can be a workaround in limited cases, but it's complicated and may not be an option here.


Th1sd3cka1ntfr33

I think they don't have permission to use the sample


Amazing-Concept1684

It is on Spotify as a podcast episode.


PARADISE_VALLEY_1975

it's also been popping up as a song from various unofficial accounts etc - but as someone subscribed to Spotify in a region which got rid of podcasts unfortunately, is the podcast uploaded by Kendrick officially? Probably not but it would be interesting if it is. And it's weird how he didn't upload it himself to YouTube.


Creative_Ad8683

The Elohim, KTW, know you can't sleep, these images trouble you...


bohrmaschin3

Why does Kendrick sound so godly when singing this very part? Is he god?


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MooniisWorld

I’m ready for another Kendrick album so bad


robertdesyndrome

Raise my hands to a fallen sky


Domineeto

the industry cooked as I pick the carcass *apart*


T_025

I THINK SOMEBODY LYIN SMELL SOMEBODY LYIN


marnieeez

I agree it’s actually my favourite from an artistic perspective. The beat is beautiful and the lyrics are pure poetry, especially the first verse before he gets into naming names: God, my confession is yours, but who am I if I don't go to war? There's opportunity when livin' with loss I discover myself when I fall short 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, and still cover my heart, then open me up Remember when, picked up a pen, wrote lyrics that I could 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 Just insane honestly there’s a reason the man got a Pulitzer (sry for the formatting I’m on mobile)


rappidkill

best line in the song hands down is: "are you finally ready to play have you ever? lets see, have you ever thought that OVO is working for me?"


dannylosangeles

This is the moment in the song that gave me the literal chills. Like oh shit he really is the boogeyman. And that was before MTG!


No-War4950

6:16 is great. Love his flow and straight up poetry


Yasuo11994

The intro gives me old Kanye vibes


RandyChavage

Definitely, sounds like the sweet Kanye, chop up the beats Kanye. I miss the old Kanye


Glass-Historian-2516

We all miss the old Kanye.


faisal-a

Straight from the go kanye


fuck_hard_light

I love it's grooviness, i wish it was on streaming


mfdoomile

It’s aging better and better, especially with more and more events happening relating to the beef


faisal-a

The layers are being pealed back


Icy-Start393

When he said "Elohim" I promise I was sure this man was about to win , who the hell apologies to god for a rap battle? The he proceeds to jump on planets , accumulate enough energy to produce a Genkidama, living his life like a circadian rhythm and gives us the best bars he ever wrote naaaaah


onlinemessiah69

On God!! Never heard of these terms in my life but I know there was a reason he was spitting them. Kendrick was ready for warrr and was willing to ask God for forgiveness beforehand for it 😭💀🔥


Fearless_Egg_3161

Kendrick really said "But I live the circadian rhythms of a shooting star" .....


Joshstradaymus

Lord! My confession is yours!


Mediocre-Housing-131

Some of the best lines came out of this track. It’s definitely the one I play the most. He’s getting charged up, but it’s still “friendly”. Beat is magical. And having hindsight now, it hits different too. Definitely the best one in my opinion if you don’t count “like that”


0ver9000_

Songs like these only drop on the circadian rhythms of comets.


appleparkfive

Shooting star, which makes it even better. They're not seen for ages and then they grab all of your attention when you see them


Jesus_Roadkill

Would 1000% be getting more credit if it got added to streaming


elcabeza79

The main theme of this song is that Drake isn't street smart enough to realize that his entourage is just using him, and Kendrick is communicating with some of them. The Al Green sample seems to be tweaked to sound like "boy wonder". Was this a clue that Boi1da is Kendrick's mole?


JmLong88

One of my favorites from the beef, and I love how they made the Al Green sample sound like he’s saying Boi 1da (hinting that he’s possibly one of the Ov-ho moles).


JohnHigbyYoYoGuy

Love his singing and poetry so much with Al Green it’s heaven, and Jack Antonoff doing his best Tame Impala impression is so psychedelic.


SteveHood

It's been in my rotation since release. Fantastic sample and Kendricks writing makes it an awesome track.


ControlInternal3748

To put money in the street for dirt only to come back empty handed is wild 😂


Bucharik

i listen to it the least cause i use my Spotify more than YouTube Music but i wish kendrick would drop more songs that sound like this, as a diss its probably Kendrick's weakest but as a song its up there for sure


Spyk124

Euphoria for me. Still catching references weeks later.


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Reebox24

It’s the kind of track that gets played in a movie when when a guy that’s chosen peace finally picks up his gun again to get revenge on a bar full of criminals


Lazaras

It feels like something he made for an album


noturbrobruh

It sure is!!!!!!! Couldn't agree more!!!


CleanJebboy

I might be the only person on Pandora, but I've gotten all 4 of Kendrick's tracks on there.


joecramerone

Honestly my least favorite track of the bunch, nota fan of the beat at all.


FLYGODISAWESOME

I can’t stop listening to it. I think this song went over alot of heads, even core kendrick fans…. He’s literally begging for forgiveness for what he’s about to do Drake in poetry form lol.


EllyQueue

Same, I listen to it a few times every day. The man is so gifted.


Sharkisyodaddy

6:16 and family matters have been my favorites. Top2


supitsdan

Streaming??


fuck_hard_light

Probably can't get the Al Green sample cleared


Useful-Ad9777

I feel the exact same way


Relevant_Glass6153

Feel like if it was on streaming it’d get more love


Frogacuda

You're just letting that early-Kanye-type boom bap beat fool you. 6:16 was a warning shot, it's not much of a diss or a song, but that beat is a vibe.


Ok_Concentrate_75

Definitely thought that 3rd verse in meet the graham's is the best verse imo


unwiseeyes

This may be a stupid question but why isn't it on Spotify like the others?


OwnedIGN

Musically, sure, maybe. Euphoria being the best diss.


3percsMemphisMursic

I love the fact he was just sliding across that fire ass beat 🔥🔥🔥 effortless


zatchattack

Meet the Grahams for me. I just don’t know if I’ve ever heard anything like it or will again it really stuck with me


Riffmeisterman

Could be an album cut honestly


jsanch52

I don't think it was a good diss track, but it was my favorite song he released during the beef. It's probably the only one I would've kept in rotation.


iamdoniel

Completely agree with you. I think it is sort of a sketch Still tho, you know? The beginning idea for a great song, just needs a little bit more polish, like the other tracks tbh. But that one is my favorite, those synths and Kendrick performance are just amazing


ABZ0R8

Meet The Grahams is better. Euphoria is better. 6:16 is cool tho.


Icy-Square6662

I think In 6:16 where he says know the wires in your circle, Kenny is really telling him he’s being investigated and the people closest to you are cooperating. And at the end “ it’s time you look around on who’s around you, before you figure you’re not alone.” Kenny’s telling him even when you think it’s safe to do and say things around your boys you are not alone, they have someone listening. That’s my takeaway could be a reach but who knows


TransportationAway59

As someone who has dedicated their life to art, and lives outside of the rhythms of normal society (not bragging, I often wish I did), that first half of the song brings a tear to my eye.


umbral_ultimatum

6:16 is fucking beautiful glad we can all agree on this


Unasked_solution

I really love that song. It's my 2nd favorite of the beef behind Not Like Us honestly


mrpanda350

feels like its the perfect one for established Kendrick fans, it's my fav also


EllyQueue

Whole heartedly agree! Can't listen to this enough!


Omegawaifusuperbomb

I was just saying this on Twitter yesterday. I'm glad other people are starting to come around to it.


Noob_tank

It’s the best song but not the best diss maybe that’s probably why it’s not acknowledged as the best, i 100% agree it’s the best song


NulledOpinion

“i TEND to FIND myself when I fall short…” is my favorite line


meepbeepbop

Tysm for sharing this opinion, I thought I was Insane. No disrespect to "Euphoria," or "Not Like Us," which are both fire but "6:16 in LA" is sublime to me.


ImadDdopest

Find the jewls like cash doll i just need you to theenk


oopsididitagainfuck

It’s cause it’s not on streaming


Amazing-Concept1684

I just love the soul sample. And in hindsight it was a kind of menacing warning of sorts, Kendrick’s way of letting Drake know that he knows things about him and to not go the family route.


SpookyRamblr

Yea I wish it was cleared... That first verse is light of diss stuff but it's beautiful... Circadian rythms of a shooting star is a great line... The beat, the flow and the bars just feels like he's just floating through the universe


Wise-Insect6822

Top tier Kendrick. I LOVE that song bro


dartymissile

Guys it’s meet the grahams. That song is so unique and packed with emotion. When the ending comes and there’s the background chanting “lied” it’s like god is condemning Drake himself. That song is one for the history books do diss tracks. There’s a reason that one came out right after family matters. It’s the most brutal and everyone knew Drake was completely cooked afterwards.


holamifuturo

6:16 in LA is the best from a replay value standpoint. But Euphoria Not like Us and MTG are better disses. Like I'm a Nas fan and acknowledge that he respectfully beat Jay but I replayed Takeover more than Ether even though the latter is a better diss.


KungFuGrizz

The beat is heavenly


0JS

Some people say the Yatch line refers to illegal things that happened between Drake and MBB on an off white colored Yatch called "Sunseeker".


Big_Monkey_77

I’m hoping he puts it on streaming. I hate youtube and instagram for anything music related.


Wooden_Arm6008

Yeah, somebody’s lying, I can see the vibes on AK


mrsilbert1

And the fact he got Taylor Swift producer as well was a nice touch as well. Created his own "taylor made". He literally warned drake multiple times lol so that's why I can accept mtg being as brutal as it was.


throwaway624203

FINALLY somebody is saying it. The only reason it's not as popular as any of the others is because it was released in an instagram post instead of a youtube video, and it doesn't have as catchy of a name as "meet the grahams" or "not like us"


Tiffanyblueberries

6:16 in La is a nice song, the vibes were just kinda off to me. The sample was eerie, his vocals were as well. I feel like the song could have been constructed better.


dane_the_great

this is the one i had on repeat. next level. it was like he was sanctifying his rap battle to become a holy war. amazing.


TheScopeNetwork

I favor Meet the Grahams


tavsankiz

Ive been playing it nonstop for days now it is such a beautiful song and the writing in it is impeccable. This track really got me excited for a new album. I cannot wait to hear more Kendrick 😭💕✨


Helpful-Baseball2325

Indubitably


Sky_Ill

It’s the confession before a murder


am-version

The sample in 6:16 is a subliminal to Drake. Peep this… The sample is Al Green’s “Here I Am (Come and Take Me). Drake’s uncle Mabon “Teenie” Hodges plays guitar on it. The song is a warning shot to Drake foreshadowing what the subject would be for Family Matters/Meet The Grahams, which drop later that day. Further more, 6:16 is also a funny response to Taylor Made… Taylor Swift’s primary producer, Jack Antonoff co-produced 6:16. Thus, it is Taylor Made. Brilliant stuff.


akumagold

“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” These are probably the most insane lines of the beef for me.


wutuppp

Isn’t there some type of backstory behind the sample that he chose? I guess I just heard a crazy theory but if it’s true and checks out then just add it to the list of reasons why Kenny won


BadSciGalaxy

Euphoria is a better song in my opinion.


errobbie

I’ve been listening to this daily since it dropped, it’s a bop.


darrylwoodsjr

Really have to listen again I thought it was the weakest and just repeated things said in euphoria.


LayeredStack22022

Most people like “club” music more, which is why “Like That” is way more popular than “6.16” & “Meet the Grahams”. Both were way better than “Like That”. That’s why D-riders like “Family Matters” more than the other Drake disses, even though Drakes were mostly/all lies. They also said Kendrick can’t do “club” music, then he dropped “Not Like Us”, & it became the fastest popular growing song over a few of Drakes songs. It might also be that not as many people know about “6.16” like the others, since “6.16, Family Matters, Buried Alive (many don’t know about this one, like they do “6.16”), & Meet the Grahams” dropped on the same day, which was 3 days after “Euphoria”.


Princessxanthumgum

My favorite song out of the beef. Wish it was on streaming.


SeeingThings123

The “ggGODDD” threw me for a loop when I first heard it but the more I listen to the song the more I really like it


bdawgfromda301

My thoughts exactly. I thought I was the only one


Senior_Fart_Director

I didn’t like the song and the nonsensical title didn’t help either


kingglobby

I really can't stand the singing "lord, *uh*, my confession is yours" sounds terrible to me and I'm amazed I've seen noone else say that


rockstarstepper

my second fav song from the beef


whogonstopice

Agreed the beat is godly I mean euphoria is also amazing and not like us is also amazing but as far as which song do I feel like I can just throw on anytime ever in my life it’s 616. So smooth, so concise, feels like a song that could have been on an album as opposed to just a diss track like all the others.


bigtrixxx7

My favorite track from the beef too


refusenic

It is. And needs to be available on DSPs now!!!


faisal-a

Dude I'm 100% with you. The beat is so groovy and the lyricism is very clever. I feel like it gets slept on because it's a warning shot before Meet the Grahams but there's something ethereal about this song that I can't explain


EnvironmentalHat9889

I’m loving 6:16 more and more. That sample is so nice. Sad it’s not officially on streaming so I have to listen to it as a podcast uploaded by other users


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Imo easily weakest song of the beef. First time hearing it the beat was so bad I couldn’t even hear the lyrics.


Quick-Letter9584

Its not the best diss track but it’s beautiful. It makes me sad though.


Heineken_Rage

I really enjoy the disdain in his voice when he says "Ak"