LET'S ARGUE: Some Rap Songs Failed at Being Experimental
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- Опубліковано 9 чер 2019
- Other topics include Chance the Rapper's corniness, and the old man in the movie Up being a coward.
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No bass I'm reporting you
BASs is LIF
Melon smashed it on '' papa was a rolling stone " intro tho
need that double bass ;
I'm upset
It's for pride month comrade
What rap songs exactly? Pretty vague title Anthony.
a few rap songs
The musical project titled "some rap songs" by earl sweatshirt
crunkaholic81 r/woooshh
@@jo-lg.2458 sorry no /s
@@crunkaholic81 Once you get wooshed it stains you forever, some people get wooshed and still managed to have a family and live an almost normal life thanks to outside help. Stay strong
This video did not age well: 11:58
Lmfao
Can someone explain
@@thelukemeister ua-cam.com/video/RjriHA-MLPg/v-deo.html
@@thelukemeister the big day is a terrible album
lmao
Saying that Some Rap Songs is “terrible” AND “too short” reminds me of the old Jewish joke about the aunt complaining at a wedding that “the food is disgusting, and also, in such small portions”
IJSONSINO so what was the joke?
@@elis1716 no
the joke is that she doesnt like the food, but still wants bigger portions of it
@@hugh6025 Bruh time
@@elis1716 How do you misunderstand a joke this badly and still have the confidence to explain it to someone else??? 🤣
😂😂😂😂😂
Lets Agree: You will never do a James Bond best to worst because you are Anthony Fantano and you review music and not movies.
Could do a best to worst James Bond theme song
JayzOned C Ooh yeah actually
This comment wasn’t even funny but I literally died from laughing
INK thank you :)
AWMK101 what about Bond THEMES?
Your bass intro was the only reason I watch these. Replacing it with a pathetic “vocal intro” is unforgivable and you are forever shamed because of this blunder.
Y'all didn't even peep that this was a sequel to his last '" let's argue ' where he said that he kept practising bass so that he would not play terrible in his intros , that was a smooth following
@Zane Sweatfield it's a joke
Koogai it’s a joke
Shame shame shame
@@Koogai it's a joke
No bass intro ??
My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.
My exact emotional mood and current feeling in this given moment to an exact degree.
Reviewbrah
He did the vocal bass
1:48 " I don't think something being short means it's inherently bad"
okay Melonman we know what you mean ;)
koko mishka epic roast
😂
not about the size of the boat, it’s about the motion of the ocean
Alex Martinez that’s a saying made up for dudes in the itty bitty jimmy committee 😂
Robert Lopez I’m not in that committee but it’s facts. Even if it’s big, girls don’t fw that boring shit. At the end of the day, you gotta give it to em good🤷🏽♂️ hope no kids open this comment section
Thinking that some rap songs failed in being experimental is like thinking tyler the creator makes "mysterious" music
lol good comment
I dont even like the album but It's obviously an experimental album.
Sweatshirt Everyone on Twitter is fucking stupid. Trump looks smart on twitter in comparison to almost everyone there.
@@Moneyman-33 Oh this is ice hot take.
Trilmonté Correct take you mean. I said the second amendment and first amendment are important and people called me a nazi. Twitter is full of retards. They think if you’re to the right of Stalin you’re a white supremacy supporter
Came here for Earl, stayed here for the poignant and spot on critique of the movie UP.
I thought this was a joke, but apparently it wasn't
That’s the fantano experience
11:58 Laith Rashdan is a visionary and called out Chance before Melon even had a chance to give him a Zero.
“bam! you’re sad now!”
-fantano, 2k19.
Relatable, have a nice day.
These new Melon vocals are uhhh.... NOT GOOD 💥
Zachery T i think you meant experimental
I think you mean NOT BAD
Zachery T
I .. agree
The joke here is that these new melon vocals are good.
This is borderline experimental.
Hey thanks for tutoring my son Tuesday nights while I’m at work, he finally got honor roll
oh my lord
Good guy Ant
this is so nice.
Finally, a wholesome version of this meme format.
I read "torturing" at first...
“The best part about 25 minutes is you can run that shit back” - Earl
Gavin Cassidy couldn’t agree more. I’ve put that album on in the background and let it run 3-4 times through while cleaning my house. So good
Same as Kids See Ghosts :)
"that is why king neptune created the reverse button"
-spongebob
Earl's lyricism was actually crazy on tracks like "Ontheway" and the rapping was dope as hell except for "Riot!" lmao
Griffin
Riot! Is low key the best track....or “The Mint”
GC33 the mint and azucar are my favourite tracks, I would add December 24th but I heard the “bad acid” early version a lot of times
@@Tej.p Veins is the dopest track on that album.
Riot was a magnificent catharsis for the ending of that album
Riot! might be song of the year 2018
Let's agree: we need more than just music takes, that Up take was interesting
We'd be kinda slow on the up-take for those, though
Movie takes and other pop culture takes would be great for this segment and Let’s agree as well.
IceGear55 outstanding move
Kuji Kuji I agree *ding*
@@thatguyyouknowtheone4073 that actually went over my head, nice one👏
The intro is proof that melon man is a dangerous alcoholic, can't even put together a sentence smh...
The joke here is that the intro does not prove that melon is a dangerous alcoholic
@@DJ-vg1pr you're at it again
“BAM YOURE SAD NOW” - perfect description of some rap songs
To me when I listen to an album like Some Rap Songs, I listen to it as if it’s one long song like Pink Floyd’s Echoes which is almost just as long.
This is so true
Let's argue: Melon failed at playing bass in this video
Артём Денисов lets agree
**let’s agree
I had no idea there were so many different racial slurs for mixed people.
Mongrel is my personal favourite
You need to get out more
Miles B an albino
Listen to George Carlin. He stringed like 50 together in a comedy speech about bad words.
Mudblood
Just imagine.
This, uh, Kids See Ghosts project is... It's... It's NOT BAD *explosion*
At least, Kanye wouldn't sue
*implosion*
It would be confetti, not an explosion. I know you made this comment before NOT BAD was a thing but still.
its crap
The 855 song lil b mixtape isn't new, it's simply been re-released in a format that can actually be digested. Been floating around since 2012 mostly from his myspace days.
he actually says that in a pop up that appears for like .0001 seconds
I can accept someone disliking Some Rap Songs but I realised the guy didn't have a clue when he said 'bad rapping'... Earl and 'bad rapping' don't belong in the same sentence
fr
Maybe he heard that it was an amazing experimental album & didn't even knew who Earl is
In all seriousness, I used to love Earl. I just can’t get with his new shit. I absolutely hated SRS. Can someone please enlighten me like am I missing something?
I respect his craft objectively,but he is NOT for me,his music is shit to my ears.
@@yvngsn0w Nah I get it as a long time Earl fan SRS is quite different from his old work, the only project from him that sounds somewhat similar is Solace. The sample-heavy, lo-fi sound in his new shit isn't for everyone. In my opinion, I think it's perfect for his subject matter and it suits his melancholy, off-kilter flow and Earl's writing is just incredible throughout the album. I suppose the fact that there are pretty much no hooks; it's just constant heavy beats and lyrics that are very personal to him as opposed to the more quotable Earl we've got in the past was always going to make this project divisive
Anthony you exceeded your 30 N-word per video limit.
So that would be 60 logics ?
brandon ayong 💀💀
That's a real kneeslapper right there!!!!
😂😂
@@harshaldesai2505 Sweet hone Alabama!
Some Rap Songs is so disgusting. Disgusting in how sad it is. I actually almost couldn't finish it because I noticed I was tearing up listening to The Mint (feat. Navy Blue). I can't stomach the amount of pain, misery, and sorrow that is coming from this album, yet alone a "Human Being". It's so off-putting. But, it does it on purpose, and it will give you a sense of loneliness, hopelessness and a depression that is certainly present in this album. If you read up on Earl's life "story", You'd find that his own mother sent him off to a boarding school to be dealt with for his "bad behavior".
Now, this is just my opinion and I certainly don't speak for Earl, but imagine the stress and agony of not being able to be with the people who love and care about you and have to put your career on hold to be apprehended for years of your adolescence? He's only five years older than me. No person that young should be feeling that devastated. That album shouts that to you. It's messy and sloppy on purpose. You will know how he's feeling. I don't particularly like the album, per se, but from a good listen. I think it does the justice of being a very well put together album. I encourage you to give it a try and be in the mindset of someone like Earl. It works.
Melonman speaks the truth .
@@elis1716 It's insane how much this comment has not aged at all. I've grown to literally fucking adore this album from front to back. Everything about it just puts me in such a miserable mood but I love it. It began to hold so much weight to me in my trying times as of late, and this album was quickly to become one of my favorites.
@@elis1716 well consider thematically powerful albums like To Pimp A Butterfly and 4 Your Eyez Only, if the songs had poor production or didn't sound good to listeners then they would have performed much more poorly. That's why I don't fuck with Earl's music, just him quietly rapping over shitty beats that just isn't enjoyable to listen to whatsoever. But dismissing any criticism as "oh you just don't understand" is mental, you don't know anything about me lol, I've tried getting into his music on many different occasions but to me man I don't see any appeal at all, you can have the best lyricism on planet earth but if it sounds like ass to listeners then what's the point is what I'm saying.
@@mattearl1270 SRS has experimental production unlike TPAB because it fits with the themes he talks about and i didnt like SRS either first listen but it grows on you like a bitch lmao
idk it probably is, I mean its earl ffs, but the mixing is so ass that I can barely understand what hes saying, and I know hes trying to be expirimental but he was trying a bit too hard imo
@@Ofcnezho If you like those kinds of hip hop albums that makes you feel miserable you should give a listen to Flick Your Tongue Against Your Teeth And Describe The Present by Bedwetter
Is my favorite álbum that deals with these themes. It's raw depiction of things like depression and anxiety is scary in i it's accuracy
It's vastly different to srs (but equally excellent imo) but you can relate into these two albums so much if you have been there
Petition for a 'Not Bad' video categorization for disappointing mediocre albums
thats called a 4/10
We got it!
two not bads now, after this video it was predicted by a twitter person on a lets argue, 11 months ago we got our first not bad, and the other day we got a second
The big advantage that experimental music has over regular music is that it's so much easier to say "You just don't get it!" to someone who thinks it's bad.
P.Haze but the feeling in each instrumental along with the wordplay is what sets it apart. I really feel earls depression. In a trippier redd song he says “don’t show emotions I don’t have no heart” and it just sounds edgy for edgy’ sake but earl has s way of putting words together that are very descriptive... earl didn’t fail
I personally don't think the album is bad and I'm happy you enjoy it. What I was trying to say is that it's much more difficult to call experimental music objectively bad since it might have enjoyable properties that some people, like you, are able to see and others, like me, aren't. Music might be the most subjective art form in existence, which is why I generally hesitate to say an album sucks just because I don't enjoy it. Hell, I don't enjoy TPAB, but never in a thousand years I'd dare to call that a bad album.
P.Haze I’m just saying I enjoyed it but only because the message was clear and concise, and sounded very nice. I say he succeeded objectively
@@047Kenny I really can't tell by myself if he succeeded, I'm not an Earl Sweatshirt fan, but if you say so as a more knowing and aware listener, I'm going to believe you
@@PHaze-lc9we pretty much music in general, being an experimental music can gives you some of additional excuses but it's not really that different, you still can say so to any type of music.
0:50 when the school’s back commercials start playing
Fortunately it's June :3
2:08 tho
squidward’s mustache bro🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭
Enjoy it while you're in school
SRS made me cry multiple times. It’s a beautiful look into metal illnesses and it hits me harder then almost any other hip hop album. And yes it’s very experimental and I feel the instrumentals match the topics perfectly. 🤷🏻♂️ just my opinion.
i guess you could say that..... it's, uh.... it's NOT BAD
Lets agree: Sadgasm is the best grunge band in history
2:07
Holy shit, Fantano just described my mental state perfectly.
Love You, Melon Man.
That T-shirt is next level
Post Nut Clarity what’s the name of the original band again
@@HollywoodActorRyanGosling i must know where i can buy it
Saw Early man live in May he played the whole album it was INCREDIBLE vocals were on point with the experimental production, he looked really happy performing, it made my year :) earl might be the GOAT in my lifetime frfr
Some rap songs is absolutely experimental. People just enjoy overthinking things
Yeah it's very experimental. It's also shit
@@arthurdunn4594 NO
thank you for the serenade, melon. it displayed some impressive vocal range before meeting a satisfying conclusion
decent to strong 8🤘
btw the "old man in up" has a name and it's carl frederickson. #respectforcarl
Actually it's Carl Fredericksen
@@d2d314 I apologize greatly for this error.
@@infrared456 pussy
@@aperson7303 I take great offense to this insult.
No real man apologizes or admits fault in any situation. Toxic Masculinity stand up!!
Took 2 minutes to realise he was talking about the album and not songs in general.
When he started arguing Up like it was an album I lost it😂
That's the greatest shirt I've seen in a great while! Raised the video from a 7 to an 8.
Let's Not Fight what’s the name of the original band again
The Smiths, I believe? Or is that the album name?
Gustave that’s not a band it’s a character from the simpsons
Olivia Patrick nah it’s not ://
does somebody know where he bought it
With SRS Earl aims to make a dynamic project because he thinks your time is valuable, that's why he raps a lil bit fast & there is no hooks.
Lautaro Rodrigez Silva
Bend we don’t break we not the bank switch whips relocate straight outta state. That’s a hook
@@generalkenobi6869 there's no repetition, there are hooks but they are said only once
Lautaro Rodrigez Silva
The line I put there he says multiple times in the song. Repetition dawg.
@@generalkenobi6869 He said it 3 times, but it's just one line, so I don't know, but you have a point
General Kenobi that’s not a hook bro the only “hook” on the album is red water and it’s literally intended that way hence the repeating of lyrics
Never thought I'd hear Melon Boi explaining the Pixar animated film Up. Never thought I needed the explanation either. Thanks Melon.
'Up' was more than I bargained for when I first saw it. As a full grown adult, I cried so hard. Beautiful movie.
Failed at being experimental? Who out here is sounding like Earl lmao
Dude said it was a terrible attempt at being experimental not that it failed to be experimental.
Vibrating with Motion if it was a terrible attempt he’s saying it failed lmao, nobody does a terrible job and gets praise for it , unless you’re DJ Khaled
MIKE. Go listen you’ll enjoy
Mike
Lord apex
I love you Anthony, Stay Hydrated.
Hydro homies unite
@@willdg8108 real people remember when it was called water niggas
Good video, this is the only time I've watched a video of you being completely coherent and carefully talking through all the points without having a breakdown, I am proud with how far you have come, I am looking forward to the future of your content!
Ahh shit I just got to the part where he smacks his dick on the stairs
Nardwuar becomes the internets busiest music nerd by you not reviewing Lil B
Internet's busiest music nerd is probably Ollie from Deep Cuts.
He's so busy his channel is dead.
can we get a greenscreen raw of the whole tantrum at 0:50???
Louis Roy Peronard that was the plan...
As a Brazilian person, damn I feel so represented,
The part where you said all immigrants should get deported was not cool tho Anthony :(
Loved that tweet about Brazilian music, it's so true. Shoutout to all my fellow Brazilian melonheads.
And as an aside, I totally agree with that Floral Shoppe tweet. I've always thought the way Pitchfork would dismiss Vaporwave as basically nothing but a meme was lame as hell.
Eu amei o tweet sobre música brasileira tb
This new episode of LET'S ARGUE...is NOT BAD *explosion*
I..... AGREE
let's not forget brazil brought us sepultura
Sepultura is great but I kinda like that that tweet didn't bring them up. The point of it was to shine a light on certain acts and subgenres from Brazilian music that might not be as well-known to a foreigner and as much as I love Sepultura they're kinda the token Brazilian band people who don't really know Brazilian music mention when they wanna discuss the genre.
SRS literally has some of the best bars Earl has spit on a project
Laith Rashdan predicted the future
I can't believe I lived long enough to see you talking about Brazil. I can die in peace now
Appreciation comment for Melon’s tshirt in this video❤️❤️
Aaron C Inspired by Joy Division?
@@finkle1164 I don't see it
@@lfkw2484 it's an unknown pleasures tee with that Simpsons guy edited in
WHERE CAN I GET IT
@@Regenwulp6 Doesn't get much more hipster than that.
I can't believe I actually used to hate Some Rap Songs. Honestly a 9/10 imo.
I was very pleased to hear your remarks about “Some Rap Songs” I for one loved the project, ALMOST as much as IDLSIDGO
the first dude just wanted attetion. he knew exactly what he was saying was stOOpid
Some Rap Songs is one of Earl's best albums. The production is intricate, the lyrical content is raw and thought-provoking and the indifferent delivery fits well with the themes and topics presented
fav is still IDLSIDGO
but i agree
the man's project-name game is 💯
It's boring as fuck
Jordan C the album’s lo-fi beats are slow yea but honestly the warped errie instruemntals are a great setting for Earl and his rapping is montone but is still packed with emotional and intricate rhymes that keep fans like me invested in his work. I definetly wouldn’t call it boring honestly
@@raymond9180 did I say boring cause I shoulda said it's trash
u find coloring book to be an improvement on acid rap? aight wtf
RegularRy it was an improvement.
It really wasn’t, especially considering one is a zaney & vibey pyschadelic rap record and the other is a mainstream accessible Christian rap album. Both are good but they aren’t comparable in sound & no way is it an improvement
@@Slesaint17 definitely not even close to an improvement
Some Rap Songs should change its title to "BAM! You're Sad Now"
Griselda :(
some rap songs is the saddest hip hop album ever
We roam tundras.
Good thing its not hip hop then
808s?
@@dhruvamath4058 ok? How does that classify it as hip hop? Lil nas x and post malone use 808s. Who tf even says hip hop? How old r u 40?
@@dhruvamath4058 its not hip hop its rap headass
Lmao Anthony really spent minutes talking about the movie Up 😂😂
Depression Cherry and the NOT BAD thing made me lol
It's a beautiful movie. melon loves it.
Cannot deny the resurgence of city pop
I think Macross and Yung Bae really contributed to that
12:04
Well, that aged like milk.
Looking back at it, some rap songs might have been aoty
Is it honestly better than TA13OO?
idkman idk man, imo it is
December 24th was so fire Earl was spittin 😂
That song been out for years
@@doomfm713 BAD ACID
There’s a lot of rappers in NY with that “SRS” sound for a while now. New York might not be the best location to identify but Bandcamp definitely
Big facts
I might not be the most knowledgeable guy when it comes to music, production and whatnot. But SRS samples were godlike, c'mon...
loved you talking about brazilian music love you fantano
How do you even tell if a track is produced well, produced awfully, or intentionally produced bad?
Since all music is sorta just subjectively good or bad or whatever based on what someone thinks of it, is there some technical part I'm missing which defines how good or bad a track is?
You've got a really good point. Art in general and opinions in general are all subjective. Some people looks down upon art for this reason.
But, for me, when it comes to low quality music. I usually just ask myself, "does the poor quality production/instrumental add anything of value to this? Or is it just shitty for no reason?" Lmao
LETS ARGUE: no ones talks about how funny melon actually is. it just goes unnoticed, or maybe it’s just me but he has me crackling all the time
11:59
If only Melon knew the darkness that was encroaching
The day you make a brazilian funk review is the day i will feel complete
Yooooo that Dir en grey shout out tho🔥🔥🔥
10:35 that brotherfriender predicted the NOT BAD series wtf
My boy finally name drops Dir En Grey! Love them
B Manly *turns up child’s prey”
Some Rap Songs is amazing... wtf.
I…disagree
32OrtonEdge32dh I kinda wanna hear your insight. What didn’t you like about the project??
Wild Doge It didn’t have hi hats like a trap song. Duh. If it doesn’t have hi hats it’s trash. Everyone knows this.
@Will Doge I don't hate it, because there are good things about it, but there's no focus. you can say "oh it reflects his mind state" IDLS was also about his depression but was way better because of the focus. the production is pretty weak. it isn't THAT "experimental", it's kind of just lo fi boom bap with slightly weirder loops. most of the time it completely doesn't fit with the lyrics. The rapping is still good but it too suffers from lack of focus. there's some great lyrical ideas that aren't full developed. also, all the songs are too short, to the point that it negatively affects the music. I'm kind of playing devils advocate, but I much prefer IDLS
Wild Doge I'm honestly not usually the biggest fan of experimental hip-hop in general, and on the rare occasions when I am it's definitely not like SRS. I liked one or two beats like The Mint but overall they're just forgettable. Earl's flow really takes me out of it all, no songs stand out at all, the lo-fi aspect to me really steps on the poignancy of the lyrics (not that I dislike anything lo-fi), there's just nothing I can take away from it. It starts and ends and I feel like nothing happened in the middle. It doesn't have to be fast or loud or something like that to hold my attention but it's gotta bring something more to the table
Holy shit Melon mentioned Dir En Grey and visual kei!
Kudos for finally including a tough question, we've been waiting.
Go Brazil!!!
orgulho de ser Brasileiro e amar esse canal
Some rap songs is AMAZING.
I agree
It’s great but not his best. His best is to come
*are
Loving that t shirt, melon
Man, that "Up" explanation was so well said. It was logical and humorous at the same time. I actually listened to it twice! That's why I sub to you lemon, I may not always agree with what you say, but I damn sure like listening to you say it.
And now "NOT BAD" exists actually. We did it boys
Some Rap Songs is my favorite album of 2018.
Fav album ever
Amen
That guy who said it was trash was trippin
Yo especially „the bends“ is fire
19Atticus Radiohead rip-off though.
anthony please make more vaporwave reviews, you had pad on the channel it needs to happen
Honestly pad basically is the anthony fantano for vaporwave except hes a lot more nice with his vaporwave reviews but fantano has learned from his past when reviewing them so maybe so
Life caught "Up" with them in Up? Thanks Fantano
That's some nice bass playing in the intro, Melon
Compare him here to a video from 2009, try to spot ANY differences AT ALL!, I'LL WAIT...
You tried being experimental with a vocal bass intro, and you failed.
Gg for sticking with the theme!
I'm glad you mentioned ween recently. Are you gonna do anymore videos on ween? I liked your chocolate and cheese review btw. I also saw a 50 sec clip on UA-cam of you saying ween needs to be like your favorite band for you to really get into them. You said in the clip that further down the road to ask you about ween.
2:07 “BAM YOURE SAD NOW
hey anthony thannks for the video quick questions WHERE IS THE BASS I NEED MY DOSE OF FUNK PLEASE MY FAMILY IS MISSING ME I CAN'T FUNCTION
hello anthony! have a nice day :) i'm excited for this video.
*wholesome comment* is invaluably wholesome.
An excellent episode of let’s argue fantano
this episode was an emotional rollercoaster