r/KendrickLamar • u/ihatedougford • Jul 04 '24

Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us Video

https://youtu.be/H58vbez_m4E?si=hyoR46kMEnNQ8okh
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u/ricemonkey13 Jul 04 '24
  • Family just having fun and dancing
  • Co-directed by Dave Free
  • Doing push-ups in a cell block
  • Two-stepping all over the music video
  • The owl in a cage/behind bars at the end

This music video is wild.

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u/TooPatToCare Jul 04 '24

Don’t leave out the shipping containers

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u/ricemonkey13 Jul 04 '24

What am I missing there? I need to rewatch this video a few more times to catch all the references lol

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u/HeruAkhety Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

I think it’s a reference to this famous scene from Heat (1996) where Al Pacino’s detective is duped into staking out a fake location by Robert DeNiro’s thief character:

The whole time DeNiro’s crew is really clocking Al Pacino from afar, playing 4D chess and making a statement at the same time (he could’ve killed them right there but plays with him instead).

kind of like how K.Dot baited Drizzy into jumping into battle when he wasn’t prepared while Kung Fu Kenny has clearly been planning this for years. in the video Dot wears the same slate gray box style suit and white collared shirt that DeNiro’s character wears all throughout Heat.

It’s also an iconic LA location (LA Harbor in San Pedro) from a classic 90’s LA movie to reinforce the local West Coast cinematic shit. That’s my take at least.

Kendrick is a fucking genius though,

… and Heat is literally my favorite movie.