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Producer: Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith, Dave Free, Angel J Rosa
Production co: TDE Films, AJR Films
(C) 2017 Aftermath/Interscope (Top Dawg Entertainment)
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Kendrick is the kid with the most absents but gets an A in every exam
Well he used to be a straight A student
Honest Abe yo I thought you were dead
If you just called one of the Genius of the new century a.kid you have NOT BEEN LISTENING TO HIS LYRICS A TRULY BLESSED MAN & YOU NOT SO MUCH , WHAT'S UP WITH THIS BLACK ON BLACK JEALOUSY , ENVIE , HATE THAT'S WORSE THAN THE KLAN WHAT WE THINK YOU WHO FELT THIS DON'T NEED JESUS YOU & THE MURDERS WHO ARE SUPOSE TO PROTECT US , YOU ALL NEED A DO OVER YA THINK !!! BECAUSE YOU CAN'T WASH AWAY WITH SHAMPOO THE DEPTH YOUR EVILS !!!
Marcus Murphy dude, what are you on about? op was complimenting kendrick, not being jealous or whatever
Kendrick is god level of rap dude, He's like better than 75% of the OGs
how is no one talking about how Don Cheadle totally NAILED this shit???
On his interview on the People's Party, he says he basically learned his part in a few days and hadn't even heard the song before accepting the role in music video
Antonio Williams daaayyyuumm straight G SHIT
luraxium I’m talking about it. Air high five through the Internet bro✋🏾👌🏾
Nailed that shit thru his DNA
Init bro powerful vid
Jesus Christ, I love J Cole but watching this makes you realize there’s levels to this shit and no one is on Kendricks
I agree cole does his thing but Kendrick convinces you he is he was born for it.
Nah jcole the goat bruh,I don't know who the fuck Drake is
@@user-iy9yo1nu3h you’re entitled to your opinion but generally J Cole isn’t even a part of the top 10 discussion for greatest rappers of all time
@@drewbrandenburg1435 but he is
@@BlacKingSolo false 🤓☝️
how tf drake gon compete with this, he aint really about that life
Drake is gay...he doesn't count
Bro its crazy
Leave drake alone. "i love that mall." 🤣
@@zap_sigma1 drake fan 🤣🤣🤣
@@MrQuack-lu9om Thats your issue. If you like drake, be my guest troll.
Can we all just take a minute and appreciate that Don Cheadle is in this video?
rapping along at that lmao...yaasss don!
Yasss!! War Machine is a badass!
Yes! He is my one of my fave actors! Hotel Rwanda is one of the best Oscar movies!
+VjOnItGood81 l
loooove him!! 😍😍 the fact that he's in a Kendrick video just made me fall for him even harder😩
Producer : who do you want to invite in the video? Kendrick : I need a War Machine
You mean Kung fu Kenny from rush hours 2
kung fu kenny !!
I just rewatched rush hour two lmao
And then he came into the room like "boom you looking for this?"
That’s sounds about right
The 2nd part and the build up to it will always be one of the hardest parts of any hip hop song
Agree.
Hard asf !
It’s crazy how much Kendrick’s cadence and flow contribute to the beat itself.
Fr. The beat is Fire tho especially in the second half
Kendrick's vocals are his own instrument.
Yea. He has that drum pattern flow
Mike Will said about it: With "DNA.," he [kendrick] went the whole way [through] and then he just started rapping a cappella. He said, 'I just want to see if you can put some drums around this.' I said, 'Man, hell yeah.' But he was going so hard; that man was rapping so crazy. Just imagine him a cappella rapping the second half of "DNA." and I had to build a beat around that. I didn't want the beat to just sound like a regular boom-clap, boom-clap. I wanted that s*** to sound just as crazy. I wanted it to sound like he's battling the beat.
The fact that your still here after 6 years means you have loyalty in your dna edit: updating this yearly
OnG... hommie keeping us starving
Diavolo Bossu Wait why are you here i thought you were stuck in an infinite death loop
Really?
For all the Black people that are thankfully still here with us today, can you please tell us your stories of how you survived the big bad racist police force that is hunting down and murdering you all?
I'm
The beat switch still one of the hardest I've ever heard
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Tro
GIMME SOME GANJA
At the end...??...YESZIR!!
@@mufodtalkermufo7485 xdddd
J Cole and Drake do NOT want smoke 🤣
drake fakin shit, not from the bottom like kendrick. fuck he know about the struggle
Def not. This mf is a fuckin monster
At all!!!!!!!!
FO sho not this type‼️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I second this ✍🏿‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
And this is why Cole apologized. He knew what kendrick is capable of.
what happened between them?
@@gabygonzalez9094 Diss tracks: Kendrick dropped a crazy verse on "Like that" out of nowhere on a Metrobooming beat. To understand the context of the bars, you might have to consider the name of the Drake's album on which "First Person Shooter" appears: For All The Dogs. Listen to that first then listen to "Might Delete Later" from J. Cole, that's a whole mixtape though. J. Cole went in on Kendrick especially in the last song but he then went on to "Delete it later" and apologised to Kendrick and said he would remove the last track from the project. There's several bangers on that tape but in terms of lyricism it's nothing ground breaking. The sad part about the Kendrick verse is that he once again dropped it on a cursed beat, it's so corny I can't even stand it personally...
@@gabygonzalez9094do you literally live under a rock??
@@assaultxenz 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
you know it's legendary when 3.5 years have passed and this is still the hardest song on your playlist.
Imagine changing ur playlist every time
You must not listen to Eminem
@@aftermathers124 stfu
@@aftermathers124 😐
Fuck yall Kendrick aint on his level
That second part is gotta be one of the hardest verses iv'e ever heard in hip hop History
fr 💯
amine dz nah
@Tom Stanton I love Kdot but Joyner made him look like a KZhead rapper on this beat. Most people can't admit it because they are biased af.
@@thisisisabella3634 I'm most the times I'm bias towards Joyner but on this beat he don't see him as better but I see the two versions equally as good
Till this day I will never get over that beat switch and the build up to it
Kendrick Lamar dun went in soo hard on this right here, Kendrick Lamar is da GOAT! Im so glad he found a u t h e n t I c v i e w s to have his career take off
Its April 2024, let's see how many legends are listening to this incredible song
am here
Always
right there baby
E
FUCK OFF GET OUT OF MY DNA
Bruh there aren't enough comments about the fact that Don Cheadle did insane in this.
I see two king fu Kenny’s
He felt that beat
@Gamma Syrup then Kendrick just a rapper. That's his job lol
Almost like he’s an actor...
@@J23BYL well ye no crap i knew that but it was still rlly good
Still gold in 2021
Starting 2021 right!!🔥
Aww bug I wanted the 2021☹️😢
Jew hate me😟🤣😈
I'm here on the first day of the year to reminding my gah damn self about what we got in US!!!!!!!! If y'all need a reminder at all this year of who U are come back to this comment and just press play. "You got Loyalty.... You got royalty INside YOUR (gah damn) DNA and HE made no mistakes and errors not... Creating in his image and likeness ...... Confirmed with ain't no hoe INside yo DNA, me BeLoved Queen/King..... See you in 2022. You got this (2021) no matter what we go through WE got this year under or feet!!!
Me London 🇬🇧☝🏽
Q throwin it up at the end was genius
So we're not gonna mention how Don Chedale killed that shit w Kendrick
Jerome Sefo that's what I'm saying. The Don is why I love the video though
war machine killd that shit hahaha
Jerome Sefo It's Don Cheadle
robert nero ah well you know what i meant.
Jerome Sefo yeah Ik
No one is gonna talk about when the beat switches up and Kendrick goes even harder, that was SICK.
the shift was dope but he was all over the place with the lyrics.
Tobi Owolabi Haven't heard a sound system that can handle this yet.
pumpkin1escobar That's the point tho
Shit got me hyped up lol
Tobi Owolabi that shit is crazy this song is brain food and I hope it opens eyes so the world can get back to real life!! 💯
Kendrick way better then drake and cole
Drake shouldn’t even be compared to those two
Cole bars harder
@@Stayup1994 yeah hes not bad but k dot better
Yall stay sleeping on drake its a reason he a bigger artist than both of em
Ong
Yo!!! Don't ignore how hard Don Cheadle brought it in this video. His acting skills are extraordinary. Plus, he's a classically trained actor and well versed. Which means he is capable of mastering anything he touches.🇿🇦🙌🏽
Yup 👏🏿
Don Cheadle is such a good actor. He manages to get all the little movements and ticks about Kendrick's movement perfectly.
True!
kendrick is such a good actor. He manages to get all the little movements and ticks about Don's movement perfectly.
War Machine
Interesting fact: Kendrick actually possessed Don Cheadle for this video. He still possesses him from time to time to wander around at Avengers's filming sets and read the scripts early.
Facts I noticed that too 💪🏾💯
Fun Fact: Kendrick freestyled this rap and the producer made the beat around his rap.
It's Mike Will Made it who produced this beat and also the humble beat as well
@Gift Moyeni And Mike WiLL Made it is the same person who made 23, (B*tches) Love Me, We can’t stop, and Rake it up. Who knew that such a bad producer was secretly a great producer who made two of some of the best songs of the 2010’s decade.
@@Late_NightRev wait you saying this songs beat is bad?
Bruhh u gotta be fucking kiddin me
@@ogrimzyz8643 no, he's saying that some of the songs that Mike WiLL Made It has produced were trash, and that this one specifically isn't bad considering its from him.
This video still gives me the chills in 2024
It doessss
same
THIS🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Drake and Cole fans really think they can go up against Kendrick. They better listen to DNA again. Lol.
j cole
Listen 2 lil Wayne dna 🔥
The way they were rapping back and forth was dope af. They killed it
Khyre Irons yeah Kendrick Lamar and Don Cheadle
Khyre Irons omg soo true
Khyre Iron right
MrCubanoblast that's the black dude from iron man
you right
It’s so rare to find a video that matches it’s lyrics so perfectly
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True That Latasha I Agree With You There❤
listen to “kgrip ric flair drip remix” i promise i’m the greatest 16 year old rapper fr 🙏💯🔥
Not an original music video but watch the fan made video for cartoons and cereal by Kendrick. It's perfect
This album was wack tho, this song is good
6 years later, if you’re watching this, you’re a legend.
had to come back for the beat switch
The beat switch still one of the hardest I've ever heard Kendrick Lamar dun took off HAM ON THIS RIGHT HERE! a u t h e n t I c v i e w s dun took his career off 2 the next level fr fr no cap
This is lyrically one of the best rap songs ive ever heard
Maad city
@@santicheeks1106 faxx
DANG
Listen to JID he is also a really good lyricist
Em?
This song scared a lot of rappers
I have a feeling that was the plan lol😂 they needa be scared
defenitly the mumble rappers from today
Facts... So does this 🗣🔥💯 Not What U Used To feat: Snipes by CF Kaine on #SoundCloud soundcloud.com/cfkaine/not-what-u-used-to-feat-snipes
C.F Kaine No one asked
Oh yeah?
1:44 bro Kendrick was having WAY too much fun with this scene hahaha I feel like I can see him trying not to smile/laugh
All the beef has me revisiting his work & lemme tell you, IT’S ABSOLUTELY TIMELESS 🔥🔥
don cheadle was killin it tho lol
Bro he transitioned into spitting so cleanly
Jay Jay yesssss 👌💪🙌
this is dope tho and that beat tho
Jay Jay he did
it's in his dna bruh
All hail King Kendrick!
Azerrz where's the kendrick lamar impersonation vid??
lol azerrz on here
Azerrz the true Kendrick fan I know,and who sounds just like him
Azerrz Joyner Lucas DNA remix way better
Azerrz u are funny
2024 still listening to this classic! That beat switch will never get old ❤️
Real
Fr
Aint no ho inside my DNA❤
Cameos from ScHoolboy, Smacc, Traffic & TF still 🔥🔥🔥 6 years later
I was just saying that man
2:54 Still gives me chills.
same
Listen to the 4d version if you have headphones with spatial audio
EH 69 LIKES BOYS!
Us*
Same tho
This song makes me want to listen to this one level above the safe hearing level
animal
duffmanwich69 great copied comment there xD
duffmanwich69 y tho
a real badass right here
duffmanwich69 savage
The beat switch still one of the hardest I've ever heard Kendrick dun took off HAM ON THIS RIGHT HERE! a u t h e n t I c v i e w s dun took his career off 2 the next level fr fr no cap
BACK TO THIS BANGER PUT RESPECT ON KENDRICK LAMAR
Kendrick: i got loyalty inside my DNA 6ix9ine: left the chat
Kendrick is talking about loyalty to his family and close friends not some random street gang which would rob him and try to set him up and only use him for clout and money
@@georgelincolnrockwell4659 i know bro it was a bad joke that's all
@@georgelincolnrockwell4659 I think the joke kinda went over your head.
George Lincoln Rockwell why you gotta overthink that so much?
George Lincoln Rockwell he is not talking about that.
If Hotline Bling won Grammy for best RAP PERFORMANCE then this song should win a Lifetime Achievement Award
The Sign right!!!
The Sign seriously man this song is way way way better than hotline bling
The Sign for real
Harvinder Singh for me hotline bling is not rap !! with it that i stop to listen drake!
how does this song only have 30 mil views? humble has 113 mil
First time i listened to this whole song and wow. What an artist. What such clean masterpiece of work.
The bass drop when the beat switches always gives me goosebumps 🔥🔥🔥
Don Cheadle looks like he's been practicing his whole life to be in a rap video 😂
He played as rocket in Colors(1987)
He killed it
XD Don Lamar
wait what?? i thought it was freddie gibbs hahhaha
@@rafiluvian045 haha!
Man this entire song feels like a protest in the best way possible. Power to the people.
Still a hit🤗
True fax
You need to listen to „to pimp a butterfly“ then :)
@@RembrandtRasmus I have, one of my favourite albums ever
@@YellawayHD nice 👌🏼
J Cole don’t want this Kendrick to come back😭
That's why he apologized 😂😂😂😂
@@AngeBiampandouDrake name dropped his fiancé, I think we getting this Kendrick back
Euphoria got me doing a reexamination of all KDOT music. Gonna bump, "To Pimp a Butterfly" this weekend.
The 23 things inside Kendrick Lamar's DNA 1. Loyalty 2. Royalty 3. Concaine quarter piece 4. War 5. Peace 6. Power 7. Poison 8. Pain 9. Joy 10. Hustle 11. Ambition 12. Flow 13. Realness 14. Killing shit 15. Millions 16. Riches 17. Dark 18. Evil 19. Rot 20. Troublesome heart 21. Real N*gga 22. Dripping gold 23. Power shows
Facts
no hoe as well
he also got bulidings in his dna too
@@sarthaksharma6015 Facts as well.
ain't no hoe in his DNA too
Today marks 4 years since this video was released but the beat switch @3:10 will never get old
This a iconic moment right here
Ikr 😭😭😭
One of the most dopest switches on one of his songs no cap 😤🔥🔥💯
It’s always real and will never be old bro
this song still good
the fact that kendrick wearing don cheadles outfit in rush hour when they went in kennys resturant
I love Kendricks passion he puts into his music. Like his acting in these music videos is top tier
“My dna not for imitation. your dna an abomination.” Will ALWAYS be deep.
ON GOD
FR
Fax
People will always hate on stereotypes except for when it suits them. DNA the same DNA that sold you out ;)
@ the yts
"Antisocial extrovert" Lots of people feeling that rn
I have that as my bio
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kendrick is something else fr
Still one of the hardest beat changes of all time
* *RNA has left the chat* *
Huzzah! A man of culture!
GG
Yessir
REAL N***A ASSOCIATION
Yeah
So no ones gonna talk about how Don Cheadle killed this?
I know right
Smh 😪
OMG!!!!!!!!! Mind BLOWN right now!!!!!
he's the original Kung fu Kenny, so of course he'll kill it
@@mevinkalone4277 okay not Kevin
Almost 7 years later this still a banger
This video still gives me the chills in 2024 Kendrick Lamar is so dope. I can't stop watching this track again and again. I am sure he will be #1 soon due to 💖 a u t h e n t I c v i e w s 💖
bass hit harder than united airlines
Michael Cassetti 😂😂😂 You're a fool bro smh
Michael Cassetti ..🚻🚻🚻🚻🚸🚸🚸🚸🚼
Brah! 😂😂😂😂
lmaoooooo
I would buy this shirt.
He's talking about the DNA of black people, and I think the entire human species. He is saying so many opposing things, war and peace in side his dna? Ambition and greed? Murder and conviction? He's a genius bro
yeah I think its about black people BCOS of that news reporter and sample also lyrics but this is genius
Imadieflyin facts
As a native american this shit hits hard as fuck
War and Peace aren't contradictory. You must know war to know Peace
@@brokage8398 yes I agree, one opposite implies the other, or are necessary for the other to be defined as is. Hot and cold, life and death etc.
Here to see what J Cole and Drake about to be served if they pipe up after Kendrick’s diss
Whos here after his new diss track
Me bro!!
Of course after His new track hearing all of his fire Tracks 🔥🔥🔥🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽
My music makes people electrify your music makes people pacify
"2 first names, the fuck is up with that?" 😂😂💀💀
The Trilluminati Steve Stevens ain't that some shit
Why I feel this is the best solo ever
1:40 hardest fucking bear drop ever 3:10 epic beat switch
Those beat switches stole many souls.
Hurrbet they stole mine
the second beat goes so hard
It’s the “gimmi some ganja” in the background for me 😂
Damn the beat mixes so well with the lyrics. This song slaps hard af
I remember how hyped i was seeing this for the first time
Especially on that fuckin beat switch. I jumped up and went ballistic lol
Tyler Johnson wtf💀💀
Tyler Johnson SAME ! Lmaooooooooo there was no stopping me 😭
I wish I could listen to it again for the first time
Lantz 6th judicial gRaNt co Nm gav3 the jaCc3t
Kendrick needs to come back and save hip hop
love Kendrick but hip hop is fine. I discover amazing new artists every day. if you like Kendrick you might like Kenny Mason. check out his track 'hit'
@@CancelHappiness he needs to save mainstream hip hop
@@FirstNameLastName-pg3pi agreed
Right he need to come back
@@eternallaflame he definitely needs to come back, but hip hop is fine. There are ah ton of great artist out there. Not to mention ah bunch of interesting subgenres
Realizing that 7 years ago, it was 2017, not 2013 💀
That shi still b trippin me up too😂😂
How is nobody talking about how dope that ending is
DNA: Drake Needs Advice
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Anthony Fantano's Mom XD yes
W
yasssss!!!!!
Anthony Fantano's Mom 😂😂 would of never thought of that.
After 5 years this song is still a masterpiece.
I was listening to it today lol
I phone hackers R RED LAKE POLICE CAM ON CAM WIPH COPS,,1/23/23 lmfao OMG plastic surgery
I was thinking same
true
It’s called timeless
hes gotta bring this energy back for the drake response, with no holding back too
Q starting throwing that shit up at the end. They was bangin thru the whole vid
*Steven Irwin voice* Shhhhhh...if you listen real closely...you can hear careers collapsing all across the country
jscriber100 yeap
W
666 likes
jscriber100 haha I'm done
911 likes
I finally know what DNA stands for. I will be sure to tell my science teacher next time he asks.
AnalTortilla Deoxyribonucleic acid
***** Lol
Dillon Rust lmao
Dillon Rust yoooo consider yoself suspended at school😀
Na naa! Don't do it! 😀
Kendrick Lamar's DNA song is always dope. STRAIGHT UP😎😎💯💯🔥🔥👍👍
This song is harder than Jcole discography 🐐
Lol, nonsense
@@jcmuyonjoDefinitely not.
That venomous explosion of a second verse goes so hard that 4 years later I still get chills listening to it. DAMN
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DAMN.
DAMN.
DAMN.
DAMN
Kendrick's flow is incredible...
Oli Killeen 🤯
His flow is great but I'm not a fan of his rapping voice.
@@NightReaper213 It takes some getting used to
Roggi listen to Swimming Pools
@@NightReaper213 I thought I was alone. Thank God I'm not. I appreciate Lamar's flow and lyrics but that voice is just too irregular and picky for me to call 'music'.
8 YEARS ON APRIL 19, 2024. IT IS STILL ONE OF THE MOST HARDEST RAP I’VE EVER HEARD.
I can’t believe he did the soundtrack for Black Panther after doing War Machine like this.
Thicc Camel and nowhere 🤫
What War Machine??
A O that guy is don cheadle who played war machine in the MCU
It’s black iron man
LOL
I wish they released the behind the scenes, i would really like to see how many times Kendrick & Don failed the "yeah yeah yeah" scene
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah¹
Yeah
Here after J Cole apologized
Wish I could go back to listening to gym for a long time. Kendrick will love forever through his music. Musical genius. Living legend
Bruh, the first half of this video is INTENSE!
the second one way more intense LOL
haha tru
Still processing
OddRob I had to study some reaction vids to get a lot of it
damn right
kendrick dressed like he bout to train with master roshi
Kingjr666 970 i have music on my channel. check it out if it's not too much trouble
Kingjr666 970 lol I was thinking the same yo
kung fu kenny
Lmffaaaaaoooooo
Kame senin please
This song made me tell the IRS it owes me taxes
Sometimes I like my own comment to get the ball rolling
One of Kendrick best songs without a doubt
“My dna not for imitation, your dna an abomination” The best line of this song.
is it referencing how white people weren't supposed to exist in the first place cuz that's sick
@@ThomasLinrabbitpenguin lmfao😭, no
Thomas Lin that works too I guess 😀
@@mant8vaei314 lmao
@@ThomasLinrabbitpenguin Its a biblical reference. Leviticus.
this dude just killed the rap game 2 times this month
GamersGame and the rest..
GamersGame more than 2 times. he dropped a whole albumm
The real video releases Sunday
Creep of DNA?
Creep what's that? 👀
Q reppin his shit was G asf 🔥🔥🔥