Kendrick Lamar & Jay Rock Perform Money Trees For The First Time in Best Buy, Union Sq.
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- čas přidán 23. 10. 2012
- Yesterday Kendrick Lamar held his second album signing in Best Buy at Union Square, NYC and started off by performing "Swimming Pools (DRANK)", "Backseat Freestyle" & brought out his TDE mate Jay Rock for their new track "Money Trees".
good kid, m.A.A.d city in stores now! - Hudba
yall leave that security guard alone! i can see the gangsta in his eyes
hahahahahhaa
He's like the guy from taken he will kick your ass
Deadass 😂
it would be funny if he would start moving his head to the song 😂🔥
hahahahaha
the guy in the suit is having the time of his life
ahmad almheiri yassss he’s speechless !!!!!
Yeah, he needs to calm down with the excitement before they kick him out
He was ready and blessed his ears
He's reconsidering his profession
Was the 1k like
found this because the drake fans were trying to find dirt on Kdot but instead found this gem.
We at best buy finna get it ya bish!
best tweet ever
I still love how Drake fans digged up old tweets thinking they'd uncover the same stuff they found in Drake's tweets, only to see this kinda shlt lol
@@PyxytyKendrick too wholesome 😭
the security guard is trying so hard not to turn up YA BISH
Bishx43 😂😂😂
LOL
😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lol
Imagine just randomly walking into Best Buy to see kendrick performing
Lol most of us their new he would be their which is why we was packed in like sardines
I live union square
😮😮😮
it's crazy GKMC dropped 2 days before this and Kendrick is just rockin out in a bestbuy. overwhelmingly under rated for the time
Hip hop knew it was a classic. Kendrick didn’t hit the mainstream until Damn.
@@CharlieCoopskendrick definitely went mainstream in every high school party with swimming pools I can guarantee that lol
when the camera turned to the dj i thought it was j cole for a second lmao
chill lmao
Speedyy me too
Same I got excited lol
He's there to turn the headphones up.
Same
had to come back to this after seeing jay rock and kenny perform it together once again at The Pop Out.
I WAS THERE!! CROWD WAS SO SICK! Kendrick was about an hour late lol but it was worth the wait, bought 2 albums got them both signed. GKMC ALBUM OF THE YEAR THIS IS OUR GENERATION'S ILLMATIC
Lucky soul.
Time flys
Album of the century now
crazy how now gkmc is now one of the greatest rap albums of all-time
Man you better put them joints in a glass case
We need artists to start doing this again. We need ikea parking lots. We need mall shows. We need Best Buy shows.
5:09 is why kendrick is a legend
omg ikr
Yes that was telling of his character. Refreshing to see someone share their light
Tommy Reilly big facts💯💯
the way jay smiled after that, shit i felt that
The looks on their faces at that time was wholesome af. Legends😎
5:09 - I thought I couldn't respect him more than I already do, that's fucking beautiful to see
What did he do?
Ball Like Im Kobe Jay Rock offered Kendrick the microphone, but he refused, giving Jay the opportunity to sing the hook.
Atrocious He's cute, isn't he?
the way jay smiled after that, damn i felt that
Yes!!!!
That security guard ready for spit some bars BRUH!
You know hes pulling a .45 if anyone jumps up
@@JakobeOG he def pull the gunbars anytime
HAHAHA GOD DEYUM
he was waiting on kendrick to hand him the mic
That mic was legit on fire, that's why Kendrick rejected the mic at 5:09
Rahis Hussain y
Rahis Hussain y
Had to give the homie rock some shine too
Nah if y'all don't know jay rock been in the game a lot longer... jay rock put Kendrick on way back in the day. He let kdot do the chorus and be in videos when jay rock had a deal with a major label. They was both in the same group TDE. Kendrick just blew bigger so he's showing respect not taking that mic back!
People are actually watching him through their phones.....lol. WTF !!!
cock
KoolKatsKlan2368 Thank you captain obvious.
KoolKatsKlan2368 No fucking way
u better be thankful they were because we wouldnt be watching this if they werent lol
I never got why they do that...take one or two pics and then just enjoy the show...
11 years on, and this hits so hard.
The Jay Rock entrance, their shared moment of forgetting lyrics during their first live performance in a supermarket, how Kendrick refused the mic to let Jay sing the chorus - it all resonates. Their dynamic, the energy they bring to each other
Brought a huge smile to my face
One of the best Kendrick's song
Not his most deepest. It’s a great song but not the best even from gkmc
@@WyWid whats ur fav on gkmc?
Sing about me, I’m dying of thirst, the art off peer pressure and maad city. I also really like collect calls, black boy fly, and the recipe. But I really like all of them.
Yeah but I love all of them
@@murtazakhan946 what about you?
Gave them people a legendary performance for free that’s why he #1
Who here after the pop out
That crowd was lit. That is why performers perform, to connect like this.
Chubbs certainly couldn’t crash that security guard 😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂
The tall guy in the suit is going to be singing this in the shower for the next 6 months !!! " PICK YA POISON TELL ME WHAT YA DOIN !! LOL
My mom introduced to this song when I was five lol
@@ckrch1831 13
The guy rapping the whole song with the white iPhone 4 is the most 2012 thing I’ve ever seen
Best Buy had NO IDEA the beast they were helping create… saw him at the 02 last year… this track was SHELLINGZ…
Fun fact: Kendrick wrote Jay Rocks verse too.
and now, he is KING 👑
The crowd don't realize how lucky they are..
And 5 years later he's still killing it
4 years later he’s the greatest rapper of all time
@@elijahgavin6706 ❌🧢
@@elijahgavin6706 4 months later he still killing it
@@SalemOR1465 13 hours later he still the greatest
@@elijahgavin6706 2 May 2022 and he remains the goat
That crowd witnessed history.
Now Man man the King of hip hop
2:43 Samuel L. Jackson.
LMFAO
bogdan4rock haha dude nice catch, lmfao
HAHAHAHA
bogdan4rock nah lol
Popped out of nowhere lmaoao
That is one god damn depressed security guard😂
They have to keep a straight face which is a shame
Brianna Cavanaugh a security GUARD can't show signs of letting his GUARD down
He's not depressed he's having the time of his life in his mind... you can see it in his eyes he was thinking ah shit, it's Jay Rock!
RogerTHFC lol
His seen some shit 😂
2:14 Kendrick asking for the next verse is iconic, it just shows how he got a lot of lyrics on his head bruh.
He was trolling loll
@@bigbub7117 fr
I think it was a joke beause it starts with the same line as the first verse
*mutes and un-mutes song while he's rapping*
MASTER DJ
lets see you do better
cardiacArrest I'm not saying I can, but I rather would have heard just the instrumental played behind him, in my opinion it kinda ruins an amazing song
+Evan that would be boring he stops it so you can hear the crowd thats the whole reason people see it live
MEGAMANMASTER111 Guess it's just me then, I've been to lots of rap concerts and I've never liked it.
it's also to help him actually remember the lyrics
Came here after "Not Like Us" and all the diss tracks before that to ease my mind up 😂
The song was only out for 2 days before the performance and crowed was already hip!
And 10 year later, he's still killing it.
Gave us the best album of 2022. The 🐐🌹
Drake could never
Yes he could
Jay Rock walking in exactly like I pictured first time hearing the track…
00:30 You can tell he's really touched everybody already know the lyrics
Jay Rock had the verse of the year in 2012 🔥🔥🔥
This certainly describes that time. I remember it was Octoberish 2012, and absolutely EVERYONE in California (was living in San Diego at that time) was listening to that album and knew all the words to Money Trees. Even a few years later, I would be randomly jamming that song in my car and people would still be singing to it outside my car. Iconic song
People still play that song at my highschool
Can confirm. It's 2024. Still a banger @@leonthethird7494
That security guard is keeping his shit tight! Keeping it fucking real doing his job! He dont crack! On the inside we know he knows its the shit!
Dude is like 7 feet tall too 😂
this is something that us fans are gonna look back and be like "man, you remember when GKMC dropped? Nobody can ever top it."
The comment stays true!
@@tanmaymavale16 thank you for reminding me I left this comment 10 years ago! Man what a time!
@Ford Wright I hope you are doing well in life brother
accurate prediction
What a time! Love it
Here after the juneteenth performance 😂😂❤❤
I have never seen so many light skinned dudes in my life 😳
that's racist
Silver41 Next time you have a thought.. just don't..
Silver41 no its not
So you've never seen a movie?
Haha I noticed that! xD
I love how everyone says that the white security guard "looks racist". That's racist in and of itself...
Like how the fuck do you just assume that? The dude hasn't said a word, and you say he's racist just because he isn't smiling? Maybe he doesn't fuck with kendrick lol
Maybe he acts like that because it's his job, can't show any signs of letting his guard down.
Sim Farul That too. It would be funny as hell to see him jam to kendrick, but it would be unprofessional of him.
Racist people in this comment section don't take these things into consideration. They just see something and scream words.
the security guard looks mad he cant turn up wit everybody else i woulda lost my job kuz i would been jumpin n the crowd n everythin lol
lol, that guard prob fucks with cole and not kendrick.
Most security guards dont act into it.. idk why ppl dont understand a security guards sole purpose is to watch and protect kendrick.
I wouldnt want my security guard dancing n singing along with the crowd.
One of the best performances
Jay Rock 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
it's just big me
That moment Kendrick leave the mic to Rock, humble since the beginning
05:09 still the best moment ever
EXACTLY! This is why TDE gon run the game for the nxt 10 yrs bro. he knows he's blown up and in the spot light but instead of hogging it he shares the glory with his brothers. Everybody in Black hippy has that, "When one succeeds the whole group does" type attitude. #TDEforever
10 years later 😎, fine wine .
Damn, even entering Jay Rock was cool.
If security had started screaming "YA BISH" I would have literally cried.
The people apart of this are apart of history
Everyone complaining on here like 'why has everyone got their phones up .. why not enjoy it ' ... tell me something, how the fuck would you have watched this video if someone wasn't recording?
+Warriors/Blackhawks/Patriots Fan I doubt they knew a channel would record it. they want it from their perspective. Its their life, if you're mad aboht them being on their phone then you have issues
Do you not see the camera men at the back using actual recording equipment??
Lol
1:38 white boy with glasses really feeling it
Lol
It’s logic 😂
whities is funny asf
I always listen to this when going through anxiety and it always calms and pacifies me, thank you Kendrick for creating such meaningful and uplifting music
You think white suit was singing "ya bish" in his car on his way home that night? 😂😂
A young KDot performing in Best Buy. 👌
It's crazy that someone as big as Kendrick went to a Best Buy and performed, no body would do that shit today
Gkmc just dropped when this was happening lol he wasnt massive yet
0:36 that guy is like wtf...
and 0:43 he got it...
jah udi :D
YoungMoneyFuture 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
when you find out that kendrick wrote jay rocks verse it hits different
the security guard was not having it.
Man I wish all of them would just put away their phones and just enjoy the moment.
At the same time though, I can kinda understand because it's memories. Like a couple years down the line you peep the video that you recorded of Kendrick performing Money Trees live for the first time ever, how dope is that?
Also we got to see it because someone recorded it.
Aksel Coe totally agree!!!!!!
If that was the case yo ass and my ass would have never seen this rare ass moment in history. Just stop typing and enjoy the video.
Says nobody 6 years later. Imagine another 6
HOLY FUCK HOW MANY OF THE CROWD HAVE THE SAME HAIR STYLE???
LOOOOL TRUEE
It was 2012 man
They all have the 2012 Drake cut 💀
2:25
That guard really looks like he's contemplates every word that K.dot is spittin. Like he is gonna make next level in councious and become spiritual and shit. :D
It fucking annoys me how everyone isn't even 'there', they're so absorbed with their phones and would rather watch him through the small screen. Put the damn phone down and enjoy the moment.
goat in my books
GOAT 🐐
This brought me back to the good old days of my last year of highschool enjoying this song, watching this video, enjoying life. Now its 2020 and everything is shit lol..
Kendrick is so real, he let jay rock rock the mic until the end of the song he tried tried giving it back to k dot and he la as like naw you enjoy it man, that's real
0:38 man in suit be like "so this is what kids of today listen to"
we at best buy finna get it ya bish!
The living legend, had to remember a verse for a sec just goes to show how much lyricism is in his mind🔥🔥🔥
2024.
Beauty in the process
tHIS IS WHEN i FELL IN LOVE WITH KENDRICK AND JAY rOCK!
X2
the security is doing what he is supposed to be doing
Fr tho
Security guards thinking about his sandwich in the fridge.
10 years of this performance and the song's still my fav Kendrick song. GOD DAMN
Money tree is perfect place for shade
The white dude in the front (security) is fuckin up the vibe...
Hell yeah that's what I'm saying
Damn hahah like he might stop the show any second!
Or or.. Hear me out here.. He's just so amazed by Kendrick's performance he can't even contemplate what's going on.
Lol Ik I'm like paying attention to him more
BITCH DON'T KILL MY VIBE! LOL
Thank God For K-Dot...Hip-Hop Needed Him So Bad!!!
My man in the suit has the exaggerated swagger of a black teen. You can see it in his eyes
it's like he's performing in front of his math teacher
1:41 thought J Cole was DJing for a sec lol
thats what i noticed, he does a good job putting his friends on you can tell jay rock had fun with the last chorus
Kendrick we here 2024 it’s your time King💪🏽
been it since 2009
Wonder how all these people doing now, hope all is good
For some reason I love this live performance and come back to watch at least once a year. Love Kendrick and love this song. Also love Jay Rock his verse makes it a top tier song. 💯
Damn I remember watching this video and was my favorite song in the 6th grade shits crazy time flies
This is genuinely my favourite video on CZcams.
Kendrick Lamar and J Cole: KILLING THE GAME!!!
I WAS THEIR FOR THIS MAN ILL NEVER FORGET IT this CD signing set the stage for the superstar he is now and was becoming
Wow..
I wonder how you feel witnessing his humble beginnings to becoming one the best rappers of his generation.. ❤
10 years on.
The white old security guard is just looking at him his face is all serious and shit lol
he's just doing his job :)
still a banger in 2022
Kevin hart coming in at 4:20 surprised me
Lool
+j11dum no fucking shit
lmaoooooo
Lmao nah bro that tyrese from the fast and furious movies 😂😂😂
Andrew P nigga fuck that that's Morgan Freeman get it strait
Jay rock: here u want the mic
Kendrick: naw u keep that bro
"Anybody know this already?" The whole world knows, Kendrick, they know this song very well.
Mad respect for Kendrick but the crowd was on another level when Jay entered.
2:43 Surprise mutha Fucka - Samuel l Jackson 😂😂