2020 scores: 0/10: 1 - [ Green Day - Father of All ] 1/10: 1 - [ Sam Hunt - Southside ] 2/10: 0 3/10: 6 4/10: 13 5/10: 26 6/10: 15 7/10: 33 8/10: 32 9/10: 5 - Laura Marling - Song for Our Daughter - Black Dresses - Peaceful as Hell - Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? - Blu & Exile - Miles ' Tkay Maidza - Last Year Was Weird Vol. 2 EP 10/10: 0 [NOT GOOD/10]: 6 - [ Justin Bieber - Changes ] - [ Lil Baby - My Turn] - [ Joyner Lucas - ADHD ] - [ Danzig Sings Elvis ] - [ Nav's Good Intentions & Brown Boy 2 ] - [ G-Eazy's Everything's Strange Here ] - [ Glass Animals - Dreamland ] IT'S GOOD/10 (from fantano channel): 5 - [ Disclosure - Ecstasy ] - [ Haru Nemuri - Lovetheism ] - [ Dirty Projectors - Windows Open Ep ] - [ Dirty Projectors - Flight Tower ] - [ Jockstrap - Wicked City ] EP review: 2 - [ Little Simz - Drop 6 ] - [ RMR - Drug Dealing Is a Lost Art ] Classics: 5 - [ Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope ] - [ Talk Talk - Laughing Stock ] - [ Converge - Jane Doe ] - [ My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade ] - [ Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury ] Custom scores: 2 - [ Gunna - Wunna ] -Ω/10 - [ Trapt - Shadow Work ] -😤/10 Second take: 1 - [ Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ] - 6/10 "Controversial": 19 - [ Eminem - Music To Be Murdered By ] =============> 5/10 - [ Tame Impala - The Slow Rush ] ==================> 6/10 - [ Grimes - Miss Anthropocene ] ===================> 4/10 - [ Lil Uzi Vert - Eternal Atake ] =====================> 4/10 - [ Machine Girl - U-Void Synthesizer] ===============> 5/10 - [ Childish Gambino - 3.15.20 ]====================> 4/10 - [ Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud ] ====================> 4/10 - [ Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters ] =============> 7/10 - [ Westside Gunn - Pray for Paris ] =================> 6/10 - [ Dance Gavin Dances Afterburner] ================> 4/10 - [ Future - High Off Life ] =========================> 3/10 - [ Yung Lean - Starz ] ============================> 5/10 - [ Khruangbin - Mordechai ] =======================> 3/10 - [ Hum - Inlet ] =================================> 5/10 - [ MIKE - Weight of the World ] ====================> 4/10 - [ Paysage d'Hiver - Im Wald ] =====================> 3/10 - [ Protomartyr - Ultimate Success Today ] ===========> 6/10 - [ Glass Animals' Dreamland ] ====================> NOT GOOD - [ Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death ] ================> 4/10 Cal cameos: 24 - Green Day - Father of All - Drake - Dark Lane Demo Tapes - Car Seat Headrest - Making a Door Less Open - Umbra Vitae - Shadow of Life - Nav's Good Intentions & Brown Boy 2 - Ka - Descendants of Cain - Future - High Off Life - Charli XCX - how i'm feeling now - Gunna - Wunna - The 1975 - Notes on a Conditional Form - Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated Side B - KSI - Dissimulation - Jeff Rosenstock - NO DREAM - Lady Gaga - Chromatica - Deerhoof - Future Teenage Cave Artists - Run the Jewels - RTJ4 - Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin kynsi - Lil Yachty - Lil Boat 3 - Chloe x Halle - Ungodly Hour - Baauer - Planet's Mad - HAIM - Women in Music Pt. III - Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? - G-Eazy's Everything's Strange Here - Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways - Logic - No Pressure This is the 156th review of 2020
It's remarkable that Nas has been around for 30 years and still consistently releases good music people are excited to hear. Life is Good was fantastic and King's Disease was also really solid too. I am glad he's finally just ditching what old heads want from him in terms of direction and growing with his music.
@@khalilben4011 your right, but this is why Jay z won musically . He knew the right sounds to stay relevant.. dont get me wrong illmatic,I am and lost tapes were my faves.
Nas “I don’t have any rap in my playlist” Also Nas’s Spotify playlist: Backseat Freestyle m.A.A.d city A.D.H.D Money Trees Rigamortous HiiiPower Hands On The Wheel Man of The Year Collard Greens Ima Boss Dreams and Nightmares (Half of Biggie’s and Pac’s catalogue) (Almost the entire “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”).
Excuse me ma’am, not to be disrespectful or rude but could you please take post down. That is my sister who was killed by a metra train. And it this post is very disrespectful. Idk who you are or if you even know her but I need you to take this down please.
Just listened to the Zane Lowe interview. And he said why he said no rap in my playlist was ‘cause it was incredibly hard to make a playlist of rap songs. That they didn’t flow. Not because he doesn’t listen to rap. So there’s that.
Big Sean dropping a corny verse on the album was just another day in the office for him. I can't believe people are still hyping this man up like he's up there with the current lyrical heavyweights.
@@furious-vengeance Its not the issue with "Africans created algebra", its the issue with how it was delivered, "Stupidest part of Africa". Not only is it corny, but its somewhat condescending. He's referring to Egyptians, which were one of the most advanced and complex civilizations to ever exist. I'm almost positive that this bar has to come from a place of some bias because I have no clue why he'd call Egyptians stupid. If anyone wants to enlighten me id love to hear it. Also, side point, Egyptians were brown AND black. So its a double entendre of stupid to suggest that it HAD to be a black person to create it. Also, the point he's referring to is literally one piece of evidence called the Berlin papyrus 6619. It shows some evidence that ancient Egyptians were capable of mathematics and POSSIBLY knew the Pythagorean theorem by their writings. However the evidence shown doesn't exactly prove that they knew it 100%. So his argument is debatable at best. Regardless, ancient Egyptians were Genius's, I'm not going to sit here and pretend that they couldn't have known, as they have done great things, but that's why it circles back around to how its dumb. Anyways, the guy is using one piece of evidence that is somewhat debatable to draw a conclusion, and then INSULTS the civilization that apparently were smart enough to understand said information. As far as we know, definitively, its origins come from Persia, not Africa. Again though, I'm not opposed to the idea that Egyptians knew this information considering how complex they were, but if that is the argument you're proposing, calling the smartest guy in the room at the time 'stupid' because of whatever bias you have is dumb. So I call that a triple entendre of stupid. Also, finally, Africa has created MANY great things and contributed to society in MANY ways. Africa has its own glory and great history, he can get his point through without putting down Egyptians. I understand he may be trying to start a conversation, but regardless, its a dumb way to do it. Still love nas, but that bar was dumb, and it has nothing to do w/ race.
Good review, but I really think you need to move on. Biggie Smalls died 27 years ago, you don't have to keep having a 90 second moment of silence for him
This felt like a 8/10. Nas was able to do his thing on this one and Hit Boy orchestrated this album so well for Nas. The features came through. Only criticisms was shorten tracks (27 summers) and a few ideas weren't as fleshed out. All in all, very nice addition to his discography.
You’re contradicting yourself Anthony. Nas says unapologetically black, the opposite of Doja Cat, then you go on about how Doja is insecure about herself. *THAT’S THE POINT*
@@SvenDzahov 9 shit projects? You sound like someone who's only listened to Illmatic and thinks that's his only good album because of the bandwagon opinion.
And that's why people should learn two things. 1. To agree to disagree. Not every musician is for everyone and not every genre is for everyone too. That's why music is a subjective topic. 2. With that being said, more defined reasoning behind your dislike should be provided as to people don't instantly start write you off as someone who has no opinion. :)
Melon makes his thumbnails so confusing that not only can you not guess the score but you don't can't tell if he's even discussing music at all. It looks more like he's losing his sanity day by day
Best production wise is such a weird thing to say when Ilmatic exists. Unless that was just so obvious that you assumed "best besides illmatic" was naturally implied.
bro do you understand the code. The street metaphors.. "buy you diamonds while i have a heart of Gold" simply means "i get you flashy things when i know you can benefit more from my big heart or instead of showing you my true love i get you bling.
Solid review. I’d agree that there are perhaps some lulls in the middle part of the album and there’s definitely a fire in Nas’ belly that we haven’t gotten from him in some time. This is his best work since Life is good
Wow he gave that album a 4 smh that’s probably my 2nd fav Nas joint after Illmatic. Then again what can you expect from some hipster reviewing a hip hop album.
I think you might have misinterpreted the "no rap on my playlists" bar, he wasn't really making a point, or trying to act superior. He was just writing a rhyme, and one thing he's known for is listening mostly to genres like soul and rnb, which he takes inspiration from.
Idk if you ever wrote a book but your vocabulary and way of breaking down musical albums to a simple science to the masses is remarkable. You should consider being a book author as an alternative career
I think you've approached his lyrics a bit sensitively. E.g. he doesn't refer to Doja Cat as ANTI-black, just not unapologetically black. E.g.2 His reference to Africa is actually indicating how would we perceive Africa growing up if knew history beyond slavery and colonization. Rappers, including Nas, have said far more extreme and provocative things. Strange to find offense in these high level subtle lyrics. Perhaps this is once instance where your race gives you a blind spot.
Black RepublicanTV He needs to be defended because what he said was false. Algebra was discovered in the middle east. I don’t know how correcting someone makes me blinded by race but you are free to enlighten me
KingLassiter It’s babylon so modern day Iraq/Iran/Saudi Arabia. I think egypt is the only african country considered part of the middle east but the definition of the middle east has changed so much over the years
Bro, Nas with the Islamic golden age of algebra circa 12th /11th-century reference letsss gooooo! Al -Kwarizmi is boss!!!! FR I'm gonna have to listen to the album now. Defs with Nas, relating mathematics back to its history is very important and also cool, especially emphasizing that math has not been--and is not--done solely by European men. In relatively recent (history 300-400 years maybe), Europe and America have been the dominant hubs 4 mathematics due to its position of global dominance over that period (still plenty of math from people not from those places, just more). That certainly hasn't always been the case though, and probably won't be the case soon(relatively).
This album was pretty solid from start to finish. I would rate this project a 8/10 for me personally. You should review Vic Spencer & Sonnyjim - Spencer For Higher 3.
Apparently saying Nas made Old Town Road is funny to these degenerates... Oh and pretending that Nas is Nav is funny because funny letter difference!!!
![[UA] NAVI проти G2 Esports | Blast Premier Fall Final](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/QWlIm4FGESQ/mqdefault.jpg)
Can't believe Nav went from three NOT GOODs to a 7. Awesome comeback
Nasir was pretty great. Ye didn't disappoint
Beat that logic
I know you know I know but that V is killing me
Ikr
I agree
I'm glad he's releasing more music in addition to his "7" EP featuring Panini and Old Town Road
I cringed so hard at this
Nasty Bear Same
@@cltlando i hate that Lil Nas X is more popular than Nas
@@Ace_Of_Bass8 Is he?
@@dd-hp5oj nowadays yeah
It just makes me so happy to see Nas succeeding after people thought he fell off.
Perverted Alchemist yeah great to see that has more hits than just old town road
Perverted Alchemist for real bruh. He’s one of the only rappers that I can say are safely top 3 of all time.
Y D I assume the other 2 are 3 stacks and Kendrick?
@@connershowers8757 lol you're kidding right? Old town road. 🤣🤣🤣
Not 1 Song from this album is more lyrical than any song on MTBMB
I can’t believe people thought you were standing all these years.
he is standing
He sitting
I guess I never really thought about it either way 😂
Eric Cartman literally stole the words out of my mouth.... I’m actually mind blown rn if that’s true
@@arizonachronicsmoker it's really true
This guy really fell off after Old Town Road, such a shame.
He should go back to Rodeo
nah he fell off after panini
Facts he’s aged like twice as fast to I don’t even think he’s gay anymore
Matthew what since when
LesterChesterSylvester TheMolester why not tho
Still can't believe he's sitting down during these reviews
I thought he was standing...
I might have to start watching Sean cee full time idk how I can get over this
@@FlameOnTheBeat true you see his insta photos? that boy keeps his thighs righteous
I know. Its because of the virus.
I've always thought he was sitting down tbh, I was right
Everyone said Nas would be a one hit wonder after Old Town Road. This album proved them wrong.
U r being funny right? This is the legend Nas, QBs finest, Gods Son, Esco! This isn't a project by Lil Nas X. Smh! Get your life n order
Mike Peoples. He’s being funny
@@mikepeoples5595 bruh
Mike Peoples why you have 0 friends and don’t fit in
@@mikepeoples5595 shut up Mike Peehole
2020 scores:
0/10: 1
- [ Green Day - Father of All ]
1/10: 1
- [ Sam Hunt - Southside ]
2/10: 0
3/10: 6
4/10: 13
5/10: 26
6/10: 15
7/10: 33
8/10: 32
9/10: 5
- Laura Marling - Song for Our Daughter
- Black Dresses - Peaceful as Hell
- Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?
- Blu & Exile - Miles
' Tkay Maidza - Last Year Was Weird Vol. 2 EP
10/10: 0
[NOT GOOD/10]: 6
- [ Justin Bieber - Changes ]
- [ Lil Baby - My Turn]
- [ Joyner Lucas - ADHD ]
- [ Danzig Sings Elvis ]
- [ Nav's Good Intentions & Brown Boy 2 ]
- [ G-Eazy's Everything's Strange Here ]
- [ Glass Animals - Dreamland ]
IT'S GOOD/10 (from fantano channel): 5
- [ Disclosure - Ecstasy ]
- [ Haru Nemuri - Lovetheism ]
- [ Dirty Projectors - Windows Open Ep ]
- [ Dirty Projectors - Flight Tower ]
- [ Jockstrap - Wicked City ]
EP review: 2
- [ Little Simz - Drop 6 ]
- [ RMR - Drug Dealing Is a Lost Art ]
Classics: 5
- [ Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope ]
- [ Talk Talk - Laughing Stock ]
- [ Converge - Jane Doe ]
- [ My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade ]
- [ Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury ]
Custom scores: 2
- [ Gunna - Wunna ] -Ω/10
- [ Trapt - Shadow Work ] -😤/10
Second take: 1
- [ Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ] - 6/10
"Controversial": 19
- [ Eminem - Music To Be Murdered By ] =============> 5/10
- [ Tame Impala - The Slow Rush ] ==================> 6/10
- [ Grimes - Miss Anthropocene ] ===================> 4/10
- [ Lil Uzi Vert - Eternal Atake ] =====================> 4/10
- [ Machine Girl - U-Void Synthesizer] ===============> 5/10
- [ Childish Gambino - 3.15.20 ]====================> 4/10
- [ Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud ] ====================> 4/10
- [ Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters ] =============> 7/10
- [ Westside Gunn - Pray for Paris ] =================> 6/10
- [ Dance Gavin Dances Afterburner] ================> 4/10
- [ Future - High Off Life ] =========================> 3/10
- [ Yung Lean - Starz ] ============================> 5/10
- [ Khruangbin - Mordechai ] =======================> 3/10
- [ Hum - Inlet ] =================================> 5/10
- [ MIKE - Weight of the World ] ====================> 4/10
- [ Paysage d'Hiver - Im Wald ] =====================> 3/10
- [ Protomartyr - Ultimate Success Today ] ===========> 6/10
- [ Glass Animals' Dreamland ] ====================> NOT GOOD
- [ Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death ] ================> 4/10
Cal cameos: 24
- Green Day - Father of All
- Drake - Dark Lane Demo Tapes
- Car Seat Headrest - Making a Door Less Open
- Umbra Vitae - Shadow of Life
- Nav's Good Intentions & Brown Boy 2
- Ka - Descendants of Cain
- Future - High Off Life
- Charli XCX - how i'm feeling now
- Gunna - Wunna
- The 1975 - Notes on a Conditional Form
- Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated Side B
- KSI - Dissimulation
- Jeff Rosenstock - NO DREAM
- Lady Gaga - Chromatica
- Deerhoof - Future Teenage Cave Artists
- Run the Jewels - RTJ4
- Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin kynsi
- Lil Yachty - Lil Boat 3
- Chloe x Halle - Ungodly Hour
- Baauer - Planet's Mad
- HAIM - Women in Music Pt. III
- Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?
- G-Eazy's Everything's Strange Here
- Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways
- Logic - No Pressure
This is the 156th review of 2020
Thank you good sir
Needs more likes
why is Eminems album under controversial
Dwaiko cus stans
So many 7's 🤯🤯🤯🤯😱😱😱
I saw Anthony in a best buy and his wallet was leather please spread this information before i'm silenced
this comment is underrated. funniest comment on this thread
You know too much. The Ridge will find you. Resistance is futile. There is no escape.
DELETE THIS.... rigid wallet gang
Honestly this comment deserves more. Dillon we won't let them silence you!
@@SH-dz1yc We are everyone. We are no one. The Ridge will find you.
It’s a decent 8 for me. One of the best hip hop records of the year.
8 is not a "decent" lol wtf
Devin Draco
decent 8 as opposed to a low 8 or a high 8. Like an 8.5
9 imo
Low 8 still enjoyed it
Beats all this sing rap trap they shove down your throat
It's remarkable that Nas has been around for 30 years and still consistently releases good music people are excited to hear. Life is Good was fantastic and King's Disease was also really solid too. I am glad he's finally just ditching what old heads want from him in terms of direction and growing with his music.
Yeah cause the old heads wanted illmatic every album and were just unbearable and whiny.
😂 this guy said Life's good lol....nas sucks at picking beats
ijg83 he picks the beats which suit him, you can not tell him what beat to choose
@@khalilben4011 your right, but this is why Jay z won musically . He knew the right sounds to stay relevant.. dont get me wrong illmatic,I am and lost tapes were my faves.
@@ijg8343 Jay Z won? LOL
I really enjoyed King's Disease.
Oh no you don't 🙅♂️
@@joeng4057 you're right, I take it back
Same
Me too. It’s great. A lot of replay value.
Same it’s so good
The score isn't spaced well Melon, I'm disappointed
Lmao yea i was gonna say the same
It really bother me
Indeed..
Unsubscribed for that
Man I was really worried he was gonna give this a bad rating
He did us wrong with Life Is Good.
@@colemanbounds8924 that one hurt
Life is good was amazing can't expect grown man to make kid music..
He did
This is the first unironic comment I’ve seen on this video
Anthony, white knighting Doja Cat by attacking Nas for 12 minutes and 37 seconds is not a review
Exactly
@Ortum Lynx I know, I'm just joking 💀
Nas “I don’t have any rap in my playlist”
Also Nas’s Spotify playlist:
Backseat Freestyle
m.A.A.d city
A.D.H.D
Money Trees
Rigamortous
HiiiPower
Hands On The Wheel
Man of The Year
Collard Greens
Ima Boss
Dreams and Nightmares
(Half of Biggie’s and Pac’s catalogue)
(Almost the entire “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”).
🤣
Lol
Ohh shit I was wondering about it and then I saw this comment...😮😂😂
Which a.d.h.d. is that?
@@ryandeane427 Kendrick Lamar's
Excuse me ma’am, not to be disrespectful or rude but could you please take post down. That is my sister who was killed by a metra train. And it this post is very disrespectful. Idk who you are or if you even know her but I need you to take this down please.
Lol
He’s just cooling off his soup
@watergod 83 It's just his internal soup
@@JeromeProductions what was the comment about?
Girl this is keke palmer
By the way he breathed at the beginning I could tell it was gonna be a 7
@Zachary Hoy Ok
Zachary Hoy chill out lmao
Microphonesmicrophones
Zachary Hoy everything okay at home buddy?
I have proof, I saw Manny's live stream, he did say "I bet dude gives it a 7" when he first took that deep breath.
Giving this project a 7/10 due to Nas not specifying what disease the “King” had wasn’t very professional of you Melon 😡
Wait he literally does though like he says it in the album, it’s gout
Yeah Nas calls out Gout on it 🍈
@Lucas Rozendaal Makes a lot of sense too a lot of Kings back in the day had gout
Well it isnt very professional of Nas to not specify what disease the king had. smh
honestly one of my favorite rap albums this year
It’s at 10 for me.
@Me, Also Me honestly alfredo was amazing
Me, Also Me all I need is a new doom or Kanye album and this year is amazing!
i have seriously been scrolling down in this comment section for 5 mins and this is the first serious comment i’ve seen
lil tjay stan account lmfao
GRAMMY WINNER!!! shoutout to Nas, one of the greatest to ever do it
2020: exists
Fantano: I’m feeling a light to decent 7
2020 is NOT GOOD
Honestly I'd give it a 0/10 would never go back
Just listened to the Zane Lowe interview. And he said why he said no rap in my playlist was ‘cause it was incredibly hard to make a playlist of rap songs. That they didn’t flow. Not because he doesn’t listen to rap. So there’s that.
Melon, singing the lyrics from “Moo” and calling Nas a boomer is not a review
Exactly
Nas finally getting the 7 he deserved with his “7” EP last year!
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Wait, Big Sean dropped a corny verse?? Blasphemy, cannot be true.
Big Sean, the weakest feature on the album? NANI??
Big Sean is such a joke at this point lmao
Big Sean dropping a corny verse on the album was just another day in the office for him. I can't believe people are still hyping this man up like he's up there with the current lyrical heavyweights.
Bro, Big Sean's career is based on corny lines. Its just another day at the office for him.
"Not your ex im your ex to see" Kinda hard
Can't believe he's actually slav squatting during his reviews
Damn didn't expect Nas' first ever grammy to be *this*, especially over Alfredo. Both are 🔥 albums tho, so I'm happy for the man. Well overdue.
Jay Z freestyling his next album the night this dropped
4:02 wow i never thought I'd ever see melon mispronounce a word.
And now this won a Grammy lol
This was the most seven-y 7 review ever. He wasn’t blown away, but he clearly enjoyed and respected it.
This man been giving out them 7s out a lot lately😂
I guess that means he’s been liking a lot of albums
Yea him giving something a 7 means you can give something 8 or 9 because of how strict the man is
Don Toliver’s hook on Replace Me Issa vibe
Too bad sean ruined it
@@amanuelberhanu2717 sean didn't ruin it
How did I know Melon would have a problem with “the stupidest part of Africa invented algebra” line?! 😂
How can't one have at least a slight moment of cringe at that dumb line
Of course a white man would find it divisive... White people have attributed all mankinds achievements to themselves. 😂 We can't have nothing.
@@furious-vengeance you know algebra was a Middle Eastern invention right, like a lot of our modern mathematics
@@furious-vengeance algebra bruh is from Asia middle east/south Asia
@@furious-vengeance Its not the issue with "Africans created algebra", its the issue with how it was delivered, "Stupidest part of Africa".
Not only is it corny, but its somewhat condescending. He's referring to Egyptians, which were one of the most advanced and complex civilizations to ever exist. I'm almost positive that this bar has to come from a place of some bias because I have no clue why he'd call Egyptians stupid.
If anyone wants to enlighten me id love to hear it.
Also, side point, Egyptians were brown AND black. So its a double entendre of stupid to suggest that it HAD to be a black person to create it.
Also, the point he's referring to is literally one piece of evidence called the Berlin papyrus 6619.
It shows some evidence that ancient Egyptians were capable of mathematics and POSSIBLY knew the Pythagorean theorem by their writings. However the evidence shown doesn't exactly prove that they knew it 100%. So his argument is debatable at best.
Regardless, ancient Egyptians were Genius's, I'm not going to sit here and pretend that they couldn't have known, as they have done great things, but that's why it circles back around to how its dumb.
Anyways, the guy is using one piece of evidence that is somewhat debatable to draw a conclusion, and then INSULTS the civilization that apparently were smart enough to understand said information.
As far as we know, definitively, its origins come from Persia, not Africa.
Again though, I'm not opposed to the idea that Egyptians knew this information considering how complex they were, but if that is the argument you're proposing, calling the smartest guy in the room at the time 'stupid' because of whatever bias you have is dumb.
So I call that a triple entendre of stupid.
Also, finally, Africa has created MANY great things and contributed to society in MANY ways. Africa has its own glory and great history, he can get his point through without putting down Egyptians.
I understand he may be trying to start a conversation, but regardless, its a dumb way to do it.
Still love nas, but that bar was dumb, and it has nothing to do w/ race.
This shit is a solid 8. No songs are a miss. Everything hits. The beats the bars 🔥. Rap album of the year easily.
You were right, Grammy 2020!
Nas finally won a grammy
*I guess Nas is so ill that he’s calling his illness the king’s disease.*
Wow this joke was lame af
auto(ill)matic report.
you gave "The King's Disease" a 7 because you support the crumbling of capitalism under the Coronavirus pandemic
ok
Ko
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thats not too far from the truth i think actually
Deep
Good review, but I really think you need to move on. Biggie Smalls died 27 years ago, you don't have to keep having a 90 second moment of silence for him
27 years ago ? 😂 he died in 97!
@@MakaveliDior Yeah but Anthony isn't going to read my comment until 2024
This felt like a 8/10. Nas was able to do his thing on this one and Hit Boy orchestrated this album so well for Nas. The features came through. Only criticisms was shorten tracks (27 summers) and a few ideas weren't as fleshed out. All in all, very nice addition to his discography.
Can’t wait for djvlad to complain about the beats on this album.
Why would he complain?
Perverted Alchemist then he just doesn’t know man
Don't give the guy what he wants, just ignore him. He's made a career out of getting a rise out of people. He's the white DJ Akademiks.
Finding out that Fantano is sitting during these reviews broke me.
Dang I thought he was standing lol
That African algebra line cut him deep.😂😂😂😂
DEEP
because it's bullshit
Whose here after Nas dropped king disease II 🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️ 🔥🔥🔥🔥👑👑🐐
Your in for a treat with kd 3
Cause you are not a king if you can't come out a thing
That you got yourself in, claiming nobody helping..
Favorite quote. Helped me self improve fr
This album might go down as Nas‘s version of Jay Z’s 4:44
4:44 is amazing
4:44 is Jay Z’s version of Life is Good
ART BLAKEY (and digable planets...)
I just noticed Anthony is really light-skinned for a former African Tribesman.
You’re contradicting yourself Anthony. Nas says unapologetically black, the opposite of Doja Cat, then you go on about how Doja is insecure about herself. *THAT’S THE POINT*
Ikr
Kang shyt rite
blonded fight Nas says “unapologetically” black not “more black” than Doja Cat
Asking Anthony to review MM...FOOD until he does day 23
That intro was the most un-WAP thing I've ever seen.
I bet he'd give popcaan a 7 as well. 7s popping off this year
Freshest album cover I've seen in a while
The Lost Tapes was pretty good imo
Damn nas has been on his grind for a while
King's Disease 2 please 😎😎
This album was actually great. Nas is showing these kids why he’s the king.
@Perverted Alchemist no doubt
Romy Taylor I actually liked this more than Life is Good.
Saying Nas is a bisexual, not an intellectual for 13 minutes straight isn't a very good review melon.
Didn’t even mention spicy which slapped
Anthony Fantano the type of dude that pronounces "divisive" as "divisive"
Ok Anthony... I know you like Nas but you didnt need to shout: "GAY-Z GOT ETHERED" for the whole vid smh
When your first album is a classic, it’s hard to keep up with that level of excellence
Yeah but he didnt have to release 9 completely shit projects😂😂
@@SvenDzahov 9 shit projects? You sound like someone who's only listened to Illmatic and thinks that's his only good album because of the bandwagon opinion.
And that's why people should learn two things.
1. To agree to disagree. Not every musician is for everyone and not every genre is for everyone too. That's why music is a subjective topic.
2. With that being said, more defined reasoning behind your dislike should be provided as to people don't instantly start write you off as someone who has no opinion.
:)
If he stayed with preemo and pete rock he would have 10 illmatics.......
MrStaano If Nas would have passed away after It was written he would be considered the GOAT with no question.
Hyped to see what he says about KD2, huge step up imo. The fact that he got Lauryn Hill on it is amazing
8-9 /10
@@bruh-hj7kc agreed tbh
@@BATTOUSAIBEATS 8/10 death row east is my favourite song
@@Thirtle well i an u have da same fav song
@@bruh-hj7kc light to decent 9 for sure its really good
Melon makes his thumbnails so confusing that not only can you not guess the score but you don't can't tell if he's even discussing music at all. It looks more like he's losing his sanity day by day
Loved the King's Disease album. Everyone make sure to go check out the Ultra Black music video.
Definitely disagree with the rating, the album was a strong 8 to me, his best album production wise & had unique features
Don’t act like 7 and 8 are that far apart
To me it’s a light 8
man strong 5 or light 6 disappointing as fuck
@@welid9772 also God's son
Best production wise is such a weird thing to say when Ilmatic exists. Unless that was just so obvious that you assumed "best besides illmatic" was naturally implied.
bro do you understand the code. The street metaphors.. "buy you diamonds while i have a heart of Gold" simply means "i get you flashy things when i know you can benefit more from my big heart or instead of showing you my true love i get you bling.
You would give him at least a 7 if he was black, Melon
Solid review. I’d agree that there are perhaps some lulls in the middle part of the album and there’s definitely a fire in Nas’ belly that we haven’t gotten from him in some time. This is his best work since Life is good
I got a Baygon Mosquito Spray commercial before the video played
You only gave this a 7 cause you thought it was a 7.
What you expect from a dude that gave Life Is Good a 4.
Wow he gave that album a 4 smh that’s probably my 2nd fav Nas joint after Illmatic. Then again what can you expect from some hipster reviewing a hip hop album.
“Maybe that’s a symptom of kings disease” Ayo leave the bars to Nas fantano 🤣
8.5 for me but I respect it
Proof that the time machine exists:
King's Disease - August 21, 2020
King's Dead - January 11, 2018
nas came back strong and showed he can still put out dope music
Amazing review! Unsubbed.
whatever;
Just coz your wallet is leather
No cause this dude is a fuckin coltcha voltcha (DAME DASH VOICE).
Ross Montoya lol who would take a review from this guy serious
That intro scared me I had my headphones at max
SUCK
I did Nas see that coming.
Is this the guy from Rodeo's feature? I like his album! Wondering why he's not in 2020 xxl freshman though 🤔
I think you might have misinterpreted the "no rap on my playlists" bar, he wasn't really making a point, or trying to act superior. He was just writing a rhyme, and one thing he's known for is listening mostly to genres like soul and rnb, which he takes inspiration from.
"Lost Tapes, which should have stayed lost" Okay now we got problems.
I think petty can be allowed when there are still Americans who don’t know Egypt is in Africa.
@@patrickriley9187 What Do You Call Them ???
Nas defn has one of the best discographys in rap at this point
His reviews are so perfectly structured and executed
No he's melon
Can you do a review for Nas - Kings Disease 2???
Idk if you ever wrote a book but your vocabulary and way of breaking down musical albums to a simple science to the masses is remarkable. You should consider being a book author as an alternative career
I think you've approached his lyrics a bit sensitively.
E.g. he doesn't refer to Doja Cat as ANTI-black, just not unapologetically black.
E.g.2 His reference to Africa is actually indicating how would we perceive Africa growing up if knew history beyond slavery and colonization.
Rappers, including Nas, have said far more extreme and provocative things. Strange to find offense in these high level subtle lyrics. Perhaps this is once instance where your race gives you a blind spot.
i don’t think there is any subtlety in his Africa lines. It seems like you are trying to over analyze without proper evidence to defend nas
Nathan the fact that you think he needs to be defended means you too are blinded by your race at the moment
Black RepublicanTV He needs to be defended because what he said was false. Algebra was discovered in the middle east. I don’t know how correcting someone makes me blinded by race but you are free to enlighten me
@@Nathan-yt6zf The "middle east" could absolutely mean "parts of northern Africa"
KingLassiter It’s babylon so modern day Iraq/Iran/Saudi Arabia. I think egypt is the only african country considered part of the middle east but the definition of the middle east has changed so much over the years
Nas's Discography (on Spotify)
Illmatic 10/10
It Was Written 10/10
I Am.. 9/10
Nastradamus 8/10
Stillmatic 9/10
NASIR 9/10
King's Disease 10/10
ESCOBAR MELON HAS RETURNED
Bro, Nas with the Islamic golden age of algebra circa 12th /11th-century reference letsss gooooo! Al -Kwarizmi is boss!!!! FR I'm gonna have to listen to the album now. Defs with Nas, relating mathematics back to its history is very important and also cool, especially emphasizing that math has not been--and is not--done solely by European men. In relatively recent (history 300-400 years maybe), Europe and America have been the dominant hubs 4 mathematics due to its position of global dominance over that period (still plenty of math from people not from those places, just more). That certainly hasn't always been the case though, and probably won't be the case soon(relatively).
no meme here just hoping everybody is having a good day
That’s an awesome pfp
This album was pretty solid from start to finish. I would rate this project a 8/10 for me personally. You should review Vic Spencer & Sonnyjim - Spencer For Higher 3.
These comments just got so bad lmao, literally can't find a single funny joke.
Apparently saying Nas made Old Town Road is funny to these degenerates... Oh and pretending that Nas is Nav is funny because funny letter difference!!!
I think it's funny
Yeah. It's all dead memes
There's no point in looking in here
27 Summers is amazing, why isn’t it on your fav tracks list.
Just because Nas didn’t say ‘head was clean Tony Fantano’ doesn’t mean this has to be a NOT GOOD.
Glad to see Nas coming back and rapping better than ever, I love this album.
I really love how Nas changed his name. Dropping "lil" and "x" out of it makes it sound more mature just like his music is getting.
Lol...
yeah definitely I agree with you 100000%
Always been a great fan of your videos! It's great to see you still doing your thing!