This is a fun series! 1) That Jaden Smith take is spicy AF but YUP! 2) Aqua has undeniable catchy/goofy gems. My kids love watching those videos (and also Kyary Pamyu Pamyu)! 3) That Jay-Z take is ridiculous because he created way more waves (and opportunities for others) than he rode. 4) Kendrick came a long way & deserves the opportunities he's worked so hard for so it would take a lot for me to ever consider him a sellout.
Bro that's the thing for me too. Everything post-The Eminem Show (except for TMMLP2) has been either "eh" or terrible. From a technical and rhyming standpoint imo he's better than ever. Everything else is just meh
I love Eminem but he needs to go back to his old delivery and flow that present from 1997-2001 like on forgot about dre and renegade. He shows glimpses of his old flow on songs like Groundhog Day and Medicine Man but his new album just isn't cutting it. Rant over.
I think it's important for Kendrick to secure all the money he can at this point. He's been a genuine artist for over 10 years, if he wants to start pandering now then duck off and help his community with that money made, go for it.
One of the few rock bands from that era that I still listen to now. They're like the Kendrick of rock, almost every album they'd put out was either amazing or just really solid. I've kinda lost hope that their new album will come out though : (
Ion know,I mean even back in 2017 there was like 7 people who would agree that Jaden was ever slightly better,meanwhile many millions consider Eminem a 🐐
Levi Fridriksson got the same opinion, but he isnt selling out just because of Humble, Love and Loyalty. Also all his albums are connected very smart and he is almost always telling a story and also doing different stuff. Still TPAB ist my favourite album of all time..
I think what you're seeing with Kendrick is not selling out so much, but rather, attempts to distance himself from the "Saviour of Rap / Holier-Than-Thou" image that was thrust upon him after he dropped To Pimp A Butterfly. You see this in his collaborations with T Swift, Future, Rich The Kid. I think its the right move, and prevents him from being boxed in.
Jay Z dumbed it down after Reasonable Doubt But The Blueprint and The Black album were classics I don't think Kendrick selling out, he's just trying to develop a new sound
I love Brockhampton, but I wanted to pull this quote from your argument... "It's not inherently wrong or a bad thing to be obviously inspired by another artist, even if that artist is your contemporary. ok?". I wanted to call this out because you have grilled Logic for his similarities with Kanye, Kendrick, and JCole. This argument may not hold water, but I find it funny how you make exceptions for other artists that you may happen to like a little more.
But he grilled Logic because he thought that Logic kind of made his influences distracting, taking away from the focus of his albums. That's what I'm getting from his review of Everybody, anyway
i feel like the problem with logic is he rarely comes to his own conclusions. brockhampton is obviously inspired, but they have a style that's definitively theirs. i can't really say the same for logic. there's only a handful of brockhampton songs that to me sound just like songs their influences would have made: frank, OF, etc. meanwhile, logic literally can't stop writing songs that sound like tracks his contemporaries have already written.
I wouldn’t care about Kendrick selling out in terms of having shoes or extra editions of his albums. its his features! that I think are making people feel he’s getting too pop. Working with Taylor Swift, maroon5 having way to make features this year. He is at risk of the Lil Wayne problem. Where he puts so much out that people find it watered down. Not in albums but by being on everyone lesses albums.
Absolutely false. If Wayne could've kept putting out mixtape/carter 3 levels of music, no one would've given a shit about his terrible features. Let Kdot keep putting out whatever the fuck he wants, as long as he brings it on HIS albums, he'll continue to be one of the Greats of all time
That is the last straw Anthony. First you gave DAMN a 7 now you're telling that you changed your mind and gave it a 10?! which one is it?!! Make up your mind u melon...... unsubbed
Why is selling out hated on. It’s like no shit they are going to make as much money as possible when they are popular. As long as they still make good music, who cares
Think about it this way: artists kinda need to sell out sometimes, and when they do, they have the ability to hire more high end, quality producers and other things they'll need for something amazing if they want to make something amazing.
Too Skinny yeah we can all HOPE that Astroworld redeems him but given the release of butterfly effect / green and purple / a man I’m not holding my breath for anything as great as rodeo
It's hard to argue that kendrick sold out, the only evidence so far has been the damn collectors digital edition, and that could be argued that it was more of a label move than an artist move.
Weaver Beats i agree i feel like it was interscope’s idea
6 років тому+1
Weaver Beats he's talking about Kendrick's features not his own songs. Bad Blood by Taylor Swift was specifically mentioned. There's been a few other trash features in pop songs. Too tired to think of them all tho.
I wouldn't consider System of a Down nu metal. Sure, they have some nu metal songs on their first and second album, but overall it's more of just alternative metal and progressive metal. I think people consider them nu metal because they kind of started around the time it was popular.
i hate the term "selling out", like Kendrick coulda put out anything and it woulda sold well after the acclaim and success of his last albums. DAMN. is not a sellout album. its just not nearly as good as TPAB or GKMC
sophie fonfec trap, nu metal, disco, all are some of the biggest epidemics. They can be good and bad. Epidemic tends to mean that the bad will be pronounced far more than in other genres.
I like this series a lot. Keep it up. Looking forward to the Super Collector's Edition of DAMN that's actually the DAMN Collector's Edition in reverse order.
Jaden Smith is better than Eminem. - Fantono 2018
LivingEidolon Its True
my shit is better than eminem - Fantano 300 B.C.
Em has always been garbage.
So many ppl disrespect a legend 😩 fuck off Em would kill your fav rapper
LivingEidolon I was thinking u were trolling but he really said it ! Fucking madman
Fantano has the iPhone case of a 6th grade girl.
Accurate.
Back in my day 6th graders didnt have iphones
B.o.B aka the real Neil Degrasse Tyson They had pink bedazzled Razr phones?
Razr were dope but they had nothing on the ... nokia brick
@@wg3671 shut the fuck up grandpa
I love this series. Please do more, and do it weekly, at least.
Hill Smith He should do this in the new function of the UA-cam..
I agree
He should make a lets argue channel
that didn't age well
JJ h you didn’t age well as well I
Odd future is Wu Tang for hipsters
Freezepeach more like Wu Tang for skaters
Man, hipsters latched onto WuTang like listening could magically bestow street cred to sheltered rural CT kids...
But wu tang is already for hipsters
Wu Tang is for the kids
But does Odd Future teach the children?
Playing this backwards to find the true meaning
It's just him saying the n word over and over.
lmaooo
I feel like comments like that are even funnier when you look at the profile pic as well.
I broke up with my melon cos we didn't argue enough
keep it dirty as a melon my uncle melon puff
Earlybird!!!
I wake up early on them, getting out the house is a melon
I was a melon as a kid, so now im honest as fuck
Aboood165 definitely one of his best verses ever writtwn
If Kendrick continues to release great albums like he's been doing, I'll take as many Bad Bloods or Don't Wanna Knows that it takes to fund them.
Zachary Jones Exactly
damn was shit
Bad blood>damn
Honestly, I have no problem with his verses on either of those songs.
YOU ARE FULL OF SHIT
three new Jaden Smith *smashes the table* MIXTAPES!
Fantano only defended Brockhampton because he's a member. Tsk tsk melon man.
Blunder OMG I just googled it, and it's true!
Blunder omg wtf i never knew that this changes things now I'm in Melon-choly
And a hipster/artsy fuck.
big if true
AT 5:07 THE TWEET CHANGES FROM 18m TO 20m SEAMLESSLY
WHAT ELSE ARE YOU HIDING FROM US, *MELON BOY*
He was recording his screen on his phone
SURE KEEP BELIEVING THE LIES THIS MELON FEEDS YOU
Melon boy... That's a new one, I might borrow that. Also, ILLUMANTHONY NATITANO
I think he took some time out to think about his response to that hot potato of a tweet
He is the next avatar
Okay, calling Kendrick, “Just a dime a dozen Lil Pump”, is just not fair, melon.
Hamish Dunlop I can't believe he called Kendrick a dirty Jew. SMH
It is wrong because Kendrick is worse than pump.
Well that means he love a dime a dozen Lil Pump, since he gave him a 9 and a 10
Kenneth Vereen thats a vivid lie what the hell is wrong with you
This is a fun series! 1) That Jaden Smith take is spicy AF but YUP! 2) Aqua has undeniable catchy/goofy gems. My kids love watching those videos (and also Kyary Pamyu Pamyu)! 3) That Jay-Z take is ridiculous because he created way more waves (and opportunities for others) than he rode. 4) Kendrick came a long way & deserves the opportunities he's worked so hard for so it would take a lot for me to ever consider him a sellout.
lol
Luke James yeah i agree. Altho it wouldnt hurt to listen to another UU or section 80 imo
omg you've got kids? damn how did i not know this shit
Like James.....Not the singer
Aye nigga review my music
Oof. Your Jaden Smith to Eminem comparison felt like a knife to the gut.
Nick Wessman It hurts because it's true. 😢
Arcadian Eminem’s production was bad.if he had better production the album would be much better
Kickinthescience or if he had better lyrics & flow
Bro that's the thing for me too. Everything post-The Eminem Show (except for TMMLP2) has been either "eh" or terrible. From a technical and rhyming standpoint imo he's better than ever. Everything else is just meh
I love Eminem but he needs to go back to his old delivery and flow that present from 1997-2001 like on forgot about dre and renegade. He shows glimpses of his old flow on songs like Groundhog Day and Medicine Man but his new album just isn't cutting it.
Rant over.
i feel like tony fantano
You have commented this two years ago, I'm you only and lonely like
@@Aaron-ox1ke I'm his 5th
@@Aventsdor hello 5th
#7 baby!
"Jaden Smith is better than Eminem"
2017 and beyond is basically a dark parody of normal reality
you know that hip hop has gone downhill when Jaden out here spittin bars.
It's new Jaden vs new em. Jaden vs Eminem prime would be a bloodbath
You should see what 2020 is like
Well it’s 2020 and fucking Lil Baby is ruling the game right now. What is going on!
@@daniellopez732 who the fuck is LilBaby lmao
I feel like when Odd Future was a new thing people said it was just rap for hipsters
Willem le Duc 😂😂😂
That's exactly what people said
Nah they pretty much thought it was for angry misunderstood hipsters
it kinda still is.
I always felt like it was just D12 again, and D12 wasn't even that long ago at the time.
Review your first video reviewing your first album
christopher Aguirre this is actually a nice idea omg
New Ed Sheeran sucks. There you go Fantano, you’re not the only one.
Everyone knows that
Stone yes... but multiply was actually a great album
HIGILO everyone knows that... but did you know that you can save fifteen percent or more on car insurance if you switch to geico?
he’s decently talented but isn’t interested at all
Became a fan of his during the Plus era and in my opinion that was his peak (album-wise at least).
I think it's important for Kendrick to secure all the money he can at this point. He's been a genuine artist for over 10 years, if he wants to start pandering now then duck off and help his community with that money made, go for it.
tre king and
For real, man needs to feed his family, I don't knock him for it.
Kendrick is undoubtedly a sellout, appearing in commercials and establishment programs dozens of times.
When you banged your hand at the Jaden Smith part, my microwave stopped heating my pasta.
System's "Toxicity" is one of the greatest albums
Kalepa Heidegger system is one of the greatest bands
One of the few rock bands from that era that I still listen to now. They're like the Kendrick of rock, almost every album they'd put out was either amazing or just really solid. I've kinda lost hope that their new album will come out though : (
Extraterrestrial Elephant they border on classical at times shits brilliant
@@prod6mill.512 Nah more like Jazz
@@ILoveHuskies1 well at least we have 2 singles.
Speeding bullet to heaven better than revival
Dylan Geiger shit that's rough
Dylan Geiger
I can't believe I post-ironically agree.
Tru
Speeding bullet to heaven is a master piece though.
SB2H is unlistenable lmao gtfoh
Kendrick is Snoke
Dead
lies
I think all the butthurt SW fans would prefer that to what they got lol
I liked the last jedi
The Last Jedi was great, much better than TFA
Jhene Aiko is the big Sean version of SZA
that's why they're together lol
Maxine Clark so true
W
SZA is overrated.
I think it's the other way around
Em's gonna be on suicide watch after that Jaden diss
Ion know,I mean even back in 2017 there was like 7 people who would agree that Jaden was ever slightly better,meanwhile many millions consider Eminem a 🐐
I do think that DAMN is less artistic and less compelling than TPAB
Levi Fridriksson got the same opinion, but he isnt selling out just because of Humble, Love and Loyalty. Also all his albums are connected very smart and he is almost always telling a story and also doing different stuff. Still TPAB ist my favourite album of all time..
This isn't a hard conclusion to reach.
Some of Kendrick’s best songs are on untitled unmastered
Chuganautics preach.
Duh
I think what you're seeing with Kendrick is not selling out so much, but rather, attempts to distance himself from the "Saviour of Rap / Holier-Than-Thou" image that was thrust upon him after he dropped To Pimp A Butterfly. You see this in his collaborations with T Swift, Future, Rich The Kid. I think its the right move, and prevents him from being boxed in.
That take is much better now with Mr Morale
This aged very well
Review NERD's album you melon
need to wait for pop 2 review tho
can’t wait for that
Predicting solid 6
Didn't enjoy it at all
Expected something much better soundwise
Miguel's Shockandawe sound more like NERD to me and I enjoyed it a bit
predicting light 7
Ed Sheeran's album is garbo
Tf is going on 😂😂😂
Ok but everyone agrees
like fintono said! it is boring af
I mean how many times can you write the same thing differently before its all the same
preach
Jesus Anthony. I know you're not the biggest kendrick fan but did you really have to call him the n word throughout the whole video?
U can’t sell out when u push culture forward
More of these, please. Some of my absolute favourite videos you make.
7:44 Talking about waves, KINDA wished he made a Tidal joke.
ImpostorZim Missed opportunity
5:28 I wasn't ready for that new Death Grips song
These things need to be like 30 mins
Jay Z dumbed it down after Reasonable Doubt
But The Blueprint and The Black album were classics
I don't think Kendrick selling out, he's just trying to develop a new sound
Too Skinny facts
Jay's lyricism is more complex after Reasonable Doubt, he improved as a rapper.
That line is on of the most misenterpeted of all time.
Definitely not the only one who doesn't like the new Ed Sheeran album....
Drink Listerine that album sucked
pretty sure p4k was even harsher than tony
It’s fucking bad
I love Brockhampton, but I wanted to pull this quote from your argument... "It's not inherently wrong or a bad thing to be obviously inspired by another artist, even if that artist is your contemporary. ok?". I wanted to call this out because you have grilled Logic for his similarities with Kanye, Kendrick, and JCole. This argument may not hold water, but I find it funny how you make exceptions for other artists that you may happen to like a little more.
Y’all know that it’s just his opinion, right?
Scott Foltz to quote Boy George- “it’s not who did it first it’s who did it better.”
Disclaimer: i’m just making a joke please don’t roast me.
But he grilled Logic because he thought that Logic kind of made his influences distracting, taking away from the focus of his albums. That's what I'm getting from his review of Everybody, anyway
Everything is his opinion, but as objective as he is, he obviously plays favorites.
i feel like the problem with logic is he rarely comes to his own conclusions. brockhampton is obviously inspired, but they have a style that's definitively theirs. i can't really say the same for logic. there's only a handful of brockhampton songs that to me sound just like songs their influences would have made: frank, OF, etc. meanwhile, logic literally can't stop writing songs that sound like tracks his contemporaries have already written.
kendrick: im an israelite.
white people: kendrick selling out!
ＨＹＰＥＲＩＯＮ™ exactly Anthony really missed a lot of subplots on this album. I blame the cultural differences for his hot takes on this album.
normal people: No u fucking not!
I dont understand, he had Loyalty and Love going popular sounding kinda like Chart-songs, but thats it.
Yo don’t put the rest of us in with this geezer
Wow Anthony, great series, keep it up
Proud of you...
I wouldn’t care about Kendrick selling out in terms of having shoes or extra editions of his albums.
its his features! that I think are making people feel he’s getting too pop. Working with Taylor Swift, maroon5 having way to make features this year. He is at risk of the Lil Wayne problem. Where he puts so much out that people find it watered down. Not in albums but by being on everyone lesses albums.
I agree, Lil' Wayne problem was/is real. The dude's image died because of the features
Absolutely false. If Wayne could've kept putting out mixtape/carter 3 levels of music, no one would've given a shit about his terrible features. Let Kdot keep putting out whatever the fuck he wants, as long as he brings it on HIS albums, he'll continue to be one of the Greats of all time
I think his lyrics have gotten way shittier.
I feel like when we say pop, there's an underlying racial tone of "white" that no one acknowledges
Man... Now we haven't heard from him in 3 years
This video was in the Ebony section.
That is the last straw Anthony. First you gave DAMN a 7 now you're telling that you changed your mind and gave it a 10?! which one is it?!! Make up your mind u melon...... unsubbed
blazing jack later gator
LETS ARGUE: fantano is the cutest melon 🍈 💕
Why is selling out hated on. It’s like no shit they are going to make as much money as possible when they are popular. As long as they still make good music, who cares
because when its drake people always say his pop because he is popular
jdc37162 because most of the time when artists sell out, they dont make good music
Review Pharrell's new midlife crisis album
REVEN6E your a monster!!!!!
5:25 My favorite moment out of all your videos
GOT DAMN! The Jaden Smith one...no truer words have been spoken
Think about it this way: artists kinda need to sell out sometimes, and when they do, they have the ability to hire more high end, quality producers and other things they'll need for something amazing if they want to make something amazing.
That Kendrick take aged like milk after Mr Morale.
5:25 was the best moment
Long as the music is good, I don’t care
Too bad Kendrick hasn't really made anything good besides a few hit singles. He's kind of a pop rapper
Brace Land i really hope this is a joke
Brace Land so he is a pop rapper jus cause he has 3 songs that are more radio 🤨 no nigga u sound stupid
Love this series
Man this series is great!
This is some reaaal good content, keep it up melon.
3:10 so true that it hurts
People abandoning good artists who "sellout" is one of the primary reasons why such untalented people are famous.
Freddymega x better than supporting sell outs
Jose Gomez you say that but when takeshi69 and lil pump are there and you compare that to kdot and kanye, i would take kendrick and kanye
Just wait till pewdiepie picks up this format
Chazzy Chizzle Haha thats perfect
I like the way you say "contemporary" Melon.
Unrelated but its pretty sad about MF DOOM's son. Do you think he might make an album dealing with this? I doubt it but i hope he does
Harnam Chana I would say probably not, honestly. It is possible though.
Yo i heard about that dawg, that shit was funeeeeeeeeey!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😊😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
HEAD WAS CLEEAAAANNN
I give clean head bbe
TONY FANTANO
Tony Fantony
3:09 it hurts cause its actualy true. never thought id see the day when JADEN SMITH >EMINEM the world bouta end FUCK
My new favourite segment
I knew that you would give the new Eminem album a 10 Melon, I knew it!!!
Could you iron out the yellow flannel for the N.E.R.D NO_ONE EVER REALLY DIES review?
Love these Tony
Please keep this a consistent thing melon
honestly you should do Let's Argue like twice a week
Lovinv this video idea fantono. Great job, proud of you.
You should do ‘IS TRAVIS SCOTT SELLING OUT’ (even though we all know he is)
Luca Malaspina explain yourself please
Jacob Grill everything he’s brought out since PUTP has been mediocre but he probably doesn’t care cos 💵
You can't really confirm him selling out yet until his next album drops
Too Skinny yeah we can all HOPE that Astroworld redeems him but given the release of butterfly effect / green and purple / a man I’m not holding my breath for anything as great as rodeo
JAJAJAJAJAJA
Thank you for recognizing aqua I forgot how much I loved them as younger I'm going to go through their deep cuts tonight
TONY FANTANO
nah HEAD WAS CLEEEEEEAAANNN
Please make these videos longer!!!
It's hard to argue that kendrick sold out, the only evidence so far has been the damn collectors digital edition, and that could be argued that it was more of a label move than an artist move.
Weaver Beats i agree i feel like it was interscope’s idea
Weaver Beats he's talking about Kendrick's features not his own songs. Bad Blood by Taylor Swift was specifically mentioned. There's been a few other trash features in pop songs. Too tired to think of them all tho.
The only good thing on youtube rn. A very good series
I like this series!!
I wouldn't consider System of a Down nu metal. Sure, they have some nu metal songs on their first and second album, but overall it's more of just alternative metal and progressive metal. I think people consider them nu metal because they kind of started around the time it was popular.
I prefer Syndrome of a Down TBH.
Tsar Buttefly Lol
i hate the term "selling out", like Kendrick coulda put out anything and it woulda sold well after the acclaim and success of his last albums.
DAMN. is not a sellout album. its just not nearly as good as TPAB or GKMC
when this part came,5:30,an ad just randomly appears
Please keep this going
Deviltony Advocatano here
Trap rap is the nu metal of the 2010's
sophie fonfec trap, nu metal, disco, all are some of the biggest epidemics. They can be good and bad. Epidemic tends to mean that the bad will be pronounced far more than in other genres.
sophie fonfec by pronounced, I mean that the bad stuff gets dug out and noticed.
except nu metal required talent
Great format for a series, I’d love to see more of these!
“Jaden Smith is better than Eminem.” - Anthony Fantano
Jonaven Bracamontes he is
At this point, he is.
Elvis maybe artistically but as a rapper we all know
Keep this series up, loving it
Odd Future are hipsters.
Marcel Hidalgo ye that tweet was dumb af
They just got to tumblr and soundcloud before everyone else and said a lot of nasty shit
Nah
Is the word 'Hipster' actually an insult anymore? If anything being a snobby normie is the less cool of the two in my opinion.
nah they just crazy their FANBASE were hipsters but the concept of hipster is boring now
I agree.
Biggie is a better artist than 2pac but Pac is more important.
Pac is the most iconic figure in hip hop history
Stefano Padilla Tupac is more artistic than Biggie
Stefano Padilla better rapper yes but not better artist
Yo I been thinkin about it and I think they might have had something to do with each others deaths
"It's rare that an artist at Kendrick's level is getting the notoriety that he is" WOW😳 this is straight FACTS.. well said melon
Love this episodes! Keep doing them!!
More of these
Love this segment
Who cares if Kenny is selling out. He has every right to.
JackD9 I fuck with that beautiful mixtape coverart 💯
jaidsalgado it's a fire ass mixtape too
Chillionx yes it is 😏
Absolutely love this series, keep it up Melon
Well he said it himself so
yea
SOAD self-titled was an incredible album and Frankenstein Girls is still one of the most unique things I've ever heard.
When he read that SZA comment I immediately turned down my volume coz I knew what was coming
I like this series a lot. Keep it up.
Looking forward to the Super Collector's Edition of DAMN that's actually the DAMN Collector's Edition in reverse order.
Melon is ahead of the curve.
Definitely a fan of this series. I'm so excited to see more.
Just saw this after em dropped Kamikaze lol