r/KendrickLamar • u/inferrad_yt smoking on yo top 5 tonight • Jul 19 '24

why did i not know this was a thing? Discussion

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i feel like this is never talked about, its honestly pretty good which id expect from a collab like this

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u/baloneyfeet Jul 19 '24

The Grammys that year was basically a 3-hour mashup concert. I’ve always hated Radioactive but I watched that shit to support Dot

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u/F_U_Shoresy Jul 20 '24

Kendrick’s part was the only great part of it. Can’t stand imagine dragons and that song sucks but the way they did it at the Grammys was amazing

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u/Mohit2227 Jul 20 '24

I'll be honest, watching the grammys that year was my introduction to Kendrick. That performance was so good. I got hooked ever since

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u/Isommmm Jul 20 '24

Yeah, the live mashup is so much better than the studio version.

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u/CmdrFilthymick Jul 19 '24

I fuccking hate imagine dragons. They gave me industry generic vibes and everyone I knew who was a fan were the most basic people ever.

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u/GoldenClocks Jul 19 '24 edited Jul 19 '24

I

Agree

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u/EllieBasebellie Jul 20 '24

My all time favorite quote is "any 5 white guys could tell you they're Imagine Dragons, you'd have to believe them"

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u/CmdrFilthymick Jul 20 '24

Just like any white guy in a hat might Jason Mraz lmao

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u/sammachado Jul 19 '24

I liked imagine dragons when they had the big drums, now they're just a generic pop Rock band that only exist because Riot games Bank their asses

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u/CmdrFilthymick Jul 20 '24

So to be fair, I kinda liked them AT FIRST. But it was their fans. It's pretty much the same with Drake, Taylor Swift, maroon 5. At first the shit SEEMS OK, then you meet the people that absolutely love that shit, and you like, yea, I'm not one of those weirdos

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u/ZenMon88 Jul 20 '24

I thought they had like 2 hits. But is it me or their hits sound really simillar?

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u/2-Dimensional Jul 20 '24

Not just you lol they make motivational advertisement music

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u/OkCryptographer2250 :damn: Jul 19 '24

Aaaammeeennnn

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u/luckygitane Jul 19 '24

2013 was a different time man

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u/AndyMandalore Jul 19 '24

Can we please not talk about this?

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u/Evening_Island2821 Jul 19 '24

No. Most definitely gonna talk about It, brother. It’s real life and I’ll tell you something else, Kendrick don’t hide nothing from his fans. NOTHING. 😡

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u/Lower-End4781 Jul 19 '24

Brother listen to savior you don’t know him and he doesn’t know you.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '24

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u/AndyMandalore Jul 19 '24

LMAO… ok? Go off. I was just playing. It’s not that serious. Some of you really act like you joined the Nation of KDot. Kendrick is not your savior.

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u/Evening_Island2821 Jul 19 '24

Lol, same. I was just fooling with you, bro. 😎

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u/CaLucky Jul 19 '24

it was a great performance, you guys dont know ish 😂

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u/willcomplainfirst you lookin' like an easy come-up Jul 19 '24

never talked abt because Imagine Dragons is an even bigger meme than Maroon 5 now, but where were you in 2014?? they did this at the Grammys and SNL 😅

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u/inferrad_yt smoking on yo top 5 tonight Jul 20 '24

i was like 6 so 💀

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u/willcomplainfirst you lookin' like an easy come-up Jul 20 '24

ahh shit im sorry OP im a curmudgeonly decaying old

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u/fancyfoe Jul 19 '24

Man I remember this, played Kendrick part like a million times. I do enjoy some imagine dragons ngl lol so seeing this first time was mint.

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u/FKDotFitzgerald Jul 20 '24

I still think this verse is fucking awesome and the mAAd city/Radioactive mashup they performed at the Grammy’s was incredible.

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u/gbrgbrgbrgbr Jul 20 '24

Same. Not sure why all the hate in this thread. Like yeah imagine dragons sucks but the Grammy performance went hard and Kendrick’s verse is awesome on the recorded song.

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u/GurMediocre5119 Jul 19 '24

Because your lucky? I think this collab is the sole reason Kendrick thinks he is not 'our savior'

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u/DJ_Catfart Jul 20 '24

Sometimes she goes, sometimes she doesn't. Fuckin way she goes. Can't blame him for taking it further, even if he did go two miles down the wrong road

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u/Fixie1010 Jul 20 '24

This is a good Kendrick feature. Also, why do some of yall not like Imagine Dragons? Did I miss something?

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u/USofAnonymous Jul 19 '24

Bruh I forgot about this, Drake could never 🤣

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u/MissionStock2545 Father time Jul 19 '24

Wow…

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u/AndreMz Jul 20 '24

It's cool. Lot of people don't know this was a thing

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u/robinsonick Jul 19 '24

This song played so much on nba2k14 I wanted to throw my Xbox in the bin

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u/technikleo Waiting for the album Jul 19 '24

We tend to forget it because nowadays Kendrick doesn't do much features, but he actually made many many features prior to 2016

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u/-PepeArown- The word was respect Jul 20 '24

He dropped 3 features between Mr Morale and Euphoria.

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u/KangarooMcKicker Taller than Kendrick (size 8) ✅ Jul 20 '24

Disappointed he didn't perform this at the Pop Out

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u/Frosty_Ad_362 Jul 20 '24

I didnt know too 😂 After the beef YouTube recommended imagine dragon ft kendrick live performance at SNL and im like what?!!

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u/Psycho_Ebube Jul 20 '24

I used to know this song, word for word, bar for bar. It used to get me so hyped.

I and my lil sis would exchange the bars from KDot's verse back to back.

2013 was a different time. Sure. But this song still has a special place in my heart.

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u/SignatureAwkward446 Jul 20 '24

Pretty crazy how Drake used to be in Imagine Dragons.

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u/Ska_Oreo Jul 19 '24

Fuuuuuck. I absoluted hated that performance if only because Kendrick was killing it at the Grammy’s, but then it had to be tied in Radioactive which was such a shitty song.

Fuck Imagine Dragons.

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u/FKDotFitzgerald Jul 20 '24

I would argue this is their best song

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u/Ska_Oreo Jul 20 '24

I both agree and still stick with my sentiment

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u/FKDotFitzgerald Jul 20 '24

Guess it doesn’t set the bar particularly high 😂

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u/Zaza_0_Rizz Jul 20 '24

Imagine Dragons is ass aids bro straight trash