The redux of that review is so articulate and reasonable that I feel like we don't even really need to talk about the mbdtf slander anymore. This is coming from somebody who likes the album
@@ziggle5000 idt theres anyone who has: 1. properly listened to mbdtf 2. doesn't hate mbdtf cuz they hate kanye, will agree with a 6/10 review for mbdtf
Let’s argue: you shouldn’t let your taste be dictated by melon, if you like/hate an album, don’t let your opinions be swayed by someone else who sees the music in a different light to you, form an opinion on your own
Sometimes it does open up a new perspective on aspects of music when you read or watch a review making you relisten and realise the flaws or the good aspects in that album I don't think that's necessarily bad.
I think it’s fine to have a review influence your opinion. After all, why listen to a review at all if you’re unwilling to have your opinion changed. But I do agree with you that you shouldn’t feel like someone’s review threatens your own opinions if you disagree with someone’s reasoning behind a review or opinion.
@Johnny Toast Did you even listen to the Faces mixtape? I personally love all his work but that one is also liked by people who would normally not like him
Let’s argue: People complain too much about the good albums they feel didn’t get rated high enough, but never speak on the trash albums that needed to be ranked lower
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Johnny Jiggman I think it’s a good take. I think if you get even more expiremental than Death Grips, it is pretty much you TRYING to be different. 100 Gecs tries SUPER hard to be different, where as Death Grips gets EXTREMELY experimental, while also being able to actually like the music.
Almost every album in the video: Fantano: You see, I actually hated the album because of that exact reason you just complained about so, naturally my opinion is validated. The Ooz: Fantano: Yeah, you're right.
Let’s Argue: Saying “Your review is invalid because you don’t get what ‘X’ artist was going for” is a cheap way to try to take away the validity of someone’s opinion on a record. Most music fans have the basic rudimentary skills to deduce what they like, and don’t like, REGARDLESS of knowing what the artist was “going for”. Melon didn’t dislike Swimming because he’s out of touch, he just didn’t like the record that much, and that’s okay.
There's a huge difference between "I dislike this" and "this is bad." You don't need to know what an artist is trying to do to say you didn't enjoy it, but if you're saying something's bad, you're saying it failed on what it was trying to achieve or it just didn't work as a concept, and if so, you have to understand what said intention was.
Hiatus Kaiyote? Still don’t know how their most recent album is ‘not neo-soul’ or how the performances weren’t technically interesting or of a high standard, that’s my least favourite review
i've gotta agree with the comments saying swimming was the worst review, but can we talk about how he gave AM a 3??? like it's definitely not arctic monkeys best work, but there's no way it was deserving of a score that low
AM was fucking dope. The only reason people don’t like it is bc it went a new direction and towards a direction of rock that hasn’t really been taken. Joshua Hommes production on it was amazing and was definitely a step back up after suck it and see.
I don’t know how House of Balloons wasn’t mentioned. I’d like to hear what he thinks about that now because I don’t know a lot of people who don’t agree it’s one of the most influential and greatest mixtapes of the 2000’s.
Precisely why I dislike his Circles review, felt like he was only trying to honor Mac instead of review the music, Swimming > Circles but Melon-boy made me sad.
@@GamingOS while i would not say swimming is a masterpiece mac fans claim it to be.its a very VERY good album and in my opinion is a strong 7 to an 8.not a 3
Every Mac Miller album should make the list. They're all far too low, especially in comparison to Circles. Swimming so low imo is his worst and Faces was the lowest rated album on his decade list.
Its getting really fucking annoying now, im triggered by all the stupid shit that's spewed in every comment section instead of having an actual on topic discussion about the album Anthony is reviewing
Let’s Argue: Let’s Argue is a flawed series because the whole idea of his album reviews are based on his personal rating for music, which is all subjective to the listener. The idea of us telling Fantano that his personal rating is wrong is impossible because we are not Fantano.
@@pikatechnica5680 this is weak rationalization tbh. How can someone who's whole livelihood is based on scrutinizing other's work, expect to not have HIS scrutinized? I think y'all forget that some ppl might think a review is shit not because of the score, but because of the ACTUAL review. If they think his analysis of a project is underbaked or lacking insight, that's just as valid as his opinion, no? After all, y'all know it's just their opinion, right?
@@subscribetopizzatheonlyrea7322 I’m also gonna have to disagree with my original comment cuz Care for Me is a damn masterpiece and he hated on it😂 in that case, his opinion sucks
@@ThyMushroomMaster edgy cringe lord. It was one of the most powerful releases of the decade. He basically created a new subgenre himself and gave a crazy boost to the whole Canadian music scene. This album made the dark sound mainstream and musicians from all over the world are still inspired by it to this day. If this album hadn't come out, we'd be listening to a pathetic, cheesy, glittering rnb in the Chris Brown style right now.
Your worst review is easily The Weeknd's House of Balloons. Forgetting even your opinion's on it, it's how factually wrong you are on it, like calling him a 'band' and saying 'how much autotune there is over it.'
When the lowest critic review was a 7 and most were 8 or 9 out of 10, I'm not saying he should comform to their reviews, but I wish he would've taken another look at this album from a different pint of view or something. I just don't get how the lyricism alone hurt the mixtape that bad. And even then there were some of the best lyrics of the Weeknd's discography on it
Christian Letellier it was 2011 first of all, and u can’t google something if literally no one knows the answer. Also how u gonna call someone out for fact checking and be wrong?
As much of a meme that is, I for one agree with that review. I don't get all the hype about it, there are a few bangers like power that I can't deny, but other than that the compositions are pretty meh, and the mastering is horrible, I don't care what Kanye or Mike Dean say the digital artifacts on that album sound horrible, it being an artistic choice doesn't change that.
I think he's done acknowledging that review forever, good for him, everything that's needed to be said about it has been said. It's my favorite album but Anthony didn't love it, it's fine.
He is definitely on crack when it comes to this album. It's GORGEOUS with its production and its mixed very well too. How the fuck it's a meh is way beyond me
@@farvezafridifaizurrahman6980 he said saba was drowning in influences, then proceeds to name the influences as people who grew in in his area, the whole album is literally about chicago and walter
I feel like when you do a video like this, you should maybe pick some takes that make you admit some past mistakes or something. Maybe I'm wrong but I feel like, justifying your past reviews for the entirety of a video, really misses out on the opportunity of seperating you from some of your past work. Surely you can't agree with EVERYTHING you said in your 1000+ reviews. And yes, I know you have your "10 times I changed my mind" series.
Carrie and Lowell was on constant repeat when I was working through a shitty breakup three years after it was released, and Mr. Fantano not recognizing that in his review is way beyond the pale.
Agree with the Carrie and Lowell gripe. That album is one of the most beautifully written collection of songs I've heard for as long as I can remember. Wven if you don't end up as emotionally attached to it as some other people, you should at least be able to appreciate the sheer level of songwriting and lyricism.
Why again? It pales so much in comparison to Seven Swans, or really any of his other work. Its beautiful, but that beautiful. Its leaning on the subject matter way too much.
@@TRENKROM Agree to disagree :) I love his other work, but for me Carrie and Lowell is a culmination of all I love about his former albums. The production is beautiful but reserved; the songs are perfectly paced and never too long; the ambient links between songs are gorgeous and (again) understated. I think it feels like a creatively more mature album than anything he's done in the past. It took him from a great artist, in my estimations, to my favourite living artist. I love Seven Swans but I prefer the rich production of C & L. I engineer a lot and always find myself wondering how on earth they got such beautiful sounds. For me it's a perfect album, but I appreciate that you and I will have different tastes. I don't, however, agree in any way that it leans on the subject matter too much. For me that's like saying that Elliott Smith writes about depression too much, or that Feist writes about love too much.
People keep saying its too one dimensional but i think this is a somewhat surface level analysis of the music (not even getting into the subject matter right now). I personally think the song writing is just as varied and dynamic as other sufjan records, but in a more restrained and refined way. I love the album because it is intricate but understated, and not over done, preferring delicate and simple arrangements to unnecessary complexity. I truly find it to be sufjan's best work, taking all the power of his various previous works and distilling it. It's sufjan at his most intimate, both lyrically and musically speaking, and i think the criticism that it is one dimensional comes from comparing it with some of his more theatrical and over the top work.
I mean, the 3 hour livestream is *PRETTY* bad, The only real way to listen to the album is the re-release (Find it on youtube channel Marlow, he has the whole album released in CDQ) I thought Endless sucked until then. But I don't think that makes the Blonde review his worst one.
Whenever Anthony discusses The Ooz, he never mentions the lyrics and I'm wondering why? It's really the crux of the album. The instrumentals meander in order to put the spotlight on what he's saying--like a folk singer who repeats a basic chord progression as they tell a story. I'm wondering if Anthony's ditestment for King Krule comes from a negligence towards Archie's (rather poetic) lyricism.
Him and many reviewers like him avoid lyrics and song writing when they can. Its about production first and style second. Technicality and lyricism come up last.
Lyrics will always be second to music unless you're talking about literal poetry. Not even the best lyrics can save a song that's not sonically compelling. Dylan, Cohen, Reed, etc...they all sound good/cool first and foremost. P.S. I have never listened to this Krule album in my life, for all I know it sounds great.
I don't see why this should be the case. Like if I reviewed Mount Eerie's "A Crow Looked At Me" and argued that it wasn't very self-produced, most people--critics included--would say that I missed the point. Sometimes, other elements take priority.
@@Inacatsuit He dosent even consider them second. also, theme has one out on "compelling" music several times. He used to be inconsistent, now he just leans one way. Unless a band is a strictly musical(no vocals)endeavor, the lyrics should always be in the first three category's of rating a song.
@@1986jamesa you say all that when he is basically enamoured with most of mark kozalek's recent output, and in 2 of his most infamous takes (mbdtf and house of balloons) the key detractor were the lyrical themes. The merits of lyricism is all contextual, as with any aspect of an artwork
I think people have generally and happily agreed to disagree with Anthony, the album is overwhelmingly incredible and yet we love Anthony regardless of his very unpopular opinion on it so might as well let it be
Jokes aside, I think the record aged pretty well and it didn't get the appreciation it deserved back then. If it were released today considering Gambino's success, it think it would have done a lot better
@@ProfChocMilk in all honesty I prefer the first album Tawk Tomohawk to the second one, Choose Your Weapon. Choose your weapon was an amazing album none the less, I would personally give Tawk Tomohawk a 9-10 and Choose Your Weapon an 8. Fantano basically just brushed off Choose Your Weapon and pigeon holed it into the neo-soul genre when the band is a Jazz Fusion band and does so much more then just neo soul.
House Of Balloons: Melon hating on The Weeknd's character based on his lyrics, neglecting the music and thinking it’s unlistenable because of the use of Autotune (while there’s very little to none)
Most people don't realize how much auto tune there is. It comes with listening to as many albums as Melon does, learning as much about each part of the tracks as Melon does, and being as invested in music in general as Melon is. I haven't listened to the album, but I'm gonna trust Melon on this one.
that youtube channel I make music myself and can assure you that although there is autotune on this project it’s very subtle compared to Travis Scott or Nav. Form your own opinion based on your knowledge and not because a music critic says so. Which is what Melon would say as well.
I think a 5 is a number or two too low but going back and listening to it after Virtual Self and Nurture it’s super clear that he has improved, and if I’m going to call those projects maybe an 8 or 9 I have to dock Worlds for being a little more amateur. I also think it hasn’t aged particularly well, or at least as well as Nurture will. I can still get down do some of the tracks but they seem so “of their time” and feel dated already, where the new material from him sounds so much more conceptual and innovative. Also how I feel about Good Faith from Madeon vs his old music. I think it will be a much more important album for him.
here's the thing: imo, most of anthony's 2010 reviews suck. compared to later reviews, they don't really say anything about the music. it's just anthony meandering for 5-6 minutes. i do appreciate him reviewing waaay more obscure stuff than he does nowadays, but yeah, those records deserved better. also, bad score != bad review
I mostly agree with this, but I’d argue he reviews just as much ‘obscure’ or unknown stuff nowadays than back then, I discovered a ton of stuff through him I have not heard anyone else talk about
@@kavoj9483 I'd say you're slightly biased on that one looking at your pfp. Nothing wrong with that but I'd say 7 is fair considering it's a bit bloated
Cam / The Unstable Nerd I’m so happy that Kacey walked away with the Grammy for AOTY. It truly was an amazingly unique country album and that basically was a suckerpunch in the face to Melon when she got it.
Wrong. This album is near perfection. I can't even pick an issue with the album. It isn't even too short considering it's clearly connected to Ye's album.
KSG is a 7 in my eyes. It’s good. Ye and Cudi compliment each other well and they hold their own. I have no idea why people think it’s a 10 but I guess I just don’t hear it the same way most people do Edit: Holy shit this was only 4 months ago? I thought this was my opinion years ago. KSG is a decent to strong 9 for me
This feels like when our class was asked to make a protest about changes to the school and then half way through our protest the vice principal came in and told us how all of our policies are pointless.
Personally, I LOVED stuck in the mud, wats wrong and silk da shocka. Everything else was kinda boring to me. Cilvis Demo is one of my fav projects ever tho
Exactly, if a review is being criticised as bad then it's because we found the reasons to be not satisfactory. Giving the same reasons again doesn't solve the issue
Even the care for me explaination was short and vague lol. I'm on board with most of Fantanos reviews and I'm not a guy who gets too butthurt about someone not liking something I liked, but that Saba review was straight lazy and disappointing. He's given way worse albums way longer breakdowns than that.
The Mitski sex thing is super wrong in my experience. Literally took a road trip with all of my Bros to go see Mitski and none of our female friends like her at all.
@@Moriartart Wow this has more likes then I thought. Yeah lol my wording was weird, I do find it weird that only one of my female friends likes Mitski considering it has a larger female fanbase. To be fair I have a lot of music nerdy guy friends who were pumped when "Puberty 2" came out.
"Men can't understand Mitski" is the worst take. I listened through Be The Cowboy after a rough break-up and felt every song on it on a spiritual level.
Melon is trolling if he seriously thinks Unknown Memory wasn’t an influential album. It’s not the most influential album in the world obviously but within the genres of cloud rap and subsequently emo rap Lean essentially moulded the sound into what it is. Do remember that many current popular rap acts have history with yl. You really think Travis Scott and Carti would sound the way they do today if Lean never existed? Again UM is not as influential as something like live love asap but you’re taking the piss if you can’t see the influence sbe has had.
even if you disregard influence, UM is fucking flames start to finish. production is top tier, lean switched up his style significantly from UD2002 and the whole record just emitts this addicting energy thats euphoric at times and melancholic at others
Mill this. Circles is so similar, and he loved it. I loved swimming from the start and didn’t know how he could shit on it so much. I fully believe if mac was still around he would have shit on Circles too
Asa Henry yeah. Swimming is beautiful I’ve gotten so much enjoyment from I listen to it all the time. It’s beautiful. Don’t understand what’s remotely wrong with it.
I know, opinions yadi, yada, yada... but this is just all my frustration multiplied, your not budging on a single one of these....feels like arguing with somebody
I feel that, but at the end of the day it’s just a dude giving his opinion. He has made videos of how he’s changed his mind on projects. These specific ones apparently weren’t it.
What do you expect? Him to invite a Twitter user to a Discord chat and argue for 30 minutes over each album? Is he supposed to back down every time he gets challenged on a review? In which case there's no point in listening to his criticism if it should only ever reflect your feelings on an album.
@@capttoad8572 I’m late but yeah it makes no sense. At the same time he’ll have an orgasm over some hyper pop shit which is literally the same music but with more distortion
@@capttoad8572 He doesn't like it because it's literally the Gen Z version of things like Evanescense and Linkin Park. Angsty/Depressing music that would most likely only appeal to teenagers and people who think that depression is a personality trait. To my knowledge he's doesn't apply to those categories. In my opinion it's music that you hear on your teens and that's it. I don't understand how some people see them as like some sort holy colective when their music is mediocre to average. Imo of course.
@@marioi.carrillo6264its quite unfair to call them "music for teens who think depression is a personality trait" because whilst yes there are sbe/dg fans like that, it takes away from their artistic credibility because both of those groups are very creative and made unique cloud rap projects that all still sound like nothing else released since
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It's hilarious how hard Yung Lean still makes him seethe. He'll shill a literal who black rapper with absolute shit lyrics like hes God then dunk on any SBE shit.
LET"S AGREE: There is no defined measurement for what makes music "good" or "bad"; art is completely subjective and all we really have is our own perception of what is good and bad music.
It's one of the few albums I can listen to in it's entirety and enjoy. Although I'm not gonna lie I will skip that Chance song whenever I get the chance.
Swimming was your worst review ever. You gave an amazing album a horrid review, you mistook growth and maturity for childishness. Macs growth and sound on Swimming was nothing short of beautiful. It’s easily at least a high 8
He didn’t review it, but the way he dismissed Architects’ Holy Hell was as if he was describing a pierce the veil record. Holy Hell is not about fist pumping metal, it is about grief and acts as a sendoff to the bands previous lead guitarist, written by his brother. If Melon went in with a more open mind, he might have found a golden record which has become one of the most acclaimed and influential metal albums of the last decade.
Honestly he should just stop reviewing metal. He clearly is not into it and is not willing to actually engage with the genre. I feel like I actually lose knowledge when I listen to his takes on it.
Let's agree: everyone needs to stop acting like a 7 is a bad review
A 7 means it’s a great album. 8,9, and 10s are preserved for albums he loves
It's from gaming reviews where 7 is a death sentence
@@twxvybeatz5796 IDK how you get 7 is a "great" album considering 5 is total indifference. 7 is really good, 8-9 are great, 10 is a masterpiece
Nose God 5 is average, 6 is good, 7 is great, 8 is he loved it, 9 is amazing, 10 is perfection
I... agree!
Let’s argue: Melon is actually deaf and is just lying about every song
this movie writes itself
I was gonna like this but it’s on 420 likes so yah
@@devsheth5677 I appreciate the effort
He’s guessing
Just reads the subtitles
Melon, you saying “hoes mad” in response to every comment is not a legitimate argument in court
Haha..............................good one...yes a good one
Hoesthony Madtano
But your honor, he said, "hoes mad". How could I possibly ever refute that argument?
P I K A technica ok humor cop
This is basically the video honestly
I love how he probably ignored like a whole ocean of mbdtf review bad responses
The redux of that review is so articulate and reasonable that I feel like we don't even really need to talk about the mbdtf slander anymore. This is coming from somebody who likes the album
Everyone still thinks he’s wrong but it’s clear he won’t change his mind
@@kip741 "everyone" lol
@@ziggle5000 majority disagree with him, that album is the goat for me
@@ziggle5000 idt theres anyone who has: 1. properly listened to mbdtf 2. doesn't hate mbdtf cuz they hate kanye, will agree with a 6/10 review for mbdtf
Lets argue: Melon has never heard music and is lying to us
Kinyamadege __ I mean he always listen to that dumb beat instead of the actual songs for his track reviews
@@mclennongeoringo8862 true
Ant actually looks like what a deaf person would look like. Just me? Okay.
Like Patrick Bateman?
*Let's Agree
Let’s Argue: this video is 14 minutes of Melon saying “Syke, no such thing as a bad review, you’re all wrong “
Well it's subjective opinions; you can't be subjectively wrong
Yunis Rajab but it’s my subjective opinion that you’re wrong... check mate
Yunis Rajab bruh why do both of you say “subjective opinion” isn’t that redundant lol
TheKeeperofChaos I mean... he argued, so I think that sums up what he was trying to do pretty well
@@YunisRajab depression told me that yeah you can be subjectively wrong
LET'S ARGUE: Your WORST bass intros
Alejandro Castillo Landero hahaha thats cruel but I’m in
Let's talk you better and better than your favorite UA-camr because I am your favorite UA-camr Gaga Gaga
Alejandro Castillo Landero
None of them.
all of them
None.
Smuckers is the best Tyler the creator song. Yep that’s right melon. I formed my own opinion. What’re u gonna do now?
Underated comment
Dude fax
Melon will sneak into your house and beat up your opinion with Cal and a bass guitar
ok you can't have an opinion other than mine
2Seater, find your wings, okaga ca, deathchamp and buffalo are such a good songs too.
Let’s Argue: Anthony hires people to listen to music for him and they have 25 seconds to describe the album to him
and they all have to tell him at once
And then he return them back to his basement
i… agree
This was confirmed in the KG&LW - St. Brunswick East review. That's not even deep lore.
Anthony understands music 100x better than anyone in these comments lmao
this is just anthony defending himself for like 14 minutes
TounVic it’s let’s argue he’s obviously going to argue for his point
He’s defending his ego
I mean it's let's argue
@brokenupbeat i wanted him to turn that 6 upside down >:(
It just seems like he can't take criticisms.
Let's agree: This is just melon defending reviews people are angry about
Yeah hence the title, "let's argue"
@@djtheturtle1399 hence the joke you missed
@@djtheturtle1399 That's the whole point of a "Let's Agree" lmao. Something obvious, true, and easy to agree with.
Man people acting like a 7 is a negative review that hurt them personally
Its not negative but it is wrong for an album like damn to get a 7
I believe that it deserves a lower score than Anthony gave it.
i felt attacked when he gave tetsuo and youth a 7
Matthew Wilcox are u talking about Carrie & Lowell? I personally feel that deserved an 8
VJETROSLAV KURČINIČ Damn is an 8 imo, so idk abt wrong, it’s his opinion. There are some of Kendricks weaker tracks on there.
LETS ARGUE: My BEST “___thony ___tano” intros!
Guanthony Fantanamo Bay is high up there for me
Let’s agree! All of them!
How about we don’t and say we did.
fresh orange here
@@billygarbage7431 That was gonna be my pick. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW, WOOOOOOOOOOW.
I swear the next time I hear someone call a 7/10 criminally too low for albums that aren't even the best by an artist, I'm gonna blow up an orphanage
Communism Works Because I Say It Does A Communist Deadhead, ain’t that something.
Derek Wadas okay wad ass
While I agree with your sentiment, that’s a pretty evil thing to do bud
Big mood.
Honestly I feel like blowing up an orphanage isn’t as bad cause they already have been more unlucky
Anthony: What are my worst reviews
Audience: “these are your worst reviews”
Anthony: “okay, this is why you’re all wrong!”
Kasi Kai let’s argue about the way this episode of let’s argue should have gone.
it’s argue not agree guy
The show is called "let's argue"! What did you expect, quiet agreement about his own failures?
DAISHORYUJIN 95 yeah.
@@daishoryujin95 I mean that'd be a funny video
Let’s argue: you shouldn’t let your taste be dictated by melon, if you like/hate an album, don’t let your opinions be swayed by someone else who sees the music in a different light to you, form an opinion on your own
Can I go further with this and say look at reviews as recommendations instead of being the end all be all?
@@Descro382 agreed
Oh shi-
Finally, someone with common sense in the comments to an Anthony Fantano video!
Sometimes it does open up a new perspective on aspects of music when you read or watch a review making you relisten and realise the flaws or the good aspects in that album I don't think that's necessarily bad.
I think it’s fine to have a review influence your opinion. After all, why listen to a review at all if you’re unwilling to have your opinion changed. But I do agree with you that you shouldn’t feel like someone’s review threatens your own opinions if you disagree with someone’s reasoning behind a review or opinion.
Let's Argue: Your WORST Facial Hair moments
Alabama 100 underrated comment
Pizza hut logo #1
twins
dont forget when he had hair in general
Y’all remember when he had that blonde combover thing 😭
so we just gonna act like he didn't give Mac miller's Swimming a 3..
It's a 2 he gave it a 3 because he's a shill
@Johnny Toast so edgy bro!!!
Johnny Toast Wow Johnny! Your music taste must be amazing
Johnny Toast I sincerely hope you find happiness
@Johnny Toast Did you even listen to the Faces mixtape? I personally love all his work but that one is also liked by people who would normally not like him
Let’s agree: Melon doesn’t age at all, he looks just the same as 10 years ago.
Uranus He’s got vegan superpowers😂
HDM Reviews I respect the reference here
rj c Melons’ vegan, which basically means he’s better than everyone else!😂
Adulthood tends to do that
Uranus Leonardo DiCaprio doesn’t age at all and looks the same after double that amount of time
That new Glass Animals album may not be a masterpiece, but it did not deserve a NOT GOOD just because "Denzel Curry has never even been to Tokyo"
Agreed. I didn't love Dreamland but it deserves far better than a Not good
IMO that’s Melon’s worst review
I'd give it a 4/10
Glass Animals are lame indie bullshit, and I normally love lame indie bullshit
Glass animals fucking sucks
In college, I used to eat chicken fingers while watching the Needle Drop. Now whenever I see Melon, I think of chicken fingers.
Melonian conditioning
Melon being vegan: ironic.
Let’s argue: People complain too much about the good albums they feel didn’t get rated high enough, but never speak on the trash albums that needed to be ranked lower
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Like when he gave Lulu a 6/10
gec 1000
@@subscribetopizzatheonlyrea7322 that's a hot take
Johnny Jiggman I think it’s a good take. I think if you get even more expiremental than Death Grips, it is pretty much you TRYING to be different. 100 Gecs tries SUPER hard to be different, where as Death Grips gets EXTREMELY experimental, while also being able to actually like the music.
Almost every album in the video:
Fantano: You see, I actually hated the album because of that exact reason you just complained about so, naturally my opinion is validated.
The Ooz:
Fantano: Yeah, you're right.
Let’s Argue: Saying “Your review is invalid because you don’t get what ‘X’ artist was going for” is a cheap way to try to take away the validity of someone’s opinion on a record. Most music fans have the basic rudimentary skills to deduce what they like, and don’t like, REGARDLESS of knowing what the artist was “going for”. Melon didn’t dislike Swimming because he’s out of touch, he just didn’t like the record that much, and that’s okay.
But he literally said it was "emotionally vacant" in his review. He literally had no clue what was going on within the record.
There's a huge difference between "I dislike this" and "this is bad." You don't need to know what an artist is trying to do to say you didn't enjoy it, but if you're saying something's bad, you're saying it failed on what it was trying to achieve or it just didn't work as a concept, and if so, you have to understand what said intention was.
I haven’t had a good nights sleep since April 13th, 2011 when you gave House of Balloons a 3/10.
Anthony fantano: "I give this a strong three to a light four"
Also anthony fantano: "I gave that a three, not a four"
yea but in the description of the video, the official score is a 3/10
"I give this a [my actual score] to a [but you can call it this if it makes you feel better]"
@@DrPonk loool
STRONG 3 to a LIGHT 4 so less than 3.5 i.e. just a 3
@@YunisRajab light 4 = 4-4.5 strong 3 = 3.5-3.9
Care for Me was easily the worst review.
Hiatus kayote definitely takes the cake
Kaiyote**
Doesn't even get a real review because it's "poorly groomed and sequenced" tf man
The irony of it being the shortest counter-argument of the video. I need a proper explanation, the review is so damn vague.
Yeah, it’s honestly pathetic. It’s underrated enough as is, but for him to act like there’s nothing there that sticks out is just hilarious.
Let's argue: as long as you liked it, it doesn't matter if an internet melon didn't.
Exactly people should just chill and understand other people have opinions
No, it's wrong to have your own opinion and everyone must bow down to the lord Melon.
i only watch these so i can hear melon’s “hhhha hA *HA HA* Ha” laugh
I can hear this comment
"Ha ha *HAH* "
those are the best
Your worst Reviews imo
3-MBDTF (the original)
2-Swimming
1-House of balloons
youre right he definitely gave mbdtf too high of a score, that shit was complete garbage
@@nicoluspeters7225 get out
I think his biggest mistake was hurry up were dreaming
House of balloons is dumb
@@nicoluspeters7225 it's a perfect 10 dumbass
Hiatus Kaiyote? Still don’t know how their most recent album is ‘not neo-soul’ or how the performances weren’t technically interesting or of a high standard, that’s my least favourite review
Neve Sellers 2ND
your brain is massive and you are a king or queen whichever title you prefer
So true!
I.....AGREE
Yes thank you. That and Saba are the worst ones for me.
i've gotta agree with the comments saying swimming was the worst review, but can we talk about how he gave AM a 3??? like it's definitely not arctic monkeys best work, but there's no way it was deserving of a score that low
I really loved that album. I really love all of Arctic Monkeys work. Favourite band of all time for me. Thought AM def deserved better.
AM was fucking dope. The only reason people don’t like it is bc it went a new direction and towards a direction of rock that hasn’t really been taken. Joshua Hommes production on it was amazing and was definitely a step back up after suck it and see.
This is what you come up with for his worst review, arctic monkeys AM
@@47fortyseven47 oh i don't think it's his worst i just the one i thought of that no one else was talking about, but that seemed unreasonably low
@@votebakri THAT ALBUM FUCKIN SUCKS
Let’s Agree: Fantano purposefully left MBDTF responses out of this video
He is an eminem hater
i was hoping someone would mention the redux review being the same score
Ben Andrews redux was 5-6, original was 6
@@parkcs7529 oh okay, so it was worse 2nd time around. The point still stands that I wish he talked about that
@@crazysteve2362 the main comment is about kanye, not em. My beautiful dark twisted fantasy, not music to be murdered by
The Swimming review is absolutely your worst one
MAGDALENE review pretty bad too
thank youuuuu. someone I can agree with.
I came here to comment this / look for this comment.
Professional Soundcloud Rapper he put that album on the same level of willow smith. Melon at his lowest.
came here to say this.
We should change the name of this video to "A Melon Defends His Bad Choices For 13 Minutes."
He's not defending choices, he's defending opinions- which are subjective...
Swimming by Mac Miller is your worst review hands down
Or maybe hand me downs?*?*? Oh boy
cherry bomb review was probably worse
Bath Salts cherry bomb was a terrible record
@Yer Nan Swimming deserves a high 6 at least
swimming is kinda bad but it's still one of my favourite albums of all time
I don’t know how House of Balloons wasn’t mentioned. I’d like to hear what he thinks about that now because I don’t know a lot of people who don’t agree it’s one of the most influential and greatest mixtapes of the 2000’s.
njhos99 2010’s?
Supreme Crowbar I was saying that it’s one of the best mixtapes since 2000. I could see how that could be confusing though after reading it again.
He put The Weeknd's Trilogy (all three mixtapes, of course) on his best of the decade list, so I suspect he might have warmed up to it.
THANK YOU FOR GOD SAKE
okay Doolittle it was illangelo and Abel
2 Words: Lil Pump
You know good and damn well that it deserved a classic/10
Two words I am the best UA-camr of the Universe I have multiple girlfriends i am extremely funny
Not as much as Lil Xan.
Brain dead eye drops pain meds Cyclops day bed I pod may bay mayback
Mac Miller- Swimming...enough said
Kev Pearson exactly
house of balloons and birds in the trap are a close second/third
what else would you add normally
Precisely why I dislike his Circles review, felt like he was only trying to honor Mac instead of review the music, Swimming > Circles but Melon-boy made me sad.
@@GamingOS while i would not say swimming is a masterpiece mac fans claim it to be.its a very VERY good album and in my opinion is a strong 7 to an 8.not a 3
Magdalene is definitely your worst review
Yupppp
Sup tchalamet
That album is not even that good lmao
@@eaudbedroomdancing of course
Ultraviolence existing
Mac miller’s the divine feminine should make this list.
Every Mac Miller album should make the list. They're all far too low, especially in comparison to Circles. Swimming so low imo is his worst and Faces was the lowest rated album on his decade list.
Divine feminine was god awful man
@@baileyadams9242 It really wasn't
@@JediwitaRedeye i agree with melons 4 score give or take
@@baileyadams9242 At the end of the day, its your opinion, and you're entitled to that wrong opinion.
His house of balloons review was awful i'm surprised no one brought that one up
Yatin Uppal Easily his worst besides MBDTF
Yeah he didnt even really explain why he disliked it so much lmfao
ToO MUch AuTotUne
Perhaps it was brought up and Melon just decided not to address it?
Casey Douglas he redid the MBDTF, its way better but i thini a 6 it’s too high for such a shitty overrated album
time to make a funny ironic comment about fantano sayinf something offensive
Its getting really fucking annoying now, im triggered by all the stupid shit that's spewed in every comment section instead of having an actual on topic discussion about the album Anthony is reviewing
@@Xgennn57 most of them aren't as funny as they used to be
we're figuring out how to get away with the n word, don't blow our cover
The comments section is what happens when you watch nothing but Family Guy reruns.
You'd be the first one 😐
Let’s Argue: Let’s Argue is a flawed series because the whole idea of his album reviews are based on his personal rating for music, which is all subjective to the listener. The idea of us telling Fantano that his personal rating is wrong is impossible because we are not Fantano.
Lets argue: this should be a top comment
except hes defending giving a 7 to an album that made it into his 200 best albums of the decade
@@subscribetopizzatheonlyrea7322 good point but... he doesn't care
@@pikatechnica5680 this is weak rationalization tbh. How can someone who's whole livelihood is based on scrutinizing other's work, expect to not have HIS scrutinized? I think y'all forget that some ppl might think a review is shit not because of the score, but because of the ACTUAL review. If they think his analysis of a project is underbaked or lacking insight, that's just as valid as his opinion, no?
After all, y'all know it's just their opinion, right?
@@subscribetopizzatheonlyrea7322 I’m also gonna have to disagree with my original comment cuz Care for Me is a damn masterpiece and he hated on it😂 in that case, his opinion sucks
Let's argue: worst meme reviews from thatistheplan
None
They're all perfect
kid cudi's speeding bullet to heaven review with no words. only because i made that nightmare. yes the shame lingers.
Who?
@@sussvarman it was still funny as fuck though
His review of The Weeknd’s ”House of Balloons” is a f*king crime
Marlius Boe W
Its a fair review to a very mediocre album
@@ThyMushroomMaster edgy cringe lord.
It was one of the most powerful releases of the decade. He basically created a new subgenre himself and gave a crazy boost to the whole Canadian music scene.
This album made the dark sound mainstream and musicians from all over the world are still inspired by it to this day.
If this album hadn't come out, we'd be listening to a pathetic, cheesy, glittering rnb in the Chris Brown style right now.
@@smartguy8219 tell 'em
@@xotwod7118 yeah. i cant even imagine that someony can agree with that guy who called trilogy "very mediocre album". Just fuck all of them
Your worst review is easily The Weeknd's House of Balloons. Forgetting even your opinion's on it, it's how factually wrong you are on it, like calling him a 'band' and saying 'how much autotune there is over it.'
That fact checking is excusable cuz no one knew if it was a band or person. But review was trash.
When the lowest critic review was a 7 and most were 8 or 9 out of 10, I'm not saying he should comform to their reviews, but I wish he would've taken another look at this album from a different pint of view or something. I just don't get how the lyricism alone hurt the mixtape that bad. And even then there were some of the best lyrics of the Weeknd's discography on it
@@AshwinRaju I forgot there wasn't google in 2012
Christian Letellier it was 2011 first of all, and u can’t google something if literally no one knows the answer. Also how u gonna call someone out for fact checking and be wrong?
we’re talking about bias when this is literally just his opinion...
Not giving Die Lit AT LEAST a 10 was an atrocity
U hilarous
Slatt slatt slatt
Trash
_I know this is irony_
Surprisingly, MBDTF didn't found it's way to get in this video.
As much of a meme that is, I for one agree with that review. I don't get all the hype about it, there are a few bangers like power that I can't deny, but other than that the compositions are pretty meh, and the mastering is horrible, I don't care what Kanye or Mike Dean say the digital artifacts on that album sound horrible, it being an artistic choice doesn't change that.
@@randomchannel-px6ho H A R D disagree
A FEW bangers??? Bruh like every song on that album is a banger
Breadstick Boss not as good as yeezus or graduation 😶
I think he's done acknowledging that review forever, good for him, everything that's needed to be said about it has been said. It's my favorite album but Anthony didn't love it, it's fine.
The OOZ review still makes me sad. Don't come near Archy Again.
André Vital Pardue but the new album just came out. Hide in shelter for a week cuz it's probably going to make you cry
Oli Sonic I know....he put draag on in worst tracks on his track review. 😥😥😥
Lets agree: Anthony is still wrong about Care For Me
most definitely
yup
He did care for me dirty... that album helped me and a lot of others as well as being something different smh melon
He is definitely on crack when it comes to this album. It's GORGEOUS with its production and its mixed very well too. How the fuck it's a meh is way beyond me
@@farvezafridifaizurrahman6980 he said saba was drowning in influences, then proceeds to name the influences as people who grew in in his area, the whole album is literally about chicago and walter
I feel like when you do a video like this, you should maybe pick some takes that make you admit some past mistakes or something. Maybe I'm wrong but I feel like, justifying your past reviews for the entirety of a video, really misses out on the opportunity of seperating you from some of your past work. Surely you can't agree with EVERYTHING you said in your 1000+ reviews. And yes, I know you have your "10 times I changed my mind" series.
@@Foulbrood yeah... OP already mentioned that.
Carrie and Lowell was on constant repeat when I was working through a shitty breakup three years after it was released, and Mr. Fantano not recognizing that in his review is way beyond the pale.
My go to album when I just got to get all my horrible emotions out.
@@catika505 he's a very human artist and he's good to listen to when you're being so deeply, grossly human that nobody wants to be around you.
@@ErinWi sounds like my natural state
Agree with the Carrie and Lowell gripe. That album is one of the most beautifully written collection of songs I've heard for as long as I can remember. Wven if you don't end up as emotionally attached to it as some other people, you should at least be able to appreciate the sheer level of songwriting and lyricism.
Why again? It pales so much in comparison to Seven Swans, or really any of his other work. Its beautiful, but that beautiful. Its leaning on the subject matter way too much.
@@TRENKROM Agree to disagree :) I love his other work, but for me Carrie and Lowell is a culmination of all I love about his former albums. The production is beautiful but reserved; the songs are perfectly paced and never too long; the ambient links between songs are gorgeous and (again) understated. I think it feels like a creatively more mature album than anything he's done in the past. It took him from a great artist, in my estimations, to my favourite living artist.
I love Seven Swans but I prefer the rich production of C & L. I engineer a lot and always find myself wondering how on earth they got such beautiful sounds. For me it's a perfect album, but I appreciate that you and I will have different tastes. I don't, however, agree in any way that it leans on the subject matter too much. For me that's like saying that Elliott Smith writes about depression too much, or that Feist writes about love too much.
@@amremorse What I mean is that its beautiful because the subject matter is beautiful, not because the lyricism or sound is particularly amazing.
People keep saying its too one dimensional but i think this is a somewhat surface level analysis of the music (not even getting into the subject matter right now). I personally think the song writing is just as varied and dynamic as other sufjan records, but in a more restrained and refined way. I love the album because it is intricate but understated, and not over done, preferring delicate and simple arrangements to unnecessary complexity. I truly find it to be sufjan's best work, taking all the power of his various previous works and distilling it. It's sufjan at his most intimate, both lyrically and musically speaking, and i think the criticism that it is one dimensional comes from comparing it with some of his more theatrical and over the top work.
he gave golden hour by kacey musgraves a 4...that one made me mad
Finally got around to listening to it. Very solid album. Definitely not GOAT tier. I like the direction she's heading though.
Anthony’s worst review is when he first reviewed Blonde and dismissed Endless as an artsy detour commissioned by Apple Music.
*relistens and gives it an 8*
I mean, the 3 hour livestream is *PRETTY* bad, The only real way to listen to the album is the re-release (Find it on youtube channel Marlow, he has the whole album released in CDQ) I thought Endless sucked until then. But I don't think that makes the Blonde review his worst one.
I agree with that but I overlooked endless too until the re-release
hey anthony i think you weren't fair reviewing this album
anthony: no
still angry you called Thundercats "Drunk" a bunch of cheesy and cliche sounds from the past. smdfh.
King Of The Ozone I didn’t see that one and I’m already mad. First time I heard Thundercat I was already hooked. Great musician and song writer.
SMBDTF*
@@calvinsears1621 shaking my beautiful dark twisted fanny
DO NOT EVER say anything bad about magdelene
PLEASE
SoapyGuy64 Hush
Pinkisten It’s facts
I was just joking lol
SoapyGuy64 Haha dw I got the sarcasm
Whenever Anthony discusses The Ooz, he never mentions the lyrics and I'm wondering why? It's really the crux of the album. The instrumentals meander in order to put the spotlight on what he's saying--like a folk singer who repeats a basic chord progression as they tell a story. I'm wondering if Anthony's ditestment for King Krule comes from a negligence towards Archie's (rather poetic) lyricism.
Him and many reviewers like him avoid lyrics and song writing when they can. Its about production first and style second. Technicality and lyricism come up last.
Lyrics will always be second to music unless you're talking about literal poetry. Not even the best lyrics can save a song that's not sonically compelling. Dylan, Cohen, Reed, etc...they all sound good/cool first and foremost.
P.S. I have never listened to this Krule album in my life, for all I know it sounds great.
I don't see why this should be the case. Like if I reviewed Mount Eerie's "A Crow Looked At Me" and argued that it wasn't very self-produced, most people--critics included--would say that I missed the point. Sometimes, other elements take priority.
@@Inacatsuit He dosent even consider them second. also, theme has one out on "compelling" music several times. He used to be inconsistent, now he just leans one way. Unless a band is a strictly musical(no vocals)endeavor, the lyrics should always be in the first three category's of rating a song.
@@1986jamesa you say all that when he is basically enamoured with most of mark kozalek's recent output, and in 2 of his most infamous takes (mbdtf and house of balloons) the key detractor were the lyrical themes. The merits of lyricism is all contextual, as with any aspect of an artwork
How many times did people reply with MBDTF?
Ya
Probably like 75% of the replies werr. He probably won't ever really talk about it again tho. His redux review was his final response
after roughly 10 minutes of reading comments, i saw 1 :/
I think people have generally and happily agreed to disagree with Anthony, the album is overwhelmingly incredible and yet we love Anthony regardless of his very unpopular opinion on it so might as well let it be
astrothunder we just need to wait another 5-10 years
I'll never get over the fact that you gave Because The Internet a 5 melon. I'm sorry, but I can't sleep that one away. :(
Jokes aside, I think the record aged pretty well and it didn't get the appreciation it deserved back then. If it were released today considering Gambino's success, it think it would have done a lot better
i don't even care at this point i made it into a fantano vid
true ... an under appreciated album
Because the internet has some dud tracks but it's such an incredible piece of work. Seven for me
Fressh *Simp*
Because The Internet was kinda a terrible review. You just completely missed the point of the album
Agreed
Yessir yessir
100% my least favorite review of him, it's like he listened to the first couple seconds of each song and tried to form an opinion based on that.
Even after he got called out for just talking about the screenplay he’s just talking about the screenplay 😭
Haven't watched yet, he better come to terms with how bad his Hiatus Kayote review is. Edit: dissapointed
Yep, am disappointed aswell
DammitBobby420 I agree. Choose your weapon is absolutely legendary
Josh Hayden that album is the AOTD for me
DIK DIK honestly, probably me too. So many standout tracks; molasses is one of the greatest songs ever
@@ProfChocMilk in all honesty I prefer the first album Tawk Tomohawk to the second one, Choose Your Weapon. Choose your weapon was an amazing album none the less, I would personally give Tawk Tomohawk a 9-10 and Choose Your Weapon an 8. Fantano basically just brushed off Choose Your Weapon and pigeon holed it into the neo-soul genre when the band is a Jazz Fusion band and does so much more then just neo soul.
I thought it was very brave of you to title this video: "Insecure Melon Attempts to Defend Himself"
House Of Balloons: Melon hating on The Weeknd's character based on his lyrics, neglecting the music and thinking it’s unlistenable because of the use of Autotune (while there’s very little to none)
He praised his latest singles...
Most people don't realize how much auto tune there is. It comes with listening to as many albums as Melon does, learning as much about each part of the tracks as Melon does, and being as invested in music in general as Melon is. I haven't listened to the album, but I'm gonna trust Melon on this one.
that youtube channel I make music myself and can assure you that although there is autotune on this project it’s very subtle compared to Travis Scott or Nav.
Form your own opinion based on your knowledge and not because a music critic says so. Which is what Melon would say as well.
100% agree, he didn’t even take notice the music
that youtube channel lmao, how about you listen to the album and formulate your own opinion instead of being a mindless sheep?
Gave Porter Robinson’s Worlds a 5, yet it reigns as one of the greatest electronic albums of the decade.
"one of the greatest"
according to who?
I think a 5 is a number or two too low but going back and listening to it after Virtual Self and Nurture it’s super clear that he has improved, and if I’m going to call those projects maybe an 8 or 9 I have to dock Worlds for being a little more amateur.
I also think it hasn’t aged particularly well, or at least as well as Nurture will. I can still get down do some of the tracks but they seem so “of their time” and feel dated already, where the new material from him sounds so much more conceptual and innovative. Also how I feel about Good Faith from Madeon vs his old music. I think it will be a much more important album for him.
here's the thing: imo, most of anthony's 2010 reviews suck. compared to later reviews, they don't really say anything about the music. it's just anthony meandering for 5-6 minutes. i do appreciate him reviewing waaay more obscure stuff than he does nowadays, but yeah, those records deserved better.
also, bad score != bad review
Professor Loomynarty shut up stupie
I mostly agree with this, but I’d argue he reviews just as much ‘obscure’ or unknown stuff nowadays than back then, I discovered a ton of stuff through him I have not heard anyone else talk about
His Man on the Moon 2 review was pretty bad, idk how he only gave it a 6.. Album is like an 8 or 9
@@kavoj9483 I'd say you're slightly biased on that one looking at your pfp. Nothing wrong with that but I'd say 7 is fair considering it's a bit bloated
This although its cool to know peoples music tastes CAN become better and articulating your musical tastes better is possible.
The “Golden Hour” review is up there with one of the worst.
He did that album dirty
All of the singles are fantastic, prefer the previous albums.
Cam / The Unstable Nerd I’m so happy that Kacey walked away with the Grammy for AOTY. It truly was an amazingly unique country album and that basically was a suckerpunch in the face to Melon when she got it.
Strongly agree
@Conrad Nickelson that's literally the point of this video.
6:16 joker laugh caught me off guard
still think kids see ghosts aint quite a ten lol.
great record, absolutely fantastic, but not QUITE a ten.
Wrong. This album is near perfection. I can't even pick an issue with the album. It isn't even too short considering it's clearly connected to Ye's album.
@@kiandocherty3589 kanye didnt make enough gun sounds
KSG is a 7 in my eyes. It’s good. Ye and Cudi compliment each other well and they hold their own. I have no idea why people think it’s a 10 but I guess I just don’t hear it the same way most people do
Edit: Holy shit this was only 4 months ago? I thought this was my opinion years ago. KSG is a decent to strong 9 for me
@@kiandocherty3589 if you mean "no misses" by perfection then its a wrog argument. A 7/10 can have no misses too
Y’all snubbed Saba again. At least you hit him with a compliment
This feels like when our class was asked to make a protest about changes to the school and then half way through our protest the vice principal came in and told us how all of our policies are pointless.
The ooz is his worst review
U know he have mbdtf a 6 right??
@@astrothunder3580 True, it should be lower
@@petitnicollas lol
Honestly all of his King Krule reviews haven’t been very good which I really don’t get. 6ft, The Ooz, and now Man Alive are all great.
The ooz is depression
Let's agree: Swimming was his worst and unfair album review.
Well he changed his opinion
Next: Albums that you Overrated???
kids see ghosts
That fucking hobo Johnson album holy shit my ears puked when I tried to listen to it
@Genesis Vira it's a 9 imo, still very good i own the record.
Every fucking death grips album
@@Dondraper87104 What about Goverment Plates he gave it a 6
Still don’t understand how you didn’t like The Sun’s Tirade...
Personally, I LOVED stuck in the mud, wats wrong and silk da shocka. Everything else was kinda boring to me. Cilvis Demo is one of my fav projects ever tho
But he did like it. A 6 is a positive review.
Man I love that album so much
6 ain’t shit
U D I mean people say the same thing about Earl so I think calling an album boring isn’t really a meaningful criticism
I somehow thought he wouldnt be just justifying himself and show some reflection
He's giving reasons for his opinions. He's not gonna 180 bcs a dude on the internet got mad about a mediocre record.
@@aidandowdall1504 pretty sure he already gave his reasons in the review videos. This one doesnt really add anything
Exactly, if a review is being criticised as bad then it's because we found the reasons to be not satisfactory. Giving the same reasons again doesn't solve the issue
nicconator you must be new here. He’s been this way.
Even the care for me explaination was short and vague lol. I'm on board with most of Fantanos reviews and I'm not a guy who gets too butthurt about someone not liking something I liked, but that Saba review was straight lazy and disappointing. He's given way worse albums way longer breakdowns than that.
lets agree: i have no bad reviews, shut up.
The Mitski sex thing is super wrong in my experience. Literally took a road trip with all of my Bros to go see Mitski and none of our female friends like her at all.
miguel polanco am a female and can confirm we do not like mitski
@@Moriartart Wow this has more likes then I thought. Yeah lol my wording was weird, I do find it weird that only one of my female friends likes Mitski considering it has a larger female fanbase. To be fair I have a lot of music nerdy guy friends who were pumped when "Puberty 2" came out.
i only know girls who like mitski actually.
macy’s boring channel same here, and my dad likes lush lol
"Men can't understand Mitski" is the worst take. I listened through Be The Cowboy after a rough break-up and felt every song on it on a spiritual level.
and you still didn’t understand it
big same also can someone truly understand mitski besides mitski herself?
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@@no-tg4me as if you can speak for anyone else’s personal experience? Ok
Nothing will ever be worse than his Mac Miller Swimming review.
Carrie & Lowell is my second favorite album ever, just behind Have One on Me.
It's really good. Anthony just has too many living parents.
You and the needledrop should collab.. the two of you combined would def have the best teeth in the game
Why are we not talking about Mac Miller’s “Swimming”?
Dylan Hill THIS
Because he will never admit he is wrong about that record lol. He would have to admit he was being harder on Mac before his death than after it
You wouldn't care about that review if Mac didnt get himself killed.
@@littleratfella6857 I wouldn't care about that record if it didn't fucking slap
Darth Boxman haha edgy lol because he’s dead lmao
Melon is trolling if he seriously thinks Unknown Memory wasn’t an influential album. It’s not the most influential album in the world obviously but within the genres of cloud rap and subsequently emo rap Lean essentially moulded the sound into what it is. Do remember that many current popular rap acts have history with yl. You really think Travis Scott and Carti would sound the way they do today if Lean never existed? Again UM is not as influential as something like live love asap but you’re taking the piss if you can’t see the influence sbe has had.
even if you disregard influence, UM is fucking flames start to finish. production is top tier, lean switched up his style significantly from UD2002 and the whole record just emitts this addicting energy thats euphoric at times and melancholic at others
this isn't even what he said LMAO what the fuck?
The worst one, imo, will always be Swimming.
Mill this. Circles is so similar, and he loved it. I loved swimming from the start and didn’t know how he could shit on it so much. I fully believe if mac was still around he would have shit on Circles too
Asa Henry damn. Deep take
No, swimming was a fair review
Asa Henry yeah. Swimming is beautiful I’ve gotten so much enjoyment from I listen to it all the time. It’s beautiful. Don’t understand what’s remotely wrong with it.
Asa Henry maybe there were just a few elements of Circles that he preferred over Swimming. What score did he give swimming?
I know, opinions yadi, yada, yada... but this is just all my frustration multiplied, your not budging on a single one of these....feels like arguing with somebody
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Let's Argue has always been nothing more than the title, it's really "Melon's rebuttal to your opinions"
at least he is consistent. that’s a lot more than most reviewers can say.
I feel that, but at the end of the day it’s just a dude giving his opinion. He has made videos of how he’s changed his mind on projects. These specific ones apparently weren’t it.
What do you expect? Him to invite a Twitter user to a Discord chat and argue for 30 minutes over each album? Is he supposed to back down every time he gets challenged on a review? In which case there's no point in listening to his criticism if it should only ever reflect your feelings on an album.
Should have included Bon Iver - 22, A Million, still can't believe he gave it a 5, it was one of the best albums of the decade imo.
It absolutely was one of the best of the decade. It really taps into some visceral emotion.
No cap, one of my favorite records of the 2010s
i’m willing to take the heat for this one: bladee’s “red light”
Fr i dont get why fantano and so much of his audience are so opposed to sadboys/drain gang
@@capttoad8572 I’m late but yeah it makes no sense. At the same time he’ll have an orgasm over some hyper pop shit which is literally the same music but with more distortion
@@capttoad8572 He doesn't like it because it's literally the Gen Z version of things like Evanescense and Linkin Park. Angsty/Depressing music that would most likely only appeal to teenagers and people who think that depression is a personality trait. To my knowledge he's doesn't apply to those categories. In my opinion it's music that you hear on your teens and that's it. I don't understand how some people see them as like some sort holy colective when their music is mediocre to average. Imo of course.
@@marioi.carrillo6264its quite unfair to call them "music for teens who think depression is a personality trait" because whilst yes there are sbe/dg fans like that, it takes away from their artistic credibility because both of those groups are very creative and made unique cloud rap projects that all still sound like nothing else released since
We need a part 2 with Mac Miller's - Swimming.
Still my hardest disagree with a review of his ive had
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And then he review circles well because he died.
danielrc14 he reviewed circles positively because it was good
almost 14 minutes of "nah im still right actually" what a treat :)
can hardly blame him tho those comment arguments were weeeeeeaaaak
cowboi ......or he most likely passed over the ones that were solid arguments that went into thorough detail
It's hilarious how hard Yung Lean still makes him seethe. He'll shill a literal who black rapper with absolute shit lyrics like hes God then dunk on any SBE shit.
I mean, most of the comments were 'You had an opinion but that's not the same as my opinion.'
House of balloons it's easly his worst review.
LET"S AGREE: There is no defined measurement for what makes music "good" or "bad"; art is completely subjective and all we really have is our own perception of what is good and bad music.
...and then there's angelic 2 the core
Because The Internet was full of bangers, especially in the first half. Sweatpants, 3005, Crawl, etc
I KNOW RIGHT BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHEN YOU BECOME A PART OF HIS CHANNEL
It's one of the few albums I can listen to in it's entirety and enjoy. Although I'm not gonna lie I will skip that Chance song whenever I get the chance.
Really, The Worst Guys is pretty good imo
Swimming was your worst review ever. You gave an amazing album a horrid review, you mistook growth and maturity for childishness. Macs growth and sound on Swimming was nothing short of beautiful. It’s easily at least a high 8
Thank you
swimming is so boring lmao Strong 5 for me
@@justin9571 It's not Boring, it's a *vibe*, that's like calling Tame Impala or MGMT boring lol. It's just slower paced.
@@justin9571 Or it's not your type of music? Lol fuckin ignorant
@@kavoj9483 if "not my type of music" is a valid comeback then why are you guys criticizing melon in the first place? Idiots
Because The Internet has to be up there
He didn’t review it, but the way he dismissed Architects’ Holy Hell was as if he was describing a pierce the veil record. Holy Hell is not about fist pumping metal, it is about grief and acts as a sendoff to the bands previous lead guitarist, written by his brother. If Melon went in with a more open mind, he might have found a golden record which has become one of the most acclaimed and influential metal albums of the last decade.
I agree, Melon goes in with "it's shit mindset" for some reviews
Honestly he should just stop reviewing metal. He clearly is not into it and is not willing to actually engage with the genre. I feel like I actually lose knowledge when I listen to his takes on it.