IN ORDER 0:45 The Weeknd - House of Balloons 2:25 Mac Miller - Swimming 3:20 NAILS - Abandon All Life 4:49 Anderson .Paak - Malibu 6:28 SZA - CTRL 7:49 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist 9:05 Billy Woods - Today, I Wrote Nothing 10:51 Mac Demarco - Salad Days 12:34 AJJ - Knife Man 14:40 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
genuinely me too, i was wondering what else he changed his mind on in light of the swimming total 180. wished the ronnie radke album got the 10 it deserves
The Grammys clearly have more credibility than him, they had the balls and foresight to give this masterpiece from Macklemore and Ryan Lewis RAOTY over GKMC.
Someone needs to produce a cover album of all the artists Melon has imitated over the years. Been teasing us with that melodramatic rock/country voice for too long now 🤧
Of course Malibu is all over the place since Andy was trying his best and did not have the production buget/experience and so he tried to deliver his best in all directions. I still find Malibu to be my favorite overall since the use of samples makes the record so organic and diverse. It's a real GOAT
I listened to House of Balloons back in the day before it really blew up and I thought it was really cool but I never would’ve guessed (based off that weird dark mixtape) that Abel would go on to become one of the biggest artists of the century so far lol. Really cool to see how his career has progressed!
Same here. Never imagined him becoming one of the biggest artist in the world. But I did became an instant fan of his music. I felt it was something so new and fresh. All he needed was people to listen to him.
Haha this just reminded me when I saw them live and bumped into Sean at the skatepark before the show. Got the worst photo of my life with him, looking super awkward and nervous. Constantly wish I could re-do that whole interaction, all these years later.
@@NeutralMjolkHotel I feel you, I got a pic with Jamie Stewart on the Knife Man tour and I wish my interaction with him wasn’t so awkward, you live and you learn 😔
I never got to see them live, as all of their shows were 21+ and I never turned 21 until the pandemic. Makes me sad but I hope they tour again. I'd do anything to see them live.
Malibu is one of my favorite albums of all time, the amount of emotion and the compositions Anderson put out is simply outstanding, you can hear a full spectrum of emotion through Anderson's voice, simply amazing
I've always said that great albums are those that sound good during the time they released and if they hold up years later. Both Malibu and Control still feel just as good.
I'm the opposite. I love the band but over time I've gravitated more towards their later records. I feel like the production on Contra and MVOTC is just more interesting. I still like the debut, but probably my least favorite VW album.
@@johnnewton5050 hard agree, the first one is what got me into them, and it has some of there most classic songs. I’ve definitely gravitated more towards the other 3 albums though over time.
Mac DeMarco is an incredible artist that gets unnecessary shit because so many people have tried to replicate his sound and aesthetic since then. People don’t realize he was the original and is completely authentic
Appreciated the reevaluation of Vampire Weekend's self titled debut. I may not have caught wind of them on their first 2 releases but Modern Vampires made me fell in love with the band and listened to their past records and fell in love even more.
Still holding out hope on justice for Carrie & Lowell. Nearing seven years later, it's unsurprisingly held up immaculately well as one of Sufjan's most profoundly beautiful artistic statements, and it really is only a matter of time before Fantano sees the light.
I think that when Vampire Weekend first came out, there wasn't as much appreciation for just how unique their mixture of sounds and lyrics truly were. Sure, they took a bunch of influence from Paul Simon to the point that some people (usually the snobbier side of the baby boomer generation) still think that they're ripoffs to this day, but I do believe that they genuinely made their own iconic take on those sounds by mixing them with stories about the Ivy League elite and their social tendencies. When you take all of that into account, you make one of my favorite groups coming from my high school years.
Abandon All Life is nasty as hell in the best way. The latter half of "Suum Cuique" still holds the record for the hardest stank face I've ever given during a breakdown lmao
I never listened to AJJ before and something about your enthusiasm and description of knifeman got me interested. LOVING this album , and now I’m going down the rabbit hole of their discography 👍
I have only recently discovered Knife Man and all I can say is that anyone who has ever liked any Punk song should listen to it right now. Thank you for shouting it out you beautiful bald man
Happy to see the vibe of Mac DeMarco's music has grown on you melon. His records aren't alwyas full of substance, but they have a nice, enjoyable, and laid back vibe to them.
I wish you did these videos more often, I loved part 1 and 2 and it's been years since you dropped another one of these kinds of videos !! Love hearing your newest perspectives and how they've grown or have not grown on you :)
Sometimes it happens that we listen to a record and at first we are not convinced, perhaps the context of our life does not make us understand what the record is like, but seen from another perspective then we find good things. I spent with Play and Everything Is Wrong by MOBY, in their day they seemed "boring" and without any particular purpose, I was 18 years old, I listened to them again when I was about 33 years old and I think I could appreciate them better than in their day .
When I first heard 808 State's _Don Solaris_ back in like 2012, 2013, I thought it was... Alright. It was fine. Kinda weird. I liked _90_ way more. That's what I listened to, especially since Pacific 202 was my introduction to their work (shoutouts to an0nymooose) Over the years, though, it's not just grown on me a little, it's become my favorite album of all time, and with it 808 State became my favorite project of all time. Bird, in particular, has been in at least the top 25 most listened tracks on my Spotify Wrapped literally every single year it's existed, and I've hovered around the top .05% of listeners for 808 state writ large since. It's so endlessly positive. Warm and summery, in a way that was really rare in its contemporaries (Soundlab's _Dots and Loops_ and Lemon Jelly's _Lost Horizons_ are the only albums that I can think of with similar vibes). Helped get me through a lot of hard times, and really cemented my love for electronic music more than any other artist. All of this is to say that I *reeeeally* want Anthony to do a classics review for Don Solaris. It's turning 30 soon damnit!!
Vampire Weekend's self titled is one of my favourite records. Glad you've come around to it, and now think it's one of the greatest albums of all time.
Knife man no doubt one of the most important albums ive been introduced to through needledrop. Hate rain on me so emotional, so down to home. Beautiful, heart wrenching, and funny all at once.
Knife Man is such a stellar album. Probably one of my favorite folk punk albums of all time, hell just punk albums in general. The title "Micheal Jordan of Drunk Driving" still makes me laugh.
We need the “Current Score vs Old Score” ticker at the bottom like when you watch an old episode of Antiques Roadshow and they give you an update on the current value of an appraised item
I love seeing videos like this. Changing opinions is a huge part of music. I can't think of a lot of recent albums that i changed opinion drastically on but i HATED Astral Weeks the first time i heard it and now it's one of my favorites ever. I also grew to love Bowie and Prince more than on first listen, and a lot of classic rap albums like 36 Chambers grew on me too.
CTRL grew on me way more than I ever could have expected over the last couple years. I listened to it in 2020 as one of my first R&B albums and thought it was fine, but over time it's become a near-perfect album for me.
king krule - the ooz 1:38 ye - yeezus 3:52 st vincent - s/t 5:29 bbng - III 7:41 shabazz palaces - lese majesty 8:56 big thief - masterpiece 10:07 sky ferreira - night time, my time 11:38 21 savage - issa 13:28 young thug - barter 6 15:53 squid - bright green field 16:39
House of Balloons was one that didn't grab me at first either but I def enjoy it's atmosphere now AJJ I actually just listened to this past year for the first time and Knifeman is phenomenal Vampire Weekend got me right out the gate with that album. I loved the eclectic sounds mixed with pop and rock, and considering I was like 15 years old it's pretty much responsible for opening the floodgates for my love of music and all things weird
I considered The Heist one of my favorite albums in 2014, now I look down the track list like "that was ok I guess" "skip" "skip" "skip" "skip" "single" "skip"
The only non single that I find actually memorable is that one about alcoholism. Though I don't remember the name. It was a nice tune EDIT: Oh yeah, Neon Cathedrals
I actually still like Same Love but maybe it's more because of the topics it encroaches on (along with the guest singer killing it imo) but yeah the funny thing is that nowadays, I cannot remember any song from the album other than Same Love and Thrift Shop.
Your Vampire Weekend review was the first one I ever saw way back in 2009 when you still had samples of the music throughout the video before they all get removed from your channel. It was what got me watching your videos (even if I disagreed). Pleasantly surprised to see it here!
Malibu is one of my top 10 favourite albums ever. Even tho there are some tracks on the back end I don’t love as much, there’s wayyyy too much good content here to rule out
Really happy to see you throw Malibu in here. That was hands down my favorite and most listened to album from 2016. I remember thinking the album as well as everyone who contributed to it didn't get the love/respect/appreciation they all deserved. Luckily enough, .Paak is SO talented and hard working that he just continued putting out great music moving forward and is where he's at now.
Love the "Today I Wrote Nothing" mention, probably a top 2-3 personal fav project of his. I think Billy's dry and sarcastic gallows humor is probably unmatched on that record, specifically on songs like Zulu Tolstoy, Dreams Come True and African Dodger
As not only a Mac Miller fan, but him being my favorite artist ever, I can say I fully appreciate the changing of Swimming’s score (as 3 was criminally low, although I know this is your own enjoyability). Now I know this comes with the highest biased that biased can have (since I revealed he’s my favorite) but I think you should also give some of his other work a second look. Divine feminine was a masterpiece for me personally. It’s also when I FULLY realized, that no matter what music he made, I just loved his style. Devine Feminine also dropped around the time I was JUST learning who Anderson Paak was, and being at a time where I was head over heels in love with my wife, this whole era for RnB shaped an entire segment of my life.
I would say the reason for the short tracks on Today I wrote Nothing is to emulate the namesake of the album, Daniil Kharms’ short story collection “Today I Wrote Nothing”. Like the album it’s a collection of sometimes comically short pieces that are abstract and diverse in tone. I read woods say as much in an interview. Always loved how much he interacts with literature in his music. 10:03
Wow I can’t believe Melon gave MBDTF a 10 after “seeing Ye’s politics mature”
You somehow made this comment formula funny. Good job.
This is hilarious
Golden
Fantano comment sections continuing to be aggressively unfunny
@@Awesomemusic19 he's not wrong though. melon literally said it
Glad you changed your mind on Angelic 2 The Core from Corey Feldman. It's a masterpiece for sure.
Greatest Album of all time
fantano jokes are dad jokes but worse
@@cozierferret7274most of the time, yeah
@@cozierferret7274 yeah, the only Fantano joke I stand is the "Logic and Fantano look similar" one.
thanks for making me chuckle big dawg
IN ORDER
0:45 The Weeknd - House of Balloons
2:25 Mac Miller - Swimming
3:20 NAILS - Abandon All Life
4:49 Anderson .Paak - Malibu
6:28 SZA - CTRL
7:49 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist
9:05 Billy Woods - Today, I Wrote Nothing
10:51 Mac Demarco - Salad Days
12:34 AJJ - Knife Man
14:40 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
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@@LDVenus-kz2lc "🤡" - 🤡
@@Dynamic_Editor audacity lmao
@@thelegend-yt8gp " "🤡" - 🤡" - 🤡
@@LDVenus-kz2lc grow up
Why was I literally thinking about this exact video yesterday
Brad
So early
genuinely me too, i was wondering what else he changed his mind on in light of the swimming total 180. wished the ronnie radke album got the 10 it deserves
Brad
So brave of you to finally admit that you consider The Heist to be a 10.
The Grammys clearly have more credibility than him, they had the balls and foresight to give this masterpiece from Macklemore and Ryan Lewis RAOTY over GKMC.
macklemore not even best white rapper he is the best rapper ever
@@wolfstabia5524 meh he’s legit not bad
Well GKMC was a 10 and the heist won the Grammy over it so it must be at least a 10.5 lol
@@ianovenden984 when did we start caring about the Grammys tho
Someone needs to produce a cover album of all the artists Melon has imitated over the years. Been teasing us with that melodramatic rock/country voice for too long now 🤧
can football player be a bonus track?
His best song is his cover of « King of Carrot flowers part 2 & 3 » at the end of the 200 best singers list video, its legit a solid performance 😭
yes
Malibu is goated.
The Bird. 😖
I was thinking yesterday that he needs to redo that review some day. I can’t believe it happened the next day 😂
Your heart don't stand a chance 🔥
Parking Lot is one of the best songs of all time fs
Of course Malibu is all over the place since Andy was trying his best and did not have the production buget/experience and so he tried to deliver his best in all directions. I still find Malibu to be my favorite overall since the use of samples makes the record so organic and diverse. It's a real GOAT
I listened to House of Balloons back in the day before it really blew up and I thought it was really cool but I never would’ve guessed (based off that weird dark mixtape) that Abel would go on to become one of the biggest artists of the century so far lol. Really cool to see how his career has progressed!
Same here. Never imagined him becoming one of the biggest artist in the world.
But I did became an instant fan of his music. I felt it was something so new and fresh. All he needed was people to listen to him.
Before House of Balloons blew up 😏
Mf called Abel
I actually really like that name
AJJ’s Knife Man is seriously a masterpiece, saw them on their Knife Man tour and it goes insane live
Haha this just reminded me when I saw them live and bumped into Sean at the skatepark before the show. Got the worst photo of my life with him, looking super awkward and nervous. Constantly wish I could re-do that whole interaction, all these years later.
@@NeutralMjolkHotel I feel you, I got a pic with Jamie Stewart on the Knife Man tour and I wish my interaction with him wasn’t so awkward, you live and you learn 😔
@@NeutralMjolkHotel That's the most AJJ recount of an experience haha, I feel it though.
:0 found you in the wild
and interesting, i might check that out
I never got to see them live, as all of their shows were 21+ and I never turned 21 until the pandemic. Makes me sad but I hope they tour again. I'd do anything to see them live.
Malibu is one of my favorite albums of all time, the amount of emotion and the compositions Anderson put out is simply outstanding, you can hear a full spectrum of emotion through Anderson's voice, simply amazing
Trash
I love Silicone Valley. How can you not with a catch-line like, "What's behind them tig ol'bitties?" 😂
The vampire weekend calll out is so validating. Always thought this album was so catchy and unique.
Malibu and ctrl were always two reviews where I'd think, "ONLY a 7??" So cool to see you finally acknowledging that they've grown on you 🙌
love to see anderson and sza on here. I enjoyed these projects at launch but overtime, i have so much love for them as the years go on.
malibu is phenomenal and hasnt grown off me a bit since 2016
I've always said that great albums are those that sound good during the time they released and if they hold up years later.
Both Malibu and Control still feel just as good.
House of Balloons is an amazing mixtape. Good to see you change your thoughts
glad you've come around to liking Vampire Weekend's self-titled debut, Anthony! Walcott is my favorite off of it.
Legitimately one of my favorite albums ever. Those last two tracks especially are just gorgeous.
Don’t you know that it’s insane?
I don’t think vampire weekend has a bad album but that first one is filled with bangers
I'm the opposite. I love the band but over time I've gravitated more towards their later records. I feel like the production on Contra and MVOTC is just more interesting. I still like the debut, but probably my least favorite VW album.
@@johnnewton5050 hard agree, the first one is what got me into them, and it has some of there most classic songs. I’ve definitely gravitated more towards the other 3 albums though over time.
Mac DeMarco is an incredible artist that gets unnecessary shit because so many people have tried to replicate his sound and aesthetic since then. People don’t realize he was the original and is completely authentic
Great to hear that you've changed your stance on House of Balloons. Such an insanely intruiging, mystic and unique LP
Appreciated the reevaluation of Vampire Weekend's self titled debut.
I may not have caught wind of them on their first 2 releases but Modern Vampires made me fell in love with the band and listened to their past records and fell in love even more.
Too bad Ezra Koening is said to be a POS
i am so happy to see malibu on this. incredibly underrated
Fr
I think it's properly rated
@@ShreyasKr...properly rated as a 10/10 and one of the best albums of the 2010s yeah
Still holding out hope on justice for Carrie & Lowell. Nearing seven years later, it's unsurprisingly held up immaculately well as one of Sufjan's most profoundly beautiful artistic statements, and it really is only a matter of time before Fantano sees the light.
He did include it in his best-of-decade list so he definitely likes it more now
Abandon all life "not as catchy" lmao, I'm just imagining Anthony snapping along to Unsilent Death like "Man, this sure does have a snazzy beat"
This is actually how to get into genres like power violence, for those of you who don’t know
The turnaround on Swimming made me believe in God again.
Still no proper Saba rating makes me lose faith even then
Great video, but the whole “just kidding Swimming is still a 3” segment was a bit weird, though
I think that when Vampire Weekend first came out, there wasn't as much appreciation for just how unique their mixture of sounds and lyrics truly were. Sure, they took a bunch of influence from Paul Simon to the point that some people (usually the snobbier side of the baby boomer generation) still think that they're ripoffs to this day, but I do believe that they genuinely made their own iconic take on those sounds by mixing them with stories about the Ivy League elite and their social tendencies. When you take all of that into account, you make one of my favorite groups coming from my high school years.
This hits so fucking hard
Loved the vampire weekend vindication, did not expect to see it
Good lord. Checked out Unsilent Death after it was mentioned.
Absolutely insane. Reminds me of the first time I heard Calculating Infinity.
One of the best in the genre
I love Unsilent Death to death. I’ll check out Calculating Infinity!
Good lord. Checked out Calculating Infinity after it was mentioned.
Absolutely insane. Reminds me of the first time I heard Unsilent Death.
@@gab2876 It's the circle of life
@@endmysuffering2925Please do. The Dillinger Escape Plan were one of the best mathcore and metalcore bands out there
Abandon All Life is nasty as hell in the best way. The latter half of "Suum Cuique" still holds the record for the hardest stank face I've ever given during a breakdown lmao
suum cuique really is one of the heaviest songs I've ever heard, sounds like primitive man meets the melvins
@@fcastaps dude right it's so sludgy! It's like hatred in audio form haha
@@alextaylor1425 hatred in audio form also brings to mind meshuggah's break those bones whose sinews gave it motion
just listened to Suum Cuiqe on the way to work tonight!
And it's only 17 minutes but once you hear it you gotta replay it 3 times
Salad Days is a fantastic album, glad you agree
I never listened to AJJ before and something about your enthusiasm and description of knifeman got me interested. LOVING this album , and now I’m going down the rabbit hole of their discography 👍
"rabbit" hole is right lmao
I have only recently discovered Knife Man and all I can say is that anyone who has ever liked any Punk song should listen to it right now. Thank you for shouting it out you beautiful bald man
Happy to see the vibe of Mac DeMarco's music has grown on you melon. His records aren't alwyas full of substance, but they have a nice, enjoyable, and laid back vibe to them.
Glad to see some love for Knife Man. That album has aged amazingly and it will continue to do so
I can now sleep at night knowing that Fantano doesn’t Hate House of Balloons and Vampire Weekends self-titled anymore.
Still waiting for the Hurry Up We’re Dreaming redux review
I wish you did these videos more often, I loved part 1 and 2 and it's been years since you dropped another one of these kinds of videos !! Love hearing your newest perspectives and how they've grown or have not grown on you :)
Vampire Weekend is so incredibly goated
Only question I have is when are we gonna get the Amy Winehouse classic album review?
Sometimes it happens that we listen to a record and at first we are not convinced, perhaps the context of our life does not make us understand what the record is like, but seen from another perspective then we find good things.
I spent with Play and Everything Is Wrong by MOBY, in their day they seemed "boring" and without any particular purpose, I was 18 years old, I listened to them again when I was about 33 years old and I think I could appreciate them better than in their day .
I listed to Good Kid Mad City at 16 and thought it was boring, now it is one of my top albums.
When I first heard 808 State's _Don Solaris_ back in like 2012, 2013, I thought it was... Alright. It was fine. Kinda weird. I liked _90_ way more. That's what I listened to, especially since Pacific 202 was my introduction to their work (shoutouts to an0nymooose)
Over the years, though, it's not just grown on me a little, it's become my favorite album of all time, and with it 808 State became my favorite project of all time. Bird, in particular, has been in at least the top 25 most listened tracks on my Spotify Wrapped literally every single year it's existed, and I've hovered around the top .05% of listeners for 808 state writ large since.
It's so endlessly positive. Warm and summery, in a way that was really rare in its contemporaries (Soundlab's _Dots and Loops_ and Lemon Jelly's _Lost Horizons_ are the only albums that I can think of with similar vibes). Helped get me through a lot of hard times, and really cemented my love for electronic music more than any other artist.
All of this is to say that I *reeeeally* want Anthony to do a classics review for Don Solaris. It's turning 30 soon damnit!!
So happy you finally came around and gave Damn. the 10 that it so much deserves
I’m a legit Kendrick Stan but….no
5/10
Vampire Weekend's self titled is one of my favourite records. Glad you've come around to it, and now think it's one of the greatest albums of all time.
Knife man no doubt one of the most important albums ive been introduced to through needledrop. Hate rain on me so emotional, so down to home. Beautiful, heart wrenching, and funny all at once.
Knife Man is such a stellar album. Probably one of my favorite folk punk albums of all time, hell just punk albums in general. The title "Micheal Jordan of Drunk Driving" still makes me laugh.
It is sooooooo fucking fantastic. Backpack hits me in the soul.
@Sitcom YES! One of my favorites along with No One, Sad Somgs, and Zombie by the Canberries by Andrew Jackson Jihad.
This album is blowing my mind, thank god I watched this vid
We need the “Current Score vs Old Score” ticker at the bottom like when you watch an old episode of Antiques Roadshow and they give you an update on the current value of an appraised item
Knife Man might be on the top 10 of my personal GOAT list. It came out during my senior year of HS and had a huge impact on me.
Thanks for all the frequent high quality content Anthony. ❤
love to see Malibu get love though, possibly his best or at least tied with Oxnard
I love seeing videos like this. Changing opinions is a huge part of music. I can't think of a lot of recent albums that i changed opinion drastically on but i HATED Astral Weeks the first time i heard it and now it's one of my favorites ever. I also grew to love Bowie and Prince more than on first listen, and a lot of classic rap albums like 36 Chambers grew on me too.
Your review of Malibu is what introduced me to Anderson .Paak, glad to see you've warmed to it even more. Absolute banger
Wow this was the best video in a while.. couldn't belive every take, each album I was happy to see make the list.
I knew you thought MBDTF was the best album of the past decade, about time!!!
CTRL grew on me way more than I ever could have expected over the last couple years. I listened to it in 2020 as one of my first R&B albums and thought it was fine, but over time it's become a near-perfect album for me.
Yo, I thought you were done posting on this account, but I didn’t think I would see you here of of all places! Really love your new content
I’ve only called out Melon once for a poor review, and it was for Salad Days. Feeling vindicated.
By the next "10 Times I Changed My Opinion On Albums" Anthony will love House of Balloons
You need to re-review tyranny by the Voidz and give it the 10 it deserves
Virtue is better tho
Look at Anthony finally coming to terms with AJR👏
king krule - the ooz 1:38
ye - yeezus 3:52
st vincent - s/t 5:29
bbng - III 7:41
shabazz palaces - lese majesty 8:56
big thief - masterpiece 10:07
sky ferreira - night time, my time 11:38
21 savage - issa 13:28
young thug - barter 6 15:53
squid - bright green field 16:39
why lie
There is a disturbing lack of Fear Inoculum
I want a new Nails album so fucking bad
Wish about to be granted.
i love silicon valley, it’s so goofy despite appearing to take itself seriously, it makes the track
That song always cracks me up. Never has a man sung so passionately about titty meat
I think the hook is nice
All of that ass you carryin
I find the song to be absolutely hilarious, cuz on the surface it sounds like a heartfelt song but lyrically it’s so ridiculous
I didn't know you were talking about music until the last 4 words. :P
House of Balloons was one that didn't grab me at first either but I def enjoy it's atmosphere now
AJJ I actually just listened to this past year for the first time and Knifeman is phenomenal
Vampire Weekend got me right out the gate with that album. I loved the eclectic sounds mixed with pop and rock, and considering I was like 15 years old it's pretty much responsible for opening the floodgates for my love of music and all things weird
So happy to hear that Fantano changed his mind and now ranks The Big Day by Chance The Rapper a “Strong 10”
Dude still think that mbdtf is overrated, man, Fantano is a Chad.
Knife Man has definitely grown on me more and more. It went from ok to one of my favorites.
I considered The Heist one of my favorite albums in 2014, now I look down the track list like "that was ok I guess" "skip" "skip" "skip" "skip" "single" "skip"
The only non single that I find actually memorable is that one about alcoholism. Though I don't remember the name. It was a nice tune
EDIT: Oh yeah, Neon Cathedrals
I actually still like Same Love but maybe it's more because of the topics it encroaches on (along with the guest singer killing it imo) but yeah the funny thing is that nowadays, I cannot remember any song from the album other than Same Love and Thrift Shop.
You should do a redux week each year with 5-7 redux reviews of any albums that you have reviewed before.
House of Balloons is the mixtape that Melon would love in 4 more parts when the nostalgia hit him.
I cannot believe my favorite music reviewer "stepping on a lego block" has changed his mind on Macklemore
Im glad you've finally decided that house of balloons is a 10 now
Never expected Gingy from Shrek to start off the video but I’m not complaining
Time to admit that Carrie & Lowell is a 10 Melon
wow i can't believe you changed your mind on red light, truly a drain classic
VAMPIRE WEEKEND SELF TITLED HYPE LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Your Vampire Weekend review was the first one I ever saw way back in 2009 when you still had samples of the music throughout the video before they all get removed from your channel. It was what got me watching your videos (even if I disagreed). Pleasantly surprised to see it here!
I feel so vindicated about that Nails record. I was always in disbelief over the ambivalence towards it.
Malibu is one of my top 10 favourite albums ever. Even tho there are some tracks on the back end I don’t love as much, there’s wayyyy too much good content here to rule out
Bruh I feel the sentiment on the Heist. Same experience I had.
Really happy to see you throw Malibu in here. That was hands down my favorite and most listened to album from 2016. I remember thinking the album as well as everyone who contributed to it didn't get the love/respect/appreciation they all deserved. Luckily enough, .Paak is SO talented and hard working that he just continued putting out great music moving forward and is where he's at now.
Are there any records you've changed your mind on, where the opinion grew more negative over time?
ONE WHOLE DECADE OF HATING OH SEES - FLOATING COFFIN SMOKE SOME FRICKEN GRASS
Love the "Today I Wrote Nothing" mention, probably a top 2-3 personal fav project of his. I think Billy's dry and sarcastic gallows humor is probably unmatched on that record, specifically on songs like Zulu Tolstoy, Dreams Come True and African Dodger
Dreams came true is fuckin hilarious
As not only a Mac Miller fan, but him being my favorite artist ever, I can say I fully appreciate the changing of Swimming’s score (as 3 was criminally low, although I know this is your own enjoyability).
Now I know this comes with the highest biased that biased can have (since I revealed he’s my favorite) but I think you should also give some of his other work a second look.
Divine feminine was a masterpiece for me personally. It’s also when I FULLY realized, that no matter what music he made, I just loved his style.
Devine Feminine also dropped around the time I was JUST learning who Anderson Paak was, and being at a time where I was head over heels in love with my wife, this whole era for RnB shaped an entire segment of my life.
Really cannot believe he changed his MBDTF rating to a 2.
I would say the reason for the short tracks on Today I wrote Nothing is to emulate the namesake of the album, Daniil Kharms’ short story collection “Today I Wrote Nothing”. Like the album it’s a collection of sometimes comically short pieces that are abstract and diverse in tone. I read woods say as much in an interview. Always loved how much he interacts with literature in his music. 10:03
Insane how I was just thinking why don’t you make these anymore
Salad Days is the review I remember being annoyed at. Its a really good vibe.
Knifeman...... knifeman..... yeah it's a classic folk album. It's almost prophetic in it's lyrics
I'll never forget how you slept on MAYA.
honored to have my edit featured at the beginning of the video 🙏
Yes, Knife Man is and remains brilliant.
Had another chance to make up for the MBDTF review… didn’t take it
damn guess I gotta run that woods record back, really only go back to Warmachines and a couple others
Anthony just can’t relate to going to the Thrift Shop anymore b/c he’s been wearing the same flannels and vests for the last 10+ years
I record with the dude who recorded Knifeman. He has the og painting for the album cover hanging in the studio.
Interesting that you mention Malibu and CTRL, both in my top 10 of 2010
I love these! I was hoping you'd post another video like this soon, would love to see one once a year or so
Man, wtf, I absolutely love Salad Days, always have and always will. Never knew you weren't that big of a fan til now
love that you're willing to be the bigger person and admit you underestimated Malibu bc you were jealous of Paak's teeth
Who ever said, that you're allowed to change your opinion? If you do this, then you're a hypocrite.
Still waiting fo him to give Billy Strings some love. I know he rarely talks about the bluegrass/jam scene, it would still be cool.
A little surprised you never reviewed Mica Millar's album. She's been on the top of the UK soul charts, and deserves a review. :)
The redemption arc Vampire Weekend's self-titled album deserves. Thank you, Melon.