Dave is the definition of a perfectionist. Reminds me a lot of Kanye and Frank Ocean who care more about the quality of their albums than the quantity of the music they produce and I personally think this really pays off, it’s an album I’ll never get tired of like psychodrama. Beyond that the level of his storytelling lyricism and wordplay and how he paints pictures in your mind and the emotional connection you get with each song… he’s my favourite artist in the UK. We may have to wait 2 years for another album but with Dave it’s always worth the wait.
I thought this album would be bad just gassed up because it’s Dave but fuck man I think this album is better than phycodrama and I was going through a mental warfare within myself that album made me realise that I’m not alone and showed me I needed help which I did get and I’m glad I did
Imagine the scene, it’s 11:30pm, your on a 2.5hr train to Leeds from London. you open UA-cam and see your fav album of the year being reviewed by your fave uk reactor. Just in time Lee, just in time
"F*** a gun charge, 2 swords I'm a Ronin. Błaszczykowski, I'm tryna score with the Polish" is the best bar on this album. Dave is referring to how Błaszczykowski witnessed his father stab his mum to death at a young age, hence it isn't a gun charge. A Ronin is a samurai (who often carries two swords) with no master, Dave uses this to say how he grew up without 1 parent just like Błaszczykowski. The word "score" means that he shot drugs with the Polish, as there is also a high population of Polish people in the Streatham area, where he grew up (me being one of them lol) Give this man a round of applause please 👏🏼 57:05 From @AzzHD
@@heyah1447 F*** a gun charge, 2 swords (double edge, for the decisions made) I'm a Ronin (the consequence of wandering, or falling out of favor) - this is how I interpreted it. A good explanation by op especially on the Polish bar. Grew up in Streatham Vale, made me shrug and nod when I acknowledged the truth in it.
If you started the album at midnight when it was released, the song Twenty to One starts at 12:40, twenty to one. “Look at the time it’s twenty to one”. Dave is just a beast man.
thing you realise looking at comments and different reactions is how damn good this project is, every comment is a different favourite song cause literally the whole album is sick
01:10 Track 1 Were All Alone 13:26 Track 2 Verdansk 19:32 Track 3 Clash 29:20 Track 4 In The Fire 01:02:41 Track 5 Three Rivers 01:13:22 Track 6 System 01:17:33 Track 7 Lazurus 01:24:16 Track 8 Law Of Attraction 01:29:01 Track 9 Both Sides Of A Smile 01:44:38 Track 10 Twenty To One 01:52:14 Track 11 Heart Attack 02:11:07 T rack 12 Survivors Guilt
Dave himself, James Blake, jae5, and Kyle evens produced this album, and it’s crazy how good Dave is at it. Dave produced fredos whole album… Deep that
he on a different level , the album dropped at 12.00 AM Midnight, the track "Twenty to 1" if you listened to the album from when it dropped would of started playing for you at 12.40, ( twenty to 1 ) . say no more , different class
The amount of respect and hope Dave must have for Meeks has to be massive, to put him on a tune with 3 of the UK’s greats and himself you don’t just do that if you don’t have confidence for an newer artist.
@@tylerwat_7985 No disrespect to Meeks but you can't compare him to Ghetts or Giggs who are legends in grime, Meekz just needs more time then he's there.
@@tylerwat_7985 I DONT THINK HES DISRESPECTING Meek. He was just saying Dave clearly sees something special in him to put him on a track with grime legends. especially after the way meekz performed last night at the brits. Dave has the hope he becomes massive
We Are Alone In This Together when we say LeeToTheVI is a certified G for being dedicated to give us the reaction type of content to this art masterpiece by Dave 💪🏿👊🏿
@@leetothevi will you please do fredos new album reaction when it drops and release it on UA-cam please he has mad features on it etc potter paper, suspect from active gxang and clavish
Top marks for this album, something for everyone. Bars, features, party tunes, storytelling, protest. Dave,,, is,,, the,,, man. This is surely the golden era of UK hip hop, so many great albums in the past year.
Three Rivers...fucking hell man that song had me in tears when dave was speaking about eastern european countries in the 90s. I’m an albanian from Kosovo and my people still suffer to this day. So glad that that there are people that know what happened back then. Survivor’s guilt... I feel sorry for Dave having to be in a situation like that with his girl, i’m just going to clear up for all the mandem that don’t know why it’s like that with albanians: Most of the first-generation immigrants from Albania and Kosovo are still in trauma from what happened and they refuse to let anyone outside their culture marry their children, as they only trust their own people due to severe betrayal back in the 90’s (yugoslavia war). This always got passed down generations but its slowly going away as more albanians are immigrating into other countries. big up Lee!!
That's what an album is supposed to be though. You're totally right, sadly Dave is one of the few rappers out there nowadays who actually make albums, not collections of songs.
Both sides of a smile... This song is simply amazing...the bars from Dave just hit different, James Blake is in his bag with the vocals and the beat that kicks in when you think the song is ending is so wavy! Looking forward to hearing this live next year!
Love how Heart Attack is revisting his song Panic Attack from 2016: same opening line and a description of knife length, not being able to sleep, same intrumental but slightly different
@@JonDenton nahh you see I actually watched your reaction and it was the only one I liked 😭 discovered your channel when listening to it and subbed. Not seen other big channels react to it yet though.
Translation for the chorus of Lazarus 01:17:33: Oya tete de = Hurry up and come/arrive Je k'in de = When I get there Gb'owo de = Bring the money over here Je ko kpe = Make sure it's all there O da bi kpe ko kpe = Doesn't look like its all here O da bi kpe o ya were = Looks like you've gone mad!
sick vid g, i love how much passion you actually show most man are just doing dead fake reactions for views but you actually love the music and it shows
Just had to revisit this again. This album is pure art and is arguably the best album of the year for me. Lee’s reaction and breakdown makes it better as well 🧡
the polish bar is mad cos blascivovski's dad killed his mum and a ronin is a masterless samurai so he's saying the player lost his master, and ofc the polish wap
@@barry4649 still love that line from streatham “my young gs done draws and eights now I’m cutting through bricks like the 118” literally has 6 different interpretations which is madness
@@AccountHolder007 draws and eights.... like the 118. 1-1 ( a draw) and then 8. The 118 bus goes through Brixton. In the 118 advert the guys run through bricks. Draws and eights refer to drugs and bricks means cocaine The 118 bus crashed into bricks the other year.
I've just got to thank you for this extremely thorough video, lee. As a non-brit (hell, as a non-english native speaker even) some of the meaning in Dave's lyrics is inevitably lost on me from time to time, but you just pick through every bar with incredible detail and attention, and it helps me grasp the full meaning of every riddim. So thank you, and thank you for your incredible energy too. (Still shaking from that cypher though, jesus fucking christ.)
James Blake has a mad list of records with rappers, chance the rapper, kendrick, drake, andre 3000, dave, slowthai, travis scott, RZA he's worked withVince Staples, Frank Ocean, Beyonce and Jay Z! He won a Grammy with Kendrick! Won a Mercury and an Ivor Novello, mans a goat.
this video made me love the album even more. just even more hype and reasoning behind each track. lee's reaction is unmatched and i feel blessed to have the feeling of going through the emotions of the album with a person that breaks down the lyrics so well. thanks lee
you fkn give me life lol, and on a real one i dont have anyone in my circle who appreciates the UK scene so listening to everything with you is dope! love youtube and your work cuz
This guy does the best reactions on UA-cam no doubt, I catch my self laughing whenever you get gassed. Dave is different with it, 3rd listen to the album and you caught so many lines for me, I appreciate your work man
You know I went into this album the wrong way. I had Psychodrama expectations overlooking his new album. My approach was wrong. But as I’m sitting here listening to your review, it’s like we’ve sat down and we’re reviewing and brainstorming on this album only. Your introspect on this album has enlightened and made me see just how mind blowing this album really is. It’s coming from a different zone. Bless up! Dave is one smart brudda I give him that.
@@aminaabdi3586 For real. It was almost like listening to my own life play out like potentially mixing with bad crowds and getting into some madness, luckily the olders in my ends kept me on track so I avoided that life. Now graduating uni and the fam is blessed. Dave is spitting facts.
The fact Ghetts separated himself on that track and has been one of the biggest talking points on Daves album speaks volumes to Ghetts as an artist. He's so different.
Ghetts verse makes me excited for his future there’s not a single mc on the planet who’s done music as long as he has and yet is still able to progress in ability way past any name out there. Conflict of interest was just the beginning - his best moment is yet to come in my eyes. Deluxe and new album by the end of the year. I’m sure this project will spur him on to achieve ever greater things…
@@barry4649 you got point there bro defo. They are both my fav. I just think Ghetts for me cause he has been more consistent. I will kill for another Kano album still.
Apparently "Twenty to One", when he says "look at the time it's twenty to one", if you'd started the album at midnight on launch it would've been 00:40am. Deep levels
Not watched any of your reactions before. I love this album Dave is incredible ,I've always been a Kano fan with his smart intelligent lyrics and Dave is no exception , your reaction to this album amplified it for me. I've subscribed. Honestly keep up the good work I'll keep watching
“Fuck honour, this revolver is onomatopoeic Let it "Stut-tut-tut-tut-tut-tut-ter" when you see him” … This bar is absolutely outrageous and I hope it doesn’t go over peoples head. If you don’t know what an onomatopoeia is it’s something that resembles/suggests the sound that it describes. It may not be the hardest bar in the album, but his delivery and thought process behind what he writes is second to none.
I dk why but the first 2 and the last 2 were all alone, verdansk, heart attack and survivors guilt, all are my personal favourites but this whole album as a whole is truly beautiful, album of be year IMO, and probs the only artist I could trust to represent the uk scene
Just incase if some of y’all didn’t know “Twenty to One” if you played the album on it’s midnight drop depending on where you live of course when that song starts it’s exactly 20 to 1 😊
The best reactor gives us the best reaction. Here with us from start to finish. I wish this was 4 hours long. Big up to the brother LeeToTheVI for giving us this.
When the album dropped I was patiently waiting for a reaction to one or two of the tracks from the album, and you blessed us with a whole album reaction. God bless, our donny👊🏼
Ghetts: I'm focused, I don't need to burn the kush This is Moses speakin' to the burnin' bush Referring too kush as (weed) but also the kingdom kush tgat is where the biblical story of Moses and the burning bush takes place 🔥🔥🔥
one of the best reactions i've watched, you understand the songs on a next level and want to understand the project in depth. Keep up the amazing work!!
brother i live in America but used to live in uk, feel like i get to listen to these songs with my boys back home when i watch them wit you, plus you keep me upto date with uk scene. keep it up bro
"It's demanding more from you as a listener, in an emotional capacity." Couldn't have summed up Heart Attack better, those ten minutes are fucking ridiculous.
Dave has been consistently top 5 in the uk scene since the very start of his career. Maybe not in views or money, but the amount of respect his fans have for him, the realness of almost everything he says, he’s an amazing artist who allows himself to show everyone who’s struggling or has struggled that it can be better when you follow your dreams. I’d go as far to say he could be the future of the uk scene for years to come. Very special album from a very special artist.
The levels Lee puts into reactions is unmatched! Literally pulling apart each song, each bar. Seeing behind it all. Unmatched level of effort and dedication. Love keep grinding ❤️
I've come across your channel about 1 and a half years ago and I still watch parts of this video every day man. I love dave and its great to see people like you be passionate about his music too. You're a big inspiration to loads of people and I wish all the best for you. Definitely my favorite video on youtube so keep it up! Big up Lee
Disagree, it's still a stretch. The bar can stand alone on its own. Dave can take the expectation of being a young art collector. You can't reach the conclusion that he was referring to Pascal simply because he mentioned art a d pressure without reaching for that. If Pascal were Basquiat, who was a young black artist, that would have been a little within reach. "How the fuck I end up bein' Harvey Specter? Young black art collector, I could take the pressure Had the scales, now suits that come made to measure"
@@Mcforlarr Point well made. What I really love is the depth of the bars and the thoughts that people have when they hear them. The beauty is people hear what they want to hear.
Three Rivers is definitely the top track for me, Reminds me of question time and hangman. To me it’s Dave at his peak, wordplay, flow, Hard beat and most importantly speaking from experience and the heart. Relatable to a lot of people and is an issue that needs to be spoken about more.
Yeah I done like a broken down version of a review of the album in my notes and the song I put down as daves signature type of song was three rivers, literally enters his element when he makes a song like this
The fact you stayed true to your opinions and understood “Both sides of a Smile” just shows your calibre and quality of the “ears” you have for music! Keep it up!
Been waiting for this reaction!!! Imagine my joy seeing a whole 2.5 hour album reaction 🙌 my fave music react channel, Lee keep doing your shit man! Sick album, your screwfacing is exactly the way I first heard it 🔥
@@jonathanmcdonald1994 bro who u listening to that has a better album than this? I’m not even a huge Dave fan but after listening to the album I done grew 100000% more to him this album had songs that I feel changed up the current game HEART ATTACK is one of the best songs I’ve heard in years but you know better than me I guess 🤡
@@KiraYoza no currently listening to albums... this past few years has been horrific for music. drake and kanye will have to save the day again. "HEART ATTACK is one of the best songs I’ve heard in years " < then you need a new playlist quicktime. and I'm a massive dave fan.
Can’t believe leevii missed the bar on ‘heart attack’ where it goes “he can go to sleep and get a different type of wake from it” relating to funerals when you attend the wake before or after the burial I’m not sure
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The fact the reaction started when it was bright and sunny and ended when it was night time🤣
Lee the 🐐
😂
Watched this last night. Back to watch every perfect second of it again 😂
mad how time works
Take my like my g 😂😂
Dave is the definition of a perfectionist. Reminds me a lot of Kanye and Frank Ocean who care more about the quality of their albums than the quantity of the music they produce and I personally think this really pays off, it’s an album I’ll never get tired of like psychodrama. Beyond that the level of his storytelling lyricism and wordplay and how he paints pictures in your mind and the emotional connection you get with each song… he’s my favourite artist in the UK. We may have to wait 2 years for another album but with Dave it’s always worth the wait.
🐐🐐🐐🐐
I thought this album would be bad just gassed up because it’s Dave but fuck man I think this album is better than phycodrama and I was going through a mental warfare within myself that album made me realise that I’m not alone and showed me I needed help which I did get and I’m glad I did
Same here still listening to psychodrama till this day, i know for sure the same Will happen with this one
That is exactly what I thought straight away; Kanye West.
Sorry he sold out for beats and hits .
He has talent .. be yourself !
Imagine the scene, it’s 11:30pm, your on a 2.5hr train to Leeds from London. you open UA-cam and see your fav album of the year being reviewed by your fave uk reactor. Just in time Lee, just in time
Not all heros wear capes...
That two and a half hours must’ve flew by
I'm doing a brum to London train on monday and wish if have fucking waited.. this was everything
"F*** a gun charge, 2 swords I'm a Ronin. Błaszczykowski, I'm tryna score with the Polish" is the best bar on this album. Dave is referring to how Błaszczykowski witnessed his father stab his mum to death at a young age, hence it isn't a gun charge.
A Ronin is a samurai (who often carries two swords) with no master, Dave uses this to say how he grew up without 1 parent just like Błaszczykowski.
The word "score" means that he shot drugs with the Polish, as there is also a high population of Polish people in the Streatham area, where he grew up (me being one of them lol)
Give this man a round of applause please 👏🏼
57:05
From @AzzHD
The Triple/Quadruple Entendre on this bar gets me gassed everytime i hear it... Insane!!!
Yeezzz didnt know this damnnn thats crazyy
Isn’t ronin a marvel character too? He’s known for having 2 swords
@@heyah1447 F*** a gun charge, 2 swords (double edge, for the decisions made) I'm a Ronin (the consequence of wandering, or falling out of favor) - this is how I interpreted it. A good explanation by op especially on the Polish bar. Grew up in Streatham Vale, made me shrug and nod when I acknowledged the truth in it.
Love from.poland !
Well, I got my dinner ready, and here is a perfect reaction video to watch.
Btw, this album is straight fire. Dave made a legendary tape
@@BeforeTheyWereFamous Facts
@@BeforeTheyWereFamous mad that YOU are here
I’m still surprised that you guys watch him
How long you eating for? 😅
If you started the album at midnight when it was released, the song Twenty to One starts at 12:40, twenty to one. “Look at the time it’s twenty to one”. Dave is just a beast man.
Guess I'm staying up until 2:30am
Same here mate
fr got work at 7:30 aswell
Verdanksd
😂😂😂
The legends all come to pay respect to the legend. Big up Jon. First review of this album I watched 🙌🏻
Twenty To One is the most underrated song on the album, that whole second verse just slaps DIFFERENTLY
Init it’s so good my fav song
thing you realise looking at comments and different reactions is how damn good this project is, every comment is a different favourite song cause literally the whole album is sick
@@ryxn9361 Its hard but Heart attack I personally believe that deserves a award
True
@@showkatali4896 frrr
01:10 Track 1 Were All Alone
13:26 Track 2 Verdansk
19:32 Track 3 Clash
29:20 Track 4 In The Fire
01:02:41 Track 5 Three Rivers
01:13:22 Track 6 System
01:17:33 Track 7 Lazurus
01:24:16 Track 8 Law Of Attraction
01:29:01 Track 9 Both Sides Of A Smile
01:44:38 Track 10 Twenty To One
01:52:14 Track 11 Heart Attack
02:11:07 T rack 12 Survivors Guilt
mad respect for the length of this one and sticking with it :D
Half an hour on in the fire 😭😭😭😭
MAN GAVE “IN THE FIRE” A 30 min BREAKDOWN YANA! CMON MY G! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Pin your Comment so when ppl hop on the comments first thing they see is the Timestamps ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Respect man
Dave himself, James Blake, jae5, and Kyle evens produced this album, and it’s crazy how good Dave is at it. Dave produced fredos whole album… Deep that
Madddd🙏🔥
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He didn’t produce fredos whole album only like 3 songs
he executive produced he only produced a few on there
Watching Lee react to music makes you appreciate it 100x more wallahi
Thank you my G 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
No doubt
How u sayin wallahi 😂
he on a different level , the album dropped at 12.00 AM Midnight, the track "Twenty to 1" if you listened to the album from when it dropped would of started playing for you at 12.40, ( twenty to 1 ) . say no more , different class
Remind me of his bar in clash 12:54 like 6 to 1
he didn’t mean to do it but i feel it’s more impressive that it was an accident lol
Repeating next man's knowledge embarrassing get a job
🤯🤯🤯
THIS. FUCKING. GUY.
I literally catch new bars and wordplay every single time I listen. This album is STACKED.
That’s what you get with Dave!!! 💯💯💯
The amount of respect and hope Dave must have for Meeks has to be massive, to put him on a tune with 3 of the UK’s greats and himself you don’t just do that if you don’t have confidence for an newer artist.
the disrespect on meekz bro
Meekz was on their level for sure
@@tylerwat_7985 No disrespect to Meeks but you can't compare him to Ghetts or Giggs who are legends in grime, Meekz just needs more time then he's there.
@@tylerwat_7985 I DONT THINK HES DISRESPECTING Meek. He was just saying Dave clearly sees something special in him to put him on a track with grime legends. especially after the way meekz performed last night at the brits. Dave has the hope he becomes massive
We Are Alone In This Together when we say LeeToTheVI is a certified G for being dedicated to give us the reaction type of content to this art masterpiece by Dave 💪🏿👊🏿
My G thank you 🙏🏾
Man like Alkebulan Trust.
@@leetothevi will you please do fredos new album reaction when it drops and release it on UA-cam please he has mad features on it etc potter paper, suspect from active gxang and clavish
"LIFE AND DEATH IS IN THE BALANCE" ... I felt that 😤🔥🔥
who’s on pro dukky 😂😂
Top marks for this album, something for everyone. Bars, features, party tunes, storytelling, protest. Dave,,, is,,, the,,, man. This is surely the golden era of UK hip hop, so many great albums in the past year.
Over half an hour just for In The Fire 😭 someone get Lee a fucking medal G
😭 😭
The energy Lee oozes when listening to deep meaningful bars could power a small town for a year, easy.
Three Rivers...fucking hell man that song had me in tears when dave was speaking about eastern european countries in the 90s. I’m an albanian from Kosovo and my people still suffer to this day. So glad that that there are people that know what happened back then.
Survivor’s guilt... I feel sorry for Dave having to be in a situation like that with his girl, i’m just going to clear up for all the mandem that don’t know why it’s like that with albanians: Most of the first-generation immigrants from Albania and Kosovo are still in trauma from what happened and they refuse to let anyone outside their culture marry their children, as they only trust their own people due to severe betrayal back in the 90’s (yugoslavia war). This always got passed down generations but its slowly going away as more albanians are immigrating into other countries. big up Lee!!
my Albanian brother, you lot stay strong 🤞🏼❤️
My bratko u speaking facts as a Greek raised with many Balkan friends I have seen the struggle
Hi, also had me as well, and I’m Ukranian
Stay strong my Albanian brother. Love from Finland.
Thank u for ur post bro, ur post touched us also. Stay strong.
Anyone 2024 watching this again??
Yh In thr fire too cold g
2025 bruv
2 hours 23 mins? Dedication Lee… here for it
Dedication is mad, 30 mins on into the fire you know
i thought this was gonna be patreon but i ain’t complaining
@@touchavellishewasonly14 your name is 🔥🙌🤣🤣
When Dave does a album its not just a collection of songs. Its something deeper🐐
FACT!
That's what an album is supposed to be though. You're totally right, sadly Dave is one of the few rappers out there nowadays who actually make albums, not collections of songs.
When you look at the Timestamps and realise Lee wheeled in the fire for 30 mins straight. You kill me bro 🤣🤣
Had to be done 🤮😂
Bro that shit had me dying😭😭😂
@@leetothevi fr. legendary track🔥 one for uk history
@@pd7454 trust me 😂😂
I was gonna comment on this, but don't need to🤣🤣
Both sides of a smile... This song is simply amazing...the bars from Dave just hit different, James Blake is in his bag with the vocals and the beat that kicks in when you think the song is ending is so wavy! Looking forward to hearing this live next year!
In the fire could easily be one of the best UK rap songs ever
It’s a real moment in U.K. music history man!!!
@@leetothevi fr when I first listened to it there was a feeling that it was historic
@@hitherehi316 i got the same feeling
That Meekz bar at the end hit different.. 🏴💙💪🏻
Not just UK, that was a historical song, period.
"I don't know why ghetts came to do this, I don't think it's respectful" that killed me 🤣🤣🤣
Love how Heart Attack is revisting his song Panic Attack from 2016: same opening line and a description of knife length, not being able to sleep, same intrumental but slightly different
Panic attack my favourite dave song. The second I saw heart attack I lost my shit
It’s too emotional n boring
@@qhuncho9206 why are you even here then lol
@@basselderhalli4673 same man that brought me back to a more mature version of panic attack, was crazy! would love to see it live ahlie?
@@qhuncho9206 only boring if you cant understand the music my brother
This wasn't a reaction, this was a labour of love. Props, my guy.
2 hour reaction cmonn. Finally someone good reacts to Dave
And I took that personally
@@JonDenton nahh you see I actually watched your reaction and it was the only one I liked 😭 discovered your channel when listening to it and subbed. Not seen other big channels react to it yet though.
@@lb61936 🙌😂
@@JonDenton Jon react to the james blake single
You just got put into your place
Translation for the chorus of Lazarus 01:17:33:
Oya tete de = Hurry up and come/arrive
Je k'in de = When I get there
Gb'owo de = Bring the money over here
Je ko kpe = Make sure it's all there
O da bi kpe ko kpe = Doesn't look like its all here
O da bi kpe o ya were = Looks like you've gone mad!
sick vid g, i love how much passion you actually show most man are just doing dead fake reactions for views but you actually love the music and it shows
Thank you my bro, honestly can’t hide that shit I’m telling you I love music, and I also love the way you guys love it too 💯💯💯🙌🏾
@@leetothevi I agree with him. You’re the best reaction channel for U.K. rap. Walks would be up there for me too if he did more than drill.
I agree with you, he gave the album the time it deserved and the dissection it needed.
Just had to revisit this again. This album is pure art and is arguably the best album of the year for me. Lee’s reaction and breakdown makes it better as well 🧡
the polish bar is mad cos blascivovski's dad killed his mum and a ronin is a masterless samurai so he's saying the player lost his master, and ofc the polish wap
That’s the best line I’ve heard out of Dave tbh, 3 lines all tied into each other because of double meanings
🤯🤯🤯🤯
@@barry4649 still love that line from streatham “my young gs done draws and eights now I’m cutting through bricks like the 118” literally has 6 different interpretations which is madness
@@aaronheaslip4926 Mind breaking it down for me bro? I ain’t from the UK, and definitely ain’t clocking 6.
@@AccountHolder007 draws and eights.... like the 118. 1-1 ( a draw) and then 8.
The 118 bus goes through Brixton.
In the 118 advert the guys run through bricks.
Draws and eights refer to drugs and bricks means cocaine
The 118 bus crashed into bricks the other year.
I've just got to thank you for this extremely thorough video, lee. As a non-brit (hell, as a non-english native speaker even) some of the meaning in Dave's lyrics is inevitably lost on me from time to time, but you just pick through every bar with incredible detail and attention, and it helps me grasp the full meaning of every riddim. So thank you, and thank you for your incredible energy too.
(Still shaking from that cypher though, jesus fucking christ.)
You can't listen to Both sides of a Smile and just not shed a tear... Absolutely amazing peace of music
James Blake has a mad list of records with rappers, chance the rapper, kendrick, drake, andre 3000, dave, slowthai, travis scott, RZA he's worked withVince Staples, Frank Ocean, Beyonce and Jay Z! He won a Grammy with Kendrick! Won a Mercury and an Ivor Novello, mans a goat.
@@jack28aug yessir his next album has SZA and JID too
@@TylerSmith-rj7ms How do you know that
@@killmonger4578 well its out now, but I follow James very closely lol.
@@TylerSmith-rj7ms What's the album called?
this video made me love the album even more. just even more hype and reasoning behind each track. lee's reaction is unmatched and i feel blessed to have the feeling of going through the emotions of the album with a person that breaks down the lyrics so well. thanks lee
This is the only rection i'm logging on for. Give Lee his own radio show or podcast. Deserves it.
Mortgage on the yard like 2200 but the rents got it covered by a country mile (country mile is 2200 yards) hidden gem
That's a sick spot, I wouldnt have deeped that
the amount of reloads on in the fire was so necessary ghetts is the goat i’m obsessed with his verse
Rt
We all cry the same tears, just on different cheeks. What a line
you fkn give me life lol, and on a real one i dont have anyone in my circle who appreciates the UK scene so listening to everything with you is dope! love youtube and your work cuz
Dave also was in the production for In the Fire such a legendary song and album DAVE will go hands down as the best musician of UK
This guy does the best reactions on UA-cam no doubt, I catch my self laughing whenever you get gassed. Dave is different with it, 3rd listen to the album and you caught so many lines for me, I appreciate your work man
Glad this is back up. UA-cam were on some BS when they took it down.
finally someone giving Giggs the respect he deserves his verse. they were all maaaad tho.
He slapped his verse up and down 💯🔥🔥🔥
Exactly
Gigs was cold
Difffffffffferenttttt
You know I went into this album the wrong way. I had Psychodrama expectations overlooking his new album. My approach was wrong. But as I’m sitting here listening to your review, it’s like we’ve sat down and we’re reviewing and brainstorming on this album only. Your introspect on this album has enlightened and made me see just how mind blowing this album really is. It’s coming from a different zone. Bless up! Dave is one smart brudda I give him that.
Heart attack is a masterpiece. It actually reminded me of the hardest times. Dave is a real one.
Heart attack had me going 😭😭😭😭. We have to appreciate our mom ❤️
@@aminaabdi3586 For real. It was almost like listening to my own life play out like potentially mixing with bad crowds and getting into some madness, luckily the olders in my ends kept me on track so I avoided that life. Now graduating uni and the fam is blessed. Dave is spitting facts.
The fact Ghetts separated himself on that track and has been one of the biggest talking points on Daves album speaks volumes to Ghetts as an artist. He's so different.
Ghetts verse makes me excited for his future there’s not a single mc on the planet who’s done music as long as he has and yet is still able to progress in ability way past any name out there. Conflict of interest was just the beginning - his best moment is yet to come in my eyes. Deluxe and new album by the end of the year. I’m sure this project will spur him on to achieve ever greater things…
Agree, I think he’s the best lyricist out there atm alongside Aesop rock
Agreeeed!!! The best from uk. Consistent for years. Please anyone that dont agree , give me a name.
@@Anthony-by6wr I think Kano is the only one arguably there with him man
@@barry4649 you got point there bro defo. They are both my fav. I just think Ghetts for me cause he has been more consistent. I will kill for another Kano album still.
@@Anthony-by6wr I get what you mean because of Kano’s weird commercial faze in the late 2000s but lately Kano has been incredibly consistent
Apparently "Twenty to One", when he says "look at the time it's twenty to one", if you'd started the album at midnight on launch it would've been 00:40am. Deep levels
Lmao he said it was a big coincidence
i am so happy this is how lee has come back after a little break needed his content whilst i’ve been isolating
Not watched any of your reactions before. I love this album Dave is incredible ,I've always been a Kano fan with his smart intelligent lyrics and Dave is no exception , your reaction to this album amplified it for me. I've subscribed. Honestly keep up the good work I'll keep watching
My man released a podcast on this one! Love it. I knew when I listened to this Lee would be the only one to really deep and appreciate GIggs' verse.
Giggs 🔥🔥🔥🔥 they all blew me away tbh 🤷🏾♂️
“Fuck honour, this revolver is onomatopoeic
Let it "Stut-tut-tut-tut-tut-tut-ter" when you see him” …
This bar is absolutely outrageous and I hope it doesn’t go over peoples head. If you don’t know what an onomatopoeia is it’s something that resembles/suggests the sound that it describes. It may not be the hardest bar in the album, but his delivery and thought process behind what he writes is second to none.
1000%
What you know about gcse English lit cmonnn
@@d.akerejola6165 LOOOLL
WORDDDD
that bar touched my soul
@@d.akerejola6165 😂😂😂
I dk why but the first 2 and the last 2 were all alone, verdansk, heart attack and survivors guilt, all are my personal favourites but this whole album as a whole is truly beautiful, album of be year IMO, and probs the only artist I could trust to represent the uk scene
Just incase if some of y’all didn’t know “Twenty to One” if you played the album on it’s midnight drop depending on where you live of course when that song starts it’s exactly 20 to 1 😊
Technically 12 42 but yeah
The best reactor gives us the best reaction. Here with us from start to finish. I wish this was 4 hours long. Big up to the brother LeeToTheVI for giving us this.
When the album dropped I was patiently waiting for a reaction to one or two of the tracks from the album, and you blessed us with a whole album reaction. God bless, our donny👊🏼
Ghetts: I'm focused, I don't need to burn the kush
This is Moses speakin' to the burnin' bush
Referring too kush as (weed) but also the kingdom kush tgat is where the biblical story of Moses and the burning bush takes place 🔥🔥🔥
Ethiopia was referred to as kush allie
@@PropertyBySM Na it’s south of Egypt and north of Sudan in that area it overlaps both modern day boarders
Big up knowledge of pre-colonial African societies!
flew over my head, crazy bar, good catch
@@orhancorek8091 💯
Your reaction to Ghetts and Giggs actually put the biggest smile on my face. You are the GOAT for this, king.
Been waiting for this ever since the album dropped. 2 fucking hours letsgo🤩🤩
Didn’t even fill this vid with adds big up yourself lee we appreciate you seriously 👏
one of the best reactions i've watched, you understand the songs on a next level and want to understand the project in depth. Keep up the amazing work!!
brother i live in America but used to live in uk, feel like i get to listen to these songs with my boys back home when i watch them wit you, plus you keep me upto date with uk scene. keep it up bro
I‘m not skipping a second!!!!! The way I sent on UA-cam everyday in every minute to find this ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾
This guy makes me appreciate great music 100x
"It's demanding more from you as a listener, in an emotional capacity." Couldn't have summed up Heart Attack better, those ten minutes are fucking ridiculous.
Dave has been consistently top 5 in the uk scene since the very start of his career. Maybe not in views or money, but the amount of respect his fans have for him, the realness of almost everything he says, he’s an amazing artist who allows himself to show everyone who’s struggling or has struggled that it can be better when you follow your dreams. I’d go as far to say he could be the future of the uk scene for years to come. Very special album from a very special artist.
“God strike me if I’m lying, I ain’t crying in this beef unless the tears coming tatted on my cheek” 🤮
OH MY FUCKING GOD WHAT A BAR
Honestly one of the most disgusting bars I've heard my entire life. Dave is top 5 lyricists ever imo
What track was this ?
@@Jack-bb5so Heart Attack
@@Jack-bb5so bsb
Survivor’s Guilt is insane, Production is crazy.
Produced by Dave.
The levels Lee puts into reactions is unmatched! Literally pulling apart each song, each bar. Seeing behind it all. Unmatched level of effort and dedication. Love keep grinding ❤️
That «LBC how i Nick the Ferrari» bar is maddddd🤯 Nick Ferrari is the radio host of LBC
Dave + James Blake is a perfect match. Probably why every rapper in the US are all over James Blake for production. UK Kings
I've come across your channel about 1 and a half years ago and I still watch parts of this video every day man. I love dave and its great to see people like you be passionate about his music too. You're a big inspiration to loads of people and I wish all the best for you. Definitely my favorite video on youtube so keep it up! Big up Lee
your reactions are the best out there on yt
Blessup G ❤️
I don’t think he missed a bar in the entire album . He didn’t care how long it took he wanted to show the album the respect it deserves
This album left man speechless.
“Young black art collector, I could take the pressure” the si unit for pressure is pascal (PA), relating to the French artist pascal.
Stretch
@@Mcforlarr makes it more likely when he refers to a unit of measure in the next bar.
Disagree, it's still a stretch. The bar can stand alone on its own. Dave can take the expectation of being a young art collector.
You can't reach the conclusion that he was referring to Pascal simply because he mentioned art a d pressure without reaching for that.
If Pascal were Basquiat, who was a young black artist, that would have been a little within reach.
"How the fuck I end up bein' Harvey Specter?
Young black art collector, I could take the pressure
Had the scales, now suits that come made to measure"
@@Mcforlarr Point well made. What I really love is the depth of the bars and the thoughts that people have when they hear them.
The beauty is people hear what they want to hear.
On Three Rivers when that lady said 37 years of paying taxes and I got a letter saying I’m an illegal immigrant - truss, that had me a way.
IT IS BACK nah I thought this vid was long gone but mad love for getting it back
Icl I hate when ppl re load it bares , but it was completely necessary when “in the fire” came on
Trust me
In my opinion we're all alone is really underrated in this album
You’re a king, you’ve helped me with your energy, keep it up, more Dave, the mans kept me out of my lows❤️
These comments make what I do the most worthwhile I’m glad broski. What’s ur Twitter handle?
@@leetothevi @Ainzy2003
I feel like I should've paid to watch this
Amazing video!!!!
Three Rivers is definitely the top track for me, Reminds me of question time and hangman. To me it’s Dave at his peak, wordplay, flow, Hard beat and most importantly speaking from experience and the heart. Relatable to a lot of people and is an issue that needs to be spoken about more.
Yeah I done like a broken down version of a review of the album in my notes and the song I put down as daves signature type of song was three rivers, literally enters his element when he makes a song like this
This reaction is amazing really shows how good Dave is
The way giggs makes you work out the bars yourself is deeeppp ya know
a MASTERPIECE! that’s all I have to say really, left men speechless still.
BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONEEE , always providing leetothevi
Leeee we need more of these long album reactions, love these style of vids my bro
The fact you stayed true to your opinions and understood “Both sides of a Smile” just shows your calibre and quality of the “ears” you have for music! Keep it up!
The only UA-camr I could watch for over 2 hours happily Fr
Looks like I'm gonna be up until 3 in the morning then... don't mind that at all tho, 100% gonna be worth seeing ur reaction to this masterpiece
i had to subscribe instantly after seeing you appreciate what is both sides of a smile
Thank you my bro 👊🏾❤️
Lee clocking the other rappers on in the fire is too jokes 🤣🤣
Been waiting for this reaction!!! Imagine my joy seeing a whole 2.5 hour album reaction 🙌 my fave music react channel, Lee keep doing your shit man! Sick album, your screwfacing is exactly the way I first heard it 🔥
Dave solidified himself at the top of the UK scene
Been waiting for this reaction big up Lee 🤲🏼
average album
Your name is Jonathan man has a below average name aswell as a below average taste in music
@@amc2594 i have higher standards than you
@@jonathanmcdonald1994 bro who u listening to that has a better album than this? I’m not even a huge Dave fan but after listening to the album I done grew 100000% more to him this album had songs that I feel changed up the current game HEART ATTACK is one of the best songs I’ve heard in years but you know better than me I guess 🤡
@@KiraYoza no currently listening to albums... this past few years has been horrific for music.
drake and kanye will have to save the day again.
"HEART ATTACK is one of the best songs I’ve heard in years " < then you need a new playlist quicktime. and I'm a massive dave fan.
bro what a fire reaction. your passion enhanced an already amazing album.
Wow just opened YT to this beautiful sight 😭🤩
Can’t believe leevii missed the bar on ‘heart attack’ where it goes “he can go to sleep and get a different type of wake from it” relating to funerals when you attend the wake before or after the burial I’m not sure